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While It is desirable to have the earliest
news, tits. not best to fill up paper with a
thousand items which can benefit no one


Usefulness should be aimed at in this as well


as other departments Of paper. The good


conduct Of news journal is not to be Judged


OF 80 much by the novelty as the general char


acter Of its items, even though they be few.


We are led TO make these remarks from the


fact that some have complained of the small
number 'of items presented by US; yet, upon
examination, it will be found that our columns
contain some account of every transpiring
event.ofe any real interest to community. Our
paper being comparatively small, yet as large
as any reasonable man could ask for the
price, we are occasionally prevented from
giving extensive details, but these are mostly
unimportant, and general readers have bu,
little time to devote TO their consideration


Most commonly it is best to present the
" News in Nut Shell J" and this is the course
we are endeavoring to pursue But one thine
shall be. kept before us continually; viz. to
present toSour readers in the earliest possible
issue, al the current news Of importance &C
that the supporters Of the Fountain shall know
as well what is going on in the world as the
readers Of even larger journals. We are per
fectly aware that nothing but constan, atten.
lion and diligence is necessary to keep up the
praise worthy interest now exhibited in oul
little sheet and we know, too, that as "ths
world was not made in a day." 80 neither viii
our enterprise Be fully estabIiehed until sufii-
cient time has been allowed Some jpduk
gences. therefore, may reasonably b sxpsctsd