Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-10
County Papers.

County papers are of much more use than
most people generally imagine.
They very naturally AID in directing the pub
lie attention to matters in which every citizen
in the country is more or less interested.
They contribute III various ways to the for
nation ofpublic opinion on the subjects of pub
lie interest.
They furnish very convenient mediums for
the discussion of questions of local interest
They aid in giving character and Importance
to the county IN which they are published.
They stimulate taste for reading and dis
semnate, in the course of one year. a vast
amount OF information, much which would not
reach the readers through any other channel.
They are of essential good in a family in fos-
tering taste for reading among the children
County papers enjoy an advantage over papers
published at a distance, because many of their
items are of local interest, which naturally at
tracts a child's attention. The advertising col
umns, are also particularly attractive to many
persons.
They are of essential service IN publishing
various articles of local intelligence in which
the citizens are more or less interested, but of
which many would remain unInformed. were it
not for these papors.
In short, county papers add in great variety
OF ways to the character, intelligence and pros
perity of the county in which they are publish
ed; and therefore have strong claim to the
support of all whom they directly or indirectly
benefit.
A Boston paper speaking on the subject of
newspapers, gives some sensible advice to pery
sons living in the country. 1t says:
People hardly know how much they lose by
not subscribing to their county paper. There
are always certain matters of local interest, in
which 1t behooves every good citizen to keep
fully posted up Instead of sc lding away IF
ty OF hundred miles for a miscellaneous paper
suited only for a general reader, every man
should take the paper published in his own
county and pay for il in advance; then if he
has money TO spare for more amusement, or the
qualification of his own taste, let him subscribe
tor good city paper, containing able reports of
popular and scientific lectures, legislative and
congressional intelligence, with general sum-
mary of foreign and domestic news to the latest
moments of going to press.
Now, if this IS not good advice, we hardly
know what is. Never subscribe without paying
for II IA GdrGHce. The man that does his duty
in this respect, reads his weekly paper with in
creased satisfaction. Every one knows that
his greatest comfort is derived from the consci-
BUSINESS of having done or tried to do right, and
certainly it is no more than right to pay the
printer who is constantly mourning outlays, for
paper and composition, who almost invariably
pays for all the matter'set up for his paper even
before it passes into the hands of the subscri-
bers.
Again we say, 'takt yonr county paper and
pay for II in adUaRce.' If you intend leaving
the county, still hold on 10 it for while; it be-
comes more interesting. We would only say
to those who do not take any of their county
papers, and can afford it, don't sponge on your
aeighbors for the news; if paper is not worth
subscribing for, it is not worth borrowing
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