Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-29
Roadside Talk.

$ spected citizens met on one of the
t highways of Livingston County,
when, refining in their steeds, the
r following conversation takes place:
! BAGLEY-How are you Blair
BLAIR-Pretty well, how are
q you?
\ BAGLEY-Bully, never weighed
t so much in my life. What's the
news!
, BLAIR-Have been away from
I home, and haven't had a chance to
read the Tribune for two days.
BAGLEY-You still read the De-
troit Tribune then do you?
BLAIR-Oh, l can't get along
without it. 1t is the only paper in
this State you can depend on if
you want to keep up with the
news.
BAGLEY-Well, that's so; al
though its always treading on my
, toes, and when those corns are
rubbed, it goes against "the grain
. dye see! SO / get mad and stop it
. about once in four weeks, but !
: generally have to order it again
I about the third day. Their ar
| engagements are so perfect for get
ting all the news, that if / don't
take it, l generally hear of some
I thing in it that compels me to buy
: one on the street, so l might as well
o have it left regularly. But / wish
they would not be so confoundedly
4 Independent politically.
9 BLAIR-Why that is just what
n suits me. If the Tribune endorses
, thing you are pretty certain t.
d find it o. X, excepting of course
d its position on the Chorpenning
II Claim, and thing or two of that
Il kind in which it disagrees with me;
Z but if it belives a thing to be wrong
i, there is not money enough in De-
-, troit to buy its support.
~ BAGLEY-A paper must be very
We strongly established before it can
" assume that position. / never
w knew but one paper that could,
al simply on its merits, make as good
:. a show in that respect, and that
I'll was paper of "Mayfiower.' And
.o' when paper reaches such a point,
he she needs no one tobaccer !
.r- BLAIR-That is just it. No
other Detroit paper-I speak now
-, of the Tribune and not of the
.O tobacco-can adopt a course be-
ne cause none is backed by such Q
sy circulation as the Tribune enjoys.
he BAGLEY-By the way, have yor
a seen their new pressl They ar,
now printing on a press that COS
them about hcenty thousand dollar
and which prints from seven to tel
thousand sheets per hour. tel
,tb you it is beauty. 1t is the onl
W. press of the kind in the State, an
ne will print almost as fast as all tn
OF other newspaper presses in De
i'd troit put together. And tn
NO governor to their engine keeps
nd along so nicely, too. If there
Az anything / adore, it is Governor
q BLAIR-(Who was notorious wa
red and joker)-Ha Ha +! That
ut first rate ! That was indeed a fin
cut but joking is joking, an
.oa that's snuff said on that subjec
-" but their circulation must indee
be large to warrant the purchas
of such machine, but large as it is
hit. see they are planning to increase
the present fall and winter. The
will on January LIST enlarge tn
weekly Tribune by the addition
ing eight columns, making it one
the largest papers in the Yves
md They are also takeing steps
make it more readable and attrac
i've than ever, and all this must ad
Sou immensely to the circulation of IL
md paper. Well it deserves success
ew- for it is wonderful the amount
rht, work that has been put on the o
". Tribune in the last few years. A
q. it has earned has gone right bac
'n' into the business, its proprietor
aiming to make it the model pap
of the West, and looking to Il
in future for their remuneration.
NV Blair-Yes, they must be gettir
= great deal of capital locked I
Jul in this concern. / notice that the
have just offered hco Mouond dollo
ice in cash premiums to the most ente
md prising and successful getters up
an clubs. They throw the field ope
to the widest competition and gi,
l. till April LIST for agents to work i
po- A business so managed must gro,
:" Well on the whole / hope it ma
.om have good success. / agree wit
,ou you that it deserves it, and certain
|. no Michigan family can afford
'ied be without the Tribune. / shs
and see that there is O club started
4 o our place as soon as / get home.
BLAIR--So shall /. You ma
depend that / feel as much Of O
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