Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-24
TRINITY JOURNAL.
CALVIN b. MCDONALD, Editor.
EAVERV WILLIE:
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL "a. 1858

CAT IN STRANGE GARRET.-When we first
came to WeaverviIe, we found a very peculiarly
hard and hiIl-up road to travel. People read the
JOURNAL and said, it's pretty good, but not so
good as we were led to expect--nothing extra
and such like remarks, which we did not fail to
hear and which fell on us like the chilling rains
of November. All the while we knew that we
we're writing better articles than we ever had for
any other paper, yet they seemed to be read with
worse than emnation-indiiierence. But,
week after week the paper has borne the marks
of incessant labor society, common association
amusement, rest and sleep, all had to give way TO
the one fixed purpose of success, until now we
hear from everywhere and everybody words oil
encouragement and approval. Last week more
than the usual number of papers we're printed,
but they were all gone on Saturday morning. and
new subscribers could not be supplied, and we
write these lines with light heart. Editors in
the cities, who have noted the contents OF the
JOURNAL for two months past, may thereby in
struct themselves what is required to interest
readers in the country. Perhaps they will infer
that it is not quite so easy after all II, howev-
er, they still think differently, let them get a
couple of thousand dollars worth of printing
stuff, Webster's large Dictionary, book of poeti-
cal quotations, and come and try it.
But we have conquered stubborn difficulty,
and we can assure all who are pleased to feel any
interest in the matter, that there will be no let
down while strength Of mind and body fail not
We made no extensive promise at first, but our
unalterable purpose has been each hour since to
make the paper a journal in which every intelli-
gent citizen may feel pride as u local produc
ton, and which will credtably represent, abroad
the intelligence of Trinity people it must and
shall be acknowledged among the best and most
influential of interior journals.
And here let us say a word for the Publisher
We are here on larger salary than we could get
anywhere else in the State, and we say, without
hesitation, that we have never written a line for
publisher so liberal and kind. If the paper be
worthy, sustain him-sustain him by subscription
and liberal advertisement. We will see that
your lberality pays yourselves. We notice
number of business firms in Weaverville that do
not advertise they are, possibly, doing good
expanding strangers do not know of them the
local paper shows no sign of their existence they
are on a slow boat We make these remarks with
the kindest intention we know the benefit of
advertising, even with inferior merit the adver-
tsing business man will distance any one who
does not. Even quaek doctors run down regular
practitioners hy continual repetition of their
names under the eyes of the public 'Ts plain
as the nose on your facets the experience of all
successful business men. Try it advertise lit
tie, for experiment change and attend to your
advertisement keep your names prominently
before the public, and you'll soon find out that
the cost will come back ten and an hundred fold. !
These are the words of truth and experience we |
do not write them at the instance of the publish |
er, but because we desire to the paper present
a better certificate of Weavervile business than
it does now as it is, it involuutarily misrepre
sents home business and enterprise, abroad.