Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-07

stutt its neither rhyme nor reason. What
OF thatE 1t costs only ten cents postage; and
that's cheap for a shetland a halfof foolscap.
covered with the ctuditics Of a fools brain.
We shall put it on file for our Cabinet OF
Curiosities. No. 3 is endorsed ..Post Office
Business, but as the very intelligent post
master who sent it, neglected to put his name
upon 1t, his Intended frank is good for MOTH
ing % his biunder costs us Just five cents.
We wish ours never cost US any more. The
letter is interesting. 1t informs us that Mr..
TO whom our paper has been sent about
nineteen months, 'hds gone to parts unknown
VI course, without paying his bill, which a.
mounts TO just nineteen Yankee shillinrs.-
Well, let us look into No. 4. Postage paid;
that looks well. Holloa! as we are alive.
here's d tuc dOhar bill! Let us read, with
the Liberty party, as u political organization,
! never have identified myself; | paid Mr..
Booth 50 in January, and So about a month
ago; besides paying 50 to You for Charter
Oak, my own subscription. now enclose
3d. 90 as a donation to the Charter Oak &c.
DC. Pretty well, for one who is not a Lib
erty man! But a 1.-THE Of this liberalitv on
the part of those who are, would at once re-
lleve us OF all pecunlary embarrassment
(Our friend, however, is in error, in suppo-
sing that the So paid Mr.. Booth were for the
Charter Oak.)
Monday, Aay 0h.-rook two letters from
the Office this morning. One informed us
that about Sl5 which we supposed to be due
ON a certain bundle had been paid. All, well
we rectiiy all mistakes, of course, and must
deduct just that amount from our anticipated
lupOmn TIn pibar ip , ra,na.4 H., 49,, ,.;lI
discontinue the paper sent to the writer, be-
cause, and only because, he is poor. SO are
zee.
We!l-here's our paper makers bill-ffy
odd dollars, to be paid before night. Wen
walt-and see what the afternoon mail
brings.
.Jternoon.-It brings nothing in the shape
Of money. Here, however, is a letter from a
true friend, which stimulates our tagging
courage. 'itwould be sad spectacle, indeed
says he, 'f Connecticut at this crisis should
abandon her agent, and her paper. The sham,
and the folly must, if possible, be prevented.
ALI, a few such brave hearts as dictated thu
letter, would prevent the catastrophe which
we have too much reason to fear.
TueS2ay, day 30th.-The mails of to-da,
have brought two discontinuances, and on
dollar. Not as encouraging as might be
but just one hundred cents better than moth
ing. Besides this, a man called and paid 8
for a years subscription, making the receipt
Of the day just three dollars. As our currer
expenses, for the paper, are only a little owe
six dollars a day, we find that we are not lC
sing money so fast as some great Speculation
in times of pressure, from whom dollars ms.
away more rapid than minutes. a very con
solatory reflection!
Wednesday, May 3lst.-Onc letter-n
money. And this completes the week.
Let us see. Since we commenced thii
diary, the expenses involved in the publica
ton Of the Charter Oak, have been upwards o
forty dollars. The receipts, from all sources
have been eighH Our delinquent subscri
bers are left 10 draw their own inference.
We have given a truthful record, from day
to day. without concealment or eXaggeration
The friends of Liberty can Judge from it
whether our position abounds more in labor:
or profits. Those, too, who have fancied tina.
our scribbling, for a few weeks past, has beer
less spirited tlan usual, (and some have made
that complaint) can guess the reason.
We let the veil fall.