The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-15
Good Times Passed Away.

There was time, :" said the editor, pub
Usher and proprietor of the UniontouOn
Banner and American Watch To,Oer, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, when my
country subscribers brought In apples, pota-
toes, turnips, carrots, squashes, eggs and
lots of other stuff as free gifts to the editor
and when set aside the second column Of
the third page for notices that Farmer
Smith and so forth had laid on our table so
and so, for which he would please accept
our thanks. 1t has been three years since
even a tomato was brought into the Office"
"What has brought about this cha lge2"
'The daily papers. They have heaped
ridicule on the good old custom until they
have given it its death blow. Aud there's
another thing. Up TO four or five years ago
some Of nv subscribers were certain to put
from $500 to $500 in the ragbag for safe
keeping, and then sell the bag to the peddler
without remem boring the money. l could
always count on at least two items Of this
sort every year, but they are gone forever
now.
"And do you blame the dailies for this
also!n
81 do. They poked fun at and heaped
ridicule on the farmer until he felt hged
to deposit his money in the bank. Don't
you remember those good old DAYS when
the wife used to put 500 in the parlor stove
for safe keeping, and her husband used to
build fire without her knowledgep
"Yes.n
"Well, it's fully four years since have
had such case. The daily papers are to
blame for it. There was time when
could count on straight column a week
under the head of Terrible Accident
Another Farmer Dragged to Death The
farmer had way. you know, of hitching
tho Enac arolud hia n NV Uban ha d.
breaking a colt, or tying the rope to his
arm wnen leading fractions horse to water
He doesn't do it any more. The daily
papers have bad so many items headed
Another Idiot Gone to his Reward, or
Another Fool Farmer Heard From that
the practice is dead
Yes, | know"
"A ID | could, In those COOL old times
regularly count on what was known as the
pi chfork accident. Why. l used to keep
the item in type on the sta ding galley a ID
simply change names and dates. You re-
member how it used to runs Farmer, or
his son, or his hired man stacking hay or
straw aud then slipping down on the fork.
1t was sometimes a hay stack and s)me-
times haymow. but they always managed
to hit the big fork when they slid down.
That fat take has gone with the others, and
the daihes are to blame"
1T seems sad"
ut is sad. You know how we used to
make up the editorial page? We'd cut a
leader from the Sun, Chicago Times, Gin
cinnati Enquirer or Buffalo Courier, and
lead her right out, simply saying, as a
preface, That lie and we'll conducted
Journal, the -, says l had to drop that
style three years ago The dalies began to
Kick, and my subscribers to find fault
Many time | have sheared out four col
umns Of editorial in less than ten minutes
and 1t makes my heart ache to realize that
l can never, no never, do so any more
one OF the saddest changes, however, is the
What is thatr'
Forcing us to drop the 'We,' which was
SO long the power behind the throne. You
can look back to when We called into
browns grocery; when We took a run
INTO the country the other day; when We
uio tnus and so and the other thing, and
were the biggest man in town. All gone
hoW@gone with tho other perquisites and
privileges. Why, only last week, when
chucked In three columns OF dead ads 70 fill
up On the fourth page. half dozen sub
Scrloers came In aud complained Of lack
u reading matterl It's change-a great
9 ahge, ana am afraid some Of US will die
Trying 20 get used 70 it,