Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-29
FROM WELLINGTON.

MEssRs. EDITORS: My last left me where
/ had decided upon 4 name Tor my news
paper. 1 now set TO work to get up first
issue, which you are aware, Messrs. Editors,
Is = hard job.
had no exchargesto use my scissors upon,
10 letter or communications from CORES
pon,lent.. no patent medicine or other adj
refreshments TO ill up wit!i;all my editorials.
locals. markets., ralrIictory. &c, lad now TO
come.
First putting the name of my newspaper
in large letters. about Die by two inch square
type, then my motto. First column edited
and published uy Justice" terms two dol
lars a year in gaid: tnat WAS another
fatal error l made: terms 10 clubs: number OF
street, &c.
next tried 10 get up q market column.
for the benefit .! my commercial Readers.
hut in seeking 10. g'lot;iioii>. upon invc>ii-
CATION found tli-rr "a> nothing i'll the mar
Hrt 10 make quotations from. =" | omitlc!to
mention the price Of any article, but u,,,.
instead such terms Is nominal" %''>tii!."
weak active mo change short"
">pirit,d.' .~I!tI." ",rorpIng." mo de-
mand.' Nc.. HAVING seen these terms uSc,,
by newspapers III their market columns.
supposed they meant something. pI;
butter strong. cl,cr>. lively. WHISKY weak.
eggs added. chickens dropping, and 30 on.
Next my vaii,Ilcr"Ty: here WAS the rub: her,
The sam" difficulty again came up. which /
had settled hrl"T, III adopting the name /
did W,IIi hInt q; polite. religion. ism.
si>ii. riicA or cia.h. must | yountriaaIcr. |
wrote down. reviewed, revised. rubbed ont.
scratched oil and intrrilnrd. Alter | hal
thus scrubbed away near twenty GIirr- al
io".>c.r. You cul..i not have connected hail
i dozen woTl.s to rIahc all init iiiscnt sen
trmcr
Time was passing away al ti;> time. ana
was now close on to the day for my first
i>>ur :" appear. l finally. 10 give myself
anpl" tim" {" study. for | began II "k!u,lrr
r,ai.>r.' and appreciate the job before me-
concluded 10 Postpone first i>>u" another
week. WIieh | did. but 1T Tie end OF that
wrc> f'l''i ii!S"i; no nearer the object t!i"u
when . l!t>t began.
! had about made up my mini to have one
page Of INV newspaper radical. oirr r.a.,
,irmprGIitr. one pl@" cons, %rva,ivr. ;l:- other
Religious. AMI :" ic,otc that PAGE nur wr"h
/" one t"r,iInr. next To some other. and 50
al .cI'Ar iuund' il,. religious world, Hay
ins heard II said. Iuw"N"r."tf,, in ,itr,nr,-
inw 10 :il' too many h"r>r> at once i.,,.
c~harrr> tor a fall Is dnu!,lc,l fnr ever,
horse added" alandon.lrd that project.
iin".,y. III order to gel to work, ca. led in
ii! old ]IriiInct editor /" us>I>, me and ri,,
me >oInr Timely advice.
Alters long consultation. and bv his adj
Wee. ! wr"t" out my ,ale'iictory. taking no
political "r religious ground whatr,cr-
'.nOn-c"ninittti.' clean through.
next o,crlaul.i a lot OF old ma-,ziur,
ana ljrr'"'i''i!!>. i ten Year old almanac OF
two. stealing enough tiicrcivum TO I'LL up NV
first page.
All this. with other cxpcn>">. s,rcl A.
r"mpo>it"r>. devils. Nc.. ir,I to IL. done
without money or nearly -. | had OBJ
tanned i""iii: pay in- subscribers a,nun-
my mo-. iHi'nlat" friends. TO begin VITA.
No" Ia" next question With M. WIS how
many c"i'lt> OF the lir>t issue | should strike
OIL. Here the two hundred tIl"u>air,l rtI>i.c!
"-ti'' si3iA IIlsIi1
would WANT back Numbers 10 make their
"h"s complete. and desiring TO have the
sire ding Oh any side. | ordered lust half
tia! ntinl1rr printed, but before hall this
"'>">iru"h on ! ilrard The cry. ..raprr
out.
immediately dispatched a drly with an
o'tcr Tor a. Hluyn more. The .iruymau rr-
turned. not With the paper l had ur,icIvtt,
hut another paper. upon which tilr>c pro-
piictic verbs were written: Can send no
more until iir-i order L. paid Ter"
Now II >ccimrd | wa, AT the end of NIX
ropr.' | at once set out 10 borrow liz.
money to pay oil first order. which | huaiiy
Succeeded in DONG Icy rawnin,r my press and
eh'ii" natures "i tie ">tth'i>hnirnt: this ur-
pleasant tH>k took III" near aucck. wi.,rt,
Trough, me Hear the day tor second i>>ur. |
sent "i;t. dmrilE t.i> time. twenty tho,i>ani
specimen papers soliciting substitution,
therefor.
l atlain"'i'hc names "l.'l addresses "r.hout
tw" !Hidr"! "iii"r nrw>i"p,r>. u.: sent parli
\ copy wit" Request u "cNriui~r.'
NEXT >'r'rk Il iar-tiu with Young man.
ALT! ."!lii>n'!'Ii:n I horst. Walsh | hired OF
- a. ''''' !1l a W 'i''lilt- - CAV, 4,
take i ir:p 8" >"!irit Subscribers and ad,rr-
!i>rnncni> for nay rtw>parrr.
,iliri his ">tttlr-p"ckrl'>" full Of >p,rl-
men> and >ia!tc,i linn. iu>lru,tlu- linn to
i"rWarI money, i.lnr> aud irrti>,u,u;,,
Immediately On "tii;nlm. same.
Day Tor neat l,>Uv cam no IA, .r
ON hand went l" work Immediate,
|" rti>cti" money. Which | did y, .rttir. a
relative and valued !ii'uniir rnior>,. a iii,tI
day >n''"i" a banker. at ;wrnt! i've per
cent. ui.r,uLt.
lii" question i-tin aro>c IA Nv many shall
lie >'rHc. "i >"'"nI issue: | nlr,,ryri :,
"ing" phi "i iir>I l.>uc sal .llE- in NJ,
Office. and every nan. w"r4al or boy WHO
"Ahi''! paper Tor any purpu>, helped tt!.ri-
SELVES - they passed.
Mu;ilA,r,i corir> "i the Tinted >,,i,. of
.Amrrir, ln,I"rrutcnt New, Eu.yr,o,,,i,,
might ~ sem IN ever: street. .l!ry and -ul-
y IN lii" city.
NJ" ne" Subscribers or entertainments vet.
| had many applications. howrlrr, irnm
r,>>rr>-'! !"f roii'> "i my new Iaprr 1 orN-
anime.
i 10" ordered "n"-i"UIlh Of iwo hundred
thousand printed. Tie second ISSUE WI,
Used NJ about Is the iir>,. then the third
fourth and iIlih. and - OF, L, ai,,u, The.
eighth. with Ia" >an- results and ,Iit,i,ui-
ties Of getting money To pay sr material.
t!rr--r't"rs, rent. board. a.. a, at lir>t.
/ nav" n"M gwen You to the eighth wrck
Of my editorial experience. NAV MIXTURE
give S'ua further history OF tUi, eighth
weeks experience. Ii the same does not
bring tears I" Your ryc>. ii> h-c.u>c You
have IL" feeling Tor u brother chip.
JUSTICE.
FOREST Boy We visited .Artrrs'
livery stable last SATURDAY.. Tor the purpose
"l seeing this c"Irir,tcd horse. the Property
at Mr.. Irt>i- i'uIuIti, oI THIS vicinity. lie
i>a ''au,IIii iapIlr bay, very l,r"r ana!
coiu,tctIv built. with Wi! shaped hmh>.
showing great power al muscle. VI present
he weighs l4sj pounds. and i, 80 Tar IL We
know. the heaviest horse in IL" country. 1t
seems 10 u> that - ahrrrGrr Tor all purpo-
-r>. lie i la-d 1" beat. Mr.. lIulord la, ju>,
completed Il new mile track on lis farm. and
VIII after n short training. tr"t Forest Boy
against any horst n the c"t!nty.
GO TT IIEAp-our cunt SUPER
ini.mdcnt Visited i country school the other
day, ana the tcarlrr III order 10 show That
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