STICK TO YOUR TOWN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8636, 23 November 1889, Page 3

STICK TO YOUR TOWN.

We take the following from an American paper, but it its very applicable here :—: — Don't fret, Talk about it. Write about it. Beautify tho streets. Patronise the merchants. Be friendly to everybody. Advertise in the newspaper. Elect good men to all the oifices. Don't grumble about hard times. Keep your sidewalk in good repair. Avoid gossip about your neigh hours. Sell all you can and buy all you can at home. Do yonr own trading with your own merchants. If you are rich invest something ; employ somebody ; be a " rustler." If you do not think of any word don't say anything about it. Itemcmber that every penny invested in permanent improvement is so much on interest. Be courteous to strangers that come among you, so that they may go away with good impressions. Always cheer on the men who go in for improvements, your portion of the cost will be nothing but what is just. Don't kick at any proposed improvement | because it is not at your own door, or for fear that your taxes will be raised. Don't use rubber stamps on your letter pads — that is a dead give-way on your business, on the town, and the newspaper published in it. Got your letter-heads, envelopes, business curds, etc., printed at the printiug offices. Is ever condemn the local paper until it hap fairly misused you. If it has dealt With yoi.) wjustly, writt to it, or go into

i the office and tell the editor about your case ; if he is wrong he will lose no time in telling the public about it. Remember that no man does so much for your business as the local newspaper. Every paper sent out is an advertisement of the place ; and people get a very much better idea of it from the local paper than from any other source.