The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-12
BOSTON NOTION,
WE largest ana Cheapest Nearspane

L bS Luf SE0t UlR CUCUDSSE 1fGICSUIDPl
IN the World.
IFEVHE spirit of the aye is utilitarian. In
J. provcment is stamped upon the face Of
every thing. All the useftfl arts are progress
sing with unparalleled rapidity and the art
OF printing is coming in for its full share OF
the common improvement. Determined not
to be out-done in any thing that pertains to
his profession, where there is a fair chance for
excrtion and enterprise, the undersigned has
determined upon issuing a sheet twice the
size of the Boston Times, land to take the
place OF that paper,) and will contain eight
columns more matter than the Brother Jona-
than. This sheet will be called the BOSTON
| NOTION, and il is determined that it shall
fully sustain a cognpmen so full of meaning,
and interviewer with tho established charac c.
ter of our YANKEE City. 1t will be the
largest Newspaper in the World-with no ey.
ception--and will be printed on a sheet thirty
seven by tfty-two inches. 1t will be entirely
hlIed with reading matter, and will contain
| three thousand eight hundred and lightweight
square inches, or twenty-seven square feet of
print in fine type! and single number will
contain more reading than an ordinary book
of three hundred pages. These great dSmen-
sons will enable the publisher to draw large.
| ly upon the most popular periodicals and
| magazines of the day, both American and
foreign: and as the selections will be made
with great care, it is believed this paper will
be welcome NOTION to every family
Besides new synopsis of The current news
of the day (as published in the Boston Daily
Times it will contain Poetry, Popular Tales,
Theatrical Criticisms, Police and other Court
Reports, Humorous articles, &c.
The whole world of literature will be ran
sacked to fill il. From the study of the
Philosopher down to the Police courts, through
all the regions of reason, poetry, romance,
wit, and the ample record of folly, we shall
CLEAN from the past and the present, and
from all nations, to present pleasing and
useful combination Of recorded thought and
current history, as the world can produce.
This is 6 BosToN NOTION"
The great amount Of wisdom and fun-of
wit and philosophical novelties and anti.
quities-wc are enabled to offer six cents per
copy--on!y six cents and we can do it, be-
cause Of the facilities of our press and Office,
and the connections of daily and weekly pub
LEGATIONS. For three dollars we can sell a
years volumes, equal in quantity of matter,
with every variety also, to Fiity-two volumes
OF Novels such as are issued from the press at
this day. Fiftytwo large volumes for three
dollars. Effected al! by improved machinery.
and by determination that he will not be
outdone in enterprise and usefulness.
TERMS.
Three Dollars year, always in advance
No orders, no matter from what source, will
be attended to unless accompanied with the
CASH.
Postmasters or others RENTING TWENTY
DOLLARS, shall have EIGHT copies sent to such
persons as they designate.
GEORGE ROBERTS, Publisher.
N. B.-Thc NorIoN will be published on
DOUBLE SHEET, every three months, and sent
gratuitously to all subscribers who have paid
for one year.
Publishers of newspapers throughout the
country, who will give the above Prospect
us two or three insertions in their respective
papers, shall receive the Notion and Daily
lines for one year, oct 29-lm