White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-06-22
GOOD-BYE, OLD TRUCK.


GOODBYE, OLD TRUCK:
This 10 the last appearance Of the old
type. and the last service Of the old press.
thst for moro than fourteen years past
have been l.boring for the destruction or
amusement Of the readers Of the Chief.
They have done faithful service, and
must have relief from dnty. The readers
who have known them so long. shall
know them no more forever. They will
retire to the shades. and be forgotten.
Not forgotten. either: for they shall we'll
greenly in our memory. We canoo. con.
sign them to lhe type-foundry. but will
spsrs soms snug nook about our building
in which to stow them away. th.. we
msy still look upon them when Others
have forgotten them. They have been
90 nearly connected With Us through life.
thst they arc aim ost . part of ourself;
and We would ss soon think of con-
signing our grandmother to the aims.
house. ss to reduce them to an inextrics.
bic mass Of pi. and hustle them of to the
foundry. Many are dead who read their
messages when they were bright and new.
and many Others are worse than dead;
but they end we still remain, sad will
stick together. although they retire from
active duty. What are the "reminiscences
they call up?
We issued the 6rst paper on this type,
the very day We were married. We re-
member we'll how We had to link into il
to get the paper to press before getting
into our store clothes. and marching
down street with "Wsddy."-poor
"Wsdy." over whose bones the green
grass Of elcven Summers has waved.
The old press and type bring TO mind
the true friends. ~hose friendship they
were the mears of testing. When We
hsd been completely "euchred" out of a
printing Office. anil left high and dry. by
one in whose power We had placed our.
self to secure him from loss. and were
denied even the courtesy of issuing one
more paper. to tell onr patrons what the
matter wss. friends sepped 10 and fnr-
nisbsl the means to purchase 8 new out
f,. which We are now bidding good bye.
And when some OF those "friends." in
torn, tried to crush us because we persist.
ed in speaking onr sentiments instead OF
theirs. friends again came to the iescue.
and we were enabled to go ahead. Aud
after using the -msterial for nearly two
years in Ohio. we shipped ii for The un-
known Ito ne land Of Kansas. on risky
adventure. bnt foil Of hop. of msking a
good thing Of it. So that. il the sixteen
years hard service that the material has
seen. is any credit to us for making IT
work SO long. it is certainly also to the
credit of the Cincinnati Type Founiry.
at which it wss manufactured. The press.
indeed. hiss seen longer service; it having
been purchased second. handed. 1t ia the
press npon which the Lafayette Ind. J
Courier was FIRST printed. by jerks, :
noted wsg Of his day. who died about d
quarter OF = century ago.
All we have 10 the world, we earned
with this press and type. We COM
menced over bead and ears in debt. own.
ing nothing in ths shape Of property.
and came to Kansas 10 that condition
Commencing in q town without any
houses. we labored through many a blue
year. sinking deeper 10 debt. and often
not knowing how to raise . bundle OF
paper on which to print the next issue
We were often on the point Of giving up.
as papers all aronnd Us were doing BY
The score: bat We always found way to
get through, and for almos twelve years
past. have not missed single regular is
sue Of the Chief. OF oil the papers that
were publishad 10 Ksnsss when We com.
menced. not one now remains; and in
Doniphsn County alone. twen'y- -one pa
pers have gone to the shades since the
Chief started on the war-psth. This old
material bss paid for ITSELF aud we hope)
for the new to replacs it,. and it has left
something comfortable for the assessor
to 50 for.
= During tho time this press -snd type
have been in.sse. history Of the grandest
kind has been piled up in heaps. And
It is little singular to contemplate the
nomber Of prominent men whom they
have supported. who have since thrown
Themselves away. These types 6rst sup
ported Salmon P. Chase for Governor o.
Ohio. in 1855: and be has gone to the
bad. They snpported Fillmore for Pres
ideut. in 1856; and although We have
never regretted opposing fremont. yet
We never brsg Of having been supporter
of Fillmore. They suppor'ed lewis D.
Campbell for Congress. against Vsllan.
digh.m; and Campbell has become .
worse man thsn V.llsndighau ever was.
They supported Andy johnson for Vice
Presiiest. bnt only because they could not
help it IL they Supported Lincoln; and