The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-03
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publish it in your paper entitled. Dor.
rowing Your Neighbors Paper, but
Don't Take it Yourself" Think coun
eel of that sort would be very accepta'
BILE with a great many persons. .
take your paper, but frequently it's
taken out of the Postoffice and l don
get it for a day. Again. often when |
send for it the carrier is accosted on his
return with the inquiry, Have you
Mr.. -'s paper p Being answered
in the affirmative, the interrogation says,
"Let me see it just for minute" 30
Mr.. A. take the paper. reads to himself,
chuckles and laughs, and in about half
an hour says, Here is your paper, but
there is nothing in it. II l couldn
edit a better paper than that Id quit,
AT this he gets up, stretches himself,
and walks of feeling very good, but is
sure to come next day in time to first
get hold of "that worthless paper.
But is not often that | am so fortunate
as to have the privilege of reading 1t
after Mr.. A. is through with it. Old
Mr. B. asks for it, and Of course can t
refuse him, but as his eyesight is little
bad it takes him considerably longer to
read through the paper. :,
Finally, however, he gets through
with it and if I've been standing around
picking my teeth (cussing to myself
hoping he would be through with 1t
sometime), my chances are pretty good
of being the next fortunate one who
"reads the paper" But even then
am hurried in my perusal by the re-
mark Of Mr.. B. to the effect that LAS
soon az YOU have looked at the paper l
wish YOU would let me have it. The
old woman would like to read it. She
doesn't get to read the papers except
what | borrow tor her. don't care
ANYTHING about them myself, but she
saws she likes to read them" After
that, he waits a few moments, looking
all the while like he thought he was
doing me a special favor to let me TOOK
at the paper. But if he has to wait
few moments he becomes quite impa~
tient and remarks in an offended tone
"Well, if you don't intend to let me
have the paper I'll CO." So
have to stop right there-no
matter if I'm reading an Interesting
article and only half through, and
must apologize for causing him to wait
20 long. Then, with an air OF wounded
dignity, he in silence acceptsit it. The OLD
man being rich, | suppose he thinks
should be glad to have the privilege Of
giving him my paper.
1t is very pleasant to have your pa
per taken out of your hands when you
wish to read it yourself AS tn'
Dutchman saws, Isn't dot nice|
Now, Mr.. Editor, things are not a.
they should be. If people are too Pc
FURIOUS to take the papers, | think they
might, at least, practice the rules o
common politeness, and assume a sem
blance OF good breeding, though they
possess it not. Yours, &c,
PATIENCE Worn OUT
Our correspondent speaks the words
of truth and soserness, ana we nope
he will see to it that every one wh'
wishes to borrow bic paper this morn
ing will be certain to read his COM
munication. A great many peop!'
think it no wrong to borrow news
paper, forgetting that they are borrow
ing the labor of editors, printers, press
man, clerks and the money invested b!
the proprietor. No man should len(
his paper to person who does not taxi
one of his own. II the REGISTER an(
IntslIgsncsr had a subscriber or pur
chaser in every reader they have the.
could make their papers double thell
present size and Of equal value and in
terest to any OF the Eastern dalies.
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