QUAKERS' PROVERBS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 16, 17 October 1879, Page 3

QUAKERS' PROVERBS.

Never send an article for publican tion without giving the editor thy name, for thy name often secures publication to worthless articles. Thou sbould'st not rap at the door of a printing-office ; for he that answereth the rap sneereth in his sleeve and loseth time. Neither do thou loaf about, nor knock down type, or the boys will love thee as they do the shade trees — when thou leavest. Thou should'st never read the cop^ on the printer's case, or the sharp and hooked container thereof, or he may knock thee down. Never inquire of the editor for news, for behold it is his business to give it thee at the appointed time without asking for it. It is not right that thou should'st ask him who is «he author of an article, for it is his duty to keep such things unto himself. When thou dost enter his office, take heed unto thyseli that thou dost not look at what concorns theo not, for that is not meet iv the sight of good breeding. Neither examine thou the proof sheet, for it is not ready to meet thine eye that thou mayst understand. Thou should'st not delude thyself with the thought that thou hast saved a few cents when thou hast secured a deadhead copy of his paper, for whilst the printer may scuile and say it's all right, he'll never forget thy meanness.