Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-16
THEY WILL NEVER RETURN.
Good Old Editorial Days are Gone But are Not
FORGOTTEN.

Forgotten.
There was time" said theeditor.
publisher and proprietor OF the Union
town Banner and American Watch
tower, when my country subscribers
brought in apples, potatoes. turnips.
carrots. squashes. eggs and lots OF
other stuff az free gifts to the editor,
and when set aside the second col
umn 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 to-
mato was brought into the Office"
What has brought about this
changer"
"The daily papers. They have
heaped ridlcuIe on the good old GUS
tom until they have given it its death
blow. And there's another thing.
Up to four or five years ago some of
my subscribers were certain to put
from 5000 to 500 in the rag bag for
safe keeping and then sell the bag to
the pedler without remembering 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?"
IL do. They poked fun at and heap
ed ridicule on the farmer until he felt
obliged to deposit his money in che
bank. Don't you remember those
good old days when the wife used to
put 800 in the parlor stove for safe
keeping, and her husband used to
build fire without her knowledge?"
yes"
swell, it is fully four years since l
have had such q case. The daily
papers are to blame for it. There was
"a time when could count on staight
column week under the head Of
Terrible Accident! Another Farmer
Dragged to Death The farmer had
u way, you know, Of hitching the lines
around the body when he was break
ing colt or tying the rope to his arm
when leading fractions horse to
water. He doesn't do it any more.
The daily papers have had so many
items headed Another Idiot Gone to
His Reward or Another Fool Farmer
Heard From that the practice is
dead"
Yes, know"
'.And l could in those good old
times regularly count on what was
known as the pitchfork accident.
Why. used to keep the item in type
on the standing galley and simply
change names and dates. You re-
member how it used to run? Farmer,
or his son or hired man stacking hay
or straw and then sliding down on the
fork. 1t was sometimes a hay stack
and sometimes haymow. but they
always managed to hit the fork when
they slid down. The fat take has gone
with the others and the dailies are te
blame"
ut seems sadw
1T is sad. Ysu know how we uset
to make up the editorial page? We'd
cut a leader from the Sun. Chicago
Times, Cincinnati Enquirer or Buffalo
Courier. and lead her right out. simply
saying as preface: That able ant
well-conducted journal, the -. says
l had to drop the style three years ago
The dailies began to kick and my sub
scribers to find fault. Many time
had sheared out four columns OF edi
torial in less than ten minutes. aud i
makes my heart ache to realize that
: can never, no never, do so any more
One of the saddest changes. however.
is the last"
What is that?"
Forcing us to drop the We which
was SO long the power behind the
throne. You can look back to whe
We called into Browns grocery; whe
We took run into the country tn
other day; when We did thus and S,
and the other thing. and were tn,
', biggest man in town. All gone now
, gone with the perquities and privileges
why, only laSI week, WneH CnucKes
in three columns vi dead ads to fill II,
on the fourth page, half Il dozen sub
scribers came in and complained OF
lack OF reading matter! It's chang,
y "a great change. and I'm afraid SOM
,. of us will die trying to get used to it.
->o->---
Tho Abused Mother Law.
Did you ever stop to think when yo