The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-05-26
LITERARY PUBLICATIONS
.g4e3 Prospectus for 1868.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Established August !, 1921.
The Paper that aerer Suspeads-A FnnHy Fope'
..--. aerosed to Literature and the Ncns

In these times of Bank suspensions ane
Mercantile suspensions. the proprletors o
the Saturday Evening Post call the atten
ton of the reading public to the old ant
firmly-establishe weekly paper, as paper
that never suspends. For over SO years
the Post has been published; and in all
that period-through "good times and
through "bad tines" through bank inila-
tons and bank contractions, thr ugh pros
porous seasons and through panics, the
Post has been regularly issued every week
and forwarded to its thousands of subscri-
bers. Its proprietors therefore point to
the past as an. uufaling 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 will
be both to the interest and pleasure Of the
publ c to grant.
Among the contributors to the Post, We
may mention the following gifted writer's {:
William Hewitt, Alice Cary, 7. S. Ar
thur, Grace Greenwood, Anna Blackwell,
Augustine Dugsnne, Mrs. NJ. A. Dennison,
Emma Alice Browne; the author of "a:
Extra-J Judicial Statement" the author of
"ZiIlah. the Child Medium" DC.
We design commencing in the first paper
paper of January, an original Novelet, BY
I. S. Arthur.
Mr. Arlhur's production, are so widely
known that we need hardly say that the
tone of the present Novelet will be entirely
consistent with the III and instructive
character which we have always s,'iven to
imp ess upon the Pos. Readers who wish
to pei use the fash stories which abound in
the land--pern'cious in their tendency and
find them, We regret to say, at
eve corner. But the Post will still main
tain its high character as a paper which
the most scrupulous parent may allow free
ly to enter the family circle; and which
will purify and instruct, instead of demon
aIizing and corrupting the youthful mind.
will It's conductors avoid, in the
publication of the weekly news, all those
long and disgusting reports-uniortunately
now so common-of Vile Criminal Cases
believing, rs they do, that the practice OF
publishing the details of such loathsome
Eases, and Of criminal cases trials resulting
hercfrom, is fruitful cause of the recent
alarming increase Of vice and crime in the
Like begets like, and what
he mind feeds upon that will it grow to
resemble
Choice Selections Of all kinds, from the
,est foreign and domestic sources, shall
continue 10 be, as heretofore, a leading fea-
ure of the Post The Stories, Essays. Ag-
i, ul:ural and Scientific Facts, &c, dr.,
obtained in this way tor the readers Of the
post.sre among the mos. instructive IS well
Is interesting portion of its contents.
The Very Cream Of the Periodical Lit
,rature OF the British Isles is thus given to
,ur readers. The Post, weekly, has Some
hing for all The members Of the family
Sovele,s, Essays, Stories, Engravings, Ag-
icu!,ura Articles, the News, Sketches,
Poetry, Anecdotes, Riddles, the Wholesale
md Retail Markets, Bank Note List, &c.
Finally, We may mention three good
easons why the reading pubic should
i've the preference to the Post:
1t is superior to any other paper Of the
anne price.
1t is cheaper than any other paper of
quail merit.
1t will be certain to come when paid for.
TERMS cash i'll advance)
ingle copy, one year, s.
4 copies
8 " and one to ge;ter up of the club) 10
%
The postage on the Post to any part of
he United States, paid quarterly or yearly
n advance, at the office where it is recei-
ed, is ouy 26 cents year |,
Sample Numbers sent Gratis to any one,
hen required.
Address, always postpaid
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