The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-23
$500 A YEAR

never finished. Whit tho news
paper deals in solid information,
it has lately, hghtened It's gravity
by sprightly novels, by amusing
stories, by continued record Of
wit and humor, so 1t not only serves
the purpose Of instruction, but Of
amusement as well.
Ono can learn mnch Of a persons
nature by the way they read their
paper.
Cne man with impatient hast,
glanccs at tho "markots," at the
Stocks" and along a column or
two OF Advertisements. As for tho
rost-he has no time. flo lives for
nothing else.
HIH dear-sunt takoS up the paper,
and composing herself in an easy
chair, proceeds to pick out all the
narrowing events, brutal murders,
savage assaults, daring rUbberios,
riots and fights, horrible accidents
by fire and food, and all the matter
ftho dopraved side of society finds
she aud feas's upon. Every day she
repeats the search. Every day tho
wicked old world spreads before her
all IFS infinite variety. When she
thinks Of the world, IL must rise up
before hcr like the head OF some
gigantic bully, bounded black and
blue in como huge debauoh.
Ailder tastes picks out the sent
imeEtal matter Of newspaper
happy courtshlps, and eontretemps
IN weddings, all the modern rosy
lore oflove.
But not half the world knows tho
luxury Of reading newspaper. Wo
nrc gluttcd with nows. Go INTO
banishmenJl Remove far ont INTO
the country to some point where
tho mails como but twice or thrice
week; whero the few strangers
broak IN, and whero the few neigh
bors 1.-Two IN primoval simplicity
Now let the day come around for
the newspaper. That day Is reser-
we'd for errauds, and tho father is
always at the storo when tho mail
arrives. He takos his weekly paper,
fresh and moist from tho bundle,
and hastens bone with his treas-
ure. IL is Saturday, All the house
knows th at the paper has come
after supper all gather around the
fire. The father puts on his spect-
= alcs, and reads the secular news
and some Of the amusing it ems,
: stopping 20 join the march OF events
a to last weeks knowledge. Ques-
E tions are put, paragraphs are ro-
t read, calculations arc made.
Domestic or industrial questions
arc discussed. tie whole family
are alive. New thoughts SUR them.
But tho best part of tho paper to
= them is "saved till tomorrow. :"
There is but one service in tho
u country church. Alter tha., and
:, after dinner, tho paper comes forth
again, and all the Sunday reading
: IS gone through with.
= The whole of it attracts the grown
y folks, and half Of 1t the children
:, ats enough sight better than the
y catechism,' says a rollicking boy
whose constitution does not seem to
have suffered from too much cato.
chism. But dull or sprigbtly, every
word of 1t is listened to. On Mon
day the advertisements are read.
= and before the next paper comes
d round, every line and letter has
A been road, and many Of them sever.
ii al tunes. Every day the topics
g come up at meal hmo. Tho CONVEX
3 sation goes on In the shop, in barn
III in the dairy.
q 1t enhvens the whole week. AnC
Oi SO, when city folks, In summer, g,
Is out into this pleasant village, the,
fd find that the people know NOR,
CT about city life than they themselve
e. do. They are surprised by ques-
'e' ions about concerts, lectures, publ
is' men, conventions, and hterar,
Is, transactions, which they canno
he answer. All over the land ther
1t, are intelligent families with goo,
j. newspapers, who know more abou
ey the goings on in the world, thai
" they do who live among the event
nd recorded. And SO iG has passed b
he proverb; "You must 60 INTO tn
ey country to find out what has hap
To- pened in the city"