Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-30
From The Evening Phonix of Sept. e7l


The present issue of The Evening Phu-
nix will be the last for the present. When
publication of the paper was begun Cn the
9th day of last April it was done in re-
sponse to an unmistakable public demand.
Not only was there intense interest in the
war with Spain then just beginning, but
the First Vermont regiment had been call
ed into the government service, and Com
pany | of Brattleboro was included in the
list of those who were to go to the front,
giving an intense local interest to the sit
uation.
The response to our attempt to supply
the daily news of the war and regarding
the movements and fortunes of our own
boys was all that could have been desired.
Within ten days the paper had reached a
circulation which covered Brattleboro and
the immediate vicinity completely, and
only the kndest and most cordial words of
apprec iation were said This interest
was maintained so long as the active hos
tilties of the war lasted, and it only began
to flag when it was definitely known that
the Vermont regiment was to come home
without seeing active service.
1t was stated definitely at the start that
the publication of the paper was under
taken eXperimentally, and that its perma-
nence would depend Inevitably on the
support which it received. 1t was recog-
nized by everybody that the time was pc
cuiarly and uniquely auspicious for testing
the question whether daily paper was de-
sired and would be maintained in Brattle-
boro For this reason the best obtainable
telegraphic and general news service was
secured, and a local news service has been
given which has been painstaking and
complete every day of publication.
For this reason, too, and to test thor
ougly the question of support, publication
has been continued for full month after
the war interest subsided and the Brattle-
boro boys have been al home, and after it
began to appear that the mission of the
daily paper had been fulfilled. While there
is still a warm interest shown in the
paper it has nevertheless become appa-
rent that Bratteboro is not yet ready to
give such a degree of support to home
daily paper as TO assure its success as a
business enterprise, and it is only on such
a basis that daily paper could be bene
fit either to the community or to the pub
fishers. The interest in this respect is
mutual. 1t may be that the fact that such
support has not come is to be accepted in
large measure as tribute to the exec
lence and completeness of the local anC
general news service of the weekly Yer
mont Phoenix, and to the confidence ant
satisfaction with which that paper is reaC
by the people of Brattleboro and Windhau
county.
The publication of The Evening Phn
nix is not given up without regret, but il
is done with entire cheerfulness, and will
keen and sincerely expressed appreciation
of the praise and cordial approval will
which the paper has been received. In thi
respect there has been no exception.
The Phoenix set itself, when publica
ton of the daily edition was begun, tC
supply the local demand for the news 0
| Ille udls udJ utudllu ~ WIN hOld l'oNl
always ready to meet in the future, wheth
er it comes early or late The experience
of the summer has been valuable and illu
mnating, and it will be made use of freel.
if occasion again requires. Our complet
mechanical equipment for the publication
of daily paper will be held ready for in
stant use should any other occasion o
special interest or excitement arise. |
will be equally ready for use if returning
and increasing business prosperity in Brat
tleboro should make the permanent publ
cation of a daily paper Necessary OF de
sirable feature of our community life. Tn
Phoenix is here to supply the demand il
the newspaper field in Brattleboro, and
will hold itself always ready to meet tina
demand whenever and however it comes.