, 1877-04-21
The l'ir.i isnby.

N n and Exc over tlb'if u'HV INV! '""H ""NC
to hmn very curious one. oi coarse Mite
II ,,.n.. in their estimation, the very
at ,.,1 mly that ever was born. lie
IN ,omc,, opened h,s little eyes, and no.
Vi ,L,nr, He closed his little fists,
Y nd stuck rhcm in his mouth; and AS he
\ W. oldrr and wore bouts and played
N 3l.,lp. Le was undoubtedly in the eyes
' ofbi, i,nd parents most precious IN
: .nt Some things Ao'am escaped. lie
! had no mother.in,hw, to come few
G ,ts hrloie the baby, and tun the
Q hoo,eto topsy. turvy. lie had no monthly
Q ,nra. to play the tymnt and drive him
7, n ot Ewes bedroom. OF COURSE, there
w.,e some draN backs to all tins felicity
no paresorc. nor soothing syrup; no
d ,.1t, ulhbrr attlcs or coin Tor cutting
0 ,rth. Eve must have b EN- very busy
hsd 10 do her own housekeeping, enter.
,,ir me deylI, and tend the baby. We
,lrays look with indulgence upon pa-'
rents pride over the tirst.born child, and
wh.n we hear of the marvellous infants
NO sometimes wonder that thelc are so
.w marvellous men and women. We
s.Ja similar cXultatiun over this, our
fret number Of tue Irgonaat We love
10 talk about it, and praise II, and proph-
e,y great things concerning it. We are
ouie certain that it is the most pr0mls-
mr journalistic venture that has ever
4 Lern undertaken =; that everybody VIII
\ fake 1t, and everybody send advertise
Il neuts to it; that II constant How OF sub
~nptions will come IN from the country,
with greunbacks and gold notes, coin
and postal orders; that 1t will bring us
not only money, but lame thai II VIII
grow up strong ana healthy, be respect
able and dignlied, be noted for its lite
rary merit, always be just, generous and
courteous, influential and honest, out
spoken, fearless, manly, and honorable.
] Wleh we reflect that Cain killed Abel {;
that all the people WHO get into state
PRISONS, and 20 TO Congress, were once
nice, innocent and promising infants, aud
that about uine.tenlhs Ul all the newspa-
| pers die and are forgotten, it does not ut
all discourage us in our enterprise, nor
for u single moment make us doubt that
the AryOHaut will become the leading
journal, with the largest circulation, and
4 contain more small advertisements than
| my other paper upon the Pacific coast.
| There il one thing, however, that we do
not intend to do. We do not intend to
1 become daily. We never could see the
4 necessity for II daily paper. Seven times
1 awrek is worrying, tlresome business.
1 The daily papers are made up in hurry;
L lhcy give news to day that they deny to-
morrow are compelled to invent; quar-.
l rel with eacli other bore the communl-
4 " tor advertisements, and do all sorts OF
undigniied things simply to fill up
while their editorial opinions are hastily
formed, hastily written, usually wrong,
often absurd, and always unsatisfactory.
I Now II weekly journal is quite another
4 thing. 1t goes slowly takes life cody
considers its opinions digests its news;
is dignifed in its department, calm In
It's deliberations, consistent, careful, eau.
tious. A weekly paper is seldom sensa-
,lonal does not chew soap and troth ut
the mouth never has II libel suit is
Independent of the Eastern Press Asso-
clation gets its news by mail, or grape
vine telegraph, und coniidcut to see it
self reproduced iiity-two times u year.
The weekly has no conflict with the
dailies ; it is not running muck against
the world it is generous to itsneighbors,
aud induigent to all Attend to business
during the week, and on Saturday even
Ing and Sunday morning, ut leisure, in
dressing gown and slippers, read the dr.
s0naut, which will contain all the essen
'Ia news, and enough of politics and
society uossip. Arg0RaHt.
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'lSAY.-An old gentleman who was in