Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-01-24

S"tt 80 'l+F y ?. = 'sii -. \
wheat at IS cents.
Rsv. Mr.. Corey.-And ! only get 5000
a year, while l always bad s5Oo with
wheat at IS cents and sugar 10 cents.
Several Vo,ces. That amt quite square
M. Knor, Editor. And you only
pay me 81 year for my newspaper
which you thought cheap at $3.50, FIVE
years ago, though ! have nov to pay
three times as much for, everything | use
In making newspaper.
Mr.. Greene.-Why don't you raise
your prices, too? 10
NJ. Knon.-People wont stand it. l
keep along with no profit, or even at a
loss, hoping for better times, or else lose
my subscribers, and let the paper go down
Why, when I raised the price from 81 so
to 50 year, good many stopped the pa:
per-among them Mr.. Brown himself,
though l paid double for his wheat.
Mr. Bropn.-I didn't stop SO much for
the price; went in Cor paying for my
farm by extra economy.
M. Knoc. Yes, he followed my advice
Coz people "eeonomize and pay their debts
now" But let US see if Mr.. Brown be-
gan at the right place. On one Saturday
I published in my paper tina; wheat had
advanced IA cents bnshel. On Mon
day Mr.. Brown went to market with hts
wheat, and sold 60 bushels at one cent
advance over the old price and thought he
did we'll. He came home boasting about
it, until he met neighbor johnson, who
got the Is cents advance, because he read
my paper, and was wide.awake. Mr..
Browns loss on 60 bushels would pay
four whole years subscription.
Mr.. Brorm.-Don't say anything more
about that, Mr.. Knox, and put NE down a
subscriber for life.
Mr. Knor.-I have heard of several
other suct losses by those who stopped
my paper. Not to be too pers onal, as
some Of them are here, l will call them A
B. c, etc. Mr.. 4. paid 4 per cent more
fees on 81 taxes, because he did not see
the collectors notice in my paper, and
thus los. 81 81, to save 81 Mr.. B. paid
$3.50 the same way. Mr.. G. failed to
bring in his claim against an estate, be.
cause he did no: see in my paper the le-
gal notice limiting the time. That cost
him s34, to save So subscription. Mr.
d. sold two hundred pounds Of wool at
62 cents, because he did not see an adver-
tisement of Mr.. Smith, right here a,
home, offering 10 cents. That cost him
SIG, to save 81. Mr.. F's boys went down
to the villiage every night or two, to get
the news and local gossip, because they
had no paper at home, and one of them
fell into bad company, and is ruined.
know twenty cases where psople lost mon
ey for not learning what is going on.
gather up all that is going on in business
and society, and condense it into my col
umus. 1t is important for every man to
know all about home matters, and doubt
if there is man in this whole town who
would not, in the course of year, ge,
some Information, that would pay him
back more than So year. And then
think Of household sitting dowr togeth.
er 365 days in year, and having nothing
to talk about, except their own affairs,
and few items Of gossip, gathered up by
occasional contact with other people;
Mr.. Taylor.-Let me help Editor
Knox's argument Wife read to me an
item he published about humbug, which
he copied from the american Agricultur.
,st, of New York City. Next day one o.
those same humbugs came round with his
article, and was SO plausible that he almos,
pursuaded her into paying him s3, for his
sgindling recipe; but the editors caution
kept her back laas
Mr.. Knor.-Yes and do you know that
the fellow sold more than fifty Of the hum
bug recipes hereabodt, at So, piece
but not to any one of my Subscribers.
Mr.. Potts.-Put me down as a subscri-
ber, Mr.. Knox, here is your two dollars
Mr.. iShaw.-And me too.
Mr.. Knor.-Thank you, gentlemen
I'll try to make better paper than ever.
Every dollar helps; a new subscriber on
ly adds to my expense the cost of paper.
If everybody took the paper, and thus d.
vided the cost Of getting the news, setting
type, Office rent, etc., could double the
value of the paper to each. Please talk
the matter over with other neighbOrs and
see, if it cannot be done.
Ssssyo5 To,es,.-We will.