Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1888 — THE O[?]DEST AND [?]EST. [ARTICLE]

THE O[?]DEST AND [?]EST.

The .Saturday Even no Post, of Philadelphia enj >js the proud dis rinetipu of be.' g the oldest family and !11 rarv p ;pnr in Am *r>'. it not rn the world. Originally established by Be j rmin Frank*! in .728, and appearing in its jo * >**ut cb-ractor iu 1821. l has had an miititerruiued c s reer of 15S years! .'..sits originator, Franklin, was on** <*f tie- ti’- r men of his time, or an Jim . wu ji ;n al> Dry and em'r* nee. The Post’ has ever triad to follow its f uu let, by carrying out during its whole course of existence the best aims aud highest purposes of a family newspaper. In its man gement, conduct and choice of reading material usefulness, purity, morality, pro ress and enter* tin merit have always been its watchwords aud i s guides.

Tiie nistory of The Post is the history ot American literature and authorship. Not to speak of those who previous to and aPer the War of the Revolution made it a power in the land, sinoe 1821 there is hardly a writer famous in the world of letters whose works have njt adorned its pages Arnorg these may be mentioned i orace G veeley, Diemens, Mrs. South worth Poe, tialleck, Bryant, T. S. Arthur, Ned Buutiine, Gilmore Simms- Adq S. Stephens, Mrs.jHenry Wood am: others. ft is no wonder then than The Post claims the right to add to to the glory of being the oldest family paper, the even mor* honorable title of be« iug the BE'X Always Keeping in sight what was Highest Purest, Most Ec'ertaimng, in a word, ;he Best in literature, it has n ver once failed in its long career ugo forth as a week ly missionary info hu dreds of thoulands cf 'he fliir- 1 ' fu , ills s u all quarters ol th land, the mo t wel*. me and cheerful of visitors. F< r die coming year lue Pi st has secured the best writers of tnisconn** try and Europe, in Prose and Verse Fat an Fiction Tn these respects in the uast it will only h ve the b st. Its pages will be perfectly free u'om the degrading and pol uting trash which characterizes many other ■ o-called literary an 1 family papers. gives mote tor tim money and of a >t-i:e.r * 1 i-s, h.i .ny otli r,ab ialion in the world. Ei- it vomme contains, in a idition to its well Mired departments, twenty •'five lit - t-class Serials, and upward- of flv hundred Short Stories. Every numb -r is re plete with useful information and Amu en:. i.’ compri-si: g.Tales, Sketeh s Fm raphy, Ane.'dof' -s, St list a:.-’.. Tuts iv vi -3 fli is, Science, 1 " L ' y ■■■ ' a anm ; I’rcreT ■■ Pro!-: ms, P- . I- Ne-vs . .. -.ole : '-•• r-- li iVo mo ns, Recent Lose aver ie- an a • eomp*< o r pdl't of all * !;e iat" t !• * Ki->iis, uc t►* erics in N*e ll w k an i full, st and Resbest information rein ing to personal and home adornment, and domestia matters. To the people eve rywbere it will prove the best, most instructive, reliable and moral paper that ever entered their homes. Terms, $2 00 a year in£advanee. A specimen copy of this excellent family papor will be sent free on ap* plication. Address, The Saturday Evening Post. (Look Box), Philadelphia, Pa.