Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-12-29
PROSPECTUS FOR 1858,
The Saturday Evening Post,
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 4,

ESTABLISHED AUGUST 4, IoZI.
,Ehc Paper tsant Never susDeaGs.
q A Family Weekly-Devoted to Lit
hsa erature and the News flo
TN these times OF Bank suspensions and mer-
i camille suspensions, the propretors of the
Saturday Evening Post Gull the attention OF
the reading public to their old and frmly es
tablished weekly paper, as the paper that
never suspends. For over
saol ooi THIRTY SIX YEARS, ,1.o
The Post has been published; and in ell that
perio6-through "good times' a I'd through
-'bai times,'' through bank mutations and
bank contrac.ionS, through prosperous sea
sons and through panics. The Post has been
reguerly ned every week, ond forws Tded
toits thousands Of subscribers. Its propre-
tors therefore point to the past rs an un fail
ing index Tor the future And they feel that
IN asking Of the reading public continuance
Of the patronage beretotote so Ibera lily be-
slowed upon The Post, they are asking no
more than what il will he both the interest
and the pleasure Of that public to grant.
Among the contributors to The Post we
maymentio the following gifted apthors =
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, #. s, Arthur,
Grace Greenwood, Anna Blackwell, Angus
tine Dnganne, Mrs. M. A. Denson, En- ma
alice, Brown. the author Of san Extra j udi-
cial Statement" the author of "Ziliah. the
Child ld-MedIum," &C., &c, DC. -.
We design commencing in the first paper
ofJanuary, an original
Novelet, by T. s. Arthur.
Mi. Arthut's productions are SO vide y
known, that we reed haTdi, say that the ion e
of the prusent Noyeletw will be entirely con-
Ssient Wi h the moral and instructive charac-
Ter, which we have always striven tc1 impress
upon The Post. Readers who wish TO peruse
the Flash STORIES which abound in the land
perniciOuS and destructive in their tendency
and tffects-can fnd them, we regret TO say,
at every corner. but The Post will still main
tain its high character, as paper which the
most scrupulous parent may allow freely to
Onter '-'3 E''' VIZ
ku THE FAMILY CIRCLE; ;.-
and which will purify and instruct, instead Of
demoralizing and corrupting the youthful
mind. Especially will its conductors avoid,
IN the publication Of the weekly news, all
tiose long and disgusting reports-unfortu-
nately now 50 common-Of
VILE CRIMINAL CASES;
relieving, as they do, that the practice of
publishing the details ofsuch loathsome cases,
and Of the criminal TRIALS resulting therefrom,
is a fruitful cause of the recent alarming in
crease of vice arG crime IN the commu nifty.
Like beEets hke-=and what the mind feeds
upon, that it will grow to resemble.
CHOICE SELECTIONS
of all kinds, from the BEST FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC SOURCES, shall CONTINUE to be,
rs heretofore, a leading feature of The Post.
The stories, essays, Sketches agricultural and
Scit ntlhc factS, &C., d c., obtained in this way
for tie readers of The Post, are among the
most instructive as well as interesting porti on
of its contents.
H.. THE VERY CREAM
Of the periodoa al literature of Il Britn h
Isles IS thus given to our readers. The Post,
weekly, has rt...s-.... . ...t
IN SOMETHING FOR ALL
the members of the family. Novelets. essays,
stories, engravings, agricultural articles, the
news, sketches, poetry, anecdotes. riddles,
the wholesale and retail markets, bank note
list, &C., &C., &c.
Finally, we may mention three good rea-
sons why the reading public should give the
preference to The Post:--
1t is superior to any other paper Of the
same price.
1t is cheaper than any other paper of
equal merit.
1t will be certain to come when paid for
TERMS, cash in adva nee, )--Single Copy 50
+- D.. year.
copies, and one to geter up of club, 10 90 year
l3 copies and ohe to getter up of club, Is 90 year
~ coPes and one to getter up of club 20 90 year.
The postage on the POST to any part of
the Un,lcd States, paid quarterly or yearly in
advance, at the office where it is received, is
only 20 cents year.
Address. ala0ays postpaid,
DEACON & PETERSON,
}4-. No. 132 South Third Street,
ar. Philadelphia.
ES- SAMPLE NUMBERS sent gratis
TO any one. when requested.
U TO 'EDITORS.-Edltors who give the
aboveo le insertion. or condense the material
porti' ns OF it for their editorial columns, shall
be entitled to an exchange, by sending US
marked copy OF the paper containing the ad-
veTtisement or notice.
Dec. %, ST.