Connecticut western news., 1878-01-24
1.-THE LEADLNG AMERICAN NE W,S-
 PAPER" THE NETWORK TRIBUNE
 FOR 1878.

1nctlon of the lal gest circulation alnOng the best people. During the year 1878 II wall spend more labor and monev than ev- ar before to deserve that preeml"ence. It l secured, and means to retaln 1t, by becOm- lnQ the medium of the best thought and ! he voice of the best conscience. of the | tune. by keeping abreast of the highest progress, favoring the freest discussion. hearlnR ali sides. appealing always to the | best r. telllgence and the purest morality, ! and refusln- to cater to the tastes of the | vile or the prejudlces of tue ignOrant. The continued popular approval, and the con l sCantly widening pOlI Itical influence 1t euI JOYS, are the best proofs that lG IS still faithful to these early secrets of It's strength.
 The Tribune earnestly strove for the election of President Hayes, and it gives It's hear rtlast support to the nlxh purposes of hts AdmlnlstraGlOn. Dou5tlng tne wis dom of meth"ds sometimes taken by hls suhordlDates, and criticsing wIGh entire freedom hls occaslonal mistakes, 1t still thinks 1t the duty of the hour to hold to, gether snd strengthen he party that elect' ed and alone sustalns him. It. believes tn 0 day of danger to the negro has passed, an A that Q. danger to the Tax Pa, CT has come. The Solld Sunth lat las: In full control of every Rebel ana Border SGatel sees It's chance tO get at the National Treasury, % sn6 get I back what it lost by the war. fammanv Hall could furnish New York, then Indlana. or Connecticut and New Jersey. wOul suffice. The danger Is upon us and against It the old party of Free, dom, still the party of the Churches and the School Houses, is the only bulwark. 1t alone can keep tue Solid South from grasplng tue National G ,vernment in 1880, 1t alone can save us. eveu now, from the resumption and renewed debasement of the currency. which would heedlessly and most wickedlv cueck the revival of husl, | ness. and treble the country's burdens. In behalf I the cid party. therefore. The Tri' I bune renews the o d appeal to the Nation, al consclence. the National honor, and the enlightened self'interest of the Tax Pay, CTS.
 THE STRAWBERRY TRIBUNE
 Combines many ot tue merits of both the Daily and Weekly lssues aud IS. in some expects. the best. as well as tle cheapese oaper sent out from The Tribune Office It contains all the literary, az lcuItural, aud domestic miscellany and Il the spe. cial articles prepared for the Weekly. It has besides nearly all the news of the Dan
 y. and most of its edltorIal ar icies not 'tilctly local in their application IL has Oeen enlarged and c ,anged to the new slxteeh' page form described below-a change which has long been asked by many of its most intelligent patrons.
 THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
 This has been for thlrd ot a century the favorite paper for our substantl Il cOuntry p"pulanon. A competent crlUc mas saia of 1t 2: "The Weekly TrlO ne has done inore for the settlement aud proSperl' Lv of the Great West. aud has made more aood farmers and good citizens than any O her slngle II huence that ever existed lll
 hls country" Dun z the ensuing year 1t means not Onlv to preserve all It's old mer. l!s. Du tO take @ long stride ahead. Bs the lntroductlon of $30,OOO worth of new machinery. and bv an eularQement of it's size tmaKinR it the largest single sheet IS. sued bv any newspaper n the country) 1t Is enabled to Rive subscribers what tilev have 80 long asked-their favorlte paper ln shape easier to read aud convenient tor blndlna. Each issue consists of sixteen pages. of tue form ana general appea ance Of Harper's Weekly. but With pages co !. sldSrably larger. aud With unusual Y large a' d clear type. All the old and srandaId d features are carefully preserved, while the new form aud addItIonal s,ze enable us to offer the following among many NOVEL AND SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
 l. A graphle series of articles on Domes. tic Life and HanIts Abroad, bv Rayard Taylor,
 II. A few papers on Current Tonlcs. from tIe Christian Ministers Polnt of View, by the Rev. John Hall, D. D.
 III. Occasional contributions on Politl. cal Problems and Promises, by GlI Hanl- ton. 1V. Northern Farmer on Southern Az ilculiure. by SOlon ttohnson.
 V. Life aud Sigh's ln New York, by Vet erans of the CItv Staff.
 These art'cles will not he mere repro ductlons from the daIl. paper. They will | Je prepaie ed expressly tor Tue We.Hlv Fri, | bune, aud will Ii st see the iiehr Tn it's col | umnS.
 FOR FARMERS.
 The A9rlcultulat DrparGa.en' of the | weekly IrIhuue has mIways been recOpnl- l zed as beyond compari on With that of any | rlVa'. More goou worK and .i.ore money | are now spent upou IL than ever before. AnonR regular contributors to 1t are Pro, lessor Ja,nes Law. inc couutiy's toremosu veterinary uu.I uIl'N; Professor l. B. Ar, | noiu. u",qual ed as iu hslIuct, la the | h"e auto uair>I \; Professor q. c. Caid. | well. ot Nati"i'nt r"l utai0n ..s an agilcul. | tur!i chemist: P!o;c>~ot C. V. Riley. tue well knoWu entomuio"iSt: Mt. ! ,slah Hooper. the horticlptural auGnurlly nd | other aericulrural specialists ut the Algh est rank.
 NO RIVALS TO COMPARE IT WIIH. The Weekly Tribune Is now utteriy uu nke any other weekly newspaper issued | from the office et Il daily m New York, or m the country; larger, Id different and | better torm ln better tyBe, and tlIed wltu matter prepai ed expressly for It's readers not with tn. stale news dumped lu from the DaI!v. It can oniy be compared wItn tue nree aI tour dollar weeklies, hke | Harp l's ana the great religious aud liter. arN )aurnalS, whlle its pages are larger | than In any of these. Its pr,ce, however, | remal fixed at such low rates as to defN | competition, and tue extraordinary premi. | ums surplss unythluV even ia It's own blsiOI!.
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