The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-12-17
n. S. SATURDAY. POST.

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which has 90 long been household Wort
in every part Of the Union, continues its claim
upon the favor OF the reading public. No effOr
which industry in the business department, en-
terprise in the arrangements for the provision o
mat ter, and careful consultation OF che progreG
Of the public taste Oon suggest, is omitted t.
make the POsT acceptable to every member o
a well ordered family. DeeIning
PURITY OF MORALS,
the great safeguard Of private happiness and
public prosperity, the conductors carefully ex.
clude from itS columns every thing, however
LITERARY MERIT
which may reasonably be objected TO in the
score OF Objectionable tendency. The fields Of
pure literature afford sufficient TO make an
ACCEPTABLE FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
Contain ALL TIE ELEMENTS OF EXCELLENCE, with
out single Objectionable line; and it lie the
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PosT that no head Of family need hesitate to
let its columns go under the notice Of any mem
Der of bis household. The GENERAL FEATURES
Of the paper include
TALES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,
ehoCen for their lessons of e illustrations OF his
tory, depicture OF manners and general merit ;
and adopted in their variety to the lasts Of both
sexes, and OF all ages. Particular attention
10 paid to the advancement Of knowledge rela-
tive to
AMERICAN HISTORY LIFE AND MAN
NERS,
aS the past files of the paper will show. Some
Of the most popular American Tales and Novel.
lettes which have ever appeared in the periodis
Gals Of this country have originated in the Phla-
delphia Saturday Post. And while American
themes are more particular our faVoriIes, the
productions Of
FAVORITE EUROPEAN WRITER'S
are cunvassed, and such articles selected from
time to time, as come within our scope. Nor is
the handmade of Steiner iturature-POetry-
some of the most deligetfnl
POETRY, SELECTED AND ORIGINAL,
"n!ch mas UvOTh @sn Rresented to the attention
d American newsPa per TeadOS-, has been given
through the columns Of the PosT. The pusI;.l.
eu appeal with pride to the
ESTABLISHED REPUTATION
Of this paper, and it will be the endeavor of
those concerned TO make it continue what il has
been for over twenty years,
THE FAVORITE FAMILY JOURNAL.
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tine are presented, the other essentials of the
publication will not be forgotten, and in its in.
ner pages the paper will present the character
sites of
CAREFULLY PREPARED NEWSPAPER,
all current intelligence OF interest or
Importance, but carefully avoiding such details
# crime as serve only to famiiarise readers with
t, to no possible good purpose.
AGRICULTURAL MATTER
'ill occupy portion Of the calumns, and our
farmer readers viii be treated to such articles as
re continually presenting themselves to the at
eRtion Of the agrioulturalist in these days Of
Improvement. If the
PENS OF ABT,E WRITER'S
ngaged expressly for this journal, and the re-
llts of long experience in catering for the pub
C taste can continue the present prosperity Of
ne Post land more the publishers can not de-
reg its course will still be onward.
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re this winter distributed in prizes for original
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ne success Of the paper never exceeded that
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