Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31
1.-THE LEADING AMERICAN NE WS- PAPER" THE NETWORK TRIBUNE
 FOR 1878.

The Tribune has long enjoyed the d1s' function of the lal gest clrculatlon aiaeng the best people. During the year 1878 IL will spend more labor and money than ey- CT before to deserve that Dreemlnence. It secured, and means to retain It, py Decou1 ing the medium of the best thougnt ana the voice of the best conscience or the time, by keeping abreast of the highest progress, favoring the freest discussion, hearing all sides. appealing always 10 the best Intelligence and the purest morality, and refusin- to cater to the tastes or rG Gne vile or the prejudlces of the ignorant. The continued popular approval, and the con sCantlv widening polItical influence 1t enl joys, are the best proofs that It IS still faithful to these early secrets Of It's strength.
 The Tribune earnestly strove for the election of President Hayes, and 1t gives It's heaitlest support to the nlsh purposes of h,s Administration. DOuStiDg 6ne WlS' dom ot methods sometimes taken by hIs sunOrdlnates, and cfitlclsing with entire f, eedom hls occasional mistakes, 1t still thinks 1t the duty of the hour to hold to- gether and strengthen the party that elect' ed and alone sustalns him. It believes the day of danger to the negro has passed, an e that oi danger to the Tax Pay CT has come. The Solid South lat lass In full control of every Rebel and Border SUater sees It's chance to get at the National Treasury. and get back what it lost by the war. Only A Northern votes are needed. If Tammany Hall could furnish New York, then Indiana. or Connecticut and New Jersey, woul suffice. The danger IS upon | us and against It the old party of k ree' dom, still the party of the Churches and the School Houses, is the only bulwark. 1t alone can keep the Solid South from grasping the National G ,vernment in 1880. | 1t alone can save us, eveu now, from the threatened Democratic abandonment of | resumption and renewed debasement of | the currency. which would heedlesslV and most wickedlv Cheek the revival of busl' ness, and treble the cOuntry's burdens. ln behalf f the cid party. therefore, The Fri al consclence, the National honor, and the enlightened self'lnterest of the Tax Pay CTS.
 THE SEMI. WEEKLY TRIBUNE Combines many oi the merits of both the Daily and Weeklyassues. and is. in some respects. the best. as well as tne cheapest It contains all the literary, ag.icuitural and domestic miscellany. and all the spe cial artlcies prepared for the Weekly. Ii has besides nearly all the news of the Dal liy, and most of its editorial articles no strictly local in their application It hal been enlarged, and changed to the new slxreenl page form described below-s change which has long been. asked by many of it's most intelligent patrons.
 THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
 This has been for third of centur, the favorite paper for our substantia country population A competent criUl has said of it ''The Weekly Trlbpne ha done more for the settlement aud prosper ty ot the Great West. and has made nor good farmers and good citizens than an. other single influence that ever existed Il thls country" During the ensuing year means not only to preserve all it's old meI It's. but to take 6 long stride ahead. B the introduction of $3O,OOO worth of nev machinery. and by an enlargement of it oi1 lrno sxin ho 1or aIn sued by any newspaper in the cOuntry), is enabled to glve subscribers what the have so long asked-their favorite pape ID shape easier to read and convenien tor binding. Each issue consists of slxtee pages. of tue form and general appeata anc D of Harper's Weekly, but with pages CO.,. f sidarably larger and with unusual. V larg at d clear type. All the old and standar' features are carefully preserved, while tn new form and additional slze enable us t. offer the following among many
 NOVEL AND SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
 1. A graphic series of articles on Domes tic Life and Hah'ts Abroad. by Bayar' } Taylor.
 II. A few papers on Current Toplcs. iron the Christian Ministers Polnt of View. b. the Rev. John Hall, D. D.
 III. Occasional contributions on Politl cal Problems and Promises, by Gnl Haml ton.
 W. Northern Farmer on Southern Az IIcuilure. by Solon noblnSon.
 V, Life and Sights Tn New York, by Vet erans of the Clty Staff.
 These articles will not be mere repro ductions from tue d slIs paper. They vii Oe prepared eXpre> sly for The Weekly Fri burle, and WIlI Ii st sec tue l2ht Tn it's col umns.
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