THE LANCASTER FARMER 



III 



A KNABE IN THE WHITE HOUSL. 

 There was seen yeslenlay at Messrs. Knabe >t Co. 'a 

 factory a magnificent concert iirand, just iiuislicd by 

 them for tbe presidential mansion. President Arthur, 

 who is a tliorou!;li connoisseur i>r music, in sclectini; 

 a piano for tlie White House decided in favor of the 

 Knabe Piano as liis ])rererence, and ordered aeconl- 

 ingly the inslrunient referred to. It is a concert 

 grand of heautiful finish in a riclily carved rosewood 

 case, and of superb tone and action — an inetrumcut 

 worthy in every respect of the place it is to occupy. 

 It wassliipped" to its destination yesterday.— J? ciifi- 

 more American. It. 



COMPLIMENTARY NOTICE. 



We desire to call attention to the advertisement in 

 another column of D. M. Feuuv & Co., Detroit, 

 Mich., the great seedsmen, whose mammoth estab- 

 lishment is one of the sightsofthe chief city of.VIichl- 

 gan. They do the largest business in their trade in , 

 the United States, reaching across the Atlantic and 1 

 Pacific oceans. The house is entirely reliable, and if 

 you wish to get exactly what you order, you cannot 

 do better than send to them for your seeds, and you 

 may depend upon it you will get the best that the 

 market can supply. Their seeds have become known 

 over the entire civilized world for purity and fertility, 

 and have gained for them an enviable reputation. 

 Their Annual 8eed Catalogue just issued for 1.SS3, 

 replete with information and beautifully illustrated, 

 will be sent free on application. It 



COLMAN'S UUKAL WOULD. 

 This sterling Agricultural paper entered Its thirty- 

 sixth year on the first of .January, and ap|)ears In a 

 new dress, and gives evidence of Increased pn)8perl- 

 ty. To the Eariner, Slock Breeder, Fruit Grower 

 and Cultivator of .Sorghum for Syrup and Sugar, It 

 is almost indispensable. It should be read l)y every 

 one owning a farm. It Is published weekly. In the 

 best style, at only Sl.llO per annum, by NoKMA.N J. 

 CoLnMAN, St. Liuiis, \lo. It 



' CORN SHELLERS_AND SEPARATORST 



GAIN F.VNS, 001 CUI'TKUS, 



(JRUIUJINO HOES, I'OODKIt < I TTKRS, 

 PICKS and MATTOCKS, 



COOLKY (HKAMKUS, CMl KXS, 

 BUTTER WOUKEKS A: IJITTER PRINTERS, 

 BULL LEADERS, 151 LL RLMiS, 



OX BALLS, COW MILKERS, 

 CALF WEANERS, etc., etc., etc. 

 FOR SALE BY 



D. LANDRETH & SON'S, 

 Nos. 21 & 23 SOUTH SIXTH STREET 

 PHILADKLPHIA. 



$150,000 GIVEN AWAY! 



J THE PRACTICAL FARMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, from an intimate ac- 



Iquaintance witli its readers, has found tliere 13 a gener.il desire lo possess l-ariiis and lli.mcs in 

 I Uie West. Now, in order to give each of our Subscribers an opportunity to oblam an Improved 

 ■ • ■ ■ man has carefully selected forus 100 FABHIS, to b- 



Iso offer, in connection with the Farm property, as I"r 



I Farm, a well-known, reliable real estate 



I oflered as Premiums to our paper. Weal: ,-- - 



nc Steel-Plate Engravings — superb reproductions ol^ the worlisof the gri 

 re alone worth the price of the paper; and_whcn we give, in .addition.^the 



reatesl in ist'-rs. 

 "PI" 



Offer Yet ! 



was foundfti I'v 



I iiiiunis, fine Steel-Plale Engr;ivin: 



I These :irc ;i]one worth the price of — r-i -^ " ■ «» i j-j 



loblain an Improved Farm, we are making The MOSt Splendid 



I Every Subscriber will receive a Premium. The Practical ±^arinvr 



JPascaall Morris in 1855, and is one of the oldest Agricultural, Literary and Family Journals pub- 



jiished. Its character and reputation are of the highest, and Subscribers rarely drop trom our lists. 



! It has 16 pages, published weeklv, at $2.00 per annum. IV<- -want 75,000 nruf iiubscnbers ni i7vo 



I months^ and ofier as Premiums t"he Steel-Plate 



I Engravings and 



I GOOD 

 IMPROTED 



\ yUm^'^^'^^ $140,000. 



These Farms are all 

 in good condition, and are in size from Soto cy3o acres, 

 and worth from $600 to $10,000 each. The Farms will be conveyed by 

 I Warranty Deed, and a clear and perfect Title shown from the United States down. ThVv are 

 lall ready' to occupy, and will be productive homes from the start. As high as 30 Kr^:HEl.S 

 I QP WME AT per acre was harvested from some of these Farms last year. All of ttiese lands 

 I are just as »nod and will produce as much under like circumstances The tenancies are such that 



possession "can be given at once. How vou may Obtain One Of the Farms. 



Subscribe for the ''Practical Farmer." Immediately upon reccivine the Subscrip- 

 Ition price— Jj.oo, a receipt and the current number of the Farmer will he mailed to the 

 (sender, his name entered upon our subscription list, and the paper continued for one year. 

 1 As soon as we have 10.000 new Subscribers registered on our books, or in ten days from date, we 

 I will award to each of them a premium, aggreg.ating in value $20,0(.0, in such a manner that each 

 I subscriber v»ill have a fair and equal opportunity to obtain one of the Faims and Engravings 

 I In the same way the second and following series of lo.oco Subscribers will receive their Premiums 

 I until the cntire'$i 50,000 worth of property is given away. These Farms and Engr.avings are in- 

 I tended as premiums to our Subscrihers. The distribution of these is entirely gratuitous upon our 

 I part and is intended by us as a means of dividing' v:l)i r.ur subscribers the profits of the year. 

 I The' name and address of those securing the vt ■: hie Premiums will be published m the 

 [ PR ACTICALFARMER. 



fl.iving made up our mind to secure, at 

 lany cost. "the largest circulation of any 

 I Agricultural Paper in the World, we have 

 [resolved to fnrcfoall profits and give our 

 I Subscribers tbe Farms and Engravings for 

 I the benefit derived from the present and 



I future large circulation. A sample Paper, . — . — . _ _ ^_ ^---- 



I containing description of the fengravings and of the too Farms, with a description of the 



imnroveuents. dimensions of houses, etc., will be sent free, 

 — ' - -, ,.~. .^ a _c>_< In order that your name and yo 



the first series of 10,000 subscribers to whom the first $20.oco worth 



of property will he a warded, subscribe at once and get up clubs in your nijghborhood immediately, 



WHO WILL RECEIVE THE 



$10,000 FARM ? 



#*l iiVi DATP^ In order that your name and your friends names may he amotip 



ibscrihe at once and get up cluns 

 Co to work at once, show the paper containing the list of Farms and description 

 rr°inr°„^Sents.^'.f Vou will get .0 Subscribers and send $^o, we will give the pettcr-up 

 ofthe Club a subscription for himself FREE, which will give him equal right with other sub- 

 scribers to obtain one of the Fa-ms. For 20 subscribers and $40 we will give two extra suhscrir- 

 tions: for 25 subscribers and $50, three extra suhscnptmns; for 30 subscribers, four cxtrii sub- 

 scriptions ; for ?^ subscribers and $70, five extra subscriptions; for 40 subscribers and $So, 

 six extra suhsAptions; for 45 subscribers seven extra subscrintions; and for 50 subscribers 

 and $.00, we will give eight extra subscriptions The extra suVscr.ptions can be sent to any 

 one to whom (he ge.ter-up of the Club desires. Each of whom will have »" ;!1"a^ "PP"^""'!'' 



to obtain one of the Farms. Bv this means you may get the 960 acfo Fam^. 



Let cve-y reader of this advertisement send at least one name with his own. and we will get the 

 « -en ..hscribers and will distribute the If 150.000 worth ol property at once. Remember you may 

 git p lanu worth $3,r,oo or $10,000, free of every encumbrance. 



I Wl PORTANT ' —As a matter of security to our Subscribers the Deeds and Ahstracts of 

 Title "' all the Farms have been deposited with the Vnion Trust Company ot Pliila- 

 delpliia, I*a. 



Address PRACTICAL FARMER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



I _ . .,— Mini nn^Ki Wanted to secure Subscribers to the 



ISOOO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN practical farmer sample 



I copy fr-e. You may get yourself, neighbor, or parents, a fine farm. 



Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



Plant TriMM nitHt'd In tliiH county nnd hiiIIimI tofhlii eltnisto. 

 Write fur jirifrct* to 



LOUIS C. LYTE. 



Bird-in-Hand P. C, Lancaster co., Pa. 



Niimery at Srnokelowu, nix idIIch eaut of UtMcuHlcr. 



7'J-l-l'J 



WIDIVIYER & RICKSECKER, 



UrHOLSTKRliUS, 



And Maiiufacturcrt ol 



FURNITURE PD CHAIRS. 



W.%ltK.lt«»4t.tlS: 



102 East Zing St., Cor. of Duke St. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



79-1-12] 



Special Indticemnnts at the 



NEW FURNITURE STORE 



W. A. HEINITSH. 

 PTcs. xs 1— a X2. BLXPro- sfrxiaiaifx* 



(over Uur^k'H tiroeeiy store., Ijinciihter, I'a. 

 A gcnenil iiiiKor'ment ut lirniitiire..( ail kinils c<rni<laull7 

 on hand. Diurt ftir^el the iiutiih.r. 



J.5 X-2 lSla.mi. 2£ixi.s Stx-oot, 



Nov-lyl (over Huffk'H (1. 1. eery Ki ore. < 



For Good and Chea]T Wor k go to 



F. VOLLMER'S 



FURNITlJKIi WAKli ROOMS, 



No. 309 NORTH QUEEN ST., 



(OppoBlte Norlhern Miirk.l), 



XjA'Xion.sitox-, X>«^. 



Also, all kinds of jiictiire f raiue-*. nov-ly 



GREAT BARGAINS. 



A large assortment of all kimlp of Cari'^'te are still Mold at 

 lower riileft than ever at tbe 



CARPET HALL OF H. S. SHIRK, 



yo. VO*^ U isf Jihtt/ St. 



Cull and examine uur Htoek ana HJitixly viturfteU that we 

 can ttbow tbe largest uHHoriiuent of tlii-8e Brn»iHt-lH. tbrt>o 

 plies and ingraiu at .all iticcb— at tbe lowest Pbiladeli'bla 

 prices. 



Also OQ band*a*iarge and oomplele assortment of Raa 

 Carpet.: 



Sntisfaetiou guaranteed batti as to price and quality. 



You are invited to call and see my gootls. No trouble in 

 abowing ihoni even if you do not waul to purcbaM>. 



Dou't forget this notice. Vou can Have money hero if yon 

 waul lo buy. 



Particular utteution given to cufllomer vork. 



Also on bund a lull ahHorimenl of Conulerpane*, Oil 

 CIotbH and Ulunketa of everj- variety. _ nov-;yr. 



C. R. KLINE, 



^TTOF(NEY-AT-!^AW, 



OFFICE.: 1.) XOKTH DIKE STREET, 



LANCASTKR. PA. 



Nov-ly 



SILK-WORM EGGS. 



Amiitenr Silk-growers oiui be Hupplied with f»u|>erior 

 «ilk-wonn eggr*. on.reiu*onnhle lernm, i»y npplying imme- 

 diately to 



tiKO. O. HKNNEI,, 



mny-3m] 



No. SJfi Eiu<l Orange St reel. l^m.uNter. Pn. 



LIGHT BRAHMA EGGS 



For lilitcIiiiiK, now rt-mly- from the lM--t ^Iriiiii in tho 

 county — at the niotlenile priee of 



$1,50 for u M'lthig of X3 Z:gS>9. 

 L. H.\l JIVOX, 

 Ne. 9 North Queen St.. ExBniincr Office, Lancaater, P». 



WANTED.-' ■ANV.\S.SKUS tV.rlli.- 

 LANCASTER WEEKLY EXAMINER 

 In Eycry Towiisliip in tlic County. Ooo<l \Vukc8 can b« 

 made. Inquire ut 



' THE EXAMINER OFFICE, 



No. 9 North Queen Wtreet, I^iietwter, Pa. 



