Editorial Tribulations — 145
The editor of the American Mechanic has encountered trials unknown to ordinary men. Just hearken unto his wailings:—“Owing to the fact that our paper-maker disappointed us, the failure of the mails deprived us of our exchanges, a Dutch pedlar stole our scissors, the rats ran off with the paste, and the devils went to the circus, while the editor was at home tending the baby, our paper is unavoidably postponed beyond the period of its publication.”