Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-01
EDITING A NEWSPAPER.
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AfA tNuWN AOA n W cChiy.l VIZ ~
, beIt requires more science Il
d edit o newspaper than II doet
TO govern q nation. Not one
man out Of a thoueand can steer
his literary craft without cut
ting across the track of some
old subscriber, and then he
finds himself on a. lee shore Id
short order Everybody criti.
cises newspapefse We 40 MOI
know 4 sti6gle man who does
not cherish the idea that If he
| had 4 chance he could not edit
the Lond0naTimes, or any other
thunderer, with much more
ability than 1t is edited. .as1 gsm
IAN othihg In the paper new!
SO utterly stupid" I'VE hear
the complaint Mt every turn,
and the man who could not
spell qat without putting a O
in il, will turn up his nose and
fling aside his paper, which very
likely he has borro we'd, and tell
his friends that he wished he
had control of that sheet, he'd
see il he couldn't turn over a |
new leaf. aa3 sagBi Al0a
An editoris supposed to know
what every individualwho reads
his paper wants. He must be
careful not to bear down on any
of the beliefs of his old SUBJ
scribers. 4sai H3a0 .4Ha i
Ii some of them are Univer.
salist, he must steer clear iof
mentioning the elocality signified |
in the new version as Hades
andfif some Baptists and Metho.
dists are included in his list, he
had better be careful how he
insinuates that any man dare
hope for heaven unless he has
been gathered in under this
banner jaGppgd Hlu@aHnf 81
He mustn't go in for. temper
ance, because there are many |
good people taking his paper
who drink and who sell lager
beer.u Andnon the other hand,
he ought toa be- Nery cautious
how he indorses inebriatiOn,
for there are many young peo-
| pie among his readers who
might be influenced for bad. q
The editor must be "a mitten
for eitheI. hand d-n.----HA---s@-.-A-
tTreHsB everybody. He must
print anything an "Old Sub
scriber" wants him to, from the
messages of all the Presidents
down to a receipt of grease and
molasses for the gapes in
chickens.
He must not say anything
about his pay. He ought to be
thankful that anybody will take |
his paper. 10 send a subscriber
a bill is the height of fimpudence.
To expect pay for extra copies
to send to absent friends, is al
What can he
want to keep these old papers
for ? gsr,.f III div sr..trao sfl,
If the paper fails to reach a
mail subscriber, what q row [
there is Publishers should
see that the mails attend to {
their business. Tho man who s
pays three dollars a year for a Il
PAPER does not want to be G
'windled by the publisher keep I
ng back II number. And he b
writes him to that ef- s
ect, and the publisher, as inno- a
cent of any intended swindling 0
IS a child unborn, mails him o
paper and possesses s.
lis soul in silence. "
If the editor inserts an article o
n his periodical which offends 81
N irrascible subscriber, he is W
liable to receive a call from b
hat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he Il
,ets a cow-hiding unless he has in
he presence of mind to kick fa
he irate visitor down stairs be- Il
ore he eaa begin aggressive 81
'perations; and very often
ditOrs are brought into the
ourts and indicted for libel
vhen they have been guilty of
cling the truth. r1 IL
So young man, if you are go- io
ng to be an editor, part your a
lair in the middle, that your s,
'rains may be evenly balanced, a
nd with your life in one hand
md your paste pot and scissors ly
n the other, wade in; but go t
low, young man-go slow! II
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