The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-08-13
vol. XIII.

We Sci IN duty bound to tender or sincere
thanks to tie ritizens Of this city, and the sur
founding country, fr the liberal patronage they
have bestowed upon US ever since our engage
ment in its publication 1 we lumbIy hope, though
CONSTANT attention TO cur business, assiduouS ia
bour and study, fair asd impartial treatment of
all parties secta, and kinds and honest dealing
with all not only to merit q continuance fpa-
tronage, but also 20 gals yor influence IN iA'o'
ofour paper in preference to all Others ~ the
county.
Thu, far we have saved no paiHs to lay before
our readers, weekly, the very choices. information
we were able to Gull from over hundred different
newspapers, received from all part Of the Union
We have also endcayorel TO keep you fnlly post
cd up III reference to all ihat has occurred in this
and surrounding counties. Daring the Courts, we
generally had reporters present, who have care
fully minn'el all important procee !ins', in
which the pubic a; large felt an interest. And
during the session Of the Legislature one Of the
editors has generally been at, the capital; and for
number OF years past, the Free Trader has
been the only paper out Of Springfield which
Ia, published a faithful journal Of the proceed.
ings Of our State Assembly. Frequently We
have gone to great expense for the purp,'c Of Sc
curing the Presidents or goycrnors's message
ahead of all our cotempories.
1t was through such means, no doubt, tina. We
have SC well succct dod-ard we can as uIe cur
readers tha, there shall be 10 lack on our part in
this respect in the future
We are well aware that we have not been able
to supply our readers with gate as much reading
as many fo,cign city papers can, for the same
money, but we do contend that we have, all along
Supplied them with more valuable Information,
-news in which they had personal interest, that
thcy could collect out Of all the mOtgmOuth sheets
printed 10 ;he universe, Our matter is wechly-
carefully selected, dgcstej, aud arranged for
this immediate locality Nearly every para
graph has direct bearing upon the interests Of
this country Bat your foreign literary papers
are nothing more than the refuse, and dregs Of
monthly Magazines. Reviews aud daily papers
They Do not pretend TO furnish you with news
The matter which they contain, frequently passes
through dozen different periodicals before your
cheap, dollar papers touch it. Many OF them
are filled Up. week after week, with chapters
from old stories that can be bought by the Cart
load upon every hucksters table, on the corners
of The streets in cities for from cents to dime
piece-nonls before the last chapter is finish,
ed in your family paper.
We appeal to all who are the patrons Of such
papers, whether, what we have here said is not
true yet We have no fault to find with you for
taking these prints. They are well enough in
their place We only state these facts by way
oishowing the reasons why We cannot PRINT \
paper here for the same price those papers are
got Up. We hayeto set up our type every week
while it costs them nothing for setting ,feir type,
And all know that setting the type is the most
expensive part OF new VS. paper.
This fall, however, we hope to enlarge our p,'
per, equal to nearly eight columns more reading
matter To effect Ibis, much depends upon the
promptncss with which our subscribers, who are
in arrears, respond 10 the notice published IN.
der the editorial head
To make this change we need, at least $1,000
IN ready cash. This we could easily raise If orr
friends, who know themselves to be in the back
ground, would only send in what they know is
our just due.
Our accounts are in small dribs scattered all
over the country so that it is almost impossible
Tor us to call on each man, separately, TO DIN him
We shall, therefore, next week commence send
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