The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-01-09
Who's 10 Islauic!

We are mad. II We knew who : 20 blame
we'd challenge him to immediate aud mortal
combat with squiri-sun, loaded With poiocat-
favored custard We are sad, too. We feel
p,orl, Odrcycs are Immersed in a sea 81 h-h-
brine. our lower u-alc-grindcr hangs he
low the wai.tband Of our rrpa'g-tn-the sane
tusry trousorloons All h,,lLse II the many
complaint. We have rrccitcd lately from va
rious patrons raising thuuG,r alout not re-
cciving the JovENAL regularly.
In defense Of ourselves We -ay, that it i
almost impossible to make a mistake in our
mailing department, which is under oar own
personal supervision, and It'll utterly impossible
ANAL without sending the whole number.
II, then, any one 1t our subscribers receives
his paper At an Office where there are several
copic- taken, and yours j. not forthcoming on
application to the postmaster it l. the fault
Of the knight of the pigoon.hole ard not
ours, and you may 60 for him with all impu-
nity--proyidciy YOU have pre- paid the postage.
We desire once more, in this connection, TO
impress upon our readers the Importance Of
pre- paving postage on our paper, which Is in
all casc- five cents ser every three months
Until you have paid the postage, you cannot
hold YOUR postmaster responsible in any way
for falling to deliver paper. Indeed, he vi
olaies Law and lays himself liable when be
suffers you to take your paper from the post
office until the postage is prepaid. Especial
" is this important 10 those who are distant
from the office Of publication and receive
their paper in separate wrapper Remcm-
her, then, that until you prepay the postage
you are wasting thunder when you rail at the
poor devil in his sanctum, who faithfully and
lovingly performs his part-writcs, publishes
and mails your paper,
IL may he proper, to say in defense OF that
much abused class of officials, the postmasters,
that they are often imposed upon by demons
in human form, called Newspaper Pirates
These infamous creatures you must guard
against, il you would be happy in the posses
sion Of your right To receive, hold and enjoy
your paper. A pirate is he who leads the
good natured aud accommodating postoilice Of
fetal to believe that he is your especial friend
and boon companion, and by virtue of his
great love for You aud your folks, he j. entitled
10 demand your mail at the office, aud when
he receives it, he has a right To appropriate
TO his own use and benefit any letter or paper
he may fancy and depend upon it, he has
judgement and discrimination enough to fan
cy the JOURNAL every time. lie is an ugly,
mischieyious-m making member Of society and
the greatest enemy of the newspaper fraternity,
The newspaper borrower is also great pest
and deserves the censure Of all just men. lie
iancies your paper aud becomes 50 attached to
it that he begins To look upon il as part Of
his possessions, and being a coyctous aud dis
honest sort Of a fellow, he very soon learn- to
beat YOU to the postoilice and get possession OF
it first. You quietly aud silently submit to
his impudence few times and thus lose your
title To the paper entirely. The man who sub
scribes and don't Ray, is a saint compared to
the borrower and the pirate deliver Us
from the companionship of such saints.
IL our subscribers will give some little at.
iention 10 the above suggestions and devise
some means Of getting rid of the pests afore-
said, We will henceiurth have no trouble ON
account of the failure OF any TO receive their
paper regularly and promptly. so mote il he.