GOING TO PRESS.
By Rev. L. N. Carman. [t_?m. A. Jones, foreman of_ihCComposing rooms of thej- New Orleans y«p_* died recently. Juit, befo^ his deas_T_b became conscious fo^a moment, and iff that gleam, dwelling upon the\babits ofThis;- life, H_£ - suddenly exclaimed? : a<jferare all righfc r . .Sherman ; lock up the forms, ind let's go to press/'] ._. p-x • t■" JFel!pw-4netrr, a moment linger : ; | ~ •"-■ On thzr&fmg printer's speech, \ r 'T ;For it nehrsj a weighty lesson: ! '< xx -:•- :-,- Our unheeded hearts tojieach. S v., T -Daytby^dayi thejiTart composing * xX Y What "a uhiverse shall read _ > I }*-' ~i ?J$ to,ty_je att* ceasSiess setting, : y. ;. As t&pu addest deed: to deed. j Ah,' how eajfely life's full' columns,' C l .. Whe.n th6 hand that sets them lies Z" ■ : Fixed ifijari unbroken stillness, ! P" ; ■'.: Their composeradverdsetT | T ; Sooh tse*fdrml*re lockebflorever,' 'X. , Charigeless shajl th' imgeession be ;Q_ ;. , Scan the proofs" in time, O printer ; r __ Thou art neat eternity TTi ' ( : Are the," ads '/all right, .composer ? ,< c s Art thou stahdibg justified i U,. jßeadyjbpw for'death andfjudgment, Their 'unfoldings to abide ?;" ; So shalt thou, as night advSnbes, Greet th' unstaying Pressman's call ; Then await the morn eternal Publishing thy life to all.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 147, 23 June 1877, Page 2
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195GOING TO PRESS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 147, 23 June 1877, Page 2
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