The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-01-23


ts~ssafts .eimssl#4s slba " tM+
~AAs AArAsig t4@Assa " ~ A~sss
- sasss
iHAs #es 49,
| tttsNss Tbssv ss* ~.a ~ s.,s
es~ssaAs 80 II stsm saA tr&a
AAss ifitaHss ths ntAss w ~AsxA
VI y sAsAss 49, as#ss INs t.s esmss
Nf4a - tssatAK essi Thr~ msN
sfsfitt y - ~ ". ~#ssA N sAsas
#ssts II 80 hssrsln II s~~~ss ~
faif sHA Ns ~ sss# shas sh~ ~vwsrA
lts sAeutI \. tssl ~ ~ i A~stsl es
sMrrf a rev ress Thst tsstf ~ra
" salA Ans p1A.s 1.ssiaN NAtN sAs
stst tsas rs,. u ilssls hefs~s. tksy
aft = hshi Nth ,hs ras Thefs u
~ W ~ aifat tsitt ~lsh them W ssMvm
httseg sAls resita, than sneAsy ~ ths
hfs' 4 laaaa,s II ene n thsm ~isA.
- Il ssr ~ taper. ~ sishrf rails ~
writes hitter y, his postmaster IN
dae y srn. like man 1hh slAn u
sipss IL the heart Il the eaispr. Their
lasge |. smhalmsi IN hh warm u.
Fresipns May they live ! shvsaAHd
,ear. and sse their sons' 70 ,As
fourth generation.
The .vcrui ria. now In mind h the
10 Wrils This class Ia nearly ~.
lasel 10 ihe uthrr--so near, that n n
hsrI II ,all where onr begins and tho
other cnd. 1h,se men always pay IN
advance III tho hesinning, and intend
10 do ~ Continually, lsa. memory
fails little. ~ some mishar inserscnss,
aud I'll. time runs sometimes liz.
sometimes fcr qui,ca per,od. But
,aeir recollection. though nodding oc-
ea.i,nslly never gets sound asleep. II
prom unrt- Tho word In duo timo---
"rhc printer IL nut paia.' and forth
with their will 10 ~ well kin,llesS into
activity. NV comes the paying nl--
",lcans T. Il, !, h.fore. Don't moan
T. l.t sncA things rass by" A pub
Usher can lisr w,,h such men. Ihey
have a warm place In his momory--
only little hack efthc trrights. Ii
such ,Ean lies in arrears, Ills wife or
san remembers that hc may not have
pa'i NJ for l'is newspaper, and forth
wi b institutes inlulries. Thoy vemsm-
Der that part d the benefit was theirs,
ani. estate or no estate, SEQ that tho
printers bills arc not among their
fathers unsettled accounts.
Next comes the.
EAsY DoERs.--Thcso men believe In
They have fully sctllsd
Il In their own minds that 4 newspaper
il good thing, They take them.
too Sometimes at the drst they pay
mp far tho first year--.at any rsts they
mean 10, pretty soon. II they have
done 80. they sit down with tho CON-
fortng conviction that their newspaper
II now settled for; aud this ides having
"nce gnt into their heads. refuses OBJ
ssina,ely 70 be dislolged. but keeps Ito
hpld frpm year % year; truth once
-~naw an illusion, gray rheumatic with
years. Tho udi.or, marking tho elon.
gatei and elongasiug space In the -
counts current u their dollars. bsgins
" sss II ,ley arc dead or have gone to
Calf ffnia Now le bcgins 10 poke
bulls At them. They suddenly start W
q tho reality tha. thcy arc In arrears
and. like men, ~ they aro II the bot.
tom. IN, up. They never dispute his
bil's--thcy know books toll better sto-
rics than n,oss-coyercd memories. II
tho Publisher has faith enough. Of
long ru,Sc enough, can 1.-Two like hi
bernating bear. he may survive this
class. lsut II hc Il mortal only. wos
bs to him.
The next class IL that of tho
Down lliLIsns. Here 10 hcgin 10
slide over to tho other side. The pic-
inrc suddenly gets sombrs. W. shall
dispatch tho pawn Killers suddenly.
One of these may saksa paper because
vito wants one. ar tho children sss
Jealous to read IL, IT nuighhor per-
suades him. When il begins 10 oomc.
hr dislnis - all thoughts about u fur
ther. II tle editor sends . man d.
rcctly IL him NJ tho end VI Two or
three years, hs ma, got some pay for
his paper. Int with growla and
snriy looks lic never vs,s any deb.
u ne can sct rll VI IL, and newspa-
per lsast u MI. Still. he hates Law.
suits. and collstablus. and all that. A
dun has tho nalnc elect on him that
bullet 'as ~ = hipptpetamus-glansing
from his hls, Or sinking inlo tue blub.
btr hernic-s. liz il always sliding
do@n hill, and -oon ,u.rg,s into another
cia-s that IT
1ns NIX trM llousE. No matter
how this man began bis subscription.
hc never pa,s for ii--not hs. "lls
don, Ike TIM, sort u paper. II don't
give no ncws. lIs nsvor did Ike II.
- IL L. L. l. -