Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-17
A Farmer. view Of II.

The enlargement Of the kennebec Journal
to its present size of ii psges was a master
stroke in Maine Journalism Il is NJ " The
largest paper published in the State. Il,
twelve broad pages flied with news and in
structive and entertaining literature, together
I with its large and clear type (Which is highly
appreciated by Us old ieilews) should maks
j, a welcome visitor to every home.
Z The great fault With iaost Of our papers il
! that they are small typ4. to save space. max
ing il difficult to read Them in the evening
the time when farmers do most of then
reading. Fine type eel solid has dark
repulsiTe appearance, bat bold type loaded
Ike the J lurnal presents an open, attractive
look TO both old and young.
I 1t is surprising what large amount Of
cheap, sensational, pernici0us literature
{ finds its way into our homes. The mails are
/ flooded with sample copies of papers and
magazines offering ehromos and every other
kind Of cheap premiums as inducements to
subscribers One paper actually offered
lately ~ pictures AMI ehromos and year e
issue of the paper for one dollar These
cheap publications are filled with reading
which 40 intelligent person car g to remem-
Der, and | never saw one who took one OF
them fog year but felt they had been
beaten. The publishers know that their
trash Is not wsrth what they ask for il, and
so offer lot Of cheap pictures as induce
ments to get subscribers TO take publications
which are largely filed with advertisement,
Of cheap watches, jewelry and other articles,
which they themselves sell. II people
would shnn all sueh and tstxe only reliable put
locations they would soon die out, but there
such chat.
Those fifty cent and one dollar publiea-
tons contain from one-twelfth 10 one-twent
eth as much reading as the Kennebec Jour
nal and the quality of their contents is no'
to be compared with that of the Journal al
all One will be surprised at the amount OF
really valuable reading obtained on first
class paper. One think. nothing of paying
one dollar or one dOiiAr anu a nail Tor
IL mo novel by E. Z. Roe or Howels OF
some other writer. Such a book contains
from 400 TO 600 pages. Yet many think they
cannot afford TO take the Journal when
years numbers together with the really valu
able medical work now given with it actually
contains II 900 pages os the size of the
novels mentioned above, 1t beng equal In
amount to eleven times the matter for the
same money.
If every family in the State possessed
copy of the medical work offered by the
Journal and carefully studied it, it would
save them many times its cost in worthless
patent medicine which seldom does any good
and often does real harm.
The Agricultural department of the Jour
nal now conducted by that able and expert
enced writer s. l.. Boardman especially com
mends it to farmers. The market reports
which find peculiarly reliable (and especi- |
ally the apple market which is feature no
other paper has is actually many times worth
the price of the paper. The Journal will be
of especial value the coming winter in that it
always contains more complete legislative re-
ports than any other paper published in the
State. FREEDOM.