{"newspaper_name": "Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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AT recent convention of the editors
and printing crafts of Wisconsin, met for
the purpose general information connect
ed with the craft, a committee was appoint
ed to enquire into the best qualifications
OF an editor. We think they are not en-
tirely original; nevertheless, after making
an extended report upon matters and
things in general, they sum up their re-
port II the following eloquent strain, ssHe
must possess the constitution Of saw
mill, obstinacy Of mule, the Independence
Of wood sawyer, endurance Of a starving
anaconda, impudence of beggar, spank Of
a chlcken-cock, pertinacity Of a dun: he
must be as impervious as crocodile.
have the pluck Of starving hyena, must
light upon his opponents like hawk up
on chicken, must always pray for folks
to die, SO he can get some news for old wo-
men, must hope for the cars Of every rail-
road to meet or run off the track, and kill
some hundreds every day, be in favor Of
war; andtell every body tits just at band,
multiply every accident by 100 in his pa
per; and if he be partizan he must lie
on one side, like split shad, swear round


ly that every thing he says is true, con-
tend at all hazards, that his party is per-
feet, and make the world believe il is in
the full sea of sancti6cation; must move
straight forward like an eel bound un
stream, must be able to make the crooked
straight and the straight crooked, and to
go either way himself if need be, must
please every body and no body at the
same time, must crow like Chapman, swae-
ger like James Gordon Bennet, fight like
Mike Walch, brag like Slam, must never
get calved like James Watson Webb. have
nosoul like the editor Of the Boston Atlas


be as sage as Digby ofthe Post-in fine he
must be regular wolverine, a screamer
the Devil and all; half horse, half alligator
and the balance swapping turtle.''