The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-04-22
THE Value of a Newspaper.

EDITOR TELEGRAPH:-I desire to say a
word on the above caption, to the readers
of the TELEGRAPH, particularly to that
class or those-I have heard say 81 can
not afford to take but one paper" and ]
would that some might read it, who do
not take any paper, for 1 have and do
know such with families growing ur
around them that do rot take o paper.
have observed that the children OF
those parents who take most papers, pc
riodicals, &c, make the most proficiency
in school, are invariably the best scholars
the most easily governed, and possess a
power of reason superior to those who dc
not. They generally have higher tone
Of moral character, are less liable to be
carried away by the 1sins and snares that
surround dawning manhood They are
not only the best citizens, but the ones
that give character to society, shape the
events Of their city or town, and become
the representatives Of the people in the
Legislature and in Congress. From them
spring all the learned men of every pro.
fession. Six years experience with Grim.
inal boys of al ages has taught me, that
in nine tenths of the families from which
such boys come, there was no newspaper
or not sufficient Of suitable reading mat.
ter for them, and in no case have / discov-
cred any evidences of heart reformation
till the youth by slow stages made some
progress mentally, began to feel desire
for more knowledge
But there are many III the country, some
in Kenosha Co. that do not take q paper.
Many we'll to do farmers that do not and
some that have heard say because they
'tcould not afford it." To such: did you
ever estimate the real value of paper
Do you know its worth? My practice is
after have read my paper,to cut out arti
Giles Of interest; when [ have leisure paste
them into scrap book. [ have one near
ly conplet Land most of the articles clip
ed from the TELEGRAPH within the year
dollars, very valuable and one l would not
exchange for any book in my library, in
which are some that cost twelve dollars
per volume I have cut the following from
the TELEGRAPH of April 9Th, and there
is no one but what will say, that book
made up of such items has a degree of
interest to the student, as matter of ref
ence and history that could not be other
wise obtained: Statistics of Inehriety, Mrs.
Lincoln at Frankfort, Mrs. Grant at the
the White House, Fashionable Chritiani-
ty, A Presidents Privations, The Manu-
facture of Pins, The Haarems of Con-
statinople, Whom do Great Men Marry ?
Letter of Benjamin franklin, Horace
Rublee on Senator Sprague, Subterranean
Discoveries at Bloomington, H., Also, at
Otsego, Wis.,. The Duke Montpensier,
New Discoveries in Old Regions, Prussia
and the United States, Only 10000 fraud
ulent votes, French Antiquarians, Drunk,
eness in the Wine Districts of California,
Mrs Stanton on Railway Luxuries, &c
Thus from one paper, costing little
over three cents and half, I am in pos
session of facts, that if could not obtain
them again, l would not part with for the
price Of a years subscription to the paper.
| never fancied a scrap book made up of
romantic tales and love stores; they IRE
not worth the paste required to put them
in their place. But if any of my readers
will clip from newspaper for one year,
all the real valuable matter it contains
scientific; discoveries; historical; agricul-
tural, and statistical, they will have in
formation that cannot be obtained in any
other way, and if it could be bought in
books, would cost ten times the amount of
the price of the paper.
In arranging them into book they
should be classified, so that whatever is
desil ed may be found readily.
st. Paul, Minn. CHS
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