Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-08-05
selerf Misrfllany.
Annoyafce of Editors

Not editors alone but nearly all
business men daily receive commun-
ications from individuals in whom they
have not the slightest interest, but
who, nevertheless, feel terribly ag-
grieved if the most senSeless inquiry is
not Immediately answered by the long
suffering poring of humanity whose
trials Job himself could scarcely have
borne with patience.
Some persons seem to have mis-
taken impression that the business of
other people couldn't be carried Oh at
all without valuable suggestions and
advice from themselves" said "advice"
generally coming in badly spelled,
horribly written missiye, informing
the delighted recipient that ''he's an
IDIOT, ana that the writer always knew
: H.. l4f -.e..sA-..--..4l-a -aiSlsiis!sAa
spondeuts don't express their
opinions in the above Straightforward
manner, but say what, in the end,
really amounts 10 about tic same
thing.
rs rule, editors are not unwilling
10 answer respectful queries, or those
that can in any way benefit the Ques-
toner or the public; but when, during
a political campaign, somebody wants
10 know if the aspjrant for gubernator-
iai honorS really did throw his mother
ln-law over mammoth two-inch
boulder into a roaring, rushing, foam
( ing, fathomleSS washtub below, or why
. It isn't grammatical to say "them ink
bottles is mine,' the average editor is
apt to pine for '.lcdge in some vast
wilderness.
Another ANNOYANCE is caused by as
/ pira@ts TO literary honorS, who begin
by saving; Il now take my pen in
hand" and asking why they can't
write lengthwise and crosswise, and
diagonaIly across the paper when they
send an article for publication. If
some such original genius didn't take
special pains to say he took the pen in
his hand, almost any editor would be
Just foolish enough to imagine that
the writer showed it up under his left
optic, or tied it TO lock of his
auburn hair, but the positive state
ment that hs holds the PENN his hand
F. precludes the possibility OF any con-
lecture on the subject, thus saving
the editors valuable time, as he might
otherwise spend several precious min
utes speculating on the matter.
! Then there are the ''chronic grumb-
lers' who never were satisfied with
ANYTHING, and never will be, and who
send delightful autograph letters to
the unfortunate publisher Of some
paper, complaining that he ''prints
too much trash, and too little sense,
or too much sense, and too little trash, y
anything in fact that will do to growl
about. and make people think the sun
is under permanent eclipse. Then,
too, the ''sweet affection" that exists
between the editors of rival papers
must be source of intense gratifica-
ton to all concerned, and be accused
of conducting any publication simply
from mercenary motives, when every
body knows that editors are dead
heads, and poverty stricken beings
anyhow, must soon cause regret for
the vanished days of happy childhood
when they could play 'mumblety peg
with the tolerable certainty of hitting
somebody with the deadly weapon used
in that delighted game. These are
but few of the daily trials to which
editors are subjected, although ''life
is not all dark" to them anymore than
individuals who follow some other
profession. Most people have as many
friends as they deserve, and doubtless
the delight Of occupying conspicuous
position at circuses and public enter
tainments more than counterbalance
any trifling annoyance like the few
herein mentiontd.-Ina s. Hudson, IN
Detroit Free Press.
Necessity knows no law, but a gooi
many lawyers.
Matchless maid--the kitchen Cir
| out Of lucifers.