Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-10-24
THE PHas.vSx u...THE HBCORD.

THE PHG.vIx u...THE aBCORD.
From the braRgadocio with which the
columns of the Record and Farmer have
of late been tinctured, as well AS from the
severity of tho advertising mania which
has seized it, one would think that the re-
nowned Alderman was again at the helm,
and was preparing for another burst-up.
zone hundred and thirty.five copies sold
at Carpenter news office in single week !"
fifty new subscribers in seven daysp-
"largest circulation in the countyr' Real
ly, the sherifr's Tor U. s. marsha's) call
cannot be afar off. The Record is also an
exceedingly enterprising sheet for news,
and would like TO have the public appre-
ciate the fact a little more fully, and so
takes occasion in its last issue TO draw II
few comparisons unfavorable to the PHG-
NIX. Now we are free to acknowledge that
the Record occasionally has a pretty good
article-generally contributed, though. By
delaying lis time of publication Casually,
as with the PHOENIX, on ThursGay,) until
Friday or Saturday, it does sometimes OBJ
tain news not TO be found in our paper of
the same week, as in the case of the Athol
muster and the premium list of the county
fair. Its news from the neighboring towns
COPIED largely, though, as any one may
observe, from its exchanges. including the
PHGNIx,) is always full and reliable. Its
editorials each week are worthy of special
praise, being pointed-as ''thc little end of
nothing" voluminous-as space, eloquent
as silence, prOiound-as vacuity itself.
It's Observation-Disclosures we speak in COM
mendation of them? Though often con-
tnued far beyond their time (how are you.
the reading columns, it is no donht literal
ly true that they contribute not the least in
teresting feature TO the paper.
Far be it from. us TO dctract one iota from
the well recognized merits of the Record.
In publishing the premium list of the
county fair, however, il did make some
bad mistakes, and is forced to acknowledge
it, in part. The premium list published by
the PHOENIX Notwithstanding the slurs of
the Record-acoS furnished US by the Sec
rotary of the Agricultural Society, Mr.. j.
II. Merriied of Newlane. If Mr.. Merri-
field, in giving us that list, for convenience
made use of the Records report, as far as
that was correct, is the report in the PHG-
NIX any the less OFFICIALLY Tho Record is
welcome to whatever credit may be attach
ed TO the publication of its imperfect re-
port. The PHOENIX has in previous years
attempted to do as did the Record, ant with
a like result. AS a matter of fact, it is well
nigh impossible for reporter to copy tho
premiums direct from the books of the sew
eral committees in the crude condition in
which they are returned TO the Secretary's
office Or returned at all, seasonably) and do
it correctly. We therefore preferred this
year to rely upon the Secretary for true
report, even if a little late, and put our pa
per TO press at the usual time; and we have
no doubt that our readers were quite as
well satisfied.
But the Record is good paper; at least,
are like it. 1t is an excellent paper TO run
in opposition to-we could not ask for
better. We shall rejoice, therefore, If, with
the able assistance of its twenty five cent
Bond, and his co-workers, its proprietor
shall succeed in establishing it upon pay
ing bass-a point to which, il is pretty well
il has never yet attained. The
Record, too, is newsy sheet, as we have
already acknowledged. There is enc event
OF late occurrence, however, which it seems
TO have strangely overlooked. We refer
TO tho arrest of Hunter 4 Company OF
Hinsdale,'N. H., charged with sending OBJ
scene literature through the mails. Hasn't
thelRecord heard the news? Or does the
fact that Hunters printing is done at the
office of the Record and that their press
rooms have Of late been under lock and
key presumably from fear of Il call from
U. S. marshaD serve TO explain the phe-
Wepause for reply.
One word more, though, in relation to
Mr.. Bond, whom we charge with dishon-
ssty for having bought off subscrb-
ers from the PHOENIX in favor of tie Rec
ord while in our employ. This charge nei-
Their the Record nor Mr.. Bond deny; yet
the Record is ready to defend Mr.. Bond
and slur over the charge we make. What,
allow us to ask, would be the Records opin-
ion of Mr.. Bond if he were caught buying
off lis subscribers in the same way, while
acting as agent? But since the Record is
SO ready TO vouch for Bonds honesty while
by its silence acknowledging our charge,
may we not consider that question settled
and ask another, namely: Vas net Mr..
Bond i'iStigated and employed By He pro-
orietor of The Record to pursue the course
he did? We strongly suspect that this was
he case, and would like direct answer
from the Record.