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Show THE ARGUS. flMtb of tbe State Ipress. The Country Paper. In every modest hamlet or quiet provincial place, g There's a bonnie little Brownie with an face, Who whispers to ns weekly all the things we want to hear Of the modest lives and interests of the ones we feel most dear 'Tis the little village paper, and its printed pages hold For every loving patron all the wealth of Indias gold,', And their mirror held to Nature never flashes back a frown, But all the gladsome brightness of the little country town. Afar off in the cities with brazen clang and steam The daily paper printed on a soullesa, huge machine, he has gone, There's no longer any devil, to the hell-bo- x And the office towel in blackness is a mourning all forlorn. e customs yet, Bat the little village paper keeps its of no shadow with issue And prints its weekly regret. Filled up with homely interests through columns long and ever-smilin- old-tim- wide, With a lot of comic pictures on its patent outer Bide. Till we throw the city daily with contemptuous murmur down To revel in the paper of our own old country town. 4 t i Its flattery so subtle with oil and myrrh anoints, And its editorial columns could give Solomon some points ; and its social column gay Its locals names m dazzling array. Sets forth our What if every bride is charming, and every baby fine, And all the grooms are manly? In each blurred or perfect line, We clasp some hand in friendship before we lay it down, This quaint old country paper from our own old country town. And when we leave the village to wander far or wide To launch our little venture on Fortune's fickle tide, Though other joys may hold us, and other loves arise, And manhoods many troubles obscure youths summer skies ; Tho in some noisy city we may toil from dawn to eve, May prosper and be happy, may lose our all and grieve, We ever welcome gladly, through sorrow or renown, A copy of the paper from our little country town. Mss. L. E. Bentley. fellow-townsme- ns HE HERALD ACCUSES the Logan Journal of steal44 ing a story entitled The Tramp Philosopher from its columns. The Journal denies ever having seen the article in the Herald at all, but says it took it from the St. George Union, published in southern Utah. It needs a Solomon now to decide which of the two mothers, the Union or the Herald, is entitled to the stray child adopted by the Journal. The Populist organ of Salt Lake, the Advos cate, takes the Herald and Tribune of both the down as follows : 44 The Tribune and Herald last Monday morning inadvertently advertised the fact to the world that educathey are both deficient in Sunday-schoo- l tion. The dispatches contained an account of the American Tract Society meeting held at Washington on Monday last. Among other things, the report says that through the missionplaces in the ary colporteur the cities had been furnished with religious reading, etc. The Tribune said that Col. Porteur had done this work, while the Herald, more determined to be understood, declared it to be Colonel Portage who should have the praise. We refer the case to Rev. Lockwood and the Municipal proof-reader- proof-reade- out-of-the-w- rs ay Whats the matter with the red-comb- 5 rooster ed selves conspicuous and invite remarks from the rest of the audience. Why dont they fall in line and remove their headgear, and possibly escape the humiliation of being requested to do so or take the alternative of leaving the hall? of the Rockies? The Ogden Press says : Representative Bailey of Texas and Senator Rawlins of Utah are said to have a strong aversion to the dress suit, but for entirely different reasons. Bailey imagines that when thus habilitated he resembles a stuffed pig walking on his hind legs, and Rawlins that he looks like a thin-visged sick rooster with his tail down. The Provo Enquirer and Ogden Standard are warm admirers since the opening of spring. The former closed a friendly dialogue as follows: 44 The Ogden Standard is right, Brown k still has more influence with the administration than both of our Senators. In another paragraph on the same page it remarks : 44 The Ogden Standard desires us to join with it in the cause of silver. We are grateful to our contemporary, but it had better join with us in the cause of true bimetallism, etc., etc. a ex-Senat- or In relation to what The Arous said about the evil of boys frequenting the haunts of immorality in Provo, the Enquirer says : We admit the 4 corn ; boys in saloons are about the worst of all evils. In two or three cases, so the marshal informs us, fathers have given their minor sons permission to enter saloons and have told the proprietors they might sell the boys liquor. That is worse still. 4 The Enquirer of Provo has never forgiven Senator Cannon for his desertion of the party of protection, but while the lamp holds out to burn it has some hope for his return. It notes, how44 ever, that Senator Cannon went with the Democrats on the first test vote on the Dingley bill, but the Republicans managed to rake together just enough votes without him. The Tintic Miner has just closed its sixth year of publication, and it enters upon another volume with bright prospects and the best wishes of the people of Eureka and vicinity. It is a good paper and deserves success. D. P. Felt of the Springville Independent, in reply to a number of criticisms from various parts of the State, rises to remark : 44 It seems to be impossible for our State newspapers to disassociate the editor of the Independent with the president of the Press Association. If in the latter position one must needs lose his identity as an aggressive writer just to be on the good side of the State papers, then it would be a good idea for them to meet and elect a new president. The Coalville Times is pleased that the Park City council has decided to open and close meetings with prayer and extends the following invitation : 44 Better come down and see how the thing is done, and not bungle the job at the outset. The editor of the Broad-Axevidently wants to reduce living expenses. He says that it would fill his heart with gladness and delight to 44 only live on friendly terms' with all the gentlemen who are engaged in publishing newspapers throughout the State of Utah. e 4 4 League. The Box Elder News relates that a grand ball rewas given in the Brigham City opera-houscently as a kind of farewell to the boys whose terms of enlistment are expiring about now. It says that the Governor and staff were expected, but that none of them, 44 not even Colonel put in an appearance. e Tat-loc- Arthur Browns friends are evidently looking out for some position for Senator The Provo Cannon. The Ogden Press says: Enquirer and the Ogden Standard appear to be much worried about the future of Senator Cannon. Never mind, boys; if the Senators job runs out at the end of his present term he is capable of turning something else up. Politics is not his only resource. non-politic- I.' The Standard reciprocates, but is jealous of the Ogden Senators rights, and so it says: The Provo Enquirer, edited by that former boon companion of Frank Cannon, John C. Graham, is continuously directing public attention to the supposed shortcomings of Utahs first Senator. Through the columns of the Eureka Democrat this is communicated : 44 There was one man in the late legislature that appeared to be all right for awhile, but when he tried to amend some things that were not right, the clerk was obliged to write that Wright was not right. Now, if Wright was the only man that was right, who will perform the last sad rite for those who were not right? The Eastern Utah Advocate, published at Price, is again in the hands of J. D. Smith, and S. H. Brownlee, who held and issued it one week by force and strategy, has been ousted and roasted and excused from the locality for an indefinite period. It is to be hoped that the trials and tribulations of the Advocate are about over, all though it hints at further prosecutions and suits for damages. . The anecdotes and tirades on Moses Thatcher published under the guise of news by the Tribune will doubtless be collected and issued in pamphlet form by the George Q. Cannon Publishing Co. It is to be hoped it will treat the Tribune with more courtesy than it did the Provo Enquirer, which complains as follows : The Deseret News Publishing Co. has published in pamphlet form Professor N. L. Nelsons open letter to Moses Thatcher, making no mention of the Enquirer, from whose columns it was taken. Salina Press : Editor Glanvilleof the Wasatch Wave was assaulted and beaten by a big, burly in Heber one day last thug in a livery-stablweek. Glanville had told some wholesome truths about his assailant, who has the reputation of a hardened and vicious character. Glanville got badly used for his exhibition of manhood in daring to tell the truth. It is a good idea for a fearless newspaper man to carry a gun. e al The Provo Enquirer, in response to the fore44 He is a very regoing, felt moved to remark : sourceful young man, we know, but even the Press will acknowledge that politics is not his forte. k, Provo Enquirer: The Ogden Standard is making a splendid fight against high taxes in Ogden. Provo City is about as economically governed now as it is possibly to govern it, but our taxes are still high. The Pay son Header relates that 44 Principal Reece says that there is a powerful literature spirit in Spanish Fork, which gives rise to the remark that some of it should be bottled and sent to Pay son. Park Record contributor writes: Why is it that a small number of Park City ladies persist in wearing their hats during a performance at the theater? Can it be that they are oblivious to the fact that it is unlawful, or is it because they have a streak of stubborness in their nature? By continuing the practice they only make then- A Editor Glasmann of the Standard doesnt think much of the effort being made by the Ogden police commission to purify that city. In a fact recent issue he says : 44 It is a and houses of that, if the gambling-house- s are forbidden to practice their vices in our well-know- n ill-fa- |