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Show Wf.ATJS N-.WS? Tits lll.T-tl'i- Vntfls or V!Mr nf flly Anil mill Cminlry t'nlk. j Th? ..' . :o;iliiii pap w, n,vi the I li'i'liinti: 1U .T'V.irnal. t! al with affairs of p'Pi'i-al IntT.'st; ro!i!n and nation ' ill cvente, politics, mutters relating to I public' miii, ii's that concerns ninny j ulcssca i-i" rviVrs. etc. The paper. small towm ami villages dal wMi ' matters nf another rl; they aie In close touch wtlh their raider and treat of local and peroiial alinlrs. Politics and omsa!.? a.nvst may lmi place In their eoltr. . , too. hnr n u-i In nil In-elder In-elder :el vr.y. It ! I'.'o In -nl record that gPH the.n hue:.', ami cliarniter and m.iUes them vnli i! and delightful. delight-ful. In r. Ci.'.iiiiuiilty wIi.to t'wrjbM.v I kro-vri ever iridy els" there Is ii'imtur-ul ii'imtur-ul and perfectly proprr Interest In knowing that Uncle -lake Snyder Is bavin:: hi bam painted, that Sam Swo:ney is having trouble with hi; "yen, that lVrturr John '.on has raised the blggi'ft tomiiiOts ever seen In the region, that .lolin .lones visited hW "best girl" on Sunday ulght. and o on, and so mi, and nt on. It Is not love of trivia! ilelnll or p.'ity KsIp, l :i an . o'.itvouth of neighborly and kindly feeling that calls for a recital of these things. To an outsider the personal comments Uik." at times K.-em overly familiar, but with th? free give-and-take of a Miiall community they are tut so considered by the person oonec.ned, but nre re-glin'-pd rather as family pleasantries. ll Is throush these papers, Indeed, that glimpses are to be had of tlio best fain lly life ot the country, the gajcties, as well as the more sn-lous phases. The relations of the people to each other are illsecriuibh'. One who reads between the lines of these brief records of lo-al happenings and doings can see the slmnllvlty, the open-hraried hospitality, hospi-tality, tho kindliness of the men and women who nre mentioned from time to time; their pursuits, tlieir ambitious, nnd alas! also their, sorrows, arc made clear. Many n long resident of a city takes regularly the little, paper published In his old home nnd reads It eagerly, thus keeping In touch with his former asso-elates; asso-elates; but even tho stranger of sympa-thctlc sympa-thctlc mind and a degree ot Insight tlnds a charm In such papers that more pretentious sheets cannot possess. They bring him into close relations with tho people who, nbovi; all others, nre representative Americans, nnd who ranko the country what It Is. |
