Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-19
SOMETHING FOR KICKERS

What man, who has been a school
boy, has not written in his copy-bOok /
in closer or more distant imitation OF
the august Spencerian chirOgraphy of
his pedagogue MANY men Of many
minds? 1t takes the experience OF
an editor Of daily paper in a small
city, who is brought In constant con- |
tact with his home readers to fully APP |
preciate the full force of the ancient
pedagogue's lesson in penmanship, or
rather the statement that IL makes. !
Such an editor will meet one who
says, "Why don't you write something
about" a subject that the editor has
written OF so often that the next
neighbor he meets is constrained to
ask, "Why don't you let up on that
subject and give us something about"
probably something else that the edi-
tor has written Of until he longs to go
fishing, or somewhere else.
In the HERALD have been printed
hundreds and hundreds Of columns Of
matter concerning Fairhaven, and all
OF IL truthfully and conscientiously
written, endeayoring TO show how vast
and great our resources are; how excel
lent the climate; how beautiful the
scenery, and in every possible way the
paper has championed every good
proposition, having in view the clty's
benefit or welfare, and IL always will.
Yet, some newcomer who happens
10 be here during a season when rains
prevail, as they do at the same time
every year, will see the editor pass and
express hope that he will have to
swim before he can get to his Office,
because he so frequently writes of the
excellencies OF the climate. Some one
who does not succeed so well as he
expected-and men fail everywhere at
times--will write the editor an annony-
nous, abusive and threatening letter
because he took the newspapers ad-
vice and came 10 Puget Sound TO live
Others sneer at the newspaper be-
cause business grows dullat times as II
the newspaper were responsible for all
OF 1t, and yet Others grumble because
the newspaper doesn't have every
available column teeming, every
morning, with "boom stuff"
These are a few OF the "roars" that
are made, and yet but family put, be-
cause they really fall like train on a
ducks back" when the editor is con-
scious OF doing what is right in his
calling aud when he knows that he has
the appreciation and sympathy of
thousands Of other of his readers, who
are not born "kickers," chemically en-
gagged In their labors Of recalcitrance.
Despite the disgruntled, who would
find fault with the kingdom OF heaven
IL st. Peter wouldn't give them his
keys or the ArchaDgel Michael
wouldn't surrender his sword and
with IL command Of the celestial
hosts, or because Gabriel wouldn't let
them play on his trumpet, the HERALD
viii go right on with its labor of love
and truth, heralding as far il can
reach, the fact that Fairhaven IL the
coming great city OF Puget Sound, and
that the state OF Washington is
mighty empire, that when developed
and populated as 1t will be in the next
five years, is the greatest state of the
sisterhood.
or course IL rains In Washington,
and consequently in Fairhaven. And
while 1t is raining here during the
summer months, In eastern states
cyclones are playing sbuttlecock and
battledore, in many places, with peo-
pies barns and dwelIing-houses, stick
ing church steeples in1r.he mud, and
raining there until. ooks become
raging torrents and rivers spread into