Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-20
Rsnnino q Paper.


learned Low hard the public are to please,
and the morbid disposition Of n great num-
Der Of persons to grumble and fault-hnd.
No matter how anything is done, they
would have it otherwise. In no depart
inent is this wrctchrd disposition of por-
ton of the public felt more seusitivcly
than By thosc engaged in the great work
of journalism. The editor and Publisher
may labor to make an Interesting aud
readable paper and to give to every subscri-
Der many times the worth Of the subscrip-
ton price, and yet when the paper is sent
out with the very best selections which
the editor can Gull fiom the exchanges,
and with all the local news he eau gather,
and with editorials upon such subjects as
he thinks will profit and interest his rea-
ders, and yet the subscribers will grumblc,
and men can be found who have never
read n dozen papers in their lives who
imagine they could get mp better and
more readable paper. We have often drsir.
attempt to preach or to edit newspaper,
or do anything else than what they are
doing. Nobody can do these things to
suit them, and We would like to hear and
see them make display Of their ideal
standard Of how the thing should be done.
When they make the attempt they may
l,,,t H., al las
We have always thought that after all
some Of us might not he any better pleased
with their efforts than they are with ours.
We publish our paper every week and try
To make it interesting aud Instructive to
our readers, and We do not say il boas,lng-
~, but state ii a. n fact that We tla and
have always published in the Guardian
more original editorial matter than any
country paper i'll the state. But still we
hear of people complaining that the
Guardian has nothing in it.
We have no idea Of ever being able To
please everybody. and do NOT propose to
he foolish enough To try; but We do pro
pose To continue to publish firS,.clas-
country paprr-onc which those who read
viii, lind we'll worth the price we charge
: for II. 4 gr.ai deal of this grumb,ing
lrrSult, from bad reader, at last They
take mp the paper and glance over it int
something wonderful Ur straugr-i.il to
] find u-throw the paper aside rs worth
less. Now all intelligent people know that
! "A paper can not, At every issue, contain
articles of such n character. but they can
aud generally do contain reading which
will bancfit the majority of their readers.
We have seen few papers which were not
worth more than the subscription price.
! The great want of the times is not better
pnpcrs hut more intelligent and apprrciat-
/ ing rrader- We do not intend to cast any
reflections upon the readers Of the Guard
! ian, for We Halter ourselves that we have
az intelligent and refined a class of readers,
/ taken ~ a mass, as any country paper in
/ the land, and the hearty support and en-
enlargement they hav. given ns is truly
gratifying and highly appreciated
. The division IF the Democratic party in
the State of Arkansas upon the question OF
: the payment of certain portions o the state
debt will likely end in the organization of
= new party, which will run separate
ticket 1T the next Stat" election in oppnsi-
L..
/ of the movement claim to represent the
I liberal and progressive cl"mc'tt Of the par.
Is, and believe they can rally to their
standard the greater pant of the Indrpcn-
/ dent, GIccnha,k ard Republican vote.
They do not claim To- hr rrpudiatnrs, but
! oppose the payment or the levy Of any tax
to pay in whole OF in pant certain bonds
winch they claim to lee illegal The new
party claim Ia h" -rycnty-iivr thousand
strong, and the leaders are very drtcrmin.
eel
Judge Treat ni the United States conrt
at =. Ions, has decided that the Singer
sewing machine patents have expired.
Anybody las the right 10 manufacture
Singer marbin"s. The suit was for a viola
tioa of the Singer Trademark, and the
Judge further decided that the plaintiff
cannot create a monopoly for the practi-
cal extension Of a Pa,en, beyond its legal
term under the gusc Of trade mark
Tie various sewing machine patents have
been an enormous tax upon the people
and their expiration cannot fail TO reduce