The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-04-27
THE WEEKLY BANNER.

This is the last issue of this paper, for
the present, as a weekly. Next week we
begin to issue the BANNER as semi.
weekly, and the first issue will be printed
Tuesday afternoon, May 1st The days
of publication will be Tuesdays and Fri
days of each week, and the size will be
one-half the present issue-four pages
instead of eight There will be no in
crease in the subscription, nor change In
clubbing rates. Our readers will receive
both issues of the SEMI-WEEKLY BAN
NER, 50 weeks, for S1.5O, as before. Ad-
vertisements will be received for either
issue at the old rates, and for both at
rate and one-half. There are several
reasons why we think this arrangement
will please our people, and commend it
to their favorable consideration:
1st The weekly paper has become a
''back number" The multiplication of
news agencies has created demand for
more frequent information, and this is
shown by the constantly increasing
number of dailies taken, and almost
every town of any size has daily press.
In villages of from 1000 to 1000 the
daily issue is impracticable because it
will not pay; but, just here comes in our
plan of a semi-weekly, which we are
sure will be supported. By it our read
ers will read on Tuesday afternoon all
the events, local and otherwise, that have
occurred in the vicinity since the Friday
before; and on Friday afternoon like
service will be given of the three days
Immediately preceding. To do this in
wolves additional labor, and an increase
of our means for getting the news has
already been made, which will be i'm
proved as time goes along.
2nd. Each semi-weekly issue, bearing
with it the fresh news of the immediate
three days before, will be of enhanced
value to our advertising patrons. While
the cost may be restricted, as above, to
the old terms, yet the fresh news will
cause the paper to be more sought after,
and this conduces to help advertisers.
Moreover, many things will now be
printed, notices as well as news, that
have heretofore been almost wholly
omitted, because even weekly does not
care for ancient history" in these STIR
ring days. In the matter of local events
we are now in a position to make the
most of our opportunity, and the sharp
business man will not be slow to recoe-
nize this advantage over the old "once
in seven days. publication.
Sd. The character of the paper will be
changed to meet its new conditions of
alertness and enterprise. The ''miscel-
lany'' willbeoome largely an exception,
and its successor will be news,-all the
news, served up in crisp and progress
sive style, making Eue vehicle of infor-
nation. We hope our friends will make
a note of the fact that local news happen
ing Saturday and Sunday will be served
up to them in detail on the following
Tuesday evening, and that the Friday
paper will TEEN with news as fresh as
most daily prints. In short, we shall
work the matter with all the vigor of a
daily, and without any idea of being
beaten in the race. Will our people send
in their favors twice week, as afore-
said, and thus contribute to the success
of our proposal?
4th. This idea is intended to be of SER
vice to our out-of-town, or county read
ers. Our correspondents will not wait
until the close of the BANNER week
(Thursday), before sending in their
items, but any day and every day will
"be in season." OF course Mondays
and Thursdays will be the days when
the bulk of county news should reach us,
and in this way our readers of the out
lying towns will have all the advantage
of the semi-weekly that Bennington peo-
pie enjoy. Our advertisers, no doubt,
will "see the point" and use our col
umns for special sales, as our paper will
reach ten times as many persons as the
hand bill method.
These are few of many arguments in
favor of the change. 1t does not affect
any of our present patrons, nor will it
cost new subscriber any more than the
S1.50 per year that the others have
already paid. We ask the cordial coop
Grafton of our readers and friends, and
expect that the service and satisfaction
will be mutual.
Grover Cleveland has issued a fresh
declaration of war against American
wages and homes. Stripped of its YER
biage, its pretenses and its platitudes.
the Presidents letter to Chauncey n
Black is a demand that the Democratic |
party shall persevere in its work of de- |
Mr.. Cleveland never saws
in simple and straightforward |
manner. He never speaks without an |
of superior virtue and a pro- |
fession of superior wisdom which forci- |
bly, recall that Pharisee who publicly re- |
iOiced that he was NOT as other yoa, |