Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-11-02

Now is the Time to Subscribe.
The winter is coming on. with its long
nights and cold days. and every fani-
ly should be supplied with an abund-
ance Of good reading. No reading is
as cheap as newspapers. As we have
not said much. heretofore, to our
friends in reference to extending the
circulation Of our paper. we win say q
few words now. - a
A merchant who has procured
large assortment Of goods, feels that
he is justifable in calling the attention
Of the public to his stock, and he has
a right to set forth their qualities. If
he has paid a higher price, for better
article. he is justifable in explaining
that fact, and asking higher price
from his customers. Having made
the necessary explanation, it is the Gus
TONER'S privilege to buy Of him or Ego
where he can get an article at a lower
price. though probably much dearer in
the end. While such q merchant
would scorn to ask patronage merely
to support him, he may feel, that. hav-
ing gone to great expense to procure
and keep such stock as the wants Of
the country require, he has right to
a liberal patronage. If he deals honest
ly. The mechanic who bes.ows extra
labor and expense onhis products feels
no degradation in saying to the friends
Of improvements that. while he asks
nothing as a charity, and wants no
one to buy Of him merely to support
him, he has reason to expect that his
extra PAINS to make sexicable arti-
Gle will be duly appreciated.
That We have been at great expense
toproduce a paper worthy of extensive
patronage is manifest from the size and
general mechanical appearance Of our
sheet. That we bestow an extra
amount Of labor upon it is also mani
fast to any one who viii read il; and
that it IS worthy Of patronage may be
proven both from its large list Of sub
scribers. and its innumerable borrow
ers. The support Of such paper,
without public patronage, in a town
the size Of Brookyille. is a compliment
to the taste and intelligence of its pat
rons, and a wonder to many. There
is no paper of its size, any where in
Indiana--in town or city. There Is
no paper Of its size published in any
town Of the size Of Brookvillc. in the
United States. that we have seen OIL
heard of. To publish such paper
generally requires the proceeds of the
advertising Of a large city, and the
profits Of Daily paper. Butin Frank
lin and adjoining counties thereis such
an appreciation Of good home paper
that we are well patronized. Amy o.
our readers could buy as much read.
ing-even more. such as il is, for less
money. They can geta city paper fol
one dollar. adding the postage, foi
one dollar and twenty-six cents, but al
least half Of the reading is wholly
useless, being city local items, and a
great deal is absolutely pernicious,
being pulls Of theatres. &c. When
we announced our intention to refuse
to advertise for shows. lotteries, &c.,
some said we could not be sustained
When we determined not to be a par
ty organ. there was great fear among
our friends One kind friend from
Springfield township very frankly ad
vised US not to buy power press ant
not TO enlarge. for he doubted whethe
an independent paper could be sus
tanned. But. after two years expe
rience we find we have made living
without ministering to vice. and not
withstanding the fears as to our sub
scription list, il is 60 per cent. large
than when we took the paper, and s.
per cent better.
When we speak of an Independent
paper wcdon not speak Of neutral one
Ours is not that kind Of nuisance
live are not decidedly on one side
or other OF any question OF importance
We would like to know IL What WI
mean by independence is readiness
to defend the right, regardless Of par
ty. We may be INDUCED in wore
Of retrospect as illustrative Of on
meaning. When we learned from
Col. Johnson. Of Nebraska, when OF
his way to Washington. what wer,
the designs Of the Missourians OF
Kansas. We did not stop to ask villa
Whiggery or what Democracy wouls
say Of the scheme (for there wer,
Wings and Democrats then. but mons
now. but we exposed il and promised
eternal hostility to il and oil il
abetters. Not a word had Their
been said about il in any paper
and We had no means Of knowing
whether il would be popular or unpop
ular. Neither did we care. w
thought that we knew what was right
and we espoused il. Up to that tims
both parties had yielded to every do
mand ofthe south. and Il was reason.