Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-30
The Local P0per.


Upon it, though humble in pretensions,
the growth and prosperity of villages
and communities largely depends 1t
is the means ofthe better acquaintance
of the people with themselves, ana re-
mote sections with us. 1t is the medl-
um through which business, in all its
branches may be understood; here the
producer and consumer the buyer and
seller, may understand each other
1t is the great power of the people to
expose wrong doing and to correct local
evils. 1t may not be right always in
the views it aims to take, and though
wrong sometimes this is better FOR the
people than for them to become forget
full of their own local interests for the
want of newspapers to remind them.
Every newspaper is more u less selfish
i'm reference to its location, and in order
to successfully combat others patronage
must be given to the local one, in which
the people are interested. If this view
of the matter be correct, q newspaper be-
comes local necessity
Ifmore than one church is needed to
civilize and evang ellie the world, more
than one newspaper, or one class oil
them, is required by the people to eX-
press their sentiments. y ocal news
paper is as much needed in every large
community as the country store and
the wants of the same are not dissimi-
lar. We make no spccialities i'll items
of news, nor can it be expected that we
should deal with a single ism. If the
people desire paper of this stamp, they
can be procured, with their goods, at
wholesale in Boston and New York.
We do rot say but that it would be
much more pleasant for the TRANSCRIPT
to deal in single line of news and lit
erature than to initiate the " country
store " in the newspaper business, but
we are forewarned that it would not pay.
We do the best we can for our patrons
in return for their patronage, and believe
that we give them an equivalent for
their money. Sincethe enlargement of
the WEEKLY TRANSCRIPT to the size OF
the largest State weelilics, and the issue
of our daily, our expenses have been
correspondingly greater than the patron
age we have received and yet we have
which our efforts have been seconded by
Our friends in st. Adams and elsewhere
throughout the county.
While it is the purpose of the TRANS
CRYPT to labor for the welfare of this
section of the State, it is not our inten-
ton to do so to the great injury of any
particular neighborhCod Neither is it
our purpose to become the tool of any
"clique or clan," nor to adopt their pc
culiar views and express them rs our
own. We believe that the people have
rights and interests of their own to de-
fend, and for their defence our columns
have ever been open, and will be in the
future. We know no difference among
men so far as their rights and liberties
are concerne 1.-The high, the low, the
rich and the poor have the same hear.
ing in our columns.
If the noble born [if any such there
are, one more than another] would not
suffer from criticisms of their conduct
in our columns, they should not expose
themselves to such criticisms by wrong
doing and if the criminal would no
be noticed as suffering the penalties o
the law in prison, The should behave
himself; it is his fault, not ours, tina
we mention. His private troubles OF
misfortunes we would not mention t
his injury; the poor and unfortunate, W.
trust, will always.ind "a friend i'll th'
TRANSCRIPT.
While we are thankful for the many
tavors already received, we would ash
our friends to aid in extending the cir
culation of the TRANSCRIPT. Such
course will warrant improvements
which we desire, and tend to make thu
paper more and more what it should be
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SPRINGS.-We are in receipt OF nea
little pamphlet of IS pages, descriptive o
the virtues of the water of the " Iodine
Spring." at South Hero, VT. 1t is from
the press of j. w. futile, Pittsburgh
n. Y. Fred Landon is proprietor o
the Spring. DR.. r. X. Clark, formerly
of Georgia is connected with it, Certif
icates abound in wonderful statement
of the healing properties of its waters
and remarkable cures.
The Victoria Spring at Frelghsburg
Pc, comes in for share of the hon
ors. We have received a pamphlet o
% pages, from the ST. Johns " News
press, st. Johns, by mail, containing