The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-21
The Register.

The present number ends the fortieth
volume of the REGISTER. 1t seems
proper at this point to have a little talk
with the many friends and patrons of the
paper. 1t is quite customary for pub
fishers on such occasiops to congratulate
Themselves and their patrons that they
have furnished so good paper, and make
enticiug promises of further improve.
ments for the future. We do not intend
TO do so at this time As our readers
well know, we are not in the habit Of
putting ourselves or our enterprises. We
do not pretend to be satisfied with what
we have done, or to claim that we have
furnished the best paper ever published
1t has fallen far short o our own ideal OF
what local paper should be. But we
have been in hands of generous public,
and if in the multiplicity of words we
have sometimes talked indiscreety the
people have generally given us the credit
Of good intentions, and overlooked our
faults. We desire to tender thanks to
our friends who have contributed so
largely by their efforts to the measure Of
success which we have attained.
AS in the past we have not, go in the
future we do not expect to please every.
body. We recognize the difference Of
mental make up which causes one to take
a different Wow Of methods from which
another does, and if we can so far profit
by experience, year by year, as to come
nearer reaching our own ideal of right,
and at the same time secure the rccogni.
ticn of honesty Of purpose from those who
differ from us in opinion, it is all we can
hope to do. And yet we shall be ready
to make all possible concessions to the
views of our friends, and shall be at all
times glad Of suggestions
For the coming volume we shall do the
best we can. Our field is that Of tho
local newspaper of Addison county. Our
utmost endeavors will be directed 10
make the department of county news
complete. But while doing this no other
department of what goes to make up a
good local paper will be neglected.
Although the circulation of the REGIS.
TER is above that of most local newspa.
pers, it is a necessary preliminary to
making this "the best paper in the state
that we obtain far larger subscription
list than now. Addison county could
support first class paper. But dividing
its patronage, as it does, among half q
dozen papers. most Of them not Addison
county papers, we cannot with our pact
Of that patronage, do what we would. II
takes more money to publish paper than
most of our readers are probably aware
of. But we cannot fairly ask of any man
to take our paper if he can do better with
his money elsewhere. For that reason
we have reduced the price of the REGIS
TER. 1t is now the cheapest local paper
in the state, and we think we can fairly
claim that we give our patrons more in
the way of local newspaper for theil
money than they can get elsewhere.
We trust that the people of Addison
county will take pride in supporting ar
Addison county paper If they would Dc
so, they would have a paper to be PROUD
of. Every dollar that can be made avail
able will go toward the Improvement o
the REGISTER Will not our friends al
over the county aid us in this matter
1t should be remembered that the REGIS
TER is not "patent outside" paper. bu
that it is all printed at home and gottel
up under the direct supervision of thu
publishers.