Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-06-03
Ii U M o R o US.
All About Printing.

Have been the first printer. He did it with
his feet, leaving his prints wherever he went
Printers have been on the tramp ever since.
The first movable type was in the fifteenth
century. 1t was never fully determined who
moved it. Gutenberg is suspected, as he
was guttin nearly everything in those DAYS
An edition of Donatus was the first book
printed from movable type. Donatus was a
cannibal. He would have dom ate US if we
had been around about that time.
The first letters were characters initiating
handwriting. We would like to catch any
body Initiating our handwriting, lettered or
unlettercd.
Roman type was made in 1865. We didn't
make any until the year followins-and we
havn't made great deal since. But the
'Grecian type" is our choice-made of
Athens business, you know.
Printing was introduced into Paris in 14TO.
Being in France, the introduction was very
formal.
The largest size of type used for books is
Great Primer. We never got anything but
little primers in our youthful days The
smaller sizes of types are English, Plea,
Small Plea, Long Primer (mixed half and
half with Great Primer it makes Great Long
Primer Bourgeois, Brewer, Minion (avaunt3
Nonpareil, Agate (now editing the New York
cinnati), Diamond and Brilliant, evidently
very similar.
Pearl is the smallest type found in an Or
binary printing Office. Cora Pearl is about
the loudest type found anywhere.
The type most in use for advertisements is
nonpareil. Where there is non>pay there is
very little reil, nowadays
En- America, printers are Paid By the 600
ems (M. We once had girl named Emily
"A sweet creature-an thousand Ems we
have since seen couldn't hold candle to her.
Our foreman, the ssDoctor," informs us
that good compassion will set, correct and
distribute about 5000 ems in day of ten
hours. The shocking creature! If he could
set, etc., 5000 ems in day of ten hours,
how many Julias and Polly AIMS could he
serve in the same manner? (Answer in our
next.)
Numerous papers nova days are printed off
from stereotype plates. These plates are not
good to eat off of, and they differ from fash>
ion plates in that they are useful
The hand-press is said to have been in
vented in 1850 but bless you, hand pressing
must have reached way back of that time
The hand press has been in operation ever
eince young folks of opposite genders were
on earth, you bet I!
Ink rollers made from mixture of
mo!asses and glue. I. frequently becomes
necessary to watch the roller-bovs to prevent
their licking off the 'lasses.
The Hoe press was patented in JULY. 1917.
You ought to zee Toe handle one of his
presses. Before the Hoe was invented, news
papers were printed on shovel.
Fat Contributor.
PUNcTUATIoN.-A suit took place the
other day in which printer named Kelvey
Ua yp1fp H.
battery that came off between two men named
Brown and Henderson
'Mr. Kelvey, did you witness the affair
referred to ?'
eyes sir'
"Well, what have you to say about it?"
"Ihat 1t was the best piece of punctuation
I'have seen for some time ~
What do you mean by that ?"
Why, that Brown dotted one of Uender.
sons eyes, for which Henderson put period
on Browns breathing for about half min
ute"
The conrt comprehended the matter at
once, and fined the defendant two dollars.
JUVENILE PRAYER -"Kitty's going to
join our Sabbath school she's coming with
me next Sunday; amt you, Kitty 2"
ooh, l don't know-I've never been TO
Sabbath school-what do you have to Go ?''
Why, you get saved, of course and books
and albums, and
81 mean what do you have to do-have to
study anything? 2"
.sOh, it isn't like that, It's like church
you know. When you first 90 in YOU have
to put your head down and pray"
"But can't pray" says heather kittv.-
ri don't know how to bow"
''Oh, well, do as 1 do Shut your cycs
and count fifty.
'PoETRT"-[St Louis Democrat l-"The
young lady who signs herself Louise and
Fends us poemlet of twelve verses on the
condition of the streets of ST. Louis. is re-
quested to make her poem longer or we can
not print it. Sixty verses would be none too
many; meanwhile we will hold on to those in
hand, merely whetting the readers appetite
by giving four lines. which read as follows:
$50 see what have sawn,
Go feel what have felt.
TO out at early dawn,
And smell what have smelt.'"
"A Western editor, in acknow lodging the
gift of peck of potatoes, says at is such
kindnesses as these that brings tears to our
eyes One peck of potatoes makes the whole
world kin: We have trusted in Providence,
and this is our reward. We would like
little kindingwood and some good turnips,
but that would be asking too much, so we will
try and do without them.
An freshman noticing lady pass down
the street, espied two strips, suspended from
under her mantle Not knowing that these
were styled sashes and were hanging in their
right place, he exclaimed: can faith 'ma'am
yer galuses are loose"
"A GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, paper says the
girls of, that town "sleep with their corsets
on. When those Wisconsin girls take a
notion to be squeezed, they are going to be. !
even If they have to- have it done by ma,
ohinery.
"A little Boston girl joyfully assured her
mother that she had found out whera ~,