WANTED, A PRINTERS READERS.
His br;iin must be cool, As an eaglu his sight, And chained to a stool, From meriting till night ;' - ■ He must read and correct ' *" Typographical matters, V Taking civro to detect All the wrong founts aud batters. He who s~elc3 for the plhco Must have once " worked at case." Must lie also " well up " in Typography, Of each science and art Must at least know a p:(rt. Must he thoroughly versed in Geography. .j. V*. Gei man - Fiench -La tin— Greek ** • He must read (if not speak), £ "Must, of course, be a thorough grammarian, / " Quite cm fait to Ibe rules Of the vaiious "schools,"' JTot merely an Abecedarian.Then he'll read— read read, Till his eyes grow weary And diiii, And rcarl —read - read, Till exhausted in every limb, 'Midst ihe clamour of boys, Interruption and- noise; (The uproarious ievc!s Of young " Printer's Devils,") Pray, Lo~ should yor like to be HIM? — " Printers' Register." •" ' if
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 25 December 1869, Page 6
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158WANTED, A PRINTERS READERS. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 25 December 1869, Page 6
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