Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-25
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EDITOR ISTKLLIGESCER Permit Il WARM
friend of the .'press'' to thank the editor OF the
lntellisencer for the publication, IN Your paper
of August 9Th, OF Hon. j. =. Blacks Inatchless
review OF the eight 10 seven commission that
gave 10 the American people their president.
Rutherford Il Hayes. l looked IN vain i"r lis
publication in one or both OF the ST. Louis papers
TO which | am Il subscriber. | could See column
after column about baseball, and the proceed
lngs of the city assembly. which i'oa-e,s the
-aIne:interest to ninr-tsnths of their country
readers M IA last years bird nesl. Eut ! Am
aware that Il newspaper. TO be successful, must
cater to the tastes of their home subscribers;
hence the st. Louis papers ar" filled 10 rcpietIon
with accounts oil the 'natlona! game ami
leave to country newspapers the task OF supply
ing solid reading matter 10 the bone and sIneW
of the country. Well, let II be SO. The news
paper is Il great institution any way. Where
bu, one or two are taken by a family. II they do
not cry for them like the children do for the pat
ent medicines We read about IN the Almanac
they do sometimes quarrel rs to who shall read
them urSt. why any UcHip i IL a W.
onc,ie 1t 10 himself to do without one or more
papers il utterly incomprehrnsible to Inc. "i'i
above all o,hsrs the county paper. As n general
and comprehensive educator, the newspaper has
no equal. There is no subject in the heavens
above, on the earth which we inhut'It. or IN the
regions which are popularity supposed TO lie be-
meath the earth, of which II does not treat Its
columns teem with facts amt spcCulatI"nS about
astronomy and philosophy, II daily givcs to the
world the calculations and deduction, OF scien-
fists that would never reach the masses IN any
other way. Az n geographer II hhs no equal.
There Is no part OF thIs earth where civilized
man has trod that is not minu;eiy descrIo"d;
there is no sea. ocean or river that has ever Drrn
vrXrd by the keel of the navigator that Is not lully
Set forth, with ali their pccullhritles OF water,
climate, lsh and fowl. Its daily lessons IN or
thog and grammar arr invaluable. With
out the newspaper there are multiplied th"u-
sands who have neither money to buy books or
time 10 iev0te TO them, that would almost forget
how to read and spell. If you will show me a
house with newspapers lying around loose. so
to speak, l will show you q family that can read
! and spell well, and who are posted on the lead
ing questions of the day and the rev.rse of tins
proposition is true where they are wanting.
There Is Eo;hing in science, literature, religion,
ancient or modern history. or that relates to p"-
| lucal economy that IL not eNhaustIveiy treated
b. the newspaper press. The ATTEST men Of the
| country conduct or newspapers. have read
editorials from the pens of hnrsc" Greeley, Geo.
d. Prentice, sam Meilll. Murnt Halst-ad, aud
James Gordon Bennett that far transcribed in
depth of thought and Patio. the nirrrnnrss of
any class oil men save those Of such statesmen ~
Webster, Clay and Calhoun; and n country ed
it,r thai ia not smarter than a modern COnyrtSe-
| man, ought to '.step down and out Bat |
more particularly desire 10 speak OF the lnteili-
| yencer. under lis present management have
been = reader 10 y great extent OF all the English
papers that have been published IN Lexington,
| and without intending to do injustice |" any one
! unhesItatingly pronounce the inteiligenc-r as
i; 10 now edited and managed, to lie TIA" best pa
| per, by long odds, that has ever been produced
in the county. The leading editorials are Al
ways dignIied, instructive. ami many OF them
able. and il they had originally appeared in the
Republican rs editorials, would have been quo
ted Tar and wild. as political gospel-whirh IN
indeed, they are, in the democratic church. Its
enterprise as = purveyor Of news 10 the public,
both general and special. has no equal in any
country weekly newspaper IN the state. have
| oreutiInes wondered how ami where y"u get
all the items that are published in yOHr paper.
IL must require "A VAST GcAt OF fra'llns. Al I'M
mense amount Of scissorIng. and an amount Of
travelling hIther and thIiter, and n pumping
process Of avery fellow you meet that must be
exhaustive to the physical AMI mental man
Your regular and extensive county correspond
ence Ia n feature to be met with III but few coun-
try papers. rendering your paper "A panorama OF
the sayings and happenings Of the entire County
for the week. l have nUu,ri r-'euIiH tr pub
IIcatIon OF quite = plumber Of lately enacted laws,
snd full reports OF various railroad and other
meetings held In the county, which IS IA favor
that country people very much appreciate. As ii
rule. the papers have hitherto C"nilu"i them
selves 10 the publication at tn" proceedings OF
meetings held in the court house. except II lni.ht
he dun ing the pendency 81 some political cam
pnign These matters are Ait nded 70 by some
one belonging to the stan of tn" paper al ali "N-
pen'tIiure OF no little cost IN time and money
The people OF Lafayette equity owe 1t to them
selves TO sustain literally such q psper. \
county 10 almost un-rrIngly judged By the ap-
praranc- Of it. press. If their papers hsv. 4
starved look. indicated by the pauclty OF busl-
ness enterprises advertised. aud appear H. #
they were printed on Ben Frankliu's old hand
press, from ype worn out with age and use. y"u
nsy rest assured that IS n hard county and an
ignorant people. II. On the contrary. the paper
n II ] auu NhN'lAuA 'Sh tiSii
been in contact with clear. new type, and has a
number of advertisements, (n"t OF the mustang
Imminent ORDER. tits positive evidence that II Is
published IN the midst of d live people and a
good county. The stockholders OF the luielil-
gencer-and | Am not one-hsve IN their employ
the best stan Of men that have ever been en-
pIoyst On any paper published in Lexington or
the county. and If every man III the county wh0
ought 10 take and pay tor She paper UiH do 50.
il will far transcend LIS present excellence.
Its overworked editor-in-chlef could leav. the
task of ItenIzing to some suitable man, and
spend more time upon matters OF political and
social economy. II il utterly astonishing the
number of men that are To be found who. upon
meeting their ncighbors. Will inquire thr news,
and upon being asked if they did not notice II
certain Item III last weeks paper, will say No,
l Am taking no paper now" In nine cases "u,
OF ten Il is sheer stinginrss on their part. la!
III man wants 10 buy Il gallon of stry Gimme
whisky with his two dollars. or invest twenty
nye cents 4 week in tar plug tobacco, he hus the
right to do So, as tins !. n free country
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