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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[ February, 1878. 



LITERARY AND PERSONAL. 



Harper's Magazine for March offers even 

 stronger attractions iu its reading matter than in its 

 many beautiful illustrations. In the field of fiction 

 this periodical stands easily first with serial stories 

 from two such novelists as William Black and Thos. 

 Hardy. Miss Constance F. Woolson contributes a 

 yery humorous short story entitled "Morganatic 

 Matches." The scene is laid in Ohio at the time of 

 Morgan's raid, and two situations iu the story are the 

 motives of some remarkably fine illustrations by Rein- 

 hart. Another short story, "Squire Paine's Conver- 

 sion," is one of Rose Terry Cooke's sharpest delinea- 

 tions of New England life. 



The number opens with an attractive illustrated 

 paper by Martha J. Lamb, which, under the title of 

 "State and Society in Washington," gives a great 

 deal of novel information about the State Depart- 

 ment, and furnishes a picturesque review of social 

 life in the National Capital. It would be difficult to 

 Bay which is the most interesting — the curiosities 

 among the national archives or the piquant detaifs of 

 Washington fife and manners. Among the illustra- 

 tions is an excellent portrait of George Bancroft, the 

 historian ; also, there is a portrait of the oldest office- 

 holder in Washington. 



Turning from society to nature, we have in Mr. 

 Edward Abbott's "Grand Mauan and Quoddy Bay" 

 a striking descriptive paper, with some very effective 

 pictures by Brieher. 



An important series of illustrated papers on old 

 Flemish masters is begun in this number — the first 

 paper being about Quentin JIatsys, the famous 

 "blacksmith" painter of Antwerp. 



Household Art is represented by an interesting 

 paper on "Fret-sawing and "Wood-carVIng," by Julius 

 Wilcox, with seventeen exquisite engravings. 



A picturesque feature peculiar to our American 

 educational institutions is treated in C. F. Thwing's 

 paper on " Summer Schools," with eleven illustra- 

 tions . 



R. H. Stoddard contributes a very dramatic poem, 

 "In Alsatia," the scene being laid in a quarter of 

 London known by that name. The poem is illus- 

 trated by Fredericks. 



A remarkable and exceedingly interesting paper 

 is contributed by B. Phillips, based upon a collection 

 of thirty-three unpublished letters of Washington. 

 Some of these letters are of historical impoi-tance, 

 and they all throw a new light upon the most promi- 

 nent figure in American history. 



"A Glimpse at Some of our Charities" is con- 

 cluded in this number, with a review of the associ- 

 ated efforts that are being made for the employment, 

 education, and protection of women. 



Anna C. Brackett, in a brief paper, entitled " A 

 Triad of Superstitions," vigorously attacks some 

 veteran maxims about early rising, Satanic work for 

 idle hands, and the value of memory. 



Charlotte Adams, the author of " Christmas in 

 Venice," in the January number, contributes an 

 equally picturesque article on "Venetian Tapestries." 



The Editorial Departments are full of timely. and 

 valuable information, including a capital Editor's 

 Itrawer. 



The Most Complete Nurseries in the W'orld. 

 — We think that we are speaking within bounds when 

 we say that the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, 

 N. Y., fouuded and perfected by Messrs. Ellwanger 

 & Barry, are the most cumplete nurseries on the 

 American continent. There are others, doubtless, 

 that cover more acres, devoted to two or three special- 

 ties, as apples, pears, &c., but no other iu which the 

 various species of fruits and ornamental trees, shrubs, 

 vines and plants are so fufly and so well represented. 



The professional horiicuiturist, florist and land- 

 scape gardener can find a better opportunity of ex- 

 amining specimens and studying their peculiar merits 

 here than elsewhere, and the amateur who wishes to 

 ornament his grounds with the choicest that will grow 

 in our climate will be more certain to find them here 

 than in any other nursery in our land. 



The products of this grand nursery have been 

 scattered all over the United States, and have been 

 sent far beyond our borders. Scarcely a city, town 

 or hamlet in this country but that has been made more 

 beautiful and enjoyable by its contributions. It must 

 afford the honorable proprietors in this, the afternoon 

 of their lives, a great deal of pleasure, when they 

 reflect how much they have contributed to the physi- 

 cal comfort, ttie refinement and the moral elevation 

 of their countrymen by a vocation which, while it 

 has conferred such blessings upon our people, has 

 brought a generous return to themselves. — American 

 Jiural Home, 



The country is flooded with counterfeit money, 

 more now than ever before, and storekeepers had 

 better avoid all risks, and subscribe for the only re- 

 liable and ollicial counterfeit detector issued, and 

 then loss from receiving counterfeit money need 

 never be incurred. All handling bank notes have 

 only to keep at hand for consultation -Peterson's 

 Counterfeit I)etcctor,a. semi-monthly publication con- 

 taining descriptions of all counterfeit notes as soon 

 as they appear, afso a complete list of broken, closed, 

 failed and fraudulent banks. Every number of the 

 Detector contains likewise lists of all the National 



and State banks in the country, financial news and 

 items, price current, reviews of the money and stock 

 markets, itc, and is, in short, a very valuable publi- 

 cation, and no business man iu the country should be 

 without it. The rate of subscription for tlie monthly 

 issue is only ^1.50 a year; semi-monthly, §^.00 a 

 year. Sutjseriptions may commence with any month, 

 and are payable in advance. A canvasser could get 

 up a list of subscribers in this neighborhood. Address 

 T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa., for 

 specimen copy. 



As there is a great furore now about old coins, we 

 would advise all to get a copy of Peterson's Coin 

 Book, containing perfect fac-simile impressions of the 

 coins of the world. It will be sent by mail, postage 

 paid, on receipt of $1 — by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Tobacco News and Prices Current, 

 Alexander Harthill, editor, and published every 

 Saturday by the Tobacco News Company, of Louis- 

 ville, Ky., at 52.50 a year. This is a remarkably 

 well executed demy-folio journal of sixteen pages, 

 and is devoted exclusively to the tobacco interests of 

 the Union. No journal that has yet reached our 

 table, devoted to that interest, can at all compare 

 with the News, and its columns are crowded from 

 beginning to end with important facts and statistics 

 relating to the tobacco trade ; and as it includes the 

 foreign as well as the home trade, it must prove a 

 most desirable medium through which tobacco 

 growers and tobacco dealers may have an opportu- 

 nity of communicating with the tobacco world ; and 

 judging from the number before us, they are liberally 

 availing themselves of the advantages it affords in 

 this respect. They publish the proceedings of our 

 local society for .January in full, and otherwise notice 

 Lancaster county in a manner most flattering to our 

 local production. We think our tobacco growers 

 could not do anything better than to patronize the 

 J^ews. 



Babtland for January, 1878, is a fine double 

 number, full of tiny Christmas stories and lovely 

 Christmas pictures, all in big print, on thick paper, 

 just the magazine to teach babies to read. It is only 

 fifty cents a year. D. Lothrop & Co., publishers, 

 Boston, Mass. How infinitely superior this publica- 

 tion is to the Mothers Hubbard and Goose, the Jacks 

 Giant Killer and Bean-Stalks and a multitude of 

 other senseless and impossible baby literature with 

 which the nursery has been flooded for a century. 

 The illustrations are remarkably well executed, 

 natural and significant. Could anything be more 

 expressive than the two scenes of the little cooper 

 attempting to hoop his mother's tub, and knocking 

 it all into pie. We think it cannot fail to "do a 

 world of dood." 



The Phrenological Journal and Science of 

 Health for February, 1878, is on our table, full of 

 useful and instructive matter on subjects that are, 

 unfortunately, too little regarded by the world in 

 general. There is not a doubt we would be more 

 healthful, harmonious and happy in our social, 

 hygienic and domestic relations than we are, if we 

 cultivated a closer acquaintance with the principles 

 of phrenology and physiology, and carried them out 

 in the daily and hourly concerns of practical life. 

 The character and stability of this publication may 

 be inferred from the fact that it is now in its 8od 

 volume. S. R. Wells & Co., No. 737 Broadway, 

 Now York. 



Oleomargarine. — If American dairymen would 

 resist the encroachments of oleomargarine they must 

 one and all do what they can to improve dairy but- 

 ter. The average consumer would rather have 

 handsome, yellow, 'patent butter' than white, lardy 

 looking dairy butter. Repeated trials have demon- 

 strated that no addition to butter will do as much to 

 improve both its quality and looks as a good color. 

 In this connection we would call attention to the 

 advertisement of Wells, Richardson & Co., Burling- 

 ton, Vt., of their Perfected Butter Color. It is highly 

 spoken of by all who use it. We advise our readers 

 to send to them. 



Park's Floral Magazine. — A neat little double- 

 column octavo of 16 pages, at^L.'JU per year. Edited 

 and published by George W. Park, Mount Ver- 

 non, Ohio. Beautifully illustrated with floral gems. 

 Park is the well-known seedsman and florist of the 

 Buckeye State, and therefore his magazine is filled 

 with rare and practical matter relating to his vege- 

 table specialties, and cannot but flll an important 

 niche in the great column of floral literature. Send 

 for his catalogue for 1878. Woodward Block, Mt. 

 Vernon, Ohio. 



Vice's Illustrated Priced Catalogue. — 

 Seventy-five pages— 300 illustrations, with descrip- 

 tions of thousands of the best flowers and vegetables 

 in the world, and the iray to grow them — all for a two 

 cent postage stamp. Printed in German and English. 

 Vick's Flower ami Vegetable Garden, 50 cents in paper 

 covers; in elegant cloth covers, $1.00. Vick't Ilhcs- 

 trated Mntdldy Magazine — 32 pages, fine illustra- 

 tions, and colored plate in every number. Price, 

 $1.25 a year; five copies for $5.00. Address, James 

 Vick, Rochester, N. Y. 



Monthly Reports of the " Kansas State Board 

 of Agriculture " for November and December, lfs77. 

 By Alfred Gray, Secretary, Topeka, Kansas. This 



is an octavo of fiS pages, and contains more tabulated 

 and statistical matter than any of the monthly re- 

 ports issued from the Agricultural Department at 

 Washington. It also contains a monumental chart 

 01' diagram, showing the assessed and real value of 

 the personal property of each separate county in 

 Kansas. 



We call the special attention of our patrons and 

 readers to the card of Hull & Scotney, in the adver- 

 tizing columns of this number of our paper, from 

 which it will be seen that this enterprising flrm has 

 changed and enlarged its business facilities, and will 

 from hence also conduct a branch iu the City of New 

 York. Being extensive buyers and shippers of pro- 

 duce, they also do a general commission business. 

 Fruits, vegetables, butter and poultry consigned to 

 them will receive prompt attention. 



The Stockbridc.e Manures, manufactured and 

 for sale by W. H. Bowker & Co., 43 State street, 

 Boston ; No. 3 Park Place, New York. A l2mo. 

 pamphlet of SO pages of valuable matters in refer- 

 ence to fertilizers, which we regret came to hand too 

 late, or we should have been pleased to quote it in 

 our February number ; in the meantime we believe 

 it would be to the advantage of those interested to 

 send for the pamphlet and inform themselves on a 

 most important subject. 



The Detroit Free Press says : In addition to 

 300,000 Universal Almanacs just published by the 

 extensive seed house of D. M. Ferry & Co., of our 

 city, the flrm are now publishing for gratuitous dis- 

 tribution an edition of 100,000 Seed Annuals. Their 

 former publications have been unsurpassed, but the 

 present one promises to excel all others in utility and 

 general excellence. It will be mailed free to all 

 applicants. 



Gregory's Seed Catalogue.— Our readers will 

 flnd the catalogue of J. J. H. Gregory's well known 

 seed house advertised in our columns. To handle 

 seed with such conscientious care as to dare to war- 

 rant their freshness and purity, is of that class of 

 bold, brave acts which the public appreciate. Though 

 the warranting is of necessity limited to refunding 

 the value of the seed purchased, still, under it, Mr. 

 Gregory must sell good seed or make a dead loss. 



The Sunbeam. — A journal of literature, educa- 

 tion and general intelligence. Litiz, Pa. Published 

 monthly, and edited by John G. Zook & E. Z.Ernst. 

 $1 .00 a year in advance. A very neat 16 page quarto, 

 faultlessly executed, and teeming with choice liter- 

 ary matter. Wefeelproudof our literary cotemporary 

 and wish it success, for we feel it will houor Lancas- 

 ter county. 



The Western Inventor. — A journal of practi- 

 cal science and the useful arts. Published monthly 

 in the interest of inventors, patentees and manufac- 

 turers. Peck ifc Hosea, No. 9 Pike's Opera House, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. A neat illustrated 4to of eight 

 pages, neatly printed, and a new candidate for public 

 i'avor ; 50 cents a year. Monthly. 



Benson, Burpee & Co.'s illustrated and descrip- 

 tive catalogue of garden, fleld and flower seeds. 

 Embracing select lists of the choicest and most valu- 

 able varieties iu cultivation, both home grown and 

 imported, all of the highest quality, always fresh 

 and reliable. Office and seed store, 223 Church 

 street, Philadelphia. 



Good, healthy food makes the body strong. Well 

 selected reading (especially for the young) strength- 

 ens the mind and prepares it for future usefulness. 

 The Yovng Folks' Monthly, of Chicago, furnishes 

 both entertaining and instructive reading, and should 

 be taken by young people everywhere. Price only 

 %\M per year. 



Professor Tice's National Almanac for the 

 year 1878, giving forecasts of the weather for every 

 day in the year, based upon astronomical occurrences, 

 is a work particularly useful to farmers. 32 pp. 

 octavo, price tirentij cents. Published by Thompson 

 Tice ct Co., No. 309 North Third street, St. Louis, Mo. 



Our progressive agricultural readers will be 

 specially mterested in the card of Mr. A. B. Travis 

 in our advertising columns, and also in the commu- 

 nication of Mr. Banta on the 24th page of this 

 number of The Farmer. 



James J. H. Grlgory's annual circular and re- 

 tail catalogue of warranted vegetable and flower 

 seeds ; a liemi-quarto of 50 pages, profusely illus- 

 trated. Marblcheiid, Mass. Free to all. 



Bloomington Nursery plant catalogue, includ- 

 ing plant novelties, green-house and bedding plants, 

 roses, bulbs, <.te. Also, quarterly wholesale price 

 list for tin- spring of 1878. W. F. Baird, Trustee, 

 Bloomington, Illinois. 



E.P. Roe's new raspberry, "Pride of the Hudson," 

 and First Premium Strawberries. Cornwall-on-the- 

 Hudson, Orange county. New York. Sixteen pages 

 octavo. 



Descriptive Price Current of the " Mapes 

 Formula" and "Peruvian Guano Company," 153 

 Front street, N. Y. 



John S. Collins' wholesale price list of small 

 fruits, plants, itc, for spiing, 1878. "Pleasant Valley 

 Small Fruit Nursery," Moorestown, New Jersey. 

 Illustrated in colors. 



Annual ajjdress of the "Petroleum Producers 

 Protective Union." 1878. Titusville, Pa. 



