176 SOME LAST WORDS. Among all skilled mechanics, there are none that sur- pass the printers in intelligence, in skill and good citizen- ship. There are among them men who are real artists in putting in' type the advertisements that appear, and in job work. In the very nature of their work they are possessed of literary culture and ability. They are self respecting citizens, whose influence is generally for good and the right. In his newspaper career of thirty-one years, the writer has found his associates in the press, on the whole, to be among our best citizens, intelligent and active, and "jolly good fellows" every one of them, who have done a good work and served the people honestly and faithfully; and he has found the work itself to be of the highest possible good for the people. It is not always attended with financial results such as would follow from the same amount of work in some other lines; but if the editor is honest with the people, faithful and true in recording events, and true to the best principles that should govern men, he will not fail in a fair reward for his time and labor. Errata: Page 168 line 7, Robert Beacom, druggist, Allegheny, Pa., should be clerk, Beaver Falls, Pa. In list of illustrations, the name of W. B. Lemmon, should be omitted.
