St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
SWITSER & EASTMAN,
THE FREE PRESS TIMES. DAILY
THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS. WEEKLY

The FREE Press will soon be celebrating its
Sem entenial. II il by far the oldest largest and
most widely circulated paper in the wide region oi
Vermont and the Lake Champlain Valley from
which it chiefly draws its readers. In the forty
eight wears OF its history it has seen tn. birth and
the death of two or three daily papers four week
| lies and three four bi-wrrklv and monthly
papers III Burlington alone. While these and
scores of other Vermont papers have had a com
paratively brief and uncertain existence. and have
passed ont of sight and perhaps out of reccollr,-
ton, the FREE PRESS has steadily grown in cir
culatI"n resources and in every element of
paper strength Within the reccocction and rx-
perlence OF its present editor its entire establish
ment occupied no larger space than a single floor
of the present enlarged Free Press building 1t
now occupies fre floors and finds its quarters none
too large for its accommodations Its income and out.
lay for the benefit of its readers hav. increased. in
like proportion.
The FREE PRESS attributes the measure of sue
ii has thus attained largely to its standing a.
IA live. sound and reliable journal. devoted To the
interests not of any set clique sect but of the
public; paper which strives u build NJ and not
To pull down; which desires To sustain every good
interest in the community. and Ia promote purity
honesty and fidelity To justice and to right in
this character, a truthful and candid expo
nent and guide of public opinion its conduct
Ors recognize fully the public demand that
the newspaper shall be prompt record of events
"a newspaper first of all. They therefore con
stanty extending and improving their facilities for
the prompt collection of the of this region
and of all Vermont.
Our daily is the only paper north Of Rutland that
gives the
Full Dispat ches of the Associated Press,
and the daily record news of the world is supple
mented by special dispatches and fresh and fire..
quent correspondence from points of special inter
est As our enterprise in this regard will be limit
ed only by our means, we may properly. for their
own interest, bespeak the assistance of our con
slant readers in extending the circulation and re-
sources of Our paper. The FREE PRESS both daily
and weekly pOStge free to all subscribers and
is thus cheaper than it has been any time in ten
years past. Our daily is $500 a year and our
weekly 200, always in advance.
To Advertisers.
The Daily Free Press and Times morning and
evening editionsD and the Weekly Free Press. offer
absolutely the cheapest and best medium of adver-
Using in this region. Our several editions have
a large and growing circulation. not only in this
the most populous city in Vermont but in six of
its largest and best counties. together with
a numerous and increasing body of readers along
the lines of the Central Vermont Lamoille Valley
and Ogdensburg Railroads. and on both shores of
Lake Champlan If our prices of advertising are
higher than those of some of our contemporaries
thew are relatively, in proportion to circulation
which alone gives value to advertising space much
lower. In way can the same amount of money be
made accomplish much in the way of adver
tisng, in the region we have indicated, as by pur
chasing space in our columns.
job Printing.
The job Printing Department of our establish
ment is supplied with steam presses, new and
tasteful fonts of type, and every facility for the
prompt execution of every kind of printing in
fashionable styles and at lowest living prices Or
deIs by mail executed a carefully and as cheaply
as given in person II