The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-13
The Vermont Waterman.
ESTABLISHED IN 1906.

of society in this country and which has
survived the changes of time to the pres
ent day, is bodily representation of the
history of the country. The rude hand
press of Franklin-the marvellous mechau-
ical creations which print the modern
newspaper the stinted sheet, meager con-
tents and restricted circulation of the
primitive journals-the omnipresent rural
weekly and the gigantic editions of the
metropolitan daily, are counterparts of
state and national growth and develop
ment. Such newspaper is also the
states and the Nations history. In the
retrospect of its pages the post horse and
every primitive thing disappears. Its col
umns of growing amplitude attest the
course of discovery, invention, achieve
ment. The advent of the railway, the
birth of the inland telegraph, the laying
of oceanic cables, the discovery of the tel
ephone are blsz oned on its pages in stir
ring head lines, celebrated in leading arti-
Giles and instantly put to exacting service
to swell its columns with the news, the
doings, the sayings Of men in every corner
of the civilized world.
At its post among the green hills, The
WATCHMAN has been the spectator and
the recorder of the beginning and the
growth of the national greatness, the rise
of the mountain land of Ethan Allen to
its high rank in the growing sisterhood of
states and to its long and proud pre-emi-
nence in the councils of the Nation. Dur
ing this period it has itself developed
from the diminutive hand-printed PRE-
CURSOR, described in the historical SIX stch
in another column, to large quarto edi-
ton, the product of steam and dexterous
machinery. With pardonable pride it re-
members that it has borne some humble
part in working out the destiny of the
state, that its past conductors have been
identified with the states history, honored
by the people of the state, and that one
has been its representative in the national
congress. The successor to so much
worth and distinction is not unmindful of
the responsibility of his position. He
will not repose upon the fame of his pred
ecessor. 1t is his ambition to hand
with its good name unimpaired and its
reputation enhanced, if possible, by faith
full and effective service rendered to every
good cause-local, state or national.
The increasing circulation and the grow
ing demand for space have made the en-
largement of THE WATCHMAN an imper-
alive necessity. In making up its pages
the rights of readers and the demands of
advertisers have frequently come in sharp
collision. The increase in size has been
under consideration for a year past. Some
months ago plans for the change were
completed and active preparations begun.
The enlargement involves very great ad-
ditional expense and will much enhance
the value of the paper to all classes of
readers, yet the subscription price will
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The best prospectus of the new WATCH
MAN is its weekly issues for the past.
Nothing which can be said at this time
can materially change the verdict to which
tine record of the paper itself has neces-
sarily contributed, and no assurances
which may be given for the future can
have weight except as the course Of the
paper in the past shall justify assurances
and inspire confidence. Founded in the
early times of the state, its continued ex-
istence prosperous and influential in local
and state affairs, is due to the confidence
it has inspired by its rigid adherence to
principle, its championship of right, its
bold advocacy of measures affecting the
general welfare, its condemnation of
wrongs and abuses of every kind, and to
the cleanness and high character of its
contents. Its accuracy in summarizing
the local and general news, and its fidelity
in representing the interests OF the times,
have gained for it the reliance of the peo-
pie of the state. In these essential offices
of good newspaper the paper will be en-
terprising and progressive.
The farm will hold the front rank in
the columns of THE WATCHMAN. While
not distinctively an agricultural paper, it
will continue to devote large share of its
space to Vermont's leading industry. In
the quality of its contributions to the
common stock of knowledge upon farm
subjects, in the intelligence and practical
character of its treatment of matters di.
rectly affecting the prosperity of every
Vermont farmer, THE WAToHMAN, it is
confidently maintained, is far in advance
of any journal specifically devoted to the
various branches of farming. DR.. Hos
kins, the editor of the agricultural depart
ment, is widely recognized as an authority
in all matters relating to the farm. Al
able and an acute writer and learned
gentleman, he is also an original thinker
and shrewd observer To these charac
teristics he adds the decisive quality o.
practical experience. His recommends
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