A Good Newspaper.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1622, 30 January 1886, Page 2

A Good Newspaper.

, Ajgobd newspaper, fresnfffoM/tb# press; is a good thing to ihwrU^m tb* house. It adds to the lnfonnatron of tbe old, and helps materially to 'the development of the minds of the young. It sooths the cares of the troubled, warms the heart of the misanthropt.and keeps the liver of the whole congregation m good running order. ,' It makes a rainy day endurable, will keep a man quiet while the-' kettl* boils for a late tea. ',':■■■ • • . . ■ij / v It forms ail the important aventji of the world m grand procession, and left them process before the family circlt. - It, tells the patient tax-payer when ■thp collector is looking for bimj and brings glad tiaiugs when x tW ttgUlai tare adjourn 8. | It tells the. shrewd buyer where b* can get a three-guinea overcoat for thirty shillings,, and informs the unfortunate pilgrim on life's weary way jmt when the sheriff intends to se/l him *p- '■■:-■•. ■:..-..-f ■:../. :;;■,■ V." 1 :., • :; It is a guide to wealtb, » good family 'physician, a state, county, arid towa directory, a great moral teacher,* and contains valuable, advice to the fiewlymarried. . ■ • „ It tells the speculator how h« m»f make millions hy buying atdckii.whea I they are at the bottom and selling them - when they are at the tpp, . a " And even after it has been read by thf old folks and young folks— afttt th« good housewife has clipped out th» ivceipt for sponge cake ahd the obituary poera^ntter the neijfhnaqrs have borrowed and read it— after tvery columm has beea gone over patiently by tbe old subscriber, and notes made of the name* of merchants who have bargains to offer — aft»r the baby has «>aten a pitc* of it, ,and the next to the baby has cut out all the pictures, the good newspapef is still a valuable thing to have m the house. It is a good thing to put betWMD th« jbed-coverings of a cold nightij y Folded and laid across thY brtut ' beneath the outer clothing it js a,puvto« tive of pneumonia. It it the Deacchest f protectpr m the world, and no man it poor to have on*. . ~f~y It is a .first-class insole for shoes, and as sucli is a sure preventive from cold feet. ' It is a 1 good * plant protector,] 194 good windowoleaner, a good thing to put under carpets,, and the best protector for bjild; ljeadu m fly time, that the in* geiiuity of uian has thought of: Solomon m all his glory had' not ing equal to it. . v .Thißall being true, beloved reader, »■ you will admit, take not only* iohe good n'ewspaperj but several of thenii/Iji thit da!y and generation the man doesn't read newspapers will soon get so* far b#Hihd theprocession; that .^•r.cau't. cat«h the faintest; strains of the brass band. Take .all the good newspapers you can afford to pay for and you williite long aiid prosper. : .' t~. >■ > \ ' /