Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-31
THE MONITOR.
A RETROSPECT.

RlCOCO WV OEutA JOdI vi lUo 0AtSI6uct
and next week celebrates it's 35th
birthday.
In all there have been born and
published for time at least ID Orleans
county IA differen papers and period
icals, only three of which survive;
but it is the history of the MONITOR
we wish to review briefly, and the
events leading up to its founding.
In January, 1856, A. A. Earle
launched at Irasburg the Orleans In
dependent Standard and continued
its publication there till 1866, when it
was removed to Barton and continued
there till December, 1871, when Mr..
Earle sold the Standard to d. NJ. Camp
of Newport, then publishing the New
port Express (the Express being
founded in 1854 at Newport under the
name of the Newport Republican, and
merged it with the Express, forming
the Express and Standard of to- day
The citizens of Barton were deter
mined however to have a paper at
Barton AID duced Ellery II. Web
ster (now postmaster at Barton) to
start new paper with the press and
material left from the Orleans Inde-
pendent Standard, the list only being
sold to Mr.. Camp and removed to
Newport.
Thus the first number Of the Or
LEANS COUNTY MONITOR came into
the world on j nuary s, 1872. Mr..
Webster Published good paper and
soon had about 1000 subscribers. in
1873 Mr.. Webster associated with him
George 81. Blake and in 1875 Mr.. Blake
purchased the paper, while Mr.. Web
ster continued Ia the job printing
business, which had previously been
run in connection with the paper.
Under Mr.. Blake's management the
paper increased its circulation and
rapidly advanced to the front rank OF
Vermont newspapers and for years
welded a strong influence in state
and local affairs Mr.. Blake con
tinued with the paper until his death
in 1898, wien his sonin-law, W. L.
Jacobs, who bad for several years
previous been associate editor, took
full charge of The business and
editorial end of the paper and pur-
chased the JOB printing office TO be
again run IN connection with the
paper. About this time the scope Of
the county weekly changed; hereto
fore it had carried the news of the
world into the home, its editorial
sayings had been the highest and
broadcast wisdom coming into the
home, in fact in many cases it waE
the only newspaper coming into the
household, but now the daily began &c
invade the home, bringing the genera
news and supplying a broader edi-
torial view than was possible for the
weekly TO do, and about thu samt
time came the magazine into near,
every home, covering a general feel,
left by the dailies. Yet there was on
field uncovered, the purely local felC
and seeing this change and tn
demand for paper covering the loc;
field thoroughly MIR. jacobs mad
the MONITOR particularly loc
paper, covering that field which /
periodical can or ever will cove
except the local weekly pape
Under MIR. Jacobs management Il
MONITOR rapidly Increased its circr
lation. In 1904, however, chani
in climate seemed advisable fox &
health Of his family and Mr.. Jaeo
sold the MONITOR to Wallace II. @
pin, who is now editor and publish
Thus we review the history of
healthy growth Of the MONTE
To-day the MONITOR is enjoying
largest circulation in it's history.
a book recently issued, emit
ssNewspapers Worth Counting"
MONITOR is among the five week
(pubiished independent Of dailies
The state to be entitled to the =
of honor" ana RANKS bnlrU dm
these five. This BOOB is published
Geo. p. Roweil who has made his
work that of giving newspapers t
proper rating in newspaper ann
and is the publisher of what is
orally considered a most reli
annual, Rowelps American M
paper Directory. This book how
is new departure, it contains
names of only 1000 of the lea
papers among the 5000 in the UI
States and Canada and it is an b.
to be listed in the book at all, bu
be placed on the roll of honor
1900 papers cut of the 1000 liste
the book are given this homo
indeed thing to please us.
So much then for the his
growth and standing of the MON