Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-07-15
GREETING.

lie VINO mas heretofore mlnlstered 10 you
in things intellectual having given you his
"parling blessing" his successor salutes
you for the first time. What our reception
will be, is for you 10 determine.
The position of editor of county news
paper is by no means an enviabIe one.
That we have chosen il, however, is moi
your fault, but our misfortune. We are.
fully aware Of the difficulties we may have
TO encounter, and are resolved 10 NEE,
,hem cheer(ully. With your approving
smiles TO cheer US, there is nothing 10 fear.
We do not expect TO please every one.
TO attempt it weuld be folly. Strong pre-
JUDGES, diversified tastes, faull-fnding dis.
positions exist in every community. Our
aim shall be 10 give our readers just such a
paper as we should bs pleased 10 subscribe
for, in another position. Being somewha,
fas'idious ourseif, we hope 10 please ma.
lority of our readers. Should we fail 10 do
SO, the fault will not rest with us.
For few weeks, The paper will necessa.
rily contain large amount Of political mat.
Ter. We are upon The eve o an imponah,
eleclon-an election in which you are ali
interested Ii shall be our aim 10 chronicle
every thing important respecting The men
and measures of The conlending parties,
carefully avoiding ungenerous remarks or
scurrious language.
We shall always endeavor TO keep our
readers advised Of The current news of the
day. To do this, will require considerable
labor in condensing. The work will be
cbeerluIy performed, so long as due APP
precialion Of il is manifested.
In our literary selections we shall be par.
ticularly cautious. Few are aware Of the
influence Of a newspaper or book in lam
lily. We shall endeavor to exclude from
The literary department every thing which
is not pure, heallh(u and invgoraling. This
will require no liue pains al this day, when
the country is flooded with peslileD,ial trash.
| Agriculture, commerce, ETC., shall not be
overlooked. The interests Of our subscr-
bers are identified with our own, and any
thing which generally interests them can
not fail TO alracl our notice.
We relish a good joke, ora witty remark,
and shall not fail occasionally to pass some.
thing round which will endahger your jackel
buttons.
If our editorial department is at any time
meagre, rest assured that something of more
| importance occupies the space usually al
Ioued 10 it, When we write, we shall en-
deavor TO be clear and concise; when we
have nothing TO write about, we shall write
nothing We hope correspondents will "(ol.
low copy" "Multum in parUo,' is our
motto.
Our predecessor has hinIed at plan by
which you can aid US in making our col.
umns interesting. Another suggests itself,
After you have carefully examined the con-
tents of one or Two numbers, if you are
pleased with The paper. ask your neighbors
TO subscribe. Our subscription lis. d, pres.
ent is small-too small, either for our own
good or The prosperity Of the Wing parry in
Mpies county. One additional subscriber
from each of our present patrons would en-.
asle US TO furnish 'hem'a much better paper,
and the result would be plainly seen in No.
vember. Try it.
Finally. hoping 10 enjoy long and agree
able acquaintance with the readers of The
Telegraph, we subscribe oursel
The EDIroR.