The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-24
Apprentice Wanted.

We want a young man to learn the
printing business. He must be between
the ages of thirteen and seventeen. One
who does not know an EN- quad from a
shooting stick preferred Willingness to
play second fiddle to the foreman, as well
as our>elf, for a few years, an indispensa-
Bile qualification. He is not to have
more than three sweet-hearts, nor more
than ten corner-lounging associates. No
objection to his using tobacco, cigars, or
pipe, provided the "old soldiers" and
ashe, are kept off our table and out of
the eases. If consistent with his finer
feelings, we would respectfully venture
the suggestion that he leaves us at least
one-third of our exchanges, that We may
look over them when at leisure. Must
not use more than one quire of
letter paper or a package of envelopes
weekly in corresponding with his friends
and acqaintances. Will be required to
furnish his own postage stamps. We
furnish water, soap, and towels. Will be
expected to be at the office in time to get
hungry before dinner To return and be
ditto before supper If we entrust him
with a key to the office door, it is hoped
he will spare our feelings and the feelings
of the tenants who occupy the room be-
meath us, by bringing only a dozen of his
associates into the composing room at any
one time after night Some regard
should also be paid to the number of gas
Jets lighted on such occasions. We ad-
nit that the Republican Office presents
an attractive appearance when under
full head of light and at the same time
we are painfully aware of the fact that
the indices of the meter attract the atten-
tion of the gas company even to a great
er extent than the light attracts custom.
Loafng in the office on the Sabbath is
positively prohibited. If ten hours a day
for six days in the week is not sufficient
length of time for our new conner to
spend in the office, we will accommodate
him with few hours extra work at
night. Printers ink is not poisonous
when applied outwardly therefore, the
candidate for typographical honors need
not feel the least uneasness should he.
during brief stay, soil his hands with it.
Emery paper, cotton waste and oil are
excellent for cleaning and polishing parts
of a printing press, as we shall show our
apprentice at brief intervals. A sponge
saturated with benzole is capital for re-
moving ink from the rollers, as will be
discovered from time to time. A broom
is used in our office at halfpast five o.
clock each afternoon. Type dropped on
the floor must be picked up at once.
Twenty stoops frequently save twenty
cents. We have in our employ an ex-
perienced job printer, who will attend to
all orders in that line. 1t will be entire
ly unnecessary, therefore, for our novice
to undertake that branch at frst-and
more particularly the printing of his own
name and that of his trio of sweethearts,
for which purposes the ornamental type
and gold bronze are generally made to
suffer. If there is young man any
where in the city-or out of it either
who is willing to conform to these rules,
can read manuscript and write fair
hand, and who is really desirous of ac-
quiring lirst-class trade-one at which
he can secure employment in every city
and nearly every town ON the continent
we shall be pleased to confer with him
MawrWe (kyD Republican.