The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-05
ROSP ECTUS
OF THE
BOSTON NOTION.

The largest Newspaper an the Wortd!!
THE spirit of the age is utilltlOran. Improve
ment is slamped.up the face of every thing
All the useful arls are progressing with unparal-
leled rapidity; and the art of printing is coming
ia Tor its full share of the common improvement
Determined not TO be OutdOne in any thing that
pertains 10 his profession, where there IS a fair
chance for exertion and enterprise, the undersgn-
ed has determined upon issuing sheet twice as
large as the Boston Weekly Times, land to take
the place of that paper and will contuln eight
columns more matter than the BrOihern iona than
This sheet will be called the BOSTON NOTION
and 1t is determined ii shall fully sustain a cog
nomen 50 full of meaning, and SO interviewer with
the established character of our Yankee City. 1t
will be the largest newspaper in the world-no
exception, and will be printed on a sheet thirty
seven by tity-two inches. 1t will be entirely filled
with reedlng matter: and will contain three thou
sand eight hundred and lightweight squaree feet
OF PRINT in fine type! and a single number will
contain more reading than an ordinary book Of
three hundred pages.-These great dimensions
will enable the publisher to draw largely on the
most popular periodicals and magazines of the dav.
both Amercan and Foreign; and as the selections
will be made with great care, it is believed this
paper will be a welcome NOTION in everv fami-
ly. Besides new synopsis of the current news
of the day. Gas published in the Boston Daily
Times) it will contain Poetry, Popular Tales,
Theatrical Criticisms, Police and other Court re-
ports, Humorous Articles, &c. &c.
The whole world Othterature will be ransack-
ed to fill it. From the study of Philosophy down
to the Police court, through all the regions ofrea-
son, poetry, romance, wit, and the ample record
of foil, we shall gIcan from the past and present
and from all nations, to present as pleasing and
useful combination of recorded thoughts and cur.
rent history, as the world produce.-This is our
BOSTON NOTION
The great amount of wisdom and fun-of wit
and philosophy of novelties and antiquues-we
are enabled to offer weekly for six cents per COPY
only six cents and we can do il because of the
facilities of our press and office and The connec-
tions of daily and weekly publications. For three
dollars we can sell years volume equal in quail
ity and matter, with every variety also, to fifty
volumes of novels, such are issued from the
press of this day. FIftytwO large volumes for
three dollars! Effected all by improved machine
and by determination that we will not be outdone,
in enterprise and usefulness.
TERMS.
Three dollars year, always in advance. No
orders, notmater from what source, will be atten-
ded to, unless accompanied with the cash.-Sin-
Gle copies six cents each
POstmasters or others, renting twenty dollars
shall have eight copies sent to such persons and
places as they may designate.
Mail subscribers will have their papers deposited
in the Post Office in this city every Saturday eve
ming.
T. S The Notion will be published on doubled
sheet every three months and sent as gratuty to
all subscribers who have paid for one wear
Publishers of newspapers throughout thecouuv
try, who give the above prospectus two or more
insertions in their respective papers, shall receive
the Notion and Daily Times for one year.
Nov. I.
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