The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-12-23
AT EDITORS CHRISTMAS.

This is 1fr. Worthiugso-'s sto-y Just as ho
told it TO 4 number OF us one Christmas eve
ring ct his house. Nr. Worthington isn't
Mr. Wor;hingtoa at al in real life, but a
very famous man w;,cse tongue end pen
carry great weight:
Ny first Journal was n country weekly in
Doonyiiie. \ 'iiourshinS ard fearless jour
nal, was the way my kindly disposed co1tem-
poraries spoke of it in their "ablo' pages. It's
ramo was The Trumpet, end speak only the
plaiEegt truth when l say that it grrvc forth
no uncertain sound. 1 was O very young
man ard very ambitious. thought ! knew
Exactly what O fcrccful weekly newspaper
should be, and l hadn't the least doubt Of my
capacity to construct and manipulate such an
engine Of reform and advancement. That is
tic way of the very young, GCd bless them.
Before they have had hand to hand eri-
counter with life they feel SO strong and con-
fident they believe they can do anything, and
this very belief, mari: ycu, is what makes
TIE phenomenal successes We so often admire
and wonder ct. Tho Spaniarls have a
proverb, "IIe who expects good luck will get
It," and it is as true sentence ns ever was
penncd. Believe you csn do anything, and
you can, il any one can do it. Success, like
the art Of swimming, is largely q matter OF
confidence.
l worked very hard on The Trumpet.
YVES business man. editor and staff. l had
very decided ileas in regard to bettering the
world, and started cut with the praiseworthy
intention OF extiagli:liing several giant
wrongs" under which plainly saw that so
cicty suffered We all have tho reformatory
spirit much stronger in US in youth than later
on, fer tho reason, perhaps, that we haven't
fully measured tho strength of our antagonist,
the existing system of things. was sincerely
anxious to thoroughly represent all worthy
local interests. To that end secured Doom
vile night and day, and wrote up" all sorts
of things that never before had been described
by pen, Or immortalized in type. l wanted
to wake up my fellow towrsmen and women
to the interests that lay close around them.
and of ell things wanted them to properly
appreciate The Trumpet
l intended to issue a magnificent Christmas
number Of my beloved journal, twice It's
ordinary size and brirn full of tho most
alluring holiday matter I could create and
rake up. To perfect that number l almost
worked myself into c decline. Looking back
upon it now, from the standpoint OF what
beg TO be permitted to cah mature comIlon
sense, commend i:lyself heartily for tie In
dustry, zeal and confidence | nursed into
respectable development III th1se Old, hard
working, moneyless days OF The Trumpet.
Among other attractive features for my
Christmas paper determined to write upthe
very poor OF Doonville. 1 could thus be the
means Of comforting two beaefactions-giv-
irg the rich a chance to taste OF the blessing
OF giving-for it is more blessed to give than
to receire-and olso open the way for the
poor TO be helped. And OF Christmas, you
know, all hearts Gre said to be teI,Gerer and
more generous, and many aro glad OF an op-
poItunity to DO something for The needy.
Doonyille was u small place. ard so very
prosperous that scarcely kne'7 where to go
to hunt people so poor that dare intrude
upon them and tell their wants III my ''valu-
able and widely circulated paper. Nary OF
its citizens were very rich, and none whom l
personally knew had fallen below decent and
tolera5lo poverty. But down below looms
mills. on tho river bank, were some broken
down houses about whose doors had some
times seen very ragged and very dirty chill
drcn play ing. determined to go thither and
investigate.
l had this thought in my mind as l was go
ing to Office one morning just two days
before Christmas. I determined to go cut
that afternoon Gnd begin the search. hadn't
gone far when l met "Calamity" Parker
That was what called him when my speech
was without bride, for l held him ii great
contempt.
lie was tell, thin, broken down creature,
who posed as Il gentleman and moved about
with Il solemn, unhealthful gait and dis
tributed religious tracts. BE always seemed