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J. LATHAM fc CO., 

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EUREKA U!'D OIL, (isforlii ilfgreen hitjUer fire lent than 

 the Mir re'iuirr-f), can be burned in any LAMP where the 

 chimney burner is used, is warranted not to cxiiiodc, under 

 forfeiture of $100. 



W-EXCmSIVE COrNTY niOHTS for salt- by 

 P. J. FITZGERALD, Sole Proprietor and Wnnufaclurer, 



103 and lllfi N Foiirlll at., ruilad's. 



Also, WHOLESALE DKALEU IN HEAD LIOIIT, COAL 

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N.B. A largeuBSorlment;(lto/«fi//(!.s-of CIIANDEUEKS, 

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WOODBVRY, N. J., 



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100,000 Felton's Early Prolific and Reliance Rasjtberry, 

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Established ISC.T English and French Home-School for 

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 I^umber of pupils limited. Fall term beRins Sept. 19. 



For circular address Miss K. G. HUNT, Principal. 



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All matters appertaining to UNITED STATES or CANA- 

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A NEW BOOK. 



How to Raise 



FRUITS. 



A HAND-BOOK OF 



FRUIT CULTURE, 



UEING A GUIDE TO TQE PROPEU 



Chdftvation and Management of Fritit Trcea, and 



of Grapes and Small Fruits, 

 with condensed descriptions of many of the best and most 

 popular varieties, with upwards of oue hundred engravings. 

 15y Thomas Greoo, Price $1.00. 



A book wqich should be owned by every pereon who owns 

 a rod of available land, and it will serve to secure success 

 where now there is nothing but failure. It covers the 

 ground fully, without technicalities, and is a work on 



Fruit dilture for the Million. 



It tells of the cost, how to plant, how to trim, how to 

 transplant, location, soil, 8«lection, (liseases, insects, borers, 

 blights, cultivation, how to prune, manuring, layering, 

 budding, grafting, etc., including full descrij)tiou aud man- 

 agement of Orchard Fruit, such aa Apples, Peaches, Pears, 

 Plums, Cherries, Quinces, Apricots, Nectarines, etc. It is 

 a most complete 



Guide to Small-Fruit Culture. 



with many illustrations and descrijitions of the latest vari 

 etie,H of Grapes, Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, 

 Gooseberries, Cut rants, etc. 



The workshowB the value of Fruit, and how to use it. 

 Sent by mail, post-paid, price $1 ; or The Fabmeb aud How 

 to raise Fruits, will be furnished at $1,75. Address 



r, KATIIVOX. 

 23 Koath 4ln«cii>Nt., I.aiii*».st4>r, Pa. 



PATENTS 



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Scribner's Lumber and Log-Book. 



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HARDWARE 



BUILDING HARDWARE, 



«I.ANN, 



PAINTS, OILS, PUMPS, 



TERRA com, IRON anJLMl) PIPE, 



LEATHER BELTING, 

 SEEDS, 



PHOSPHATES & FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Ag:eut8 for the 



" Ohio " Reaper and Mower, 

 Whann's Phosphate, 

 Fairbank'a Scales, 

 Dupont's Powder, 

 Harrisburg Nails, &c., &o, 



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GOOD BOOKS 



FiiH TIIK 



Farm, Garden, and Household. 



The following is a list of Valuable Books, which will be 

 supplied by the Editor of the Lancasteu Kakmer, No. 

 lol North yueen St. Any one or more of these )x>ok8 will 

 be sent poM paid to any of our readers on receipt of th» 

 regular price which is named against oach book. 



Alleu's (K. L. k L. V.] New American Farm Book $2 60 



Allen's (L. F.) American Cuttle.* 2 60 



Atwood's Country and Suburban Houses 160 



Bommer's method of Making Manures 85 



Breck's New Book of Flowers .. 1 75 



Brill's Farm-Gardening and Seed-Growing 100 



Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor, |2nio I iO 



Dadd's American Cattle Doctor, 12 ino 1 50 



Flax Culture, (Seven Prize Kssays by practical growers,) 80 



Fuller's Grape CMilturist 1 60 



Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist 166 



Fulton's Peach Culture 1 60 



Gregory on Squashes paper.. B9 



Harris on the llg 160 



Henderson's Gardening forPlejiaure 1 60 



Henderson's Gardening for Profit 1 60 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1 60 



Herbert's Hmts to Horse- Keei>or« , 175 



Hop Culture. By nine experienced cultivators 90 



Hunterand Trapper 100 



Onions— How to Raise them Profitably 30 



Our Farm of Four Acr^a. Pa,, 30c.; Clc, 60c., Ex. clo. 1 00 



Parsons on the Hose 160 



t^uinby's Mysteries of Be*-Keoping 100 



Quiucy (Hon. Josiah) on Soiling Cattle 1 35 



Quinn's Money in 1 he Garden 1 60 



Qninn's Pear Culture for Profit, 1 00 



Riley's Potato Peats Paper 50 cts.; oloth., 75 



Roe's Play and Profit in my Garden 1 60 



Stewart's Irrigaton for the Farm, Garden vud Orchard I 60 



Stewart's Stable Bw.k 1 50 



Stewart's Shejiberd's Manual 160 



Stoddard's Ann Kgg Farm paper, SO cts.; cloth 75 



Thomas's Farm Implemeuta and Machinery 1 DO 



Tim Bunker Papers , or, Yankee Farming 160 



Tobacco Culture. By fourti-eu experienced cultivators. 25 



Waring's Draining for Profit and Health 1 60 



Waring'H Elements of Agriculture 1 00 



White's Cranberrj- Culture 1 M 



Wright 'h Praetieiil Poultry-Keeper' 2 00 



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