THE FIRESIDE FRIEND
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upon public patronage, grows by what ii
feeds on, the publishers fatter themselves
that The PosT has increased in interest and
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which has been accorded oit, for Pc
riod of


A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
In this time which has served for the life and
death ofwhole generations of periodicals..
and the rise, meridian, and decline of many
a rival, The PosT has kept the even tenor Of
its way, by its own intrinsic health and
strength--now following, oftener leading
ihe public taste, but not departing from its
independence 10 minister to the transient
newspaper follies, which, compared 10
the existence of the Post, are indeed ephe.
neral. We shall continue in this path en-
deavoring, in the


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