Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-01-01
AMBIGUOUS.
"Gidlron" Expects n Contract for
Building "GOndOlas" for Wood
County Navigation.


its close, among the multitudes Of thoughts
that press themselves upon our consider
alton, II seems proper that we should give
some attention TO the suggestions being
lett in our minds by those thoughts, that
touch most nearly our present surround
ings and experiences, those that are inter
woven with our home affairs. It is not
meant by the expression, "our home af.
within our own doors, but that the affairs
OF our county should have earnest consid-
Grafton.
1t may seem strange to many OF the
citizens Of the county that now, when evil
dencss Of general Improvement and pros
perity all over the county are multiplying
daily, that some of our citizens are not
satisfied and are disposed to pull up and
pull out and go away in search Of paHturen
new, with the hope, possibly, that they
shall find land where every breeze comes
laden with greenbacks, health, prosperity
and happiness. But that need not sur
prise or discourage any ono disposed to
rsmsin here, for it is well known fact,
familiar to all persons of broad experience
that there is a class of people made up OF
natural born pioneers whose chief happi.
ness consists in opening up a country and
making homes for others than themselves
to enjoy. Itis quite natural for those
who propose to remain to lament the ex.
odus of their old frends and fellow citi-
zens, and to wonder why, after having
succeeded by years OF toll and struggle in
making beautiful homes, they should turn
their backs upon them and go away into
strange and uncullivated places.
That Wood county possesses amaximum
of the instruments lities essential to hu-
man life, prosperity and happiness, no one
familiar with its possibilities will ques.
ton. A very extensive system of drainage
has been pushed forward to nm extent
quite sufficient TO demonstrate the capac-
lily OF the soil of the county to maintain
abundsntly den.e population. Strangers
who visit our county and linger long
enough TO become personally acquainted
with the multitude of reasons why il is a
desirable place for families who are seek.
ing new homes, bear testimony TO the
myriads of superior advantages we have
reason TO boast Of.
Do you not think it time, Mr.. Editor,
for the press to apply a little more mental
muscle to the duty of setting forth and ad
vocating the claims of Wood county and
our beautiful villages to the consideration
of the pnblic7 These thoughts suggest
others touching the true mission and re-
sponsibilities OF the press. The public
press being one OF the most potent instru-
mentailie for the promotion or obstruc.
,ion of the public good, its management,
demandes the highest intelligence, the
most enlightened judgement and Ioflies,
integrity. This being true there IN n mem
tni and moral desert intervening between
the legitimate Office OF mnch of the public
press and large area OF the Legitimate
field of it's operations and its usefulness.
The public press should not allow itself
TO become 81 involved in the discussion of
national aud parlizan ethics rs to forget
that il owes something 10 the develope-
ment and protection of Hucial and domes-
tic ethics. II the writer had charge Of
| what il in common plra.e called u news
paper, it's motto should be no creed but
"Trnth"-no party hut mankind, and ii
should be made distinctly and unmistak-
ably manifest IN every page that it was
being conducted under the conviction
that eternal vigilance il not only the price
Of liberty, but alSo the price of every other
human right aud human privilege that is
involved in the accomplishment nnd 'ecur.
Iiy of human happiness. Ii should he in
vincibly hostile to all forms OF conserva-
| tism, though h0nry with age, that threat
ened to ol,s,ruct or retard human progress,
aud II should throttle any custom, law or
| ltnon fl,ut 4 nal nj nhat % a