Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-04-06
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6. 1866.
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country Tor advertisers
il you are Lawyer. Doctor or other
professional man, advertise.
Ii you want to sell goods, advertise.
ES 1t you want to buy farm, adver-
tise.
GgH you want to sell farm, advertise.
bS5 II you want employment, advertise.
eS8A-H you want to employ help, adver-
tise.
psA-If you want to buy house, adver-
tise
ga-If you want to buy or sell a lot, adver-
tise
Sea-Ifyou want to buy or sell cattle, adver-
tise
oAIfyou want to buy or sell grain, adver-
tise.
To Our PArpoNs. AT the beginning Of the
business year we desire to call the attention
of our patrons to a few facts having an irnpor-
tant bearing in determining the success. or
failure ofour effort to publish an improved
and useful paper 1t is not quite year since
we took charge Of the Inquirer. Since then
we have spared neither labor nor money in
our effort to make an acceptable paper. It
is with our friends aud patrons to determine
whether we shall be enabled to continue and
improve our paper or whether we shall be
obliged to let it fall back to It's old standard
We invite the attention Of all who feel an
interest in the progress and general improve.
ment of our county in morals, intelligence
and prosperity to the following facts. We
are to day publishing larger paper than is
published in almost any other county of the
same wealth aad population in the State. We
publish a larger amount of entertaining and
instructive reading matter and general news
than almost any other county paper of the
same size in the State. We carefully exclude
everything of an immoral tendency from both
our reading and advertising columns We
also exclude from our advertising columns all
medical nostrums and cards Of quack Doctors
gift enterprises, DC, and all patent medicines
not known to be reliable. The exclusion Of
all these entails upon us a very heavy addi-
tional expense, from the fact that instead of
being paid Outstanding advertisements, which
require setting up but once in two or three
months, we are obliged to pay for filing the
same space with new matter every week We
have made thes e sacrifices during the past
eleven months at heavy pecuniary loss in
the beliefthat the intelligent religious, NOR
al, law abiding members of the community
would lend us their aid in so good a cause and
justify our course, by their encouragement
and aid in increasing our circulation and pat
ronage. There are large numbers Of our peo-
pie taking city papers, many Of them filed
with the disgusting and licentious details of
police courts, the immoral advertisements Of
quack doctors, the alluring temptations of
gift establishments, sc, all designed to lead
the young and inexperienced astray, rob them
of their money aud corrupt their morals.
How many who would be horrifed at the idea
Of recommending, the gambler, the debauchee
the libertne or any other pest of society, as
associates for their sons and daughters, con-
sIder through nine -tenths of the newspapers
of the day, they bring the ameinfuencesint
direct and constant contact with the minds of
their children at a period when the youthful
mind is most susceptible and when the influ-
ences brought to bear on it, to a great extent,
shape the character Of the future man or wo-
man for life? Thus much for the social in
terests. Our political course shall be in the
future as in the past, fearless advocacy of
the great cause of human right, liberty and
progress, and an independent criticism of
public men and measures, without fear or
favor We shall at the same time advocate the
nomination in our own ranks, for Office, Of
sober, honest t, intelligent men and oppose, to
the extent Of our ability the nomination of
all others, to this end and for the furtheranee
OF the above named objects we ask the ass is
tance Of every good and true man in theranks
of the Union party i'll extending the circula-
ton of our paper. We are now entering mp
on a most important political campaign, in
viii Oh are to be elected State and County
ticket. The result in Pennsylvania viii be
regarded as either the justification or rebuke
of the noble men in Congress, who are now
standing up for the right Of all men to the
protection Of their persons and property ,andin
the county it is to be determined whether the
reckless expenditure of the hard earned mon
ey of the tax payers shall be continued for
another year. Our terms are $500 in adj
vance orS2. .25 ifpaid within six months, $3.50
if not paid in six months and 800 ifnot paid
within the year. Campaign paper from June
lst, 1866, until the close ofthe ecampaign65cts,
per single copy; 10 copies, $500; 20 copies,
$1,000.
be- The last Lecture Of the Series for the
benefit er the Cemetery was deliveredto full
house on Tuesday evening the 9th ult by
Dir. G. N. HIcKoK, on Bedford and Bedford
Lifc.' As was expected by every body the
Doctor took of the ancient town in manner
that was highly amusing to the natives His
happy taking Off Of onr peculiarities in
general ought to stimulate our people to brush
up and study a neatcr system of architecture.
Hany Of the town council were present ii
would be well for them 10 take advantage Of
his critical dissection Of the material with
which our streets are covered. It takes the
Doctor to do up the handsome and he did ii
most effectively on this occasion.
asAa Should any Of our subscribers change
their Post Office address this spring a note
IRON them, stating their new address, viii be
gladly responded to by u.s. In case the
matter should be neglected by any Of those
receiving our paper we viii be under obliga-
uons to Postmasters who are liberal enough
70 give as the necessary information.