The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-01-24
FAREWELL.

The difficulties attendant upon
editing a newspaper from a distance,
the Office l hold requiring of me every
moment of the working day and the
fact that my associate, Mr.. Ethan Allen,
by whose side | have worked for six
teen years without a friction or a
quarrel, beca use of advancing years
desired to retire from active manage
ment Of the business department, have
induced me to sell my interest in the
Intelligencer TO Mr.. Jas. E. Payne.
To edit q newspaper satisfactorily a
man must be close to the people for
whom he writes-in touch with them
knowing from day 10 day their needs,
their desires, their hopes and their
purposes. This requirement 1 have
%endeavored to fulfill during the many
years in which 1 conducted the journal,
but l have found 1t not so easy of &C.
complement when dependent upon
correspondent and occasional visits
for informstio n. When here l sought
to keep the 1ntelligencer at the fore
front in all good works-if any have
been neglected during the past two
years 1t has not been my desire but ON
account of conditions which 1 could not
control. If an y have felt sggrieved by
sins of omission l trust they will con.
slider this statement.
The gentleman who has purchased
a controlling interest in the In
t~elligencer ID not unknown to
Missouri jour nalism or to Lafayette
county. For Q long time the editor OF
the Independence Sentinel, he Is recog-
Dized all over the state as an honest
man, a fearless advocate of the right,
an incorporating democrat, and a
literary and polemic writer of grace
and force. In yielding to him what l
hold to be largely q position of trust, II
affords me pleasure to say, that the
people OF Lafayette county will find in
him q worthy gentleman in whom they
will o o learn to confde. He is de-
serving Of q lib sraI and generous sup
port, and | . nestly ask that he shall
receive II.
A newspaper 10 to an editor much
what q bride 10 to her husband. q ship
to her captain, q regiment to " Its COM
mander. The subtitle attachment which
grows up for It 10 hard to understand
by persons who have felt nothing of it.
I love the old Inielligencer, and l give
II up with reluctance. Many tender
memories have hallowed 1t to me, not
the least of which 10 the aid and en-
enlargement which I have received
from my fellow newspaper men, to
whom I owe Q never ending debt of
gratitude. 1 feel that journalism 10 my
life-work and that my severance from
it is but temporary. 1 have to thank
my associates In the Intelligencer,
whether interested In the paper or
employees, for their UNIFORM courtesy
and kindness; the many patrons who
have kept 1t esSily In the front rank
ever since it's establishment, and the
kind friends who have taken especial
interest and pride in lite welfare. In
the conduct of the paper l have tried to
do my duty to oil. For over twenty
five years o resident of the county,
what little 1 have 10 here, my citizen
ship is here, and will continue to be
here. Even though separated from
the paper I shall in the future, as in
The past, study the welfare of the peo-
pie of the county, and leave nothing
within my power undons which may
benefit them.
So, farewell; and may God bless and
prosper you. A. A. LEsUEUR.