The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-29

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lures were presented to his mind, and
auch assurances of ultimate success, that
he BEGAN to look with contempt % 9TH
or papers, which were reality and mot
Utopisn dream. He was induced to be-
Eeve that the 81 Investigator would
soon be the first paper of the country, |
that It's subscription list would 80 up |
! to thousands, that eyerybody's children
would soon be attending Cornhill college;
! and that, of course, everybody's parents
would take the paper, to learn how their
! sons aud daughters progress, --that the
/ Professors Suizzle would adorn aud en-
! rich the columns Of the new journal with
sparkling get!s from their 50 classical
and " gifted pens This was a bright
/. picture to bo contemplated By an amblti-
Gus. enthusiastic mind
The city was Immediately visited, and
the necessary material purchased Tor is-
suing country newspaper. In due time
the press and fixtures arrived at Blow
/ town, when there was a great hurrah,
and ordinations OF - what people we
are - Every ono patted the edition on
the shoulders. and said 8. good fellow . d"
The amateur Publisher now set to work
in good earnest with his assistants, to
.. set up the matter for - tol. |, No.
l." Expectation was now all on the qns
vir1. and for two weeks the cow srsatlon
Of the printers was mostly in answering
. the all prevailing question, q When vii!
, the first number of the Investigator be
out|'
After " DAYS of toll and nights Of wa
king" the long looked for paper appear
E | ed. tt w.s very creditabie sheet
, with flaming .alutatory, replete with
= adiectives, full Of promises for the future
sud I" ioue up at tie close with an elo-
, oucht quotation from Shakespeare. 1t
was triumph Of art and intellect among
tac people Of Blowtown. The citizens
, with unanimous voice shouted bravo -
, -and the editor considered himself I'M
Q mortalized. He was the subject of dis,
To- cussion in the &" Sewing Society" the
! social circle and the bar room. Did wo-
q, men with daughters were all his trut
n friends. (the editor was single,) young
' misses even cast upon him loving smile
= Young widows and old maids greeted hin
with the most abandoned tiattery.
Many new names were added to thu
> subscription list. and advertisement
came rapidly in with promise of Promp
). payment. SO the new enterprise wa
= now fully under sail, with fair sky
:. clear ofin- and spanking breeze. \
f lareer number of subscribers were on tn
h books than had been anticipated, ant
4 though but few had paid in advance
l. yet, there was every assurance that tn
D nav would be forthcoming when needed
IF With full hope our hero pursued HI
n prosperous voyage on the sea editorial
II little dreaming of cloud or storm In tn
h future
lie Months passed away. Novelty ha
Il withdraw its charm, while plain realit
It began to present to the publisher OF tn
lf investigator" the asperities of the en-
tcrprise. Bills were coming due, an
is money must BE- had to meet them. A
attempt was made to collect, bat only
dollar here aad there could be raised -
Subscribers began with one accord
make excuses, and fair promises for tn
future. Still hoping for that millenint
Of publishers, when delinquent subscr
: bers viii pay up their bills, recourse w
" had to borrowing money at 3 per CEN
This SIS Il rash cxpedient, but the onI
alternative, as the many warn friends
:. the press refused to do better. Repei
~ tod duns appeared in the columns of tn
= Investigation" calling on all delinquent
- 10 pav up their arreages; but with yer
:. little e.I>ct.
D,za.fgction now began to creep IL
: snl whilom friends began to "weary {
:. veil doing They couldn't see Why
needed money to carry on small pape
), i paper with str hundred nantcs Oh tn
~ liz. ought to live without complain
- Tha skinaintcrs thought they were n
- puifed enough. and heaped their maiedi
T tons on the editor for pEesnmlng
charge for editorial notices. Pussyma
," thought his '.pnft' not quite s. good
y S.ow-and- easy's The politics Of the ?
.: per began to be denounced as many d.
- fcrent ways as there were political pa
49, ties. Thus, hundreds OF complain
were entered against the hapless edito
- because he dared call for justice.
~, By this tiac our hero finds himst
-, i'm no envjablc position, sans dollar
.' sans fg;.uls, sans hope, lie had be-
VA CHARGED ez9;5itant prices for all that
"a had ~caivaI-higu rents, outraged
~ bills fDf Boarding, &c. Amid incessa
49, / 55r 1t ttse case and press, he had fail
t. make his paper as interesting as W
w. demanded. Bat M allowance was mad
=. inability was the cxeuse of exactlI
w. resdcr@. The earned Snizzles had wr
". ten soasc Dry trash for the farmers
~ ..tfatherine Seed Cora subject
oh which the author was profoundly igr
Ia >, rant. Also another article on the II
v Biography Of Frog Pond, With Trl
-, cal Notes concerning the inhab'tar
- thereof"
PA The volume was now half closed.
- crisis in business affairs had almost p
~. va algzcd trade, money was scarse and C
'ei lections almost impossible to be ma
"" Tie last "bunile" Of paper was u.s.
~, ~ while the paper mills refused furti
Ia "a" credit until former supplies were pa
Va !, At this critical juncture our almost
u = heartenod editor made last effort to {
"" y, lcct outstanding accounts. By this ii
4. creditors had ceased 10 be even gen
' a manlY If one paid up, he did so
va W. Withdrawing further patronage. So
~, .1 denied their accounts; they never $
',5 scribe1 and would not pay. 1t was
' .L use. A efficient sum OF money co
W., not be raised to purchase fresh sup
g of pepper SO after brilliant deseend