iv. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER 



[Decern oer, 1880 



GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. 



TPAHF MADw Tlietti-fat Eufflisli TRADE MARK. 

 TRADE MARK.jj^^^^^ly ^iU prompt- ^•ff^Sfe^ 



ly and radically cure 



any iiufl every chsb of M^ -^sl Ji' 



i^Dervoiis Debili y and ^Sr-^^ ^' 



Weakness, result or 8m|£ jk^ 



lufl it'Cret ion , excf es of 



overwork of the braiu 



and nervous sjHien), is 



] erffctly Laimless, acts 



Before Taking ex te.Tsiveiy used'^foVover After Taking. 



thirty ryears with threat success. Full j.articulars iu onr 

 pamphlet, which we deeirefo send free by mail to everj one. 

 The specific medicine is sold by all drnggiets at $1 per pack- 

 age, or six packages lor |5, or will be sent free by m;iil on 

 receipt of the money by addressing 



THE GRAY MEDTCINF, fOMPANY, 

 No. 10 Mechanics' Block. Detroit, Michigan. 

 ra^Sold in Lanc;i8ter by H. B. Cochhan. 137 and 139 N. 

 Queen St., and by druo:gi6is everywhere. [79-3-12 



QYQA WEEK. $12 a day at home easily made. Costly 

 ip/ ZOutfit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine, 

 juii-lyr* 



ELASTIC TRUSS 



Has a Pad dif- 

 fering &01D 

 all others, is 

 cup- shaped, 

 with SEIiF- 

 ADJUST'NG 

 BALL in the 

 center, adapte 

 itself to aU 

 positions of the hody, 

 -while the BAIiL in the 

 Cup PRESSES BACK 

 THE INTESTINES 

 jnST AS A PERSON 

 WOTTLD "WITH THE 

 FINGER. With light 

 pressure the Hernia is 

 held securely day and night, and a rad- 

 ical cnre is certain. It is easy, durable 

 and cheap. Sent by mail, postage paidi 

 Circulars free. 

 Address, Eggleston Truss Co., Man&s. 



<^ C. H. EGGLESTON CO., Chicago.llL 



VUPI I •fiflTD Ours is guaranteed to be ths 

 ^IICLL HUUCni cheapest ana best in tbe 

 'world. Also nothing can beat our SALVING MA- 

 CHINE. It saws off a 2-foot log in '2 minutes. 

 Pictorial books free. W. tiIl,K.S, Chicaeo, HI. 

 dec-6m] 



THE PHONOGRAPH SET TO MUSIC! 



Kh Enlarged View of 

 THE Pad. 



THE PHONOGRAPHIC PIANO. 



A MOST WONDERFUL INVENTION. 



The Phuiiog^raptilc Piano has boen called 

 the naosi' marvellous iiieohanical invention 



of the ag:**. It will play any tune that ever was written, 

 iu a mt-lodious and pleasing manner Difficult aud simple 

 music produced in a masterly style, and it cm be played 

 by a rhild as well as by a grown person, and it will furnish 

 music for singing schools and social gatherlngB of any de- 

 scription, playing hour after hour, without any knowledge 

 of inusic being required in the operation. The most won- 

 derful of all musical inventions; a machine which in a 

 purely mechau'cal manner produces the most difficult and 

 exquisite mu.ic, Waltzes, Polkas, Marches, &c,, &c., with 

 out any practice or knowledge of music whatever; far su- 

 perior to any muwic-box, even though it cost thousands of 

 dollars ; for there is no limit whatever to the number ot 

 tunes it will play. This iustrnment is on the principle of 

 the wonderful Phonograph. It has Juit been perfeced, 

 and is haviug the largest sale ever obtained by a musical iu- 

 stiument iu the country. It hae solid metal cases in imita- 

 tion of green bronze; the notes or bars (the music pro- 

 ducers) are metal, on same principle as a tuning-fork, 

 which produces the clearest and most melodious notes, and 

 never get out of tune ; the bars are struck by strikers, the 

 same as the wires are iu a Piano, only they "ork automati- 

 cally instead of by the filigers. The strip of prepared 

 paper In which the ttlne is stamped or perforated ie about 

 10 inches wide, and as it jtasses through the rollers and 

 over the keys the strikers spring througd the perforations 

 Iu the paper and strike the right note ; this is all done auto- 

 matically \vithout any assietance from th»i ( perator (except 

 turning the rollers), and the tune is played as perfectly as 

 by he most expert muaiciau. It would be one of the most 

 appropriate presents to make anyone, esi ecially where there 

 is no Piano. Iu poiat of execution and fiueuess of tone ii 

 will compare favorably with a fine music-box, and its 

 capacity is unlimted. VVe pred ct this instrument a mos 

 wonderful Bale. It is going fa«'er than auy musical in- 

 strument ever invented. Its siction is perfectly niarvel- 

 l4»UN. The music is sui)erb, and everybody delighted. 

 No kuowiedge of music required, and a child can operate 

 it and furnish music for auy occasion. Make your child a 

 sensible presem, oue whieh will amuse and instruct not 

 only the ciiild but the whole, hou8.-hold. Tbe puce of the 

 Phonograph Piano is only Si, and a selection of tunes 

 gries with each instrument. BoxeiFKEE and sent to any 

 address on receipt of price. A'Jdreaa TH«*i MASKA- 

 CHUSETTS OKtiAIV CO., 43 Washington St., 

 Boston, Mass., V. S. a.. oct-2m 



Sawing ofi a Log, 

 Easy and Fast. 



A HOME ORGAN FOR FARMERS. 



Our latest improvccl sawing machine cii's 

 off a 2-foot Incr in 2 minutes. A $!00 

 PRESENT will be given totv.-o men who 

 can saw as much in liie old vav, as one man 

 can with this mndi'"'^. C'r^-i'^rs sent free. 



U. S. MANUFACTURING CO., 



119 Clark S«.. t'hlcaso. III. 



A. H. Frank, Buffalo, N. Y., owns and controls Eastern 

 and Middle States. 



t'AUTEO]V. — Anv sawing machine having a seat for 

 tbe operator, or treadles for his feet, is an infringement 

 on our patents, and we are proseculing all infriupers. So 



BEWARE WHO YOU BUY OF. jan-5m 



ARMS 



VA 1^ Di.j- 



I On the Kansas Pacific 



Railway. 3,000,000 



I Acres for Sale in the 



GOLDEN BELT. 



I sa to S7 1 



20 tr> 50 hushfls ; Corn 



40tQl001ni-th. peracrt-. 

 Koillanuro neede<l. 



Goodcliiii:iif , pnrf waici . 

 fine fichooU, cIhucIih-., 

 and gonfi sncict y. I\;m1i u:\r| .-tml in 

 lent. Miiiis ninl full iiifin inatn.' 

 S. tilLMOBIi:, Lai.d Cummi^ait 

 79-9-3meom] 



HOiESv 



I l^^■t l;icilities excel- 

 FKKK. Addi.-bd 



11-1 , Stilma, Krtusas 



The attention of Market Gardeners and others desiring 

 to purchase Seeds is cjilled to the fact that the Cabbage 

 and other S^ed offered by D LANDRETH &SONS to their 

 customers are grown and saved entirely by themselves 

 upon their own Seed Farms, from their own seed stocks, 

 the rtsult of many years careful and intelligent selection, 

 and are not the result of chance and careless purchnses 

 from parties who know nothing of the business of raising 

 seeds. 



Seed raining requires years of close observation and 

 careful attention to the the one subject, and cannot be ac- 

 quired iu a short time by those whose attention has been 

 engrossed with other jmrsuits. 



The Seed growing estabUshment of D. LiNDRETH & 

 SONS (now comprising 1,574 acres), first founded 1784, and 

 passing through three generations, has been conducted 

 with the view of producing Seeds of the very best and 

 purest quality. 



We are therefore justified in assuring our customers hat 

 the Seeds ofl'ered by us have no superior in this or any 

 other couutr' . 



The public generally are invited to call and examine our 

 stock of 



SEEDS, IMPLHIMENTS AND TOOLS, 

 all of FiKRT quality. No second quality goods for sale. 

 Catal gue Free. Prices low. 



D. LASTDRKTH A SOXS, 

 21 A' t23 S. Sixth HI. and IVo 4 Arch St., 

 oct-Gm PHILADELPHIA. 



TEE liiCME Mi, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture. Do- 

 mestic Economy and IVIiscellany. 



Founded Under the Auspices of the Lancas- 

 ter County Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



EDITED BY DR. S. S. RATHVON. 



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 departmeut in the i ast, will continue in the position of 

 editor. His contributions on subjects connected with the 

 science of fai-ming, and particularly that specialty of which 

 he is BO thoroubly a master— entomological science— some 

 knowledge of which has become a necessity to the success- 

 ful farmer, are alone worth much more than the price of 

 this publication. He Is determined to make *'The Farmer' 

 a necessity to all households. 



A county that has so wide a reputation as Lancaster 

 county for its agricultuial products should certainly be 

 able to support an agricultural paper of Its own, for tbe 

 exchange of the opinions of farmers Interested iD this mat- 

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JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



No. 9 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. 



