The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28
LITERARY PUBLICATION MS
Prospectus for 1858.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August 4, 1921. Fz
Tie Paper that nerer Saspe"ds-A Family Paper
devoted to Literature and tue Aews.

In these times of Bank suspensions and
Mercantile suspensions. the proprietors OF
the Saturday Evening Post call the at'en-
ton of the reading public to the old and
firmly established weekly paper ''s paper
that never .uspends For over SO years,
the Post has been published and IN all
tia. period-through good tines and
through "bad mes" through bank in.la-
tions apa bank contractons thr ugh pros
pero.s seasons and through panics, the
los, has been regularly issued every week
and forwarded to ITS thousands Of subscri-
bers. Its proprletors therefore point to
the past as an unfailng index Of the future.
And they feel that in asking If the reading
public continuance of the ! atronage
heretofore o literally bestowed upon the
Post, they are asking no more than it vii,
be boil, to the interest and pleasure of the
publ to grant.
Among the contributors to the Post, we
may mention the following gifted writers
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, 7. S. Ar
thur. Grace Greenwood Anna Blackwell,
Augustine Duganne. Mrs. NJ. \. Dennison,
Emma Alice Browne, the author of "a;
Extra-Judicial Statement" the author o.
"ZiIiah. the Child Medium" &c.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper Of January, an original Novelet. by
I. s. Arthur.
Mr. Arlhurs productions are so widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone ofthe presen, Novclet viii be entirely
consistent with the moral and instructive
character which we have always st'iven to
imp ess upon the Post. sR-aders who wish
to peiusc the t1.si, stories which! abound iii
the Ianl--pern;cious in their tendency and
ettectS--can find them, We regret to say, at
eve y corner. Bnt the Post will still main
tain its high character as a paper which
the most scrupuions parent may allow free
L. to enter the family circle and which
will puffy ami instruct, instead Of demon
;lizirg and corruptng the youthful mind.
Especially VIII its conductors avoid, in the
publication Of the weekly news, all those
long and Disgusting reports--untortunately
now 50 common-of Vile Criminal Cases
believing, as they DO, that the practice OF
publishing the details Of such loathsome
cases. ard of criminal cases tra.s resulting
thcleirom, is IL fruitful cause Of the recent
alarming increase of vice and crime in the
community. Like begets like, and what
the mind feeds upon that will it grow to
resemble.
Choice Selections of all kinds, from the
best foreien and domestic sources, shall
continue to be, as heretofore, a leading fea-
ture Of the Post. The Stories, Essays, Ag
licu,ural and Scientific Facts, &C., &c,
obtained in this way for the readers Of the
Postare among the most Instructive as well
as interesting portion OF its contents.
The Very Cream Of the Periodical Lit
erature OF the British Isles is thus given to
our readers The Post, weekly, has so,ne-
thing for all the members of the Family
Noyelets, Essays, Stories, Engravings, Az
ricutural Articles, the News, Sketches,
Poetry, Anecdotes, Riddles, the Wholesale
and Fetal Markets, Bank Note List, dc.
Finally. We may mention three good
reasons why the reading public should
give the preference to the Post:
1t is superior to any other paper of the
same prlee.
1t is cheaper than any other paper of
equal merit.
1t will be certain to come when paid fo,.
TERMS cash in adyance)
Single copy, one year, 81
copies
s (end one to getter up of the club) 10
I3 10
20 % 70
The postage on the Post to any part of
the United States, paid quarterly or yearly
in advance, a, the Office where it is rccei
we'd, is only % cents year.
Sample Numbers sent Gratis to any one,
when required.
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