Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-21

Of all the apparently innocent anu
useful occupations pursued in this sur
prising world, that Of editing week,
y paper is the most narrowing am. anu
deoeitfal. If it had been especially
invented as means OF dlaoohcai
and complicated torture, it would pc
pronounced the most perfect contrlv-
anoe evezepnoeived in the restless i'm
aginatioa pfanan. The reader who'
during two Of three evenings Of each
week. is charmed and instructed by
the stories and sketches contained in
the paper, never imagines that for
each one Of these delightful articles
the valiant editor has been obliged to
overcome, in a series Of tremendous
single combats, . score or two OF the
most determined authors, each armed
to the teeth with the most deadly
unnascrip4, and encased insan Inn
penetrable armor of steely persistence.
After these Herce battles the editor,
asa gentle recreation, throws him
elf heedlong into that vast, unsound-
ed sea Of "Original Poetry whose
mad waves roll in disastrous inunda'
ten through every EDITORS sanctum
throughout the length and breadth Of
this great Republic. If, after wild
bufettings with these waves and dead
ly contests with the metaphorical mon
sters that range through their depths,
he can bring up two or three little
pearls whose feeble lustre'will family
illsnine . page or two he regards
himself as = lucky and happy man.
After all this which has been only a
little mild exercise calculated to call
out his viger, his real labor begins.
Through melancholy wastes Of dreary
comic articles, into which the writer's
have introduced everything in
or out of the world ex-
cept humor, his steep and stony road
leads to . bowling wilderness Of
Original Essays" through which run
the mad broods of Ignorance and Fol-
ly, in fierce quest Of tender young
editor whom they may devour. If, by
a great miracle, he works his way
through these dangers, it is only to
proys the stern stuff Of which editors
are make; for Immediately be is con-
frolted by . vast, riotous, and ever-in.
creasing host Of amateur wrirers, who
hurl upon him q terrific storm Of crush.
ing manuscripts.
Day m and day out, from the begin.
ming Of the week to the last day there.
Of, and then begin again, he must sit
"a mild maryland listen to the
Wild rawlings of those misguided ladies
and gentlemen who, because they have
found two words.in thesEnglish Ian.
guage Tor out it) that will rhyme to-
gether, are profoundly convinced that
they are greatpoets and born to death.
less fame.
What dreadful deeds of awful vii.
iains I'm the most unspeakably blank
Of all possible blank verse) does not
the editor conceal daily in the voice
less oblivion of his waste-basket? He
is called upon to assist in the most
complicated and unutterable of hypo.
thetical crimes. The first thing that
meets his haggard eye in the morning
Is an endless missive demanding his
immediate connivance at some appall-
ing wrong-to be done in numberless
chapters The very next instance he
Is requested by = young lady, whose
fertile and original genius is displayed
IN her marvellous spelling, to-
'Oh. come and twins swsts Aours With me-.
Andt win then yurs tru love bs.''
But he don't 60, because of another
innocent young being who demands to
ho Informed IN o+or+l~,