New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-21
PEM1N1sCENcEs OF A COUNTRY EDITOR.


NEWARK H. j, Saturday, May o. 1888.
SIR. o9ce had the fortune must rtune whlche yer
YOU may be pleased III to belong to the Country
Editorial Corps After some ten years hard labor speut
/, tb. service came the conclusion that either was
untitled by mature or education Tor the post had
aspired to- or the dear people very SLOW IN spPre
cinpg me- | retired in disgust perhaps ally
REGRETTED" as they sometimes say when great man
d4tsrts And now Sir instead of catering 10 the meata
ann administering the Dhy.irI nHdfrst1adtays OF the
p,,rlc Furthermore, ! am daily reader ct your III
Ter, sting md valuable Journal rent o. TOO sms
ord al, and All also suhscrb 20 four country newspa
prs published in localities whore have labored nj the
ant rre-ervarve But enough of my1J-(ho~ natural
a. eu.sk Of ones dear sefl NY object Is 70 sec0f
,our remarks Of Saturday IN regard 10 country papers
Your remarks IN the third paragraph 81 your article are As
fms a. ANY that uttered have iOuud 50 IN
nv exp rit nee and i the experience oi Others 10 my
certain lroWledge Those pApe's which complain most OF
~ influx OF City papers YOU "i take tho trouble 10 run
your eve over th,ir columns will be found to he almost
eu'ir,k d, fci.nt in local intelligence, which, 81 all
oil r. matter l. the most 10 be coveted by their patrons in
connection with general news O The Hour c1uny papers
tske but is # any interest 10 mo True, they all
contain sentimental STORIES cslculted u Interest love
sick swains but l pat that aDa have settled down
il 20 the sober realities, With a guide wife and four
fsiln- ~ "helpme eats would not wish au Editor
H. bis paper h the citations OF his own brain 70 the
exclusion Of all other matter am IL hyor OF equal
a ST. button
Ert nav be accused Of dictation, and Of my
c,u,ir, friends may ask II you knew 80 well how TO
conduct paper why were you not more succ' s'fdi
n b. a !
1T wss smart and h.d just sense enough let after
Ten yesr, pra, tce TO find ri Like about fifth
If tie county publishers left goodbe asjourneymtn
relNiI Z upsn ihe promises Of community winch sup
"r.d Iegsrapcr essential to its gnty or interest
and To use bomey EXPRESSION found that prom
Ike Iiecrut became discouraged too easily aud lost all
energy Sc sc. One thing, however did attend TO- that
YVES the local opamsnt and one other bing learned
viz that the best community was lDcafed ~ was where
some 20 copies Of The ITibBe and about 50 copies Of
me Abang Joun0i taken and paid Tor in the village
fui % he m
took ~ paper also and PM for too II gOs isrtp show
hat that T. q reading Oumuhity which has is P0-tOtce
hrorged the arrival OF eyery mail ana we're again to
resume the business in a country viii ge would want no
htfer incentive 10 locate myself than tO know that Il
foooed with newspapers from abroad hungry man will
cot keBeis wei imported articles provided they are
eeokea 10 hi. lking-theie is mistake about IT, W.
PIsoAroRY FABRlcArIos.-We find the following de-
cidedly large Fsh Story in an exchange:
The charleston COurir the other day contained
count If spotted shark caught in that harbor which
.o.r being landed was delivered of twenty two young
ores and after she cut open, found 10 contain
,cr his the question has been raised whether the
Shek Is ovpatous or vvipaOus All the writer's Of Nau-
raj History unanimously agree that the shark does not
spawn bSt brings forth ITS young N Vng Stale Bingey
fst. HAT ~ are protTuded alive in square psucic
Iorr case terminated Al the corners by long hlaments
which are found TASTED round coraries sesweeds SC.
PeInsLt say that The Spotted Shark produces nine to
fourteen yOufg At a time.
Tnon fbe whole. the weight Of authority the vyipa-
rus side OF the question rather smtshes the oharkegg
theory and VI therefore side With The Courier.
Vile on the subject Of Sharks. We may as well pursue
non ~ branch Of il We have heard persons laugh the
idea ist The shark attacks the living man They say
hat e sfOrs about such things all hObgObiin
c.rrs II proof Of his they bring up the south sea Isl
anders who fearl.ssly and barmessy swim among the
SlsTks II may be- that these Islanders have learned 20
ccrorer he Monsters but believe nevertheless that
les harmed have been food for them Bngiey men
tons an instance of gentleman living and well kno
II IL gland Who pursued by shark and was rescued
- trI Of h. a afu ole ~
Ie orf.r He alsO tells the following 4ntic tale
youth belonging English ship laying At B4rbadOFs
:; ne Il the men bathing when alArge shark ap
resrsd and sufung forward directly a. them psrsOa
r H. the ship called 10 them Of their danger;
Which hey 81 Immediately swan 70 the vessel aud arrived
IN ssefy except poor fellow who was cut 10 two by
~. Slsrk ain oct in reach Of conrad and
no,t intimate friend Of the unforI ate victim when he
,.tryed the severed trunk Of bis cOmpanon was seized
w.;h gree II horror that words cannot describe The
II stisble SHARK tTaversDg the bloody surface IN
esrch Il the remainder OF bis prey when the brave youth
plunged into the water determining either TO make the
shah oisgorge 10 be buried himself IN the same grave
H. hello IN hs hand long and sharp pointed knife AID me
rsrscious animal pushed furOusy towards HIM be had
mined On is side opened bic enormous aSs 10 order
81 him when the youth diving dexterJusly under
sz.d Rim with hi, left hand somewhere below ihe upper
So ard bed him several times in the belly The Shark,
enrpOsd with pain and streaming with BLOOD plunged In
All directions in order q dseDgae himself rom bis enemy
- - ~ the surrounding vessels that the combat
Us. deti9ed but they ignorant which was slain, till
", SIsrk veskeIed a. Dgb by loss Of blood mads to-
shore ar1 sl0ik lt MS CDNtuerOrs VINO,
frbed With victory pushed bis fe with redoubled ardor
s1d with The aid d an ebbing tide dragged him shore
Hrs he ripped Up the bowels Of the abms obtained the
syreS remsndef Of bis friends body and buried with
tIe trunk In the came grave.
Mr John C. Moore, Legislative Reporter for The Coz
S PafIiof has now in his possession for transmission
he Worlds Fair al New York pair of wooden foot Is
knit - Mrs Frost Of the town q Madison Il who
eoy ing tolerable good health although in the bun
dth ysr Of Der age Three years age the old lady could
ssy Arise daughter and 90 10 thy daughter for thy
Ssfghte-'s daughter hath had dzuaLter T.