The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-30
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
BOSTON NOTION.

re Eargest Newspaper IN the WorIdH
TJIE sn;Tit Of the age Is utilitiorian. Improve
mani Il s,amped upon the face Of every thing
All the useful arts aye progressing with unParal-
leled rapidity; and the art OF printing % coming
in Tor its full share Of the common Improvement.
Determined not to be outdone ~ any 1hing ' ne.
pertains 10 his professions, where there y q lar
chance for exerton and enterprises tho undeIsign-
ed has determined upon issuing sheet twice az
large as the Boston Weekly Times (and TO take
the place Of that puper and will oHtuin eight
columns more matter than the BrotheTn Jonathan:
This sheet will be called the BOSION NJ llON
and il is determined il shall fully sustain cog
nOmen so full Of meaning, and 30 interviewer with
the established character OF our Yankee City. IL
will be the largest newspaper in the woTld--nO
exception, and will be printed on sheet thirty
seven by fty-two inches. II will be entirely filled
with reediDg matter: and will contain three thou
sand eight hundred and lightweight squaTee feet
of print in fine type! and single number will
contain more reading than an ordinary book Of
three hundred pages.-These great dimensions
will enable the publisher 70 draw largely on the
most popular periodicals. and magazines Of the day,
both American and Foreign; and as the selections
will be made with great care, L ls believed this
paper will be welcome NOTION in every fami-
w. Besides a 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 Ofliterature WILDE ransack-
ed to fill it. From the study Of Philosophy down
to the Police court, through all the regions olrea
son, poetry, romance, wit, and the ample record
Of foil, we shall CLEAN from the past and present
and from all nations, to present asspleasing and
useful combination Of recorded thoughts and cur
rent history, as the world produce.-This Is our
BOSTON N0TION.'
The great amount Of wisdom and fun--of wit
and philosOphy-of novelties and antiquities-we
are enabled to offer weekly for six cents per copy:
only six cents and we can do it because of the
facilities of our press and Office and the cOnnec-
tons Of daily and weekly publications. For three
dollars we can sell a years volume equal in quail
ity and matter, with every variety also, to nifty
volumes of novels, such as are issued from the
press of this day. Flftytwo large volumes tor
three dollars! Effected all by improved machine
and by determination that we will not be outcome
in enterprise and usefulness. .isas
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 collars
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.
GEORGE ROBERTS, Publisher.
P. S. The Notion will be publishedon doubled
beet every three months and sent as gratuity to
all subscribers who have paid for one year.
Publishers of newspapers throughout the cOun
try, who give the above prospectus two or more
insertions in their respective papers, shall receive
the Notion and Daily Times for one year.
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