Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-05-08
Pennywlse and his Paper,

Every farmer ought 10 take q newspaper
Of some kind--of course a foreign one is
better than. none al all. BIZ. we feel per.
lec.Iy safe in asserting .ha, any country pa.
per. however ppor--lhe meaDest, most In.
significant, shabbies,. smalest---is worth 10
the farmer. in hard dnllars, len Times more
Than The largest, fuliea and best foreign pa
per. eveo when il is filed with carefully
selected mS.Ier. MOI previously used-which
is NOT hilen the case. a''f
Publishers Of coun.v papers ought not TO
undertake 10 conipAle In price with The power
lpfpsses and fva ,irnes used matter Of nam.
moth copRlomeraie city weekies. Ills vain
and foolish. No comfy paper can BE- af-
fotspd al less than Two dollars year, and
the cilizen ought no, 10 ask il. but the peo.
pies auan,ion ought 10 be turned 10 The rea.
son for lis necessity. The very reasons for
ils Necessity show i,s value. And lis value
oughs TO demonslra,e i,s support
Blu, mol" IL cnn pei . huge. dngainly
vast paper from Cincinnati FOR adrllar.
guess won, subscribe" II am taking a
Cincinnati paper, Such are the usual ans.
wers You can gel puper for dnllar, Mr.
Penny wisel Farseeing man! Wise coun.
Try ediior. who talks 81 no .pos.ags 10 paw =
and thus makes |, appear thai his paper, aiiel
all.sis almost as cheap as the "Cincipna,
Msmsno,ha S.eam Snorer," which Penny.
wise gels for dollar and ihirIeen cents, all
told! W y 4 ....s
Well. Pennywise takes city paper. anc
],elIs The country editor he may "s,op.''
Probably 100. he depends upon iAs commu.
Ini,y Of which The editor Is q portion. for hi
subsislance--bui no matter for that. Per
Ihnps he Sails his produce ''in lown." The
6ts. week Sc Iosesslifix dollars BY NOT know
ing the price o( barley The mex
week he loses q bargainsd hundres
dollars in piece Of land advertised. -
The neAt week he misses q valuable agri
cultural item, selected for the very Town
ship in which he lives, and loses twenty
dollars. He was very anxious always Il
hear Mr.. Thomas Traveller. lecture. h,
thinks !, would do him len dollars worth o
good a. leasl---for he is an intelligent man
land would like 10 ,elI his children year
hence thai he heard The famous man leclur
hin The spring of 49,, Some enierprisin
men induced Mr., Traveller 70 visit Nj
!, lPennywise's county ,own. and they duly ad
, veriised iiin The county paper. Nexs wee
! Mr.. P. comes ,ro,,ing into town as compla
Gently as if be had never been pound fQolish,
Ever, body ia talking hbou, "ihe. ~ .uis iat
! night" SWhosel'' asks PsAsywiss. rOh
. the famous Mr.. Traveller was herelas nigh
/. Big audience. Good talk. Never fo,ge,
!. lns loQa ~ live" "Pshawl why | nave
dreerd his coming Here. wish | ha
nlknp Why wasn'iil adys,srisedl
II TRls ie foursh week. The fih Mis-
{ Je,uaha Mn.in's marriage Is published, an
J. old Mrs, Bilkin's death. Mrs. Prnnywis
? beard Of !. 9, nsighbor's and Is asked
l"Why lawi- -don'i sour husband take ii
Y paper,
81 The next wsst H;n f.lA,ends 10 loo
sharp. He will borrnw paper. he IRA,
. lsls a quarter d mile ihsaueh . mudd
) lane aher II, and spends Tires hours, so cii
!. The same nex week, 60 cis. The sam
;InsK xssk SII AQ I, M Tbe fasiS.iar