The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-15
WHOLE NO 500.
The Printer.

The Printer.
Those who are not familiar with the modus
operdndi OF printing are apt to content them
selves with the blessings OF their newspaper
without caring to inquire INTO the cost by which
it has been placed within their reach. Little
do they realize that each word is composed Of
separate parts, that require nimble fingers,
clear brain, quick eve and the most intense
health absorbing attention to arrange them in
their proper order. Little do they appreciate
the labor, the fatigue, the self-denial and the
daily outglvings Of health, strength and even
life, that has been unmurmuringiy endured in
order to supply them with one OF the great ell
ements or civilization and 30 large proper
ton Of their tireside eDjoyments. All that can
be learnt from the most minute narratives OF
interesting events that are daily and hourly
Transporting throughout the earth, comes thro'
the medium OF the public prints and conse
quently through the hands OF the diligent
printer. All that is practical or of the slightest
value in the transactions Of the commercial
world Is obtained through the same source
The newspaper is like the counsels OF a wise
friend, 1t guides us to a performance of duty;
it points out the shoals and quick-sands where
on others were wrecked and sheds brighter
lustre upon the common nature of all. 1t ele-
votes and refnes, and IN fact it has become the
most potent instructor OF the present age. We
have no adequate means of knowing nor can
we measure with any approach to precision the
influence or benefits that the newspaper may
have exercised in forming the character, direct
ing the education and developing the powers Of
the human mind, but this we do know, wherever
this silent messenger has gone light has fol-
lowed IN it's wake.
But how is ~ with the solitary hours of the
poor printars? ls not their vocation singular
ly devoid OF pleasant associations at the best,
especially those whose lives are spent on the
morning daily" Did you ever visit one of
these composing rooms at working hours -
You see by the sckly, fllckerIng glare OF gas
jets, fifty or more beings whose wan and at
tenuated features speak in language planer
than words, the constant drain upon life and
nature, do they not more resemble pale spirits
OF departed typos. who have returned from the
'other shore" to set up their own obituaries,
and record their own virtues which the gener-
ally appreclative public have entirely overlook
cd. not g. word spoken and the silence only
broken by the solemn click of the type that
keeps time to the pulsations OF the weary
printers heart. They may be called reckless,
their habits may be migratory, they may be
called prodgal OF their earnings, yet much of
these go for deeds of charity, for they are al
ways IN sympathy with the suffering For
them where is the opportunity for domestic
comfort, where can they enjoy tie fruits OF
their toll. Their work must be done when
others are enjoying the bliss OF home and
hoalth-giving rspose And where will they find
rest? Not until their forms" are locked" in
the eternal "chase" OF death: are not their
deeds aud la65rS worthy of an imposing
stone 2"
The Tamm my Hers cannot parry the at
tacks of the New York Times, and so they mean
to cripple it financially. The lot occupied by
the Times building was gwen by the city to
Presbyterian clety tor church and cemetery
about a century ago, with the provleo that il
should revert t. the city if useo for any other
than reli lous purpose. The Times company
bought 1t and paid the city for a release from
This provision. But Mayor Hall, ,suattIng from
the well-deserved lash Of that paper, has COM
menced a suit for q ctment. The Times will
make stout defense. Whether Tammany can
control the courts from the highest to the low
est, as it does politics generally in New York
city, remains to be seen On one ground the
Times ought to beat, for il there was ever
more relI5i1 work than shoWl g up that Cath
olic-Demo ratio ring" 1t has not been done
yet ia this country. Here is q new form OF the
old despotic notion Of muzzlipg the press and
getting nd of an opponent who cannot be ans
wered, q Ia Southern shareholders and Holy In
QUESTION.
! Personal We yesterday received call
from Prof. S. G.. Burked. Principal of the
Union School, AT Lawrence, Van Buren, County,
and for many Years prominent teacher III the
State, who, with view to providing for bis
school tn best known facilities for mpartlng
tn tructon in bookkeeping and collateral
branches, has been spending part of his sum
Iler vacation at the Mayhem Business College,
becoming acquainted with Its improved meth
ods OF which he speaks In the highest terms
Mayhew's University Book keeping, with the
admirable business practice prepared to Illus
trate Its transactions, will hereafter be taught
by Prof. Burked ia his school at Lawrence
This is move ia the right direction; for the
peoples schools should give the best instruc-
tion in thes practical studies, with which the
people he, to be acqualnted.-Detroit AdUer-
, hser and T,iyttn2.
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. PUNISHED "A man from the country brought
into Benton Barbor last week large load OF
peaches which he sold to Capt. N. Robbips- -
On taxing them into the warehouse and turh-
lug out two baskets. the peaches at the bottom
were found To he su,all, inferior aud unmer-
chantable. Capt. Robbins rejected the whole
|, load, which was taken back on TO the street by
: owner and sold to tue purchasing member OF
Chicas O conImlsslou house. On further ex-
animation tne whole load was found to be doc
tored in the same manner; wheieupon the
commission man arrested the farmer for SWIM
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