North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-12-18


rWany. -~
About this time Of the year We receive
sundry mail curiosi,;es, among which are
prospect this is probably the Latin plu-
raj Coz Prospectus, but we are nc, certain
Of III Of Magazines, Dailies, and some
we.a-klics, with az imperious shall, direc-
tod to our humble selves, ordering an ad.
vess;semen.. worth, including monthly
pulls, $50 to $50, f.r tue privilege Of an
exchange with the scissors and talents
they exhibit. We don't want any Of them
at TIE price. Our exchanges are now too
numerous. The exchange business among
newspapers is growing into humbusism.
Last week we received orders enough of the
kind referred to, to Gil our paper, as com
pensation for exchange. We uon't sec
it If the dailies, with their locals about
dns-fghts, saloon-wrangles, elopements,
weddings in high life, rarcs, imprisonm' t
Of strumpets and pimps, gambling hells,
billiards, base ball reports, aud everlasting
during winterl yarns about the Kinks, or
skating ponds Of our large cities, don't
want our unpretending TINES of McGres.
or, they can chop It Of. So Of Monthlics.
We like good exchanges, and our frequent
copy from them is proof that We read and
adpertise them !; hut if the paying Of more
than twice their subscription--our own
paper includcd--:s our luxury, we decline.
We prefer buying them direct. A city
daily would be Of small general interest if
Is we're not for what they call country or
ssali-town, exchanges"
There 10 another class Of curiosities
which we desire to ventilate slightly. Pa
tent medicine men and other men Of bu,i
GEES, frequently write US as though they
owned this Office, and that their behests
~sre to te observed strictly or down would
come our printing house In response to
ons q this class, We replied last week as
follows. The notice given the concern ty
this publication 10 not charged for:
McGaEcoa, Dec. IA, 81.
Dean Da. BALL, &c.:--Yours of Dec. g,
v. T., at hand. We are obliged TO you
for advertising favor, but the exceeding
.fnea<ss Of your rules forbids the naming
Of . price. This Office is for sale at Sl0,.
100. Should you wi.h to purchase. please
forward. If you have very competent
man about you who would ''work for moth
ing and find hsmself," We would like to see
him in Iowa. Our control Of this paper
is monopoly for which we paid nobody
else can ''run it" at present.
Soberly, Doc, don't you think that you
forgot the modesty which usually attaches
70 the GALkS persuasion, in prescribing
such rules to the Press OF State many
thousand square miles larger than your
toasted New York If your letter to US
we're not 50 long We would inssr, it for the
hene6t Of the Western press but, trust
;ag that you will have customers for your
patent medicines. and supposing YOU will
secure publishing houses on such terms as
you dictate, we remain on the same plane
u sauciness which seems to be your bust
ness orbit Truly yours.
ASpRlcx s RICHARDSON,
Some mouths ago we received from an
advertising agency, q column Of matter
pertaining to Chicago Distillery, with q
request to give it q gratuitous insertion.
We didn'. grasuis Names are lef. out.
We were running card for the wealthy
Rouse At the time. Our reply as far as we
can now recollecs, would have been THE !:
McGREcoR, 1867.
A. B. C. 4 Co.-Yours enclosing Distil-
i.ry notice Of D. Z. f. & Co., Of your city,
NTH request for gratuitous insertion, is at
hand. d. e. F. L Co. are our friends.-
They always use us well when we are in
Chicago and they are rich. A Sl50,OOo
place Of business goods inside as much
nsorc Government Bonds ra-tared, say a
quarter Of million Now, in the name
.,s tho sooty old cuss who manages the
bsimstone domain, why should this wealthy
Arm ask publisher with moro independ-
sacs thsa grsenbacks, to set their house,
eheis whiskey 'fxins' and themselves ahead
Of the balance Of the world? The leading
journals Of your city got paid for the elab-
crate description you sent us. You get
pay for procuring its insertion, or you
would not write Ms for the favor. Why
must We work for nothing when others arc
compensated .Echo answers, ''Why!'
Pardon our dimness of vision il we can
s,ot see the profit and the propriety Of de-
voting eolsmn or two weekly to'the pri.
vats benefit Of gentlemen far in advance
Of any financial position We ever expect to
reach. Yours: A. & r.
weather. 80.
Weather, good; no snow to speak O,
though efforts are made daily. Whea.
holds its own. Pork is little better, but
tho mildness Of the weather endangera
holding It aud the price Of the grain makes
I'VE hogs expensive. Crossing on the ice
continues, but it is not safe in all respects
for droves Of hogs and cattle. Place &
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