Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25


There! Not quite SO hasty, good friend.
Take up the paper again. and don't be SO
easily excited. You are quite mistaken
in the purport Of this article. We are
not about TO bore You with complaints,
as You supposed when you read the cap
ton of this article Not bit Of it; and
for TWO very sufficient reasons: First, We
are not of the complaining sort; and seq
ond, we Lave nothing Of which to com
plain, .o. ,.,..ss II
1t has been the almost universal habit
for editors and printers to keep up an ev
erlastng din over their pretended pow
erty-,heir hard work and poor pay and
they have claimed the honor of saintship
for their immense personal sacrifices laid
upon the altar of their country. TO be paid
only by ingratitude and starvation.
Now, with due respect to the craft, we
strongly suspect there is some humbug in
this. We were told when taking charge
Of the Telegraph that it would be a ruin
our business it c.uld not be sus-
tained these hard times, &c. We did no,
think ~ then, and don't believe it now
We took It for granted that the people of
old Meigs wanted paper published in
the county. and, wanting it, would, Of
course, pay for it, rs they do for anything
else they want. With this idea Of the
natural relation between the public and
ourselves, we took hold Of the concern as
u business matter simply.
Our understanding of the thing is this:
Peter Zinn wants a coat made. He goes
to Thimble Stitchum, the tailor, gets the
job done. pays the price. aud neither party
is the suffering patriot, nor the ungrateful
Patrqn--one was patronized as much as
the other. If the coat fits, and Peter
likes it, he will be apt to call again when
he wants arother. If Thimble Stitchum
cabbages his cloth, or Sights his work,
or in any way displeases Peter, why, then,
it is Peters right--which he will proba-
bly, exereise-to get his work done some~
where else. Would not Mr. Thimble
Stitchum make mn unmitigated - OF
himself by complaining?
just SO with the Telegraph. John Doe,
Esq, comes and says he wants the paper.
We reply, Every well, Squire; you can
lave il for dollar aud half.'' The
Squire pays the money, and gets his
goods" So far. all is right. Now, il
the said John Doe is satisfied with his
trade" and wants more of the same
article" he will come back, of course,
at the end Of the year. and mako another
purchase. But suppose, Gu trial, he don't
like the "wares" we present, and refuses
to buy any more. does that give us a r,gh
to abuse John Doe aforesaid, Or lay lht
public Under any kind Of obligation to u.s.
We don't 50 understand it.
With this view Of the case, ne say t.
the people Of Meigs County, here is ou
paper; we think il not bad article Of th,
kind. If you want such "wares" yo,
can have il at our price, which is fai
one. If it suits you on trial, we shall b
pleased to trade" with you every year
but il il don't suit sou, don't deal. That
fair, we think. t
Now, we intend 10 publish sucha pspe
as the people of Meiss County will wan
to buy--donf call IL potronggs ther
we believe. they Will buy it. They bu
everything else they want, and this, ~he
Iooked at rightly. is simply a little phl
chase, amounting to dollar and q bad
That purchase they will make annually
as they do 5o1uets for their wives an
chip hats for themselves. We are sa
isfed they viii do this, because they al
already doing SO.
Our subscription list Is increasing ever
week-slowly, TO De sure, but regaIarl
and surely. Our advertising is increa
ing much more rapidly. aud Of a muc
more profitable kind. There are no "des
heads in the paper-hot one. Eve
liue in our adve, Using columns pays, az