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Editorial
December 29, 1860
Vermont Phœnix
Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Ludlow, Windham County, Windsor County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Publisher's announcement in The Vermont Phoenix for 1861: changes publication day to Thursday from January 3, reaffirms loyalty to Union, Constitution, and Republican principles under Lincoln; emphasizes role in local news; details subscription rates and premiums for new subscribers.
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The Vermont Phoenix.
BRATTLEBORO:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1860.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX
1861.
On and after Thursday the 3d day of January, 1861, The Phoenix will be published and mailed to all subscribers on Thursday of each week, instead of Saturday as heretofore. We are led to make this arrangement on account of the difficulty experienced by a large portion of our subscribers in getting their papers the week of publication. Our arrangements are such that we shall publish the report of the Cambridge Cattle Market as heretofore.
The Phoenix will be conducted upon the same general plan which has always characterized it and given it the gratifying measure of success it has enjoyed. We have no new schemes to offer nor have we any new principles to promulgate. Loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and the Principles of the Republican party as enunciated by the Chicago National Convention, all of which we believe to be in perfect harmony with each other, we shall support the incoming administration of Abraham Lincoln just so far as it recognises fealty to these ancient landmarks of our national existence.
The peculiar province of a country journal is the presentation and consideration of all State, county, and local matters of public interest, or in any way affecting the public prosperity. As the river collects from the adjacent hill-sides, dales and glens all the little rivulets, streams and brooks and brings them together in form and volume sufficient to subserve large public interests, so the country newspaper collects from a thousand original sources news, facts, and dates, arranges them in proper form, and puts them on record where they become instructive and available for beneficial purposes. A local newspaper properly conducted thus becomes not a mere luxury that one may or may not enjoy as he pleases, but a necessity that is indispensible to his prosperity as well as to his comfort and convenience. Our best endeavors will be to make The Phoenix just such a newspaper, one that no family in the county or vicinity can afford to do without; and whatever of ability or enterprise we can command will be devoted to this object.
Of our past success we shall not boast, but are content to let the paper speak for itself.
The new volume will commence on Thursday, January 3d, 1861. The terms will be as heretofore: Single copies $1.50 in advance. In clubs of twenty or more $1.25, if paid strictly in advance.
For the inducement of those who have a little leisure they can devote to increasing our circulation, we offer the following:
To the person sending us the largest list of subscribers at the above rates from any one town, before the 1st day of February, 1861, we will give a copy of either WEBSTER'S or WORCESTER'S QUARTO DICTIONARY.
To any person sending us ten new subscribers before the 1st of February, and $12.50 in cash, we will furnish a copy of The Atlantic Monthly one year. Subscriptions to commence with the first number of the volume, January 3, 1861.
CHAS. CUMMINGS, Publisher.
BRATTLEBORO:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1860.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX
1861.
On and after Thursday the 3d day of January, 1861, The Phoenix will be published and mailed to all subscribers on Thursday of each week, instead of Saturday as heretofore. We are led to make this arrangement on account of the difficulty experienced by a large portion of our subscribers in getting their papers the week of publication. Our arrangements are such that we shall publish the report of the Cambridge Cattle Market as heretofore.
The Phoenix will be conducted upon the same general plan which has always characterized it and given it the gratifying measure of success it has enjoyed. We have no new schemes to offer nor have we any new principles to promulgate. Loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and the Principles of the Republican party as enunciated by the Chicago National Convention, all of which we believe to be in perfect harmony with each other, we shall support the incoming administration of Abraham Lincoln just so far as it recognises fealty to these ancient landmarks of our national existence.
The peculiar province of a country journal is the presentation and consideration of all State, county, and local matters of public interest, or in any way affecting the public prosperity. As the river collects from the adjacent hill-sides, dales and glens all the little rivulets, streams and brooks and brings them together in form and volume sufficient to subserve large public interests, so the country newspaper collects from a thousand original sources news, facts, and dates, arranges them in proper form, and puts them on record where they become instructive and available for beneficial purposes. A local newspaper properly conducted thus becomes not a mere luxury that one may or may not enjoy as he pleases, but a necessity that is indispensible to his prosperity as well as to his comfort and convenience. Our best endeavors will be to make The Phoenix just such a newspaper, one that no family in the county or vicinity can afford to do without; and whatever of ability or enterprise we can command will be devoted to this object.
Of our past success we shall not boast, but are content to let the paper speak for itself.
The new volume will commence on Thursday, January 3d, 1861. The terms will be as heretofore: Single copies $1.50 in advance. In clubs of twenty or more $1.25, if paid strictly in advance.
For the inducement of those who have a little leisure they can devote to increasing our circulation, we offer the following:
To the person sending us the largest list of subscribers at the above rates from any one town, before the 1st day of February, 1861, we will give a copy of either WEBSTER'S or WORCESTER'S QUARTO DICTIONARY.
To any person sending us ten new subscribers before the 1st of February, and $12.50 in cash, we will furnish a copy of The Atlantic Monthly one year. Subscriptions to commence with the first number of the volume, January 3, 1861.
CHAS. CUMMINGS, Publisher.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Publication Schedule
Republican Principles
Union Loyalty
Local Journalism
Subscription Rates
Abraham Lincoln
Vermont Phoenix
What entities or persons were involved?
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Chicago National Convention
Chas. Cummings
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Announcement Of Publication Changes And Commitment To Republican Principles For 1861
Stance / Tone
Loyal To Union, Constitution, And Republican Party; Supportive Of Lincoln Administration
Key Figures
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Chicago National Convention
Chas. Cummings
Key Arguments
Publication Day Changes To Thursday Starting January 3, 1861, For Better Subscriber Access
Continued Reporting Of Cambridge Cattle Market
No New Schemes Or Principles; Loyalty To Union, Constitution, And Republican Ideals
Support For Lincoln Administration If Faithful To Core Principles
Role Of Country Newspaper In Collecting And Presenting Local, State, And County Matters
Local Newspaper As Essential Necessity For Prosperity And Convenience
Subscription Terms: $1.50 Single, $1.25 Clubs Of 20+
Premiums: Dictionary For Largest Town List By Feb 1, 1861; Atlantic Monthly For 10 Subscribers And $12.50