Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-11-26

From the Boston journal
CAsTINT, Me. Oct. After a trip 10 Bos.
ton and ';sli over one Of IL great news
paper eslabI.hmsn;s. The Journal, | re-
turned Aome Ii the winter Of 81. Nv
mIud was filed with newspapers and a..
things relative to them. From nv child
hood j, had been my iHNorI,e dream to be
"a some way connected with one. In lest.
ing way / informed my friends one evening
that intended 10 start local paper The
IDEA Was scarut1. The Ablat. to edit a
paper va. not coub,ed, but the possession
OF business faculty equal to managing the
Affairs OF even small sheet Was not credit
ed. y lev hour. ta.A With a Young lady
wiling 10 enter INTO the undertaking settled
the sffalr. We were confident tia, We could
do 1t, 50 accordingly set out in Aprl! to learn
the business. We borrowed a press and
type and other essential things from m,
father. In three weeks We learnt to set
type and IN tse weeks from the day We be-
gan We came out with sample copy Of The
paper We intended 10 PRINT and edit Then
came the tug Of war. We had proved that
We could get out one paper. full Of mistakes
10 be cure, few apparent TO the ordinar,
reader, but dozens oi them visible 10 a
printer. We printed = circular stating our
terms sud intentions and sent II 10 every
one within radius Of hundred miles and
to many Old residents phose addresses We
were able to Obtain. W. had concluded to
run tins newspaper on al economical bass.
and not hlre any work which We could pos
sIhlN do ourselves. Hence one chill, spring
day with notebook and pencil We made a
thorough canvass OF the town. To sa, that
II was cisagreeab!e work would be drawing
II mild. We had often solicited for church
iairs .nd charitable purposes, but that Wa.
nothing 10 canvass.ng for a newspaper. The
result OF our work was one hundred sub
sciIbers and some thirty dollars IN hard sl-
Yer. When We had secured one hundred
and fifty subscriber. in town and out, We de-
clded 10 get out our first issue We therefore
spent our ready money in buying rollers.
extra type and all other implements uece.-
Nary for the warfare. We secured a patent
inside from the New England Newspaper
mon and purposed to prln, the two outside
pages ourselves. We began the first issue
under the most q d>heartening cIrcumsIances
In our little town only two things we're con
sitered emInsnt.y respectable for girls in
our station IN life TO do-une was 10 live on
our fathers and the other 10 teach school
The first We wouldn't do. and the second We
couldn't do, as We lacked the dignity and
patience necessary for successful teacher
We were determined TO branch out in a new
department O: uoman's work and friend. 10
the contrary. we did it. AT the commence
m.nt Of tins ltiicult uud.r,skinr ue bad
neither Of Us attained our msioriry and
were y.ry desirous of holdin. IN our hand.
money Of cur own earning. With great
glee. we collected the material for our psn-r
selected the poetry. wrote our first editorial
and put in shape our local items Wtb m,
so much gIee but s,Iil cb.erfuIlv ue 60, ,b.
type and looked with Measure On IN. Irc,
OF 1t on the fair white marble The Iocki,p
up Of the form was attended win prea,
deal or anxiety. The chase was nlaced IN
III. press. mixed and the frst ,m,res.ior
taken. The first glance nrodnc.d mo-,
uItIable look unon my na-,,er.s fac. al
proyoked la,irb from me Accordir, ~
the words, the first shall be last We had
placed The columns in the wrong ncs;,ions
Ever,thing was wrong side n Tne
paper vas advertised 10 he issned Thurx.
lay noon: twas already noo, r, &
Z. NJ. the paper was finally nrjn,.d and ali
mistakes remedied. But two crosser black.
er. more tired girls were never seem In
used to printers ink and bandl,n. a rolIar
We had nlentif,llv ornamen,sd orrs.I,as
with ink. Black eyes chaek. b.rn. ,nd
arms prevailed in our printjny Office After
the first week We were enabled ia ye, along
easily during the summer. or course ar,
cdents OF every kind inciden, TO printing
office occurred in ours To increase our
circulation one warm Julv dsv ". started IN
make canvass of the neiobboring towns
Our horse was stylish apnearinp creature
and the buggy was comfortable. The horse
must have been. however. overcome by the
heat, for it took US four hours 10 arive
eighteen miles; by noon the mercury mns,
have indicated some ninetv degrees in tho
shade. Nv partner considered herself
superior driver. so when We nsared a bons.
that looked as though its owner could afford
TO subscribe for the Gazette she would say.
You run in and ask and will look out for
the horse" PERHAPS some great accident
was averted bv nv doing all the canyassinp
and by her holding the horse. During our
experience We had many refusals. but only
one gruf answer, and the cross-grained old
codger made amends for his roughness by
sfterward handing us dollar for wears
subscription. In the end we secured a sub
scription list of two hundred and iifty and a
page of lads" The letters We received
we're often laudabIe ones. One lady. de-