Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23
sAfuRDAY MORNING. pEcsxssa "a, ls,,
viii .hls bvmter elo.es volsus I oI

with thls hvmbet closes volums 4 Of
The Mspstsrows THAsscnirr. - there will
h no rsrrf lssuca Mext Saturday. The
employers II this uIkcs have had no rscre-
ssioa ~ holiday This ysss. uos even on the
22na u Fsbsuasy. Faster. 4sh Of Jsly or
Thsnhsgiviss Day. and they aow propose
10 tsks whole week. hoping that tho
readers Of tho T.ASscairr will find no
fsslt aud will excuse the paper for one is
sus. Il will appear again on the 9th Of
January. and will contiuue to do so regu-
lssiy each week throughout the year.
Al the end Of volume il 10 customary
fbs publishers to review the past and to
make promises for the future. but We
shall transgress the rule aud let the pa.
per speak for itself We shall epdcavor
to make !, as readable and acceptable to its
pssrous as possible.
Our subscription list embraces persons
Of every shade Of opinion, political and re-
ligious. and We do not expect to suit cv-
crycnc IN al tissues, for that would be al
most an impossibili,y. We aat,cr ourself,
however. that the TnASscnipr is general.
y we'll received, judging from the fac,
that we have lost but few subscribers dur
ing the past, aud those mostly by death,
and that new ones have rapidly come in,
espccis!ly during the present year.
Four years ago. the TRASscsIrr 6rst saw
tho light with about three hundred and fifty
supporters; to-day. il has au average cir
culaiion Of eight hundred. But still VIC
hsvc room for more. Tho larger the cir
culaiion Of o pnper. the better able it will
be 10 advance the interests Of the commu-
nifty in which it is published.
Four years ago. Middletowu was a very
uuinvi,ing place. with but fsw good build.
ings in il. But how great the change
since Where then stood four little old
onc.story buildings, now stands the 6ncs
and largest public hall on the peninsula
outside Of Wilmington. Where then stoot
an old slaugh,cr-housc and pond. nov
stands q beautiful banking. .hsusc. Lott
that we're then grown up with weeds ant
uuencloscd. are nov orusMented will
handsome residences. The MiddletowI
lfOtcl, to accommodate coustshtiy increas
ing business. has been greatly enlarged
aud improved, and is now superior Il
most country hotels. An Episcopal churcl
and chapel are now being built; fruit
drying establishment, employing about q
hands, storea. houses and other build
iugs have been erected. aud Middleton
now presents lively business appearance
while her public buildings, fine rssiden
ees, streets aud sidewalks. will compar
favorably with many towns with doubl
her population and With more prescnsions
That much Of the improvement Of tl'
last four years has been due to the cstat
lishment Of . Newspaper here. none vi
doabt; for by it the town has been know
abroad, and by It the business OF the P'ac
has been increased
Thea sLoxld not everyone feel an intel
oct in Il, s~d endesvor to extend its circu
Iation, that its nscfsluess may be greater
All the city papers can not supply II
place Of the local paper. 1t gives II
sown sad county much Of their importan'
in no world, and gives in dctailthe loc
aess which cannot be gained from au
sther source. Every issue Of tho pap
Il 70 much local history, and tho ris
growth and development Of the town ar
eosatry around can only be measured AT
REGARDED by tho local newspaper which
cosstsn,ly gathering ito items.
With these resuarks we wiil bid adi'
to uur readers until the 9th Of Januar,
wishing oil merry Christmas and ha
py New Year.