Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-04-02

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We End the following article 10 the Mans-
field Herald, and as tho matters therein
spoken Of are literally true, we give place
in the JouRSAI, hoping it will serve as an
incitement TO those who take the paper
now, TO aid in extending its circulation and
usefulness:
"a subscriber from the North part Of the
county writes to usto discontinue bis paper
as, he will not take it nt the present pricc.
and cncoscs two months dues. lie says,
81 like your paper very much, but you have
too many advertisements, and am already
getting three papers at threc dollars year.
awe thank our frenl for his good opin-
ion of our paper, and submit 10 him few
reasons why he and all other citizens Of the
county should continue to support i. s
as a newspaper necessary to countJi
To this question every intelligent person
must give an affirmative answer. A coun-
ty without newsper would be like clock
without dial--lke man without voice.
It is true one might ascertain the hour IN
dicatcd by clock by watching its wheels,
countiug the number of revolutions, and
marking the cogs. So also q dumb man
can make himself understood to a certain
extent by signs and motions, but the process
in both instances would DO far from pleas
ant or satisfactory.
"So also man can bring himself into
Communication with his fellow citizens BY
personal visitation, or by sending letters or
circulars, but the process is laborious, costly,
and at best very unsatisfactory.
"Thcre is no one of any intelligence but
is personally interested in knowing some
things that can be found every week in his
county paper. Tho progress Of politics
who are candidates for the various Offices
t. what has been done with tho money col
lected for taxes--the times of elections
the reasons pro and con for various public
improvements-the sales Of property-the
reports Of the markets-the deaths mar
riagcs-and thousand other things that
will readily suggest themselves TO the mind
of every one.
"But you say perhaps, "my neighbor takes
p, the paper, and can hear the news in day
j. or two" Very well, but suppose your
: neighbor and everybody else in the county
j, should initiate your example and stop tho
paper, where would you bei
But you say take out the advertisements
:. and will take your paper In reply to
I this we have two answers to make.
"lst. The advertisements are an essential
feature in county papcr-without which
it would utterly fail to answer its end
= One of the leading objects of county paper
being to furnish the cheapest and best meth
cd of communicating with the public.
"2d. No county paper in the State could
y live q month without the remuneration de-
rived from advertisements.
= "Again you say, "your paper costs too
: much, put it down to a dollar year and
y will take it." All we have to say to this is
, that it can't be done inside of a subscription
" list of five thousand without bankruptcy-
You ought not to ask impossibiities of your
:, county paper, but on the contrary, should
be willing to pay what is necessary to its
support.
"rhc truth is none of your objections are
valid. There are in fact but two valid reas-
;f ons for discoutinuing your county paper, viz
N immortality or imbecility. If an editor is
. incapable of conducting paper or adyo-
>, Gates doctrines at war with good morals, or
u the good order Of society, then he ought
not be upheld. Our correspondent urges
10 neither of these objections, and we there
n fore think that he is at fault in stopping hi,
b. paper.
80 "Think moro seriously of the matter
80 friend, and we doubt not you will add youl
!. name to our list as a permanent and un-
a complaining subscriber"
il Curious Present.
A gentleman residing in Brooklyn, wa