Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-08-02
BREEzES
FROM BOSCOBEL.
Versatile Correspondent COntri-
butes Interesting SdIutdtOru and
Numerous NeWsu Notes from
Grant COuntu's Most Northern
Metropolis.
A BEGINNING BREEZE.

& place for an editor is in prison
fear four newspapers more than an
army of ten thousand men,"
Thomas Jefferson once wrote: ''If
/ had to choose between a govern
ment without newspapers, and news
papers without government, would
prefer the latter.
The business world has been frank
to acknowledge the Importance of
ink. P. T. Barnum said The road
to fortune is through printers ink.
John Jacob Astor declared that,
Success depends upon liberal pat
ronage of the printing press"
In the religious realm the printing
press has been a power. Luther is
said on one occasion to have flung
bottle of ink at the devil, and from
that dav to this, the devil has been
busy lodging the missiles OF men
hurled at him in ink. John Wesley
was the most powerful pen pusher of
his time and it is a sign of sense and
salvation that his successors today in
their Book Concern" used six hum
dred and fifty tons of paper alone,
in single year.
So the power of the press has been
recognized by master minds. Well
then may printer and pen pusher con-
graduate themselves upon the splen-
dor of their opportunities; well may
they pause upon the threshold of
their regal responsibilities. Sum-
moned to the station of sightseer and
pencil pusher, Herald-Helper has
both pride of position and recognition
of sponsibilities. With misgivings
as to the fitness for the field, he hopes
that though he may not be Argus
4 eyed, he will not be Cycloptic-sight-
ed; that though his may not be the
vision Of an hundred eyes, always
! awake, it will not be the single-sight-
edness which sees in but one direc-
ton.
A plow-boy entering a field heard
his father say, .Plow to the white
cow He obeyed literally. Where
ever the COW grazed the boy and the
pillow tollowed-up, down. across,
back, here, there. vonder, every
where. Never was such blowing
done before The field was not we'll
titled but great deal OF ground was
gone over and the son had the salts
faction that he had obeyed orders.
So on the street and in the store IN
society and IN the sanctuary, any
is is a white COW The publisher Of
this paper has said, .Plow to that
COW Those orders viii be obeyed.
The work may not be well done. but
this noter Of news Will 20 after the
cow to secure satisfaction. But
Herald Helper has higher hopes than
to be mere cew-chaser a mere
itemizer Not alone BIZ the noting OF
news does the press preserve is
power He hopes TO be-a Herald.
a HERALD Or HELP.
What the world wants is helpful
ness. Il has enough Of hindrance.
What community requires is men
and women who will build up There
are plenty TO tear down. Whatever
will help, will then be crowded into
q this column. Whatever will hinder
L shall be pushed out Of this page.
! Whatever helps the merchant 20 bring
business, the toilers to bring wages,
the teacher to tell the truth, the
minister to proclaim piety; whatever
will help the poor to receive relief.
the sick to secure Succor, the sorrow
ing to bear burdens, and the forsaken
to find friends. shall have a place in
the heart and hold upon the hand
of Herald-Helper. And this policy is
not presumption because it is believed
to be in harmony with the helpful
ness of the Herald and with the
policy and plan of its publisher. This
pencil pusher hopes to be
A HERALD OF HOPE.
The cry of complaint. the doctrine
of despair. the politics OF pessimism,
will find no comfort in this column.
Believing that the Go-Back-Party is
like the Irishman's turnpike Of which
he said. NO matter whether YOU are
going or coming it Is all the way
down Mill" its teaching will find no
favor news-noter. Well wrote the
great Froude. The world wants men
who can create an epidemic Of noble
ness TO engender such an epi-
demIc Is the hope OF aldHelper
that with O.helio he NAV say Il
have done the state some service.
He does not possess perfection. he Is
not invested with infallibilitv. There
will therefore he serious slips and biz
blunders. But il i the wish Of the
writer that these .Boscobel Rreezes'
Snail be spicy with the odors Of Help
fulneSS and Hope. To this end be APP
peals fer IT, 2ie Il 1serE ci9zev.