The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-08
valedictory,

Inc editor and proprietor of the Mt,ER 1. has returned He has finished hts little pleas !. ure trip, John II Marion. After an absence l of thirty days, put in an appearance at this office, Thursday morning last. One par ty was glad to sec him, one individual felt like embracing him, one bosom sWclled with rapture, one heart w..s is''',cl g;;a i.essarab!c emotions, at least one voice spoke the truth when 1t said, John, l am glad to see you. All that was the editor pro tU.
 Six weeks ago, with some nisgisings and reluctance, wc undertook to ill tue editorial chair during his absence, to drop persorali- ty, or individuality, and call ourseif we- to enjoy the pleasures and overcome the per plexities of life in a country editors chair for a brief term. Little did we know of the tri als of temper, nerve and faith, in store for us. Looking back We can see 1t m clearer light. This unhappy mortal. this luck!ess wight, this substitute, this editor DO 'fa, put his foot in 1t thus He under took the care of a paper when he could not give all his time to the business as he ought Co have doue,-hc proposed to edit the MINER as a mining jour nal, when everything that could be said Of the mines in this section, had been worn thread-bare. turned and patched, till the orig inal material was not new subject by any means. Noodle that hc was, he agreed 10 run the sheet in the beginning of an exciting political campaign and say nothing about politics. Witlessly, being a Republican he
 . n c. .4.- With asinine stupidity, he assumed to do all these things on a cash basis We'll, after this issue comes an indefinite leave of ab- scnce the original Jacobs returns recupera- ted, renovated, refreshed, restored to some thing of his pristine yigor by his vacation and the inyigorating effects of his journey "Let him sail in and build anew on our ru insn-Slah. Tn the MISER of September Sd in buoyant frame of mind, we laid out ou programme, and, speaking as miner, agreed to acknowledge if our lode capped over o pinched out, and now must sorrowfully stat that what we supposed and hoped were crop pings of true Assure yein, pr5rgd to be noth ing but float rock, and even that has turne,
 
 forced upon US, that this sort of thing is no exactly in our line. Any other editor wh thinks he would like to go out into the cour try for few weeks, or visit the States, c improve his health by a sea voyage, and fla ters himself that this person will be glad { take charge of his newspaper, act as edito in-cbief, local-items, general business man lge and write up his back correspondence. Is Ii ble to find himself deceived if he makes a plicstion either in person or by letter the MIsER's exchanges some notices comp mentary, some humorous, and others of commseratiye nature, concerning Marion proxy, have appeared. The first class of VI ters VIC thank, the second we expected wou hit harder, and feel grateful towards the for their forbearance the third are notif' that their sympathies are TO longer require So VIC retire, slightly disorganized, and tho oughly disgusted, to seek q new base of or rations. and say to all, vale, vale, adieu, tomorrow, adios hombres. II. 4. E.