Randolph County journal., 1858-01-07

-, - - ~ paper. How DO
~ III + 1hew nearly Does it come
|up q yoF fess Of the standard OF
1pe nrnal? Very imperfect. is il
bot ? Well. you did not expect too
much at once-you expected to allow
little time (as there is plenty room J
for improvement. The new editor is,
you know, "new hand at the bel
lows, he don't understand elbow
ing" vet he has always been more
used to striking" But he knows
YOU well enough 10 be sure you won't
care for that, so he comes to be able
to get up striking paragraphs. lie
would be for a while, you know, in
condition something like that of
tho school-boy who couldn't spell his
lesson because he hadn't got the hang
of "thith ere new stchool houth. -
But he will get familiar with his du-
ties after awhile. And forgive his
vanity he has a notion that he can
tell pretty well what you want ; and
it will be his earnest endeavor to meet
those wants.
We know You must be pleased to
see your paper enlarged and improved
in its mechanical appearance. We
can now give you nearly twice the
amount of matter you formerly got in
the old JOURNAL. Our new type,
though smaller than the old, is large
enough, and, on the paper we expect
to use. will be sufficiently plain for
any one. The workmen will do their
part, we guarantee.
Well, as we said before, How do
you feel on the subject? Do you re-
gard tire cause as general, a mutual
one--that all are interested in our sue
cccding? Then you feel like giving
us your aid, your encouragement, your
help. Certainly times are hard We
know that--,re do. What of that
This is prc-cmincntly The time to rork
to work hard-to think hard-and.
If need be, to lre hard. We are call
we'll - we have an abundance of the
necessarics of life, chegp. What's the
matter? We have only to "pitch in"
and ego ahead" We'll bc in "luck"
if we DO our duty. Some of us, per-
haps, who have been SO imprudent as
to he caught in debt, may be compcll-
ell to suspend" for awhile. but such
will simply "work away" and get the
better of their difficulties soon as they
can. and they will bc the better pre-
pared for the next crisis thus, doubt
less. little rough usage now may save
them from harder fate then, when
they might be less able to stand it..
If they take it philosophically they
will come out Drawer and better men.
"Swcet are the uses Of adversely,
Which. like the toad. ugly and venomous,
Hath yet u precious jewel In its head
What, then. shall we expect you to
do in the premises Nothing less, OF
course. than TO send for the JOURNAL
yourselves, and induce your friends to
subscribe.
We can't carry out our designs in
reference to our paper without your
assistance in this way. Money is
scarce, and men who do not read will
not subscribe for our paper unless the
advantage to themselves is shown up
to them by some one in whom they
have confidence. We don't ask any
one tn say more of our paper than he
thinks it deserves. But good word
from n disintercstcd third person is
often Of great use.
We might say to our friends at a
distance, that though our second No.
is not nearly ready for the press at
this writing, and we have made but
very little effort out of the Office, we
have yet received quite number OF
new subscribers, and any amount oi
encouraging talk" We have conf.
dencc that little wcll-dircctcd effort
around the county. will place the Jorn'
NAL on a permanent basis.