, 1873-05-08

| tEe tlutu VI WHICH we 10 Iot VOucu 1Of
When questioned as to what was don
with the money, Judge Webster volun
teered the statement that his bonds,nel
were perfectly responsible; and as +
his change Of residence Judge Jacob
contended that the meeting should tax
his word that he did not consider tha
he had chsnged his residence, agains
t he admitted ia that lie had change
his domicil, against the universal rul
of law. that householder change o
doElicil is Conclusive of change of resi-
dence. When honest men endorse sucl
aats, would it not be judicious change
to elect rogues, who will be held to
stricter accountability, and will not hav
Judges and Deacons defending then
when they swindle the public?
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NEwsPApERs--The late Horace Gree
ley used to say that he could alway'
! judge correctly cf the general characte
of a city by looking at its newspapers
II they we're we'll edited, well printed
| and well filed with advertisements, i
was n certain indication that the com
mrnity was intelligent, enterprising ani
prosperous. This accords with The
experience and Judgment Of every in
! telligent observer. In fact, it would bt
almost impossible for journalist, how
ever skillfui aud experienced, to give
to hii paper an attractive and prosperous
appearance where 1t lacked the el ments
of vitality necessary to its support. II
is astonishing to US how many otherwise
sagacious business men seem to ignore
these manifest considerations. None
can help noticing that the most prosper
Gus business houses are those who ad-
vertisc the most literally, occupy the
most eligible stands and embellish their
places of Business with the most attract
i've signs. Customers almost invariably
seek those places for trade which offer
the greatest outward attractions. The
newspaper is the sign-board of the town
to strangers. By its appearance are
they attracted or repelled.> As certainl.
as the merchant would lose trade by
allowing his sign to become defaced, his
buildings to become dilapidated and a
general appearance of thrifilessness to
surround his place of business, would
the dllapidated appearance of its news
papers, to much greater extent, i'm
pair the business prospects of the entire
town, as every thoughtful man will con-
cede without argument
To make local application of these
facts-not by way of complaint, for our
support has thus far more than realized
our anticipations-we would make 4 few
remarks the better to define the mutual
relations between the paper and the
public. The fact is fully recognized by
US that our interests are common; that
oEr success or failure is bound up in
the fortunes of the town; to serve the
public Interests, is to serve our own:
and it is no less true. that our success
or failure is to the world outside the
certain index to the prosperity or adver-
sity of the town we represent, and tha.
we co Id much better afford TO suspend
publication, than the property holders
and business men of the town can afford
to allow the only daily paper in this
metropolitan city of the Sound to die or
languish for the want Of support. Yet
it is due to candor to say that there are
many large property holders in this city
who do not act upon this view of the
subject; who are constant readers of the
paper at the expense Of poorer men
than themselves: who do not hesitate to
ask for the gratuitous use of its columns
to promote any pnblie interest in which
they are personally Interested; who ac-
knowledge in various ways the public
advantage and utility of the paper, are
greedy for the daily telegraphie news,
port; and we are forced to the confess
sion, that while the apparent thrift Of
the paper, as exhibited by its advertis-
ing, has attracted many strangers to the
town, our subscriptions have not more
than paid for the telegraphic dispatches
and the white paper upon which it was
printed. The extra labor involved in
its publication has been entirely at our
own expense, looking to the future in
crease of the business and population of
the town for our ultimate remuneration.
During tho past week q rumber OF
our business advertisers have said to u
sThe times are so hard and business SO
dull that you may leave out my adyer-
tlsements till the times improve" 1t
seems to us that it would be quite as
good policy to take down their signs,
change their places of business to back
streets to econo-.lise on rent, close their
stores portion Of each day to save
clerk hire, or resort to almost any other
measure of retrenchment to obyiate hard
times, as to withdraw their business
from the public notice through the news
papers. which is n public indication OF
their impecuniousness. Most people
naturally avoid failing houses, and all
sensible persons are shy Of settling or
investing in towns where business ap-
pears by the newspapers to be on the
decline.
We are willing to make any reasona-
ble sacrifice to avoid the consequences