The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-03-08
From The Boston, (Mass Journal.
A NEWSPAPER.

With baked and broiled, and stewed and toasted,
And fried. and boiled, and smoked, aud roasted,
We treat the town"
A public newspaper, which is conducted with de-
spn TO afford entertainment TO readers Of great
variety of tastes, is a complete samagund 1t con-
tans mass Of inconsistent incohercnt, Heterogeneous,
although useful and agreeable matter. The curious,
and IN some cases. ludlcrous advertisements the
Trajectory substance OF foreign and domestic paragraphs
the opposi.e opinions aud observations OF contendng
correspondents the great varety-o editorial essays and
Darauraphs, some Serious some comic, some descrlp-
i've some scientific, and POLITICAL the variety OF
ship-news Deaths marriages, markets, stocks &c, &c.
form fund Of entertainment for world, Of which is
in itself no bad epitome.
In newspaper, the general tenor and arrangement
of the various articles of domestic news is not little
acknowledgements thrown together without any
regard to the subjects of which they treatand is often
the case ha, paragraphs Of character entirely dissmi-
lar are placed in lnxa-posion. 1t is not unrequenty
that we find Immediately after article of grave and
moral tenor bon mot Of tendency somewhat equlvo-
GAIA tale Of murder is followed by witty epigraln
an account Of public dinner is followed by obituary
Of an alderman some dgnltary, who died Of appo-
plexy-aiter long army OF toasts, comes a pathetic
illustration of the evils of ntemperance-a homy IN
favor Of strong moral principles followed by string
Of paragraphs detailing various OF theft, fraud
and swindlnng--an essay showing the value oil the
Union is succeeded by an article, which snacks strong
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intelligence aud good order OF citizens, followed
by an account OF horid duel, of dsgraceui excess
es committed by lawless modulus the paragraphs
in newspaper will often follow each other III the same
natural order as ~ real ilie. @
II is also curious to observe the different effects which
the various articles Of intelligence have different
persons Thus person will turn up his nose at an
article banks, aud look for paragraphs on more fl-
volous suhjects--one delights IN tale OF slahder--
another in essay replee with pons lns'ructon-one
is in ecstascs meeting with violent political article
another eschows politics. and looks for romantic incl-
dents soriesone searches for scientific nlorinaton
another snaps al humorous anecdoe or connndrum--
is in raptures with piece Of poetry, another reads
eagerly the account Of the money marke-one values
newspaper for its list OF deaths, another or
its long array OF marriages.
And thus newspaper is happily calculated 10 MI
the ordinary and unbounded prendlccs oil socieiy-to
excite and put in motion all the feelings OF the human
mind II is magazine toy shop, where every one
may find his hobby -horseand where all capacities aud
descriptions may be regularly, at stated times, furnish
ed with instruction, amusement, and Information u
is well arranged tube d. hoie where are found all the
Injuries, as well the necessarles OF lie The cur
rency Of the country is the roast turkey OF the times
and dish equally sumptuous to the hgh-toned arlsto
crat, to the loahug loco. ocowhe the latest news
from Washington may be regarded as pumopudd'ng
and is greedy swallowed by aother subjects act a.
vegetabes--and packets from Europe onnS y;
condiments in abundance.
Such is newspaper Of the present day--and inc
family which does not take one at least IS 10 be pued
Ii deprves itself of important source Of Information
and happiness.