The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-04-02

- HENRY wlaD BEEonnE

II II
on all that IS going on il the world
Without 3 newspaper a man is shut NJ
in q small room, and knows little Of
nothing Of what is happening outside o.
himself. In our day, newspapers keer
pace with history, and record II. Moth.
ing can long be kept secret where news
papers are allowed freedom in expfes.
sion and enterprise. They ra9ge1tht
world for msterials They unlock the
most secret rooms and pry into the
portfolios of ministers and dipIomatists,
They proclaim the kings words, the
acts Of Parliament the laws of Con.
gress and the deliberations Of Courts o.
Justice. They follow in the wake o.
ships Of discovery, and report all new
things found out They bring bach
from the wilderness the scouts report.
They 60 with armies, and report the
details Of murders, battles, and Of the
whole campaign. They are the servants
of commerce, of manufactures, and o.
all .ipdustFisl enterprise. They are full
Of the discoveries of science. They re.
cord the progress Of art They catch
up the wisdom hidden with skill and
experience, and spread it abroad to all
the people.
A good newspaper viii keep a sensi-
bic man in sympathy with the worlds
current history. 1t is an ever-unfold-
ing encyclopedia; an unbound book, for
ever issuing and never finished. While
the newspaper deals in solid informa-
ton, it has, lately, hgbtened its gravity
by sprightly novels, by amusing stories,
by continuous record of wit and hu-
NOR, and SO it not only serves the pur-
pose Of instruction, but of amusement
IS we'll
One can form g rough guess of a
mans character by the newspaper which
he hkeA If the - is in his house,
you may know that be sympathizes
with wide-swske men, loves progress,
and relishes strong and downright
Language. But if it is the which
he reads, you may be sure that he in
elnes to the side Of moderation in all
things. He rehshes mildness in style.
If you find the -, you may sus-
pect In the reader good taste, whole
some love of literature, strong convic-
tions, but clothed in courteous language.
If it is the - that comes daily,
you may be sure, whatever apologies he
may make, that your neighbor is Of
the earth, earthly" He does not care
to look at anything from a moral point
of view. He sympathizes with opin-
ions that represent q low average of
honor and morality.
l never find the e Celestial Bull Doq"
in q family that do not feel sure that
somebody has a termsgant conscience.
That paper makes it sure that its read
ers feel called upon not so much to s'con-
tend, as to quarrel. " earnestly for the
faith" 1t has mighty jaw and ter
rife teeth. Its doctrine is spread abroad
with all the tenderness of a steel-trap.
But if 60 Zion's Dove is found in
family, expect warm hearts, with zeal
for doing good. Such a paper is firm
in Its own convictions, but is lover Of
sn good men of every side. Its pres
snce in the house is ike dew upon the
garden Because it does not love con
tentiOr, tits all the more powerful when
rouss1 TO- conflict.
Who could doubt the nature of
man who read no other paper than the
" Uniuersal RGg-Bagm It is a recep-l
Laele ofodds and ends-a little of every
thing, not much of anything-a sort Of
hash made up of the leavings of real
business. 1t is waste of sand, each |
particle good enough, but too small for
use. Only wstery weeds grow well in
such soil.
In like manner, one can learn much
IF q persons nature by the way they |
read their paper.
One man with impatient haste glances
at the s'markets," " at the 'Tstoeks," and |
along a column or two of advertise
nents, As for the rest-the proceed
ngs in Congress, Bismarck's speech,
he Workingmen's Convention, and such
ike significant matters, he has no time
or theml He lives for business, and
or nothing else.
His dear aunt takes up the paper,
md composing herself in an easy-chair,
to pick out all the narrowing
vents Brutal murders, savage assaults, |
iaring robberies, riots and fights, hor-
ible accidents by fire and food, and all
he feculent matter of the depraved eide
# society she finds and feasts upon.
Every day she repeats the search.
Every day the wicked old world spreads
'efore her all its infinite variety. When
he thinks of the world, it must rise up
,efore her like the head of some gigan-
ic bully, pounded black and blue in
onle huge debauch!
Milder tastes pick out the sentimental
natter of newspspers-happy court
hips, sad contretemps in weddings, all
be modern rosy lore of Love.
But not half the world knows the
uxury of reading a newspaper. We
zee too many of them. We are glutted
nth news. GO into banishment! Re-
move far out into the country, to some
'oint where the mail comes but twice
r thrice 8 week; where few strangers
resk in, and where the few neighbors
We in primeval simplicity Now let
be day come round for the newspaper
hat day is reserved for errands, and
he father is always at the store when
be mail arrives. He takes his weekly
sper, fresh and moist from the bundle.
nd hsstens home with his treasure.
is Saturday. All the house knows
nat the paper has come. After sup
er, all gather around the FIRE. The IA
ler puts on his spectacles and reads
ls secular news, and some of the anus
lg items stopping to join the march of
vents to last weeks knowledge. Ques- t
ons are put paragraphs are reread.
calculations are made. Domestic or
ldustrisl questions are discussed. The
hole family are alive. New thoughts
Ii them.
But the best part of the paper to
lem is ''ssyed till tomorrow" There T
but one service in the country
lurch. After that, and after dinner,
ie paper comes forth again, and all the
nndsy reading is gone through With.
The whole Of it attracts the grown
lks, and half of It the children. 'Ifs
lough sight better than the cate
lism," says rollicking boy whose '
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