The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-06-13
VALUE OF THE PRESS.

The editor of a village paper out West
struck for his dues, once on a timo and stop
ped his paper. His snbscrbers were all il
arrears and he resolved in the most positive
manner, that he would give the pcopeno moro
of the products of his brain until he had rc
coivcd some OF tho products of their farms. o.
il that was not cot venient. the cash instead -
lie happened to own patch of ground, snl
he very quietly took up the shovel and the hoe
and, with his devil went to work raising hi:
grub while waiting tho decision of the towns
people.
Great was tho exc 'temcnt in the town where
the paper was stopped. The maids and the
matrons didn't know who was married and who
had died in the neigbboring towns: the farmers
got no ncws respecting crops in other sections
of the country, and sold off their produce al
much owor prices than they might have com
manded; the manners and morals of tho peo-
pile deterorated, the children grow mp much
less intelligent than formerly, and the people
got completely in the fog on all tho prominent
questions of the dav.
The inhabitants of the town were like those
of some island, Block Island for instance cut
Oft from frequent communication from the
world and when ono of them tucked ND his
team and drove to the neghboring town to
trade,hc generally came back with his head
filed with ridiculous reports respecting tho
affairs of this and other nations, which had
been told him by mischievous persons who
know the paper had been stopped for want ol
pay, and that the people would not subscribe
for city papers, whose terms were invaribly
cash in advance
Whom one of tho solid men of this village
had been o.or to tho country to attend Courl,
or sell his wheat. OH his return to tho village
was gonorally thrown into commotion of n
rumor of war impending on the frontier or be-
tween the United States and England until
somebody paying visit to tho village would
disabuse tho good of tho error that had been
imposed on them and not unfrequcnty LAUGH
at them for their crodulity. Their only cx-
cuse was their paper had stopped, and this ex
cuse tho better portion were ashamed to give
Frequently when some of the men of the
village bassed by tho editors homestead, and
saw biw ioaniag evsr the fence, watching the
growth of his corn aud potatoes, thoy would
ask in tones almost indignant when he inten-
ded to start tho paper again?
His only reply was when tho old subscribers
pay up
The old subscribers wcro rather 'stuffy :
bout the NATTER as honorable dame express
ed it. They thought hard to be obliged to pay
for paper when they only subscribed at first
TO give the enterprise a art,--only to encour-
age the editor and publisher and so they re-
solved to endure tho prvation as long as pos
siblo.
Matters we're, howovcr brought to a crisis
by the following circumstance. The deacon
OF the village church-(which by the way was
not so well attended after tho paper was sus-
pended) como homo one day from the country
town place of considerable size. and an
nounced that Thanksgiving festival was to be
on Thursday of tho next week. Tho farmers
killed all their fat poultry on tho first of Tho
next week and started off for market while
their goo wives rolled up their slcovos and
went to work at making mince pies. The
young men bought dancing pumps and engag-
ed fiddler. and tho girls sat up o'nights to
make dresses, for tho Thanksgiving ball.
Great was the surprise and chagrine of all
the inhabitants of the village to loarn on the
sstarn OF the farmers that tho Deacon had been
grossly humbugged, and that the thanksgiving
festival would not come off until another week
They had been obliged to soil thor poultry
an the country town at a great sacrifice, and
would be compelled 10 wear their old Sunday
coats another year in consequence.
The women of the village set upa groat
clamor, and at length their husbands, ashamed
OF their coaduct, called public meating and
voted to invite the editor to 'ay down the show
ol and tho hoe. and resume tho publication of
tho paper. They paid up their arreagos and
for the pext year in advance, and many who
had depended on their neighbors for their read
snng subscribed for copies for themselves so
tho editors list Of subscribers was increased
anc all of thea became ia reality patrons Of
his sheet. The people Of tho village arc hap.
py once more, aud each Thanksgiving festival
reminds them to renew thcir advanced pay
incnt to tho village paper wi Boston Herald.
ARRIVAL OF CnINAMEN.---Yesterday tho
fiamburg ship Williamsburg, Capt Muller. ar
rived from Hongkong in seventy days pqssago.
ohe brings five hundrod and ninety one Chi
nose, among whom are one hundred females.
several other vessels arc on tho way, all hav-