The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-11-17
VIM Editors Are Happy.

Brothers OF the press: You hard work |
ing ones in the villiges and hamlets,-
the Journal has few words for you.
Your lot is not always the happiest in
the world.
/ Your cares and worries are legion.
| Your silver lined clouds fly high and !
| dy fast.
Your downy couch is not without its
crumpled roseleaves.
| Your subscribers don't hesitate to i
stand you of. or offer to liquidate with /
sorghum
| Your friends never fail to advise you /
how to run your business.
Your imp Is always ready to purloin |
| your havanas. or the glistsniDg pippin |
you have hidden away IN the secret re-
cesses Of your sanctnm.
| Your back il often lame from pro.
| longed tussIs with the Washington.
You are often sickened with the odor
OF ancient past.
You are harassed by political bum
mers and preaching prelates.
| You are compelled to wrestle with
spring poetry rs colicky MS unripe fruit.
! Your heart strings are played upon by
the dilapidated tramp.
j Your columns are expected to be de-
voted to indiscriminate puffy Of every
species OF quackry, and you to receive
about ten per cent. Of it's value In seven
cent ink at rs cents.
| You must labor necessarily for the adj
| vancement of tho community in which
yon exist, and be cussed for not doing
more.
You must be pestered by fossils and
fools who abound In your community.
and never kick against the imposition.
You must be philosopher, teacher,
counsellor and general guardian for ey-
erybody.
You must sit In your dingy office and
sec wealthy nsighbor ride by in his
luxurious ease who owes yen two years
subscription, while You ara unable to
purchase one handle to wheel barrow.
You must pen gushing notices of the
| Appearance OF every baby In the neigh
/ borhood. and be careful not discriminate
against any; for one line more for Mrs.
Jones's little cherub than for Mrs.
Smiths will precipitate the undying en-
nifty OF the latter.
Yon must eyerlnstingly skirmish to
raise funds to pay your printers on sat-
urday night, or DO compelled to dupli-
cate patient medicine ads the following
week.
Yon must attend church on sunday ev-
en- Ii you are compelled after service to
sneak in at the back door of your office,
/ roll up your sleeves, and labor while the
boys jeff AWAY q weeks wages on the
stone.
You must dip your pen in tears and
roll out tuching obituaries when some
old codger OF your town sshutfies off
this mortal COLI when, if you We're to
, give him his just deserts your effusion
, would run something like this:
Squire Stubhs' the greedy old sinner;
Has gone where they don't collect rent;
To- f.fsl Y,of far
and has never paid me u cent.
, But when he gets to that place down
there.
Aud Satan ut him gets d chance.
He'll wish he'd been more manly and
. Ana ppafd Tor three years IN uuvance.
Your head is early prone to badness,
2 and your spinal column to curvature.
Q your boots are often run down at th O
+ heel and the luxury OF n half-sole is de-
: MED you.
], But with all these perplexities youare
often happy; indeed, hilarious; when u
q genial old granger lays II fat turkey on
Il your table. or Jugs in Il key of amber ci-
! der fresh from the press: or mayhan
: some OF those big tatersa that have done
service at the county fair.
And then the wedding eake-Lord
bless the bonny brides -sweet md frosty
for You to lay awaY under your Pillow
md dream upon.
I And then there comes the sherifffs
It snie nd. tough to set up, but tho prom
IL Use Of the harvest OF good dollars it will
i bring throws glamour over the solid
: nonpareil, with it's bewildering army OF
boundaries. quarter sections, s-w.'s, n
O WIS, mes, SEES and other puzzling
O terms known only to the initiated.
i And then the great, eonsoling thought,
!. which gilds tho gloom of the present
I the hereafter that heaven of rest that
It Shirly Hrown says the country editor is
!. sure TO find
s The vnst extent of country where tIa-
y linquent subscribers are never admitted
u where papers are printed on sheets OF
h gold: whore the devils CRY of copy
!. Is never hoard: hut instead. sweet cher
4. uhs on duwny wings sing the sweet re-
- frain. aud bear your poetic illusions on
T glimmering salvors to the vast conesurst
h OF angel compositors in the great com
- posing room, whose type is of silver
. md whose sticks arc set with dia-
+ mands
+ so brothers. plod on for awhile
i Stand by your posts
Y And soon You'll hear the Reveille,
n On Canaans happy shore,
Il A eaurrier'll bring the happy news
; That earthly cares are Ger;
i And herald you into TINT place
: Where Times are always good,
And where subscribers never pay
In poor and knotty wood.
And when You bid tho world adieu,
For Truth and JOY eternal.
x Your name will shine with Horace G's
Of On Gods intlnite Journal
= Semi Weekly Market Report.
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., Tho following quotations for TIL
r. ketehum retail market ARE carefully re
vised With each issue for the benefit q