Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-06-20

ttN 1%~t FwNultA
Our trial number vas a fanny-look-
Ing thing One would think we had
eKpccted . clientele 81 Cinnamon.
We had placcd our columns In the
wrong positions. % that every thing
vas ''wrong side 10"
ID, hos we woFkcdi how cro.s and
,ired and inky we got We looked. In
side our once. more like daughters Of
bahomey than llFht-hairod Vernon,
girls Hut we Pcrscyercd and were
found IN our sAnctum glowing with
pride on The morning after the appear
ance II the fotisvilie News by scores
OF callers. all % whom congratulated
"a upon our enterprise. some Of whom
Thought prPp~ we might succeed.
aud few ~ whom subscribed for the
paper. Then came the tug -of-war
Subscribers must he got We had de-
cided 70 run cur paper on economical
principles snd do every bit % the
work ourselves. After the stream 81
callers subsidized. We hired hor-. aud
started IN canvass our town. We had
already printed our terms. our policy,
and an earnest appeal 10 the people %
louisville In particular aud those Of
the state and county IN general not 30
ncgleci the broad path 10 literary
culture aud Intelligence which we had
Opened 10 them and made easy II only
81 - per anrum. regret 10 Say tina,
many ~ them neglected Il. that they
shamcfuily dcspiscd H. hut we re-
turned the hrst night With airy sub
scribers livery day after that &c got
up IT ave o'clock and worked on
The next issue until eight Then
80 ate hearty breakfast and
sent out canssssing. working
late NJ night Ia the on o.
10 make up for our absence. We
walked whenever we could. We sent
by train 20 neighboring towns and
secured the country round about At
the end ~ = month wc had secured
subscription list 81 Si7. which exceed.
81 nay iondest expectations
W. werv often refused. often laughed
at often iookcd upon ~ pair 81 e.
capsd lunatics but we're more often
encouraged, eheered. compllmeutcd
aud pattod on the back aud both
friend aud Zoo subscribed. either from
love or curiosity. ~ our main object
was gained
Our outside work over We cast about
In oar minds 10 improve the appear
ance and general tone ~ cur paper
u had been iull 81 mistakes. bat no
body had appeared 90 notice them
Compliments ~ all kinds were shower
ed upon "a from Rev. RamboosIe
snoods' fervid "iou are doihg a noble
work. ladies may the Lord bless your
efforts; 10 old Farmer romkins' loud.
spoken assertion In the post-ofice.
that Them Pike gals were gittin' up
bustin' good paper
We were our own foreman. com
po-itor. pres-mah, printers devil
editor-in-chiei. managing editor. busl-
n"-s agent reporter. mailing clerk.
private secretary. chorc-boy and scrub
woman A cold weather advanced We
even added "a our li-t ~ accomplish |
m"uts. aud sawed cur owa wood. We
had No sawhorse. 40 Jennie used 10
place the stick ~ wood oh the stairs |
and ID on Il while iudustrlously
worked The saw. This exercise l. said |
10 ~ good for people Who lead sedon-
tary livcs ~ Il working . Novelty
prcsa
Whca local news became scarce We
faithfully chrouicled the death 81 every
?ct cat Or dog, With appropriate ~
marks Jennie won the everlasting
love ~ our one rich woman b. writing
a most touching epiiaph on her dead
monkey. u the fail &c made a note
81 every pig that Was killed. every
''i-ci erittcr' that vas sacrificed foe
the public good We manufactured
unimportaht items about the local dam.
age ~ the last storm o. the untimsly
hlo-soming ~ sweet violcts In Novem-
brr. u arp thing did happen we made
the mosi 0f a. n nothing happened.
SHY, wo made the most Of that also
We cordially aoticed every specimen
u moss ~ork. manipulating or Gro
ohetsd eawing. every monstrOus cgg.
overgrown squash and big apple that
40 received We got up a question
aud answer department. IN which hctl-
tious people asked all sorts u foolish
questions aud we answered With all
the wisdom u the gods aud foolish
girls.
Then my ambition grew editOrially.
] began % give uttrraacc ~ the most
positive opinions On al sorts o. sub
j-ris from the village school up 10 the
Presidents Cisil->crvice policy. ~
long AZ confined myself 10 Renerali-
tirs. my editorial columns remained
unread and In state Of peaceful self
r1mplaernor Hut alas Ia an unlucky
hour | (having rlumPed into a big
mud-holo on The way dowu. and
stumbled again over a pile u rub
hish which had been accommodating
on the Sidewalk Tor wcsksl attacked
the town authorities. I remarked In /
vigorous Eaglish upon the slAckness %
our selectmen, who found time 10 al
tend every couaty and state fair with-
In q iew day. Journey Of them. but
neglected matters u utmOat imPor-
lance AZ home. ! worked In the not
altogether original dodge ~ Mrs. JET
laby and the Borioeoola-GhA and I
headed II with an imposing array Of
crosa lines. which secured readers Tor
once Of my editorial
There vas . great call for that num-
bor. and we wcre obliged 20 Issue =
hundred copies most OF which were
sold.
But slas' The first selcctman re-
sentcd my outbursL
On the second morning after the APP
pearhnce of nv rash comments. Hon
DO. Cummings entered the editorial
.aactum Of the Potisville Ness xvi
deaily. thought his feelings we're
hur, and there vas 10 be war 10 the
knife.
lie was a niddle-ngsd bachelor. Who