The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-29

TIiI TRIBUNE FOR 1875
Cheaper ani BETTER Than Eye,.

Tue TRIBUNE as the "leadiog American
newspaper has come to be generally re.
cognlzed Its bit;erest foes, while assail-
ing 1t US fercely as of old on political or
other grounds. never now question its pro.
eminence as newspaper 1t is confessed.
ly the foremost 10 the country 1t has
won the position. aud it means to hold it /
by the employment Of the best ability, by
the most watchful conscientious attention.
and by the most lavish expenditure of
moEey 10 procure whatever money will
buy in is readers service. Its expendi.
tures in this way during ,be past year
were over one million and hall ni dol.
lars For The results Of thi. outlay it
asks from each single subscriber 80 the
WEEKLY, Two dollars; from each sub
scriber in Il club of thirty or more. one
dollar; and it pays the rosloge itself,
The events Of 1874 have vindicated
the Tribupes political course, as well as
its newspaper superiority. Maintaining,
with all its old tetvor, those republican,
principles Of equality and justice with
which, under its ilustrious founder, it
was Tor thirty years Unidentified, it never
thcless warned the country that the party
in power had, in long course of pros
perity. grown reckless and corrupt The
people were slow to believe, and some, for
time, resented the warning At last it
was seen that the Tribune, as usual was
merely few years in advance OF its time.
The people have come up to it. They
have DOT decided to put the old sDti-War
Democracy 10 power, nor even to abandon
the republican organization They have
simply given warning. They have como
with the Tribune, TO hold mere party ties
as OF Infinitely less consequence than the
attainment of pure government on sound
principles They stand by their old land.
marks, aud will defend the constitutional
guarantees to the liberty Of the citizen
and the Sacredness Of the nations faith
with It's creditors But, ike the Tribune
they have lost faith 10 the hot partisans
who Insist Oh strict obedience TO the die
tates OF the caucus, and who value party.
not for its principles but chiefly for its Of
fees, They recognize that the new con-
ditips of the country have brought new
r'eds and Dew duties ; that parties can
bot live forever on their pat 10 ;a2'ter
how gloriops and that rbe men to be
trusted with the government should be
men who have shown an understanding Of
the popular wants, rather than men who
have understood how to pack csucuses
and manage conventions, 1t has thus
come about that in nearly every instance
this year the political recommendations
OF the Tribune have received the seal Of
popular approval
The Tribune cHn never be a iieutral IN
| polite; hnt II maintains its independence
OF any parfisan dictatiuh 1t believes
that the mere organ Of politicians can
never be good newspspee or deserve
the popular trust 1t aIin- to udgr ev-
cry act oi whatever partly solely on It's.
individual merits; cOmmend> ,nc lIcsi.
dent where it think him right A. heartily
as it condemns him where it thinks him
wrong; holds fast TO its long avowed
principles. aud value any party only a. n
means for attaining their triumph waits
on 90 caucus for its opinions suffers no
partisan need 10 coor its news or warp is
/ ut'efaucr, ana maintains, 10 the interest
Of iis renders, the liberty Of candid and
impartial criticism of their rulers 1t en-.
deavvrs TO combima the uttermost frank
ness aud independence with judicial fair
ness; keeps its columns from oil low
abuse aud personal wranging, has no
quarrel- with other papers, and never re.
plies To or even notices their perpetual
attacks deserving all the space usually
wasted III this way, for mater its readers
want
From those Who believe such Journal
a desirable visitor in their families, the
Tribune soicits continuance Of the pop
ular favor it hos SO aonspicuously enjoyed
in the past and never more conspicuously
than during the hard times Of the year
1874 Il has reduced its thirty ceot~ On
each weekly tby Trcpayiug postage, 20
ceu,s. aud waving the old charge for sep.
crate addresses 10 club subscribers, 10
cents, aUd it asks those who think we'll
Of it to Feciproeate by kindly efforts to
increase It's circulation
The Weekly Tribune has been icr the
space Of generation the farmers iavorite
paper. Besides complete condensation
Of the news nt the week, a selection of
literary and miscellaneous reading, and a
full page Of the best editorials from the
Daily, it coUtaius in every Lumber a
great amount Of agriculture! matter than
is furnished by any distinctly agricultur-
al paper. This is prepared expressively
for its columns by the best agricultural
writers and practical farmers in the Uni.
ted States while among the distinguished
regular contributors to the Agricultural
Department are numbered such men as
Prof Asa Gray Of Harvard University
the Hon. George Geddes, Onondaga
County, N. Y, Prof G. V. Riley, St
Louis, Josiah Hooper, l., b. Arnold aud
others. As its contributors are in every
part of the country, it will be found
equally valuable in New England. in the
SOUTH on the Pacific slope, in the Missis
! sippi Valley. Great attention is paid tc
all subjects connected with the farm and
garden, and the household, and some o.
original articles every week are illustrat
ed with wood cuts. The market quota
tions Of farm produce, cattle. provisions
breadstufs, dry goods, and all kinds o
merchandise, are exceedingly full ant
scrupulously accuaate.
TERMS OF ruE laipUNt.
Daily (by maii) yr. $40 90 Weekly. yr.s2 0
semi-Weekly, VI. 800 Five copies. S
Five copies, II so Ten copies, ~ )
a Ten copies land one Twenty do, ?2 0
extra), - w Thirty do. 80 o
E, Each person procuring elub Of ten 0
~ more subscribers is entitled to pDe extr
Weekly, and of fifty or more to Semi
Weekly.