Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-09

half miles from the s'alIon. 1t was at our
suggestion that four or five men took
hand cart and went in search OF 1.-THE
balloon. My friend, Mr.. CARING and
myself have no doubt but that the man
fell in that woods some here, or else
what could that have been we saw hang
ing from the balloon ! Certainly il must
have been The man.
How to Sustain Your Local Paper.
|. Lay aside your fears that the Edit
or will gel rich faster than his neighbors.
We have never heard OF a man making
more than decent living by publication
Of country newspaper, even ii he had
ever such a good business. A case in
point is an acquaintance of ours who has
been publishing some six or seven years,
has had all the business of his own town
and county, and a large portion of that Of
The surrounding, but with all this he gets
into as tight pnches for money TO buy
his white paper with as any other pub
Usher with whom we are acquainted.
2. If the paper agrees with your ways
of thinking subscribe and pay for il, ard
persuade your neighbors Of The same
mind 10 ''go and do likewise Do not
tell the editor to send your paper, without
paying, and when you get to owe two or
three dollars, tell your friends who speak
Of ii that the paper is of no account-thal
ii will burst up some Of these days. The
way, under such state OF the case, 10
keep paper from "burstng up" is for
each subscriber to keep The editors books
free from charges against himself. Once
we had 10 close, and ON posting up found
We had booked and outstanding some
$500 dollars more than we had capital
investment. This thing of applying ;he
credit system to the newspaper business
may be lIkened TO a farmer selling out his
crop, buSheI TO a man. The sum each
owes for the bushel does not seem Of any
account to the debtor, but the aggregate
Of these bushels may make or break the
poor deliver in The soil.
8. If you have father, mother, broth,
er, sister, or friend Of any kind, residing
at distance, and are abl,, subscribe, pay
for and send them copy.
t. If you have any printing you wish
done, do not Jew" lie editor down to a
starvation price, and when he comes 10
make purchase Of you spike on the
tariff.
5. If you have any advertising or JOB
work TO be done, AXE II to your town pa.
per, except perhaps, you may wish TO ad-
verlise in more than one paper.
6. Do not run off TO the city and else
where 10 get your handbills labels, cards,
&C., printed ; because, lorsooth, you can
get reduction Of few cents in price.
"Support your own as you wish to be
supported" A man who is always run
ming away from home with lis business,
little deserves the patronage of the com
munity in which he lives as far as we
are concerned, such will receive "the cold
shoulder"
Z. If you have the control Of any le-
gal advertising, send it TO your friend.
This kind of business pays better than
any other, and the more you can send 10
the editor of your paper, the better for him
and it. In proportion TO the amount OF
receipts Of paper, is an editor enabled TO
make it useful. amusing and entertaining
TO the community in which i! is publish.
led.
8. Do not expect much Of paper,
when an editor is driven 10 be his own
compositor, proof reader, Pressman and
devil" and has TO run all over town eve
Try forenoon in the vain search for quar-:
Ter" TO buy something for his dinner.
8. Do not expect the editor To- make
honorable mention of You or your busl-
ness every few weeks for nothing. The
space in a paper, and mans lime, are
worth something, aud every notice comes
back TO the drawer of the recipient IN dol
lars and cents. An editor should not be
allowed to go hungry, bsrebscked or
barefooted. They seat drink and wear,
just like other people. .a ..
10. If the editor owes you a shilling.
do not chase him from rosy morn to
balmy eve" for il, and when you happen
10 gel The balance on the other side "cUi
The gerileman's acquaintance"
IL. Finally, my brethren, Il you wish
to properly sustain your ,iowD paper, to
live the balance Of your days in peace
with God and man. .aud occupy seal IN