Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-29
Vol. XVIII. Whole No. 1893. No, 9.
Our Weekly Newspapers.

All that used to be said and sung of
a cosy hos,elrie, with jovial compan-
ions, and the flowing grape or foaming
John Barleycorn, must now be trans
terred to the weekly newspaper. This
is the Worlds Grand Hotel. Into it
every week flock guests from every ma
ton under heaven. 1t is full of art,
wisdom, story, poetry, romance. Incl
dent, and anecdote, such as never
came together in any old tavern, even
when Burns and his fellows were met,
or when Burk, johnson, Steele, and
Addison exchanged intellectual wares.
10 know the genuine relish of q good
newspaper, one must not read the dai-
lies, no live amidst much company in
cities. 1t is in the country, and apart
nom much social Intercourse, that ones
appetite grows sharp. The paper is
seized with avidlty from the office. is
borne home as treasure, is there
carefully read, Us one would read the
terms Of a bequest or will that left him
treasure. Every man has some IA
vorite part Of fowl or flesh, and so
every habitual reader turns at once to
some tavorltc part OF his newspaper
Tor the hrst tastes then TO the next
best, and gradually every paragraph
passes under review; and at last, the
very advertisements are conued Then
on the eve of a new newspaper, the
benevolent subscriber lends his paper
to poor neIghbor, aud 1t begins an
other round of pleasure. The news
paper IS TO these moral exile- a vision
ot the worlI--a window through which
comes to them the whole course of
time.
Bat an editor has verv different ex-
periencc, though in its way q itc pleas
urnbie. Where the exchange list is
very large. the task IF looking through
All lhc newspaper, that cone TO the
OH e. attn 'uIA quite a serious busI-
ness. Is not 50 lAD1rinus to experts as
u would he To the inexperienced.
Newspapers, Ike people, very soon
sort AMI rank thclus Ives Those
winch are fresh, spicy. fIli OF matter,
come to our hani almost of them
seites. wnII4 those that are made M
rom other papers, ani those that hab-
itualiF harp upon themes OF narrow
lnI local interest, are glanced at and
passed over. Just Is bows know
where the tres are thaG bear larye
nuts, and where are the carly appIes.
and where the trees are that never
y an. or bear worthless fruit, so an
editor 'incs 10 know all his EXCHANGES
VI one hundred, h. viii sort out ten or
twenty on the simple experience that
these ten or twenty always help him.
IAe neglected or rejected may be very
-ooi newspapers, but not for him.
Every Oil g has It, own selection.
Inc glory Of an exchange list that
It shall not be made up Of papers in
agreement with YOU or with
A~eh "s1>--. o. -L--tl L-----ii .iaas.
He that is afraid OF honest discussion
loes not halt believe in his own doc
.rines. Truth does not suffer from
honest questioning. The deadliest en-
amles OF truth are seif-conceIt, birotrv.
anger, party-Spltlt, pride, ob5tinacy,
and fierce combatlveness.
Our weekly mail brings around Us
ournals of the extrenest opposits
views. They are welcome. II any
.hing, we turn with newer interest
% those VINO controvert our own tenets
han to those who agree with then.
Inc standard OF weekly journalism
las risen and IS still rising, not only
a ability. but in kinlness OF spirit and
general Christian courtesy. There are
ew secular newspapers that might
lot circulate i'll all religious denonlna-
10 5, as well as in that one for which
hsy are specially published. .-HEyRr
\ ARD BEECuEa, in the ChriStion Ca-
on