The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-01-07


VOLUME SIXTEEN.-Witht the present
issue the ADVERTISER begins its six
tecnth volume; and as it is an anniver-
sary number the following brief remin-
iscences of its beginning and earlier life
may not be misplaced:
The ADVERTISER was born into the
newspaper world upon the 18th day OF
Nov, 1858, and though the first three or
four issues appear as The Cedar County
News-Letter," it was only in default OF
the arrival Of the New Head" which
No. says had then been anxiously ex-
pected for ten days. In looking for its
paternity we fluid the names of Chas.
SHETLAND, Proprietor, and Wells Spicer
and II. e. Piatt, Editors, among whom
the honor must be shared. IN the in
troductory editorial we find thu an
nouncement that-"Political matters
will be beneath our notice. We will
eschew then0as ali owl does daylight;'
but politics would come in, and we do
not have to look very far down the his
tory of the young paper to find it utter
ing just as loud political yells as the size
Of its chest and the strength of its lungs
would admit. 1t would surely be re-
freshing to Tiptonites to read the juhi-
liant railroad items of those days. For
instance, in regard to the 'I.yons road"
1--WE daily see quantities Of stone and
large timbers pass through our town,
destined to be used OH this road. Every.
thing is progressing rapidly, and with
an energy and dispatch seldom, if ever,
equaled in the history of railroad build
ing. We learn from reliable authority
that at Lyons and vicinity the force ut
work now exceeds 500 men; at Iowa
City, we learn the force is large, but we
cannot state the number. Everything
Is fiattering, and the citizens of old
Cedar may well rejoice that they have
the PIONEER ROAD in Iowa"
Good enough, only they did ut happen
to "havc" It very much; aud soon learn
ed something about the great opportu-
nifty there IL for slips between the un-
tasted cup and the eager lip.
From the directory in the same sheet
We learn that r. NJ. Long was postmas-
ter, and n. ]. Hawley, stage proprietor
that nleils arrived IN Upton from Dav-
snport, MuscatinS, Mondays and Thurs
days; from Iowa City and Marion, We'd
nesdays and Saturdays; from Dubuque
and Fulton every Friday: and from
Prairie DuChein every Tuesday. 1t is
rather hard to refrain from platitude
upon the difference 'twixt now and then;
but remembering that the youthful AD-
vERTIsER II what we attempted to talk
about, we return to 1t. During the pub
LEGATION Of the first volume Wells Spicer
became Editor and Proprietor; and un-
der his administration the institution
changed its name and title from "Cedar
County Advertiser" to the one at pres
ent displayed at the head of each mum
Der. 1t also grew from q six to a seven
column sheet during the first year, and
added the eighth column at the early
age Of three years and twenty weeks.
Number thirty-six of volume four
contains the retiring bow of Mr.. Spicer
after almost four years Of Editorship;
and the salutatory of Daniels, Moffett &
Bro, the succeeding Editors and Propri-
etors. Under this management, the
weekly light Of the ADVERTISER shone
into the dark corners Of creation for
about year; when MofIett Bros. retired,
leaving the tremendous burden upon
the shoulders Of s. 8. Daniels. Near
about this time, however, the burden
was somewhat lightenefb Mr.. ADS
to it's old seven column con-
clifton. In which It was nourished ard