The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-02-13
Country Newspapers.
SENSIBLE REMARKS BY A SENSIBLE KEN
90, TUCKY EDITOR. ~.

: That portion devoted to countr
u journalism is very good so far as
goes, but then ii stops short of the sor
| that works harm to and cripple
y end ultimately kills more country pa
pers han all other use combined
| Onr experience has been long an,
; country newspaper publishing is baset
upon knowledge dearly bought by year
5 OF hard and thankless toll and no littl
worry OF body and mind and vexatiOl
of spirit.
l The greatest enemies to success il
} conducting a country paper are tn,
credit system and %gratuitOus advertis
ing or pulling"
The dues Of the country publishe.
are necessarily small. If he credits
couple OF dollars here to A, and couple
OF dollars there to B, and so ON through
the alphabet of subscription, these
credits Wall amount to q handsome sun
IN the aggregate, of which q f~earfully
large per cent. invariably proves to he q
total loss.
The publisher who will credit sub
scrlptiOns, transient advertising and
job work, knowing that he is compelled
to pay cash fer his material, has no
right to complain that his business does
not pay, and of all men has less cause
to be astonisIled at the necessity that
compels the suspension of his paper.
Another thing to avoid: Gratuitous
work for party OF candidates. They
have no right to expect it. Office is in
separately connected with salary. And
the salary is what nine out OF ten can
dldates are after. The candidate has as
much right to expect his tailor to keep
nm IN clothing without charge as to
expect his publisher to devote his paper
to his Qualification before the people
without any pay therefor. Make the
politicians pay the same as other adver-
users and never allow u line Of puff"
70 appear In your paper without pay.
our merchant OF grocer does not ex-
pect to supply your family from their
stores without pay, and they have no
right to expect you to advertise for
them without remuneration. Selling
goods or groceries is their mode Of
making a living. They cannot give
their goods away without loss, and you
cannot give away space in. your paper
without loss. That which will beggar
them Wall beggar you. That's the whole
truth of it.
column after column to the business of |
~elevating Tom, Dick and Harry to Office |
simply because they belonged to our
party, and never dreamed OF asking O |
cent OF pay for Our services; 80 long rs
we TILED our papers with puffs on This,
That and the Other, because they were
good, clever fellows, and did it for
nothing, We found it the hardest matter
In the world to get along. But, since
we turned over a new leaf, and made a
real business Of publishing a paper.
Just as Tom, Dick and Harry make a
business of running for office for the
emoluments, and This, That and The
Other make a business OF selling goods
Tor the profit, we have prospered. To
ne sure we have not as yet accumulated
= mammoth fortune, but then we have
Quit us up a good paying business,
us a home we are not ashamed
Of, and are able to pay our way as we
90, Under the old system We scarcely
made enough to pay our board bill and
provide US a change of linen. As it is,
get fair wages for our labor. live
recently, and have no cause to COM
]lain of the world. And so it viii he
With all our brethren of the country
If they will do as we are dOing- !
all gratuitous work and cut the /
'redit system absolutely. /;
COM AND Coz MEAL FOR Cows.- t
me Practical Farmer philadelphia {
tates that Thomas Gawthorp, near !
vest Grove. Chester county, by re- G
'eated trials with his own cows, has t
ulIy satisfied himself that they do as a
Veu with corn and cob meal and bran .
s WITH pure corn meal and bran. The .
mall that this result will have to be p
Explained on the sunnosition Of the :
round cob acting to promote digestion =
Y dlstendlng the stomach. The nres- ,
nee OF bulky material being necessary i
D promote ~dlstensiOn and fill IN the t
tomach of Illuminating animals before : .
erect digestion can be accomplished, D
frequently lost sight OF. Hungarian Il
rass Is also found for mich COWS to be p
lther superior to the ordinary run of o
ay. line last year or two Hungarian ii
rass has doomed up wonderfully in the d
of our dairy farmers; and a 8,
lrge scope of land will be sowed with q
the coming season. It natures for
lifting IN about 60 days, and produces b.
To to four tons per acre, the latter, of r.
purse, on good soils. Three pecks to u
70 acre is the usual allowance of seed. ';
7 here q good hay markets. convenient, IS
us substitution OF Hungarian grass for a. o.
.tcJ IL SohIc ASculuR VIII De IL
ear additional source of profit. :"
Il,
No. 4, oI
% AM Act @ y,
amendments to the constitution OF Il
~ the State of Louisiana. ~ m
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of a,
representatives. of the State of Louisiana in a.
eneral Assembly convened ttwo-tllirds of the m
of each house agreeing theretoA. That ~
@ following amendments be proposed and en- IN
red upon the respective journals of the SEN W
Q and House of Representatives. with the 90