Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-22
THE
FREE PRESS,
BURLINGTON, VT.

The FREE PRESS believes in progress
and makes its practice accord with its
belief. Its efforts toward perfection have
been constant and its growth in size and
value, circulation and public appreciation
in the past few years have no precedent in
Vermont Journalism, 1t stands by acknow-
ledgment of its contemporaries in three
states clearly in the forefront of Vermont
newspapers. Its advance movement will
not be relaxed and it will continue to keep
itself in position to entitle it to the patron
age of all intelligent people
The FREE PRESS believes in home in
stitutions. 1t believes that the people of
Vermont can find much in their own
state to be proud of. 1t believes that the
sooner they learn to thoroughly support
their worthy home institutions, preach
and practice the policy of enterprise in
Vermont, put their capital in manufact-
ures at home, the sooner they will reach
Independence and happiness, The FREE
PRESS therefore advocates the policy of
thorough and unwavering support of home
institutions, and it believes that only in 50
far as that is done will community or a
state make thorough progress. 1t believes
there Is ample room for the exercise of
brains, energy and enterprise in Vermont
and acts fully up to its belief.
Believing this the FREE PRESS is first
of all home paper. Its own city, county,
and state, are first in its thoughts, and
news-while the news of the entire world
is given in rs ample detail as necessary.
All matters that seem to concern It's read
ers. national state or city, social moral or
"a "a Il iSr Sp1 IL II-l
for sensational effect, but to intelllgently
elucidate the subject. The FREE PRESS
does not believe in sensationaism in any
degree, either in news or politics. 1t is
steadfastly republican in politics and does
not believe it is necessary to change opin-
ION with every issue to be Il live news
paper.
The FREE PRESS has begun new. high
ly attractive and unusual feature in
country journalism 1t has, at considera-
BILE expense, engaged Il series of original
stories of the war, to be printed in its
columns solely in Vermont. These will
prove highly attractive to all veterans and
sons of veterans as we'll a. other readers
The FREE PRESS has also recently begun
Il department of original stories by writers
OF well established fame, such rs Sarah d.
Hobart, Joel Chandler Harris, Julian
Hawthorne, Charles Egbert Craddock,
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Elizabeth
stuart Phelps Frank X. stockton, Rev.
+. +. Hale, j. 7. Trowbrdge, a. A. Hays,
Philip Bourke Marston, Sidney Luska,
and others, which have already proved
very attractive. These and other special
departments of value will make the Free
Press the coming year more desirable than
/ ever before.
( The FREE PRESS has aided to its other
attractions illustrations OF prominent
/ men, new machinery, fashions buildings,
scientific articles, and agricultural tools.
1t has valuable departments devoted To
/ The Home, The Farm, and Science and
! Progress. In each of these viii be found
much that Will entertain and inform. \
| Boston editor who knows the comparative
value of newspapers said OF the FREE
PRESS THAI it is "the LEADING news paper in
| Vermont :" and we have no doubt that all
who become acquainted with the facts
! will agree with the Boston editor.
The recent enlargement OF the Daily
places it ahead OF all competition aud gives
its readers an amount OF desirable and
valuable reading such H. they cannot get
in any Vermont newspaper and aut few
outside of Vermont.