Orleans Independent Standard

Sir John Falstaff wouldn't give reasons "on compulsion"—we do. Hitherto we have had no occasion to give a reason for issuing a half sheet because we have never before made such issue. We are constrained to make such an one this week, not because any of those kind and earnest friends of a free press, who have threatened to break us down in our business, have diminished our facilities for a full number, but because the Lord Almighty has interposed and laid two of our workmen on their backs with ills that "flesh is heir to." On the principle that "half a loaf is better than none," we print a half sheet this week, and promise our patrons, for their patience which we bespeak, "heartier fodder," hereafter.