Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-10-02
FRIDAY, OCTOBER >, 1908.
congratuIating Ourselves.

congratulating Ourselves.
With the last issue, the writer round
ed out a quarter of a century's connee'
ton with the HERALD, he having pur'
chased it in 1873, the first issue bearing
his name appearing September 10Th oil
that year. The HERALD was first pub
lished at Guildhall in 1873, and was
moved to Island Pond in 1875. TN
looking back to the commencement oil
our connection with it We cheertully ac-
knowledge that we have much reason
for satisfaction as well as thankfunesS
to our many friends for the numerous
tokens of good will and the liberal pat
rnnage they have extended to the paper
This pleasant experience has proved very |
encouraging to us. We have from the
first striven to realize the high and wor-
thy professional ideal of the province oil
journalism, including manly discussions
of political, business and social problems
affecting our little constituency, and the
advocacy of such measures as appear TO
Ms honorable in themselves and best ht-
ted to promote the public veal. We de-
sire to continue in this course. Our
main object is the encouragement OF
every undertaking and project having in
view the advancement and prosperity OF
Essex county, as well as the advocacy OF
such policy as we believe most likely to
benefit the country.
March 1899, the eldest son OF the
writer, Alfred E., became our associate
in the business, assumed an interest in
its management and share in its re-
sponsibilities. The paper appeared then
for the first time as an all home print,
and such it remains. His connection
with it has been faithful and very bene-
fetal, especially in the job department,
where he is skillful and tasty, and the
increasing patronage extended here is
ample evidence of this.
With a full appreciation of the re-
sponsibility resting upon us we start on
another quarter of century OF labor
with the renewed determination to de-
vote the paper to the interests of the
county which are general and not specia
except in the true sense of the word In
word what the HERALD has been il
the past it will be in the future, witt
such improvements as our experience
suggests and the patronage accorded i
warrants. That it may in a measure
contribute to all the material interest
of this section of the state is our mos
earnest desire.
Just werd to our local correspond
ents. The HERALD finds itself confined
to rather limited field, needing cult
walton, and possessing the means capa
BILE of producing excellence and insurin
success. 1t should weekly contain re
port of all matters of interest that hav
occurred in the neigEboring towns an
villages. And if frequently these item
appear trivial they are quite as Interest
ing to the readers of the special localit
alluded to as paragraphs found in tn
city dailies of some noted beauty, pre-
posed visit of the stork, the movemer
of some noted politician, and the lik'
For the greater part of its news this an
every local paper is indebted to il
friends, and its newsiness, and therefor
its chief merit with most of its reader
is in their hands. The doings of tn
people, their comings and goings, the
Joys and sorrows must be CLEANED by il
correspondence who as arule gratuitousl
act the part of reporters. Did our co
respondents realize that the brightne:
and newsiness of each weeks issue d.
pend, to large extent, among thel
selves, we believe they would be MOI
Jealous in finding news and writing
up. There are each week more goo
items omitted from almost any corr
pondent's letter than there are bad item
sent out during the whole year. BIT
still little more thought and littl
less Indifference on their part would
much to make all local papers bette
Against our own correspondents "
have no fault to find. On the contrar
we tender them our most hearty thank
for the great services they have rendere
us and our readers in the past. And
the HERALD is welcomed weekly Wis
tor to many households it is OWN
largely to their kind efforts. But I
this we would add the exhortation n,
to be weary in well doing; instead
letting weeks slip by without writin
We would ask them to write regularly.
w. II. BISHOP.
ANGLES LETTER.