Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-12-10
sTATNTON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISERS
NEW SERIES FOR 1857.
HE HOME JOU d AL.


WE have the pleasure to return our most sraeiul
w thanks to the readers of the HOME JouRNAL,ior
the greatly enlarged audience with which we nave peen
honored in 1856, and to offer our respects ana ,he
promise of our continued best services for the year be-
fore ,ls With the privileged hearing that we have
now secured ofrHE riRRsIDEs of our whole vast coun
try il is only natural that we should feel addltoDa
resnonsbiy while at the same time, we Slrd up our
for new varieties of industry and enterprise.
The paper for the coming year IS to be printed on
NEW TYPE and It's preentHsnce OF c!edrnesS dnG tegiO
ty so valuable to the eye and SO needial for family
paper is to be still more marked
Our contents for 1857, need scarcely say, will be
varied us the Life with which we keep pace, Time
and the eve-changng World are the grea.
of which we pick Wisdom and Amusement as we go
the exhaustless variety Of event and novelty assuring
10 us and to our readers exhausess themes and sub
iects Of interest.
Tho Editors will still continue to devote their time
and abilities exclusively TO the Home journal.
y. p Wills proposes in addition to his usual pic,
tnrngs Of home fife and rural family sympathies and
interests, out doors.and-in. to give more of the
LETTERS TO INVALIDS,
which his experience has enabled him to write, and
which have been so widely quoted and, Also series
VI PORTRAITS OF LIVING CHARACTERS.
GEORGE p NORRIS besides his usual constant labors
upon The several departments of the paper VIII mako
it the wool on which TO broider first the new
SKETCHES SONGS, BALLADS, ETC,
suggested by the history and event ofpassing time
r g. ALDRlcH has in preparation PROSE POEM, toI
THE ROSE OF GLEN-LODGE;
and this Will be published in numbers, from week TO
week.
Besides the labors of the Editors, the Home Journal
will contain
The communications of brilliant list of original
contributors.
The core and history of new publications.
The floating stories, brief romances sparkling w.t.
fun and anecdote, ofthe day.
Poetry, pathos and romance
The gossip and news of Partisan journals.
Personal sketchas of the conspicuous characters Of
the time.
The stirring scenes of daily life.
The chronicle OF news for The Ladies
The Fashions.
The valuable information as to statistics, discover
les and great events
Criticisms of current Literature.
And al that he gathered, to interest the reader
from the Worlds constant overflow Of action and in
tellect.
We need MOI remind our readers, perhaps, that We
have correspondents, wholly unsurpassed in the soc
ETY. of New York, and that, through these gifted and
refined mediums" we keep apprised fall that occurs
new charming or instructive in the brilliant circles Of
city life.
For the health, moral improvement and the religious
culture of families We watchfully gather every new
and carefully chronicle all signs OF Prog
ress and Utility.
BY unceasng vigilance and industry and by skill
acquired in long and successful practice we hope still
10 keep The Home Journal undisputed as the best
taniiy Newspaper IN the WorM.
TERMS: For ore copy, So; for three copies, s5-or
one copy for three years. s9TafEs in adydnee
Editors and Proprietors 107 Fulton.st., New York.
Nov