The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-10-05
YOUR LOCAL PAPER.
HAVE YOU ANY IDEA OF WHAT IT HAS
DONE FOR your

DONE FOR YOUi
And, ms to What You Might DO In
Passing Thoughtf-An Editors
Interesting Review of the Subject.
The paper has done 80 things fer you
and is only anxious To do 90 more.
1t told your friends when your par.
ents wero married..
1t announced to tho world when You
were born.
1t recorded tho great events of your
childhood. when you were lost as Il
wandering baby, when you had the
measles and scarlet foyer, when you fell
into tho washtub and nearly drowned
when you fell from tho cherry tree ant
broke your collar bono, when you frs
started to school and when you earned
your first prize
Later on 1t told how you had com
pleted the studies Of tho district sohoo
and how eloquently you reoited your
graduating grafton.
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academy. 1t told Of your contests In
baseball AVID tennis. 1t told of your do
parture for college or your first venture
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1t told Of your various visits baok e.
the old home neighborhood. and it al
ways wished you we'll in your greatest
undertakings.
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time you went a counting and gave
timely warning to cher folks that tho
noishbors knew that matters were grow.
ing interesting over their way.
1t announced tho time Of your expect
cd wedding, and 1t published tho notice
of tho marriage license and gave you Il
Moe puff concerning tho wedding core
mony.
1t told of your extended honeymoon
tour and of your settling down to house
Keeping.
When you were sick, tho homo paper
week by week informed your moro dis
tant neighbors of your lapses and inn
provemonts.
IL told about your lost cow and lod
To her recovery. 1t told how your horse
had boon stolen and led To the arrest Of
tho thief
When you were getting dull and tired
through the monotony of your lnhor,
tho paper urged that tho people get up
celebration. and you were named ~
one Of u suitable committee on arrange
ments. And when 1t was all over, it
gave you just praise for tho SUCCESS of
tho undertaking.
In numerous ways the paper has
helped to put your name before tho PEG.
| Pile. And you would never have had
| your lucrative Office or your honorable
recognition from the community but fni
tho kind aid of tho local printer.
If you arc member Of Sunday
school or society of any sort, that SAINT
paper publishes your announcement
ann mo VARIOUS proceedings OF you
mootinRs
1t tells the people much which you
would like TO have known, but which
modosty or necessity prevents you from
telling
IL you and all your folks hnyo been
prosperous and fortunate in your affairs,
tho paper has boosted you all tho way
IL you hayo had misfortune, tho paper
asked for sympathy III your behalf.
Thus the paper has rojoicod whom you
rejoiced and wopt when you wopt If
you aro good and ontorprising citizen,
tho paper will always DO your friend
and will back you IN your enterprises
and will help to find your business
friends.
1t tells you whore to buy and where
to soil. 1t tolls Of rogues to DO avoided.
1t tells you of current prices and pro
vents you from boing cheated and swim.
died III 100 ways.
Finally, when you die, tho paper will
publish your obituary and will cover
over your faults and will recite the
story Of your good deeds
All these things the local editor will
cause his paper to do, but no ono olsc
in tho world will do them or can dc
them for you even for love or money.
Tho outside paper IL IA stranger to your
little world and IL not at all Interested
In its improvement Yet your local pa
per does all this FREQ Of cost to You, If
you AFRO willing to receive 1t that way
However, for your sake, we hopo you
arc too generous to accept 80 many un-
requited favors and that You arc willing
to rociprocato tho same.
Help tho editor. DO his friend, and no
will provo his friendship To You.
Subscribe for his paper and pay for
it regularly in advance and get your
neiBhbors to do tho same.
Send him tho nowa or occasionally q
watermelon or peck Of peaches.
Invite him to your pionios and fam
lily dinners, SO that ho can eat square
meal occasionally.
Don't call tho ticket you give him to
tho church concert deadhoad lie
can't buy tickets from everybody to
everything, but he will say kind words
OF your performances and thus lead 9TH
ers to buy your tickets.
II you have anything to buy or sell,
let the paper assist you to find custom
ers. Advertising that really pays the
printer benefits both advertisers and
readers.
IL you have any job printing to do,
don't take 1t to an outside Office, but
give your newspaper tho first chance.
Give tho editor pointer occasionally
or writo him sensible short articles and
don't got mad If no fails to sec every.
thing your way. When he does say a
good thing, tell him 80.
In short, remember tho golden rule
and don't forgot the editor Of your local
paper Richmond CInd. Enterprise
A severe Thump.
He-I was reading somewhere the
other day that no woman should ever
marry q genius.
She-Oh. well, don't lot that worry