The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-12-25
What Maine Editors SAY

In appearance Boston Us Had + r
quarter Of a centuff tie masf huffIn
grotesque aud iusrtisIic beN "a o.
of any considerable town Ia the worla
and no paper has sinned worse or d
croached more wsnioniY Ga the fiRh =
OF the reader than the Bostod Joutn4
itself. The Wild and WooliY Vest l. -
far ahead of Boston IN its iaurnzlism a.
Boston is ahesd of skowheKaD. l. ca
not be that the neWspsper publishers =
Boston have been Riying Yoa these u
utterably unattrae I've papers beesusa
you preferred them
The foregoing appeared Ia Al az
nouneement 10 the Boston journal shes
Mr.. Frsuk A AunseY, publisher #
renown, took editorial control % ths
paper.
The aiuz AZ 3sosheesu's ueaspspes
M unpretentious eouaty journal va
undoubtedly made ~ith no specific
reference to the REpoRrKE of he apes
ance, It's journalistic virtues or defscts.
Mr.. Munsey u Maine man sd nauvs
Of Somerset, knows ssophsgso Is Ia
Maine and used Il 30 hia plefuresqoa
sentence above given The loglcai ia
ference ls thar NJ. Aunsey conclude
that the extreme OF los down lourusIsm
1 reached Ia this beautiful Name to~u.
the best all-srouod town Ia Malice, IA
which the REPORTER has habllatiou
and has had ooe FOR two.thirds Of =
century M Muusey msY b. iustlled
Ia this conclusion. W. are not uaprei
udleed1n the premises, having nad SOM.
thing TO do With this psper for more
than y years. We are free 70 say IL Is
not our ideal Of even county news
paper, and Is not what W. hope it msY
be 10 the near future, but II Is now
better than II ever ~as before. IL i'm
proving year by year, and ~ trust viii
embrace the ample opportunity for III E
ther Improvement.
"Ihe soafBsEr REPORTER Ia The best
county weekly Ia Maine Is remark We
heard made and assented 70 few days
since. Whether the facts Justify the
remark Is not for US 90 say The RI
PORTER has field and covers II reason
ably we'll II we may take the Judgment
OF the editors of the Wstervllle Mail and
Biddeford journal, two enterprlsing
Maine dalies, who know whereof they
affirm and whose opinions are necessa.
rily worth more than the average editor
of a metropolitan journal. We sppre.
cate the following and thauk our
brethren Of the Mai and Journal thert-
for:
Commenting on M Frank A Nun
sey's rather extended salutatory upon
his appearance 10 the New Engisnd
journalistic field, wherein he took oeeas
sion TO announce that the Wild aud wool
ly West is as far ahead Of Boston 10 ifs
journalism as Boston II 4 skOa hrgan.
the editor Of the Wstervile NAL says
we believe Mr.. Muuseg 20 be = Maine
born man and Tor such = one this com
parlson Is In the auhappiest OF poor taste.
II has come to be the rule on the stsge
and In many places else, whenever r.
writer or speaker wishes 10 refer TO The
most thoroughly rustic town that can
be named to use 5koW hegsn FOR the pnr-
pose. Now 10 regard 10 the general Ia
sue, it may be said that SkovhegAn II
not At sll oountriiied and only the fact
that the name has lent itself somehow
very well 20 the use 10 which We have
re erred has continued the custom So
lar IA journalism 10 SkowheKan Ia con
eerned It ia patient 70 every reAdeF Of
fhe SOMERSET REPORTER that 10 Its own
h-ld 1t compares very favprsblY With
any paper published Ia Boston, The
point ia well taken snd the moral should
not be lost ou M Munsey, though be
probably had 90 intention OF holdlnR
SRoWhegan up 10 the world AZ y speoi-
men Of community sunk Ia the depths
OF Ignorance AS 10 what constitutes
modern newspaper excellence. II M.
hunsey with his ueV Boston journal
serves the needs Of his constituency as
well as the people of SknWheRan are
served by their local paper he viii have
no occasion 70 be ashamed OF his Efforts.
Biddeford Journal