Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-01
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.

The St. Joseph Morning News, al
lutiiuy 10 the Missouri Editorial Con-
yenliUu which met May 2ls', says:
There the country editor will be
ont in full force, and there will be
the city uuil-drivcr to look on and
thank God that he is not arrayed like
one of these. Our country cousins
will enjoy the convention and take
| us wife to Galveston where both
will he delighted, rested and refresh
ed. Give the poor fellow breathing
-nen He deserves it. We know
HIM weli-have been in his shoes.
Tie country press is neither falrly
| auurcciated nor properly sustained.
| We know communities where the
printing press and well filled family
uewspapcr are as unattractlve ana
| i,tle appreciated as last year
almanac. We know people Ill MIS-
| souri, wiru boast that they "are down
nn new spapers.' don't want them III
tie houSe: believe that the rearing
of newspapers leads TO idleness anu
yicc-that where papers are best sus-
tanned are always found the most
InzIncSs aud crime. They are misery
dolt@, and the ignorant and the stlhSy
| prycr lack excuses for not taking
,li'l. w btltNtl u pNcf'S -
a Tor ignorance and love oi sell, the
newspaper cannot exist.
: The country editor is expected to
Y furnish a paper fully equal to the
: iir,l-rinss weeklics OF New York tor
! one dollar a wear and take his pay III
promises or decaycd vegetables. lie
mu i coitet .ntlv culogIze the village
y in which lie is located, also the peo-
plc thereof, however despisable he
:. NAV know both to be. He Is often
the object OF much abuse, but Is ex-
rrcted to rake down everybody at
V. momru,'s notice. If Jones rooster
ID whips smiths, there will be rush
nc TO the printing office by Smith, who
will buy copy of the paper-w'iI
nav mex, lime: hasn't the change
as haud,-and Will proceed TO tell the
OF editor what villain that Jones IS
ri winding UP with give him tits IL
. your next issue, or you havn't tint
e. independence | credit you with.
he If the editor happens to "pitch H.
to make friends with Smith aud "se'
%. Justice done through the heaven
come right square down." he is al
rested tor libel and sent TO JAIL. l
he fails To show up the terrible Jones
d: the injured Smith privately inform
is: the whole country tnat lhe Cei.oA
>, sncaking cur, afraid to speak nj
w. mind. and entitled to the suprem
we contempt of all mankind.
We care not how able and capabl
ia. the country editor may be, he is
wavs unterrated, and his best p,
trous do not pretend to give n
IS opiuions due consideration. "A
though often surrounded by Ounce
he is considered the only real blocl
or head in the community, and his ed
W. torials are generally pronounced sll
you twaddle by the lohg-eared critics
my the town. Sometimes the COUNT
IDS. editor IS downright ass, to be sur
but ne fares just as we'll as any OF h
: superiors in the same busines
my Whatever either of them prluts
me. condemned and whatever oplmo
hut either puts forth are ridiculed.
,,or matter how good paper the count
''e' editor gets up, he is everywhere
ili-used servant. He is vIllitied
his opponents from whom OF cour
he receives no favors, and he
cheated by his patrons, for whom
devotes the best hours OF his lie.
So, we say, let the country edit
into the clover fields every sprii
5 by and let him, in this year OF gra
one kick up his heels all the way frt
that Springfield to Galveston.