Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-05-21


children newspaper
"a child beginning to read becomes delight
ed with newspaper, which Is familiar, and
he will make progress accordingly. A news
paper in one year is worth quarters school
ing to child; and every father must consider
that substantial information is connected with
advancement The mother Of family being
one of its heads. and having more immediate
charge Of children, should herself be instruct
ed. A mind occupied becomes fortified against
the ills Of life.
seChildren amused by reading o. study, are
Of course more considefate, and more easily
governed. How many thoughtess Young men
have spent their money in taverns or grog-
shops, who oughtto have been reading. How
many parents, who have not spent twenty
dollars for books for their families, have given
thousands 10 reclaim q son or daughter who
had gnoranty and thoughtlsssly fallen into
temptation"
ENCOURAGE YOUR HOME PAPER.
Notwithstanding we Ike to see foreign pa
pers have a free and full circulation in every
part Of the country, yet we endorse and rec
ommend the truths contained in the following
extract from the Raleigh Register. If a man
is not able, or does not feel able, to take more
than one paper, we do not think he should re-
linquishthe paper published il his own Town,
County, or neighborhood. for the sake Of TAX
ing some other larger, cheaper, or more popular
paper published abroad, Docs he see in it the
news of his own County Dothe citizens Of
his Town and County send their advertise
ments abroad for publication FOR does he
expect they will, because it is a cheap, large,
and Gas he thinks) a good paper" and be-
cause he and some others Of the County or
Town take il? No, he thinks no such thing.
He expects to borro1c the home paper TO learn
the news Of his County, and can then send off
his money for foreign publication. Let eve
ny such person read the wholesome truths
contained in the following extract, and then
go and subscribe for the home paper in pref
erence to foreign, when he considers himself
not able to take more han one =
'Iet no man relinquish the newspaper pub
lished in his own neighborhood for the sake
oftaking some other larger, cheaper, or more
popular paper published abroad. The news
ways, as general rule, more valuable than
any other--if it be for nothing but the adver-
tsements-aye, the much abused and some
what neglected advertisements, are the Their
mometer of the place, and often the key which
opens the door to excellent bargains. 1t is Of
no little importance for the farmer to know
what is going on in his own market town, the
competition in selling goods and in buying
produce, the settlement OF estates-the sale OF
stocks, SC. We venture to say, there is not
one man who may not every year much more
than save the price of subscription TO his
neighboring newspaper, from It's advertising
columns alone; and on this ground, we exhort
all to patronize their own newspaper"
After reading the above. the readers atten-
ton is directed to the following remarks from
the Cumberland Alleganian, respecting the
general
VALUE OF NEWSPAPERS:
1t was MIR. Jefferson, if we mistake not, who
made the remark, that newspaper--no mat
ter how poorly conducted--was worth more
to every subscriber than the subscription price.
There is scarcely any one, we presume, who
does not subscribe to the truth OF the remark
but many pauonise city papers TO the exclu-
sion Of those published in their own county,
on the ground that the former furnishes the
news earlier and are more ably conducted
than the latter. AS a general thing, the city
papers have the advantages specified but
there are some peculiar advantages belonging
to a country newspaper.
And then read the following extracts from
the Cenueyille Sentinel, from which may be
learned that money can and viii be saved by
subscribing for the
HOME NEWSPAPERS:
| A few months ago a creditor, whose name
we shall not mention, stepped into the Regis
ter's Office, for the purpose OF filling an account
against theestate Of deceasedperson Hewas
utterly astonished 10 learn that the estate had
been closed for some time and that he was by
law. excluded from all benefit OF SAID estate"
! Upon beng told that the usual notice TO credl-
tors had been published III the Sent,aes iof
months and months before. he remarked that
he did not even know that letters OF admins
traton had been taken ont SO much Tor not
patroniSng his own county paper. lie dld
not suffer many months 10 pass, however, be-
fore he made his appearance IN our salictull,
and had his name entered on orr book as a
/ regular hNUSttlDtf- hib At t1A4N ." J.i-'N
he would have saved about one hundred d0tLgs.
The second case is one in which gentle
man saved two hundred dollars (Which ne
never expected to get) by beng a subscriber
to the Sentinel. We will relate the circum-
stances as briefly as possible Some ten or
fifteen years ago the gentleman IN question got
a note Of hand from an individual who shortly
after died. Believing the estate TO be nSoi-
vent the holder OF the note made no effort to
secure the amoupt--but held to the note until
a few months ago, when he got principal and
interest amounting to two hundred dollars or
more, by an advertisement which appeared
in the columns Of the Sentinel. II appears
that another creditor discovered a certain sum
of money due the deceased individual, and
forthwith applied 10 the Orphans Court. The
notice to creditors was giyen-by which means
thegentleman above alluded to,saved his claim.
The great probability is, il he had not been a
subscriber this notice would have escaped his
observation, and, like the individual mentioned
in the first case, would have lost the whole
amount
THE R1GHr.-Always pursue what you
have reason TO think is the right course with
out regard TO case on the one hand and inter
est on the other Go straight forward, deter
mined 20 breast the foods Of inlquiy, or per-
ish in the effort Never stay with the multi
tude through fear or worldly policy, and never
listen 10 the advice Of those who, rotten at
heart. move on with the popular current
IFaal tbat Won have something to do IN the