THE HAPPY PRINTER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3523, 20 September 1921, Page 25

THE HAPPY PRINTER.

Auston Dalson was particularly happy ;n ills punning rhymes dealing with the Printing Trade. “A Pleasant Invective Against 1 rmting commencing "The Press is too mik-ii wit-li us. small and great*’ is a capital mu d esprit, but the best of all these rhymes are the veins cjitit’ed ' The Happy Printer,’ which merit qu- tation in full:— The Printer’s is a happy lot : Alone of all professions, No fateful smudges ever IT t IPs earliest “impressions.” The outgrowth cl his youthful ken No cold obstruction fetters; He quickly leams the "tyi.es” of men, And all the world of ‘'letter:-." 4. it-li forms he scorns to compromise For him no ‘Tide” has terrors; The “slips’ lie makes, lie can “revise”— They are but “printers’ errors.” From doubtful questions of the "Press” He wisely holds aloof; In all polemics, more or less, His argument is ‘'proof.” Save in their “case” with High and Low jpmall need has he to grapple! Without dissent he still can go To his accusto-med “Chapel.” From ills that others scape or shirk, He rarely fails to rally; For him, bis most “composing” work 13 labour of the ''galley.” Though ways be foul and days are dim. _Ho makes no lamentation; The primal "fount” of woe to him Is— want of occupation : And when at last, Time finds him grey With ever close attention, He solves the problem of the day, And gets an Old Age Pension