Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-29
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Printers, Bait more, Md.
ASTONISHING INCREASE.
FOUR THOUSAND NEW SUBSCRIBERS
IN TWO MONr rHS!!!
WHES we first purchased the old and well
known establishment o(t.e
Saturday lScnissg Pest,
we stated tLat the raier circulated 50 widely a.
mong tie steady, reading portion Of ihe United
states, that We catercd upon our bors with lull
couGd,nce of tie future. Our success has since
been beyond our most sanguno expectation, our
weekly receipts overbaancc those OF any cotenpo-
Iary apcr. Our l,t has continued to swell! up,
with uncXamplcd rapdity, and We have the conf
dnce, that at the present rate OF increase, shall
he enabled III few months to boast of more than
$4,000 subscribers! When we commenced our
labyrs, we announced distinctly that The tone of the
paper should te decidedly moral, aud that nothing
shou be admitted into our columns, which the
most IL idous father could disapproye OF, and de-
>lerm M that as an approved Family Paper, it
Aspld n5rtontain paragraph, with the spirit OF
which parent would not wish TO have daughter
familiar, and we therefore, with this view, announ.
eed that no theatrical notices should appear i'll our
columns, and that we should be opposed to theatres
lh,ngs calculated to njute the healthy action of
an honest mind,-as creative of exhibitions demo-
raLing in tendency, and feariully pernlcous in
made great parade of opposition. and Croakcrs
who predicted our speedy downfall, but we threw
ourselves uvon the sober rational and experienced
potion of tue people oil the United State for sup
poIt and we have been nOhy sustained
We thought and expressed the opinion, that
however CARELESS many might be upon this subject,
that few, even if they did not entirely disapprove
of such entertainments, cared about having the
gross details forever paradcd before the eyes of
their children, and the sickeniug and nauseating
eulogy If all kinds Of characters made iamilIar to
their minds
We determined also, that while the paper con.
tmued under our control, 1t should be strictly neu
trail IN politics and that as news and literary Jour
nailsls We had nothing 10 do with The matter this
dettrm alton has been strictly and rigidy adhered
To, and while shall continue TO give reIders 1
such public document as may be deemed of mite /
rest to all, and such istory of the progress Of
political events, as are strictly IN Keeping with our
duly aud the character Of the paper we shall stu
diy usly and thoroughly avoid any contamination OF
pariiz. politics.
The paper is now printed in a new and beauti- /
ul tyIc-has received the praise of mar- ,di,ors OF
Taste as the handsomes family sheet in III, Union
Our efforts have been ss.s,ecd to the combining
of beauty aud simplc.tS e WN utility and taste
The Post is pIiuted ON a stout white puper, rem
dcripe il neat and durable for filing.
ia addition TO these ,ilorts toward pcrfcct:on in
the mechanical department. and exterior of our ma.
per, no labor, aud no cost been spared in the dc.
velopemcut OF Intellectual strength. The present
variety of interesting tales original from ioreign
aud domestic magazines, together with the yalua.
bic contributions of our own circle OF literary
Iieuds Will continue to give interest to The paper,
while everything impor,ant and worthy oCpote thai
happens in the Old World or the New, shall be
collected and coialcd for. the taste of ouI req
d,rs
The Ladies Dep,rtment shall s!ways be choice
and select ana slull receive sirict attention while
such things as NAV interes, our juvenile readers.
and that Imroltuut and l,tce class Of our r,.i,rs
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