Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-04-20


To OUR PATRONS. the beginning of the
business year we desire to call the attention
of our patrons to few facts having an impor
tant bearing in determining the success or
failure of our 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. 1t
is with our friends and 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 its 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 and population in the State. We
publish larger amount of entertaining and
4. 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 AID advertising columns. We
also exclude from our advertising columns all
medical nostrums and cards of quack Doctors
gift enterprises, &c, and all patent medicines
not known to be reliable The exclusion of
all these entails upon us very heavy addi-
tional expense, from the fact that instead of
being paid for standing advertisements, which
require setting up but once in two or three
months, we are obliged to pay for filling the
same space with new matter every week. We
have made thes sacrifices during the past
eleven months at heavy pecuniary loss in
the beHefthat the intelligent, religious, NOR
al, law abiding members Of the community
would lend US their aid in so good 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, &c, all designed to lead
the young and inexperienced astray, rob them
of their money and corrupt their morals
How many who would be horrifed at the idea
of recommending, the gambler, the debauchee
the iibertine or any other pest of society, as
associates for their sons and daughters, con-
slder through nine-tenths Of the newspapers
Of the day, they bring the same infuencesinto
direct and constant contact with the minds of
their children at period when the youthful
mind is most susceptible and when the infu-
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 I
nomination in our own ranks, for Office, of
sober, homes t, intelligent men and oppose, to
the extent of our ability the nomination of
all others, to this end and for the furtherance
CT the above named objects we ask the assis
tance of every good and true man in the ranks
Of the Union party in extending the circula
tion of our paper. We are now entering up
on most important political campaign, in
which are to be elected State and County
ticket. The result in Pennsylvania win 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
protectionof their persons and property ,and in |
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. 5ifpaid within six months, s.. so |
Il not paid in six months and $500 ifnot paid
within the year. Campaign paper from June
lst' 1866, until theciose Of the campaign e5cts,
per single copy; 10 copies, 5000; 20 copies
fS4- The Soldiers Monument Committees
IN the various districts are earnestly requested
% push forward their work as rapidly as pos