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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[November, 1875. 



LITERARY AND BUSINESS NOTICES. 



The :Matuimoxial Bazah, "A .Moutlilv Journal, 

 devoted to the interests of Love, Courtship ami Mar- 

 riage," is a medium sized folio, [luhlished at Chieaifo, 

 111., by H. H. Burtin it Co., at §1.110 a year. The 

 publishers say, " We have liere in America a large 

 scattered population, representing a diversity of 

 wants and circumstances, each Imried in the obscurity 

 of the individual threshold; and it is the purpose of 

 the MatrinuDiUil Jiii-.ai- to bring these wants to light, 

 and cause them to be um'versally recognized." * * 

 "The stranger in one State can, through the medium 

 of the iJrt.T«/-, conimuue and interchange sentiment 

 freely and witliout restraint, with the stranger in 

 another State, thereby creating a bond of union be- 

 tween persons thousands of miles away." * * » 

 "The Jlalriinoiihil Bazar is conducted on strictly 

 honorable principles, fulfilling its professions, and 

 thereby commending itself tothe confidence of all 

 those who luay seek its aid" — and much more on the 

 same subject, recognizing marriage as " the great 

 event of life," the importance of which requires the 

 exercise of care and judgment in the selection of a 

 partner. . 



To show the nature of the demands upon the col- 

 umns of this paper, wc find in them one hundred and 

 ninety-one advertisements, fi-om one line to thirty 

 lines, composed of offeriugs in marriage, asking for 

 marriage, correspondence, fun or amusement. Based 

 upon tile professions and convictions it avows, if we 

 cannot see anything in it to specially commend, so 

 also do wc see nothing to specially condemn. As the 

 great majority of the world now looks uijon the sub- 

 ject of marriage, and as a merely secular transaction, 

 we suppose people would be as properly mated by 

 this system of selection as liy that which generally 

 prevails outside of it. But in our view the marriage 

 relation is something above and more sacred in its 

 origin and purposes than a mere partnership or being 

 mated. If the parties are not helps " meet" for each 

 other — that is, such helps as they need in effecting 

 their moral and spiritual regeneration from the sins 

 and evils that beset the human I'amily in its life 

 journeys in this world, we fear the bringing of the 

 sexes "together from remote distances and obscure 

 places, tiii-ough the medium of a newspaper which 

 so emphatically " means business" as this, will not 

 elevate it much above the plane upon which it has 

 been groveling tiiese many years. 



If the advertisements, otlier than those relating to 

 personal cards, may be taken as a criterion, we 

 should say that the literary and philosophical helps 

 to a true marriage which they contain, are of a very 

 fanciful, if not a doubtful character. " The Magic 

 Wand " — " Songs of Love " — " Letter Writing Made 

 Easy" — " Magician's tiuide " — "Mysteries and Mis- 

 eries" — " The Sports' own Songster" — "The Little 

 Flirt"— "Tit-bits of Fun lor Jolly .Mortals"— "Tricks 

 and Diversions with Cards" — "The Hand-book of 

 Manners" — " How to Mix Drinks " — The Lover's own 

 Library" — "Love-making Secrets" — " Bashfulness 

 Cured"— "How to get" Rich "—" The Veil Re- 

 moved," and such like compose the list, with nearly 

 a column to " .Miss Maud B. E. Wallace," the Gipsy 

 Clairvoyant, who professes to be the seventh daughter 

 of the seventh son of the Great Hindoo Fortune Teller, 

 Peri Maoi. As the family — after the traveling 

 preacher had retired — thought they should know his 

 sectarian Ktahm by the kind of liymn-book he carried 

 inhis saddle-liags — and on "rumaging" it found a 

 bottle," declared him a "Hard-shell Baptist," so 

 may we infer that the Mntritiioinal Bazar is merely a 

 "commercial" affair — this, and nothing more. 



The Feed Cvtteh, advertised in this number of 

 The Fakmkh, by Messrs. Dillcr it Groff, is an arti- 

 cle which we can conscientiously commend to the 

 critical examination of our readers, as a maeliine 

 which has no superior in the market. We have care- 

 fully examined its mechanical points, and tested its 

 power as a cutter, not of fodder, but of pine boards, 

 and the ease with which it cuts them leaves no room 

 to doubt its efficiency in cutting any kind of fodder 

 for food. The manner of operating the upper feed 

 roll in this macliinc is an iniiiiii-fant improvement, 

 permitting the rr)]l to rise three inclies, and uniformly 

 its whole length, a point not gained in any other feed 

 cutter we have seen. Another excellent point is its 

 adaptability to any desired length of cut, one-fourth, 

 three-fourths, or one and a fourth inches, without the 

 removal of any of the gear wheels and the substitu- 

 tion of others, as is generally done in varying the cut 

 of other uuichines. The Silver it Deming Manufac- 

 turing Company are noted for the perfection of mate- 

 rial and workmanship iu their farm nuichinery, and 

 they fully vindicated their reputation in the production 

 of this Feed-Cutter. .Messrs. Diller it Groff still push 

 the " Champion " Reapers and Mowers, on the prin- 

 cipal that when you once get a good thing it is best to 

 stick to it unt il you are sure of something better. They 

 still claim that the "Champion" has no successful 

 competitor. 



The Pennsylvania Sono Collection, devoted 

 to school and home enjoyment, by Jno. P. MeCaskey, 

 Principal of the .Male High School of Lancaster city. 

 Pa. This is a paper-bound volume of 112 pages, and 

 uniform in size with Tlie PcnunijUiauia School Journal. 

 It contains 110 of the choicest songs and hymns in the 



song and hymn literature of this and other countries, 

 with the printed music to each, arranged in from two 

 to four parts. It is interspersed, from beginning to 

 end, with interesting historical and literary annota- 

 tions, chiefly relating to the history, the science, and 

 the moral and social influence of music. We recog- 

 nize in it a host of good things, both old and new, 

 and the compiler and publisiier exhibits rare good 

 sense in retaining and reviving those good old "songs 

 of fiftyyears ago," so welcome to those who are verg- 

 ing on their "three score years and ten " — beginning 

 with iSifeel Home and ending with AiiM Lang Sync. It 

 also contains many things new and rare, executed in 

 the highest style of modern musical science, thus adapt- 

 ing it to the wants and the tastes of the present day. 

 It is a perfect home companion, and ought to be in 

 every household and daily used there. Such a use 

 would assuage many of the asperities .and discontents 

 that are incidental to human experience. 



"The Odd-Fellow's Improved Manual; con- 

 taining the History, Defense, Principles and Govern- 

 ment of the Order ; the Instructions of each Degree, 

 and Duties of every Station and Office in Odd-Fellow- 

 ship ; with Directions and Forms for laying Corner- 

 .stones, dedicating Cemeteries, Halls, itc; Marshal- 

 ing Processions, &e. Also, Odes, with music, for 

 various occasions, and the most needed business 

 forms. Embellished with a portrait of Grand Secre- 

 tary Jas. L. Ridgely, G. L. V . S., and numerous ele- 

 gant engravings of the Emblems, itc. By Rev. A. 

 B. Grosh, p. G. and P. C. P. of the R.W. Grand 

 Lodge and Grand Enccampment of Pennsylvania.'' — 

 Clark it Maynard, o Barclay street, New York. 



We thankfully acknowk^dge the receipt of a copy 

 of this most excellent work ; and we do not hesitate 

 to say that any member of the Order who desires to 

 become an Odd-Fellow in spirit and in truth, cannot 

 possibly afford to be without a copy of this book, or 

 its criuivaleut. It is a 12nio. beautifully bound, fairly 

 impressed, and on superior paper, containing 403 

 pages. Furthermore, it contains an excellent por- 

 trait of the distinguished author, a fact which he and 

 his publisher, perhaps, had too much modesty to 

 mention. 



The American .Journal of Microscopy and 

 Popular Science is the title of a new journal which, 

 though specially devoted to the microscope and its 

 revelations, also takes in a great many outside sub- 

 jects of deep interest. It is very fully illustrated 

 with new engravings, and the information which it 

 contains is reliable, practical and interesting. It will 

 be an efficient means of diffusing among the people at 

 large a taste for natural science. It therefore op- 

 poses itself to the lower and more debasing classes of 

 literature — dime novels and story papers — and tends 

 to elevate and improve instead of to enervate and 

 debase. Every one interested in botany, entomology, 

 or natural history of any kind, would do well to get 

 a specimen number, whether they own a microscope 

 or not. The subscription is only fifty cents a year, 

 and specimen copies will be sent free to any address 

 by the Handicraft Publication Company, 37 Park 

 Row, New York. 



Superior Cider : We are indebted to our friend 

 and correspondent, Wni. I. Pyle, of West Chester, 

 for sample bottles of very choice cider one year old, 

 of his own curing. Good judges pronounced it the 

 best they have ever tested. Mr. Pyle says his mode 

 of curing is very simple, and the material he uses is 

 "as wholesome as bread and butter." He claims 

 that it will sharpen appetite, cure dyspepsia, and 

 keep for ages. Mr. P. gets 7.5 cents per gallon for it 

 in barrels of 40 gallons. 



W. Atlee Burpee, the well-known Philadelphia 

 breeder and importer of high-class fowls and pigeons, 

 appears in this issue of The Farmer as one of its 

 regular and most valued contributors. He is thor- 

 oughly master of the details of the jioultry yard and 

 pigeon loft, and those of our readers who are inter- 

 ested in this specialty may look for much interesting, 

 valuable, and always reliable information, in the con- 

 tributions from his pen. He has disposed of his J^au- 

 ciers' Gazette to the I'oultrij Argus. 



The Indianapolis Mechanical Journal is an 

 interesting mechanical journal, published at thecapi- 

 tol of Indiana, by J. H. Kerrich. It has reached its 

 ninth number; and sent to subscribers for Sl.OOayear, 

 or SO cents in clubs of ten. Each number contains 

 sixteen pages somewhat larger than the Farmer. It 

 is steadfastly devoted to the development of the in- 

 dustrial interests of the West and deserves a liberal 

 support . 



The Amateur Trapper and Trap-.Maker's 

 Guide is a complete and carefully prepared treatise 

 on the art of trapping, snaring and netting. It con- 

 tains plain directions for constructing the most ap- 

 proved traps, snares, nets and dead-falls, the details 

 being so plainly Illustrated with engravings that any 

 amateur cannot fail of success. Published by Dick it 

 Fitzgerald, New York. 



Vick's Floral Guide, as many of our readers 

 know, is abeautiful quarterly journal, adorned with 

 elegant and useful illustrations. The first number 

 for 1876 is just out. Price 35 cents a year. Address 

 James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. 



THE PROGRESS OF INVENTION. 



Official List of Patents, 



Relating to the Farm, the Dairy, Apiary, &c., 

 For the month ending November 12th, 1875." 



Churns; W. P. Mangum, Croppers Depot, Ky. 

 Apparatus for gathering and elevating hay; A. J. 



Park, Virginia, Mo. 

 Horse-powers; N .' Potter, Troy , Pa. 

 Harrows; J. W. Price, Bryan, Ohio. 

 Automatic Gates; L. E. Thorson, Clinton, Wis. 

 Farm Fences; J. E. Winters, Fincastle, Ohio. 

 Grain Binders; C. E. Donnelan, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Churns; E. Husher, Scott Dale, Pa. 

 Stock Cars; J. R. MePherson, Jersey City, N. J. 

 Corn Planters; E. Morgan, Dublin, Ind. 

 Stock Cars; A. N. Stevenson, Newark, N. J. 

 Cultivators; H. Winfleld, Pantego, N. C. 

 Husking Pins; Geo. Armstrong, Elmira, 111. 

 Devices for preventing horses from jumping; G. D. 



Chisholm, East Flamborough, Canada. 

 Grain-Driers; A. Nash, Logansport, Ind. 

 Milk Coolers; L. C. Palmer, Charlotte, Vt. 

 Hoeing Machines; H. N. Prout, Westfleld, Mass. 

 Poultry Coops; J. Shephard, Bristol, Conn, 

 tirain Binders; J. H. Whitney, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Churns; J. C. Baker, Corry, Pa. 

 Combined Cultivators and Harrows; I. P. Pickering, 



Table Grove, 111. 

 Churns; F. H. Boggs, Montgomery twp., Woodford 



county. 111. 

 Garden Implements; J. Christy, Clyde, Ohio. 

 Plows; W. H. Daniels, Montpelier, Ohio. 

 Winker-straps for Bridle-blinds; E. Easton, Jackson- 

 ville, 111. 

 Seed-Planters; A. M. Kaneuse, Sun Prairie, Wis. 

 Bee Hives; D. Latchaw, Barkeyville, Pa. 

 Harvesters; R. H. MeCormick, Chicago, 111. 

 Methods of testing milk; A. Mencei, Clifton, N. Y. 

 Bee Hives; J. P. Peeler, Booneville, Miss. 

 Cultivators; J. A. Thompson, Reddington, N. J. 

 Teeth for Threshing Machines; J. W. Waterman, 



Oregon, Wis. 

 Harrows; J. C. Williams, Olin, Iowa. 

 Reversible Plows; M. R. Hubbell, Walcott, Vt. 

 Harvesters; C. Denton, Peoria, 111. 

 Mechanisms for Unloading Hay; W. H. Haynes,' j- 



North Sudbury, Mass. ■ • ^ 



Earth Scrapers; D. Irwin, Byron Centre, Mich. ; 



Draft Equalizers; J. Buckner, Salem, Nebraska. 

 Corn Planters; O. C. Gilmore, Janesville, Wis. 

 Churns; A. D. Gross, Tilton, Ky. 

 Corn Planters; A. Hodgson, Humboldt, Kansas. 

 Harvesters; A. Rea, Lancaster, Pa. 

 Butter-Workers; P. Rooney, Fairfield, Vt. 

 Hay-Tedders; E. M. Steckel, Kutztown, Pa. 

 Well Augers; W. E. Coman, Oak Park, III. 

 Pumps for Deep Wells; J. H. Duck, Elgin, 111. 

 Rotary Churns; W. R. Lampton, Knightsville, Ind. 

 Farm Gates; N. H. Long, Muneie, Ind. 

 Harvester Rakes; M. Ray, Valley Grove, W. Va. 

 Churns; I. E. Smith, York, Pa. 



Sulky Cultivators; J. Spain, North Lewisburg, Ohio. 

 Horse Rakes; H. C. Velie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

 Barbed Fence Wires; F. Armstrong, Bridgeport, Ct. 

 Horse Hay Rakes; G. Barclay, Oshawa, Canada. 

 Horse Hay Rakes; G. Barclay, Oshawa, Canada. 

 Harvesters; A. Palmer, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Sulky Plows; F. S. Woodworth, Rockford, 111. 

 Harvesters; J. E. Buxton, Owatonna, Minn. 

 Corn Huskers; W. A. Dick, Cleves, Ohio. 

 Corn Planters; A. Fox, Rock Falls, III. 

 Gang Plows; D. Kendig, Napa Citv, Cal. 

 Wheel Hay Rakes; C. LaDow, Bailston, N. Y. 

 Harvesters; C. Lidren, Lafayette, Ind. 

 Grain Separators; H. Mielke, Watertown, Wis. 

 Harvester Droppers; J. C. Ratliff, Richmond, Ind. 

 Potato Droppers; G. H. Zane, Shoemakertown, Pa. 

 Mowing Machines; D. Wolf, Avon, Pa. 

 Seed Drills; S. Brown, Lebanon, Mo. 

 Seed Planters; W. C. Champion, Stanton, Tenn. 

 Churns; W. P. Jones, Clio, Iowa. 

 Combined Planters and Cultivators; C. F. Keller, 



Healdsburg, Cal. 

 Harrows; L. H. McGinnis, Woodstock, Va. 

 Fruit Driers; J. P. Nessle, Newark, N. J. 

 Husking Gloves; H. L. Hall, Chicago, III. 

 Nests for Fowls; S. S. Jackson, Bloomfleld, N. J. 

 Coulters: G. C. Lyon, Clarinda, Iowa. 

 Harvester Gearings; John F. Seiberling, Akron, O. 

 Mowing Machines; Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls, 



N. Y. 

 Harvester Rakes; J. Barnes, Rockford, III. 

 Ditching Machine; M. E. Burtless, Seneca Falls, N.Y. 

 Churnsi^ E. A. Fishy, Norwalk, Ohio. 

 Hay Rakers and Loaders; Jno G. Krouse, Onslaugh, 



Iowa. 

 Farm Fences; J. P. Monnett, Bucyrus, Ohio. 

 Corn Planters; T. L. Rittenhouse, Washington, D.C. 

 (irain Binders; F. P. Rooback, Springfield, Mo. 

 Harvester Reels; J. F. Seiberling, Akron, Ohio. 

 Weed Turners; J. B. Thornton, Fostoria, Ohio. 

 Seed Droppers; J. T. Wright, Columbus, Tenn. 



"Prepared expresely for The Lancaster Farmer by 

 Louis Bagger & Co., Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D. 

 C, from wUom complete copies of the Patents and Drawings 

 may be obtained. 



