California Agriculturist axd Live Stock Journal, 



when writing his letter, and probably 

 wrote as he felt. He called my attention 

 to a communication from M. M. Bald- 

 ridge, in the July number of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Jiiurmil, in which it was stated 

 that bees in Harbison hives could be 

 bought for ^'ISM per colony, etc. John 

 Jlyers, a rCKident of Los Angeles, while 

 at my house told me that he was oflered 

 a lot of bees for that price in exchange 

 for cows, and made the rest of the state- 

 ment as I gave it, and I supposed it true. 

 It seems that the case was an excption. 



One statement more of G. F. M.'s: 

 " They can't raise a thing here farming, " 

 etc. O. Oakes, at Bernardino, raised 

 over 3,00(1 sacks of wheat and barley 

 and a large quantity of hay, how much 

 I did not enquire. Benus Sikes also 

 raised a large amount, and many others 

 raised grain this year, and lots of grain 

 is being shipped from San Diego this 

 year, and a great deal was shipped away 

 last year. Wo have no starvation here, 

 nor have we been eaten out by grasshop- 

 pers, as they have in Kansas and other 

 Western states. W. J. AVhitney. 



Beenaedino, Cal. 



mSCELlANEOVS. 



BANKS. 



WM. O'LONNELL 



Wishes it known and distinrtly nnLlcrsiooil tlint 

 lie HAS NOT <ionv nut uf the 



But has now, and will cunlinuu tu U;ivo, us line 

 a stock of Splendid Ornamental Plants. Slirub- 

 bery and Trees; also Fruit Trees of all kinds, as 

 any Nursery in the State. 



A TREE DEPOT 

 Has been opened on the eoruor of El Dorado find 

 First streets, where O'DONNELL can be found 

 with a full assortment of nil flie most desiralde 

 trees and plants of every dit>rriptiiiii, CHEAP 

 FOR THE MILLION ! 



TBE ZOOI^OGItWVL OARUEA'S, 

 ■Which he has established on his KTonnds as a 

 Grand Summer Park, detract nothing; fmni tlie 

 NURSERY DEPARTMENT uf his business, but 

 all work in harmony. Next Spring he will otlVr 

 for sale, near his Famous Gardens, a number of 

 beautifully ornamented 



liOT.S FOR RESIDENCES, 

 But more about that anon. What is now of 

 most interest to the public is the fact that 

 O'DONN ELL is selling nil varieties of Superior 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Plants. Give 

 him a call. 



SA-1^ JOSE 

 SAVIE^GS BANK, 



280 Sa)ita Clara Street. 



CAPITAL. STOCK - - SOOO, 000 



Piiid ill Capiiiil (Gold Coin) - $:{00,OUO 



Officers;— President, John H. Moore; Vice- 

 President. Cary Peebles; Cashier, H. H. Reynolds. 



Dive^ctors:— John H.Moore, Dr. B.Bryant, S. 

 A. Bisliup, Dr. W. H. Stuue, Cary Peebles, S. A. 

 Clark, li. Messing. 



NEW FEATURE: 



This Bank issues " Deposit Receipts." bearing 

 interest at C, Hand 10 percent per annum; inter- 

 est payable promptly at the end of six months 

 from date of deposit. The "Receipt" maybe 

 transferi'ed by indorsement and the principle 

 with interest paid to holder. Interest also al- 

 lowed on Book Accounts, beginning at date of 

 dejiosit. Our vaults are large and strong as any 

 in the State, and specially adapted for the safe 

 keeping of Bonds, Stocks, Papers, Jewelry. 

 Silverware, Cash Boxes, etc., at trilling cost. 

 Draw Exchange on San Francisco and New York, 

 in Gold or Currency, at reueonablc rates. Buy 

 and sell Legal Tender Notes and transact a Gen- 

 eral Banking Business. 



THE 



CHICKEHmG PIAITO 



Has al-wayB taken the lead as a 

 FIRST CLASS INSTRUMENT! 



But witli all the 



WONDEEFUL IMPEOVEMENTS 



Kecenlly made, it is cunsidcri'd, by good 

 judges, to be 



FAB. ZU ASVAI7CB 



Of auy Piano luaLle on the wliolo I'aitc of the 

 Earth ! 



11^ Their New style, Overstrung, Upright 

 Piano contains improvements found in no 

 other. Please rail and examine. 



KDIITH i'b KYDRR 



(Jewell rs). Acenla, 

 400 First Street, WiUox Kloek, 



SAN JOSE. 



Lock© c& Moxxtague, 



$ IMPOln'KRS AND DEALERS IN 



? Stoves, 



I Pumps, 



w Iron Pipe; 



Tinware &o. 



112 and 114 Battery St., 



SAN FllANlIstO. 



FARS¥iERS' UNION. 



(Suecessors to A. Phistek & Co.) 



Cor. Second and Santa Clara Sts., 



SAN JOSE. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



SAN JOSE 



IHSTITUT 



CAPITAL 



WILLIAM ERKSON 

 H. E. HILLS 



$100,000. 



rrcsi.leut. 

 Manager. 



DIRECTORS: 



Wm. Erksnn, J. P. Durtley, 



L. F. Chipnian, David Campbell, 



Horace Little, James Singleton, 



C. T. Settle, E. A. Braley, 



Thomas E. Snell. 



B3" Will do a General Mercantile Business. 

 Als(^, receive deposits, on which such interest 

 will be allowed as may be agreed upon, and 

 make loans on approved security. 



mWM NAIMAL m lANE 



Paid «ii Capital (gold coin) ... . $r»00,000 

 AiitUoi-izeil Capital $1, OOO, 000 



John W. Hinds. President; E. C. Singletary, 

 Vice-President: W. I). Tisdale, Cashier and Sec- 

 retary; L. G. Nesmith, Asbistaut Cashier. 



Directors:— C. Burrel, "Wm. D. Tisdale, E. 

 L. Bradlej-, C. G.Harrison, E. C. Singletary. Wm. 

 L. Tisdale, John W. Hinds, W. H. "Wing, J. B. 

 Edwards. 



Correspondents ;— Anglo-Californian Bank 

 (limited), San Francisco; First National Gold 

 Bank, S. F.; First National B-ink, New York; 

 Anglo-Califoruian Bank (limited) London. 



WILL ALLOW INTEREST ON DEPOSITS, 

 buy and sell Exchange, muke eollections, 

 loan mnuey, and transact a General Banking 

 Business. Special inducements otyered to mer- 

 chants, mechanics, and all classes I'or commer- 

 cial accounts. 

 S. W. Cor. First and Santa Clara Sts., 



SASS' JOSE. 



BUSmESS_COLLEaE! 



A Day and Boarding School for 

 Both Sexes. 



npHE SECOND SESSION OF THE CURRENT 

 School Year will commence January 3d, 187G. 



In acknowledging the kindness of the patrons 

 of this School, the Proprietors desire to assure 

 them that with the increased patronage will be 

 added increased facilities for imparting in8truc_ 

 tion. They intend that the School shall offer 

 the very best opportunities for acquiring thor 

 ough education, both theoretical and practical 



The course of study in the Academic grade is 

 extensiTe and thorough. 



The Business College has no Tactions. 



Students from a distance will find pleasant 

 rooms and board at reasonable prices at the 

 boarding-house. 



The Faculty accept to its fullest extent the 

 gi'owing demand of the industrial classes for 

 recognition in the public educational system 

 hailing it as the harbinger of a higher and better 

 civilization. 



ISAAC KINLEY, 

 Superintendent of t lie Insfitnte. 

 .TAMES VINSONHAL.ER. 

 Principle of tlic Balslne.«s Colleije. 



SEEDS. SEEDS. 



New Crop Just Arrived and New 



Shipments Continually 



Arriving. 



VEORTABLK, CRASS. AND CLOVER SEICnS: 

 iiKNTUCKYBLlIE (IHASS, HUNtlAUIAN, 

 ITALIAN, OKCIIAUD. RED TOP. TIMOTHY, 

 MKSQUIT. SWICET VERNAL, RED CLOVER, 

 WHITE CLOVER, ETC. 



Also, choice CALIFORNIA ALFALFA, in 

 large or small ipiantitics; AUSTRALIAN BLUE 

 GliM SEED. and Seeds of every variety and de- 

 scription. Fresh and Reliable. For sale, 

 Wiiolesalo or Retail, at the OLD STAND, by 



B. i'\ wr:r.i.iNGTON, 



UIPORTER AND DEAI.KR IN SEEDS, 

 I'Zr, Wa^iliiii^liin Street, 



SAN EILINCISCO. 



1776. CEITTEMIAL 1876. 



Cliicaffo & Northwestern Railway. 



Passe!i°TS fur I'liii'ago, Niagnr.-i Falls. Pitts- 

 burg, Philadelphia, Montreal, (.[ncbec. New York 

 Boston, or auy point East, should Ijuy their 

 Transcontinental TicUetH via 



CHICAGO Si NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY 



This is the liEST KorTK EAST. 

 Its Track is of STEEL RAILS, and (Ui it hiis 

 been made the FASTEST time that has ever been 

 MADE in this couutiy. By this route passengers 

 for points east of Chicago have choice of the 

 following lines from Chicago; 

 Pittsburg, Fortwayne and CUicago 



and Pennsvlvania Rail^vays. 

 • > THROUGH TR.UNS D.\ILY. WITH PALACE 



Cars through to Philadelphia and New York 

 on each train. 



1 THROUGH TRAIN. WITH PULLMAN PAL- 

 1 ace Cars to Baltimore and Washington. 

 Lake Sliore anil Micllisr.'in Sonlliern 



Railway and Coiineclions— IVew 



York Central vt Krii> Kailroads. 



Q THROUGH TRAINS DAILY, WITH PALACE 



•_) Drawing Room and Silver Palace Sleeping 



Cars through New Yt,>rk. 



Miclilffan Cen(r:il, Grand TrnnJt, Cireat 

 AVesterii and l-^rie and Nevy York 

 Ceniral Kailwjiys, 

 O THROUGH TRAINS, WITH PULLMAN PAL- 

 t J ace Drawing Room and Cars through to New 

 York to Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Rochester, or 

 New York city. 



Baltimore and OSiio ll.iilroad. 

 O THKOUGII TRAI.XS DAILY. NVn'll FULL- 

 ^ man Palace Cars fur Newark, Zanesvillo. 

 Wheeling, Washinglon and lialtimore without 

 change. 



This is the Shortest, llest and only llm- run 

 ning Pullman celebrated I'alace Sleepiiifr 

 Cars and Coadies; connecting with liiion 

 Paiitic Railroad at OnkHlia and from the 

 West, via Grand Junction, Marshall. Cedar 

 Rapids, Clinton, Sterling and Dixon, for Clii- 

 ca«jo and the East. 



This popular route is unsurpassed for Speed, 

 Comfort and Safety. The smooth, well-ballaslcil 

 ami perfect track of steel rails, the celebrated 

 Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, the perfect Tele- 

 gr.aiih System of moving trains, the regularity 

 with wldiii they run. the admirable arrangement 

 fin' rniuiing through ears to Chicago fi-om all 

 juiints West, secure to passengers all theeomforts 

 in modern Railway Traveling. No changes of 

 Cars and no tedituis delays at Ferries. 



PasBengers will find Tickets via this Favorite 

 Route at the General Ticket Office of the Central 

 Pacific Rr.ailroad. Sacramento. Ticki'ts for sale 

 in all the iiclict ( llllccs of the Central PacifV.- R. R. 

 II. P. STANWOOD, General Agency. 121 Mont- 

 gomcry street, San Francisco. 



THE TRUTH ABOUT 



TH E DAVIS 



mmi §SWIN5 MACHINE, 



TT DOES NOT TAKE AX HOUR TO 



-"- get ready to do a minute's work, but is al- 

 wavs ready in a minute to do a day's wo:k. 



■The Favorite of the Family circle. Runs more 

 easily and quietly than any other machine. 



The DAVIS presents these advantages : It 

 prevents fulling or gathering of goods, will sew 

 over thick seams, or from one thickness to an- 

 other, without change of stitch or tension, and 

 make the most Elastic, Durable and Uniform 

 Lock Stitch of any Machine before the public. 



The only one having an Automatic Bobbin 

 Winder, and the most wonderful attachment for 

 making the Knife Pleating. 



The peculiar feature of the DAVIS is its VER- 

 TICAL FEED, which is essentially different 

 from any other Machine manufactured, requir- 

 ing no acquired skill to operate it, nor basting of 

 the goods, and all should give it an examination 

 at least before purchasing any other. 



After six weeks' trial at the Franklin Institute ■ 

 Exhibition, held at Philadelphia in 18Ti, it was 

 Awarded tlie Granil Medal Against 

 Nineteen Competitors I 



And has universally been awarded the FIRST 

 PREMIUM at allprincipal Fairs where exhibited. 



We have the best manufacturing machine in 

 use. 



Energetic and responsible Agents wanted in all 

 unoccupied territory. 



For fiu'ther information, circular and terms, 

 call on or address 



G. L. BIGELOW, 



Ageut for Santa Clara County. 

 B?5" Salesroom, No. 458 First Street, San Jos 

 Foundry Block, SAN JOSE, or the 



DAVIS SEWING MACHINE CO., 



I I 8 Post St., San Francisco. 



BSF" For '}.'• subscriptions to the Califor- 

 nia AgriruHurist, Live Stock and 

 Household .Tournal at Sl-.^'O each, the 



puldishers will give a $10 Kew Unvis 

 SeivluK Machine. Here is an opportunity 

 for some energetic lady to get the best Sewing 

 Machine for a little time well employed. The 

 DAVIS took the first premimn at the Santa 

 Clara Valley Agricultural Society's Exhibition 

 last Fall. 



I^VETTTORS! 



IP YOU WANT A P,*TENT, SEND 

 us a UK.del or sketch and a full description of 

 your Invention. We will make an exnndnation 

 at the I'atent Oflice, and if we think it patent- 

 able, will send you papers and advii'c and prose- 

 cute jour case. Our fee will be, in ordinary 

 cases,' S'irt. Anvirr. rni K. Address LOUIS 

 BAGGER ,^- CO.. Washingtcm, D. C. »3^ Send 

 Postal Card for our " GiiniE foe OliTArslso 

 Patknts " — a book of .'>() pages. 



JACOB EBFAillARDr - ■ Propr. 



AM, KINDS OK I.KA'rHKR, SlIKEP- 

 skins and wool. Highest price paid for 

 Sheep skins, Tallow, Wool, etc. 



