Show I 1 AM THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER by BRISTOW ADAMS I 1 am the country newspaper I 1 am the friend of the family the bringer of tidings tiding from other friends friend I 1 speak to the home in the evening light of rs vine clad porch or the glow of winters winter lamp I 1 help to make this thi evening evening hour I 1 record the great and the small mall the varied acta act of the days day and week weeks that so go to make up life I 1 am for and of the home I 1 follow those who leave humble begin ings whether they go co to greatness creat or to the gutter I 1 tak to them the thrill of old days day with wholesome messages mena gei I 1 speak the language lang of the common man my words word are fitted to his hi understanding my congregation is i larger than that of any church in my town my readers reader are more mor than those in the school young and old alike find in me stimulation instruction entertainment inspiration solace olace comfort I 1 am the chronicler of birth and love and death th the three great facts fact of mans man existence I 1 brings bring together buyer and teller seller to the benefit of both I 1 am part of the marketplace market place of the world into the home I 1 carry word of the goods which feed and clothe and shelter th elter and which minister mini iter to comfort ease health and happiness I 1 am the word of the week the history of the year the record of my community in the archives archi vei of tate state and nation I 1 am the exponent of the lives live of my readers reader I 1 am the country newspaper Newt paper |