The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-01-25

HEADERS Us. SUBscRIBRRS.-l ne per-
sons who subscribe and pay for our pa
per, comprise indeed but very small
portion of the community, yet we ven
ture to say that nine out Of every ten
reading men in our town and neighbor-
good read ii regularly or occasionally
To these non-paying PATRONS we have
few words to say.
Have you never thought that while you
are reaeing the paper at the expense of
others, you are not acting altogether
honorably? If you never have, just lay
down this borrowed paper which you are
reading, and reflect little NOW. You
know that tits an advantage TO your town
and neighborhood (and Of course to you)
to have newspaper published in it.
You know this, we say, or If you don't
you ought TO, and little reflection will
enable you to perceive it. If you see
or hear of anything in another paper
which you think would benefit yourself,
or your party, your friends, your town.
you are anxious that it should appear in
the paper at home, or if any public mat
ter comes up, which you may deem Of
10 the place or to yourself
yon expect to find the paper strongly
pushing it forward, and if it does not,
you are perhaps the first to complain, al
though you have always been sPonging
the reading of some neighbors paper;
and have nevor given u cent to sustain
that which you expect TO advance your
interests. Now, just think liltle-is
this right? Printers cannot afford to
"work for nothing and keep themselves" Z"
and yet you are practically asking them
to do it. If you had no paper in your
town, you would be the first to feel the
want of it, for you are enjoying the ben
efits resulting from it without allowing
your pocket to suffer in the least thereby,
You answer, "You needn't talk so sau-
cy about it, for if you doH'tpublish pa
per here, some one else will" True e.
nough, we admit; but that does not bet
ter your conduct in the least. The pa
per is going on, you are now spong'ns
that which others more thoughtful, OF
perhaps more honorable. are paying for
but ! don't like the political course oI
your paper" you may say. No matter
for that; you READ it, whe ther you like il
or not; and it is your duty to support your
local paper, even if it be not a perfec,
mirror, rejecting precisely your own po'
litical views. 1t is worth more than the
subscription price, for the other matter
which it contains.
but can't afford i'll am too poor.
Are you sure of thatl Just think now
have you no, over and over again, paid
more than our subscription price of much
less value to YOU than newspaper! We
feel confident that you have, but if you
have not, as soon as we get all to sub
scribe who should do SO, we will send
you copy for nothing.
But am getting a city paper, and
can't afford to take annlher." We sup
pose you reason in this way-"There''
no use in my paying for the Appalachian
Some of my neighbors take it, and car
borrow it from them, or pick it up il
their stores and shops, and read it foI
nothing. 1t don't do any harm to reaC
it after they have got it, so I'll send fo
u city paper, and thus get reading two
while payfor one. It's ulmostt THROWN,
money away to pay for The Appalachian
for can read it anyhow" This will a
do very we'll for men who are determir
ed to get what they can without regar
TO right-to reap where they have nj
sowu--fnr honorable men, (aud we d
not wish to say that your are not sncl
though the circumstances are strong y ;
gainst you,l it is certainly very straug
talk, and if you think little on the sui
iect, YOU will agree with u.s.. We mair
tain that you should support a paper {
home, FIRST, and afterwards take as ma
ny more as you may see proper.
We wish you to understand, however
that when we ask you to support or 'suc
tain us, we do not ask it as gift of chal
ity, ful we consider the paper worth a
that is asked for it. If we didn't, W
wouldn't ask you to take it.
We have talked long enough to yot
at present, and hope you will reflect up
on the subject. and come to the wise col
clusion that you will no longer be deper
dant on others, for that which yon sho'I
have yourself DON'T think, now, tn;
; we are limiting at some person; it is VIC
we are speaking to, Yov, who are no
reading this paper which somebody els
has paid for. If you have a family. pa
for the paper and let them read it;if yc
I have not, take the paper at once, for yc
, can't expect any high minded girl wi
have you, if she knows you are depen'
! ing upon others to pay for your readin
We have taken rather much space f
, this subject, but as many of our subscr
bers are much annoyed by this class
readers, we trust that they will not o
ject to our holding talk with them o
; casionally. APPALACHIAN.
Thus endeth the first lesson.
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