Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-26
THE AMERICAN PIONEER.

E ANlNG been designated by almost every
n = meu"er OF tins socieiy rs the person vhuur
the principal cdltorialduties should fall. the Ed,.
tor assures has fellow citizens that the subject IA
approached with deep feeling OF the rsspouSi
bd ~ assumes. AMI, under n sense Of a gteat ne.
c">Si'y for ~ he solicits and implorcs the hear
~ CO operation OF ev,ry member q. the commu-
NIFTY, and espcC ally thos, Of the soc icty
In thus presenting a plan OF the Pioneer the
Editor feels a deiicaIy about UrOmsins-Hc
has great preference for performances over
PROMISES YET, n MAY not be aniss To saw thai
his best endsaNors shall be excrtcd TO m Ak. n
| useful, instructive and entertaining. N, ur,r,s-
g, with we'll chosen selections, &c. TO publisl
the narratives collected by the society, in : p.r.
splcdos and chasio style As being nd spcnsa.
bic 10 ms, he hopes that the pioneers of all
Norm America Will not hesitate TO furnish tie
mater necessary TO fill NJ, or to correct the
present state OF history, AZ Secrytaryto the So
Cletv' ne has promised to preserve. n 30 sible TO
the latest posterity, IA VT vaiuFble contributions;
ana, as Editor OF she II lneer he proposes 10 pub
ilsh their IN erestiny sketches 10: the benefit of
the present generation, before their manuscripts
historians.
Such a work besides the uses common To pc
riodicals and the Advancement Of the sOcic y 5
views will serve To draw the youthful mind from
state OF lassltudc Ia habits of industry, from n
tOndness OF rpmanccs To n relish of solid reading
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without it, cmpune' = the Pioneer we may hope
will be instructive TO youth, amusing 10 ripper
years, and CT eering TO the aged. Drawing its
4 incidents from every tue and every part Of our
4 commoa country, II will be bond conncc'ing
: lode. Scenes distant IN tine and place will be
made present. The actors IA them though w:d p.
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JOY will be shed over Il when 10 the astonishnlen
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and. through this society, makes a beneyoleB
b1quest u pOsterlty, last al of being as he pre-
I sumed, long removed to that country { ON who's,
bourne noiraNe,ler returns, THIS will warm h
d lsrgug or correcting his brotl ers legacy or b,
c giving one Of his own. Thus will he cheerc,
d the evening twilight. of the way worn traveller
= who, lettering m the verge Of TINE, has be om
Il lonely stranger among the re for whom his les
energies were spcnt-thds too, will the great al,
Jecis OF the society be best attained and It's h sh
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u beneath your wishes the result may fall.
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AFFORD. That II sha make annually volume 4
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J. s;lched IN printed covers. Tha. the conyenirnc
; OF the aged and The fancy Cf the Young shall b
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| the fret christian church IN Ohio. ami perhap
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"c,l. IOgNS WILLIAMS.