St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-14

THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, WEEKLY.

The FREE PRESS will soon be celebrating its
Semi Centennial 1t is by far the oldest largest and
most widely circulated paper in the wide region of
Vermont and the Lake Champlain Valley from
which il chiefly draws its readers. In the forty
eight years of its history it has the birth and
the death of two three daily papers, four week
lies and three of four bi-weekly and monthly
papers in Burlington alone. While these and
scores of other Vermont papers have had Il com
paratively brief and uncertain existence and have
passed out of sight and perhaps out of reccollec-
| ton. the FREE PRESS has steadily grown in cir
culation resources and i'll every element of news
paper strength. Within the recollection and eX-
pcrience of its present editor its entire establish
ment occupied no larger space than single floor
Of the present enlarged Free Press building. II
now occupies fue floors and finds its quarters none
too large its accommodation. Its income and out
lay for the benefit of its readers have increased in
like proportion.
The FREE PRESS attributes the measure of sue
it has thus attained largely to its standing
live. sound and reliable journal, devoted to the
interests not of any set clique sect but of the
public a paper which strives To build up and not
to pull down; which desires to sustain every good
interest i'll the community, and to promote purity
honesty. and fidelity to justice and to right i'll
all public affairs. While striving to maintain
this character, truthful and candid expo
nent and guide of public opinion, its conduct
Ors recognize fully the public demand that
the newspaper shall he Il prompt record of events
"a newspaper first of all They are therefore con.
stanty extending and improving their facilities
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 Dispatches of the Associated Press
and the daily record news of the world is supple
mented by special dispatches, and fresh and fire.
qu-nt correspondence from points OF special inter
est. As enterprise in this regard will be Omit
ed only by our means, we may properly, for their
own interest. bespcak the assistance of
slant readers i'll extending the circulation and
sources of our paper. The FREE PRESS both daily
and weekly postage free to all subscribers and
is thus cheaper than il has been any time in ten
years past. Our daily is $500 year, and our
weekly $500 always i'll advance
To Advertisers.
The DAILY Free Press and Times (morning and
evening elitionsl. and the Weekly FREE Press offer
absolutely the cheapest and best medium of adver
tsins in this region. Our several editions have
Il lars" and growing circulation. not only i'll this
the most populous city i'll Vermont but in six of
its largest and hest counties, together with
a numerous and Increasing body of readers along
the lines of the Central Vermont Lamoille Valley,
and O"drnsbnrg Railroads and on botl shores of
LAX" hamplain. If nur prices of advertising are
higher than those of some of our contemporaries.
they are relatively i'll proportion t" circulation
which alone gives value IL advertising space much
lower.