California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 



THE TRUTH ABOUT 



TH E DAVIS 



VERTICAI. rEED 



SHUTTLE SEWINd MACHINE. 



TT DOES NOT TAKE AX HOUR TO 



JL get ready to do a minute's work, but ie al- 

 ways ready in a miDute to do a day's woik. 



The Favorite of the Family circle. Runs more 

 easily and quietly than any other machine. 



The DAVia jiresents these advantages : It 

 prevt-nts fulling or gathering of goods, will sew 

 over thick scams, or from one thichuess 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 ditlereut 

 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 1874, it was 



Aivarded tlie Grand Medal Ag'aingt 



Nineteen Competitors ! 



And has universally been awarded the FIRST 

 PREMIUM at all principal Fairs where exhibited. 



We have the best manufacturing machine in 

 use. 



Energetic and responsible Agents wanted in all 

 unoccupied territory. 



For further information, circular and terms, 

 call on or address 



G. L BIGELOW, 



Agent for Santa Clara Countj'. 



1^" Salesroom, No. 4:58 First Street, San Jos 

 Foundry Block, SAN JOSE, or the 



DAVIS SEWING MACHINE CO., 



I 1 8 Post St., San Francisco. 



B3r For 7."i HuliAtriptions to the Califor- 

 nia Ajsrrirulturist, L<ive Stock and 

 Household Journal at $1.50 each, the 

 publishei-s will give a $"70 New Davis 

 Serving' Machine. Here in an opportunity 

 for some energetic lady to get the best Sewing 

 Machine for a little time well employed. The 

 DAVIS took the first premium at the Santa 

 Clara Valley Agricultural Society's Exhibition 

 last Fall. 



FLOCK'S NUI\SERIES, 



SAN JOSE, CAL. 



THE ATTENTION OF NURSERYMEN AND 

 planters is invited to my large stock of 



FRUIT TREES! 



Of the very beet Varieties fur Market, Shipping 



and Drying: Also, 

 GRAPKVINEfS, CURRANTS, GOOSE- 

 BERRIES, BLACKBERRIES 

 AND RASPBERRIES. 

 SHADE TREES, 



EVERGREENS, 



BLUE GUMS 



AND SHRUBS. 

 GREENHOUSE PLANTS, BEDDING 

 PLANTS, ETC. 

 Send for a Catalogue. 



JOHN ROCK, San Jose. 



S^N JOSE 

 SAVINGS BANK, 



•,^.SG S'l/tta Clara *:iiretl. 



CAPITAL. STOCK - - «(>00,000 



Paid in Capital (Gold Coin) - $»00,000 



Oflicers I— President, John H. Moore; Vice- 

 President, CaryPecliles; Cashier, H. H. Kcynnlds. 



Directors:— John H. Moore, Dr. B. Bryant, S. 

 A. Bishop, Dr. W. H. Stone, Gary Peebles, S. A. 

 Clark, H. Messing. 



NEW FEATURE: 



- This Bank issues " Deposit Receipts.*' bearing 

 iuterestat (J, Sand 10 percent per annum; inter- 

 CBt payable promptly at the end of six mouths 

 from date of deponit. The "Receipt" maybe 

 transferred by indornement and the principle 

 with interest paid to holder. Interest also al- 

 lowed on Book Accounts, beginning at date of 

 deposit. Our vaults are lurye and strong as any 

 in the State, and specially adapted for the safe 

 keeping of Bonds. Stocks, Papers, Jewelry, 

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

 Draw Exchange on San Francisco and New York, 

 in (.iohlnr Currency, at reasonable rates. Buy 

 and H(dl Legal Tender Notes and transact a Gen- 

 eral Banking Business. 



INVENTORS! 



IP YOU WANT A PATEiVT, SEND 

 us a model or sketch and a full description of 

 your invention. We will make an examination 

 at the Patent Office, and if we think it patent- 

 able, will send you papers and advice and prose- 

 cute your case. Our fee will be, in ordinary 

 caBes, $!85. Advice free. Address LOUIS 

 BAGGER & CO., Washington, D. C. B^" Send 

 Postal Card for our " Guide for Obtaining 

 Patents "—a book of 50 pages. 



177fj CXSNTEM'SriAXi 1876 



P K O C I^ AM A T I O N. 



Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 



Is the popular route overland to the Eabt, 

 Passengers for Chicago, Niagara Falls, Pitts- 

 burg, Philadelphia. Montreal, Quebec, New York 

 Boston, or any point East, should buy their 

 trans-continental tickets via tlie pioneer route, 



THE CHICAGO k NORTHWESTEEN R.R. 



This is the Best route East. Its Trark is of 

 Steel Rails, and on it has been niadr the Fastest , 

 time that has ever been made in this country. By 

 this route phssengers for points east of Chicago 

 have choice of the following lines from Chicago: 

 Pittsburg:, Fortwayne and CUica^o 



and Pennsylvania Railways. 

 • > Through trains daily, with Puluiau Palace 



Cars through to Philadelphia and New York 

 on each train. 



1 THROUGH TRAIN, WITH PULLMAN PAL- 

 l ace Cars to Baltimore and Washint^ton. 



B7 the Laie Shore and Michigan Southern KaUway and 



Connections I New York Central and Erie Railways) : 

 O THROUGH TRAINS DAILY, WITH PALACE 

 O Drawing Room and SilvL-r Palace Sleeping 

 Cars through to New Vork. 

 By the Michigan Central. Grand Trant, Great Western and 



Erie and New Tori: Central Eailwayc: 

 O Through trains, with Pullman Palace Draw- 

 •J ing Room and Sleeping Cars through to New 

 York to Niagara Falls. Buftalo, Rochester, or 

 New York city. 



By the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; 

 rt Through trains daily, with Pullman Palace 

 ^ Cars for Newark. Zauesville, Wheeling, 

 Washington and Baltimore without change. 



This is the Shortest, Best, and only line run- 

 ning Pullman celebrated Palace sleeping cars and 

 cohches, connecting with Union Pacilic Railroad 

 at Omaha and from the AVest, via Grand Junc- 

 tion, Marshall, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Sterling 

 and Dixon, for Chicago and the East. 



This popular route is \msurpassed for Speed. 

 Comfort and Safety. The smooth, well-ballasted 

 and perfect track t>f steel rails, the celebrated 

 Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, the perfect Tele- 

 gi-aph System of un)viug trains, the regularity 

 with which they nm, the admirable arrangement 

 for running through cars to Chicago from all 

 points West. sc<ure to passengers all the comforts 

 in modern Railway Traveling. No changes of 

 Cars and no tedious delays at Ferries. 



Passengers will find Tickets via this Favonte 

 Route at the General Ticket Othce of the Central 

 Pacific Rrailroad. Sacramento, and in all the 

 Ticket Officesof the Central Pacific Railroad. 

 Marvin Hughitt. W. H. Stennett, 



Gen. Supt.. Chicago. Gen. Pass. Agent. 



H. P. STANWOOD. General Agency. 121 Mont- 



gomery street. San Francisco. 



I I- /, n-l ( (-!■>• 



R. C KIRBY & CO.. 



TANNERS ! 



SANTA CRUZ OAK-TANNED SOLE 

 LEATHER. 



WHOLESALE DEALERS. 



OtHce— 403 and 404 Battery Street, 



SAN FHAXCISCO. 



SMALL FARM 

 OR SALE 



AGREEABLY SITUATED ON THE FOOT- 

 hills in the WARM BELT, nine miles from 

 San Jose, near Los Gatos. 25 acres in Cultiva- 

 tion, 65 acres of Pasture and Live-Oak Grove. 

 SO acresof Chaparral and Woodland; two Springs 

 on the place. 



^. 



Dwellinj; House, Rarn. Orclianl, Gar- 

 den, Well, 3 Good HorKes, One Colt, 

 4 years old. One Farm Wagon, One 

 Sprin;; Wagon, 13 Tonn of Hay, 5 

 Head of Dairy Stock. .'>0 Chickens, 

 Good Fanning Implements, House 

 Furniture, I^ol of Tools, i!kc . 



Title, XT. S. Fatent. 



Price, S:l, .".00— Port Cnsli, eaey ttrms tut the 

 Kemaiudcr. 

 AddrcBs. LOS GATOS P. O., or apply on the 

 FremiHCK to the Proprlct<)r, 



O. GVBRINOT. 



FARMERS' UNION. LOS GATOS NURSERIES, 



(Surcessors to .\. Phister & Co.) 

 Cor. Second iinci Santa Clara Sts., 



SAN JOSE. 



CAPITAL 



WILLIAM ERKSON 

 H. E. HILLS 



DIRKCTORS: 



$100,000. 



President. 

 Manager. 



S. NEWHAL.L, Prop'r San Joi««*. 



A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT 

 pf Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Evernreens, 

 Flowering Shrubs, Roses, GreenhouBe PlantB, 

 Grapevines, Small Fruits, etc. I offer for sale a 

 well assorted, well ^rown and healthy stock. 

 Low-topped stalky fruit trees a specialty. Ad- 

 dress S. NEWHALL, San Jose- 



Wm. Erkson. 

 Ij. F. Chipman, 

 Horace Little, 

 C. T. Settle, 



Thomas E, 



J. P. Dudley. 

 David Campbell, 

 ■James Sinf^h-ton, 

 E. A. Braley. 

 Snell. 



a£?" Will do a General Mercantile Business. 

 .\lso, receive deposits, on which such interest 

 will be allowed as may be agreed upon, and 

 make loans on approved security. 



FAIIM£IIS NATIONAL m UE 



...OK . 



SAUr JOSE. 



Paid up Capital (gold coin) ... . $500,000 

 Antliorized Capital $1, 000, 000 



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

 Vice-President: W. D. Tisdale, Cashier and Sec- 

 retarj'; I-*- ^^- Nesmith. Assistant Cashier. 



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

 L. Bradley, C. G.HaiTison, E. C. Singletary, Wm, 

 L. Tisdale. John W. Hiuds, W. H. Wing, J. B. 

 Edwards. 



Con-espondents:- .\nglo-CaUfomian Bank 

 (limited), San Francisco: First National Gold 

 Bank, S. F.; First National Bank. New York: 

 Anglo-Califomian Bank (limited) London. 



WILL ALLOW INTEREST ON DEPOSITS, 

 buy and sell Exchange, make collections. 

 I loan money, and transact a General Banking 

 Business. Special inducements offered to mer- 

 I chants, mechanics, and all classes for commer- 

 cial accounts. 

 S. W, Cor. First and Santa Clara St*., 



SAN JOSE. 



C. S. Crydenwise, 



CARRIAGE AIAKER. PIONEER 

 Carriage Shop. 



314 SECOND STREET, 



Between Santa Clara street and Fountain 



Alley, San Jose. 



A^ent for Fisli Bro.'s Waijfons. 



DR, C, R. SPAW, 



Resident Dentist, 

 Comer of First and 



Santa Clara streets. 



In McLaughlin k Ry- 



land's building, 



San Jose, Cal. 



A. O. HOOKEB, L. FiNIGAN,* 



Late Gxmckel & Hooker, {late of Marysville.) 



Hardware 



HENF^Y B. ALVORD, 



326 First Street. 



SAN JOSE. 



Just received a New Stock of 



PLOWS, Cl'LTIVATORS, HARROWS, 



ETC., ETC. 



Have as usual a full fissortment of 



MECHANICS' TOOLS, 



AND BriLDERS' HARDWARE, 

 .. ALSO ... 

 IRON , STEEL, C O AL, ETC^ ETC. 



The Bee-Keepers' Magazine. 



An ILLUSTRATED Monthly Jour- 

 nal of 3'2 octavo pages devoted 

 exclusively to Bee -Culture. 

 Edited by Albert J. Kjno, con- 

 taining monthly contributions 

 from Mrs. E. S. Tuppeb, and 

 other eminent Bee-Kecpers in 

 both EruopE and Auerica. A 

 large space is devoted to beoissebs ^ving use- 

 ful information just when it is needed through- 

 out the year. Terms: $1.50 per year. We 

 will send the M.^gazine 4 months on trial and 

 jNCLCDE a 64-pag.- pamphlet (price 50 cIb ) , con- 

 taining a beautiful life-like Chromo of Honet- 

 pla>'T8 and Italtan Bees In their natural colors, 

 Prize Essay by Mrs. Tuppeb. Queen Rearing by 

 M. QnsBY, Instructions for Beginners, etc., all 

 for 50 ct». Address. 



KING & SLOCUM, 

 61 Hudson Stxeet, Ne-w Tork. 



50 



Office: 



HOOKEH a HNICAN, 



DENTISTS. 



359 First street, San Jose. 



SANIA CLARA VALLEY 



Drug Store, 



•iOO Santa Clara street. 

 Opposite tile Convent. 



S.W -JOSE. 



JOHSr S. SCOTT, M. D.,^ 



Physician and Druggist. 



JACOB EBERHARDT - 



ALL KINDS OP LEATHER, SHEEP- 

 skins and wool. Highest price paid for 

 \ Sheep Skins, Tallow, Wool. etc. 



