Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-04-05

agent at once. Old men subscrl bers, as
a rule, are good payers. Once fairly
enrolled on the list, they rarely aban-
don paper. The longer they have read
it, the more they are attached to it.
If the poor editor finds no friends any
where else, he will always find warm
hand when he meets the old man who
has "taken this paper ever since it start
ed" Those readers who have gone to
distant homes esteem paper because it
is thing of home. No number can be
so poor as to be worth less than the few
cents it costs no issue is so wanting in
local news items, as not to contain much
that is interesting and valuable to those
whose friendships still -linger around
places and friends far away. Friends
may grow negligent, brothers and sisters
may forget to write often, but the home
paper never fails /; as sure as the week
comes around, so, regularly comes the
welcome paper, freighted with interest
ing messages. There are some classes
of subscribers not so much esteemed by
the publisher, as either of those men
toned. Some men always seem to pay
their subscriptions begrudgingly, either
not knowing that fifty-two papers cost
almost as much as they pay for them,
or desiring to beat the publisher out of
of what is his own. Others, who yearly
exchange $3.50 or $500 for mass of
reading that would cost ten times as
much in books, feel that they own
the editor, and that he must tone his
editorials, and temper his items to their
peculiar circumstances and caprices.
The publisher feels under obligation to
all his patrons for their esteem and pat
ronage, but does not mortgage his prin-
ciples, his opinions or his soul, to any
special subscriber. If an honest man,
he runs his paper for the good of the
public, independently, and with as much
wisdom as he commands. He does not
expect to be right at all times, lor does
he hope to please all men. He stands
ready to correct the mistakes he una
voidably makes, and has a right to ask
such indulgence as is due to one who is
necessarily compelled to report of many
things he has no personal knowledge of,
and to put his thoughts and sentences
on to paper with the greatest possible
rapidity. Another class of subscribers
take paper for the praises and puffs
they expect to force out of it. 1t is
nothing to them, unless it abourds in full
some praises for them or theirs. Others
appreciate paper when it can be used
to advertise their business and thell
wares. These latter classes, fortunate.
ly, are small. There is another class
that holds some political or religious no
ton, so brittle and so peculiar, that the
editor must purge his paper of every
word or sentence that can in any way
oppose their notions. This he might b.
willing to do, perhaps, but it is impossi
bic for him to winnow his selections, anc
his writings so carefully that they will
not conflict with somebody's peculiar
views. The more peculiar mans opin
ions are, the more convinced he is tina
they are right, and the more sure he il
that the world is pointing peaked stick
at him. Then, there are those who sad
ly grieve over any thing of funny
nature; they seem to appreciate tina
paper which is filled up with sentiment
al essays, obituary notices, and requiems
The trouble with this kind of matter
that only one in ten reads it; the gen
eral reader relishes little spice on hi
victuals, and wants something littl
exhilaratipg in his reading. Other
would be pleased to have paper mad
up of frivOlities, gossip, and "rubs'' O.
everybody but themselves. Editors en-
joy reasonable amount of light read
, ing, but they make their paper for a.
classes; it is read by children and b
those who care for nothing of light c
laughable character. The average pull
Usher has nearly all the trouble of b
own that he can attend to, and while /
is willing to fight when it is necessar,
he does not care to pick up other Pc
. Piles quarrels, for the sake of fghtir
them out in his columns. 1t may n
=. be necessary to mention, that there is
large class of good fellows who a.
= firmly convinced that they could "rur
:. paper great deal better than the e,
= itor. They take comfort in thinking 8
; and the editor profits largely from the
! advice and suggestions but, after al
:. he must keep doing the best he ca
hoping to do the world some good, al
to exc out moderate living for himse
!; and family.
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