Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-12-27
PROSE- ECTUS
OF
THE NEW YORK LEDGER.
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rENHE LEDGER has been still moro prosperous
Il has made more money during the past
twelve months-than any other paper, either
daily or weekly, published in Now York or any
other city in this country. The great reason why
tho Ledger has been much more successful than
any or all other papers is that we have not hest
stated to spend money freely il securing the SER
vices Of all the great and popular writer's of the
country. While other papers have been COM
PEELED to eoonomiLe-to cut down the size Of their
sheets and print a poor quality Of paper-we
have on the other hand been enabled TO keep up
the highest point Of excellence in every respect,
and TO avail ourselves Of all the Improvements
and novelties which would tend to the entertain
ment Of our readers W G have never offered any
humbug premiums to secure subscribers, for the
reason that have preferred TO put merit for PIE.
into the paper itself, and in that way give
every reader more than the worth of his money.
Besides nine out Of every ten papers that have
offered premiums have been swindling concerns,
and every paper that has anything to do with that
sort Of thing Is sure to dc. Thy not conduct
cd on sound business principles.
The following are the names Of some Of our
leading contributors for the new Year 662-
Hon. Edward Everett, Rev. John S. c. Abbott
William Cullen Bryant, A. Oakley Hall, John G.
SAKE, George 2. Morris, N. p. Willis, George D.
Prentice, Sylysnus Cobb, Jr, Emerson Bennett,
William Ross Wallace, I s. Arthur, p uamil-
y
ney, Mrs. Southworth, Fanny Fern, Anna Cora
Richie, Alice Cary, Mary Forest, Miss Z. A.
Dupuy, Mary Stanley Gibson, and many
clergyme0, professors in colle5es, statesmen, and
other eminent writers residing in different parts
of the Union.
Our corps Of contributors for the coming year
will be so large, and will embrace such a variety
Of eminent talent that every department Of liter
ature will receive the particular attention of
one competent to do it ample and special justice.
In fact our contributors will send us from week to
week much more matter than VIC can possibly use,
50 that we shall always have fresh and supera-
bundant supply from which to select TIE VERY
BEST.
The LedgeT'a great success is owing to the fact
that We spare expense in getting up the BEST
FAMILY PAPER-a paper of high moral tone. The
exalted 1eput alton Of its contributors, tho prac-
teal and invariably pure and healthy character of
all its articles, the care which is taken that not
even one offensive word shall appear its columns
and the superiority Of its Tales and Sketches have
gBined for the New York Ledger a position that
no literary paper has ever reached.
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