The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-10-19
Newspaper Subscribers

:::>tion OF Newspaper Subscribers;
N:whica is somewhat vaguely credit
t;,cd to "su american paper: -
: First coTs the
= UpaiGaTs.-Thcse are men who;
s.take newspapers, pay tor shcm,
:. .aad read them. Cb<erT: :hc or
.ESder il which these things arc done ::
The pay co2es frst-tLc reading
8next. These ncu coaaidcr tbcv.
$sget the worth ct thai; mouey IL
9the bargain. It ssems Us t;.ir aud
S,just to them that the newspapers
ssshould ba paid fo: as a I;a; rel Of
lsugar or new coat. They mover
Esentcrtain auy other opiElon. When
sstSthe year runa out, or y little before;
s.thcy arc on hand with the pay
:Thcre is no more difficulty with;
s them in remembering this period,
than Sunday or the Isl Of January =;
eff one Of them wishes TO stop bis;
ssspapcr, be either calls or writes a:
2aiottcr by his postmaster in due:
!. season, like a mau. This class is,
::sGcar to tue heart Of iAo c'!itor.:
:. Their image is cm;almed IN his
z.:warlu affections. May they live .:
E,thousand years, aad see their soas'.
Zsons to the fourth generation.
8 Tho sccoAd class in mind is the;
q Do WELLa.-This class is ucsrly:
:1related to tho othcr-so near, that.
git is hard 70 tell whero one begins;
aand tho other ends. These mea:
Salw&ys lSy IN advance iu the be-:
s .sginning, and intead to 90 so CON.
4tiuu:.iiy. Bat ucmo:y fails lit:
Stlo, or soue mishap ntcvvenes,;
a,snL TIE tiGao runs hy-s>a etimes;
81 !.:;te-su~c;i2cs for quite =.
.ror;od. But their recolleclioo,s
stAough uod.iiug occasionally, ncv-s
Ger Se;s SQUAD asleep. It proaoua-::
Gees the word iu due si@e-"The.
s:priuser is no. p@id;" aud forth:
with their vii! 10 10 wei! k;i;t!ias ~
;;slo activity. Now comes The paying
aup---"Aeaut to do 50 before. Don't;
smcan TO let such thugs pass by. i
3 publisher eau live with suchs
SsS;snen. Tiny have warm place in:
:ssAis uewory-only Il little back Of.
,$Jhe Uprig1ts. Ii such q man dies
Gin alyears, his wiro or sou remen :
zbers thst he may not have paid ups
stor his newspaper, and forthwith:
Minstitutss inquiries. They remc:o-s
s:5er that part Of the benefit was:
s:theirs, aud, estate or no estate, sec:
ssee that the printers bills are not!
Samong their fathers unsettled &C;
scOnnte.
q Next come the
) EASY DoERs.-These mea be-S
9Iieve in newspapers. They haves
:5tuliy settled 1t in their own minds
sthat -swspaper is good thing. !
@They take them, too. SOMETHING'S
aat the first they pay up for thes
sdrst year-st any rate they meanS
ato, pretty soou. If they haves
adone so, they sit down with thes
comforting conviction that theirs
:snewspapcr is now settled for ands
sthis idea having once got into theirs
sheads, refuses obstinately to bes
sdislodgcd, but keeps its bold froms
ayear to year q truth oncs-nows
Gan illusion, grey and rheumatlcss
swith years. The editor, markinss
sthe elongated and eiongatinss
sSpace in the accounts current off
stheir dollars, begins to ask if theys
Care dead or have gonu to Calitor- !
:snia. Now he begins to poke billsS
::at them. They suddenly start upsS
;1o the reality that they arc in ar.s
5rcars; and, like men, as they arcs
Ext the bottom, pay up. Theys
;2ncver di>pate his bills-they know
Crooks tell better stories than moss. (
s:overed memories. If the pub :
Fisher has faith enough, or loags
aapnrSc. and can live like q hiberna 8
s;lng bear, he may survive lhiSf
GLASS. But if he is mortal only. ;
Swoe Dc 10 him. {
9 The next class is that of the {
3 Down lIILLERS.-Here we be
sSin to slide over to the other side s
The picture suddenly gets somhre.E
ave shall dispatch the Down Hill F
GERS suddenly. One Of these maye
atake a paper because wife want
Gone, or the children are jealous ,oE
srcad it, or a neishbor persuadesk
shim. When it begins to como, hcs
s,iismisscs all thoughts abont it &
further. If the editor sends az
smsn directly to him at the end of:
1.-TWO or three years, be may gcts
some pay for his paper, bit withs
yrowls and surly looks. He ney-E
ger pays any debt if he can get rids
:of it. and newspaper least Of all. 9
sStill, be hates lawsuits, and con s
stables, and all that. A dun has
sthe same effect on him that q bul, &
set has on hipp"po!amns-a
sslancing from his hide, or sinkings
into the blubber harmless. lie is
:aIways sliding down bill, and soonE;
.mcrycs into another class, that ofH
THE Nix CUM RoUsE.-No mat 8
J ter how this man began lis sub &
.scription, he never pays for it-S
J mot he. ''lie don't like that sorts:
.ot' paper. 1t don't give no news.s
:le never did like it. lie didn't
want it in the first place, and told@