The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-06-17
The First Daily Newspaper.

London. Its appearance was not herald |
cd bv advertisement, for besides the two
or three weekly Journals then published.
and which were wholly devoted to poll.
ties and court matters there was nothing
in which to advertise. The proposed pub-
lication ofthc Courant-for such the new
venture was to be called-was not looked
upon with high degree of favor bv the
monopolists of the London newsnaner
field. who affected to regard it with su.
preme contempt. and spoke of it oplv as
"tho pitifu Project of q poor Printer"
all the added weight that could be con.
veyed by liberal use of italics and OK.
clamation.points. But the publisher was
shrewd fellow, and saw that this display
of spite would act as an irritant upon
public curiosity. and. iudoino bv what n
Sharp newspaper.man would do nowadays.
he went home. ordered his nrcssman TO
"put on two more ouircs." and awaited
the result.
When the Courant did appear, upon
tho aforementioned doto IL ,ro, n o,,r;
'no aooVo-men''oneu dato' IL was a curl
@ os.'y' r. was aoou' 'ne size Oh naii a
ono'' y, 'oo'''aP.paper' Prin'cu on.y upon
ouo sue oon'aluing neituer eui'orials'
'ooa:'' oou.' news Poii'.ca' matter au,
vet''sonenes, s:S G nor Eog,,sn inteiligence OIL
uny n'nu Whatever lniS iast omission
S".. maS 'no n.o.e singular, no. 70 say slenln-
oau'' "ne" 'uo ieauer VIII remember 'hat'
1pou 'ns' very ua'e' tne LIN OF march,
Su,Vn S,,1, 1Au"o moh' u inc house Oh reers
-: vU:,,: ~, M. 'p,o0n iiou. 'no 'nione'
n.s o.i imam - ha'ing oieu upon tne
~ u'n' 'n.oo uay' oeioro' we nave saio
Wv 'aVto H. was ~ no"o m "owS III 'ne nFs' issue
Omonu;, an c'''I".' T.. ino a'sel''on se was 100
I;aos I1;mp,ng, ~ u .:, IHo ooineI 'nere are seven
81 | IT, T Joaoo.oJ I".?n ,: io.a'1 " 'ne 'unelai
ua,oa .I ~ 'L"''u .Ia htas' aue 'nreo are ue'
oon'i.'on VI 'no i.nei iis.. ar
,noa S ~ r.a;na | bo.'. ,o' wa. a. '1a1 " 'ine'
Tho E 80" ~ ~, i." 'aau anu y rieuoe
aa,;uaI,, M ~ ~ 'no 0on'o"'s oonslS'eu
" q, Iuo'a.'V.' 'lc'n ioieigi pa
po's' "''n ''io oAocPrion o' nan column
~ 49,. .o.'''"Ty III; us iu.u'o prospects ana
er, "as the Title shows, will be published
daily, being designed to give all the Ma.
tarial News as soon as every Post arrives,
and is confined to half the Compass to
save the Publick ut least half the I'm.
pcrtncnce of ordinary Newspapers"
Six weeks after the first issue the pub
Usher announced in his largest type that
.he project had been so Successful, that
hereafter both Sides will be printed. :"
The appearance of over column of ad.
vertisements in tho same number is a
sufficient Endorsement of the statement,
and from that time the Coatrant increased
in prosperity. Every newspaper has its
leading feature, and that claimed by the
Courant was foreign intelligence. Three
months after its first appearance the fol.
lowipr notice found a conspicuous place
in its columns. which leads To the belief
that newspaper publishers were much the
same in those days as now as regards the
dishing.up of news from abroad at will
) be found from the Foreign prints which.
from Time to Time, as Occasion offers.
will be mentioned in this Paper that the
, Author has taken Care to be duly furn.
ished with All that comes from Abroad
in any Language. And for an Assurance
that he will not, under Preteuce of hav.
ing Private Intelligence. impose apv Ad.
dition of feipn'd Circumstances TO an Ac.
ton, but give his Extracts fairly and
impartially, at the Beginning of each
, Article he will quote the Foreign PAPER
, from whence tits taken that the Pnblic
SEEING fr,m what Country n Piece ot
, News comes with the allowance If tho,
, Government. NAV be better able to ;udoe
, of the Credibilty and Fairness Of the
D Relation. Nor will he take unon him tr
give anv Comments or Confectures of hi.
own. bnt will relate only Matter of Fact
!, sunnosinc other Peonle to have Sens,
= ononob to mako Reaoct;ons for Them
> selves"
= = Had we arv intention of olorifv;ng N,
: modern daiIv nowsnaners ,1 tbo evnons,
u u of the Courant. WE MIGHT SON here Z,
draw a verv str;k;n, comnar;sop betwos,
the merits Of tho two Rnt That was n,
mart of our original nl,, and wo lo,vo /;
70 for tbose who boyo no,h;no also 20 do
!. AZ we bav. sid ana as l. o1,;moa i, ,L
u above quotations tbe strona noint If fl
. Courant was its Gore;on ;ntoll;oence
y Clipper.sb;ns oceon.steemers and snb
- = maripc.cabIcs were al;Le unknown /;
. those d,vs and tho ,rbl;shor mos ohI;,a
T. ~ donenI rnon ,ho rnoor,a;n r,onou,.1, 80 >,
J of transa,lon,;o sh;nn;na 60 ,ha, ,ho new
'' from Americ, was some,;mes two ,bre,
and occasionally even four months old
e. Even thc news rrom across tbo Cham.
'g WAS often two and three weeks old R'
le then mi. intoll;aonce s,.Io as :, ras wa
e. nndonh,edIv road with 40 toon on n,
T. .r,;te and d;scussed with as mncb ear,
d. n,,no.s as If !, had coma bo, from ~
y wires an bour berore a fra m;abt q,