The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-07-13
The Newspaper. ver.u. Hook.

W e ChterIullN comply with Tie request
u' those who heard 1t, 10 publish the excel
lent address, recently delivered hy John B
llerendon, OF Mayslicll, before the Lyceum
At that place. 1t is "a clear and forcible
presentation OF the value Off good paper.
Ut It's vast power ia promoting the intellec.
tual advancement happiness and prosperi-
~ of the people, when its management is
marked 10y ability, earnestness aud purity
Of inteution while it shows that Journal
ists, ia order to fulfill the. requirements OF
the age must Ice honest, independent and
active, with enlarged views and lofty pur-
poses h..r .
The question being up ior discussion be-
fore Mason county Debating Club, DO
We derive Il greater amount OF amusement
and Instructlonsrom newspapers than from
tooks2 Col. j. j. lierrdon, representing
she affirmative spoke as follows
While have no disposition to UNDER
value books or book makers, or their rilt-
ed authors, suca ns Homer, the mighty
intellect OF ancient times; Plniarcl. the
AnriHaed biographer Tacitus, the prince
Of blstorlnes OF Shakespeare, the monarch
OF all III whose train follows "A rctinue As
lasting as the stars, ! must contend that
we derive greater amount OF amusement
aud Instruction from newspapers than
from books
Deprive me Of my newspaper and life
would narrow itself TO the same limits OF
PERSONAL experiences, and humanity be
compressed into the six or eight Of NV
neighbors | occasionally meet and mix
with. Now, | refuse 10 submit to this lie
priyation- ] never was never. In ali
likelihood. shall be. IN Corea. but / have u
rational curiosity To know tne manner in
winch our troops StOTmei the tort, iusid..
ol whose walls our gallant kcn.dcky bov.
Young Mckee, gave up his young lite /
nave not IA sIxpence ia consols, but a. they
constitute nearly half the public debt Of
England, ! want to know how they stand
y am nota stock broker. and NAV. per-
maps never manipulate government vouch-
crs or deal IN exchange, vet feel an ia.
terert m the gold market, in railroad honds.
legal tenders. specific, iive-twtnties, &c. i'm
Tile cotton aud OreadstulF movements fine
stock sales, real estate transfers. &c, in fact
all the iniinltesimal odds and ends that 90
to make ny the readable AID valued daily
newspaper ! ike the lererz Of CORES
pondenIs with their reports Of the crops
Their rhaphsOlies over genial skics; their
lsmeut- over cloudy and muddy weather.
their grievances about uupunc.ial trans.
Their petty disappointments in not receiv-
ing the looked Tor missiye from the long
absent lover. As to the advertisements. /
regard them as the glass and mirror Of the
age Here Mr. a parades his column Of
dry goods novelties, hardware items gro
Gerry notions. Mr. u his famous Snort
norus, COtswod-, aud Bark-hrr-. and Mr
&. bis much Wanted aud hi-reyer failing
cundcranrO
am concerned about tie parly Of
friends who were capsizei in the long ex.
pected stage, dep.ore the people -tran-
gers tho they v ere. who were demolished
by that railroad smash, and sympath, ze
with the brilal party, 80 graphically lie
pleted ia lIArprr- Weekly, a. they drove
OIL IN their stylish equigage. and the old
grandpa waving them from the ball door.
- last iOnd adeu But the wants COLUMN
caps tie climax, and shows our folks needs
real aud imaginary, beyond count OF col-
lecture. What giimp-es OF rare interiors
do We gam by these tiny paragraphet-
how full OF suggestlyeuess aud story are
they.
People talk about the schoolmaster. the
clergy the government, the song writer.
about hooks as being great pOwers in the
county Bui really, al put together. ,heJ
we nothing 10 the Newspaper 10 j. only
day break with hewspaperdom It's sun i
about 20 rise The light only comes IN
s!reaks Yet even nov, t y the news
paper that does ninetenths OF teaching,
preaching and governing It's the light
OF every man aud every woman ife-the
every day light All Libraries. no matter
how large or we'll selected are not much
now TO the Newspaper lite to the editor
70 whom all now go 70 get their opinions
forged out in the rough, at least