Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-11-23
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING 4 MONTHLY PERIODICAL
bhNotin To TnC ADVANCEMENT Oh rin. SKY
FEAL oDJrCIs aFrur
LOGAN IlSTORICAL SOCIETY,"
TIE AMERIcNN PInNErR-
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~ ANlNG heen designated By almost ever,
- ih'UNef "l ihis socieiy a. tlo person GA \, lsn
the principal 'dl'.ria dates should fan the Edi
loI az % 'us ici'w en- ms that the subject rs
on ~ assune5. AM under q sense OF q gisat He-
ccsEpy Tor ~. hc sollcits aud lmplorcs tho icas-
~ co orf,tt'on i,eysTy mCmber o. the commu
IL mus presenting n plaa of the Pione,r The
EDITOR feels rcllcaSy about promisin--Hc
mas great pTcicrcnce iJr pes '0Fulances over
/ promises; yet, Il mav not DC amiss to sav that
\ MS best eud"aNors suau be eNerted 10 ma Ike n
useiGl instructive rni entertaining. lie propos-
i -, Win well chosen selections, Ne. To publish
the narratives collected by the soricty. in a per.
sPlcuos and ehasie style. As beiuS nd spcnsa.
&c 20 nus, ne hopes that the pioneers OF all
1 Norm America Will not hesitate TO furnish TIVE
ia. ter nccc ssarY 20 I'm up or 10 correct the
present state OfbIst-ry. A. Secrctaryto the sol
Getty, he has promiscd TO preserve n 20 sihle TO
tie latest poSterly al nr value bic contribution;
ann, as Editor OF the ~ pneeT he proposes to pub
Il shthcir interesting sketches 10: the benefit Of
the prescott generation, before their manu- cript
arc lad aside to be used by futurepeihaps unborn
historians.
Such work, besides the uses common to re
rlodicalS aad the advancement OF The s0clc } s
views will serve 60 draw the youthful mind from
state OF iassItude 10 habits Of industry from a
IfOndncss q rumances 20 a relish Of solid reading
Possessing CIV tho interesting Ia fiusnce of fctr,p
withoutIts cmpunef =. the Pioneer we may hope
will be instrlciivc oyouh, aIIII1las 10 ripper
yeas, and Cheering 20 the aged :. Drawing its
incidents from every the and every part of or
CommOn country, n wall be a bond Conncc tin.,
taoSc OF every stage u liic and every place Of
lode. Scenes distant m me and place will hc
made present. The actors in them though wild :
lYscattcred aud long forgotten 10y each other will
bclaUOduced 20 iresh acquaintance and renew-
ed correspondence. They will meet by mutual
srce ings m tho pages Of the Pioneer Tears OF
Joy will he shed over n when u the astonshmeni
Ofthc venerable rende. he finds thai his yruth-
iu companion IN arms ar N hardships sui lives
and, through tins society, makes benevolent
bcqUest 90 osterlty, last ad Of being, as he pre-
sumed, long rcmoS % 10 that country ON whose
bodrne NO traveller returns, Thus will warm las
bosom with zeal 10 Do his duty likewise be- ga ,
largng or correcting his broa er's Legacy or by
clVing ono Of his own. Thus will be cheered
the evening twilight, of the way worn traveller
"hc, totteung on the verge of time, has be .Ume
4 lonely strapSor among these for whom his tesi
energies were spent-th rs too, VIII the great Oh
Iccis of the society be best alta lad lis Oh
est AIMS aecomp ished. It's objects are high and
your ann he high. accOmpilsh all you can. and
having done your duty. rest satisfied however far
beneath your wish tie result may fall.
IL Is Intended that he Pioneer shall be of The
hest materials aud workmanship the country Nj 4
qhori. That IL shall make annually vo' INC OF
four hInd'c CT super royal octave pages, including
an lldy X. That the monthly nu mbers shall b,
srchei M puniet covers. 1ha. the cOnyenence
Of the aged and aihe fancy Cf the young sinh b,
onsultcd. Embellishments will be literally civ
en-. The fast number will cOaian drawing o
he trsi chnstlan church m Ohio. AMI perhaps
other prints with descriptions ID.
, ! The subscription priUe of the Pioneer is two
dollars per annum IN advance, for one copv OF
three dbars at the end of the year. Ten q lrs
10 &c "a Ice iJr SIX cIpics, OF fifteen dollars the
end nt the wear.
Editors, by publishing this. with friendl, no.
iice, VIII be emf led TO receive the Pioneer tbe
first wear IN exchange. Postmdsters hooks sellers
and Editors, aud members OF the society sylll
please act as agents. r.
Commencement may be expected in January
\ ~ PreVpuSt to which we rtq1cst the addresses
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