The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-28
.R|P-SNORTIN' EDITORS PAPER
 ENDS CAREER

Rosalie, Neb., CUP)-The newspa. per, "The Rosalie Rip Saw haS rolled off the press for the lass time but not before it was ac- claimed nationally for it's biting humor and personal journalism.
 The weekly publication fought its way into the hearts of its 600 subscribers for 37 years. It was the handiwork of James w. Brink founder, publisher and editor who died suddenly in July, 1922, after running off an edition. After his death, the paper was published by his daughter, Mrs. Ciona A Couture. She sold it recently to Frank O. Furey, publisher of the Walthill (Neb) Citizen.
 Politically, the paper was neu- tral-but not silent. Brink boosted some candidates for public office and tore into others with gleefu malice. He named the paper ''Rip- Saw" because he said he intended to rip into anybody who needed ripping into"
 Won Most Battles
 Brink won most of his many battles. His longest and hardest campaign lasted 2.years when he fought for the erection of town hall in the 300-populated town of Rosalie. Finally, in 1940, it was erected-but it is seldom used. Brink was known as the Old Egg" because of a column he wrote entitled "A few cracks from an | Old Egg. At various times dur in the papers history, the column was renamed "Tersely Told Tales Good, Bad, Indifferent" Told to be Smart,' and finally Rip Saw Dust"
 Some of the excerpts from the Tales" included:
 "The girl question: Is he mar ried?"
 Cause and effect - whiskey straight and a crooked walk"
 "A wife with good horse sense never becomes an old nag"
 What goes up, must be taxes | "A bee dies when it stingS you woman keeps on trying | III O1 llOCl Ol Odlild6C oO4ot' never bothered the editor. Brink's answer to such threats always was the same: Nothing to me. I've got $169 and no more"
 During the later years of his life. Brink apparently tired of fight ing other peoples battles. When you see two dogs fighting and you walk on and don't give a damn that's true neutrality" he said. Turned to 'Home Stuff
 During most of the publications | At least half of it was ready-mat- ter syndicated material. In 1880, the paper was reduced to four pages and all foreign material was abolished. The paper was then de- voted to news in the locality-what he called good old home stuff"
 Brink had no illusions of becom- ing wealthy from his paper. In 1919 he wrote:
 An editor is man who sells soap by the year instead of by the cake He runs newspaper in which he lies about the looks of the bride, fitness of candidates, the virtues of a corpse. The things he tells the truth about are the things he leaves out. Newspapers are sup- posed to run, but many of them are barely able to walk, due to too much riding by free space grafters. and too much wholesale houses. The popular belief is that an editor cannot live unless his subscribers pay up, and this is why they don't pay. The most successful editors are not the ones who get the most out of the business, but the ones who get OUT of the business. The newspaper business is not so much of profession as habit. If the habit is not broken in time, the editor will be"
 Brink's profanity was masterful, according to the townspeople. They not only were awed by his utter ances, but they also respected and admired his grotesque grammar.