Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-03-19

ABour PAPER. When man is to write an
article for tile paper, or his magazine, or sets
about the preparation Of sermon or lecture,
do you suppose II MAKES no ditefebce what
kind Of paper he writes dnf Do you imagine
that the flow Of his idens las no relation to the
flow Of his ink or the easy and safe gliding Of
his pcnf
Do you suppose that story comes as tcadi
ly upon the paper, when II goes slowly and
with n frequent hitch from a spattcflng steel
pen, rs It would from one OF Morton's un.
cqualcd2 Or do you Imagine that the leaves
of an old account book arc just as good for the
elaboration of phlosophlc Thought, as Is the
delightful paper Of Morgan's, on which this
article is being writenY
Nog, Ones ideas may Dc ever so NICE and
ones flow of thought may be ever 50 free, but
they will We materially helped by good paper
or good pen, when one comes to write them
| down.
write on Morgan's paper,-I am very par
ticular about II. Let me tell you why. But
first let me tell you why tell you.
There are II good many brother ministers
who bunglein their preaching, and good ma.
ny lecturers who hunglc in lecturlng, bcrausc
of poor MSS. They use paper finely lined,
fools.cap doubled and cut, or letter paper or
commercial note that is ruled for correspond
encc, and not for the pulpit. One of my cleri-
cal friends leaves one in every four or five
lines blank, that he may find his place while
he is preaching.
There arc, besides, 4 good many who send
MSS. to printer, and are prepared to curse
the whole editorial fraternity because there are
mistakes made in the setting up of their arti-
cles. But the paper is of bad size, wr tn on
both sides (bccausc so ruled,) and poorly gotten
up at best, enough to drive composior mad.
So, that in the pulpit may have no such
treublc, and that in the Office may give no
such trouble, send TO the "Sunny Side Paper
Co.." of Springfield Mass, for two kinds OF
paper. One is the "Nonotuck Sermon Bath /"
and the other is the "Contributer's Manuscript
Paper" The former is ruled wide, with Il
ruled margin, and has holes punched for bind
ing fiat sheets, 7xS115 inches and costs, with
q nice sermon cover, and a binding cordO So
% u ream. The other-such as am writing
on at this moments ruled only on one side
positor's guilc-and costs So 90 u ream There
is yet another OF the same size as this last,
but thinner, and costs only Sl.25 ream these
sheets have three holes punched in the top oi
them Tor binding.
They have n capital style of legal cap too
perforated also, which costs Ylh.l4) $72o and
Qb.l2) 500 ream. But have little use fol
that.
Since can't help feeling grateful 10 the kind
friends who first called my attention to this
paper and since find my friends, the com
positors, look on my MSS. with a kindier eye
than formerly, feel that l shall be doing IA
vor to speak of this paper.
Then-while ] am on This matter L am very
fond of my scrap book, and formerly tested tht
patience of the little house keeper for a supply
to my paste pot. Later, my own patience wa
completely gone, through the upsetting of my
guten-bottle Now l have broad based glass
fountain stand which you couldn't tip over i
you tried; and which has shielded brush tha
always goes into the mucilagc just SO far
keeping all clean and nice. The house-keep
ers brow, and my fingers, are both clear,
But one thing more. With my contributor!
paper come always directions for preparing
MSS, which is constant reminder to M
(sincc they are in the boX9 and the most prom
inent of them want to give for the sake o
our editorial and composing corps, that ou
friends who sometimes contribute for the pape
may remember them too.
DIRECTIONS FOR PROPERLY PREPARING MSS
FOR THE PRESS
81. MSS. prepared for the press should never be writ
ten ON both sides of the paper.
~. Write in plain lNnc that every ord will b
legible to the printer CompositOrs prefer black ink
40. Take particular make distinct every fgir
| in numbers, every letter in proper names.
'6 Punctuate your MS as it ought TO be printed
and leave half an inch after each period.
s Never depend upon the editor printer to corrcC
your MSS.
: "s If your article covers more than one sheet b
sure and number the pages in their order.
"l3. Any private communication to the editor shoul
be written ON sheet by itself.
| "By carefully observing the above rule
}, there are IA of them-you will greatly iacil
r tate type setting and make your MSS. muc
more acceptable to the editor: whereas, goo
e matter is sometimes rejected in consequence
. thcir non observance"
S The item of the court proceedinge in reference
the entering bonds by Sylvester Brown, in the sum