Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-10-27

maker Of the paper, Tor the banks collect |
interest for tho three days of
grace whether the money is paid
al the end Of the doys OF grace or be
fore. But, until other States, in the East
al least repeal tho laws providing for grace,
Ncrmouters ought not to do so. The sug-
geston by Cashier burgess Of this city,
noted elsewhere that the bill be passed to
take effect in the discretion of the govern
or. or come other authority, when other
Ststes pass similar laws, is good one, and
it seems to afford a practical solution of the
problem for this state.
The FREQ Press.
1t was three hundred and thirty-four
years aud eight months after Columbus dis
covered America, before the Burlington
FREE Press burst upon the world. It's
first number saw the light on the 10th of
June, 1891 That was before the era of
railroads; lo,ors friction matches were in
vented, aud, Of course, long before tele-
graphs and telephones began to aunihilate
space. There were then noS ovcr three or
four daily newspapers in New England and
few in the United Stato5. Burlington chen,
as now was the largest town in Vermont,
baviug 800 inhabitants, and a grand list
OF $27, oco John Quincy Adom' was
president Of the United States and Ezra
Butler governor of Vermont. The founder
OF the FREE TRrss wns Luman Foote, esq,
a graduate OF the University Of Vermont
| and lawyer. The poper was printed by
the late Henry b. Stucy who, within
| year after it was started, became associated
with MIR Foote, as joint proprietor, and
| subsequently, in Jaruary, 1889, became the
sole editor and pro rio;or. The 1rst print
/ in- office of the papor on the north side
Of Court House Square, Ia 1882 MIR.
stacy erected tao brick building on College
street, w1ioh vas tha nucieus OF the present
! FREE PRESS eatqh..tment, 70 THIS the
FREE Pass oflco was removed in Septem-
( her. 1852. a1l, With its successive enlarge
menls, it Laa been for six wears the heal
quarters ard aoma Of the paper. In 1916
the lats DeW.tt {. C.argq purchased the
parer OF Mr.. Stacy and Owned ana edited
il t'G in 1913. it became the property OF
George y. aud G. c. Bsnadict who en-
erect AMI imp. owed i, rad started the first
steam POWER printing rress brought mo
ertuont.
In April. 1913, following tho opening os
the first telegraph line from Troy to Bur
lpgton and Montreal, Gen. Clarke cstab-
hshed the daily edition OF the FREe PRESS,
as al evening perer. Oct. /, 1865, Prof.
g. ", Benedict retired from tn paper, in
foi,jng health AMI the firm OF G u. and
b. l.. Benedict became its proprietora aud
editor. In 1868 TIE FREE Press Associn-
ton was organ zel and ,oo, possession Ju,r
lst Of that year, The mornins ed don We
established Ct This time aud in the course ~
year the burlington Times passed into tie
ownership Of The FREE rHE.~ Assoc alton,
and WAS merged in the IEEg PREs5.
GROWTH OF THE PAPER.
The history OF the FREE PRESS has been,
with few Interruptions, oue OF steady
growth and progress 1t begun rs q sma
weekly sueet or four rsges, and five col
umn-, nineteen inches long to a psge
TIE Weekly FREE PRESS OF to-day has six
teen pages, OF seven columns to 2 page !,
tho tyre now used gives about twice as much
reading matter to the column as tho Gr5t
Issues it will be secn that the paper has
grown to over twelve times it, original sil.
and contents. The Daily FREE Press il
1918 was little sheet of -four pages, viii
five columns fourteen inches long to page
II was about one-tenth the size of cur pros
ent daily In amount of news, reading
matter, ond every element OF value to read
ers, the increase has been bcyond comparison
The growth in the circulation Of the paper
has been equally great. Its subscriber
number thousands where they used to mum
, floor in the FREE Press building suffice