The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-02-06
WITHOUT A DAILY PAPER.


WITHOUT A DAILY PAPER.
1t was the beginning of the year, and Mr..
Archibald Wise had made up his mind that
he must economic somewhere After de-
batting the matter for some time he concluded
to give up taking regularly a daily paper
Mrs. Wise ventured remonstrance:
"Why not give up some personal expense
she said, instead Of hitting upon something
which will affect tho entire familyi Cigars,
for instance; have often thought 1t would
be positive benefit could you do without
them.n
Mr.. Wise was kind husband and father.
but, like many another man, once he had re-
solved upon certain thing he was not easily
turned aside.
.The family, = he began, IN reply, consists
only Of you and me, my dear, 20 far as the
use Of paper Is concerned Our children,
all under fourteen years Of age, are not ex-
actly eager for news, take il; and as to my
getting along without cigars could far
more easily go without my coffee In the
morning or tea at night. You cannot mag
inc the solace contained in cigar to tired
or perplexed man of business
But Mrs. Wise still demonstrated: .You
are nistaken,r she said, lin thinking that the
children do not need the daily paper. In
directly they do, find great deal of in
terest and instruction in our paper with which
to teach the children. really hope You will
reconsider before actually stopping it"
Il shall buy paper quite often, replied
Mr. Wise "Of course man must know
something of what is going on In the world
about him, but think daily Of numerous
pages quite unnecessary, and / must DO al
lowed to exercise my Judgment in the mat
ter.
It is an old saying that the remark, "allow
me to judge, puts an end to almost any dis
cussion. Accordingly Mrs. Wise said no
more, but it depressed her to feel that the
friendly visits of her favorite daily must be
discontinued
At first Mr.. Wise carried home little thin
substitute for tho old favorite nearly every
night, but by degrees even that came less
and less frequently. When he boosted to his
wife that he really got the news almost as
completely as ever by watching the bulletins
and hearing men talk, she replied rather
dryly that men did have considerable advan-
tage over women in the matter of getting
news without paying for it. They could
stand and gaze at pleasure at great scrolls
pasted on the side of newspaper buildings
and CLEAN good deal from other men. Yes,
1t was real sharp way to economic with
out losing much, cheap and perfectly nice,
she supposed.
Although Mrs Wises manner was tran
quill as a summer sea, yet her words rufled
and irritated her husband; and IL truth were
known, it was not all quite smooth sailing for
Mr.. Wise He did not actually enjoy sitting
in the station or horse cars empty handed,
among groups Of men all Of whom, except
himself, had open papers in their hands; so
he resorted TO tho expedient Of carrying a
folded paper in the breast pocket of his coat,
that IL might appear as II he had a paper
which presumably had already been perused.
One evening as he was hurrying toward
tho station, a little ragged gamin, with
papers under his arm, squinted up into his
face and cried:
mister, want to read all about the ellis
ionl''
What c0llisionYn asked Mr.. Wise.
"Oh, you buy the paper and find out, !" said
the urchin, his phiz In the air and his little
grimy paw held out for pennies.
81 have paper said Mr.. Wise, glancing
toward his breat pocket.
t'Bet you amt seen bout the cllision,n per-
sisted the boy; its special in my paper
better have one, sonnyin
But Mr.. Wise haughtily eschewed oil
counsel from such source, and hurried on.
On the train he seated himself between &C
quaintahces, who looked up from their
papers to exchange greetings.
bad news this evening, = said one
Eyes; quite collision" replied Mr.. Wise.
"Ah, hadn't seen that" said his friend
where do you find itg
81 haven't read particulars" said Mr..
WISE feeling the uncertainty of his position.
'Wnl you allow me TO see your paperf
asked tho gentleman on his other side. Hc
was an agent for life insurance companies,
and added, I'm making List of accidents
lately, with Q motive
Mr.. Wise realized tho danger Of taking sub
teffuge In further deception.
II haven't the account In my paper he
said. u, heard tho matter mentioned, but
can't tell anything about IL; thought might
hear more from you," he added, blandly.
Another moment he adroitly changed the
subject
Next day In going to and fro Mr. Wise
scanned the bulletins In search Of tho bad
news" alluded to by his friend, also for an
account of the collision mentioned by the
boy, but he succeeded in obtaining informa-
ton on neither poklt
On his way home he encountered the gamin
again, who asked, with his aggravating
squint:
Read bout the c'llision yet, misterr'
"How dare you tell falsehoods to help sell
papersf' inquired Mr.. Wise, sternly.
"Read there fur yerself, = said the young
ster, pointing to paragraph in his single re-
naming paper.
Mr.. Wise took the paper and read:
"Boylston street runs into Washington
street."
Without word Mr.. Wise paid for tho pa
per and strobe on.
Arrived at home, his wife asked II he at
tended tho annual meeting that afternoon Of
the stockholders Of the x, Y. and z. Rail
road company. 1t occurred q week sooner,
she explained, than had been expected, but
Mrs. Chester said it was advertised in the
leading daily papers.
Mr.. Wises face fell. He was not stock
holder IN ths wealthy concern, but it had
been intimnted to him that at the close OF the
meeting some appointments would probably
be made, one Of which might affect him
favorably were he on the spot to press his
claim.
He ate his supper In gloomy silence, then
went to call on Mr.. Chester, one Of the stock
holders Of the railroad company To his
keen disgust and disappointment he learned
that his absence had been taken for indiffcr-
ence and the appointments had all been made
"But received a circular stating that the
meeting would not take place until next
week." said Mr.. Vice.
Eyes, replied Mr.. Chester, $50 Of course
did I, but circumstances were making 1t
necessary that the meeting should take place
today; 1t was well advertised In the papers,"
added Mr.. Chester.
Strange ! didn't SEQ II, = almost growled
Mr.. Wise as he turned from the door.
Mrs Wise sincerely hoped this circum-
stance would coayince her husband Of the
poor economy Of trying to get along without
q daily paper, but she soon discovered it had
only served to make his resolves the more