Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-09-29
COUNTRY NEWSPAPER

or village, are called country nano,. ""n
position TO those published in the c;,y %
Some people won't subscribe 10 -.
paper, because they say they see fire. S'ul''y
thing contained in the city paper Tr,,e'y
are very wise people surely. If ,bov i nt'e
take the country paper, how do tbey t uOnt
or see what it is ? Do they borroy S ;,,
No city paper can furnish country W., "
with matters in which they are half 60 r~Ope
interested as the country papers can bo" muca
the country papers narraie all tha, , H"'
Immediately around them-tbe m,, passes
and deaths of their friends-the sdys,,l
ments of their neiehbors-the sales Of ,'S,
of personal property near them wS l:ua
they are in need Of These are m "n''n
peculiar to their neighborhood pane, ,,"e'
and most agreeable to them. '"e'
The advertisements of neiobbo,;,u
per are the first things to be read, In5.ppS
properly speaking, the advertisement, -,
the most interesting parts usually in N
newspapers to all readers.
A man who does not subscribe n l..
neighborhood paper, is certainly iCno,,a,
OF one half that passes around him and y
he is business man, often loses the n,;,a
OF subscription in the settlement of an %.
tate or the sale of some property in wbsh
he was interested besides the paper ,sI.
HIM where to get the cheapest goods n
tins store or that, for those who adver,s
usually sell the cheapest goods tell him
where he can buy what he wants; bon,e
or farm; COW, &c, or where he can sell
some superiluous article he has. Do the
city papers do that Not at ALL Tbpv
will tell you great deal about what IS Ooing
on IN cities, and tell you great deal that
you feel no entertainment III whatever. bu,
they do not tell you that in which YOU are
most interested your neighborhood news
Another class of people say that couuuy
papers are made up from city papers. This
is another mistake. A large portion of III.
country papers are as well edited as a ma
Jority of city papers, and often copy lid.
from them. We know country papers which
are nearly filled with original matter written
expressly for them. The right way to have
a good neighborhood paper is to encourage
it. A liberal subscriber will bring forth
talent, for if the editor has not got it, III.
dollar will find it for him some where.
FIRE IN FITcHBURGHs Ths Paper-Mill
of Mr.. Samuel S. Crocker, IN the West
part of the town of Fitchburgh, Mass, to
gether with the store-house, &c, belonging
to the same, was entirely destroyed by fire
on Monday night, the 18th inst. large
amount of paper, ready for market, was 90
hand, and also valuable lot of stock, which
was all destroyed. The loss of PROPERTY
considered to be from to s5000-insur.d
for $4,000. This loss will be severely felt
by the owner, who is an industrious and
hard working man. The fire was the work
Of an neutrality-suspicious. atlas.
Important Decision in Bankruptey-A correspOa.
lent of the ST. Louis New Era writes from Jea.f.
son City, Mo, under date of the 9Th inst
"An important opinion was delivered to-day 10
he United States District Court, in the case d
VIM. Wright, petitioner for the benefit ct The
bankrupt act, and Parker Dudley objector.
various objections were made, but the one
which excited most attention, aud elected lengthy
ind able opinion from Judge Wells, was a charge
against Wright which involved his integrity
1iuISt Oi Ant government. IL was Charged uh
while acting Register OF the Land Office al Pal
nyra, large sums of money were deposited with
him, TO be used in the purchase Of public lands and
hat instead Of fulfilling his written receipt and
promise, the money perverted so his own us
md benefit-tbe names Of the deposors beingn
urned in The schedule of his debts.
alt was not stated by Judge Wells whether The
Register could be made responsible under his off,
'ia bond, or that his defalcation was which III
Tolved him in the technical sense of "a public OH.
'er, but he expressly pronounced his guilt under
hat clause of the act which denounces defalca'
ION in amy other fduciary capacity than those
Enumerated. A petitioner, the Judge remarked,
must come into Court an honest man, and prove
himself such when assailed, or fail in his aPPlca.
ion. 'hduciary trust was pledge Of faith, and
when broken by a strictly private citizen, by the VI
'aton OF speciai deposite, for a certain PURPOSE
IT in any other manner which would prove a ds
oneSt purpose, would be fatal to an application
n fact, the broadcast meaning given 10 the term
and strong moral denunciaton pro-
bounced against all violatoTs OF public and private
atih.
"The reasoning of the Judge was profound ana
BILE, and excited the admiration Of all who heara
i'm. Mr. Wright, it is presumed, will withdraw
rs application, as final discharge would seem 70
e impossible
Voluntary Return to Sarery--The Sandwich
Canada Nest) Express chronicles an occurrence
bat took place in that neighborhood on the u"