The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-03-21
TIFF1N, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH d, 1867

"Herc, Tommy" said l, taking
Eve cents from my pocket, run down
to the news Office aud buya a copy. il
It's not to late, or to the publishing
Office"
Tommy soon returned out ofbreath.
"Tve ran enough after that old uUws
paper" with just touch Of his faith.
er's spuuk, and won't 60 again.
The publishing Office was closed, and
the news Office had not number left.
l would like to find out, though,
when that celebration is coming off.
Nobody knows for sure but the pa
per. 1t is in that, father" he added.
The minds of all es we'll as myself
we're on the missing paper, but was
thoroughly out of patience with my
SELF and with them. al tell you 1
don't know anything about it" L re-
piled, iu a not very amiablo tone, l
fear. "Seems to me you are all won.
derfully interested in that confound--
ed paper since you know it's stopped.
| don't want to hear another word
about It" This puta quietus upon
the subject, at least for the time.
However, as time passed on, l be :
gan to think l had made very little
progress toward bettering my condi.
ton, and that of gathering informa-
ton of current events "by intercourse
with others" was a very unreliable
source. Every one gave coloring
peculiarly his own, and every one
needs to read for himself to have a
correct idea of what is going on
around him. M
Besides this, my business from
dull became duller, and eventually
duIlest; while my neighbors across
the way, with no better qualifications
of facilities than myself, seemed ia
be doing driving business. Gould
it be because they advertised in 10.
cals-that which nobody took the
trouble 10 read. Doubtful.
One day l met an old friend and
customer whom l had not seen foI
long time. l had often wondered
what had become of him, as well as
some others of his neighborhood
who were once good paying custo-
mers of mine.
GLOW are your said he, giving
me his hand. Glow do you pros
pcrT Going down hill, eh?',
"I hope not" I replied, with I
faint smile. G
Well, / see you have stopped ad
vertising, and l supposed you hat
closed out or smashed up !; and, as
am usually in a hurry when come I,
town, I go where they advertise to d,
work well and promptly. This is VIII.
have not seen you lately. Goo,
| bye, sir. If you are still in the bust
ness, let us see your card and know
where you are and what you are do
ing ?"
/ began to think better Of adver
tising than before, and on my wa,
home 1 gave the publisher of the pa
per call.
I begin to think, friend" said
"I began in the wrong direction t
curtail expenses that | was indee
penny wise and pound foolish, whe
1 withdrew my patronage. Our in
terests are more intimately connecte
than / could have believed, until
made the experiment.
Thereupon / was again enrolled Of
his list of subscribers, and half
column devoted to my affairs. An
: 1 freely confess that l have no oeca
sion to regret the expenditure. M
old customers, and many new one'
began TO make their appearance, bus
: ness began to revive, and ere long
, felt warranted in the expediency {
: securing an assistant.
My family we're gratified at the al
: pearance of their old friend, th
newspaper, and am resolved, tha
' sooner than part with it again, l wi
give up my Gale and cigars" whic
! for me would be quite sacrifice.
, , prize, more highly than ever befor,
: my newspaper.
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