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Show I AM THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER ! By BRISTOW ADAMS. I am the Country Newspaper. I am the friend of the family, the bringer of tid'ngi from other friends; I speak to the home in the evening light of summer's vine-clad vine-clad porch or the glow of winter's lamp. I help to make this evening hour; I record the great and the small, the varied acts of the days and weeks that go to make up life. I am for and of the home; I follow those who leave humble beginnings; begin-nings; whether they go to greatness or to the gutter, I fake to them the thrill of old days, with wholesome messages. I speak the language of the common man; my words are fitted to his understanding. My congregation is larger than that of any church in my town; my readers are more than those in the school. Young and old alike find in me stimulation, instruction, entertainment, entertain-ment, inspiration, solace, comfort. I am the chronicler of birth, and love and death the three great facts of man's existence. I bring together buyer and seller, to the benefit of both; I am part of the market-place of the world. Into the home I carry word of the goods which feed and clothe and shelter, and which minister to comfort, ease, health, and happiness. I am the word of the week, the history of the year, the record of" my community in the archives of state and nation. I am the exponent of the lives of my readers. I am the Country Newspaper. I o , t |