Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-12-01
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We regret that the eoi.r oi the
Courier took so seriously our Innocent
remark as to the placiug of our column
last week. IL was made merely in The
spirit of pleasantly and a> IN occasion
for mentioning the debate question
again. But we evidently belong to that
u"happ. class of people who find it
humor or fun. We had previously
mentioned to him in friendly way
and without amy feeling in the matter,
| the fact that the column was put @on
the back page when aside from it, there
| was no other. matter but ADVERTISE
ments. 1t seemed to us tlsat 1t would
have been just as easy to have put ;tn
advertisement column on that side ef
the page as ours, if the printer had
thought to do so. We had no imteAt
to really call the editor, nor any Que,
to account for it. He wholly misjudged
us in supposing that we were kicking"
| because we were not On the first page.
That did not enter our thought, us Vt is
by no means Il new experience to ns to
be on the back page, nor have we ever
objected to it; and furthermore we took
for granted that he gave us credit for
at least limited amount Of brains
(Which shows how presumptuous some
people are) But we cannot rest under
the implication Of being ungratefnl for
the favors which Editor Trubshaw has
granted us and which we have repeat
edly acknowledged and duly appreci-
ated; though the space which we have
occupied we did not beg. Our PROPOSE.
ton to pay for it Was not accepted, and
SO it would appear that the free horse"
is one from choice, and that there is no
obligation to remain SO any longer than
is desirable.
1t is also evident that this gratis
equine is not ye. SO nearly rode to
death that he can't return what he takes
to be IL "kick" with compound interest.
If we had ever evlnced disposition to
take the-reins and to control the gait
and goings Of the said horse we should
not be surprised at this. vigorous kick.
But we are sure that all our experiences
up to the present have been character.
lied by courtesy and respect upon both
sides and are truly sorry that any
words of ours should have occasioned
II seeming change. But now that we
and the public are definitely informed
that the Courier is neither to be run by
nor in the interests of the w. G. T. u,
we shall understand just "where we
are at" and those who have any inter
est in the local matter to be found IN
our space will find it just where we
happen to be put and presumably We
will "stay put" without murmur. It
is the sad misfortune of human beings
that they SO often misunderstood each
other. But there is always remedy
for such cases that is to 'bury tho
hatchet," in which we are ready to as.
sist. The horse in tins case might be
buried, only he isn't dead; and it is our
purpose henceforth to SO tighten his
burdens that he may not suffer from
our unconscious cruelty or unkindness
hereafter.
THE OUTLOOK.
The editor of the temperance column
seems to have awakened to the fact
that something dropped" last week
and uses up most of the space allotted
to the w. C. L. U. in y vain but weak
attempt to curry down "the free horse"
which makes the column lively and of
more interest to our readers than it has
been for several weeks--though it can
hardly be called instruction on the tenn
perance line. The placing of the col
umn on the back page, merely temper.
arily, week or two ago. seems to still
hurt and to be the only point at issue,
and the editor of the column suggests
that it would be lust as easy to pat a
column of advertisements on that page
as ours" Why bless you, Outlook,
every page in the paper was advertise
ments but the front page all but the
place where your column was put. We
could of fired our local m after on tho