The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09
NEWSPAPERS.

NEHSPdRERS,
1t is an inexplicable fact that though newspa-
pefs are the cheapest Of all commodities in the
market; though they are absolutely indispen-
sable to every man and every woman who
would have an intelligent acquaintance
with the events Of the age though they are
essential to business and to pleasure though
they are the mirrors in which the changing
scenes Of the world are every day reflected,
they are not universally sought with .avidity
and sustained with interest. 1t is really re-
markable, indeed, that any person can
be Indifferent to newspapers. And, yet,
strange as it is true, there are such in ev-
cry town, in every village, in every county,
If one man cares nothing for the politi-
cal news, because he takes no part in politics,
and feels no especial concern for public affairs,
is quoted in the market reportss If another
has no desire to know what the foreign news
is because he don't care what is going ON, or
what is not going on anywhere outside of
his own county, he must want to know
what is happening insthe State or in the city
in which lie lives. And if there is still anoth-
er who is so engrossed in his own business
that he has no sort OF curiosity to read about
anything or anybody unless lie eau, learn
something that in some way affects the price
of whatever he has to sell or wants to buy, he
would perhaps, find it profitable to look
over the advertising columns occasionally -
In word, There is always something in every
wortlrnore, much more than that copy uf the
paper COSTS h'ffaSs4gs&
If the regular readers Of newspapers would,
or could, collate in their memories all the in
formation for which they are indebted, not to
books, not to social intercourse, not to col
legesor schools, butte the ubiquitous and ON
nivoro,ts press, they would themselves be a.
mazed at the vast variety Of intelligence they
have derived, aud are still deriving, with so
little trouble,4 and at so tlihing an expense,
from the perpetual paper that so 4unerrngly
supplies them. The press is sleepess, end
less, untiling. In the night times as in
the daytime, it is always engaged in. gather
densing to- gratify and satisfy the different
tastes and various appetites of the peo-
pie. 1t affords information on all subjects
II discussesa all questions. 1t is the great en-
gine that moves the world in being moved by
the motive power of the human brain. 1t
reaches as far as civilization reaches, and
even beyond those bounds, and brings be-
fore our eyes everything that is transpiring
everywhere. 1t tells you what was done in
your town yesterday 1t shows you what is
for sale and where to buy it. 1t informs you
Of marriages and of deaths. 1t suggests inn
provements that ought to be made, and calls
your attention TO those that have been made
It'll strange, passing strange, |" that there
should be a doorway in any city, where people
live who can read, without a daily paper laid
there, or a dwelling house in any village or
any county, not inhabited by utterly unletter-
ed occupants, to which a newspaper is not re-
gulary borne by every mail. l would not be
astonishing, If newspapers were not so cheap
for there are, many people, unfortunately,
who have to economize so closely that they
can afford to buy nothing that is not abso-
lutely essential among the necessaries of
life but when we remember that a paper
fresh from the press, with its columns filled
with interesting items of intelligence, suited
to all tastes, all interests and all views, may
be had for triIe, it is unaccountabe that
any man or woman, who can read, should not
be subscriber to a newspaper. And as to
men in business, with goods for sale, il they
don't advertise, they are not only hiding their
lights under a bushel, and wasting their
"swcetness on the desert air." but they are
like fishermen setting nets so close to the
shore that most of the fishes swim by them