Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-09-11

Again The price of other things, in
general. is much higher than when the
Telegraph was established and the price
of it fixed Bread costs from IS to 100
per cent more. If ride in the stage
if purchase cow or bread for my fam.
lily, or feshmeat, butter or cheese, for my
workmen, | must pay an augmented
price. Why should the burden fall on
me alone2 A large proportion of my
subscribers are farmers and mechanics,
who charge much higher than formerly
for their produce and work. Why then
should they complain at paying acc ord
ingly for their papers2 Is it right that
those who pay in grain, meat, butter or
cheese, for the Telegraph, should bring
only half or two thirds the amount they
formerly did! Certainly not All will
agree that it is not. II these choose TO
pay the money. the money will buy only
half or two-thirds as much grain, beef,
butter or cheese
And again:-H it be asked why the
Telegraph cannot be afforded as cheap as
the political papers published in the coun-
ltry,-I answer, it IS afforded cheaper than
any political paper in Vermont, if you
reckon the amount of reading matter
The question on this point has been an
swered, over and over again. But will
repeat it. These papers. that are filled
with IS to so per cent of advertisements
have double advantage over religious
papers. They get pay extra for tn.
space occupied vith advertisements, ana
SAGE the soork Of filing that space a0it1
reading matter. There is political pa
per published in this State whose adver
tising-generally filling pages of the a
and sometimes even more than this-man
ifestly meets the whole outgoes of the es
adjustment. 1t does not cost the publish
er of that paper more than one-half, a
most, to set the types for his paper, that j
does me for the Telegraph; while he get
six times as much for advertising Why
then should II be thought strange that th,
Telegraph, which affords twice tn,
amount of reading matter. should be hell
!
one-four:h higher 2-saying nothing abou
/ the quality or character of the reading
matter, one way or the other.
| now ask brethren, and friends of th
Telegraph, if any of them will Withhold,
their PATRONAGE Are not my reason
for the step about to be taken, good AM
sufficient. Ii not, let it be shown where
in. Let it be borne in mind that tn
:, change will affect only those who har
hitherto had The paper at $3.50. and VIII
are of course now the better able to pa
for it at its fair value. The large elias
who have heretofore paid 50 each, vii
continue to receive theirs precisely as be
fore. l ask, say, who will discontinu
the Telegraph, because they are require
u to pay fair price for il2 Have an
u stopt eating bread, because wheat ha
: been 90 bushel, instead of 81, as fol
u merly2 Why then will they stop thei
4 religious newspaper reading2 Is it les
5 important to provide aliment for the min
Il and the soul, than for the body2 Wi
parents feed and clothe the bodies of thei
:. children, and starve their souls! Iwil
not believe it. will not believe that an
considerable number of those who hav
read the Telegraph for any length of time
will place so low an estimate on such
paper as even the Telegraph is-althougI
say it myself-as to dispense with it 70
IS such consideration.
l. This notice is commenced one quartz
beforehand, that all may see it in season
e and understand the matter. Il will b
; kept in type and be inserted from time +
! time, during the remaining IL weeks G
o this volume.
Il June &c. 1889.
, Phrenology.
Il L. Burke, Phrenologist, from London. Is giving