St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-07-03

the news they would give Us in week :
issue
There has been great advance in
that respect bat can remember one
point in which am very sure that print
crs OF 1920 had a very great advantage
over YOU of these days, aud that wa, in
getting Il more Just reward tor their Ia
bur than You do. Not that there was
plenty of money III those days,-iherc
was but little ut it for long time. l
can remember when there were but two
banks in the State, Money was rot
plenty. Now and then we got hold of IL
pl>tarecn, nlneprnce, OF tour-pencc-halt-
pcnny,-rarcly Spanish dollar. But l
can tell you what they did get literally
they got two cords Of wood, they got
four bUshcl, OF corn, they got twelve
bushels of oats. twenty-tour bushels of
potatoes, and sixteen pounds Of butter,
tor Il years subscription | can remcm
Der when my fathers cellar was half full
OF apples. enough 10 furnish on"-halt OF
the village OF Montpelier could they have
them now Why he had to feed them
TO the hogs. Often had hc from six to
twelve barrels OF cider at Il time, enough
wheat, rye and corn 10 fill Il large gran
arv, a ward filled with eight foot wood,
potatoes and vegetables OF every sort,-
quite different pay from what we get
now, but infinitely better. He could
support his family and supply many Of
his nciuhbor-. You cannot do it now
OF the men WHO were engaged in the
press whom have already named, there
are. think, but two now living. One
OF them i, Samuel Swift, one OF the best
and purest men who ever lived in Yer
mont or anywhere else and the other
i Simeon Ide. who retired from the
Clarcmont (N. H. EagIe about a year
ago.
l cannot precisely recollect my first
experience as aa editor. 1t WAS either
in 1924. when | WAS twelve, or in 1928
whcn | was sixteen wears Oi aye. Ii wa-
in one of the campaigns OF Adams and
Jackson. | di-hkcd jackson and was
Il very ardent Adams boy. WAS then
in the office ot the ..cpuhiican Essex,
y I..) where wa- "I->il." Ny
impression Is that both of tn publisher,
ut ,lI. pai,r. We're .H-..it cith.r ,.rctloG-
.rj.. ur Al. din In.-tvr. n one #
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publication Of ihc paper tDr that week.
Buih htln@ absent, ] WIS the editor.
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wh;u nu.ht 10 b. don. maj, il up.
got !. u,.n III, gg,-> without p,.iu- il.
n.t wl... - do LyNiI GuI mot ,Nac;.r
know. m.,tru,t.d NV abilities. and
must yet out Of the ,crapc somehow,
G.n. II. II. Kos. who wal at that time
=. candidate for Congress. had hi- oilicc
uuJ,r the Rrpublic;n Office. | took the
..proot~' to linn. and asked him what
,hould do with it. The General soon
came in. ro,y-taced. literally bramiu.
with smiles. and. batting mc upon the
hack. -ail "PIiut it. boy print it,.
bov :" And | did print it.
On NV return home had no idea OF
h.;n, - nrintrr | wanted to 80 through
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il.. b,.r, vent to stuJvipr law. and
,ur.,I.I ,b. .tnJv until = cousin. OF
,hout my ,ne. who bad the rharre OF
n,. c,,h.r,. nt,i.. suJJenIv died. and nv
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rather proyiJ,ntiaIIv | WAS thrown into
,Lo bns;n..s which / nurs,ed for the rest
nf NV I;f. uu,I nn,r
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. ,bink ab,ur if wb.. Won can. and think
about il i aooI wbil, Think of it.
Will, Won are ,t work and At leisure. an,
, tine result will he that every man whc
! Jn,s tbis will make Good editor. AN in,
Hnnnii,I clitor an r,I;tnr whose power
will bc felt and acknowlrdord
There is another pracrice which | al
2 y,xs rrarctred / newer ,J,ntcJ-th,
nr,ct;c, 1f Thom:, Ei,chic IL. babi
{. y,s whenever he had = fact which h
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