The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-12-01


'.au.Ht. and Subscriptions for US q. our
t.e~c-, Lates.
Maize so.ir County Paper more
Interesting.
/, il from no sci6sl, motives that we
ha,c chosen snhj"ct with the above
tide Epon which to inai,e few thoughts
1t ia no very uncommon thing tor
people throughout tho country 10 com
ll,n ,aat tIcir county papers are not
~ interesting as ,;,cy shnnld DC. a
vast majority OF these compliments 60
10, consider ;hc Whole su!;,c, III a fair
light III the FIST place each one has
lis own san LAID fer an Interesting
county paper. A, would cal! il an in
'pfcs'ng paper If It contained nothing
I've, poltica! news; j, says i, i. inter
.stin. when well filled with . recital Of
accidents and Esi' breadth escapes; c,
sars hc would give more for paper if
II never recorded an accident, for il
makes hm >hn.lipr and become ner.
rouS ever, time he reads one u, saws
~ V ,ull like lis paper wei flied with
lengthy solid articles, something for TIE
mind to reason and feast upon: + says,
fill up your paper with little short items
about ever. body anl everything and
,len w viii &c, al. The news. + s~ys
give Us q liberal suppl" Of Ter g,hy eli
,,'s and original dissertations. these
ore original matter ard We have never
seen hcm before; G SAYS, away with
Your lengthy editorials, we know the
Editors ST. lie ard lis o, lnitn upon
.s.tHosf ever, thing, ard 1helc is no US,
examining the paper viii, them repeated
II, We shan, stop .,rcad hem; II says,
give rs in your county paper al! the
home news and items, no matter how
small and seemingly unimp"r,ant, and
~ matter whose name gets into print,
.nr bow c!al or mad he ma, be, the
.,efara rai,i.a! and foreign news we
gr' from other papers; says, give US
~ The news Of the day especially the
political, war and foreign news. Tor
.on't take any Other paper and | wa;.:
III" most Interesting these little
noLsensica home affairs ard ,ncid MS
that man uou!i net think OF telling,
e lis neichbnf; and finally Miss prim
SIS give Us 2 real good long love story
every week II Your paper, and j, will
he the most welcome visitor at our
aense, ana You will get "lr,s" Of new
subscribers IL our neighberhood and
nton this same point Deacna Cross
says, II you continue much longer to
cram your 4,lper full Gr those foolish
wicked l3se yarns, | will quit taking
J.. Such are the standards from which
most men reason about their county
i'ap9', ana sieh the tastes that coun
~ e<.'tar il os!yea 10 deal with
In The publication Of cur paper thus
'tr We lave endeavorel to please our
81, fist, ~ Efforts ta please the great
ST number, ~ giving to each taste
'iee ;'roro''ian Of orr paper The novel
'e'n!er however generally excepted.
III. a1r paper can he made msch
more interesting, hy our readers IL they
will take i.e.l OF the matter and make
i So.
Our columns have always been open
e correspondence and v i'll continue 10
&c wlaic !; ,,f'.aa;.. in cur hands. Now
i onr reader, will but give us their
contributions, from different parts If the
county, upon various subjects We shall
feel grateful 10 them. while ,hoy will
certainly find tho paper much more in.
i.Testln.. CoHie, farmers are You not
N the satk upon some agricultural
point, and desire light upon the subject?
li'so, state your case aud perhaps some
one IN some other part Of the county
lac had experience in the matter 4 can
save you frui'less experiment costing
porhaps number OF doliarf.
Have you had unexpected success in
my new agricultural experiment, ifso
give the public the bencfi, Of il through
onr paper and they will feel very 9, ate
tal 10 you You have our idea now.
aud jus, stop and consider how much
more beneficial you farmers might
make your county paper to yourselves,
if you would but take hold Of the mat
ter. The long winter evenings are
coming. and il is We believe the best
way in which you can Improve some Of
them. lie, us have from two TO half
.lozen contributions from each township
GIVE also other news.
An Endorsement
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