Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-12-02
PROSPECTUS
THE NETWORK LEDG E X

| As indication of the popularity OF tnt
LEDGER, we need only state the simple lao' sla
Its circulation is large than taat OF any o1oi
Ten literary papers in the country i.s ea
success Is owing the fact that It's proPr y
cures the best writers in the country, ana spare'
no expense in getting up the BEST FAMILY fArHh
"A paper of hiph moral tone. The exalted Iepu'
tation Of its contributors, the practical ana lhva
riaoly pure and healthy cIarac er oil all l'S al q
cles, the care which is taken that not even on' -
fens We word shall appear in its columns aHu Sn
superiority Of its Tales ami oNeUcH0''
gained for the NEW YORK LEDH ZEN pos.SStoJi
that no literary paper has ever before , a,
We feel, and always have felt, since the LEU IA
attained its immense circulation, that heaVy re-
sponslbility rests upon u'. and nave enueA
to discharge that responsibility coasclenulouSy -
feeling confident that ultimately we should recei''
the thanks of thousands and tens of thousands Of
families
AS to the future, we at n loss what to say.
we prefer to PERFORM rather than to PROMISE.
What we have heretofore done is known to our rea-
ders they know what the LEDGER has been and
is now. and must therefore ju ge hat it will be
hereafter We can only say that among the con-
tributors to the Ledger are
Edward Everett, VIM. C. Bryant,
Charles Dickens, Geo. P. Morris,
Paul Morphv, n. P. Willis,
Hon. II J. Raymond, Anna Cora Ritchie
Geo. D. Prentice Fanny Fern
John G. SAKE, Mrs Sgournev.
Sylv c bb Jr Ms Southworth
Elmer on Bennett Marion Ha laad,
William R. Wallace, Alice Cary,
Carlos D. Stuart Emma A. Brown.
Col. W 3. Dunlap .Sallie NJ BRYAN
and many eminent Lawyers Clergymen Profess
sors in Colleges and ot1-rs. Who vfit e 'hc
Ledger ANONYMOUSLY, and that our complete AZ
engagements are such that the 'urreat expense OF
the Ledger are now and viii constantly b. at the
rate Of over THREE huadref thousand dollars per an
mum.
Facts like these carry with them more weight
than any comments that could C made and com
ments will therefore be dispensed with As we
have already intimated, we shall leave promising
to those who prefer to expent their force In that
way nd content ourselves with doing what
to make the Ledger the most interesting and
instructive family paper in the world.
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urday, and sold at all the eRs-ofices in every
city and twn throughout the country; and is
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two copies sent for three dollars. Any Postmas-
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(Which is our lowest club rate), and sending us
Sl2, will he entitled to one cory free. Terms in
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twenty-six cents year. Canada subscribers must
each send US twenty-six cents in addition to the
subscription price of the Ledger, to pay the Amer
can postage.
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villages, or other places where news-ofices are
permanently established.
communications must be addressed, postage
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ROBERT BONNER,
Proprietor of the New-York Ledger
No 81 Ann-st. n Y.