Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1849-07-26
NEwsPAPER supscRInrRs.

The following class alton Or ncrspa ~ subscri.
bers we t4ke from hs Prairie Farmer ana froua r
own exp@iepes ueean safely SAY that he picture
is drawn Is aatErsl Is life itselEI First come the
UrsIdHTs a hsse are men who take news
papers, fay for them and read them. OBJ
serve thu order ID which these things are
done; tile pay comes first--the reading next.
These men consider they get theworth Of
they money ia the bargain. 1t seems as
fan and just ID them that the new spaper
should b paid, As 4 barrelof sugarEor new
coat They never: entertain any other opin.
ion. When the year runs out or a little BE-
II fore, they areloH hand with the pay. There
is no mere difficulty with them III remeun-
bering tLisEperipd. than Sunday Oh the first
Of january iii one Of thcril WISHES "a stpn
his paper, he qIthcrs calls OF writes a letter
by bis postmaster An due season, lite man.
/ This class is dear to The heart Of the editer.
Il Their image il smbalned In his warm affec-
tons May they live i thousand years, and
see their sopsl sens TO the fourth generation
The second class now in mind is thH
DO Wells. II his classEisI nearly related
to the othef-so near that it is hard 10 tell
where one begins ana theotlier ends! These
men always pay in advance I'D the beginning
and intend 70 dose continually But memo
Hry fails a little, Or some misAap intervenes,
and the time runs by sometimes q little
sometimes fbr quite a period. ButNtheir Re-
collection, though holding occasionally, neY-
er gets SOUND asleep, ItpPonounces the word
IN due time III The prihtersis not paid, . their
will to do well 4iDdles into activity Now
comes the raging up. Meant to 40 so he-
fore Don't mean to let such things pass bysn
a publisher canBl.ve with such men. They
have warm place in his memory only q
little back Of the Uprights. JIG such man
dies in arrears his wife OF SON remembers
that he may not have paid up for bis news
paper, and forthwith Institutes inquiries II
They remember HAT part Of tile benefit was
theirs, and estate or 40 estate, SEE that tue
printers bills are not among their fathers
unsettled accounts. Next comes the
EASY Docks Thesemen believe In news.
papers They have fully settled it in their
own minds that newspaper Is good thing,
They take them too Sometimes at The first
they pay upIfor The first yGar+--at any rate
they mean to, pretty soon. IF they have
done SO, they sit down with the comforting
conviction that theirs newspaper is now set
tied for; and this idea having once rot into
their heads, refuses obstinately TO be dis,
lodged, but k4ePsfiss hold frpm year 10 year,
a truth once-nSw an illusion, grey and
rheumatic With years. The editor marking
the elongated and elopgating space lin the
accounts curFentEof their dollars begins to
ask if they are dead, or have gone to Calf
fornia NowIhe begins 10 poke ILLS al them
They suddenly start up at the reality that
they are in arrears and like men, Is the
are at the bottom, pay up. They never dis |
pute his bilss- they know books tellibetter
stories thar MOSS coFered memories If the
has filth enough, Or 4 long purse |
and can live Like alternating bear, lie may
survive the men. Butif.kelis mortal only, |
woe be to him. Tile next class Is thatof the |
DowN II fIIEss S. Here we begin To slide |
over to the other sidd The picture suddenly
gets sombre we shall dcspatch the down
hillers suddenly. Que Of these may take,a
paper because wife wants one, or the children |
are Jealous TO read it, or aneighbor persuades
him. When i begins to come he dismisses
all thoughts about it further If tie editor
sends man directly to him at the end of
1. an dA ! years he may get some Pay for
hst saf laa snls aaa ss5asEIs and suyloots
IA dun has the same effect on him 'tfifS zig q
let does on alhippotanils, glaneing from ms
hide, Of. sinking into THE bIubber harmless
He is always sliding down Iill and soon
lnerges into another. class, that of
N. TnE NIX Chi RaUsE. IN matter how the
man began Lis Subscription, he never pays
for it-not. he. 4 He don't like, that sort Of
paper. Ii don't give no news lie never did
| like it. He didn'tEwant it In the first place,
and told the post master 50. He sent back
| one more than a year age besides he never
began to take it till a long time after " came,
and he haank had onlyltWoE or three Hf them
At any rate ap a those he had tread.a Wipe
him off Here comes the
\ Scare GRacE.s Il Is enough to say Of him
that be nesef fails 10 have a neFspap par tive
or three Of them. When he thinks they have
come about long enough for the publisher i
want pay, helsends back with ''stop i" "
he takes up bis quarters and leaves for part
unknown. lie docs not want TO pay and b,
don't mean 10! Get tiff you can. Eaougl
for him. E