Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-12-25
Ten Years in LcWiSburg.

prosperity or adversely, in health or sick
ness, his best energies Of body and min,
have been devoted to the good Of the papc
and through it Of its patrons With muc!
valuable assistance received, yet the chic
labor has devolved upon US, and day am
night year after year have We diligently
laborcd to enrich It's columns. We hav,
sometimes been credited with articles 70
our own, but have oftencr failed of due:
10 that particular One FOURTH OF oUD
WHOLE LIFE-anl that, doubtless, much
tho best portion Of it-HAs BEEN THUS
DEVOTED to the LcrisJuy Chronicle Il
may seem tfifing matter to others, but
not to the one who has toilcd and sacrii
ced, that quarter of all his days have
been absorbed in one duty. One or two
co'cmpOraries have been publishing quite
as long if no. as faithfully as we, but no;
one in this county. Oar readers will We
doubt not be willing to take with Us a
cursory review Of the Past Ten Years.
While every pulpit in Lcwislurs ha.
repeatedly changed its occupants, but few
reflect that the weekly press addresses lar
ger audiences than the preacher, and that
its influence is more wido spread, effective
and enduring. Hence its Importance, as
viewed BY Us. While We realize probably
in part only errors of judgment, Of tempe
rament and of information, We can truly
say that in all respects we have sought
no. so much our personal interests as the
good Of our patrons, our country, and the
human family.
The 10 volumes, of over 100 seven
column sheets each issued by us, embrace
On amount of reading matter that would
equal 500 volumes of 200 pages duodocimo
form in ordinary book type. At 80 cents
per volume, this printed matter would
form o $3.50 library, but has cost $50
only TO subscribers.
Commencing al entire stranger to the
whole community, with but L50 adhcring
subscribers, and laboring Aicr previous
failures Of printers here to properly keep
up paper, the virtue of perseverance was
severely exercised in US. There were some
half dozen papers in New Berlin, but no
other printing in the county. Now, our
lis. Of REAL patrons has quadrupled, and
all the county printing is done in Lewis
burg. We have renewed our type, through
out, so as to give much more reading mat
ter than formerly. We employ more
hands than at FIRST. Our rent has incrcas,
ed 40 per cent and every bundle Of paper
used has gone up in price from $500 to
1925. Yet our subscription price has
been reduced from $500 to Sl,j0, al
though all kinds of provisions also have
become higher priced than at first. For
the liberal and superior patronage extend
ed us, VIC hope We are properly grateful,
and trust We have furnished paper
worth all its price. Notwithstanding
sometimes one and sometimes two opposi-
tion priuters-some fair and manly, and
sAe anything else-wc have to thank a
clever little host for their decided and uu-
shaken preferences-men not all Of our
way of thinking on all subjects, but libc-
Ial and enlightened.
Of the $50 patrons Of our fist years
trial, we notice that 35 have joined the
"pnlc nations of the dead" and near 100
still continue on our list
In our ten years editorial career in
Lcwisburg, we think we have demonstra
ted two things pronounced "impossible"
ono is, that Gan Independent paper can
1--we in the country" and tho other is,
that Country paper can secure the ad,
vance pay system from its subscribers" "
Our experience is that when a paper is
needed and is ,oorAy Of support, it can be
supported; also, that the advance-ray sys-
TEN is best alike for publishers and for
honest patrons.
Accurate comparisons are impossible,
yet it docs seem as though in no previous
ten years Of our worlds history has the
prediction tAn so fully verified as in this,
that "Many A!l run to and fro, and knowl-
edge shall be increased" The spread Of
the English language is the precursor Of
great moral and intellectual adyancemcnts,
and the British aud Americans arc certainly
the most prosperous nations Of the Garth.
Whether the nominal progress Of the
Christian religion has uet of late been in
much larger proportion than IFS real, is
worthy Of a thought. Its material or
outward strength has been largely in
creased, tut whether its inner or vital
energy is enhanced, is a question FOR each
ones own most serious consideration. The
Chinese, Iudian and Turkish wars most
certainly add to the facilities for the prop
ugatiOn Of Christianity, yet prosecutions
have not been unknown in Papal, Greek,
and o,Acr Church. States; and religious