The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-14
A THANKLrss s JOB.


editor with good deal Of enthusiasm,
in the course of two or three years l |
became 30 tired of the work that II
longed to give away the establishment
tnat / might have = months rest /
have since wondered that did not
follow the example Of the founder OF
the ''Union of States, and run off.
1t waa peculiar to my businss that
the people see at the end Of every
week all that had been accomplished,
and it was usually so little Cough In
did the best could) that l felt
ashamed Of it and dreaded to see
stranger pick up the "Union of
States in my presence, for fear he
would not know my connection with
it and make unfavorable comments
l frequently left public place on this
account, and l never came suddenly
upon a knot Of men that did not
hurriedly announce my presence, SO
that if they were pointing out the most
glaring defects Of the paper, they
could spare me the humiliation Of
listening to them.
Other trades and professions are
more secret and their contemplate
transactions generously hid from the
public, but all my work had to be
, submitted to the criticism Of every
idle vagrant that cared to pick up the
, sheet.
A lawyer or merchant might lock
, himself up in his Office and pretend
, to be engaged in grave affairs while
really idling time away, but il
} attempted it, the deception would
l have been apparent at once. Public
| attention is always called toa news
! paper, for otherwise 1t cannot prosper
8 and as the people are usually dis
. gusted when they realize how little
j man can do, papers OF the class
e published were not popular. Othc
= mems affairs were equally con
II temptible, but they were charitabl
s hid from the public gaze, whera
d mine were regarded as common pro
IS perity, and fault found accordingly
II | did not know then though ! hay
IS since found it out, that what on
Is complains Of will please another, 8
that when paper makes an enemy
IN it makes a friend with the sam
d paragraph, though the enemy take
80 more pains to talk about it than tt
at gentlemen who is quietly delighted
e. 1t is my opinion that to become te
er we'll known is dangerous, for und'
Nv such circumstances your faults a.
in common property, and your il
" significance proverbial, and ms
re who writes long for a newspap
rn will inevitably show every weakness
IN of which he is possessed. Each wee
as laid before the people every though
ho every idea and every suggestion l vi
~ possessed OF and became so tired
r. being criticised that l would ha
he given 10 years Of my life for half
ed year vacation. / was subject to t
II beck and nod Of every ridiculo
=, man in the community, for evel
Gu citizen thought it was his duty
ao give me good advice il he did u
to give me patronage, and though
lat longed to retaliate by pointing out t
NJ otfense of some Of them, found
polite to hold my peac
Occasionally wrote very good thi
M at least, occasionally attracted attic
nts ton but nobody gave me credit for
ce, and it was attributed to some one
od the town who could not write
:. ordinary business letter withc
o" lolling out his tongue.
II A man should not write for ne,
ich paper long in one town, for he
to comes so familiar with the sm
affairs of the people that it is gr
-, effort to treat them with respect
o'e the course of a few years he will hs
ess had occasion to criticse every man
ere any importance in town the size
,wn Twin Mounds, il he is honest a
how truthful, and will be genera
-, despised in consequence. Even !
'nu complimentary twaddler, sowi
airy good words to the exclusion Of eve
ing thing else, he will become unpopu
t it for that, for the peoble will soon q
70 cover that he is a man of no discri
a., ination or honesty, if he speaks '
'ne for everybody.
uld l used to look over the paper
ls), press days and almost conclude moi
the print it at all, but if it was an h
ol late in issuing, great many cal
49,. to complain, which led me to bell
'i''' they had nothing else to do and v
the anxious to gcta copy and make
ises of it,