Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-12-26
The Times for IsG3.

The Times for 1868.
We have waited till the last moment be-
fore making our announcement for 1868
hoping to b, able to commence the year
without any particular change in the fiuan-
4 cial depart nen.. Our readers already know
Of the great paper famine, and how pub
fishers now haveto pay twenty-five cents
per ID. for paper which they have formerly
bought for nine and ten. Indeed, some Of
the finer grades Of paper huve gone up
from eighteen to fifty cents per Id In
this state of things we believe all of our
contemporaries have announced either an ad
vance in price of subscription, or reduction
IN size, and some have done both. The
Times IS Of course no exception in the gen.
eral wreck now going on among newspa-
pers, and after consultation with many good
friends, we have finally determined and
come to the conclusion that we can better
serve the interests Of our patrons, by re-
ducing our size, and thus maintaining the
old price for at least three months longer.
The reduction ii size we hope will only be
temporary, but that will Of course depend
upon circumstances.
This announceme Mt will no doubt be re-
ceived with regret by many good friends of
the TINES. To them it will prove disagree
able, but il is more SO to US. Necessity
compels US either to raise our price at once
or reduce the size. Present rates at the
present price Of paper would ruin any pub
Usher, and the more subsc ibers they have
the more they would lose. 1t is evident
that the day Of cheap newspapers has gone
by for at least few years, aad we believe
there will be more favorable time here
after, to increase both the size and the price
of the TINES than the present. An increase
of-price now, would cause many TO feel that
they must deprive themselves of their pa
per for the year ensasing, while they will
glsdly continue at the old price. To such,
therefore, our course will prove favor.
In making this announcement we must
add word further, which we believe will
be received by our patrons with nearl,
unanimous favor.
AS stated above, we assume the new
size only for the time being according t
circumstances. Hereafter, we slnll Sc
some Of our matter 10 smaller type, and al
30 use portion Of our outside fer new
matter Everybody is now interested i
the war, for who has not near and dea
friends flerel Mere stories are Of little &C
CONN, and we shall therefore omit many
them 10 the coming year. We also pre-
pose to reduce the amount Of advertising
and rely more upon our subscription lis
for support. Thus, by these means, on
readers will perceive that we shall give 0
mach news matter as iormerly--probabl
more-and all for the same price.
The soldiers letters which have come
be an Interesting feature of the TINES, wi
be continued as heretofore
The TIMES now has a larger circulatio
than at any time before, and in the tow
in this vicinity, much larger than tina,
any other paper. In the last two montl
there has been very handsome accessic
TO our list, while our old patrons have CO
sinued with us. This, we need not add, h
given US much encouragement, and sho,
that the people will sustain a hearty, ou
spoken, loyal paper. During the year no
closing upon us, we have battled again
sraitcrs and their sympathizers, sometim
in terms somewhat 'differen, from tho
used in an ctdinary political campaign. Y
have done so because the occasion seem
to demand it, and hereafter as heretofol
the TIMES will be paper OF rncondiiiou
loyalty, and unsparing in its opposition
all traitors North and South. The increas
support which has been given The TENT
leads US 10 believe that its course, in L
main, meets the appreciation of the gre
loyal majority in this section; and with a
other years experiences at the editorial hel
we hope to make paper still more acceI
able to our patrons in the faiare.
FRIEsDs AND PATRoSsl We thai
you for your kind support and many che,
ing words during the year past. You foi
the family Of the TINES. and may we r
ask a continuance of these fayors, and IL
Their increase Of patronage, that its usefI
ness may be still further increased
And God grant that ere another ye
shall have passed away, We may have d
blessed privilege of congratnIating you
upon the utter annihiIa,ion Of The rebslliC
the blessings Of peace and prosperity, al
ehe sRepubiie saved
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