The Red Cloud chief., 1875-03-24

uSev. Su8>- Isesays VI ~ - -
ChUch. and formerly sessoe u skis
place. nov Of Jsnia.., ssae rs . NJ
Of three ue four dsys dan'ioa- SOD
day evening be preached TOT ercsded
horse- WhiA residing 1t this pAe
Mr.. Reilly gained the eos6dssos snd
respect Of the entire esaumuaisy. and
4 is generally desired and hspei that
the nex, cooserens Oil resarn him to
this field of labor.
We vi,h to ioEosu some OF oar
eoodnatured yoang friends that :
printing Office Is %, jass exactly the
proper place fer vhi-,lins, singing or
general eating ~. The boys are
always welcome, b.; too much noise
Is fa,a! 70 the art Of ~,ype-se,ting- As
this generally arises more from
thoughtles-ness than any desire to BE-
offensive, We hope this hns sill be
safhicient.
Yesterday We took . box through
the extensive HsTdsare and stove
store Of Messrs Mitchell 4 Morhart.
and MAS surprised 1t the amount Of
stock there Displayed. Their assert
meut Of shelf hardware !. large and
~el! Sc ec.ed bu. the speciality seems
to be stoves and tinwsre. Both these
gentlemen are practical workman, and
manufacture everything IN the line Of
TIN. copper and shee,-iron ware, .
large stock Of (which i. always kept on
hand The assortment Of ssoses, Is,
the largest We have ever seen in .
country ,owa. We are pleased to
learn that their business is extensive
and on the increase
Il, is represented 10 Us that the
timber along the creek vale south Of
the river is being rapidly eut aud car
ried of, mostly by the citizens Of
Smith ADD Jewell counties, kan-as.
This timber question is enc tina; affects
every one in Webster county, and
some method shorld be devised to
preserve what there is. or at least, 10
secure some Of the benefits at home.
IL has been suggested tha, there you'd
be q good speculation for some one. in
buying up the railroad lands on which
timber is growing, and divide it into
small tracts, aud sell to The settlers.
This would be a good plan, and II car
ried on, would be a general benefit.
As hong as our own citizens get the
benefit Of the timber lands re have
nothing to say, bu, do protest against
furnishing Kansas with fuel and tuili-
ing Material, free gratis.
II, never rains, but il pours.'
This was our reflection a. We opened
and took a squirt" at the seventh
poetical contribution that has been re-
ceiyed since the last issue Of this
paper, each Of which was accompanied
With an urgent request to be sure
and publish this week" Ina.uuch
as the list wou'd make something over
= column Of nonpanei, and we uish to
show no partially, We decline the
whole list. A moral reflection or two
may not be out of place here. In our
short but very il~lus:rio1st?t career as
the editor OF county newspaper, We
have learned . few things c~oocernius1
poetiAl csnsriSstionsF In the first
place, We may get half q dozen OF
more in a single day, and then not see
another for SIX months. To give ooe
the precedence in publication, is to
uortally offend all the Others, and
proportion as the production is
totally unfit for publication. Just so
much more wrath is poured out on
the unlueky editor sho refuses to
publish. The great majority of So
called poems sent into the country
Office, are gotten up without the least
regard to measure, rhyme. or sense.
and If published would refiec: no cred
it upon the paper or author. Second
ly, very many young persons do not
distinguish betxeen ryhme and true
poetry. thinking tina: if they can con
struct a verse" that viii Jingle il
is 4 proof Of genius, that will soon
bring them up to the level With Long
fellow or Tennyson. After giving
this subject due consideration, We
have deliberately resolved, that if any
one hereafter sees a poem in the
columns Of this paper, he may bet his
last nicke that IL has been copied
from some other publication 10
other words We decline any and al
original poetry hereafter, without even