Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-02-16

W h"c iuhOWln9 uTuCie from late number OF
the Asylum Journal, we publish as timely and
neeuiui while great efforts are making to circu.
late city papers TO the injury of our county papers,
becomes the people in the country, and
especially those who make use Of country ma.
Pers as the medium Of advertising, to consider how
far they will allow their interests 10 be thus injured
Gould people IN the country advertise in city pa
Pers, and have inserted therein those items of local
hews wh,ch ihey wish to convey to their friends,
would be well to pa,ronise city papers and leave
the country papers TO expire but this cannot be,
useems TO Us very evident, that the interest of the
people in our country towns and villages would
dictate to them, to support and encourage their
own papers-their domestic or home manufactures
in preference TO those from the cities
CITY PUBLISHERS US. COUNTRY
'Hl ~ u, PRINTERS.
Pending the next Presidential campaign.
several political newspaper publishers in N.
York are making great efforts TO circulate
their sheets, to the detriment and perhaps
"rninatiop' of country printers This is
unfair. 1t would seem as though these bar
ons of the press might be satisfied with the
large city circulation and immense advertis-
ing patronage they enjoy, without grudginp
inland publishers the crumbs of custom they
receive.
village newspapers are necessary, both
to impart local intelligence, and as a medi-
am for local advertisements. They can ge:
comfortable support, even on small cap
atal, unless city periodicals enter into COM
petition; in which case they too often doze
through sickly existence. and die prema-
ture death. This should not be- and will
not, when a hearty, generous, yet discrim-
mating support is extended to them Lend
helping hand to your own papers, then,
since you cannot dispense Nth them, and
they will go on their way rejoicing.
But" says one. as he opens his New
York Tribune, or Weekly Courier and En-
qurer, "city newspapers are more interest
ing, and there is more reading in them
There may be more space in city papers,
but how is this space filled? Do they tell
you what concerns yourself-of deaths and
marriages in your own vicinity-of auction
sales OF property in which you feel an inter-
est-of gains by lucky bargains or frugal
industry-of losses by fire and hood-ofI
your neighbours commencing business, or
his bankruptcy-of some fortunate farming
experiment, or dreadful accident the act
ors in all which events you know, and there
fore love to hear about! None of these
City prints may tell you great deal that
happens where they are published, and in
other large places: but you find little in
them Of immediate interest to yourself
Now appeal to any candid man, whether
paper giving an account Of "matters and
things" ingone's own neighborhood would
not be sought and read with deeper interest
than any city publication! Certainly-even
as one had rather hear single item of news
concerning his native place, when absent
therefrom. than peruse dozen of the "hor-
rid MURDERS" shocking accidents" dread.
ful shipwrecks," and obstructive fires, i"
with which city editors delight to nauseate
their readers.
If city papers are ever more interesting
than country sheets, and if there is ever less
ability displayed in the latter than in the
former, 1t is when the country publisher is
"driven to- the WALL for want of his Just
dues. No man can compose or select with
Il cheerful heart and clear head, when tout
Of sorts" ito use an expressive technical
phrase); and it is no wonder, amid the
many delinquencies of his subscribers, that
village editor should sometimes let his pa
per go to the (printer's) ID.
But for all this. perchance, the very indi-
yidual who complains of it is partially at
fault-and the very next person we hear
complain about the dulness of the Phoenix,
or Democrat, or Journal, we mean to ask if
he has paid his subscription Settle with
the printer punctually, and we will warrant
you an interesting, lively sheet.
Their comparatively small size is no ar
gument against country papers, since they
are usually selected with care, and their
original articles well written and to the point |
A little sheet well filled, is like ga little !
farm well tiIled"-what there is OF it is inn
proved TO the best advantage.
Whence, therefore comes this preference
for city newspaper, entertained by many
We think il arises in the wish to be artistic
cratic, and the idea that it is more so to re- |
ceive city print by mall than to have a
country paper left at ones door by the car
rer, or sent by stage. Many also think it !
beneath their dignity to show any interest in
adjudication not issued in some great city,
hundreds Of miles distant. A village paper, |
with ever SO much local news, has no
charms for these would-be-magnates- oh,
40 But some New York or Boston Daily,
though all Advertisements, shipping inteli-
gence, and police reports, yields them more
important information than any thing else
possibly could.
We do not make these remarks from any
jealousy Of The city press, for we are so firm
iy established in the good will OF this com
muni,y that we fear no competition from
without. But we sympathize with the sane
portion Of 1.-THE ART preserratire of all arts,
who are eneaced as country publishers aud |