Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1886 — THE OLDEST AND BEST. [ARTICLE]

THE OLDEST AND BEST.

The Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, enjoys the proud distinction of being the oldest family and literary paper in America, if not in the world. Originally established b Benjamin Franklin in 1728, and appearing in its present character in 1821, it has had an uninterrupted career of 158 years! As its originator, Franklin was one of the first men of his time, or any time, both in ability and eminence. The Post has ever tried to follow its founder, by carrying out during its whole course of existence the best aims and highest purposes of a family newspaper. In its management, conduct and choice of reading material, usefulness, purity, morality, progress and entertainment have always been its watchwords and i ts guides. The history of The Post is the history of American literature and authorship. Not to speak of those who previous to and after the War of the Revolution made it a power in the land, since 1821 there is liar ly a writer famous in the world of letters whose works have not adorned its pages. Among these may be mentioned Horace Greeley, Dickens, Mrs. Southworth, Poe, H' lleck, Bryant, T. S. Arthur, Ned Bun time, Gilmore Simms, Ann S. Stephens, Mrs. Henry Wood and others It is no wonder then that The Post claims the right to add to the glory of being the oldest family paper, the even more honorable title of also being the best. Always keeping in sight what was Highest, Purest, Most Entertaining, in a word, the Best in literature, it has never once failed in its long career to go forth as a weekly missionary into hundreds of thousands of the finest families in all quarters of the land, the most welcome and cheerful of visitors

For the coming year The Post has secured the best writers of this country and Europe, in Prose and Verse, Fact and Fiction. In these respects as in t e past it will only have the best. Its pages will be perfectly free from the degrading and polluting trash which characterizes many other so-called literary and family papers. It gives more for the money, and of a better class, than any other publication in the world. Each volume contains, in addition to its well edited departments, twenty-fiv? first-class Serials, and upwards of five hundred short Stories. Every number is replete with useful information and Amusement, comprising Talos, Sketches, Biography Anecdotes, Statistics, Facts, Recipes, Hints, Science, Art, Philosophy, Manners, Oust ;ms, Proverbs Problems, Personals, News Wit and Humor, Historical Essays, Remarkable Events, New Inventions, Recent Discoveries, and a complete report of all the latest Fashions novelties in Needlework, and fullest and freshest information relating to personal and home adornment and domestic matters. To the people everywhere it will prove the best, most instructive, reliable and moral paper that ever entered their homes. Terms, $2.00 a year in advance. A specimen copy of this exeellellent family paper will be sent free on application. Address, The Saturday Evening Post, (Lock Box), Philadelphia, Pa. Examine quality and ascertain prices of overcoats at Eisner’s. You will buy. Notice is hereby given that on and after Wednesday, December Ist, 1886, the undersigned Banking Houses will be open for business at 8 a. in., and will close at 4 p. m. A. McCoy & Co’s Bank. Citizens’ Bank. Farmers’ Bank. Th re are 96,000 women on thegov* ernment pension rolls. Elk teams are not as infrequent sight on t 'ft streets of Denver Mr. - Stevens, on his bicycle tour around the world, has arrived at Shanghai.

Peterson’s Magazine for December, that old favorite, is before us, ahead of all others. It maybe called a “prize number.” It has two splendid ste. 1-engravings: one, “Meadow-Sweet,” as lovely as we ever saw, and a title-page, with a beautiful girl’s face, also unrivaled: in fact, “Peterson’ is now the only magazine that goes to the expense, all the year through, of these costly and elegant original steel-en-gravings. There is also a mammoth colored fashion-plate, likewise engraved on steel, and colored by hand —a ‘perfect love of a thing,’ as the ladies would say. Still more, there is a colored pattern, in Berlinwork, such as would sell for fifty cents, but which is given, gratis, to subscribers, for a Christmas-gift. Beside these, there are about fifty wood-cuts of fashion, embroidery and crochet patterns, etc. The literary contents more than plaintam the long established reputation of “Peterson” as giving the best original stories. Mrs. Ann S Stephens, Frank Lee Benedict, Edgar Fawcett, Mrs. John Sherwood, etc., etc., being regular contributors. We do not see how any lady or any family can be without this magazine; its tone is alw tys high and pure, so it is just the one for the home-circle. The price is but Two Dollars a year. To clubs, it is cheaper yet Jour copies for six dollars and forty cents, with an extra copy to the person getting up the club. For larger clubs, costly premiums are given in addition. Specimens sent, gratis, if wri ten for, so that there may lie no deception. Now is the time to get up clubs. Address Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.