The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-05-02
The Historical Magazine.
4 WORD TO BARNET AND BURKE.

No. ". Of our Gazetteer History continues
and completes the towns of Caledonia. 1t is
proposed to close this county with histori-
cal paper from GOV Fairbanks, which en-
braces an account of the raising. offering.
equipping, and sending into the field the first
SIX Vermont regiments, with a brief review
OF their services up to the eth Of May COM
ing, accompanied by lists from the towns of
Caledonia county of their respective soldiers
/ enlisted, (name, company ard regiment
For this county military table returns CT lists
have been received from all the ,v~i, ia said
county but Barnet and Burke, for which
towns lists are herein most respectfully solic-
tied within the week. Our printers have fin
/ ished the histories of the towns and now wal,
for this article. If it is too much work now,
when will it be less? And it strikes us i,
would be very sorry reflection upon any
town should there fail to come response to
such an appeal, to which the county general
ly moves. 1t wouldn't read well. now or
hereafter, that the citizens of any town prop
erly acquainted with the request for histor-
ic record being made up for their section of
the state, failed to furnish the names of their
own brave soldier boys who voluntarily went
forth to fight their battles while they re-
manned at home
a WORD GENERALLY TO ALL OUR PATRONS AND
FRIENDS.
In regard to the divisions of counties our
work may to some appear to have rather out
grown its originally designed limits. This is
! partially true, however at first we expected
to have to divide larger or more important
counties, while we contemplated the making
up IN one number some of the smaller or
more recently organized counties. Thence
we calculated the largest amount of pages we
could possibly give with a general patronage
tor - cts. Counting for such q work at least
10000 subscribers and on our prospectus
promise I'd 100 pages. The same number of
pages which every circular. scattered through
every town in the state, has invariably prom
Sed. Our Addison county number overrun
our estimate on the manuscript 20 pages, and
having ourself great partiality then to a
county completed in number, we donated
20 more pages-donated, because we had on
~ barganed with patrons for 100 pages
thus gave One-ffth more than the subscrip-
tons had paid for printing. To Bennington
We added the compliment of 20 more pages
on account OF the poorer paper, and could we
have included Caledonia by overrunning not
more than 10 or 20 pages we might have so
done, albeit the subscriptions for the work
have not yet paid for the printing of 100 pa
ges. As it is Caledonia county being one
OF so much historic interest and general i'm
portance as to fill nearer tmo than ore num-
Der of this series Of county and town histo-
RES, we, after deliberate reflection, consid
cred 1t the most equitable and, with view
to the end, most satisfactory plan, to COM
mence Caledonia county with our original
and constantly promised number of pages.
and also to make that just distinction of diff
ference in the subscription terms between
regularly yearly subscribers and the occa.
slonal purchaser of only one or two numbers
No county in the state has yet given a sub
scription for which number of 100 pages
could be done up for slOO. Each county
must naturally help the other county, in Or
der to accomplish this desired publication
Instead of raising our yearly subscriptions
as advised by high historical authority out of
the state, rather than thus tax our bona fde
friends to the whole enterprise we have deci
ded it to be more just and advisable to let
our terms remain thus low TO all yearly pat
rons and only to double the price or put the
work at so cents per number to the one couu-
ty patron, Or occasional! purchaser. We