The Newtown bee., 1892-09-09
"Aim High and Work Hard"

The announcement of r. III. Smith, edi-
tor of the Newtown BEE, that he will
soon retire from the ownership and edi-
torship of that paper, naturally attracts
the attention of the public to Mr. Smiths |
wonderful and successful career as a To-
cal editor. The feat which he has per-
formed, in raising the BEE from paper |
of the smallest circulation to a large cir
culation and in obtaining success where
most men would say that it was impossi- |
BILE to achieve it, is one of which he can
well be proud. Probably there is no
other man in the State of Connecticut |
who could have done what Brother |
Smith has done. Remaining up half or
all night, walking from 20 to 80 miles a
day and working like a beaver every
minute, except when occasionally asleep,
characterized the career of Mr. Smith in
the management of the BEE, until the
last few years, when it has been we'll
established. Brother Smith literally
cultivated field that, so to speak, SEEM
ed almost barren, and, by hoeing along
with scarcely any natural conditions, has
caused an abundant yield. TO our view,
it would have been wiser to have select
ed more favorable field and worked it
with a more reasonable expenditure of
energy, in view of our information that
Brother Smith, we are sorry to say, must
now retire from the paper on account of
poor health, caused, we presume, by ov-
l @s,..N
be as to the wisdom of Editor Smiths
course, his achievement must ever be
regarded with admiration, because, SIM
ply by immense and unrelenting indus
try, he has accomplished much, where
| little was to be expected New Milford
Gazette.
These kind and appreciative words of
Editor Bolles, though giving industry
| and perseverance too high praise, call to
mind the BEE Mans regret in leaving
such indulgent neighbors and constitu-f
| ents Like many others, the Gazette has
been uniformly courteous and consider
ate, blind to faults and generous with
| large hearted benevolence. 1t warns
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in memory's charming coloring. 1t has
been the personal, heart to heart char
| acter of the BEES circle that has inspir-
ed its success and made its editor capa-
| BILE of sustained effort. Probably no ed
itor in the State has been more in touch
with his readers; certainly not until the
BEE has outgrown one mans power to
COMPASS it all in the later years. The
BEE. Man has worked for personal friends
and rejoiced in his work. But much of
the credit given him is honestly due
trusted lieutenants in office and field, who
have labored with him who toiled, watch
ed with him who kept vigil and gloried
in the success won. Memory shall like
wise preserve and glorify their faces and
i faithful service, whether still with the
d BEE or elsewhere. But Editor Bolles is
at fault in sending a broken down print
err out to the Pacific coast to recruit.
Thanks to constitution naturally ro-
bust, temperate living, thoroughWort
and tincture, the BEE Man was never
more vigorous. if more lazy than when
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the blizzard kept him fromithe Office fol-
I single day, though then living over
mile away and the BEE has not missed
an issue since he plumed its wings t.
hunt honey. The providence of an Al
Wise, Loving Father has bountifully
blessed the working out of the motto
tain high and work hard" and the Bel
Man is prouder of nothing than that h'
can leave his native cline owing no mai
anything but good will and plenty of it
Broken down by overwork! Does tn
oak whine at the blasts? Man was made
for work; hard work that brings th'
sweat, SO the sentence runs. Let no on
I finch at work, but buckle on good, hon
], : est living and contented soul and h
n will tougher under it like the oak. Ii
h not work, but worry, vice and greed tina
g kill men and, thank God, the BEE Ma
: Lneyermeans to be ashamed of work Will
: life lasts It is often Gods ministry o
q mercy. It ulade New England the pow
y err that it once was, thrifty industry di
: : and it need surprise no one wherever
reaps its reward.