The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-16
PROSPECTUS OF THE TWELFTH VOLUME
OF THE
BALTIMORE
SATU RDAY VISITER,

SAT L RDAY VISITER,
weekly family newspaper of large size, pubshe,
every Saturday morning in Baltimore, Mary land
AT 81 per annum in advance
J. EVANS SNODGRASS, Editor.
The "Visiter' is the only literary family pape
published in the State of Maryland, and enjoys
wider circulation than any other paper m Baltimore
The first number of the twelfth volume issuet
on the 9Th Of January 1912, To those who have
found this paper welcome Visiter for eleven years
It IS unnecessary to describe it. For the benefit Of
Others we may just hint, that it is a LARGE FAN
H. NEWSPAPER, devoted to Morals, Science
Literature, and General Information. including due
quantity of Agricultural facts, CLEANED from the best
agricultural publications Of this country and Europe
1t contains Foreign and Home Correspondence, Is
says Poetry, Tales, &c. &C., written expressly for
the paper by the pens of some of the most popular
writers in America. The productions of the ablesi
Authors in Europe also, will be found in its pages.
The following are among the contributors TO the
MISTER"
CONTRIBUTORS.
Rev +. Y Reese, Rev. Leander Kerr Prof J. r..
w. Dunbar, Prof Edward Foreman Prof Chaplin A.
Fonerden, Messrs. NJ. Topham Evans, T, s. Arthur,
author OF The Subordinate" w. II. Carpenter, J.
B. Jones' author of " Western Scenes, l.. Il. Nolgl,
7. + Colburn, J. Austin Spemy, J. T. 5. Rochester,
Thomas c. Atkinson, DIR, J. w. Geyer Mrs LYDIA
Jane Pierson, Mrs Amelia b. Welby, Miss Esther
vid Hoffman, Esq, n 6. Brooks, AN, Messrs. q
Barbour, f. C. Squer :. r, Glenn, NJ. S Lovett f..
Tudor Horton George Yeot Esq, Milford Bard, =
Author of The Deserted Husband John Smith Of
Jno., Author of F" Doctors MSS, &c, SC.
Besides articles from regular Contributors the Pub
Usher will be prepared to give re-publicaons Of the
choicest tales, Sc, from the popular foreign maya
zines, as they arrive monthly. We are determined
to render the Nisiter the most useful paper the
country. To this end, will avoid the re-publica-
H.. a
the mammoth sheets forced to print, merely to fiji
up in time Such matter is untitled for the family
circle, and, therefore has no business in family paper
Our aim is TO do good, not harm
In order to render the ',Nister' appropriate for
natives of Baltimore, and others desiring to take
paper containing the city news, we shall constantly
keep an eye to news about town" and shall do what
the daily print cannot accomplish, viz give full
record of all hymenial and obituary news.
PREMIUMS.
Anxious to extend their usefulness, by the extern
sion of the circulation far beyond the usual crcua.
ton of such papers, the publisher offers the following
enhcmg premiums Such cannot be tran mted
by Mail will be sent in such way as the claimants
may direct) We will send for 50, postage paid, one
copy of the paper and one of the g Phoenix and Bud
get" Ca monthly magazine containing the most pleas
ing and useful contents Of the MISTER, commencing
with the number for lS4l, The regular price of this
monthly i, 81 80
Five dollars will likewise secure tro copies of the
paper, and tco of " Tales from Shakespeare" by the
late Charles Lamb--a prose work beautifully Illus
trated with eight fine engrayings. This book would
cost 81 80 in country stores
Five dollars will claim two copies of the paper
one of that inesmable female treasure, Burnaps
g Lectures on the Spheres and Duties Of Women, "
and ONE, also, of the F." Widow Morrison by the au-
thor of the g Subordinate whom all old readers Of
HIS MISTER EemeW3er with nlGas8@ orls6t aHi6a
nothing
4 nf fba-,.
and one copy Of the whole of "Josephus" in one vo-
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Ten dollars will secure still tarer and more nu-
merousy Illustrated copy of Josephus, (thc country
price of which would be - so and four copies OF the
Nister--or copy of the palmer edition, and one
Of italics from Shakespeare along with the four
copies of the paper,
4 > Read the above over again, and make your
own calculations
LIBERAL AND BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS.
We will send, as directed, very neat aud substan-
tial Family Bible, illustrated with twenty wood en-
cravings as present. to any Postmaster, other per-
SON who will send us seven names and the regular
price This Bible could not be bought for
less than IS in country store or we will give copy
of the g Spheres and Duties of Women along with
the handsomest morocco-bound, gilt-edged and orna
Pocket Bible, that can be produced i'll Balt-
more---such am one as would bring % 80 in the
country.
For five names and so, we will forward a copy of
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nifty to get lovely present!
HERE, COME THE PRIZES.
ANY body that will send us fifteen names and the
money shall have the choice of two of the finest
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one neatly bound in gt-calf and cy-edged, and
embellished with twenty-four steel engra vngs-and
the other illustrated with copper-pate engravings,
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SWEEPSTAKES.
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valent in other money,) we viii send one copy of
+" Widow Morrison"-one of Tales from Shak-
speare"-the best copy Of 6 Josephus one copy of
I" Wild Western Scenes'-one of "Burnaps Lee
turcs"-one copy of the beautiful g Pocket Bible, y
named-and will crown the whole with the choice
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number of Nlsters (25) besides, Who now, wants
to get whole library for nothing; Delays dam
gerous, remember
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more--Poaag paid in all cases
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