Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-08-31
Plain Talk.

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Do You owe us for your subscription,
Or for advertising You do ! Well,
then, pay up. as we need money very
much-need it at all times, but never e,
more than now. There are scarcely any
Of our subscribers, butWho can spare the
amounts due us, much better than We
can do without them. We have subscrl-
bers on our list, who commenced with
No. t. Of our paper, and wAp have not got
paid us one cent during the years we I have
faithfully and punctually served them m .--
Others, again, who owe VS. for one and
two years. Is this right !? De you new new
|er ask yourself the question, How does
the Printer get along without money =
If yoa do not, we will tell you--he gets
along poorly--ft is an uphill business
and, if Printers were not the best lnatur-
ed, most generous hearted, most forgiy-
ing, most hopeful poordeyils in the world,
your papers would have been stopped
long ago. But they furnish their papers,
hoping, expecting, every mail will fetch fetcsh
along iyoar subscription. But there Is an
end q all things, even to i Printer's hope,
and Ne shalt be obliged 70 cut of large
npmter Of our subscribers, if their4sub-
Eseripttions are not paid. We dislike 70
do tive have SO. often written youl
names On the papers, that you seem like
Told friends. But we win be compelled
Ito do Fl, in self4defenee. Nothing VIC
Egett, nor anything we do, but what costs
money. We have to pay hundreds q
dollars1at atime for paper, ink, and work,
men, {saying nothing .of thee hundreds in
vested in press, types, Ee-) and these
hundreds have to be made up Of the II
And I'D received from our subscribers
lff ses gft tAene-and # I'VE do. not get sub.
scriptions, we are obliged to resort tc
.ottier ,aeans--sonetimesNery unpleasant
pnas--or else the other alternative mus
take plaee--the paper must stop. G4f
The Bible says, n The laborer il
worthy Of his hire" We think We. have
done our part Of the contract J. it nov re-
mains f9r you to fulfil yours Poor Rich
Ard said, 4 Money makes the mare go
As thisttrite saying is ''fhighly fgura
tiye,'' az the Preachers sayt we will sup
pose. firstly, that as Poor Richard was
\ Printer, by the word "nare" in the
text, undoubtedly meant aNPfinling
Press, whidh, Ike the useful beast allud'
id to, is always on the go for the bengfi
of|others. Secondly, that, i takes
tf11lmighty lot = Of money ~ supply tx
wants Of a Printing Press and all it's COP.
comitants, when kept for the benefit +
nop,paying subscribers. as wellas TO sup
ply food for the village. mare, which d
continually con the go = for borrowing
neighbors, and thatit is.abput as profitable
AS tie last mentioned speculation--onl,
d little more 50. Thirdly that BY trans
posing the text. it will .rsaa, 1.-THE mar'
makes the money 60" by. substituting
press" for "mare,'' you have our cas-
exactly; we have expended our money
1t any rate. not yours, Mr. Non. paying
Subscriber-until we have scarcelyIaIsho
left in the cker--scarcely Il.
4 "A penny issleft to, jirgIe alone, i....
While all lis companions are scattered am
j fown.' ri n ~
Is this state Of things right? Areyo'
doing justice between man and man ?
Do YOU think. your patronage has an.
more substancein it than tho east wind
Printers have tried to live on that, ant
failed Seriously, do you expect 70 8
u Heaven, after treating THE anointed 0
| the earth in this shabby manner 10 or
| der to make !" YES" response to. thes
| questions, PAY YOUR SUBSCRIBE
ITIONS !! n. II N + : . :.