Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-16
TAKING A PAPER.


ware. With pomp and circumstance, wit
parade of logic and metaphysics, wit
patient consultation of eminent authori
ties, you adopt your creed and prOfes
your faith. Not so your creed, as go
really hold IL, was made for you long be
fore; it came to you through the ten thou
sand avenues Of sentiment existence it i
therefection of your life's experience ant
training. You consulted books and sum
moned logic to justify foregone ccnclu
sions; your statements and formularie'
represent but in part the real faith that il
in you '''
How tenderly should we watch, and
how assiluously cultivate the heart in its
young growth The smallest thing in
time may determine the veightiest inter.
est in eterUityl What shall we say, then,
of our literature ?--the pabulum, par er-
cellenoe on which the young soul feeds
Especially what shall We say of our News
paper Literature, the most potential of all
lteratures-thc neral lever that moves
the world9 How careful should we be
that these periodical visitors should fair
'ly reflect the truths Of Nature and of
'GoD-that they should obscure nothing
and distort ncthing-that their pictures
of life should be genial, loving and emo,
bling
With what transcendant horror should
we recoil from those sordid adventures
'in,the world of letters, who pander to de-
PRAYED tastes aud disordered imaginations
who seize on the love Of the marvellous
to draw pictures, which, If they represent
life at all, represent only its worst phas-
es and its most unhealthy conditions.
They feed us on food seasoned SO high
that natures simple favors become insip-
i'd. You may know this class of journals
by the absence Of facts and the pseva-
ience Of jict'ons. Adjure them and cast
them out. Forestall them by introducing
practical and useful journals in the de.
partments of Religion, Science, Agricul- |.
ture, Politics and the Usefal Arts.
! will only add that since agriculture,
as an Art and Science, is still in it's in
fancy. it needs the fostering care of ably
conducted and well supported journals
Local papers should be enriched by the
choicest and most suggestive experience
of farmers and thinkers everywhere
Whatever they would communicate to
neighbor, as a valuable and useful hint
or suggestion, they should tell to the lar.
ger audience of newspaper readers in sim.
pie, plain and concise language. Thus,
Papers are, and should be, store-h ouses Of
important facts that everybody ought to
possess. There are three duties, which,
If they are not put down in the Cate
chism, are nevertheless binding upon the
oonsciences Of Local Population
First-To take Local Paper.
Second-To contribute it to short facts
and suggestions.
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Third-To get others to subscribe.
There is no reflective sound mind en-
gagged in Agricultural or Literary pursuits,
but can get ten times its cogt out of any
well-conducted paper. Men have stopped
their paper because they could not afford
to takeit, when it had saved them fifty
times its costI We want a paper, not
merely to tell us what we don 'tknew, but
to remind US of what we do know. We
are not bound to follow implicitly all the
advice that is given us, but we are all !,
dull scholars indeed if we can't, in the
exercise Of sound discretion, turn the
facts, copjectures, theories, and sugges- !
tions, furnished by intelligent minds to
some good account. The splendid super.
structure Of modern discovery has been
reared by myriad hands, each adding !,
but mite to the grand result The H.
ustrious names belong to those who luck
ly put on the "cap stones" and SO, in
90 many eases, took credit for the whole.
1t is not wise man who undertakes ?
he wisdom of fool. There is no one but n
'nows some things better than anybody p
lss Treasures Of rich experience are to !,
. found in the humblest walks of life. :
'hese, then, arc reasons why all sbould
rite. They are reasons why aid should
,ad. A good Family Newspaper Is a peri ii
deal stored with the choicest bits of hu. I'll
ian experience. ye
The Journalists position is one Of great
efficacy, responsibility and labor. IL is
My rare talent that succeeds at all in
lis department, and we hope none will
Judge the printer the few shillings he
selves for his paper. He generally earns
by a 1aborious life and an early death.
nelly and efficient en- couragement on
part Of the public will enable him to wi;
kc g bet ter paper with less personalla. To
and expense. The best thing each mir