The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-11-16

OI Two pIOSpoClusoe lOI uOlldI WOokiiob
lie upon our table. Large show. bills, (
painted in red and posted up in Post Of
hces and Groceries, meet the eye at eve
ry turn, promising new features" sin
creased attractions" additional talent"
and various other "improvements"-a
at Zone dollar per year onIy." The next
volume is to he brilliant 0ne-a prom.
Use that will be as sacredIy kept as was
the last and as usual large number of
individuals will be caught and the pub
fishers will make money, one half by their
numerous subscribers, the other half by
printing few numbers aud pockeing
the years subscription.
Their new features will consist of a
new head and probably, if able. new
dress-lheir increased attractions will be
series Of wood cuts, that have represen-
ted all the worlds heroes from Alexan-
der to Kossuth, all the waterfalls aud
love-scenes, groves and palaces, aud
kings and queens, which the world has
ever witnessed their additional talent
will consist Of the brains of cer;ain city
individuals, who are too lazy to work aud
too proud to beg-and their ""Iher i'm
provemenls" will be the manufacturing
and colating of horrible murders and ten
der love-matches. runaway.sclapes aud
accidents. and terrible cataStrophes-aIl
very interesting to persons ford Of such
stuF-and nothing else.
The contents, weekly, will be as usual;
an old tale, re.titled and re.named-a
new poem by very ancient author,
written expressly for the Dollar Week
Iy"--terrible catastrophies, horrible de.
pravity, coldLlooded murders aud sad
accidents will be administered in allopa-
thic doses-"city items" will fill one page
weekly-and occasionally few really
good things will be served up, homeopa,
thicalIy, which the publishers have been
permitted to use by their daily contem.
poraries.
If at the end Of the year, the reader
thinks that he has his dollars worth, pos.
lage added, he can subscribe again-a:
the same promises will be made ,and be a.
eIigiously kept.
We cant publish these pros ectuses
We havn't room and if we had we
shouldn't do it, although in such case ",
have promise Of "A "gratuitous" eX
change--and besides, when we do fine
that we can't dispense with their papers
we will allow ourselves to be caught by
show bills and guIiraps and send them d
dollar
In the mean time, we have an offer I,
make them, IN small type. Each week
we will print, for their especial benefit
the advertising department ofthe Gazei,,
alone, at two dollars per year 1t vii
contain the principal "local items" ofou
town. all the murders. accidents, caias
trophies and suicides;" all the marriage
and deaths that are handed in; all til,
business cards Of Lawyers, Doctors, Mer
chants and Insurance agents-and will
be highly ornamented with fancy typ,
and beautifully embellished by type.met
al and wood cuts, representing the cura
tive properties of patent medicines illus
} trating the various branches of Mercau
; tile aud Mechanical business. likenesse
, of Jew David aud the crowned heads {
Europe. and numerous other illustration
D -aifording at very low price most e,
e cellent paper, as valuable To the editor
: any dollar weekly as his is To us.
$ tV'The publisher of any dollar new,
paper, in the United States, Canada Eng
r. land or new Mexico. who will publis
. the above prospectus three times, call til
attention of his readers to it in nn editc
, rial article of not less than Two square,
and remit us dollar. postage paid, sha
be entitled to an exchange for one yea
to bo aonsidered "gratuirous" or not, ju,
as he pleases.
DPsTRUcTIvE FIRE, We regret
, learn that the large building, in the vi
Iage of Royallon, in this county. belon,
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