Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-08-17
TIE PRESS AND DEAD HEADS.

The Rev. Mr.. BrownloH has newspa-
per discourse on deadheading from which we
note the following pungent truths: Rail-
roads, steamboats,. and stage coaches COM
plain of dead-heading-th is to say, of
editors and brethren of the craft, riding so
much without pay The newspaper press
endures more of this dead-beading than all
three of these modes of conveyance COM
bined. The pulpit, the bar and the thea
tire corporations, legislative assemblies,
societies, religious, benevolent, agricultural,
mercantile establishments, vendors Of quack
medicines, railroad companies, steamboats,
stage lines, and every variety ofindividuals,
including political parties and politicians,
draw largely upon the hberality of the
press The press is expected to yield to all
these interests; it required to give strength
to all weak institutions and enterprise
it is asked to puff small preachers into over
Swallowing pulpit orators to puff small POI
iticians and unprincipled demagogues into
great men and patriots to magnify incom-
petent railroad officers into railroad kings;
it is expected to herald abroad the fame of
quacks, Of all classes, bolster up dull au-
thors; immortalize weak Congressional
speeches; it is required to give sight to
the blind, bread to the hungry, talents to
fools, and honor to thieves and robbers
1t is asked to cover up the infrmitles of
the weak, to hide the faults of guilty men,
and wink at fraudulent schemes of scoun-
drels it is expected to fatter the vain, to
III h., &c II, i
ing but the scorn and contempt of all good
citizens; tt is required, in word, of the
newspaper press, that it becomes all things
to all men and if it look for pay, or send
out its bills for subscription and adverti-
sing it is denounced as mean and sordid,
and its conductors are wanting in iberality.
There is no interest on the face of green
earth that 1t is expected to give as much
to sociey without. pay or thanks, as the
newspaper press of the country. The lit
tie souled man who inserts in your columns
fifteen shilling advertisement, expects you
to write him at least five dollars worth of
editorial notices And the obscure and
| niggardly man you have written into pos
ition of Importance far beyond his merits,
considers that his name adorns your col
umns, and gives circulation to your journal.
A RECEIPT WORTH ONE THOUSAND DoL-
LARs.-We are indebted to an exchange
paper for the following recipe, which, it
is claimed, is worth the above sum of mon
ey, and give it publicity for the benefit
Of housewives in general, and our lady
readers in particular:
Take one pound of sal soda and half a
pound of unslacked lime, put them in a
gallon of water, and boil twenty minutes
let it stand till cool, then drain off, and
put it in a stone jar or jug. Soak your
dirty clothes over night, or until they are
we'll wet through, then wiring them out,
and rub on plenty of soap; and to one
boiler of clothes well covered with water,
add one teaspoonful of washing fluid. Boil
half an hour briskly, then wash them thor
oughly through one suds, and your clothes
will look better than the old way of wash
ing twice before boiling. This is an inyalua-
BILE recipe, and [ do want every poor tired
woman to try it. I think with a patent
wash tub to do the little rubbing, the
washerwoman might take the last book
and compose yourself on the lounge, and
let the washing do itself, The woman
who can keep secret has known this
year or two, hut her husband sold it while
on an electioneering tour"