Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-06-13
Don't Grun,bie.

fAs NAhAA hAls
Don't Grumbic.
OF one thing We desire 10 speak-earn
esIly, though not ill,nsiuredly-"more in
sorrow than in anger" That thing Is;
The fact which has come to our ears, that =
few persons In the town and eoun,y-men
who happen TO get the Galveston aud llous-
ton papers a few hours In advance Of the
Issue OF the llerald-frequenIly remark
that Z" no Dallas Herald is not Of much
account, for II only gives the telegraPhie
reports from tho Galveston and Houston
papers, which We take aud read before II
comes out" or something similar to that.
These persons should remember that editors,
like other human beings, are somewhat
sensitive At times aud they seem 10 forget
that while thcy enjoy the blessing OF read
ing the Galveston, Houston aud other sheets
that give some news little in advance Of
our paper, there are many other men so
situated that the Herald Is their first and
last chance for finding out what is going
on all over this great globe Of men, and
we believe they are quite as we'll informed
as those to whom we refer. IL those Of
whom we are writing really don't want the
Herald, and conscicntiously believe il is
not worth the paltry sum OF 81 80 a year,
or 2l-2G cents a copy, the fact is they
might as we'll not take it; but we Imagine
most OF these very men, If they were re.
stricted TO taking but one Of all the worthy
newspapers of Texas, would pounce upon
the Herald "like duck on a jane. bug"
We can scarcely conceive how paper not
worth two-and.a-half dollars could be
issued every week in the year, unless in
deed il were the meanest known quality of |
paper, and blank at that. There is almost
always something Of local Importance in
these columns that makes our paper worth
more than double the pitiful amount we
charge for it.
We are free TO confess that the paper at
times must be very dull and uninteresting.
What paper is not? What paper in the
United States, or the whole world, is there
that docs not, some time or other, seem to
indicate that its editor had been sitting in
his sactum looking like the very genius of
dizziness wagging his long ears? We VEN
ture to say, that even "Brick" Pomeroy has
on occasions considered himself almost
"out of soap"-that he has pricked his
eensorium with his scissors point, when :
not even the quivering of the limbs of
wounded idea told that life was there. We
know that our abilities will never set
Trinity river on fire; yet we believe, every
thing considered, we do about as well as 7
anybody else, with the same facilities, ,
would do in Dallas. We conscicntiously
believe the Dallas Herald, with all its
faults, etc., is as much worth two dollars
coffee is worth % cents.
We know if those who speak lightly of
our efforts should be hitched to the editorial
wagon, they would call the harness no pet
names and kick like wild mustang in the
traces.
Those who imagine the printers work is +
play, or even light, or that editing is easy,
or that editors have no feeling, or that the
printing Office is not as Legitimate an in
as store, foundry or mill, have
yet to learn.
Let the people 60 to work, take stock,
and build telegraph from the fair town
Of Dallas to Tyler or Bryan, and we will
give them news from New York, Washing
IN and beyond the Atlantic swift as the l
arrow of Alcestis, that famed as it flew.
We want our grumbling friends to re-
view and eschew their unkind opinions,
spare our sensitiveness a pang, and come
up like men who have the good of their
country, county and State at heart, and
enter their names on our list of patrons.
In no spirit of sell. laudation, we sincerely
consider the Dallas Herald establishment
q very respectable institution; but how
much it might improve were the people Of
Dallas and surrounding counties to step
up like public spirited men and furnish it
more good paying subscribers, advertising,
Job work, and the "sinews of warl"
Other communities, less numerous, less
and less prosperous than the COM
munity in which the Dallas Herald is To-
,ated, have dubbed together and bought =
and presented new and even splendid out
fits TO their editors. BuAe don't ask
this; we only ask fair amount of patron
age and prompt pay from our people, and
no unreasonable, unreasonable and dis
agreeable grumbling.
Many have patronized us regularly and
literally, and we are thankful; but many
more have not, who we trust will some fair
day remember the printer on his wheel of
Ixion-the county printer. The Galveston
News is a good paper the Houston Tele- ,
graph, Mckinney Enquirer and Denton
Monitor are good papers. Wetry to make
The Herald good one. Take as many as
you please, but take your own local paper
drst, even IL it isn't quite as good as some
of the others.
- -vrs-over signature ofiForrester'
appearing to have been picked up on the
road, was handed rs yesterday.
L alludes in high terms to the EeracitF and
or prices Of Messrs. Keaton & johnson; :.
md that vide-aWaks, busy firm being lib n
raj patrons Of the Herald, we concluded n
o insert ID in this issue. Il is on the sec
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