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THE WASHINGTONIAN.

lIHE WASHlNGIUNlAN.
The undersigned would respectfully
announce TO The public, that he is abou
TO commence the publication of tenn
perance newspaper in the town oil Can.
ton, 10 be entitled The WdSkiagtonian
In projecting a newspaper OF tbs char.
acler, he has taken into mature consiJ.
GRAFTON the difficulties with which The
vocation Of an editor is beset-lhe vpxa
tions and perplextIes almost invariably
attendant upon tie arduous duties Of the
conductor Of public journal, be 1t de-.
voted 10 what cause 1t may; but from The
encouragement aud liberallly extended
tohim by the friends Of temperance in
Canton, he is induced to embark in the
undertaking, and with the utmost of his
humble abb tiles to aid in tho glorious
reformation, which is now progre ssing
with such rapid strides through the
length and breadth of our land d--a eior-
nation which has shed It's benign influ-
ence over the moral and social conditlen
OF all classes OF men, from the millionaire
in his palace to the humble, unpreend,
ing laboFer in his rude abode. The ul-
dersigned having experienced in his own
person the deIelerious and soul destroy.
ing effects Of inlemperance, the misery
and degradation of a seIfexpalriated
'wandere:, and who has partaken largely
al the fountains Of lhe deadly I.elhe,
now comes before generous and philan.
'hophlc people, reformed and regener.
a!ed man. However humlmtlng such
declaration may appear, II is but one
out Of the thousands Of similar cases
wherein the un cared efforts ol the
'Wdshl1gtonlans have been productive #
the most lasting and saIuary good. And
1t Is. TO be hoped by every well wisher
of his country thet this work-a work
which we most sincerely believe 10 be
one Of the nobIest which ever ENLISTED the
best energies Of man-wII not be ban.
dOned by those who have battIed so val.
family against the hydra monster, inem-
perance, until not Vestige remains o
the misery and wllhering desolalion eau
sed by its pestIerous breath, which, like
the dread simeon of the desert, carries
death and destruction before it. The
subject is not yet exhausted, nor will i
be, while panders are 10 be found TO min
lister to the depraved and viliated appe
tltes OF men. Hence it becomes ever,
true patriot, every Christian, and ever,
Individual true 10 himself and just to tn
world al large, 10 perseVere n the righte
GUS cause, aud never weary in we'll do
ing. The field Of labor is still an exten
sve one, and The spirit of a Matthew,
Turner, or a Howard can find ample ina
toriaIs with which to bring about the de
sired ene-a total suppression of lhe vic
OI lnIemperance,
The following embraces The plan {
The WAsHINCToNIAN:
1. Temperance. In this department
will be furnished original and seIecte
articles, statistical, general and local in
formation, relative to the progress Of III
cause, aud the Influence which it exer'
upon the happiness of mankind, contras
ted with The evils produced by the use q
intoxicating drinks. 2, TaIes-mora
amusing and instructive. 3 Poetry
4 Literature. s. Science. 6. MisceI
lanies 7. Agriculture 8. The new
Of the day, political & general, in whic
department will bo found faithful chron
icIe Of passing events, without dabbIln
into Parlysim, or Iavoring the pcculid
views Of any one.
OH-Two thousand copies bf specimen
number Of the Washngtonian will b.
printed ina few days, and sent to al
parts OF the country--to officers Of ten,
perance societies, ministers of the gospel
poslmasters and others, for the purpose o
giving them an opportunity Of judgln!
for themselves, aud procCrlng and Tor
wardiug the names Of such as may fee
disposed TO PalroGlze the paper.
0tTIho second number will be pub
lished as soon as the requisite number o
Subscribers can be procured.
A. w. BAKER
Canton, o., Feb. l2, 1912.