The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-03-26
The Leeches of the Press.

ABOUT newspaper puUliSDoFS anu puH-uUut-
ers. 1t ''goes in'' to this latter class much
in the same way that prussic acid would
eat into the vitals Of a kitten. 1t truly re-
marks that TO publish a paper is a great
thing it takes money it is a hazardous
enterprise business which. if expected
to pay, must be conducted on very rigid
principles, that words of loquacious friends
are not of much avail in putting a back
bone into it. It is mistake to imagine
that individuals and corporations can have
their personal axes ground by newspaper
men without paying for the grind" 1t
would be more rational for a well-dressed
man to 90 up to butcher stall and ask Tor
donation of string of sausage for the
delectation of an interesting family of
healthy young ones, than to expect a news
paper publisher to puff himself or his
wares free. Yet great number of them
do it. Every man. woman or infant that
wants something done for nothing goes
straightway to the publisher with a sauYe
condescension which would be charming to
an Inherent montebank distributing free
tickets to his humbug, and wishes to get
little article inserted in the mornings
ISSUE" "a great number Of people will
be glad to find all about this thing it is
interesting my wife will be delighted to
see it in your paper, and l shall take three
copies" Such considerations as these are
overwhelming, are not to be resisted, The
fact of charming a mans wife, deiighting
his children, interesting his customers or
his dupes, and increasing the circulation
by three wi ole copies, is certainly a strong
bid for the sympathy of newspaper pub
Usher. If man has a second hand pair of
boots, which, upon a fair Trial, were found
to pinch his "bunions,'' and which he
wishes to dispose of for cash, or exchange
for a Lore suitable article, he consuts
with his wife or bachelor, aud in a short
time afterwards walks into the Office of the
popular paper with notice cut and dry,
Ike this:
PEDAL PERFECTIoNs we saw Mr.. Pres
titi yesterday in a new pair of patent-leath-
ers. which he had imported from Paris
They were manufactured by the world-re-
nowned firm of Lux, Aluta q Shux, chiro-
podists to the Emperor of Morocco and
! the Queen of Spain. They are the only
pair bearing the trade mark ofthis oelebrat-
! ed firm now in the United States. The nu-
merous students of antiquity and colec-
tors of object of Virtu in our city ought TO
avail the nselves Of this chance of securing Q
a specimen of art which will be treasure
for all coming time.
This is expected to go into the local col
umn, because the owner of the within men
toned treasure" has on one or two occa-
sions read a column of the popular paper,
which came into his house around pound
of strong butter few times.
A spinster of a certain age wishes to get
married /; she gets male sharper to write
up wretched sensation, in which she is
made to figure to much advantage, with
blonde curls worth $50, blue eyes, or the
ashes thereof, and a hand as delicate as
that of monkey. 1t goes into the paper
and Miss. Spinster goes to the hymenial al
tar in week and when herself end bel
old man are imbibing the sweets of love in
bucketfuls, they don't even dream of seEd
ing a bit ofindigestible cake to the printe
by whose agency their happiness was Sc
cured.
The newspaper is considered the com
mon property of all who need pitch VI
in life. Corporations of all sorts use i
with reckless disregard of the publisher
feelings or his purse. The publisher il
expected to gild every pill. free of charge
to make every lame performance GO of
brilliantly to esPouse both sides of quar-.
rel to turn diluted milk into delicious
cream to convert decayed cabbage int
sour krout to elevate mediocrity into loft,
genius to fill the sails of every you'll
who wishes to explore the realms of fam
and make himself master Of fortune t
make chiguons ofhorse hairs, and audacious
ly herald forth the babbling lucubrations c
some vain ninuy as sentiments worthy c
Homer OF George Francis Train-all free Q
charge.
Let these people reflect that it takes mon
ey to buy ink as well as beef steaks.
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