Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-17
The Freeman for 1860.

The friends of the freeman will be glad tc
learn that its prosperity during the past yeal
was never before equaled by any paper printed
in this State Its subscription list has beer
the largest and Its subscribers the most prompt
in paying for their papers. In only a few in
stances has it been necessary for its editor to bic
adIeu to those who have received its weekly visit
for the past year, and in these instances the
number has been made amply good by others.
This prosperity demonstrates the fact that q
paper published among the green hills, and re.
hectlng the wishes of our people, and defending
their interests, can and will be abundantly sus
tanned, and warrants the publisher in enlargng
Its sphere OF usefulness, and materially improv.
Ing its condition. The campaign for 1860 is
now clearly foreshadowed by the united voice
OF every free State east of the Rocky Mountains
IN favor of Freedom and the success of true
Democratic Republican principles in that i'm
pending struggle That the principles of the
party may have no modification, and that the
grccnest spot in the Republican horizon it
is necessary that those papers born with the
spirit of Freedom and reared under the nurture
Of the Old Liberty Guard, should lose
none of their independence and be amply sus-
tanned
With the commencement of the New Year,
we shall enlarge the freeman to quite one third
addition to its present dimensions, and add such
additional ability to its editorial staff as will be
in keeping with its increased dimensions, and
render it at all times the exponent and defender
of the rights, welfare and happin ess of the
Green Mountain Boys.
With the increase of its size we shall com
mence the publication Of distinctive agricul-
tural feature, which will render the necessity of
foreign Paper wholly uncaled for. 1t will
give the experiments and Improvements of Yer.
mont Farmers and Vermont Farming, with the
discussions of such an adaptation of labor and
fertilizers as are necessary for the increase of
lhe value and productyeness of Vermont Farms
EARLY in the year we shall commence the pub
licatlon OF an interesting Historical Tale by the
author OF the " Green Mountain Boys and
still another by the author of 1.-The Snaggers
OF Mcmphremagog' We shall also publish
soon an original story written expressly for our
columns by a new contributor, entitled "Ellen
Howard, or the Night Hawks of the Forest, " a
tale Of our own times and locality, which, to.
gethcr with large number of truthful tales Of
less length, original and selected will be a sure
guarantee that the Freeman will not be want
I ing In literary merit and interest We shall
still maintain that moral and religious depart
ment SO valuable and interesting to the Family
Circle.
With the new arrangement and increase O
the size of the Freeman, we shall SO arrange il
that the women and the children may have thu
story, miscellaneous and religious portion of thu
paper for perusal while the old man is engaged
In perusing the agricultural, political and new
departmental will in fact be two separat,
papers with no continuation from one to til,
other except its natural relation in making
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