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and you shall have corn to sell and to 

 keep. 



2. Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, 

 and a great deal more saucy. 



3. Silk and satins, scarlet and velvets 

 put out the kitchen fire. 



4. Diligence is the mother of good 

 luck. 



5. Pride breakfasted with Plenty, 

 dined with Poverty, and supped with 

 Infamy. 



6. Extravagance and improvidence 

 end at the prison door. 



7. It is easier to build two chimnies 

 than to keep one in fuel. 



8. If you would know the volue of 

 money, go and try to borrow some. 



9. The eye of a master will do more 

 work than both of his hands. 



10. What maintains one vice would 

 bring up two children. 



11. He that goes a borrowing, returns 

 sorrowing. 



12. Rather go to bed supperless than 

 rise in debt. 



13. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster 

 than labor wears. 



14. A life of leisure and a life of lazi- 

 ness are two diflferent things. 



15. Three removes are as bad as a 

 fire. 



16. Creditors have better memories 

 than debtors. 



17. The rolling stone gathers no 

 moss. 



18. If you would have your business 

 done, go; if not, send. 



19. It is foolish to lay out money in 

 the purchase of repentance. 



20. Buy what thou needest not, and it 

 will oblige thee to sell thy necessar- 

 ies. 



"These maxims by Dr. Franklin," 

 says a contemporary, "though often 

 printed, lose nothing of their value by 

 repetition.'' 



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State Fair Premiums fur Best Farms, 

 Nurseries, &c. 



Office CoRBEspoTtWNO Seorktaet, I 

 Spriugfiiold. April 1, 1859. / 



The followinz is a list of the premium^ 

 offered by the State Agricultural Society for 

 the best farms, nurseries and groves which 

 shall be enteral for competition. It is hoped 

 that these entries will be numerous : 



For belt improTsd and highly cultivated farm, 



not IsBfl than 600 acres Gold Medal 



Second best $15 



Best improved and higbljr cultivated farm, nut 



less tban 160 acres Gold Medal 



2iidbeat 16 



Best improved and bighljr cultivated farm, not 



less than 40 acres Gold Medal 



2nd best 15 



Best ariangadandeconumically conducted prairie 



farm Gold Medal 



2nd best 16 



Best grove of cultivHted timber on the prairie. ...Gold Medal 

 2nd best .....Silv. Mtdal 



Best arranged and cuUivated nursery of fruit and orna- 

 mental trees, shrubs and plants.. |30 



2ad best 10 



Best arranged and cultivated nursery of the various fruit 



trees i. $20 



Zud best ".. 10 



Best arranged and cultivated nursery of grafted apple 



treei), from 1 to 4 years old , 20 



2id beat 10 



Bust hIiow of cue iiud twoj'ear old graf.cd or budded 



apple trees.'. 10 



2nd best 6 



The committee, in making tbeir award, will be governed 



by the genenl arrangement, cultivation, thrift, pruning and 

 training of trees and (thrubs. All competitors are required 

 to furnish the committee, at' the time of examination, or 

 before they make their awar^, a written statt-ment. of the 

 mode of the preparation of the nur'ery grounds— the man- 

 ner of cultivation, mode of pruning trees, shrubs and plants 

 in their respective nurseries. 



All persons who desire to compete for the above preminms 

 must communicate their intention to S. t'KANCls, Currespon - 

 ding Sec y, Springfield, Illi., by letter, previous to the Istday 

 of July, BO as to give the committee full time to examine tha 

 farms, nurserieB and gioveB to be entered. 

 Awarding Committee: 



Benj. P.JoBNSoN „. ....Ilrbana. 



Da. JS. H.CtAPP Peoifa. 



Oh. H. Bosemstisri. .' Freeport. 



S. FRANCIS, 

 Cor. Sec'y 111. State Ag. Society. 



COMMERCIAL. 



St. Louis Market— March 26. 



FLOUR— Dull. Pales 75 bbl- country single extra at $6; 

 60 tibis fdury at $5 66, and 654 bbls country donble extra 

 private. 



WUKAT— Steady . Sales 30O sks stumptail spring at 9.^c 

 69 sks poor fall at 110c ; 684 sks good spring atll6@16^; 

 736 sks ordinary and common fall at 115@11Gc; 677 sks 

 fair fall aM2U@122c ; 455 sks good fair 122(a> 123c; 143 sks 

 gocd at 126@13Sc ; 12 sks prime at 130c; 100 sks choice 

 White 135@H38c ^ bushel. 



CORN — Firm, with sales of 158 sks poor white at 77c ; 

 916 sks white, yellow and mixed, in lots, at 78c ; 160 sks 

 white at 79c ; 640 sks do at 8Cc, and 960 sks white and yel- 

 low, private. 



OAT:^ — 8ales of 3S0 sks common at 65c; 381 sks gKod at 

 72^@73c ; 60 sks prime at 75c, including sks, and 77 sks 

 choice at 75c, sks returned. 



BARLETT AND RYE— No sales of barley A smaU lot of 

 prime live in bbs broughf 95c. 



HIDES— Steady at 18%c for dry tints. Receipts small. 



PORK— Sales of 141 bbs Mess and M. 0., mostly the for- 

 mer, at $15 50, and 200 bbls Mess at $17 fi bbl, 



CUT MEATS — 40G0 shoulders and sides sold at 5?^ aad 

 8c, and 3000 shoulders and bams at 6^ and 8c ^&). 



BACON — Sales of 5 cks (food country sboulders at 7c: 4 

 cks eood conn try hams at 9J^c ; and 15 cks light rib sides 

 at 9>^c "^^ ft 



LAKU — 38pkg8 eood manufacturing sold at lO^c, and 

 32 bbls prime at lie ^ fl). 



WUlt^KY— Market unsettled. Sales of 335 bbls in lots 

 at25^c; 32 bbls at 25^c, and 66 bbls in two lots at 26c ^ 

 gallon 



GRKRN APPLES-15 bbls sold at $3 50 fi bbl. 



H AY -^ales of 2-1 bales prime at 87 J<jO fi 100 fts. 



FOTATOEH — Supply large, and the market has declined. 

 Sales of 100 sks Oh o Geshannocks 4t $1 ; 100 bajrels prime 

 3Iichigan in lots at 1 15@1 20. including bbls, and 114 bbls 

 and 104 sks do on private terms. 



BROOMS — 100 doz Illinois sold on private terms, and 60 

 doz fancy at $2 55 ^ dozen. 



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NewOrleaus Cattle Market.~Marh cI8. 



Beef Cattle — The supply is very moderate, barely 280 head 

 of ordinary and fine Western cattle remaining on sale. We 

 quote fiDe Western at 10}^@llc ^ B) net. and Texas at 18@- 

 30 and $45 ^ head. 



Hogs — Pr.ces at 9@9}^c ^ S> net. About 450 head remain 

 on sale 



Sheep — The market has been bare for several days. Last 

 sab sat $6 75@$8. 



Milch Cows — At $40@85 ^ head. A small stock. 



Veal Cattle — Good demand. Prices at $7@13 50 per 

 head. 



^t. liOuls Lilve Stock Mark<;t~March 26. 



Cattle — The supply is light, and the 8him)ing demand 

 moderate. i>ales of common to fair at from 77 to 8i^c net; 

 good and prime from 9c to 10c % lb. 



Uogs — Are arriving freely, and sell at from 6c to 8e net 



Shaep — Are scarce and in excellent request. Common and 

 fair are worth from $3 to $5 — extra |C, A fair aveage lot 

 brongh t $6 50 each. 



Cows and Calves- Good cows are in poor supply. The ex- 

 tremes are $'20@$40. 



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New York Cattle Market— March S3. 



A. M. AUerton A Co., proprietors of the Washington drove 

 Yards, Forty fourth street, report the cattle in market from 

 the following states : 



New York 635 



Indiana 149 



Ohio 6-24 



Illinois 666 



Virginia 76 



C' nnocticut „. 18 



Missouri 52 



The following are the droves from Illinois : 



Shuester & Seigle „ 91 



Alexander & Fitch 73 



S Stainright 15 



A. M Allerton 71 



George RidclifiT...... 76 



J. T. A lexander 196 



John Taylor 46 



And_25 small lots from this State. 



BEEF CiTILB. 



Number reported at this market at Forty-fourth street, 2,741 

 The prices to-day are quoted as follows: 



First quality, ~ 10J^@llc. 



M'-dium 9>i@l0c. 



Ordinary 8@U c. 



Pome extra good beeves may be quoted at Ilj.<^@l2c. 



The general average of the market at — ^ lOc. 



^he most of ths sales range from 9@10}^. 



EVERGREENS. 



ORDERS MAY BE LEFT WITH S. 

 Francis for Evergreen Trees by the quantity, from the 

 well known Nuroery of Samuel Edwards, Bureau county, at 

 the following rates : 



Balsam Firs, American Arbor Vifie, White Pine, White 

 Spruce, six to ten inches high, $6 per hundred and $36 per 

 thousand. 



The same varieties, from the woods, collected by Mr. Ed- 

 waads' agents, who take them up in thebeit possible manner, 

 selecting trees carefully from open «xposures, packing at 

 once in damp moss, at $15 per thousand and $90 per ton 

 thousand. 



American Larch, two years in the Nnrsary at $10 per 

 1000. KurY>pean Mountain Ash, 6 feet high, $18 per 100; 8 

 to 10 feet, t2& per 100. 



Neik Pine Strawberry plants at $3 60 per 1000; acd Hybrid 

 Scotch Rhubarb at $3 per 100- 

 Orders for the articles may be left with 

 nichl 8. FRANCia. 



GARDEN, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS 

 in great variety , for sale by. 8. FRAN CIS. 



AWSeeds will be sent by exprfus or ma'l, as ordered. 



Frnit aad Omameiital Trees and Sbrnbberf. 



THE SUBSCRIBER WILL RECEIVE 

 orders for Frnit, Ornamental Trees and Shrnbbery to 

 be had from any Nursery in this State. The articles will 

 come fresh, in good ord> r, will be trne to name, better and 

 lower than the trash often imported from foreign Nurseries, 

 mchi 8. FRANCIS. 



ME1.1.0NS. 



JAPAN AP- 



~ ^-e pie melon at 39 cents per.' dc*., by W. H. Gardner, 

 I 8ublette, l«e Co., Illinois. 



Iowa „ 12 



Kentucky 266 



Michigan „ 203 



Peunxylvania «. ... 



New Jersey 17 



Canada.- 110 



Massachusetts 19 



SEEDS OF THE FAMOUS 

 pie 



farm mchl 



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SEED n^HEAT. 



ANADA CLUB," "SCOTCH FIFE," 



_ DUNDEE," Ac. Helliwell, Brother, Milwaukee, 

 Wis., and B. F. Pixley k Co , Jantsville, have received from 

 Canadi West asnpply of these Spring Wheats for seed. It is 

 well known that the change of seed produces a large increase 

 of the crop. Applications for this seed can be made at S. 

 FRANCIS Seed Store, Springfield, who will send orders to 

 meet the wishes of farm<>rs. 



SEED OATS. 

 Persons desiring seed oats, should apply immediately as 



above. 



form mchl 



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GARDEN SEEDS 



FOR SALE BY S. PEANCIS, 

 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. 



Asparagus, Artichoke. 



Beaks, for Snaps — Valentine, Early Newtngton, Thonsiuid 

 to-One, Early Mohawk, Early China, White Cranberry Bunch, 

 Rojal White Bunch. 



Bte?i3, PoLE-London Horticnltural Cranberry, Siva, Lima, 

 Red Cranberry, Indian Chief. 



Cabbaoe — Early Wakefield, Early York, Red Durch, Early 

 Sugar Leaf, Premium Flat Dutch, Large American Dnua- 

 head, Drumhead and Kohl Rabi 



Caoliflowee — Early London. 



Corn — Early Red Cob Sweet Mammoth Sweet, Early Tna- 

 carora, &c , Smith's Early White. 



Beets— Karl V Bassano, Early Blood Turnip, Long Blood 

 Red, Mangel Wurtzel, Ac, English Sngar Beet, &c.. White 

 Sugar. 



Cucumbers — Short Green Early, Long London, Long Tur- 

 key, Gherkin, &c. 



Celbrt — iSolid white, chrystal white, solid red. 



Crers — Curled double, broad leaf. 



Carrott — Common yellow, early horn, blood red, Belgium 

 yellow. 



Egg Plant — Early long purple. 



RAI.E — Sea kale. 



LETTncE — Ice" cobs, early Silesia, green drumhead, kc, 

 early white. 



Melox — (Cantalope), pine apple, nutmeg, beach wood, 

 green citron, large yellow cantaloupe. 



Watek Melon — itloantain sprout, mountain sweet. Long 

 Island, ice cream, black Sptnisb, citron melons Nasturti- 

 uui, Okra, short and long green. 



Onios — Large Wetherfield red, early red, Danver's yellow, 

 yellow silver skin, white Portugal. 



Peppeb — Large bull nose, large squash, Spanish, cherry, 

 small cayenne. • 



yuKS — Early Comstocks dwarf. Bishop's Ions pod, cham 

 pion of England, dwarf Prussian, large maorrwfat, Prince 

 Albert. 



Pdupkiic. — Large yellowfield, parsnip, long sweet. 



ParsLET. — Doubls curled, Myatt's garnishing. 



Rhubarb. — Mitchell's early, Myatt's Victoria, Spinach. 



Squashes (winter.) — Autumnal marrow, winter crook nee : 

 lima cocoanut, Ilubbard'p winter. 



!?qua8Hes (summer.) — Early ,crookneck bush, early yel- 

 low bush. 



Turnip. — Flat Du<ch, early six weeks and various varieties. 



Tobacco. — Varieties. 



ToMATOE. — Large led, red cherry, yellow. 



Saqk. — Common red. 



Radish. — Early red turnip, early long red short top, long, 

 salmon, black Sjauish, Snlsify (white), scorzoonera, 



Seeds of various garden herbs , 



Floweb Seeds — in great varijty — embracing a hundred 

 sort 1. 



Chuiese Sugai Cane Seeds — and various other seeds for 

 garden and field usually found at Seed Stores, 



