First of all, give him the news; he wants it. Give it to him, even though it doesn’t get in the paper. He hasn’t time always to tell you why some piece of news is not used; but ten to one he had a perfectly good and impersonal reason. Give him the news even though you may not be especially interested in it.  Some folks never think to give the editor news except when they are concerned in it one way or another.

Second, don’t give him a piece of news and tell him you want it printed just as it is written. There’s a right and a wrong way to do even a simple little thing as writing an article for a country paper. One editor had to leave town because he printed every piece of news just as it was handled-spelling, punctuation and all-and printed it with the name of the person who gave it to him.

Third, don’t try to play a joke through the paper unless you explain it to the editor. A thing in cold type looks a lot different from a thing repeated by the word of mouth when the voice, the facial expression and a gesture perhaps, help to show its meaning.

Fourth, don’t worry for fear the editor is making too much money, you should want him to be prosperous. He can and will give you a better paper. He will be less likely to have to compromise with his conscience over certain kinds of advertising. And, anyway, he can’t make a big fortune out of the paper; he will be lucky if he can keep it going.

Fifth, be ready to tell your editor when something in the paper pleases you. Once in a while you tell you preacher he has a good sermon; so tell the editor the same about his paper.

Sixth, get your “copy” to him early. Take it in for the next week day after the previous publication day if you can. It takes time to set type and to make a paper. Did you ever wonder what the editor did all the time between publication days? You wouldn’t if you were a country publisher yourself.

Lastly, go in some day when the paper is being printed. Go in several times during the day and you will have more of a realization of what a job it is to make a country newspaper-Cornwall (Ont.) Freeholder.