The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-05-12
COUNTRY EDITORS
DUTIES DEFINED
By the Editor of the Cour-
Ter Journal.
MUST Be OF VARIED TALENTS
And Capable of DiscOursing
Upon Topics Versatile
And Otherwise.

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u Columbus and respond 70 every tot
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u this footstOOl since that da,, be
must u s5js u tel you VITO -zE
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Christian name OfyarthzW ashinR-on'
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n Hote@. he must fpssk hardy
u t.e Trsctar.sn movement. give y1u
TIE inside tistO-y Il Louis XIV IL
fictitious domestic s--a-g eIents, I'd
-ectte IN -6e-E1d tie titles q ali ..e
suocegsCrE Of the Caliphs; be r-ust
know about earthquakes and .a--h
vows, hut Hztel.2 Is and E--@-
c-eeE; about Booker Wellington md
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erswe- tie te.eIJ. one a-d Disc use
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Cincinnatis and their sons. abou tie
Reyo.UtiCa and !tG dug tiers, about
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elkg szd .o-ned catte = large. Il
MAJ even happen that be be asked u
decent kEowang.y II tie gowns that
are Empire and --Oz- that t-e merely
Pd,cea5; NJ what constitutes 90 In
cIoyab,e and wet went u tie make
up Of a Dandy. He must De conpe-
tent 20 dissinguifl between caaSsis,
limousin and tonneau. and it is OF
prime necessity that he &c able 10 pro-
nOunce chauffeur. II Is very probable
that he will be consulted about the set
ting n hers, tie laying On Of hands
and the precision OF the equinoxes;
he must be able 1T a glance % assert
that such and such country store IS
style f architecture, that its cast
iron oO.umus are Corintisn or Doric
or merely barbaric. and that there is
really no right reason why syncopat-
I'd music SHOULD not be Just as clas-
steal as the meaning Of Strauss or
the cacOphonic conceits II Debussy.
He should have at lis fingers ends
the crop statistics for a quarter Of
century OF quarter Of the heb-
ff..l.t. arlx Ia stn1tcf EuTtr tho bAa-
tory OF corners. Of the Grange. Of the
wheel, and be in god standing in all
the secret societies, past. present and
to come. What he doesn't know about
babies and their second summers will
be counted against him; he should
be q fsrrier and fancier, wise IA
weather and well read In wonders.
And, above all things, he must
keep clean and bright the lamp OF
knowledge, and told ever before his
readers The standards Of high think
Ing and mighty cheap living. His re-
possibilities are no less, nor any
less important, than those Of De-
lany Of the Times, Of Dana Of the
Sun, or Villemessant OF tie Debates.
In a very real sense he interprets to
his world the world OUTSIDE; its ac-
tivitles, its ambitions and It's angular
hfes. He must use discretion, and yet
not too much; tact and discernment
and a discriminating taste; he is
to show the way, to blaze the path,
10 kindie TIE light and 10 make glad
the hearts. and he is to do 1t all
for love Of the work, for the empty
honor and for those plaudits, the
more valuable because they are un-
purchased. There Is no inatanca Of
his achieving a monument. yet is his
reputation above price 1t is not
recorded OF many that they are so
much as remarnbered, yet have they
buildcd wisely; and only such aae re-
nowned as degrade their calling by
falling by the weyside into the lass