Show it enter ye local it ia 19 but proper ra that t I it the tho local scribe when entering t h on oil tile new stage of publicity make cc liis his humble ble obeisance mi ca to ili his kind patrons and ho ile of nil all writers is or auitt id to be file lio most impersonal olif only the vircle ifor hr the days news the g adherer or of all the bits of facts fi acts and 84 flo iti f ug through tho the nir air on oil swift wings whig still his is a hard occupation because for what lie doe does report he lie gets no credit and for what lie does not re report jort lie gets unstinted reproach his is alio fate of the man nian who built on oil the roadside adile road ro side and mid wa was s deluged with the contradictory suggestions of every pa passerby passer cr by for the one he lie is too grave and prosy the other pulls a disgusted faccas hid alleged levity T Thi bisone sone wants into a nutshell nut shell the would rejoice at inflate inflation oil the local lias bas to weep with tile mournful be merry with the merry tell small talk to the lover of gossip and meditate as adall an austere sage with the moralist church and theatre railroad station and market race track and schoolroom workshop s arid Eales salesroom room overy everywhere where and i anywhere lie must be with powers of infinite divisibility and utter annihilation lation odthe bounds optime of time and space still with the best will lie cannot attend the funeral at the cemetery while he lie ia is interviewing an nit illustrious traveler at the depot and even each individual ollsen observation va is necessarily incomplete bul but a part we see and not the whole ye local may have the olyes of argus and tile cars ears of a sleeping ell aping hare ha rc his its perceptions perce potions are b ut limited edana and what to someone looks a palace may way appear to him a common mansion abat sounds to another like nightingales sweet c caroling arol it may for his auditor auditory nerve be discordant oba croaking of a ra raven yen but let him bill shy gy so Q and woe voe unto the locals reputation for judgment jud mient and veracity hence we will take to heart libart popes advice and mid 11 laugh all it where wo we must bo be candid where wo we can call we divide ourselves in as many individualities as is IS possible wo shall attune our ear to justice and adjust our eyes to truth we shall smile with the tile gay and mourn with tile sad drive slowly and gravely in the funeral cortege and rua rush spiritedly in the ring rino talk dollars and cents with the man of business and discuss Ifa hamlet nilet and rip van winkle winkle with the t theatre ica t re goer in short hort we shall try with st paul to be beall all things to all men inen but nut while opinion gilda gilds with varying sainted painted clouds that beaucl beautify far our days ays 11 we as closely as po adhere to the plummet of truth and the line of justice itil aiming n i n to give ahe I he news if unvarnished also unter dished ilis liel and thus kitle rc respectful bow yc ye local salutes salute shit hit readers reader hopeful of the most acceptable it mutual relations and a long enduring friend friendship friendship hip |