Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-12-14
THE AMERICAN PIONEER.

HAVING been designated by almost every
n d mtmser oi it.s sUcieiy as the person GA whom
the prla cIpal ,tIt1rsldutCs should fall tif Edi.
tor assures his fellow cI.izens that the subject Is
approached with deep feeling Of the Response.
bIi Is assumes, nnf under sense 0l great &C
ccssity for %. hc sIEcIts and mpiOfcs the heaf-
o. co upCr4tIgn Of every member . the c0mmu-
Ulty, aud especially tLo-, az utc society.
In thus pfc-eutlu- plan OF the Pioneer. the
Editor feels teIrtty ABOUT promtsing--He
has a great preference Tor pcr,ormaucos over
hrs hes; erdtaNor5 shall be cxerted 90 make q
useful, instructive snd entertaining. Flo propos-
e., with well chosen selections, &c. to publish
the narratives collected by the society, lu per
sulcuus aud chastc style As being indI~pCusa-
bic 10 'hls, he hopes that the pioneers OF all
North America viii uOt hesUutC 10 furnish TIE
Ua,teY necessary 10 ill up or to correct the
present state of history, A SecretaTyto the So
Cety he has promised 20 preserve it p' -iHle, 10
the latosiposierlty, Oh ir valuable contributions;
ano, as Editor OF IN. Pioneer hc proposes tppuh-
hsh their intercsung sketches .oI the 0tneht OF
the prescnt generation. before their manuscripts
sro lad aside 10 be used by iuiu'Gptih'ps UNBORN
Historians.
Such a work. besides the uses common TO pc
rIOdicals aud the Advancement OF the socic IS
views will s,rv, % draw the youthful mind from
| % state of lassItudC % habits Of industry from a
fouducsS Of rUmauCes 10 a relish 81 sOud reading
! Possessing all the interesting intcence oil fiction
Wit hout its Cmpunes q. the Pioneer we may hOpe
will be instructive 20 youth, amusing % ripper
wears, and cheering 20 the aged. Drawing It's
I incidents from every rmc and every part OF our
| c1mmOl country, u will be a bond connecting
those OF every stage II life aud every place Of
hode. Scenes distant on unc and place viii be
made present The actors m them though wide
lv scattered and long forgotten bv each other will
be- atsOducet 10 n fresh acquaintance and renew
cd correspondence. They will meet by mutual
sreeIngs n the PAGES Of the Pioneer Tears of
ioy will be shed over % when % the astonIshment
ofthc venerable rCade.. he finds that his youth
fui companion IN arms or m hardshiPs suil lives
aud, through this society, makes a benevolent
bequcsi 10 posteuty. inst ad Of being, as he pre-
sumed long r"noi I'd 10 that country ON whose
bourne NO traveller returns, THIS viii warm hrs
bosom with zeal 10 Do his duty likewise. be e..
largiug or correcting his brothers legacy, or bv
Giving one Of his own. Thus viii be Chtered
the evening twilight, Of the way worn traveller
who, totteUng IN the verge OF tune, ias be ONE
lonely STRANGER among thcse Tor whom his BEST
energies were spent-thIs too, Will the great ob'
iuCts of the society be best attained and rs n an
est aims accomplished. It's objects are high aud
large, they should be- our admonitIoh u, ret
your aIW gc high. accomplish nI YOU can. and
having done your duty, rest satisfied however far
beneath your wishes the result may fall.
10 = Intended that The Pioneer shall be OF the
best materials and workmanship the country wi
afford. That q sha : make annually a volume Of
four HUNDRED -upCr royal octave pages, including
an index. That the monthly nu mbcrs shall be
sIChed ln prinIei covers. Tha. the convenience
% The aaed aud the fancy Jf the Young shall be
.ousuItcd. Embellishments VIII be literally Eiyi
c1. The fret number VIII contain a drawing OF
The trs' CHRISTIAN church IN Ohio. aut perhaps
other prints with descriptions
The subscTi ptiJn prIJC the Pioneer Is two
dollars pert nnuu1, in advance. iur one cnpv on
three dollars al the end of the year. Ten OH trs
10 "a a acc iJr Sax cJpes, OF OIL zen dollars al tAe
Editors by publishing This with a friendly no.
lice, VIII be Cnuflod 90 receive the Pioneer The
hrsi year in exchange. Pos'mhsters, booksellers
ard Editors, and members Of the society, will
please act as gents.
Commencement may he expected in January
-i2; previous 10 which we request the addresses
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