In 1822 a newspaper was started in East Poultney, by Sanford Smith and John R. Shute, called the Poultney Gazette, afterwards changed to the Northern Spectator. The first issue was in January, 1825; 114 numbers of the Gazette had been issued. There was one department called the Missionary Herald, occupying one page, edited by Ethan Smith. In the fifty-second number of the Northern Spectator, 1825, this firm gives its valedictory as follows: "It is now something like three years since we introduced ourselves to the public as the editors and publishers of a weekly journal. We commenced with high hopes; these have been partially realized. They would have been fully realized had our subscribers generally been as willing to reward us for our toil as we were anxious to render ourselves worthy of reward."

Mr. Smith entered the ministry. The Northern Spectator was purchased by

To be continued.