The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-18
A Few REMARKS
''Breathes there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said 7'i--

Who never to himself hath said Pc
l do pity poor newspaper man when
times are so dull, it is impossible to find an
item of interest. If our friends would in
vest ten cents in the purchase of all three
of the morning papers and put them all to-
gether, they will find they have not re-
ceived the worth of their money; in fact,
the three are not worth what one of them
ordinarily is.
If these great concerns find it difficult to
satisfy the demands of their readers, what is
to become of us, who, with limited force and
means of securing matters of interest, must
be in a worse condition than they? Times
are really not dull in the city, for our mer-
chants say their business is rapidly increas-
ing; our factories are busy forging, ham,
mering, pounding, rolling, weaving, spin
ming, and-skinning the meat factories) !;
sora are abundant oysters rapidly increas-
ing in size and juiciness Zetelle is -four
ishing; Gerot opened his steak, chop, and
oyster department last Monday; the news
agents are selling picture papers in large
quantities Pizzini's ice cream is still good ;
we've had a splendid rain the river is mud
dy our dock has q number of large and
small vessels in it; people are laying in
their winter coal ; the sewing machine men
are all busy, selling machines and taking
deeds of trust on them; the military COM
panies look well in their short-tal coats.
brass buttons and new caps; there was
plenty of preaching in the city yesterday !;
the gpseys have left Manchester the banks
are discounting at fair rates the ladies are
purchasing their fall dresses; the mantua-
makers and miliners are all busy; water
falls and Grecian bends are increas-
ing in magnitude the detectives are
all busy attending to other peoples busi-
ness the barber shops all did fine busi-
ness Saturday night; the hotels are not
complaining; the boarding-houses are fill
ing up; part of the Richmond Enquirer is
candidate for the Legislature sugar and
molasses are cheap; watermelons have
gone out of fashion the fireman had fuss !;
whiskey is still at par; the police are all
quiet; the police 'jestiss" as calm as an
April shower; the Governor is going to
Baltimore, don't talk any more about Mr..
Grants visits; the postoffice is opened at
the usual hour; the streets are usually
crowded with people, and particularly with
baby carriages; while Barney Tracy is still
muzzling calves, and wants to know what
rights naturallzed citizen has that foreign
ers are bound to respect, and yet, with all
these and a thousand others, the newspa-
pers are distressingly dull.
There is always calm before storm,
and if true, we may expect in the next
sixty days to see the whole journalistic
horizon blackened with angry clouds to
hear the heavy thunderings of their artillery
and to be blinded with the vivid flashes of
lightning, that will envelope them in one
blaze of glory. Be patient, kind reader,
there is in store for you much matter oil
interest that will soon find its way into the
columns of our dailies. When Irish meets
Dutch, when Republican meets Democrat
on the rostrum, then we may expect a
flood of interesting matter to pour in upon
us, and give us good soaking for the long
dry spell we are now enjoying. 'Let us
have peace ~