Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-13
:, ANNOUNCEMENT.

-s....I ANNOUNCEMENT.
My proprietorship and editorial control
Of The TRANSCRIPT ceases with the issue
Of the present number Of the paper.
Alter nearly seven years Of arduous labor
IN the field Of journalism I Withdraw for
! time, and perhaps permanently-giving
place to a new management which l
hope may prove profitable to
The persons engaged and wholly satisfac-
tory to the public whose interests they will
strive to promote, and whose favor they
will endcavor to merit.
l DO not deem it necessary that I should
assign particular reasons for retiring
from the position which have so long
held in this city. 1t is sufficient to say
that l feel it to be an injustice TO myself
longer to continue doing the work Of two
men as have done during the period Of
my connection with the TRANSCRIPT
Considerations of health and personal
convenience alone are adequate to occa-
sion III. step which han taken. There
are few men engaged in business who
are not conscious that responsibility wears |
upon them more than any mere hand |
labor, sud that ii they would get rest it
must come through cessation of care.
Acting upon this universally recoC-
nized truth, here and now lay aside the
implements and the re- possibilities of
editorial work.
In taking official leave of the patrons
and friends Of the TRANSCRIPT l expe.
renee feeling Ut unfeigned regret. The
people of Mower county arc bound to me
by thorsand bands. Together we have
gone hand in hand, as it were, through
good and through evil report; through
hardship and persecution, striving 0hough
sometimes failingD to be on the side OF jus.
tice, and never doubling the ultimate tri-
umph Of those great principles which have
their foundation in eternal truth. feel
that in the truest sense Of the term, we
have been friends, and from such friends
1t is not easy for me to part. The remem.
brance Of this mutual relation will con
stitute for me an unfailing source of
pleasure. In relinquishing control of
the TRANSCRIPT l experience feeling
which is not unlike that paternal regard
with which father parts from his son
whom he is sending forth into the world
TO make place for himself The paper
seems like a child to me, and l shall
never cease to regard it with the utmost
Kindness, and to watch its course with
Anxious solicitude.
The gentlemen into whose charge I
resign it-C. H. Davidson, Esq, and Mr.
jim. Wheeler, are worthy the confidence
Of its friends and the public generally
and they possess the capital, mechanical
skill and scholastic attainment necessary
not only to maintain the established
character of the paper but to enlarge it
facilities for business, and to incr ease it.
usefulness. Each of them has an extend
ed Experience in journalism and they viii
enter upon their new field with lauda
Die, determination not only to achieve
success, but to merit 1t, and also the gooC
opinion of all with whom they may hav,
business or social intercourse, and I be
speak tor them ut the hands of my OLE
friends generous patronage, q heart,
cooperation and an mistaken confidence
IN return for which I feel that I ma,
safely promise on their part high mind
ed;and manly endeavor to meet all tn
reasonable expectations of the most el
lightened or most exacting public.
For the friends who have so kindl,
sustained me in all proper efforts, and 70
the public which has so generously con
doned my numerous faults shall Away
chez'sh feelings Of profound regard
while for those who think themselves m,
enemies, I have and shall have no othe
than kindly feelings-hoping that tn
lapse of time and better understandin,
Of motives may serve to tone down tn
asperities of personal feeling and restor,
" iGsome degree that sentiment of tolera
@ttQn essential not only to the good o
society but TO individual enjoyment. With
these hopes, and with this feelingtoward.
~ public transfer to my successor
t4eecontrol of the MOWER COUNTY TRANS
CHIT. together. with my goodwill ant
best wishes for the prosperity of the new
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