The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1878-06-01

lect 10 CRITICISMS, and this is as it
ought to be for oftentimes the news
papers of the country are guilty of
grievous errors, blunders aud mistakes.
But Notwithstanding these criticisms
are sometimes just, and that perhaps
newspapers are quite as often wrong as
right, we think the most grievous blum
der any newspaper could commit would
he to try to put forth sentiments to
meet the demand or the fancy of the
common critic. The NEWS has been
complimented of late by numerous as
saults on it's good faith in announcing
such sentiments AS have appeared in
some particulars in the last few weeks.
A few days ago gentleman came to
the office early in the morning and be-
gan to scold the Office in every way
his wrath ran out against it in snch
strong terms that he even .jnwed away
Mt the type in the cases, from Great
Primer down to Brilliant. 1t was n
long time before any one in the Office
was able to understand why lie was
thus mad. THE editor was not in it
was we'll hc was not, for lic might have
got whipped.) He told the boys tina,
lie wanted to know who was RESPONSE
rr-a-ucrttS+-----.ll@le and they re-
piled, in diplomatic way, that he who
was not present was responsible. Tho
grieved man SAID he was poor, but had
been raised respectable, and that his
name had been used in the paper with
the wrong initials to it, and therefore
he could clean up the office of all such
who would try to bring odium upon
him in that way. 1t was not until the
"boysn explained that the name to-
gether with the initials belonged to n
former President of the United States,
that this enraged Adamite went away,
and seemingly satisfied. Another gem
tleman poured down his wrath on the
News, because the NEWS had given
him respectable notice. 1t had been
long time since he had been treated
so before perhaps it will he long
time before lie will receive similar
treatment again. Another gentleman
also became enraged, and sent out an
unlimited number of phials of wrath,
coupled with deep-seated oaths with
out number, and all for no cause at all
except that we told the truth about
him. He must have considered this an
encroachment on his rights. Again
late on Saturday evening a gentleman
came into the Office labOring under
great embarrassment, ms it seemed, and
tried 10 tell something, but he couldn't.
lie then stepped to the door, caught q
new breath or. two, and returning re-
marked in very confused way that il
we pleased not to mention his condi-
ton in the News, and we promised
1--WE haven't said what allied liim.) II
was strange, though, that tho man
came in to tell about it. All these Mt.
tacks, no matter how they were in.
tended, we take az complimentary, and
they furnish food for reflection, this i,
a consolation in itself. These episodes
put one in mind of other days: A
Ia .,
this State he was engaged as m occa
sional correspondent for weekly pc.
riodical in tho Cranberry State, and
while in TINT capacity fight occurred
in small town near where the paper
was published, in which one man wa,
killed, and others badly damaged. II
so happened that but few saw the fata
shot and consequently the evidence n
the examining trial had limited range
aud, in fact, was contiAod principally
to one witness. This witness testified
in q straightforward way and lay thu
burden of the blame upon one man
While at the same time many SCENE,
to think that other parties were NOR
guilty than the one against whom wit
ness testified. Excitement ran at higl
tide; there was scarcely man, wonal
or child 10 the town but what coul'
give an elaborate opinion of the case
though none Of them had witnesses