Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-03

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ton. The occupant % the chair may
control irs motion, so as TO trim bis
beard in any s,yloi,e plcascs. Already
experiments have been made which have
succeeded perfectly; md not single
chin has been scratched!
Although we journalists talk to our
readers, from time to time. ofths bepe.
fits of advertising, few ofus. | think, 10.
alize,,he Importance Of 1t to business
success. Ihare made this subject some
thing of a study, aud could state hc's
tha, would hardly bc believed by you OF
your readers. Tho result Of my cEpe-
rience and observation is tina, if a mai
have a really good article to sell, it ia
nearly impossible for him to invest too
much money in advertising, or'o advsr-
,ise in too many papers, provided that
these papers are read by persons likely
to become customers. Nowadays, q
man may have capital, business con-
nection, and every qualification for sue.
cess but, if he have the "oid togy"
idea that advertising is unnecessary.
and "now.fangled notion" he will
be thrown entirely into tho shade by
some euterprising Young American"
For example the most popular Music
publisher in New York, just nov, is Mr..
Horace Waters, who has been dningbu-
sincss only four years here. The se'
crets of his great success are, first, tho
capacity to select good music, music
that is good, and will sell, and secondly.
the faith he has in advertising. Look
at any of your city papers, and you will
see in the fact that he adyertises moro
than all the other music publishers in
the city taken together. the main secret
of his success. He has sold within ten
weeks, ten thousand copies ofone song,
1" Katy-did," which is much admired
As Mr.. Waters is the sole agent for the
.Eolian Pianos Of 7. Gilbert L Co..
that are the most popular in use, much
of his success may be attributed to the.
fact; hut it is, as | am sure he himself
will confess, mainly due to advertising.
Some time ago, the Catholic clergy
in this city forbade the interments Of
deceased Catholics at Greenwood Gem.
etery; and, on one occasion, AIr. a,
J. Mondron, desiring to bury his only
daughter there, the priests informed him
that, in obedience to the disciplinary
rules of the Church, their miris;rations
mus, be refused at burials made contra
ry 10 the canonical laws. A few days
ago, the French Consul General in this
city, NJ. Lacoste, died; and his remains
were received at the Catholic church in
Canal street, with honors due to his
rank, although it was known that the
coffin was TO be conveyed 10 Green
wood. Mr.. Mondron has therefore pub
lishsd card to the clergy in which he
says: HAS the canon law been nodi.
fed, or have the disciplinary rules that
you declared immuiable, yes'erday,been
changed to.dayl Tho Faithful are
anxious to learn, and | await your re.
ply" Rather pungeu: in:errogatories.
are they not?
1t is shameful that the Census taken
in 1850 has mot yet been officially puo-
lished If the Census cannot hereafter
be printed until Tires years after it il
taken, it would be as well to abandon
the idea ofenumeraiing the population.
or compiling any statistics of the agri-
cultural and other resources of the
Union. In q country like this, whsrs
all things progress SO rapidly, three
ysnr.old statistics are altogether out of
date. From the specimens ofsho Cen
sus tables recently published, there is
reason to fear that, when the whole is
printed, it will not only be stale. Su:
grossly inaccurate.
Yours, truly. RANDOLPH.
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