The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-04-01
GA WOrd'' about Ourselves.

"A WOrd'' about Ourselves.
Being fully persuaded of the truth Of
the trite maxim, that "Actions " speak
louder than words ;" also being aware
of the proneness of newspaper publishers
to be prolific in promises, as well as of
the disbelief which many people are apt
to entertain in regard to such promises ;
we have heretofore refrained from speak
ing Of ourselves almost entirely, know
ing that merit would be sure to find its
reward. We lay aside our usual
modesty while we write this artice.1
With what we have done, those who
have accompanied us through the year
just closed are well acquainted. One
year ago, with much " fear and trem-
bling" being we'll aware of our mex
perience and incompetency for such a
task, by the advice of friends, we en-
barked in the enterprise of publishing
a newspaper in this village-one which
should be suitable to every family-a
faithful representative of the moral,
commercial, mercantile, mechanical,
manufacturing, educational and agricul-
tural interests of our thriving communi-
ty, and thus render it a welcome visitor
to every freside. How far We have sue
ceeded in our attempt, perhaps is not
for us to say; but from the patronage
which we have received, and the numer-
GUS testimonials from our brethren of
the press, as well as congratulations of
private friends, we take to our souls the
hattering JUNCTION that we have not en-
tirely failed in our attempts
To all friends, both public and private,
who have encouraged us on our way with
words of assurance, we return our sim
cere thanks; and to those who have
rendered us material aid," we tender
our most respectful well-wishes. We
commenced on small scale, determined
to begin as we should be able to hold
out during the year we have enlarged
twice, and still at the close of the vol
ume we were crowded with advertise
ments. Indeed, so much so, that i t
has been suggested that the Echo might
be filed With much better matter than
"quack advertisements" Perhaps it
might; but, Notwithstanding the very
liberal patronage we have received from
subscribers, it has not been sufficiently so
to enable us to dispense with our adter-
tising patronage, even did our readers
desire us to do so, which we do not be-
lieve they do; for an advertising medium
is an essential requisite in an enterpris-
ing place like this. 1t has always been
found, among newspaper publishers, a
very difficult matter to make paper to
suit all their subscribers and such being
the case, of course zee cannot be expect
ed to be able to please all who shall take
upon them to criticise our manner of
conducting our enterprise. We have
never heard a word of complaint on this
score from our subscribers, and as long
as we are able to cater to their instruc-
ton and amusement to their satisfaction,
it is certainly, we think, as much as
ought to be expected Of us at present.
We expect all who subscribe to our
paper to enjoy the full liberty of criti-
cisiDg to their hearts content. We
have endeavored to give them their
moneys worth, and shall in the future
use our best endeavors to give them a
paper worthy their patronage to this
end, we commence our second volume
with some improv ements, and shall con-
tlnue to make farther advances, as the
encouragement which we shall receive
will enable us to do.
We issue our paper to-day IN a con-
siderably enlarged form, giving much
larger amount of reading matter, being
nearly double the size of our original
issue. We intend to furnish column