VI. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



NE\^^ GOODS 



OPENED DAtLT AT 



o xj nsr i>.A.i^ IE n.' s 



MILLINERY AND TRIMMING STORE. 



L,ij>tES, we have just opened a large assortment of 



Hamburg Edgings and Insertings, 



At 6cts. pee Yard up to $1.25. 



Also all the latest atyles of Dreae trimmings, such as 



GIMi>S, FRINGES, 



OF EVEBT DISCHIPTIOlf. 



Alsot ererytbing else kept in a 



FIRST-CLASS 

 MILLINERT and TRIMMING STORE, 



And will always guarantee our prices to be the Very Low- 

 est and quality the Best. 

 Give ua a call at 



GUNDAKER'S, 



142 and 144 North Queen Street, 



7-l-3m1 



HEED, McQRANN & CO., 



Illili ill iiiiii 



LANCASTER CITY. 



Execute orders lor Stocks and Bonds, allow Interest on 

 Deposits according to time, Loan Money, Make Collec- 

 tions, Buy Gold and Silver, and transact a General 

 Banking Business. 

 Drafts and Passage Certlflcates for sale on Europe, 

 GEO. K. REED, A. M. McCONOMT, 



B. J. MCGKANN, R. H. BRUBAKER, 



PETER McCONOMY, Jr. [7-S-3m 



CONSUMPTION CURED. 



To the Editor— Esteemed Friend: 



Will you please inform your readers that I have a 

 positive 



CURE FOR CONSUMPTION, 

 and all dlBordere of the Throat and Lungs, and that, by its 

 use in my practice, I have cured hundreds of cases, and 

 will give 



Sl.OOO.QO 

 for a case it will not benefit. Indeed, eo strong is my faith, 

 I will send a. Sample, free^io s^ny sufferer addressing me. 



Please show this let'er to any one you may know who is 

 soffering from these diseases, and oblige, 

 Faithfully yours, 



r>r. T. IB'. BTJItT, 



7-3-6m 69 WILLIAM St., New York. 



JOHN M. COWELL, 



Conveiancer aM Seal Estate Apnt, 



OFFICE IN LAW SUIUjXNG, 



i^. W, COR. DUKE AND GRANT 575., 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Real Estate of all deBcription bought, sold and ex- 

 changed on commission. 



Loans Nfgotintfd. Mortgages bought and sold. 



JHropertifs taken in charge, and rents, interest, etc., 

 collected. 



l*arlicular attefitioti givenjo matters appertaining to 

 Real Estate Law, and Conveyancing. 



I>vedSf Mortgages, llriffs, Wilis and all other legal 

 instruments correctly drawn and handsomely and neatly 

 engrossed. 



MvxpH of Properties, Lots, F.irme, &c., and Draughting in 

 general accurately and handsomely executed. [7-l-l2m 



OUR FENCE CORNERS. 



Whisperings from February. 



The Lancaster Farmer : The February number 

 of this excellent monthlj' agricultural newspaper is 

 out "on time,,' the fifteenth of each month being its 

 regular publication day; and it is a decided improve- 

 ment even over the first issue under the new manage- 

 ment, both in tyjxjgraphy and the character of its 

 contents. Among other improvements the extracts 

 and miscellaneous matter are set in a new and com- 

 pact readable minion type, which could not be pro- 

 cured in season for the January number, and quite a 

 new feature are the illustrations, which the publishers 

 promise to improve still more upon if the enterprise 

 receives proper encouragement from our farmers. 

 Prof. Rathvon, the editor, manifests his usual untir- 

 ing industry in the editorial department, which con- 

 tains articles of interest and practical value on our 

 " Situation ; " the Potato Blight ; the Patrons of Hus- 

 baudry; the Rust on Blaeberries; What is "Angumen- 

 tum ? " Daniel Webster and his kindness to animals ; 

 the sex and varieties of Persimmons ; Good Butter 

 and how to make and keep it ; Dying for our Country; 

 The Agricultural Department of our National Cen- 

 tennial, beautifully illustrated with a full page 

 engraving, besides minor editorial articles. Henry 

 M. Engle" contributes an interesting article on Lan- 

 castercounty apples, giving a history of the " Smoke- 

 house" and several other local varieties: Casper 

 Hiller one on the Persimmon and its culture ; Jacob 

 StauflTer the second of his series of "Wheat Glean- 

 ings;" Henry M. Engle speaks another good word 

 for The Farmer; and J. M. W. Geist, the office 

 editor, furnishes a paper on the Culture of the Grape, 

 in which Mr. Fuller's system of trellising and pruning 

 is advocated and illustrated with engravings. The 

 proceedings of our Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society are reported at length, and the prose of farm- 

 ing is enlivened by Trowbridge's admirable poem of 

 "Farmer John" — 



"You see, old Bay, 

 And you, old Gray, 

 I'm wiser than when I went away ! " 



Four pages, or twelve columns, are devoted to 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Miscellany, Domestic 

 Economy, (including various Housekeepers' Recipes) 

 and Literary and Personal items. 



It is apparent that the farmers of the county are 

 determined that this enterprise, which had been 

 languising for some years past, shall be sustained. — 

 Lancaster Daily Sxpreff. 



The Latest Acquisition in Sunday-Schools. 



A correspondent of the National Baptist shows 

 how one Sunday-school was saved from being "talked 

 to death" by its superintendent. He visited a flour- 

 ishing school. Its exercises opened promptly, with- 

 out an audible voice ; the hymn was silently placed 

 on the blackboard, and sung; a teacher, previously 

 designated, prayed; another hymn was sung, arranged 

 in the same manner, and at once then, with no word 

 from the superintendent, the classes entered upon 

 their recitations. The visitor expressed his admira- 

 tion to a teacher at the quiet order and studiousncss 

 exhibited, and asked how this marvelous silence and 

 earnestness had been attained. He was led to the 

 superintendent and requested to propose the question 

 to him. Beginning to say that he had never seen the 

 like in his life, the superintendent quietly shook his 

 head, and, lifting a little slate, wrote upon it, to the 

 visitor's astonishment, "I am a deaf mute !" The 

 stranger turned to his friend for an explanation. We 

 had been talked to death, he said, in substance, by 

 previous superintendents. It seemed impossible for 

 an average man to avoid the error, so we chose a 

 mute, who is an accomplished Christian gentleman. 



We have received from the publishers. The 

 Lancafter Farmer for January. This newspaper has 

 lately changed publishers, and at the same time 

 changed its form. We do not want to flatter, but the 

 change is a vast improvement upon the old Farmer, 

 both as to its contents and its typographical appear- 

 ance. Its editor is Prof. S. S. Rathvon, a scientific 

 entomologist, and one of the best authorities in 

 America on the important subject of entomology. If 

 our readers desire to become thoroughly acquainted 

 with the pests that annoy them most, and of which 

 they know the least, we advise them to subscribe for 

 the Farmer. It is an imperial 8 vo. of 16 pp., 

 printed from clean type, on good paper, and is very 

 cheap. Address Pearsol & Geist, Lancaster, Pa.— 

 Louisiana (Mo.) Journal. 



•* 



A brow-beating lawyer, in cross-examining a wit- 

 ness, asked him, among other questions, where he 

 was on a particular day ; to which he replied : " In 

 company with two friends." " Friends !" exclaimed 

 the lawyer; "two thieves, I suppose you mean." 

 "They may he so," replied the witness, " for they 

 are both lawyers." ' 



" John, I am afraid you have been forgetting me," 

 said a bright-eyed girl to her sweetheart the other 

 day. "Yes, Sue, I have been for getting you these 

 two years." 



DILLER & GROFF, 



AGENTS FOR 



The best in the market. Guaranteed to 

 give satisfaction. 



No pay asked until the coDditions of the guarantee are ful- 

 filled. Call and see it with the late improvements. 



ALSO A 



FULL LINE OF HARDWARE, 



BUILDING MATERIALS, 

 STOVES^, 



And everything usually kept in a first class Hardware 



Store, at 



m 7 EAST KING STREET. 



7-Mm LANCASTER, PA. 



House Fupnishing Goods 



AT 



JOHN D. SKILES, 



No. 25 EAST KING STREET. 



Just received full lines of 



BLEACHED AISJ) rNBLEACHED 



SMrtiflL Slieetiiii & Pillow -Case Mnsliiis. 



TICKINGS, CHECKS, 



TABLE LINENS, TOWELS, 

 NAPKINS, QUILTS, 



COUNTERPANES and COMFORTS. 



PRINTS— Newest Styles. 



PRINTS— Shirting Styles. 



CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, 



WINDOW SHADES, fco. 



ALL AT LOWEST PRICES. 



Great Reduction in WINTER DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, 

 SKIRTS, he. to make room for Spring stock. Also, closing 

 out our Winter Stock of 



EEADY-MADE CLOTHIS"G, 



At Prices Regardless of Cost. 



COATINGS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, made to or- 

 der or Bold by the yard at greatly reduced prices. 



Call and be convinced. 

 T-l-3m] 



JOHN D. SKILES. 



dealers in all KllinS OF 

 FA1WII.Y and I.IllIE-BlTRXI9rG COAl, I 



Orders received at 



Office. NO. 15 East King street, and at the 

 T-l-l!m] Yard. No. 619 NORTH PRINCE STREET. 



AGRICULTURAL STORE, 



No. 320 North Qneen Street, Lancaster, 



(Near New Market House). 



The Improved Rockaway Grain Fan, Pratt's P.itent Hay 



Rake and Corn Shellers for Horse and Hand Power, 



Cutting Boxes, Corn Planters, and Improved 



Cider MtUe 



of different kinds and sizes ; also, all kinds of Coach- 

 makers' Stuff. 



Farmers, look to your interest before bujang elsewhere. 

 I can sell at small profits. The Shop is two squares 

 northwest of P. R. R. Depot, and two squares south of 

 Reading Depot. Hickory Lumber and Spoke Wood taken 

 In exchange for Machines. 



PLANING AND SA^WINa 



of all kinds at short notice ; and Caatings kept on hand for 

 repairing Farm Machinery. Also, Agricultural imple- 

 ments of every description on hand. Wire and Sieves 

 made to order for fanners. 



6-B-12m] 



SAMUEL KEELEB, 



Lancasteb, Pa. 



