Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-12-06
CHAPTER II.
"Iu other men we faults can spy,
And blame the mote that dims their eve
Each little speck and blemi4h find:
To our own stronger errors blind.

And blame the mote that dims their eye
Each little speck and bemi4h find:
To our own stronger errors blind.
One week after the above day, farmer Smith
visited the village for the purpose Of attending
to some little matters OF business, and With the
intention of calling at the post Office on his way
and receiving the number of his newspaper
that day due. At Jones corner, he met Mr..
Black, the leading attorney Of the villa 90 ;
and after the usual salutation farmer Smith en-.
quired
Has the mail arrived? ....
Oh, yes, replied attorney Black
And has brought our paper of course.
| The Dollar?
Certainly. We take no o;her newspaper in
this vicinity.
You are jealous, When you see this week
number | am incliNed to think you will alter
your opinion, somewhat.
Indeedl why, what's the matter? asked
farmer Smith in astonishmeHt.
Why the editor comes down on our candi-
dates, and condemns our new political move
ment with great severity.
is it possible? Well. must acknowledge
that | am surprised. Does he give any reasons
for this Unaccountabie step?'
Reasons! Can he give any? Knowing
that many of the supporters OF our movement
were subscribers to his paper, it was his duty,
if he could n OF sustain us, to remain silent on
the question
Yes he ought to have done that
But think can see through it all. The
opposition to our movement, am confident,
does not arise from honest motives
d suspect that myself said Farmer Snith,
his feelings becom somewhat excited.
The truth is, continued the attorney, the
editor has been bought. That is the c7ncu-
sion we have all come to, and we have deter
mined to apply our only remedy-to stop our
subscriptions forthwith
That is right, responded the farmer; we
must not sustain newspaper that will not sup
port our principles. ........
Then you will unite with us?
Certainly. l authorize you to stop my pa
per Immediately. will not touch it again,
Good for you. was certain that would b.
your decision, and now l am confident that By
the next mail we can send Mr.. Editor docN
ment that " II make him stare. | hope Iha
every subscriber at this post-ofice WILL stop hi
subscription.
So do I. But then we will have some diff
entity in getting al to consent to it. 1t is such
a good newspaper that
never could sea anything so extraordinarily
goDd about it, interrupted the lawyer. 1t may
suit women and Chidien, but it never was the
paper for man Of business
differ with you there, neighbor Black, re.
sponded the farmer. l have never met a pa
per ike it. 1t has exerted a most beneficial
ii fu"nce in my family, uniting more firmly the
happy ties of the domestic circle, and saving
me n the management of my affairs hun dred'
Of dollars. Indeed d. not know how car
got along without 1t now, and
You are disposed to releRt, then, and still
lend your money q influence 10 the support of
newspaper, which opposes your candidates tol
Office. .-s -. ..,r.
/ No, no, you are mistaken neighbor Black
While | acknowledge that the paper is lnvalu'
Bile to me, am determlned to stop my sub
scrptiou. ! have authorized you to act for me
and you can do SO, without further parey. Th'
course of the editor seems to me an outrage
and we must bring him to his senses, BY with
holding our support Without patrons ne can
do US but little harm.
I Good. l am glad you are SO independent VIII
! little exertion we will break the concern
down, in less than month";. r
After'so further conversation, the tW'
parted, both fully determined to DO their ut
most in destroying the Dollar -----. Farme
Smith, afterwards saw copy Of the paper and
read the obnoxious article, and became so ex'
cited that he declared he wouldnot have The pa
per, if it was printed with gold and furnishe'
him gratultously. He returned home that eve
ming in rather a Grabbed mood, and hI
feelings were still further excited by the uni
versal regret in the family, that the paper hac
been stopped. Mrs. Smith became fretful
Adeiine wept, while the sons saddled their hor
ses and rode to town to overcome their disap
pointment, Death could not have shed
greater gloom over the family circle of farme
Smith, but it only served to make the head