The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-14
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DURING the six years since we have been
connected with this paper, large amount
of writing and work has been done by us to
prepare material for publication which con-
cerned other people-which was entirely
personal to themselves, and not in the ma
ture of news or advertising. We mean
such as cards of thanks, notices of society
meetings, lectures, concerts, obituaries and
a thousand and-one things for which we
neither ask or receive pay, but all of which
take time and strength. We have done
such favors cheerfnlly, and should continue
nor strength for anything but tour own legi-
innate duties that cannot be shifted or
postponed, and hardly enough for them.
We do not desire TO magnify our labors,
but we do not exaggerate when we say that
every moment of our time is fully occupied
and our strength. taxed to the last limit,
even supposing we We're well and strong,
and when il is considered that our health
is anything but good, our friends will ex-
cuse US if we insist on being, hereafter, re-
heved of all unnecessary burdens. If you
desire to publish card of thanks for your
friends, it win not be enough to state that
tact and tell us that we can fix IL up better
than you and to put it in shape for you. If
you wish a lecture or concert or an en-
tertainment of any kind noticed that is so
much in the nature of charity that you do
not expect TO pay for it, it will not be sufh-
cient to stand and take our time to explain
it and then tell us to give you good send
off; or to hand us q column or so of press
notices and tell us to use the most taking
Of them and call attention to it editorially
in addition Everything of this character
which we usually admit to our columns
and which is not in the nature of news,
must be given US in carefully prepared
copy, suitable for the hands of the printer.
If you are not able TO do this yourself, get
some friend who can TO do il for you. We
can give no more time to rewriting and
correcting badly prepared manuscript. We
have rewritten volumes of it in our time,
and would take pleasure in still doing that
or any other favor for our friends, but in
justice TO ourselves we shall have to de-
cline. We have often been asked on the
street or in our place of business to make
mention of something in which the persons
asking were interested, and promised to do
so, but in the hurry and press of business
have forgotten it and brought vials of wrath
on our devoted heads. Hereafter we prom
Use to remember nothing, and if you desire
TO make sure of publication you will sit
down at home, write it out carefully, and
then hand TO us If this is not done, and
your personal fails to appear, we shall expect
you to understand, without our taking the
trouble to make you personal apology,
that there was no intention TO disoblige
you, that it was simply forgotten, and if
the matter is not too old. write it yourself
for the next week. Especially must these
remarks be understood to apply to Obitu-
aries. If left to us we shall simply make a
news item, unless for personal reasons We
should choose to do more. OF course all
this does not refer to news and matters OF
general interest to the public, which n
newspaper is expected TO furnish. All such
items we are glad to get in any shape, but
we refer to matters largely personal 10 the
individual and his immediate friends. We
think our requests cannot be misunderstood.
We have no purpose TO disoblige any one
but we simply cannot continue as We have
been doing, so please don't ask us to do any
thing which you or your friends ought to
and can do as well. AL this might seem
a small matter to one individual who wants
a favor, but If he can suppose it multiplied
by hundred or more, he can see that it
makes mountain of work in the aggre-
gate, and will cheerfully excuse us