Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1851-11-21
THE WORLD As 1T PASSES,

MORRIS d WILLIS Home Joarngi for ls52 ,
" am!iy Newspaper, published weekly at 50 %
4 year ! he first number Of the new series VIII be
issued on the first of January next
The Home Journal has now become universal
There are lew families of cultivated habits-fey of
those who seek to enliven and make home The most
intelligent and attractive placel-who do not nov,
receive H. 1t Is read believe wherever run the
gold threads OF domestic happiness and true moral
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stronger and coarser web of our counrrvs industry
and energetic prosperity The Home Journal is he
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Our increased subscription enables us 10 command
bo:h more material and more assistance than we
have heretofore used upon the paper. We are now
able to transfer some of the merely laborous depart
ments to other hands This enables US to carry out
a very cherished design Of our own-one of which
we have long seen the value but which we have
deferred, simply and only from having the time
and labor to do justice TO it. We now announce il
however and VIII endeavor IN some measure TO de-
scribe il under the head Of A NEW FEATURE
Every one knows how a tea-tabe or evening circle
IS enllvened, by the coming in of intelligent man.
who knows all the new ideas aaoat and tells them
briefly gayy, and oti-hand, in the way of ordinary
conversation. SuCha person gives Won the substance
of all the daily papers, in three or four sentences
tells you the plan and moral of new book in
dozen words--giyes the essence of sermon the
core of public speech, the KEY TO a public cbarac-
ter the spirit OF an article In a review, the novelty
in fashion, the last turn in politics-a briefly, and
all without detail or fummery--leaving it with vou
as material for your discussion and possin
This is Just what we propose 10 do for the Home
Journal for 1852 We mean 10 lot down. for onr
readers, i'll the fewest words possible every new,
idea that falls IN our way. As we read, as peop]e
drop in and talk as we look about In our walks we
shall be on the lookout foI ideas and novelties
giving them in the briefest shape under the head of
MEMS. FOR GossIr. Formerly. we used to Law sycb
aside, TO write about if we should find
me-now, we shall give them TO our readers. 10
discuss for themselves. In this way the subscriber
to the Home Journal will stand chance 10 get hold
N some shape or other, of every new idea that is
going
The other popular features of the paper will be
continued Sketches of Bellies, Portraits OF public
Characters, descriptions OF stirring scenes in Nex,
ork, news Of fashion and manners phases of CAV
md literary society, any fun or new folIv@in
'hori, a PICTURE OF THE WORLD AS 1T PASSES We
lave scarce thought il necessary TO mention how
,ver what readers well understand that we take
are also TO chronicle and advance every nerest of
'enevoence and moral Improvement. and strive hard
o make the Home Journal no less useful and improv
ng than II is entertaining and original.
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Editors. l07 Fulton street. New York
New. - 1851