Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-28
Ncwshspcr Work.
Sioux CITY ,IOurnall

/ If an editor of Il newspaper is predis-
posed to be sick he should.quit the busi-
ness. OF course we mean physically sick.
We suppose in slanggy sense. an editor
has a right to be sick which mortals in
gner',l do not share. 1t is expected that
he will from time TO time be called upon
to look at other peoples fowls of the mas
| culinc order. whose attitudes to him are
discOmtortin. ifnot demoralizing. They
crow at him and over him, and vulgar peo-
pie wink at him upon The streets and s;sy
they are sorry, when they are not, and
boys-cruel boys-hover about him, and
hurrah for the other fellow. He has TO be
sick for whole town or a whole party.
and the exigencies Of the occasion too fire.
qnen.lr crowd the blackness of despair III
to his soul. But this is legitimate part
of the business cf a good editor, and he
should bring his Christian fortitude into
pla. to make the best Of it. In turn it is
given to him to enjoy all the wholesome
ness of being on the we'll side. But to be
sick in body-to have head that is COM
PEELED to- work. work, work, with a, blood
that viti:ites the brain and makes the hand
nervous-is a condition too sad for public
appreciation. How Is any one to know lie
is not strong and vigorous? Even the tired
invalid at home who has known no work
maybe for years expects the paper to be
well, always well. The judge may ad-
journ his court, the lawyer dismiss his eli
ent, the doctor send his apOlogies-but the
editor must always grind! If the giist he
shall turn ont is good, very well; if it is
poor, he can only expect the verdict that
he is stupid fool. So, through the days
and through the years, he is expected to
come up fresh and crisp each day, and no
loss OF appetite. no arrangement OF the
bowels. no amount OF torpidity of the liver,
no quantity of the toothache, no volume of
any thing in the wide range Of human ills.
short of a complete s.spply of death, will
save him fsesai the full measure of the de-
msnds Of the ,starand gentle reader. This
is not because people are disposed to rule
him out of their sympathies; it is simply
because they do not know-and they ought
not to know, and every coed sditor will
be glad that ti,ey do net know. We sup
poseit is common among journalists at
times to feel that the public should know
that they have not been In working order.
They fec. despite their painful eXeltions,
that their paper, else, must 60 forth as a
hard witness against them. But they must
keep the weakness to- themselves, and if
they cannot get the Better of the trouble,
let them step out of the way. The paper
and the man who makes it asse wove to-
gether, aud answer to- each other; but the
man stands behind the paper, and the peo
pie see only il, assf init they will brook no
such weaknesses as poor human flesh in all
Of living must suffer. The
last breath Of ones wife may be very near;
the grave may be already opened for ones I
babe; the head that prompts the lines may
be bound up in very desperation to Keep it
from splittins-but the paper must come,
and it must be pleasant, thoughsful, flip
pant, comforting to others who are in
trouble, and sharing with Others all the
joy they have. Is It a weary, burdensOme
day? The morrow will bring rest.
not respite, not time for retrospect and
morrow will bring yes
tcrday over again. And SO the days cone
and the days go. There is no locking un
the shop; there is no hanging or. the ex-
planatory card-there is no way out the
one way: pull through or 80 urde! Young
men who are looking for grand Emporium
tiles 10 work are advised to At themselves
as arhief spoke In The hub Of a daily news
paper. They must learn to work on their
back as well as ON their teet; TO work when
HEY have Their heYd, and when tiet have
f6st tito WORK. sick OF 'weg,s hAa6ng the
Lying and tie dead. Ten hours a day or
twentyltdur Il tlseY have consultations
unequal to this, they sre cautioned here
assisaf any Vesy aerirsu attempt u go'it