The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-07-20
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The present is reading AEGEAN age
when all men must see the necessity of keep
ing pace with progress, or, as a consequence
OF their blindness, lose their standard as in
telligent beings. The present is a period, =
unlike the time when the Favored few
searched musty volumes to secure the means
by which they could wreath their brows with
garlands of honor-the present Is period.
we repeat, when the business man finds his
hours of reading indispensable to the success
full pursuit of his labors. The great body Of
thepeople are actually of nece ssity compelled
to seek their information, mainly through this
medium. The press is almost as necessary
to success in every department OF the bust
ness world, as nutriment is to our physical
frames. Any individual who debars himself
of the advantages of the press, in full meas
ure, debars himself Of such privileges as are
calculated to insure him prosperity in his la
bors be they physical OF mental. The mer-
chant and trader peruse the commercial jour
nal, to ascertain the condition of the trades
and markets, with almost as great regularity
as they visit their places of business. The
mechanic must keep advised Of all the great
discoveries which the inventive genus of
the age is making, in his line, or by his
ignorance accomplish his own defeat. The
farmer watches his paper with an eager eye
to learn the various improvements being
made in agricultural pursuits, and finds such
steps highly necessary to enable him to keep
pace with the age of progress. The profess
sionai man who fails to avail himself of the in
formation furnished by the journals of the
day, may lose sight of the profitable changes
which are being made in his line of operations,
and fall. And so it is with all classes OF
mankind.
Besides the books which flood our country,
a vast amount of reading matter in the shape
of newspapers has been the legitimate con-
sequence of this demand. In every city, in
nearly every town, province and village, the
press is welding its mighty influence; and
while the people are thus favored with this
great auxiliary to their various pursuits, it is
at once evident that he who would succeed
in an enterprise of this kind, must depend
upon merit for his success. The people have
choice of thousands of newspapers of every
hue and description, and, of course, will choose
that one which promises to subserve bes
their interests. And now we have whitfield
ourselves down to the desirable point. The
Evansville Journal is offered to the people
for support. Believing that those who strive
to be deserving, rarely fail in securing the
reward, we are led to hope, from our pas
course, and that which we have prescribed
for ourselves in the future, that we will NEE
our reward in the generous patronage of tn
people of this section of Indiana. Alread,
have we commenced realizing it; but we vii
not be satisfied until our paper shall hav
found its way into every family of tn
"Pocket." So do not fear Of shocking on
delicacy by handing us two dollars, with tn
request that we supply you year with
copy of the Weekly Journal.