The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-05
BOSTON NOTION,
he LARGEST and Che1Dest NezgsDuDeY

In the World. g
VENtIE spirit of the age is utilitarian. I'm.
Il provement is stamped upon the face OF
every thing. All the useful 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 fair chance for
exertion 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 it is determined that it shall
fully sustain a cognomen SO full of meaning,
and interviewer with the established charac-
ter of our YANKEE City. 1t will be the
largest Newspaper in the World-with no ex-
ception-and will be printed on sheet thirty
seven by fifty-two inches It will be entirely
filled 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 a single number will
contain more reading than an ordinary book
of three hundred pages. These great dsmen-
sions will enable the publisher to draw large
ly upon the most popular periodicals and
magazines of the day, both American and
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 it. 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 as pleasing and
useful combination Of recorded thought and
current history, as the world can produce
This is our BosroN NOTION"
The great amount Of wisdom and fun-of
wit and philosophical novelties and anti.
quities-we are enabled to offer six cents per
copy-only 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
locations. 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. Fifty-two large volumes for three
dollars. Effected all by improved machinery,
and by a determination that he will not be
outdone in enterprise and usefulness.
TERMS. =
Three Dollars a 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
DoLLAns, shall have EIGHT copies sent to such
persons as they designate.
GEORGE ROBERTS, Publisher.
N. B.-The NORTON 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
Times for one year, oct 29-1m