The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-09-18

stern thought or attempt to entangle
an intricate statement. he espec.
tally delights in paragraphs of III
epigramatic cast of countenance
He revels in the headlines; full O.
illiterative lies or euphuistic non.
sense For many readers these
head lines are quite sufficient. and
it has become voca ton, an infirm
art, to frame them. ] see -occa.
sionaily leading newspaper that
has seeded the country with the in.
fection. Its largest editorial could
be covered with copper. 1t shoots
of paragraphs, many of them dri-
wing the center, some Of them mere
| ly fzzle and fall.
But after all it is not the srticle
or the letter most heartily freight
ed with thought Is the most effect
ual. Brief pithy things find a
more abundant entrance into the
public mind. We cannot always
sup on philosophy and we tire OF
weighty matter continually. Nor
are the newspapers which are usu-
ally esteemed great or leading; or
the correspondence of the same,
at all comparable to the little week :
lies that are distributed from our
county seats. The home paper is
like the home egg, it is healthy and
will hatch. The product is gamey
and gallinicious. 1t is unconquer-
abe upon its native heath. 1t IS a
veritable McGregor. 1t creates or
fixes the sentiments of the commu-
nifty. 1t takes hold of the poor boy
and makes him the States Attor
ney. 1t looks to the county Com
missioners and restraiDs their love
for expensive bridges over streams
that have no water. 1t battles for
school houses and good graveled
roads. IT invokes McAdam and his
paved highways. 1t casts about
for fit members of the national coun-
Gil, and rarely fails to find the
right man. 1t looks keenly to the
justiciary and puts the ermine on
worthy shoulders: 1t holds in check
the grasping greed Of moneyed cor
porations 1t puts its thumb nail
upon Syndicates and stands up for
the unpaid and oppressed laborer.
1t warns the public against the ven
der of patent rights. Itadvises the
Withholding Of signatures to instru-
ments, the contents of which have
not been examined. 1t is the foe
of fiction and false pretense. 1t is
the friend of the freside. Our safe.
ty depends upon the home paper
and tbe home government. This is
the true field for the correspondent;
the home paper.
+ X x X +
What today may seem of no ac-
count may in q few years be
the thing most sought for and most
difficult 10 find If we could now
turn over the files of a Warwick
shire newspaper of 1854 or there
bouts and find in September of that
year of grace and good order. one
William Sbakspere was tried before
Esq. Danderhead and convicted of
deer shooting or deer stealing, it
would settle g much mooted point.
If we could turn to the same paper
and find when he was married, to
whom, and what persons were pres
ent and what gifts the bride rece'v-
cd, it weuId he Of such interest as
to challenge the admiration of the
wor.l Gould w e
read how tdcBeth and Lear and
OthelIo were appIauded or h'ssed
it would be most comfortable and
consoling. Indeed it is impossible
now to know or say what may be-
come important and valuable in the
future. Time we'll Sits its seed.
Some far away fact of to day. not
worth mention or notice, may in
years become heavy with life and
full of interest. The best Ameri.
can mind and talent must find q
voice in the newspapers. The mag
azine Is too heavy and respecta BILE
and learned. 1t holds fire too long.
We want the rapid discharge and
the quick reloading. We want to
know it the mark is hit before we
grow too old.
But for newspapers McGahan
might have been unknown. and we
had not been here to-day, rebury-
ing a remnant of his ashes which
Pera has given back to Perry. Bul
garia and New Lexington have an
estate in commen, inallenable for
ever.
"He:e where the green hills turn to gray
Under the warm autumnal sun,
We lay him, with his hOnOrS won
Where first his eyes looked on the day
His work well done"
THE VERNON ELEC ION.
A headline in last weeks Sen
TINEL speaks of the "Republicans