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Show AN OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING. The Troubles of a Publisher In the Eighteenth Eigh-teenth Century. A quaint old newspaper clipping, illustrative illus-trative of journalistic enterprise in the good old colonial days, lias come to light in this town. It is from The Connecticut Gazette and bears the date of July 5, 1705. This paper was the first established in New Haven colony, and the first number num-ber appeared in 1755, over a hundred years after Connecticut was entered by the whites. Dr. Franklin was for a time connected with The Gazette. The clipping clip-ping in part is as follows: A year is past since the printer of this paper published proposals for reviving The Connecticut Gazette. 'Tis needless to mention the reasons why it did not appear sooner. A sample of it is now sent abroad in order to collect a sufficient nnmber of subscribers to barely pay the charge for carrying of it on. When such a number appears it shall be printed weekly and delivered to subscribers in town and country at the rate of two pence for each paper, which is eight shillings eight ponce for one year. Arid no addition shall be ruado to the price when the stamp act takes effect, if it is then encouraged so as to be afforded afford-ed at that'rate. Subscribers are not desired to engage for any particular time, so that they can stop it when they please. A special post is appointed to carry it out of the common com-mon post roads. Advertisements shall be printed t a moderate charge according accord-ing to their length. All kinds of provisions, fire wood and other suitable country produce will bo taken as pay, of those who cannot spare money, if delivered at the printers dwelling dwell-ing house, or at any other place which may accidentally suit him. The printer hereby invites the benevolent benevo-lent of all parties to send him an account of whatever novelties they think may be useful to their countrymen. The shortest short-est hints on some subjects, however written, writ-ten, will be gracefully received and faithfully faith-fully communicated to the public, i convenient. con-venient. Besides the help he hopes to receive from four correspondents in this colony and elsewhere, the Printer has sent for three sorts of English magazines, The Monthly Review of New Books and one of the Best London newspapers; these, together with American Intelligence from Nova Scotia to Georgia, inclusive, and also from Canada, cannot fail to furnish fur-nish him with a constant stock of momentous mo-mentous materials and fresh advices to fill this Gazette. Benjamin MeCom, at the Postofflce, New Haven. New Haven Cor. New York Times. . |