The Caledonian

VERMONT NEWSPAPERS.

Let no farmer—and no other man—relinquish the newspaper published in his own neighborhood, for the sake of taking some other larger, cheaper, or more popular paper, published abroad. We say, cheerfully, to those who may act as agents for the Visitor, that we wish no subscriptions to it at the expense of the papers in his own county. The newspaper published in one's own vicinity, is always as a general rule, more valuable than any other—if it be for nothing but the advertisements:—aye the somewhat abused and neglected advertisements, are the thermometer of the business of a place, and often the key which opens the door to excellent bargains.

It is of no little consequence to the farmer, to know what is going on in his market-town—the competition in selling goods and the competition in buying produce—the changes in business operation—the settlements of estates—the sale of farms, stock, &c. &c.

We venture to say, there is no man who may not every year much more than save the price of subscription to his neighboring newspaper, from its advertising columns alone;—and on this ground exhort all to patronize their own newspapers. This should also be done for weightier reasons, one of which we will name; the monthly and weekly sheets of the cities being furnished at a price with which no country printer can compete, (for one reason, because made up generally from the matter once used and paid for in the daily papers,) are encroaching largely upon the country newspapers, thus discouraging improvement and enterprise and gradually bringing the whole country under the influence, and in some sense the control of the leading cliques in the cities: Thus a tone is given to the morals, the politics, and the habits of the country—and we hesitate not to say, that the preponderance of this influence is bad. The people of the country get full enough of this influence through their own papers; and if they would not see the complete supremacy of the cities over the moral and political destiny of the country, let them support the country newspapers. Take the city papers if you can afford it, and as many of them as you please; but first see to it that you have your own home paper as a regular visitor to your fire-side. Support them freely and liberally, and they will hardly fail to support your interests.

In the above remarks as to distant papers, we do not allude to those devoted to Agriculture.