, 1874-09-20
TIE PRlNIER.
,,-o,t-;r,s Of the New Hand from
1he Country.
qha Miseries Of Dealing with Bad
Manuscript.
n the Theatre and in the Composing
Room.


When old Gutenberg got of his frnt crude
M, ri movable Tyre he laid the foundation not
s.,r Of :he a.: Of printing, but also OF the print
- . being who is as indispensable to modern
..r;1;zz:i5n a. the Bseam-engine or courts OF JUS
10 .ud who presents in himself wider range
.-d r7-..ter ya:.e1y of idiosyncrasies than any
..5sr creature in this world. There is not in the
..-1J .t the present day q class of men better
r,;.uodc7slood than printers. By most peopla
thcr,re looked upon an easy going. anti
-rrs:dine eet OF mortals, who, iSi'orlng tho
,rsrs Of yesterday and careless Of
=. responsibilities Of tomorrow. live but
fo- the p1e=e4t aud its pleasures. In this they
,-.;u the main WONG, though it must be con-
,e5sd that tho shortcomings OF q few evil
r.,;rses xnong tie tsre-sctting fraternity of al
rnct every place help TO create III incorrect gem
erl ,oiprcrri,n with regard to the body. In
xs.:eyer diree.lon :ho peculiaritcs of a.priuter
terd, however they are sure to be very marked,
I'D tbs it is n!,irh 1nabcs him a prominent
fr.~a in the circles which the peculiar beut OF
h:s inclination places him, aud which render
hin a ye,y fair subject for q newspaper article.
0re monument fca:ure of the modern printers
Character IS
HIS CLASNIS1;SEss-
lie Possesses this q'iaiity to extraordinary de-
,rcs. Tac c1clusiyencss Of tie Unions. ard tue
I;,1: bonds Of friendship which unite it's mem
tsrs. ere hardly c1ccl!ed by the same qualities
lie members of Free Mason. Odd Fellow,
Kuisht Of Pythiaa, or Fenian Lodge.
These are Of course feelings which tho
printers hold i'll common, but tho sources of the
vide variety of personal pcc1iari!ics are az
ru1crous as the pcculiarities themselves. These
cannot unfreaucntly be traced to the impress
scas created by the copy that the type-ses:er
las L.d to reproduce in the way Ct business.
Thus the printer who spends most Of his time in
.ctt1ns up tlry commercial 1epo-ss aud tables
hecoucs before very long
CONFIRMED NELASCEoL1C,
znd in his spare time 4 sea,chcr after the myE-
ter,es Of perpetual motion. the quadrature OF
the CIRCLE the tr-secton of the rectaugle Beech
eEs innocence, or some other undiscovered moth
ing. Tue man vino sets up the original poetry
for the Surl4y papers becomes vapid nonen-
tity, who is continually amusing his fellow
printers with mis-9uptas1ous from the poets,
md who. while waiting for copy, deyotes stray
minutes 10 storing Ills mind with Tupper or tho
Lard Of Michigan.
Another pesuilaritr which the nen vino COM
ose have aud h5ld III co5ns!lon. aud which they
Is1Uii4ibo never to Fart with, Is Ri
CNTA!1IsG IL; E.:CS1osITy.
They always ha' H., auu, were 1t nos that an
appeal from printer to another never goes
u:icedeu, the 1llmaer OF kulclsilL, co1npnsiturs
As II i. thc i,unec;,niot, printer. bo nIs uufuT
tuIatc Condition the result Of either folly or
m,.1urt,ue. never fails to find raudy halpine
Lgrds al1unG his brethren Of the stick.
}icI, ,,,d;1ct, 10 us,,y country pr,uters t. ciye
W. ,f.n ,,r t1,tuch nor thing 1ner have f,ot II,
tie yiij.ye weekly NEWSPAPER au0 lob Office to
I:s tt,t:r little I'll Of money aud reputation
among CITY p1iute-s. TheT know well tuat
,lne at 1rst their efforts at self-,,noroyema;,t
4n4y meet with 4 nretty general ,ebuff. TINT At
ja.f Al, oncninr will i,e found that the fol- 1eo1an
n somewhere 10 be met Nho will afford them q
cna,ce AID they know. also thar. althouch
tr;r first .ttc.nr,rs in the CITY Offices nav not po
sIcce: rtu1. vet. If they show tho will to conquer
tAe difficulties Of tier new position and to c1-
-"t,e IN, rustic x.De1tie. Of their style OF work
fr tie CIV finish di.rAyed l,y their new rics,.l1
III ,,.rly SHORTCOMINGS will &c overlooked. The
:c1,;;.atious To
A COUNTRY pnlSTER
% come to the city are ALWAYS very great.
In the fist place. set he tvpo never 80
swiftly. l,e his proof never 70 clean. the
fsr-1iriant country trpo never earps much
L;s}tr wares than IS or 81 week. uh,l,
. cte pr11.;tr's regular wages are fixed at SCI .
week, and if worSi,.g by the piece he can rim it
n, to 535 or .iD. In the next place must be
ctl.si1.red the intense anguish arising from the
setting W week after ween of the country cui-
,or's literary Productions. 1t must hare been
en1.,e knowledge of this peculiar Kind of misery
winch INDUCED Arlcr,,s Ward in his: exquisite
n.;7elctie Vi Tie U>;on de SASSY to make the eyil
geri.s Of tie ,lst the - cruel piIut" to prefer
Sudden d,:at!1 t. Tho lingering tor1u,es threat
enee Of b,.in. condemned ior one year 10 read
the Canada p4pels. The "piru:" might have
been woree Oh than the American country news
paper t, po, hut when it is remembered that the
rustic journalist is, nine times out Of ten, lis
own toct. that lie Contributes largely of
original matter to Lis own column Of facota,
aud iEl1l:,es greatly il the sentimental strain,
even III tie most practical departments Of his
parcr it il aot difficult to CONCEIVE tho unhappy
safe of El.ld OF the man WHO converts the copy
ia;o p-lutvd matter. There is no escape for
him. His doom is inevitable, and q: last lie
forms t:ie resolve Of h;eing him to tho City and
'.eelipg work OIL one Of t.,e daily papers.
THE TROUBLES AND CANES
Eh!cn avail, q Young printer in largo city, are
manifold, and, unless he be made of sturdy ami
loush material. mentally and physically. he will
probably rue the day Ill which he sought for bet
ie1 fortunes and tairer fate abroad Tie first
difficulty he meets with is the securing OF Job,
nd this Is generally Que which ho hid