The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-12-23
THE SUN.
NEW YORK, 1888.

More people have read Tie Sun during the
year just now passing than ever before since
it was first printed. No other newspaper pub
iishcai on this side of the earth has been
bought and read in any year by 50 many men
and women.
We are c%refibly informed that people buy.
read, and like The sun for the following rea-
sons. alnolg others:
because its news columns present in attrac-
tive form aud with thc greatest lpssibie accu
racy whatever Has interest: tor humankind .
the events, the deeds and misdrcds, the wis
dom, the philosophy, the notable folly, the
solid sense, the improving nonsense-all the
i'll space.
because people have Learned that in is re-
marks concerning persons and affairs The
Sun makes IL practice nj teilln. them the ex-
act truth 10 the best o.. its ability three hun
dred and sixty FIVE days III the year, before
election is we'll is after, about the whales as
well as ahout the snail fish, III the face OF dis
sent aS plainly and fearlessiy rs when sup
ported bT general approval. The Sun has &b
%so'uteiy NJ purposes I" serve. save the infor
nation OF Its rcaiicrs and the Jurtherance OF
the common good
Because it is ever-b0iy's newspaper. 10
man is so humble that The SUN is Indifferent
to his welfare and his rights. No imam is so
rich that it can allow injustice to he done
HIM. No man. no association of men, is pow
erful enough to he exempt from the strict APP
p~iication of its principle. IF right and wrong.
Because in politics ii has fought for IL dozen
years, without intcrmission and sometimes al
most aloue among newspapers. the fight that
has resulted in the recent overwhelming pop
ular verdict against Rubesonism and for hon
est government. No matter what party is in
power, The Sun stands and will continue to
stand like 4 rock for the interests of the PEG.
pile against the ambition of bosses. the en-
croachments of monopolist>. and tie .lisllun-
est schemes of public robbers.
All this is what we are tod almost daily by
our friends. One man holds that The sun is
the oest religious newspaper ever published.
because its Christianity is undiluted with
cant. Another holds that it is the best Re
publican newspaper printed, because it has
already whipped half Of the rascals out of
that party. and is proceeding against the 9th
er half with uuieinlnishcd vigor, \ third be.
ileve II to be tie best IIayagazine of general
literature i'll existence, because its readers
miss nothing worthy OF notice that is current
i'll the wcrid of thought. so every fried of
The san discovers one Of its many sides that
appeals with particular force to his individual
liking.
Ii YOU: already know The san. you will OBJ
serve that in lSS3 it is a little better than ev-
cr before. II you do not already know The
Sun, you will ind it to be Il mirror OF all lu-
man activity. q stOrehousc of the choicest pro
ducts of common seuse and imagination, u
niainstay for the cause of honest government.
a sentinel fox genuine Jctfersoaiao Democra-
cy, u scnUUge Tor wickedness OF every species.
and au ~uIcUnlnlonly good investment Tor the
coming year.