St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-02
E. & T. FAIRBANKS & co.
St Johnsbury, May =. I-.:.
THE FREE PRESS & TIMES, .DAILY.


The FREE PRESS will soon he celebrating its
SemC entenial. II is by far the oldest largest and
most widely circulated paper i'll the wide region of
Vermont and the Lake Champlain Valley from
which it chiefly draws its readers. In the forty
eight Years of its history il has the birth and
the death of two three daily papers four week
lies and three four b-we,kly and monthly
papers in Burlington alone While these and
scores of other Vermont papers have had n cam
Paratvrly brief and uncertain existence, and have
passed ont of sight and perhaps of rrccoll-,-
ton the FREE PRESS has steadily grown in cir
culati"n. Resources. and III every element Of news
paper strength. Within the Recollection and rx
Irrirncc of its present editor its entire establish
m"nt occupied II" larger space than IA single floor
of the present enlarged Free Pres, building. II
now occupies pre- floors and finds its quarters none
To" llrg for its accommodation. Its income and "ut
lay for tho benefit of its readers have Increased in
like proportions
The FREE Press attributes the measure at suo-
cess it has thus attained largely To its standing IA
II live, sound and reliable journal devoted 10 the
Interests not of any sci clique sect bur of the
public a paper which strives Ia build up and not
/" pull down: which desires t" sustain every good
interest III the community. and promote purity
honesty. and fidelity justice and to right i'll
]
this character. as a truthful and candid expo
nent and guide Of public opinion, its conduct
rs recognize fully the public demand that
/ til" newspaper shall be- prompt record of
"A newspaper first "f all They therefore con
stantlN cNtcndin" and improving their facilities for
/ the prompt collection of the news of this region
and OF all Vermont
Omr daily is thu. "nl, paper north Of Rutland that
/ .ives the
Full Dispatches of the Associated Press,
and til" daily record news oi the world is supple
m,nted by special dispatches, and fresh and fire
purnt correspondence from points Of special inter
est. A. nnr enterprise i'll this regard Will he limit
ed only lay on means, may properly. for their
own interest b,sprak the assistance Of our con
slant readers III extending the circulation and
sources of our paper The FREE Press both daily
and weekly l"Sfage free all subscribers and
IL thus cheaper than it has been any time in ten
years past. our daily is sou a year and our
| weekly - III, always i'll advance.
To Advertisers.
The Doiiu Free Press and Times tmorning and
rv-nn. -dItinn-I. and tn, Weekly Free Press off.,
absolutely the cheapest and best medium OF adv.r-
Using IN this r-G"n. Our several editions have
! n large and growing circulation not only in this
the most p"pul"Is city in Vermont, but in six OF
ITS largest and best counties together with
il numerous and increasing body of readers along
the lines Of tn" Central Vermont, Lamoille Valley.
and Ogdrnsburg Railroads and on both shores of
Lake thamplain. four prices of advertising are
higher than those nf some of contemporaries
they ar" relatively, ia proportion t" circulation
which alone hives value to advertising space. much
lower.