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showing, as may be suggested, as many efforts to con- 

 strue good Indian into bad English " 



Newspapers, History of. 



There are two weekly newspapers published in the 

 town, the Journal and the Inquirer and Mirror, both 

 being well supported. The price for each is $2.00 per 

 year. 



The following article, entitled " Journalism in Nan- 

 tucket," was kindly contributed by Wm. Hussey 

 Macy, Esq., the editor of the Nantucket Inquirer and 

 Mirror, and the author of " There She Blows; or, The 

 Log of the Arethusa." 



The writings of Mr. Macy need no eulogium. What- 

 ever he does, he does well. For many years utterly 

 deprived of the sense of sight, all his work has been 

 done literally in the dark; but with that inner light 

 which the Creator has given to all who will use it, 

 he year after year gives to the world the, matured 

 thoughts of a man who thinks, if he does not see. 

 The heart of every man and every woman beats in 

 sympathy with Mr. Macy in his terrible affliction, 

 and the compiler of this book believes that his contri- 

 bution will be read with double the interest when it 

 is known that it was written by one who is blind. 



Journalism in Nantucket. 



By Wm. Hussey Macy. 



The history of Nantucket newspapers dates no far- 

 ther back than the year 1816, at which time a little 

 sheet called the Nantucket Gazette made its appear- 

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