Bozeman avant courier., 1873-07-11
BOZEMAN, MONTANA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, JULY II 1873
Life on a Morning Paper.

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One half the world knows little about hog
the other halt live. and what may be NOR
true, care little. Coming across the descrip
ton below. given by an indianapolis pape
of .litc On morning paper.n G thoughts j
well to reproduce iIA order that our. read
ers may see q lite-ll jcture, and have the;
appreciation OF hVsh morning pape
quickened. Little dlgg the reader know 0
the toll aud dssvexation ghcident to labor on |
morning paper. AS tfie damp sheet, fillee
with the very. latest intelligence, is opened a
| the breakfast table, and the ere eagerly seeks
ont the tcleg patches, and cons ovel
the thoughts of me editor or reads the itc,nS
of the humorous and energetic local does
the reader think for an instant of the throb.
bine brain, tie fevered brow. the incessan,
treaamilI toll, necessary to create and gather
so much from all quarters Of the earth? No
fora minute. He has paid his money. Hs
takes his choice. But let us give. the prom
ised picture. and if he does not sympathizc
he will. at least, know how hard a thing it il
to labor and TO wait:
At early dawil-for we viii commence
when the paper is cut, and 60 on till the next
daybreak-numerous boys arc seen rushing
from the basement of the building where the
paper is printed, with bundles Of papers on
their arms these arc I he carriers. Next fol-
low the mail bags to their different localities.
As the sun rises, the tired presslnan and ell
gincer are seen emerging, pallid with nightly
work. AS it gets higher the working force
may be seen coming Ia, until IL o'clock a, M,
all maysbefat the office. Haa
In the composition room the cases.a are filled
in the morning, preparatory to setting upthe
next Days paper. The tired workmen OF the
night betore-for it is a self-eyident fact that
all printers on morning papers are constantly
tired--weariiy. fill their cases, looking now
and then, if il bea pleasant day on the gay,
healthy, busy thfong in the streets beneath
them. Then go to dinner, not with al appe-
tite, for an appetite does. not exist in the
bowels Of a morning paper printer, but with
a kind OF craving to fill up something, the
same as men eat cried apples at cheap
boarding house, or babies eat.drt. Then ii
is constant work till six, Then they go to
supper. and find the way thronged with men
whose days work is done, knowing that in
two hours their toll commences, to run all
night. Supper is soon over. An exhausted
man eats but little; eight o'clock finds them
at work. 50 *tBt stssf e4 aa#ss. ~
Up stairs the gas blazes, anu twenty pale
,sep work, Ilegible communications bother
~ tneli y 5est9at. A heated. fetid stif.n@ at
Hlospflsre uEsIruyS LIIr1f sses7z
tempts to make sense out OF nonsense worry
their brains. Yet their fingers are busy ;
wife AMI little ones at home look to them for
food. Twelve o'clock midnight. The edi-
torials and locals are up for the next day s
publication, and in comes the telegraph in
deranged pieces, like lingering sweetness
long drawn out. If any spectre was ever IN
vented to trouble guilty minds, or to make
men Insane. it is the tclegraphlc dispatches
of the Associated Press. Full OF abhrevla-
tions, omissions Of words, nonsense personl-
fed. how cana reasonable being expect
rational man, after fourteen hours OF work,
to make head or tail to it Yet it is some-
times done. No thanks to the operator.
Well, the telegraph is up, and the various
''slugs" having been corrected, the foreman
makes up the paper, and the clock. strikes
four. Then the tired boys go home, to seek
uneasy rest, and to mt ct the tired pressman
the next morning, who has been running the
''oWl train all night.
How, amid the weary hours, they pant for
the. fresh air, the pen need not tell. How
they look at maps to find names OF places,
and long for the islands of the sea, where the
breezes of health may fan their checks and
the Changing sound of machinery does not
come, is needless to mention. They toll into
another world, for their reward never comes
in this. And let the reader hope for a good
world, for the to- ling, patient, daily morning
paper men. S.