The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-03-16
Indecent Advertisements.

Indecent Advertisements.
We were glad to see, not long since, an
article in the Vermont Record, reprovlng
newspaper publishers for the manner In
which many of them offend against deli
cacv and decency by class of advertising
which is admitted to their columns. The
editor well says that newspaper should
be by all means ''iirst pwe;" then instruc-
tive, entertaining and amusing. Very
many of the papers that come into this Of
fee, even of our state exchanges, contain
advertisements of nostrums which not on
lv will not heal the bodily infirmities
claimed for them, but the moral effects OF
which are most pcrnicious. Very many Of
these advertisements are published for the sole
purpose Of encouraging rice and promoting
crime. After speaking of the temptation
for city papers to advertise this class OF
wares for which they are paid large sums
of money, the Record says:
"But country publishers, in the state
of Vermont, who print for families OF de-
cent morals, and whose papers 90 into the
bands of pure girls and interrupted boys,
into the hands of the wives and mothers,
the sons and daughters OF the state, ought
to blush with shame at many of the adver-
tiSementS which 90 into their columns, and
if they cannot get decent and respectable
living without advertising DR.. Nattisons
SIRE Remedies for Special Diseases, Lyons
Periodical Drops, SIR james Ciark's or DR.,
Cheeseman's Pills, the humbug of the aged
C2syymaq arhose Sands Of Ltt hare nearly
,1,. ont, Important to Females, Rer Ed'rard
T. wilson, Dir. Dor, Extract Of Buchu.
Marriage Guide, Important to the afflicted,
I:dum En.menegog,e, etc. had better sell
out and shut up shop, buy a portable grind
stone. and take to a respectable manner of
living"
This list of immoral and pcrnicious adj
vcrti>emehts Is not complete by any means.
To the above We would add the many
SpcciouS ways in which Intoxicating liq-
uors are brought before the public. "Plan-
tation'' and other s.Bitters" :,S we'll as all
lotteries sometimes called ''gitt enterpriS-
es'l in which no blanks makes con-
Spicuous line We took up state ex-
change a day or two since, and found the
following list of advertisements in it all of
which are humbugS, all of a perniciouS
! character. and most of which tend to en-
courage vice and crime. Look at the
list: E'To-S Of Youth, .St,any9 bm True. 4
Ctnu to Iuultk, To ConsumptircS. Tie GoM-
en- 7aJiei, SPECIFIC Pills, Indian Syrup, THE
oM established Hospital. Coiemam's GIFT En-
t'prise. Bmtheu's Gjft Enterprise, and Par
hulson'S GUt Enterprise, and several more
the morality of which is questionable.
Most of these advertisements do not fully
Indicate their character in their titles, but
no one of usual disccrnmcnt can read them
through without becoming convinced of
their wicked intent.
There is one way in which the news
papers can be purged of these leprous
spots. Let the people refuse to take
them. ItSome publishers have no conscience
i'll the matter, they will reform when they
find it for their pecm,a,y interest to do so.
Every paper that publishes advertisements
or reading matter contraband of decencv
should at once be banished from the house
hold by all parents who care for the well
fare of their children In this way only,
will some publishers cease to outrage pro-
,priety by lending their papers to propa-
gate iniquity in one or more of the ways
above mentioned.