Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-05-17
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THE NEW YORK HERALD.
A Most Singular Editorial by Jane
Gordon Bennett, ST..

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The New York HERALD has recently
published "reminiscences of itself; ffty
years ago, Mr.. Bennett borrowed $500
and started the paper, himself being ed
itor, reporter. advertising solicitor, and
man-of-all-work. After he had worked
his paper up to a paying basis, his read
ers were surprised, one morning, by
the appearance of the following:
To the Readers of the Herald-Declar-
alton of Love-Caught at Last-Go-
ing to be Married New Move
ment in Civilization:
l am going to be married, in a few
days. The weather is so beautiful.
times are getting so good, the prospects
of moral and political reform so au-
spicious, that l can not resist the instinct
OF honest nature any longer; so am
going to be married to one of the most
splendid women in intellect, in heart.
in property, in person, in manner, that
l have yet seen in the course of nv in
teresting pilgrimage through human
life. can not stop in my career. I
must fulfill that awful destiny which the
Almighty Father has written against nv
name, in the broad letters of life.
against the walls of heaven. I must
give the world a pattern of happy wed.
ded life, with all the charities that
sprin fsom nuptial love. In few
days, l shall be married, according to
the holy rites of the most Holy Chris
tan Church, to one of the most re-
markable, accomplished and beautiful
young women of the age. She possess
es for9une--a large fortune. She has
no Stonington shares or Manhattan
stock, but in purity and uprightness she
IS worth half million of pure coin.
Can any swindling bank show as muchP
In good sense and elegance another
half million; in soul, mind and beauty,
millions, equal to the whole specie of
ali the rotten banks of the world. Hap
PLY, the patronage of the public to the
Herald is nearly S25, 900 per annum, al
most equal to Presidents salary. But
property in this worlds goods was new
or my object. Fame, public good, USE
fulness in my day and generation; the
religious associations of female excel
lence; the progress of true industry
these have been my dreams by night
and my desires by day. In the new
and holy conditions into which am
about to enter, and to enter with the
reverential feelings would heaven it
self, I anticipate some signal changes
in my feelings, in my views, in my pur-
poses, in my pursuits. What they may
be, know time alone can tell. My
ardent desire has been through life to
reach the highest order of human exist
ence by the shortest possible cut. As
ISOLATION, night and day, in sickness
and in health, in war and in peace, with
a woman of the highest order of excel
lence, must produce some curious re-
suits in my heart and feelings. and
these results the future will develop, in
due time, in the columns of the Herald.
Meantime, I return my heartfelt thanks
for the enthusiastic patronage of the
public, both of Europe and America.
The holy state of wedlock will only in
crease my desire to be still more useful
God Almighty bless you all.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
A few days later, the Herald contain.
ed another editorial, as follows:
MARRIED-On Saturday afternoon,
the 9th inst.s by the Rev. DR.. Power,
at St. Peters Catholic Church, in Bare
lay Street, James Gordon Bennett, the
proprietor and editor Of the New York
Herald, to Henrietta Agnes Cream.
What may be the effect of this event on
the great newspaper contest now wag-
ing in New York, time can tell.
THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING A BOY