The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-12-10
Only n Coi.nfz 4 weekly.

j. - oi;ly cord.Ty weekly Yes, that
Is all. Bat DO those who aluie 20 it " i;h
an Intentional raeer ever 7, feet upon the
duties and mission performed y the poer,
obscure country weekly, which is as much,
nev, more, 20 it, few hundred readers in the
country as is the great metropolitan daily
to It's thousands Of readers in the ci'y?-
Oh, no, they meyer think Of placing any
estimation upon the worth Of country pa
7 r: il has none within tie narrow limits
Of their superficial anI contracted brains
They vii not admit If the utility uf any
form Of newspaper save one which il
cram med fall Of tel-graphic dispatches,
giving tie minute details Of some revolving
AMI nauseating social scandal; the hour at
which the Chamberlain of the Imperial
Palace at Ispahan put His Most Serene and
Mighty llIshnsss the Shah to bed; that tie
savage Gallas Of Aby.Inia had abjured the
tenets Of the Coptc faith and had bowed
down ~ alienation al the shrine Of Mecca's
Prophet; that the poor gnofsnding Papusn
Of the Celebes was being slaughtered BY
tie Dutch invaders from the ncighboring
Isle If Nacassa~, and so on in an infinite
variety Of detail, Ill Of which is red with
an avidlty that betokens the importance Of
these things to 4 CITY gentleman. But the
financial, commercial, agricultural, religions
and social condition Of the millions Of his
fellow citizens residing without the envir0ns
Of lis mighty empire Of few miles in area
is scaled book; he has neve. opened it.
pages to inquire within he knows nothing
oft; put hIm 10 the test and yen will find
he knows more about the condition Of tile
Z = -
about the people in The neighboring county.
We turn away from the contemplation Of
this human specifically, Of which there
are thousands, to turn to the practical and
F common sense man, who wishes to be in
formed as to the pursuits, condition and
prosI eets Of the people Of lis own imme IL
ate State and county, lie finds IN the
rural paper the information he seeks. The
4 country organ is to Lin the camera luciia
which faithfully poltrays all that occurs :;
1t j. N great measure the reflex of tie
character Of the people comprising the
country wherein it Is published. But what
Is the interest which even he derives from
it compared to that which is felt and enter
tanned by the country people themselves
Il is everything to them. In it is foun 4
news which they atone, probably, can ap-
Friciate end understand, information re gard
in- their friouds ana reighbors, the c1ndi-
/ ton Of tie crois AMI market quotations,
which TO the farmers ant the tra!esmcn in
the country is of primary Importance,
matters OF local consideration wherein they
are interested, and hundred and ore diff
/ ferert things vii - fleet and interest them
/ both privately any publicly. The country
+ organ performs anosl.er function which can,
only he eli. ctutiy lone by it. A medium
lor advertising it offers facilities which are
unsurpassed. BY it the farmer, tho labor.
er ana the mcchanic become acquainted
( with the goods and wares of the trades
man tiey learn whore they can purchase
What they desire, and at the lowest prices
The county newspaper is to a county what
nutritious food is to a convalescant it
helps to build it mp and develop all that is
good in it. The county that Is without one
IS is Ike a waste plain without elevation,
from which a person desiring ID examine
his surroundings can make no observation.
San .N0teO CUi.) Times.