West-Jersey pioneer., 1867-06-21
THE MILLvfILE TRAppER!!

beneht OF our readers and the squatteF nimselI. /
The story states that q man undertook to set I
o trap for his neighbor with the idea OF COM
pelling him to reveal some facts in bis history, |
which he imagined would inure largely to his
own benefit before he let him loose. Unfor-
tunately his neighbor was watching him all the
time and understood both the trap and its OBJ
ject as well as the astute trap setter. He,
however, kept his own counsel and simply
walked up to the trap, though pretending to
walk in it. The schemer approached with
g, eat delight to behold the accomplishment Of
his object. when his neighbor gave him gentle
push, and, 10 the man was fast in his own
trap, and was compelled while fastened there
to reveal class of facts to his own detriment
that he had asserted to exist in reference to
his neighbor.
This is about the position Of the sapient edi-
tor of the Millville Republican. He set, in q
most bungling form, trap for US We saw
it and gently walked up to it. Never very keen
Of sight, the poor editor thought we were in
it, and shouting his rejoicings, rushed up to
the trap. when we gave him gentle push and
sprung his own trap upon himself, and there
he stands, an object either of laughter or pity,
as the taste of the beholder may incline.
1t is probable that from some cause or other
he had received dozen or so new subscribers
This was too much for his weak brain and his
imagination Immediately multiplied them
until he really believed that he had more than
any other paper in the county. Under this
delusion he set his trap by which he hoped to
show that our list of subscribers was inferior
to his own. But alas he has been pushed
into the trap himself and been compelled tc
admit that his list is much below ours. and
we will add for his comfort that it is very
likely to continue SO. He expected and hoped
to show that our list was decreasing but has
only succeeded in giving us the privilege Of
making it plain that exactly the reverse is
true. His manner of conducting this "trap-
ping" controversy may be best expressed by
the word ''sneaking," constantly pretending
that he did not wish any, would not have any,
could not be induced to have any, yet still in
each issue doing all in his power, (Which after
all is not great deal, to conduct one. In
doing this he has resorted to the most foolish
misrepresentation. man may publish a
falsehood without necessarily being Ounce,
but when he publishes an untruth, which
must of necessity be imm ediately exposed, we
do not see how he can escape the cognomen to
which we have just alluded. A reference to
some of the untruths he publishes in HE
"slenderly supported Sheet" will, we think
illustrate this fact. He asserts, without the
slightest evidence that some of his cotempor-
aries is in a very bad humor over his sue
CESS and appears to be very much offended
at his enterprise in collecting local news, and
dissatisfied with himself that he has not brains
enough to conduct his own paper-that it is
an unpleasant thing for the aforesaid cotem-
porary to witness the rapid depletion of his
subscription list &c., &C.,
The truth is that the success, so loudly
Wanted, of the Republican has been SO meagre
that its contemporaries have only felt disposed
to pity the poor .trapper," and found no
cause whatever for getting out of humor
That paper is the most slenderly supported of
any In the country, and the innocence with
which he in substance admits it in his last
issue is refreshing. In some sections the
Republican is dying out so rapidly that its ed
itor is becoming alarmed. though why he
should be so we cannot see, as such weakly
paper must die out sometime anyhow, and the
~iongnrion of itA is uuly a pro,vus-
alton of the misery of its friends.
An item of the "locsl news" of which he
boasts so freely. consisting of about seven
lines, and appearing as original in his paper
two weeks since, contained at least fue blund-
ers. "Local news" is easily obtained in this
form. though of its value there may be some
reasonable doubt to men in general, even if it
should seem perfectly in keeping with the
veracious editor. In every issue, where he
handles this topic there is constant reference
to his superiority of 6rcins If he understood
himself as well as people generally understand
him he would laud his brass where he lauds
his brains, but that is probably too much to
the man who possessed what he thought a
superior picture of domestic animal, but
| which no one else could recognize as anything
and so he wrote label and placed upon it,
stating that 'sThis is cow" The incident
applies exactly, if in place of COW we minify
the figure and understand him to say 81 am a
calf" Another idea contemplated by this
unsophisticated ''trapper" is to induce US to
acknowledge that our commentator of promi-
nent men and Railroad interests have been
paid for at SO much line. His ''trapping'
here results as unfortunately as before. We
have always advocated these noble Railroad
interests of our State, and felt that such pub
lie commendation as we could give, was well
deserved by the Railroad comp anies for the
grand work they were doing for the state.
Any one who will glance at the difference
which the roads have made in our section in
the last FIVE years will see that the wisest
thing public journal can do is to encourage
those companies, by public appreciation, to
push their enterprises still further. We haze
A''~>N~ eASAA oAeOi PAioC uuu VIC eudlI uO u,
as occasion serves, do it again. We have also
given sketches frequently of prominent men,
especially those who have risen into promi.
nence by their own talent and industry, and
shall probably continue to give many more for
the encouragement of the young people who
read our paper. Sometime, possibly, we shall
give sketches Of an opposite class of men, and
when we do, we shall likely begin them with
''The Trapper of Millville." 1t is only neces-
sary to say here, that for the articles to which
he refers, we have neither asked for or re-
ceived single dollar, while we are prepared
to prove that the editor Of the Republican has
inserted in his paper articles favorable to the
Railroad company and presented bill for the
same. Perhaps he judges others by himself.
He tells his readers that he does more busi-