The Irish standard., 1886-11-13
Printers Who Have Risen.

IQe prlQtllg OINCG has given AulcIIco
/ some of its most honored and brilliant
self-made men. 1t Is the school from
which Benjamin Franklin, the discoy-
: erer of the electric current, graduated.
1t was the printing office that gave to
the country it's greatest editor, Greeley.
and its great general, Phil. IL. Sherl-
dan. Gen. Thos. l. James, the gallant
soldier and ex-postmaster general,
learned his trade as q printer in the Of
fice Of country weekly in New York
Gen. n. Z. Banks learned the printer's
trade in Boston, and afterwards served
as general Of his native State. Gen.
Anson Slayer, late president OF
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. earned his first dollar as 'devil''
il a BLtfalo. N. K, PRINTING! office, and
died g. millionaire. Gen. Horatio G..
King, udge-advocate general OF the
State OF New York, started in life as q
printer: and Edwin E. Haskell, the
millionaire newspaper editor of Bos-
ton, and part owner OF the Minneapolis
Tribune, " sorked rollers in printing
Office, when boy, for fifty cents a
week. G.. "A. Beanan, law partner Of
Senator Evarts. was q printer on the
Boston Herald Senator Plumb Of
Kansas worked at the case as a COM
positor; and ex-postnaster general
Frank Hacton, at present editor and
| ,ictr, ;,,,rl, Ex,an:,,rr
| Mail. worked as a printer fer many
years in early life.
Iii our own State aud city the print
ing Office has contributed not q few men
prominent in public life. Hon. A. Is.
Ill Gill. candidate for governor, is all
old-fime printer, and at present pro-
! prietor OF one Of che best weekly news
papers in the State. T. FL. Mcdonald,
receiver of the land office at st. Cloud,
is an old Pioneer Pres, printer. Jim
Ahern, clerk OF tho municipal court in
st. Paul, has a record OF setting up
1900 ems day, solid long primer.
| Alderman M. L Kain the Knight of
Labor alderman who represents the
fifth ward in the st. Paul council. and
will be elected as the next clerk Of
courts in this county, is a printer. and
still works at the trade. NJ j. DAILY is
| printer, well known and popular. who
| HAS been nom illatet! for the position of
county commissioner. George X.
Shaw, editor ct the Dispatch, is al
od-time ~space~benler:7 while Chan
ming Paine, now Of the Graphic Illus
trating Company, used to be good for
at least torty-nine Oh the Pioneer
Press.
There is no branch OF industry more
exacting than the printers. and none
which affords; greater opportunities for
industrious and ambitious workmen to
rise above the common level. There
are but two stumbling blocks in the
printers road to success-Whiskey and
indolence.--St Paul Labor Echo.
An old lady being called into cours
as a witness, got vexed at the lawyer,
and declared: 'slf you don't stop ask
ing questions Ill leave!' and then
added: you're the most inquisitive
man ever saw in al the days of my
life. ~. y. Herald.
The Pith of 1t: Harry {who has
the idea, hut forgets the precise
words)-"Oh, sister, Mrs. B. told me
to tell you how awfully kind it was
OF you TO sing, as it's SO hard to get
any one to do it nowadays unless
they sing we'll. Life.
Captain John Ericsson claims
that the moon is composed OF ice.
This is probably true, and explains
the efrontery with which the old
gentleman therein costly peeks into
sequestered hooks and over garden
gates.-N. z: Gyephtc.
Traveller. ..Mister. what time does
that 'commodation get in that's goin'
down ter Sinks Clearin?'' Ticket
Agent (within)-''From half pas one
to bout three in the afternoon" Tray
eler-"1s she ginerally on time?"
Ticket Agent" Ginerally. ''-Boston
Budget.
\ -sNo, doctor,' said the musical
critic, who had been discussing the
development of the divine art in
Australia, t.we have no great COM
posers in CHS country II beg par
don. sir, but I believe we have one
great composer ..The name,
please?'' 'Chloroform
"A little girl went visiting one day,
and after time was given the album
Of family photographs to look at. She
turned the leaves over carefully, and
pretty soon closed the book. "Well,
DEAR asked the hostess, ..did you
look at the album?'' ''Oh, yes" an
swered the little maid, brightly. 'eAnd
we've got one 'zactly like it, only the
PICTURES u azs h prettier.. !" = 7. Be-