Show old reaper staff sings swan song sona takes charge of old reliable and causes former craftsmen to abdicate on list bonday afternoon the ille chinned chinked onner ownership ship ind and min mill ag argement gement the mer who nho are to guide the old ship among the in anny illy olio shola Is of western new perdom manned the vessel that afternoon and the old guard prepared prep ired to acate the manager folded his spectacles laid them in their case cafe threw his pip in the coil coal huettle and walked out of the office 1 ahe I he chief quill arn driver or tossed his pen out of the wn wil dow packed his grip and arranged to leave for distant fields and pa pasties pastilles new some of the boys who made good under the former management were retired by the new company and will continue their labors in the mechanical mech anicil department now since the reaper has changed hinds it ma be bermi sable for us to use our own megaphone and tell our of some of the things for which we have labored inasmuch as we can not expect to profit from our assertions the policy of the reaper in ita it relation to its patrons was based essentially on the principle that a represents the whole people of the community in which it has its existence and that the most useful purpose which they expect of it is 13 to give them all the news is as fairly exactly and impartially as it can be laid before them it has been the constant aim of the reaper tu to carry out this purpose not only with all the efterp enterprise at its amand mm and but also with cleanliness decency accuracy and impartiality taking cognisance of the fact that there here are aiwas s two sides to every controversy it has steadfastly on endeavored deavo red to present both bides for it has las had every confidence in the pub bics ics acs ability to judge between right and wrong to discriminate between false and true in its discussions and in its treatment of all public questions the reaper has been absolutely independent it has opened its columns to every side of eve every ry subject that engaged public attention it served no leadership faction 0 or r party organization it aimed to reach conclusions that were just and sane and therefore in the interest of the people at large that its subscribers appreciated these aims his has been attest attested cd by the support which the gave the reaper and by the unsolicited and voluntary approval which they have voiced on many occasions it has not been the habit babit of the reaper to invite attention to itself by boasts and promises it has preferred to let its readers continued on eighth page continued from first page judge for themselves but on this occasion it may be pardoned for indulging ing in self praise this is the legacy which the proprietors prie pric tors of the reaper leave to their successors how they treat it is again left to the judgment of the public IEn voi farewell a word that must be and hath been A sound which makes us linger yet farewell ye who traced the pilgrim to the scene which is his last if in your memories dwell t A thought which once was his if un on e swell A single recollection not in vain he wore his hia sandal shoon and shell farewell I 1 with him alone may rest the pain if such there were with you the moral of the stain |