The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-20
THE CUB BOOK-BINDER.
Cect Razier?


Well. should say did. have known
him since the Underestimate days OF his
boyhood. He and ! served our apprentice
ships together ,
You thought said he was book binder:
so he was, and is one Of the best that
ever trimmed an edge OF rounded back
No. YOU are right. ! never worked at
BOOK binding: but have always consistently
stuck to the case The way we came TO DC
thrown together in our early youth was
this: The house in which ! learned the
rudiments of the sublime art had book
binderv connected with it; or the printing
Office was attached to the blndery-at least
they were inseparable and have ever since
SO remained. The binding they did was
mostly in the way of blank-book and the
like, though they had considerable work at
re.binding old books, magazines, etc. A
good finn that was, Stamp, Marblesides "
Co. until Marblesides got to be little too
fast for the others, and made tor himself
rather an equivocal reputation
When | first met Veet there
Why do YOU call him "Veet?"
We'll, YOU see his parents and sponsors,
among them gave him the name OF HelVe-
thus Van Rensselaer,. You notice he signs
MS name in this letter H. v Razicr." NO
boy could be expected to carry into practl-
cal every day use such tiresome success
sion Of syllabes; so, no sooner was TINS
one fairly trousered and turned out TO dis
port himself among kindred spirits than
they undertook to lop off the superiluities OF
his proper name. The ordinary method is
to curtaii it Of all syllables but the first.
This was tried on Veet but when they I'M
dertook to couple his sobriquet with his
patronymic. he wouldn't stand it. Try 1t
and sec how it would sound So, as "Shus''
was too awkward, they cleared away the
rubbish at both ends--deCapitated and cur
tailed 1t. and took the second syllable and
modified il to the satisfaction OF all con
crrned
All. me- How well remember the day
he came into the Office, or bindery, or both
for the entire business was carried on, not
only under the same roof, but in the Same
room. Think of it! room large enough
for a concert hall, with book and job Of
fee in one end, blndery at the other and the
counting room half way between, and a
little to one side, so as to allow unintcr
rupted communication between the differ
cnt operatives, without disturbing Staml
at the desk.
Well, that's Just what ! was about to tel
you-"What happened when Vcet first cam
theref"
lie looked awfuily green, and immensI.
curious. He brought some sort Of paper t.
Stamp, who was busy and told the lad t
wait | had been at work there about ayeal
And as ] saw that long-legged, solemn
faced youth providing about, looking INT
everything that came in his way, my finger
itched to get hold Of him. resolved t
svail myself of the first opportunity t
show him the type lice"
You "never saw type-liceW No nor
did the oldest man AZ the business, NJ
Of course there's no such thing, II any
body ever offers TO show them to you, don
YOU look These fabulous yermin are SUI
posed to be nestled in between the lines {
a wet form, as il lies on the stone, ju
where the types have been showed dow
abou: the length Of sticktul, ana dirt
wet sponge squeezed over the OPENING
Then, as the deeply interested investigate
bends down to see the Curiostlcs, the dew
who is generally the exhibitor, shoycs Il
type smartly to lis former place, and the Vi
tim of the hoax wipes his face on his poe
ct handkerchief
Well, saw the game siding up my "
and az there was form on the stone, pi
pared the trap, and waited.
When he came near enough, mold
inyitingly and grinned socially, and
came nearer
When be quite reached the edge Of
stone he began asking the names of thin
and ! overfowed with information.
length | bent eagerly over the stone, Z
claiming,
"Oh, my never saw so many before
"What is III" said he, modesty.
"Thcre's one, two three, four, five,
seven, eight nine, ten--oh, morn l
count, they run around so fast !" sale
feigning not to hear his query. Then
spoke up eagerly. and rifle more bolt
"What is it YOU sect"