The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-01-28
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A friend sends us the following:

A friend sends us the following:
MY DEAR HoMER-The clipping
herewith I think a pretty .'good
thing" and if you have any old,
odd, unused space that you want to
fill, it may throw some light OF, the
dark way of the poor unpretentious
drug dealer, troubled more with
complaints than prescriptions. For
you know if there is business that
every body knows how to run pro-
perly it is the drug-except, per-
haps, the newspaper, but I think
the drug ''has the age:'
"These are just few of the things
that make druggists life one con-
tinual round of pleasure, cone
grand, sweet song" one sublime
succession of blissful heart throbs.
the drug business. x y AZ IL
Yes, it is all bed of roses If
druggist charges fair price for his
goods the people say he is robber;
if he Sc Is cheap they say his goods
are worthless. If he sells liquors
for medicinal purposes they say he
running saloon; if he does not sell
them at all they say he is poor
sort of druggist for not keeping
stimulants on hand for emergencies.
If he keeps open on Sunday he is a
heather; if he does not he is an un
obliging cur. If he sells his own
make of goods they say he is viii
famous substitutor; if he does not
they say he has not sense enough to
make his own medicines but has to
handle what people send him ready
made. If he aids local charity he
Is a pharlsee and is doing it to help
his trade; if he does not he is hog.
If he goes to church he is hypo
critic and if he stays away he is a
hardened sinner. If he closes store
early he is disseminating his
patrons; if he closes late he is work
ing his clerks to death. If he is
not know his business; if he is a
college man they say his head is
swelled and he is no good on earth.
If he provides seats for his custom
ers they say he does not care for
his customers comfort. If he pre-
scribes over the counter they say ne
is trying to knock out the doctors;
if he does not they say he is in
cahoots with the doctors and gets a
commission on the patients he
sends. If he is married he whips
his wife; if he is single they say he
ought to get married. If he dresses
well he is dude; if he does not he
is jay. If he lives comfortably
they say he is a spendthrift; if he is.
they say he is shngy.
If he carries large stock they say
his goods get old and spoil before
he can sell them; if he carries
small stock they say you can never
find what you want there. If he
gives them just what they call for
without comment they say he is too
mean to give them the benefit of
his advice and experience; if he
offers a world of advice they tell
him it is none of his business.
ssAnd SO it goes. No wonder SO
many people go into the drug bust
ness"
We think that our friend is mis-
taken. There are more people who
know all about running a newspaper
than there are who know how to run
else. We confess, how
ever, that the average country
weekly is not above reproach. Its
English is not as pure as that of
Addison and sometimes the Queens
property is handled with a delight
ful recklessness by the rural moul-
der of public opinion. That many
Of the unkind criticisms of the
newspaper are deserved
hough, at times, rather severe,
t is true, but these things should |
De overlooked, for the country
editor has bigger job on his hand |
han some people think.
These is hardly man in the |
community who could not, if he
would, run a better paper than the
EDITOR. Fellows who are dismal
ailures at everything they under
axe have the nerve t. presume til at
furnished with Washington
'ress and fifty pounds of type they
would set the world on fire. Oh
10! they would not be afraid to say
'hat they think, and, by all the gods,
hey would say it in language that
'ould cause the very earth to trem-
lie. They would not be swayed by
OlitiCal favOrS nor influenced by