THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



are the best the world i>ro(lucca. They are plautetl by a 

 million |)eoplo in Ami-rica, ami the n-Hult in betuitlful 

 Flowers and siiU'iidid VeKetablea. A Priced t'atulogue cent 

 free tn nil who inclose the pontage — a 1! cent Blunip. 



Vick's Floral Guide, VUiirierly, '25 cents a yt'iir. 



Vick'a Flower and Vegetable Garden, :t5 ceutB ; with 

 cloth covei s, 1V5 cents. 



Avtdrcsft, JAMKS VICK. UochoHter, N. Y. 



' The Great Agricultural Wonder, 



llICINi; THK 



HULLESS OATS, 



\\liich eiin br obtaiht-d of 



N. S. FISHER, 



At Leesport P. 0., Berks Couuty, Pa., 



AB FOLLOWS I 



I H pounds 8 3.50 



32 " la.oo 



I ponnd 50cls. 



16 -' » «.50 



It is claimed that it will yield ii8 many meaBured bushels 

 as any other variety, while it weighs 5(> pounds to the 

 bushel, and ripens two weeks earlier than common oats, 

 thet-eby escaping the nisty season of oats. 



ITK^'Write for circulars. 8-l-4t 



ROOT'S 



Qarden JVf anual 



Is filled with topics of interest to every owner of a garden- 

 is POINTED, PRA*TIC.\L and THOUOITGH, and contains 

 one-half as much as $1.50 books on the subject. GARDEN- 

 EltS throughout the couuti-y commend its practical labor- 

 saving methods as invaluablp to them. 



(r??~Sent for 10 cents, which will be allowed on the first 

 order for seeds. Address, 



J, B. ROOT, Seed Grower, 



ROCKFORP, Illinois. 



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The Lancaster Farmer. 



The DwcniluT iminliir ciC TiiK Lancaster Faii- 

 MKii, cmichKliii!; Ilir si'vciith vnliime of III at most 

 excL'Ilt'iit journal, lias hccii rccciveil. We cuniiot say 

 tliat tin's is a liollilay immber, liccuuse all llic isstics 

 ol'TiiK Kaiimku arc ol'siiih a cliariiitertliat I'ven the 

 Iiolidays arc unable to improve the constmit supcrl- 

 ority of this favorite lK)mc paper. The present miin- 

 bcr eimfains an in<lex to the voliinie which is just 

 conelmicii; more than one thousand separate articles 

 have appeared in its liandsonie padres diiriiii; the year, 

 Iiavini; direct hcarinir on evi'ry I'raneh of farm econo- 

 my ami eontaiiiiiiir a wealth t)f useful and iiecesKary 

 information to the lionest tillci-s of the sfill, that will 

 repay them an hundred fohi for the sulisci-iptlon out- 

 lay. Its coiiseientious editor has spared lut latsir, as 

 its (MiUimns show, to keep it in the front rankof atjri- 

 eultural .jotirnalism; it shotihi he a rei^ular visitor in 

 every Lancaster county farmer's home. Think of It, 

 fanners! only *1 per year is askeil for this home 

 oriiaii ! Don't suppose the contents arc on a level 

 with the price ! The latter is purposely fixed at u 

 sum which leaves you no excuse to do without It ; 

 if you take it one year you will never yivc it up. Take 

 our advice and lieiiin the new yearby sendinjj SI with 

 your name to Pi'arsol iSc (tcist of Lancaster, and you 

 will have made the best investment of the year. — AVm 

 lloUamJ ftiirlon. 



Somebody has said, that if you want to know the 

 real character and ipiality of a man, all you have to 

 do is to inrpiirc of his family or amon;; his ncishhors, 

 and that their testimony will be a nearer approxima- 

 tion to what he is than all tint world outside of them. 

 This may he dra\\ini^ the lines too sti-oni;, neverthe- 

 less a i^reat truth may be lyinir, in many instances, 

 eomewliere in that direction. In any event, wc feel 

 more satisfaction in the ufood opinion of those who 

 ?CNotr wlio and what we are, than in those who know 

 us only IV<un ri'putation, althouirh we by no means 

 ignore an honorable reputation. Wccoi-dially "clasp 

 hands" with our appreciative brother of the Vlnrivn, 

 and hope tliat we may never fall short of the endorse- 

 ment of one so well qualified to speak in any behalf. 

 We commend his paper as a "tip-top " local journal, 

 and one that must ultimately work its way to an t'X- 

 tended public favor. The New Holland Clarion is a 

 "live" paper, and is willing to " let live," by a manly 

 recognition of the perfections of others, and a charit- 

 able criticism oi their defects. Our eft'orts shall ever 

 be to keep The Fakmeu at not less than its present 

 standard, and if our friends vouchsafe the needed aid 

 we honestly assure them it shall he vastly more, for 

 our motto is " Upicard ami Onward." 



How to Keep a Subscriber. 



An indignant farmer i-eecntly entered the office of 

 the Elizabeth Xcirs, and ordered liis jiaper stopped 

 because he ditl'ered IVoin the editor in liis views re- 

 garding the advantages of subsoiling fence rails. The 

 editor, of course, conceded the man's right to stop 

 his paper, but he remarked coolly, looking over his 

 list: 



"Do you know Jim Sowders down at Ilardscrabblc ?" 



"Vei-y well," said the man. 



"\\'eil, he stoppcti his jiaper last week, because I 

 thought a farmer was a blamed fool who didn't know 

 that timothy was a good Ihingtograft on huekelberry 

 bushes, and he died in four hours." 



" Lord, is that so?" said the astonished granger. 



" Yes, and you know old George Erickson,dowiion 

 Eagle ("reck ;'" 



" Well, I've heard of him." 



" Well," said the editor gravely, " be stopped his 

 pajier because I said he w as the happy father of twins 

 and congratulated him on his success so late in life. 

 He fell dead within tWH-nty minutes. There are lots 

 of similar cases, but it don't matter; I'll just cross 

 your name off, though you don't look strong, and 

 there's a bad color on your nose." 



" Sec here, Mr. Kditor," said the subscriber, look- 

 ing somewhat alarmed, " I believe I'll just keep on 

 another year, 'cause I always did like your paper, and 

 come to t liiidi about it, you're a young man, and .some 

 allowance orter he m.ade," and he departed, satisfied 

 that he had made a narrow escape from death. 



" Bankrupt." 



The word in Italian was Imnco rolto, or broken 

 hcncli. It was used by the moneychangers in Italy 

 who did business in henchesor stalls in the Kxcliangc, 

 and when any fell back or liceame insolvent, his bench 

 was brtikcn anil he was called a Imnco rotto. When 

 the word w as adopted into English, it was nearer the 

 Italian than it now is, being " banker-out." 



A YOUNG GENTLEMAN remarked to his femalceom- 

 pani(m, tlie other evening, " Ah 1 the most beautiful 

 evening in my recollection. Luna looks peculiarly 

 beautiful." " Was that her just weut by (" quickly 

 asked the young lady. 



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A eniti[>ti-tf iiiNlruclioii tuxik ut-oiinpanii'M iMich inurhtue. 



No. 1 Family Machine. 1 cylinder, 11 ncedlon, $S0. 



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A sample nuichine will t>e nont to Koy part of the Unit«<1 

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 pre^paid, on rcci'ipt of the price. 



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I have founded my buahiPFS on the Ix-Iief that the public 

 are auxioun to t^et their weed directly frtnn the ffrotrrr, and I 

 therefore offer phek to every man and woman lo the t'olted 

 StiittH who cultivates a farm, tHl» a vegetable Karden. or 

 plauta H flower garden, my large lUuHtnilid Catahigue of 

 Vegetable and Flower HeedB for 1H7«; II cimlain*. in addi- 

 tion to the choicuHt kiudu i>rodueed in Kurope, one hundred 

 and fi/ty varieties of rrgetable "red aroirti on my f*mr »eed 

 /antia, CuHtomere of laHt Beanon need not write for it. A» 

 the original introduwr of th*- Hubbard, Marblehead and 

 Butman SquaBhe«, Pbinney« Melon, the Mmrblehejttl Cat>- 

 bageH, and a score of othor new Tcgotiibhu. I solicit your 

 patronage. All »*eed sold under three warrunts. A hundred 

 thousand cutalogueM will be iaaued and sent out the first of 

 January. 

 T-U-5J JAMF.8 J. H. QKEGORY. Marblebwd, MtM. 



CANVASSERS WANTED 



TO TAKE SI7BSCRIBEBS FOB 



Tfne LanG98ter Farmer. 



Farmers' Sons and other Young Men, 

 during their leisure hours, 



CAN MAKE GOOD WAGES. 



We want a thorongh canvass made of every district, mod will 

 pay g(X>d canvaasera lil>erallv Addrewa 



PEAESOL & OEIST, Publishers, 



7^tf LAM'AHTER, PA. 



