THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



I OFFER A LARGE STOCK OF 



Trppo|AITLETREES, AI'WTS, 



"^ ■*• ^^*^ ■ Irish Junipers, Gooseberries, 



AND A fiENKHAl, ASSOIITMENT Ol' 



FRUIT TREES 



AND 



ElVIElRIGIRIEiEiNIS. 



t??~LetterB will be uiiswered in Knf^lleh, (.lormuu »ml 

 French. AddruHH 



<ji-:oiu;r aciiei.is. 



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M'owt <'lioMler, Pn. 



FERTILIZERS! 

 hoivee: Ta.A.rt^:. 



CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



O 



WUITK for Circular and Ui'cipes, which ur.\ fiirniHhed 

 without ehiirgp, containin^t complete inHtructiouH I'oi- 

 niaUiu^, at home, flrst-ciass chemical manuroH. suited to 

 the growtli of special cropH. Our formula" Ihwh provet, in 

 actual use, to be of the greatest value to ult who have used 

 them. 



We offer Fertilizing Chemicnls of our own manufacture, 

 at lowest prices, with a guaranty as to strength and pu- 

 rity. At>k prices for 



Oil Vitriol, 

 Ground Bones, 

 Land Planter, 

 Sulphate Potash, 



Nitrate Soda, 

 SuljibJite Ammciii i. 

 Muriate PotaHh, 

 Sulphate Soda and Salt. 



Address 



HARRISON BROS. & CO., 



. PHILADELPHIA, 



Established as Manufacturers of Fertilizing 

 Chemicals in 1793. 



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The Great Agricultural Wonder, 



UKING THE 



HULLESS OATS, 



Which can be obtained of 



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



AS FOLLOWS : 



i ponnd. 

 16 



8 pounds $ 3.50 



aa " la.oo 



...50ols. 

 « 6.50 



It is claimed that it will yield as many measured bushels 

 as any other variety, while it weighs 56 pounds to the 

 bushel, and ripens two weeks earlier than common oats, 

 thereby escaj'iug the rusty season of oats, 



t^~ Write for circulars. 8-1 -4t 



LUMBER FQE F4EMEES. 



NO MIDDLE-MEN. 



We have a large stock of Lumber, and oni.- of the most 

 extensive Sash and Door Factories in the State, and we are 

 prepared to furnish Il4»ii*ie and Barn Bills complete. 



Ail kinds of Manufactured Fencing, &c., making a speci- 

 alty of 8Uii]ilying the agricultural comnuiuity. We will 

 make prices deliveied to any Railroad Station. All our 

 material ^iiiirnntced as rejiresenled. All manufactured 

 work kilu-driea and warranted not to shrink. All inquiries 

 cht^erfuUy answered. 



One of the firm can be seen at the Franklin House, North 

 Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., on Moiubiy of each week. 



7-4-12m] 



KENDIG, BRICKER&LAUMAN, 



Middletown Dauphin co.. Pa. 



J. STAUFFER, 



LANCASTER, jeENN'A. 

 235 EAST ORANGE ST. 



AH matters appertaining to UNITED STATKS or CANA- 

 DIAN PATENTS. TIIAPE MAKKS, an<l CUPVKItillTS. 

 pronii»tly attended to. His experience, success u d faithful 

 attention to the interests of those who engjge his services 

 are fully acknowledged and appreciated. 



Preliminarj- examinations made for him by a reliable As- 

 sistant at ^Vashiugtou, Without extra charge for drawing 

 ur description. [7-4-tf 



THE WORLDS FAIR 



Columbia, pu/./.led wliat shi- shouUl display 



Of tiue home-made t-u 'ler Centenniul dny, 



Asked Brother .lunnthan; he scratclied his head, 



\\ liittled a while rffli-ctiv4-ly, and sai I, 



" Your own inventioii and own making, t(M) ? 



Why, liny child eouitt tell you what to do: 



Sliciw'eni your Civil Service, and exitaiu 



How all men's loss is ovry body's guin ; 



Sliow y*>ur new patent to Increase your reuls 



By paying (juhi ters for collecilng centH ; 



Show your short etit to cure tlimnclal ttls. 



By making paper collars current l>ills ; 



Stiow your new btouoliing procesH, cheaj) and brief, 



Tuwlt: a jury rhnsen by tin- thief; 



Stiow your State Legisli.niieN ; show your Kings ; 



And ehalllenge Kurupeto i roduee such things 



As high otlicials sitting half in sight 



To share the p'lunder and to llx things right ; 



It that dtm't fetch her, wliy, you only need 



To slmw vour latest style ni martyrs — Tweed • 



Slie'll hnd it hard to hide her sjdteful tears 



At such advance in one poor UuuditU yeais.** 



— Javietf Jiusne// /.okv//, in the Sation. 



177(> AND 1876. — *' Look at thifl picture, now at 

 that." The tbllowin^r contniftt (the tirst lines by Dr. 

 Franklin) will be read with iiilt'rcftt: 



1770. 



"Farmeis at the plow, 

 Wife milkii g the cow, 

 Daughter sj inning yarn, 

 Sou thrashing in (he burn, 

 All hat l> t'* " charm." 



1^76. 

 Farmer i^one to ii Hbow, 

 Daugbtof at her itiimu, 

 Madiini;' t^a>ly drt'HHeil in Hutin, 

 All the hoyK Ifitriiiiit;; tatiii. 

 With u m()rt({ii;<e on the tarin, 



LooKiNii FouwAitn. — One liuintri'ci years from 

 now, liiivi' you eviT llioii^'ht of it ? Whi'ii you sor the 

 faiiin? leafi llu' opoiiiii,' l>U(i, or tlic pi-i-fi'ct blossom, 

 did you ever tliiuk \vl:o will look u]«>ii the (lowers 

 that will bloom, tlic buds that will mifolil, or the 

 leaves that will fall and wither one hundred years 

 from now ! Or, when y(iu have walked the Btrectfi, 

 mcetinir the peoplt* that pass and repass like the wave 

 of the oecau, did you ever think who will walk tliese 

 streets an hundred years from now ? Sueh thoUf;hts 

 are not pleasant, yet it is wi-11 to eherish them, that 

 we may realize more fully the lleelin;,' nature of 

 earthly thinss. Yes, I hey are sad thoughts ! yet the 

 pulse will eease its beating-, and decay must set its seal 

 on the perishiui; of time and years. We know that 

 eaeh passing season bears with its many tlian(;es; but 

 leaves are not all that fade, or the voice of music all 

 that passes away. 



A SouTnAMPTON boy, twelve years old, told his 

 brother that he wished to sec his mother, who had 

 been dead eight years; and that the end of the world 

 would eome in September. He then bequeatlicd his 

 books to his brother, and took adose of carbolic acid, 

 which killed him instantly. 



Matik Twain said, when he was proposed for Mayor 

 for Hartford: " Well, all right. Who is the otiicr 

 fellow i Uo you think the Common L'ouneil will elect 

 me ? And, by the way, winch party do I belong to ?" 



A-MAN in Weston f Mis.sonri) tired in the dark at a 

 man who was stealing' his coi-n, and the next day the 

 couuty sheritl'was arounil with his arm in a sling. 



A Pennsylvania couple celebrated their wooden 

 wedding last fall, and have lieeu using uo other fuel 

 than clothes pins and potato-mashers ever since. 



Mb. Crow, a Nebraska lawyer, has just gained his 

 first cause, and expects henceforth to carry on the 

 business famously. — Alia Vnlifornin. 



A YotiNO man who was recently married to a girl 

 after proposing to her eighleen times, now wishes 

 that he hadn't asked her but seventeen times. 



An old Indian who had witnessed the effect of 

 whisky for many years, said a barrel labeled "whisky" 

 contained a thousand songs and lifty fights. 



A voiTNG lady, intending to paint her cheeks with 

 rouire, put all the paint on her nose, and did not dis- 

 cover her error until requested to sign ■' the pli-dge !" 



TiiK importation of kerosene iuto (ireal Britain is 

 diminishing. The value imported last vear was only 



,i:r.'<l,-J.S2, as against £1,1102, .">41 in 1874. 



It is remarked that the men who tell tlic best 

 stories generally, tell old ones. 



The best kind of school-tax— Syntax. — .Vcw York 

 Commercial Adi'crtixcr. 



Ak Oregon girl kills deer and makes gloves of 

 their skin. 



To the man with a mother-in-law, all things ar« 

 relative. 



>TOMat,c 



Knitter 



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A Family Knitting Machine. 



Now uttracliiig uhiversjl atterittitn liy ItM iistoi ishuig per- 

 formances and its great pmrlle.il value (<»r every-<lay family 

 use. It knits every | oHstble vailety ol plain or fancy work 



WITH ALMOST MAGICAL SPEED, 



nnil give* perf«*ei shape iiiul ftTils*i tn nil gnrmeiiU. |( will 



kn!t a pair of tocki in fifteen minutei I Kvery machluf* 



\V \ H IC A ^' r I-; l» I iirfe.i . itwl to ttujUMf ir/utf ii rrprrMrnUd, 



A com) lete instruction InkiIc ncmmpanlfN e icli niarhlnr. 



No, 1 Family Machine. I cylinder. Vi midh**. f.'iO. 



No. H •* •' '.' " T? k HK> •• 40. 



A Mainpte nuirfiinr will t»e sent to any part of the United 



Stales or Caiiudii, (where we have uo agent) rxprfM rharffe* 



prejiaiii. on receipt of ihe piici*. 



AciKNTs wuntt'd in t-very State, County, City niitl Town, 

 to whom very Hbenil d'sconnts will be mmle, Addretui. 

 BICKFOUD KMTTI>:<i MA*'IllNK Mid. (M».. 

 7-11-tfl Sal.- M..nnt"actuieiH. Urn t tlchoni. VI. 



THOS. M. HARVEY. 



WEST GROVE. CHESTER CO., PA.. 



lirr«*<l«'r anti Klii|»|»rr ol 



GDEBNSEYISS; BUTTER STOCK, 



Yorkshire and Berkshire Pigs. 



Dark Brahma Chickens from the best imported 

 blood. Also Bronze Turkeys. 



I hnvc fonuded ray business on the iK-lief that llio publio 

 are anxious to get their seed directly f rum the (trourr, and I 

 therefore oflTer kkkk to ©very man and woman in the United 

 States who cultivates a farm, tills a vejjetable »iar<leu, or 

 plants a flower ffardeu, my l.UKe Illustrated CataloKUe of 

 Vegetable and Flower Seeds for ISTfi; it contain'*, in addi- 

 tion to the choicest kinds j>rodu(KHl in Europe, om- humtrcd 

 and fi/tu varietus of voirfnhlf seed (irt>in\ on mij/nur wrd 

 farm«. "Custonierit of last season need not wriit- for ii. Aa 

 the original introducer of the Uubbaid. MarbleheacI and 

 Butman S<)nashes. Phinuey's Melon, the Marbhliead Cab- 

 bages, and a score of other new vegetables, I s^nicil your 

 imtronage. All seed sold under three warrants. A hundred 

 thounnhd catalogues will In* issued and sent out the ttrst of 

 Januarv, 

 T-lt-fiJ JAMi:S J. H. GKKCIOUY. MarbleUtwd. Mawi. 



ROOT'S 



(Jarden ]V[ anual 



Ih lillr-d wifli t<M irj* of ititi'M'Mt li» cvi-ry owner <if ii Ktirdcn— 

 is I'OINTKI). l"K.\(TIC.\[.jiii<l THOUormi. tiid oiulainil 

 oiu .hiilf as inueh us f I..M) Inxiku on lUi- »ill.J(<-l. (iAIIDEN- 

 KltS IhroudlKUit \\\f country coiiiinend ill* j.ractical labor- 

 Huving methods im invHhiiitdL> to thrm. 



5?^8eMl for in cents, whieh will Ix- »llow6d on the flrit 

 order for Beedn. A<ldrcns. 



J. II. ROOT. Sfp<l tirowrr, 



IIOI'KFOUI), iM.INOn. 



HORSE-BILLS 

 I'L.MN lilt IN FANCY COl.OKS. 

 Printed In the Heal Stylo at tbs olBce of 



THB FARMER. 



