The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-12-10

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many definitions, and that "a
| great majority oft mankhdafe
either rigflofaRt o OftRe correct
Aefhi60n 81 lare dfshonestaihaa
EytrictbiBfeRlsehse Of the word.
Newspaper patronage isa com
posed Uf as mahyNc6lors as the
Rainbow, and as 7changeaBle as
fthSe chameleon. ntot noos 'pc
I, One man comes in and sub
isseriB9s lfot The paper and pays
for, it in advance, and ! goes
home and reads it with the
proud satiskt ktioh thattt is his.
He hands i'll his adv, rtis 9ment,
asks the price, pays for it, and
! goes to his place Of business
and dreapsthe advantages there
Of. THIS is newspaper patron
age.
| Another man says, "you may
put my name on yonr books"
and goes off without saying
anything about the pay. Time
passes on and you want mon
ey and ask him to pay you
what's honestly due you. He
flies into a passion, perhaps
pays, perhaps moi, and orders
his paper stopped. This is
called newspaper patronage.
Another man has been q
subscriber fora longtime, but
has never paid a cent and at
last becomes tired Of you and
wants change. lie thinks he
wants a city paper. He tells
the, postmaster he don't want
1t and you get a paper marked
"refused."' But does he call
and pay9 Oh, no! He wants
his money to, pay for the city
paper. He will pay you after
awhile, he says. But he never
does unless you sue him.. And
this, too, is called newspaper
patronage o1-ea on. -ul-a.
.k,dAnother man brings in a
City cent advertisement, and
.gant atwo dollar notice given
[it, and if you refuse it, he goes
off mad And this is called
newspaper patronage. /
| h, Another man lives neAr you
r-he does not take thepaper =.
he does not like tbe editor :
the paper is, too shaa for him
-yet he goes 1egularly to his
neighbors an5 reads, and finds
fault with il and quarrels with
the opinipd Of the editor. Oe-
casionaW he sees an article
he likJsaand he begs or gives
halfa dimedor theunumber.-T
lTbis is called newspaper pat ]
onage.oi iiam I'd bass ll;g 4
1 Another man takes two or
athreeI city papers, and cannot
afford to take aihome3 paper,
but he hkessis and comesI to
the office andlbegs one wheneyI
eerlhe. iS,in town. inThis' also, is
called newspaper patronage.
no Another man likes the spa-
pershe takes a. sicopy foruhim
self anblfanilys and epaysy for
it, anbdeesdan Gbecan to get
new EubScribers-he never
bles, but always has a
cheerful word, for the editor.
If any little item Of interest
occurs ecu in his. neighborhood he |
informs tile editor, This is
ia Ahss5tfer i man & hlsss hlss9 a patent rsattsb
and wants you 70 give it a two |
dollar notice every week, ut |
will Sc of interest to, your |
r readers sdis he sa says; but although |
he he Knows it, wiz benefit him |
most of all, he does not offer |
to pay. fol- AZ Tbs Recalled !
Be#spaper ptaronageassii7o7 !
Another man, has taken the
PAPER several yeats, but never |
paid Hforit, ,'comes inowithia
four on fiEs dollar eadyertise-
menscapd asksgeH 70 ipsertit |
for nothing, because he is an |
old patron Of yours. This is
called newspaper patronage. |
10 oAnQthersimapytt'as young |
man about town. 70 r.e4 use of
his taking a paper, he knows
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