Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-10-21
The Editors Guests.
BIT WILL CARLETON.

His chair-arm. an elbow supporting hls ri5ht
hand upholding his head.
His eyes on his dnsty obi table. with different
documents spread,
There were thirty oug pages rom u'wler,
with unilernei capitals topped,
And short dsqulSition from Growler, re-
questing his paper stoppeI;
There were lyrics from Gusher, the poet. con-
corning sweet f,wers aud zePhyrs.
And stray gem from PIolier, the farmer,
describing couple OF heters;
There were billets from beautiful maidens. AMI
bills from grocer or two,
And bis best leader Nitchei 70 a letter which
inquired if be wrote it, or who a?
There were raptures Of praises from writers
of the weakly meliifuous school,
And one of his rival, last papers Informing
him That he was fool;
There were several loug resolutions. with
names telling whom they were by,
Canonzing some harmless old brother, who
had done nothing worse than die;
There were traps on that table to catch him,
serpents to sting aud to smite him,
There were gift enterprises to sell him, and
biters attempting to bite him;
There were long staring "ads" from tic city,
aud money with never one,
Which added: Please give this Insertion, and
send your bill when your done :
There were letters from rsanlzitions--iheIS
meetings, wautS aud their hWS
Which said: can YOU print this SanaoniceInent
for the good Of our glnrlons clnse !?
There were tickets inviting his preserce To-
festivals. parties aud shows,
Wrapped in notes with Please give MS a
notice, demurely slipped ia At The close;
In short, his eve took the table aDi ran orr
ink splttere'l trash,
There was nothing II Iil not enenuater, *
cepting. perhaps, 1t was cash.
The Il iitor lreamily poud-red Oh several
ponderous things,
Ca different lines Of action, and the pulling Of
different strings;
/ Upon some equiyoel duings AMI some I'M
equvocaI duus;
Oh how few Of his numerous patrons were
quietly prompt paying onea
! On friends who subscribed just tfhelp him, ="
and wordy encouragement INT.
| Aud had given him plenty of Counsel, but
never pail him ceLt;
/ On vinegar, kind hearted people were feeding
him every hour.
/ Who saw not the work they were dninr. hui
wondered tHht printers are s'nr
/ On several intelligent tnw'~meb. whose kIrd-
rcss was 81 ~!iIilit STINT
1 That they kept m eye on his business, aud
tod hlm just what h. sh .nli print;
On men VII had rendered him layura and
never put forward the. Claims,
F., So long rs the paper was crowded with locals
Containing tier name-
| On various other small matters .nifi lent his
( temper t. r''l.
Aud fucy c1utnvel lo be making th- hln 'd
OF an L llt,r b,i
Aud 50 one may See that hi, feelings could
hardly he suI 10 be ,'u,oth.
Aud be needed some rlei,tut occi!rreucc, h>
ruli-d emptruS to sopth
lie bad 1t; f,r lol on The thrrsh III, a SLOW
and reliable tread,
And a farmer invaded the Nanrtum, and these
are the words he sail
Good morning, SIR NJ Printers how L.
your body, to-day
I'm glrl you're to home, for you fecrs Is alus
ruunin away.
Your paper last week want S, spicy nor sharp
a. the one week before.
Bat s'posc when the campaigns pened you J!
be whooping it up To- 'rnr more
That fellcr THAT'S prinun' The .Smdster is suin
lor yon perty smart.
AMI our folks said thi, m1ruin at breakfast
they thought be WAS gettiu' the start.
But hushel 'em right up IN \ minnit, and
said 7 COOL wori for you
tolI 'em | b'Iierel you was tryin 70 DO just
as well As you knew;
And told EN- that some one vas saying, and
who ever twas. II is 50,
That YOU can't expect much nf ~ ono man,
nor blame him for what he don't know.
But ayin' aside pleasure for business. "
brought MY little hoy jim,
Aud thought would ste II YOU couldn't
make an editor uuten % him.
NV family stock is ncreasin', " Nhile other folks
seem 10 run short,
I've got right smart of family-its one Of
the old fashioned sort
/ There's Ichabod, Isaac, anl Israel workin
away on the farm
They d. bout a. much rs one good hoy, and
make things 20 of like 4 charm
! There's Moses and Aaron-theyre re sly ones, aud
Sip ike 4 couple ol eels,
Bot they are tpl'able steady abpnt one thing
they allus git round b. their meals.
There Peter is busy inyen'in' Ola u.h what
he inyents, can't s,c,
And joseph is stuilu' nied'giue-a and both oi
l en- bulrdln' with me-,
I There's Abram and Alert l. married. each
~orkin' my farm f'r hin>elf,
/ And Sam smashed hi, uo,e at sbuotin, and
50 he is laid on the ,l,th
| The rest If the boys are 81 grpwin 'ccpt this
little runt. which is jim
/ And thought that p'rhaps III be maxim AZ
Editor outen q him
/ lie amt no great shakes or t. labor, though
I've labured with lin good deal.
/ And give him some strappin' gond Arguments
know he couldn't help b1i 10 feel;
But he's huilt out # secord growth tin ber and
nothin' about him Is b!g.
Excepting bis appetite only, aad there be : as
good as a pig
I keep him a-carryin luucheans, aud film and
bringin' the jugs
And take him among the peria,oes, and 81,
him to pickin' tbe hugs:
And then there's ihiHcs 10 be- 2 doin a-helplhg
the women indoors;
There's churnin and washin' of dishes and
other description of chpres.
But he don't take q nothin' bat vietuals, and
he'll ueger be much I'm afraid.
So | thoneht it would he good notion 10 larn
him the Editor 5 trade
His body5 to1 small fora farmer, bis jnds-
men, Is rather to slim.
But tliougbt We perhaps conld he maxim an