Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-04

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To dwell ever I'm harmony
Those printermen came from the far of east
Where the microbes bud and grow.
And carry grim death to the folks out there
And the billiards. and cyclones blow.
Across the wide plains and the sterile hills,
To the land of newer day
ih's lahu Oh 'he hr ana the home OF the
They came and they came IN stav
They came with their types and "A Washing.
ton press;
With spirits that nothing could d.un,
Not 90 snaal, =, ,i,,,t,' - :,
N' ~ VI '"''' "''es anu o'her soou
., uihss-
10 NIL up iong-felt want
The I,,h, n, tho ,,o.,d s,,.. ,.., ,...-
sho,, ~ ''''"' '"' ''o''' '"eii
:, s"op'
From the sun of their powerful press.
And long Mr.. Short and short Mr.. Long
Are peopling this wide wilderness.
You prlntermen know that while ago,
The Washington press was played"
But here il Is seen In different shane
And miphtiest stren,th ..r.,,,d
And the people all know that in veal or woe.
! You stand by the ready gun.
Tn fra a sbo, at ,h. n,,l,ii, -.
And ,o a,,,, ,,, wa.,'t.
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coionoI N,issai. IL 90 - ,'.H'
wSinb Dp'I, Ia had h,Ss1ne[ ra, tneh read Ietter
rti,eh IL "au rnceiNeu from Mr. X; W.
,ar nr'Gnell % Oh 1he iorlland oregonlan' bet,
H. paois,, ppoTn ~ s,e lieMnsPaPer literature oil
tne racihc coast as haoelals'
VERY uI-uonors nocI-Nr~r
PORTLAND, Or, sept. |. lssD.-My Dear
Nisscher:-l wish you would take your
Eenial president Col lioiton, one side.
tion may suggest-and with some.tremulo
ana musk In your voice. break to him
gently the fact that can't be with YOU
on the 3D.. ! felt tickled all the way
through and back again when | got Col.
Holton's invite and was filled with glad
anticipations when your own cordial nrg-
Ing reached me. ! have a deeply rooted
men of Washington and would like to
mingle with you. But, my dear friend,
my baby boy is sick and want 10 stay by
him and see him through; so you will see
my sorrow at not being able TO be with
you has keen and double edge.
wanted TO come TO Fairhaven TO tell
| you that no state was ever admitted to
the Union so admirably equipped in ex-
cellent newspapers, conducted by first
class men as the state of Washington.
Your papers are not only written by SUI
perior writers, edited by able editors.
printed by sober printers. but they are
hustled over the country by genuine hust-
iers. They bear the impress of individ-
uality, they avoid the ruts and they have
ideas. They are strong In advocacy J. alert
In defence and fat with news-three of
the essentials OF the successful newspa-
per OF today-and tomorrow. And when
! scrutinize the personnel Of theWashlng-
ton State Press Association any hesita-
tion ! NAV feel In feeding Won on
which isn't, is dispelled. Where in the
whole realm Of newspaperism. Journal
ism or get-there-ism will You find
brighter fellows than (here you will
please read the list Of membership of your
association. emitting darn few
Running over those names not born TO
die, adds 10 the regret feel In not being
with aud Of you.
Now, that ! have covered the facts of
the case, let me cover a sheet or so with
something else.
Among your members. | see the coun-
try editor. tiod made the country. man
bIiilded Fairhaven. God also. had a
the most Of you are self made. Think of |
that when you meet the country editor. |
Lack of oDpOrtunitv has prevented his
becoming thief. Temperance has kept
the lining of his stomach from burning
and the roof Of his mouth from confagra-
tion. I always stand by the country
editor. aud when can't stand any longer.
we slt down and have the goods brought
To Us. Treat him with consideration. and
II that l. too thin let him have something
else You don't know what he has 10
contend with. lie may be- irving Ia run
an honest aud fearless sheet i'm a local
option community. lie NAV have 10
rrieve and drink In secret. surrounded by
,arbolic acid and a religious peoule.
Every morning he may have 10 wear a
vet towel under his hat and smile on
his face. The very air he breathes NAV
be streaked with his inward woe.
md none know the cause unless
hey get a Whit as he siqhs.
40 one knows what a country editor has
% nut up with, or where he gets what ne .
las to nut up. These things have caused
many a country editor 10 swear of. we ,
layc one in this state who has sworn OF ,
10 much that he has got so thin no paper
Mil auote him when ~ tells the naked ,
ruth. We city fellows think we are
mari. hut when I see N country editor ,
AXE uank Vaughn over the Goals with ,
me hand and eat his words with the .
,ther. using one SET of brains for m, ,