The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-11-27
From Our Special Correspondent.

TOLEDO. o., Nov. 81, 1874
EDS. JEFF: We have three daily and
five or six weekly papers published in cur
city, in addition toa monthly. The Blade
stands first, issued in the evening; has a
pretty large and paying circulation; is run
somewhat after the style of the New York
Herald or Cincinnati C0mmercia', but is Re
publican paper, with considerable independ-
ance; cannot be relied upon, strictly, as
party paper; cuts close, and is a thorn in the
sides of some of the others published in
Toledo; it generally takes the right side of
public matters or questions, save and except
that of temperance, and speaks out plainly
when it goes for public officers who have
not done the greatest good for the greatest
number of people; or, in other words, when
our Representative in Congress gets appoint
ments made, against the voice of the pco-
pie, you can count sure that the Blade goes
for him, every time. The weekly edition
of the BLADE has few superiors, if any; and
were we asked TO select apaper for a friend,
TO receive in his family at home, each week,
we should not hesitate TO say, Take the
Blade" This, of course is not TO take the
place of the county paper, as it is indispen-
sable.
Next comes that stern and always read
able paper, the Commercial. edited with
ability, and keeps pace with the times, and
is Republican, if Quinn Ashley and DIR.
Peck does not cross its path, in either event
you might as well wave a red flag at a Span
ish bull and not expect fight, as 10 kee
the Commercial in check, for 1T can't be
did" The senior editor, Mr. Waggoner, as
a writer, is considerably above the average;
in fact, a very close reasoner, as well as
good thinker and writer; does not get out of
the way very often; gives the influence of
the Commercial, on the side of law and order,
as well as morality; and it is safe to say it
seldom takes a position on public policy
that is not correct and reliable We can
safely endorse the Commercial as weekly
as well as a daily, and recommend its being
subscribed for as an evening companion of
no ordinary character.
Next comes the Democrat and He>qld, not
over two or three years of age, and being
union of two papers, started by different
publishers about the same time, and finally
merged into the Democrat and Herald, which
is Democratic all over, and edited with no
ordinary ability, and, since the election,
teens all over with fat and sprightly items
This paper fills the wants of our Demo
cratic friends in Northwestern Ohio and
will be felt in political circles Ii is a live
paper; cuts keenly, and goes for the Repub-
licans with vim, and exposes the Court
HouseRings and stock jobbers in our Coun-
ty Treasury defalcations, and successfully,
too 1t made itself 1elt and feared during
the recent campaign, and having been on
the winning side, gives it increased spright-
illness in settling old scores with its rivals
the Blade and Commercial We think the
Democrat and Herald is established on a safe
foundation, and, with the county printing
and patronage, from the party now in pow
er in our city and county, will make it sure
and permanent.
We have the Sunday NorEiHg ,EoavRo'; a
small publication when compared with the
hree dailies mentioned, but otherwise a
very readable journal, with any amount of
vim and cut, and finely illustrated with
wood-cuts of the editors of the Blads, Coa,-
mercial, and Democrat and Herald, as well
as the Court House clique, or the trio of
County Trcasurers, their bonds
men, and several other persons of fame, and
those who are not personally acquainted
with the ''originals" could very readily see
them in the cuts. Mast, himself, could not |
have bettered them. And the way the ed |
itOr made the chips fiycaused a large amount
of dodging. There were but few blank /
charges, and the blows fell quick and fast.
One unacquainted with the troubles here,
alter reading the journal, would be led 20 |
think there had been a ''nigger in the wood
pile, and that was what the matter had
been, and it was greatly TO the credit of the
jonrRdt that 1t had followed the skunks to
their dens and prodded them. With the
)ther papers published in our city. such as
he Star, Adoertiser, RsLfeRsperyer's Honthly.
We take it they are advertising mediums on
y, as they make their appearance semi-occa-
'ionally, and have no subscription list, hut
vet the part of your late correspondent from
New York City. PHuO.