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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



ILLINOIS MUTUAL FIBE INSUMNCB COMPANY. 



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^^ 0*^ •^'^^J'/fS^ CAPITAL 



UNLIMITED 



AMP COWSTAJfTLT 



INCREASING. 



PRESENT FUND 



rorthapaymBntof 



LOSSES BY FIRE 



$1,000,000 00. 

 PRINClPAIi office: at AliTON, Ilit. 



THIS COMPANY WAS CHARTERED 

 in 1839, and insures, at a moderate coat, almost every 

 species of property in Illinois against Loss or Damage by 

 Fire. The rates of risk are so arranged that eacu class of 

 property insured will support its own loss. 



Every one insured l)ecoraeg a member — the Company being 

 an aaauciation of customers — eacli of whom la coucorncd iu 

 insuring his neighbor. The capital augments in exact ratio 

 with the increase of risks; the security for which remains in 

 the hands of the insured; therefore, every member Is the 

 treasurer of his own money until the same ia required for 

 the purpoae of paying loaaea. 



BOARD 01' "DIRECTORS : 

 rim. Turner, Lyman Trumbull, 11. W. BiUinga, 



B<(uj. ¥. Long, Samuel Wade, M. G. Atwood, 



John James, L. Kellenberger, Robert Smith, 



Henry Lea. Elias Ilibhard, Alfred Dow, 



F. A.Uoamasn, B. K. Hart, John Atwood. 



B. I. LONGj Preaident. 

 L; K£LL£:<B£KasK,^Treaaurer. 



M. G. Atwood, f ecrotary. 

 JoBN Attvood, Ass't Seerutary. 



John Blaissell, Oen'l Agent. 



JSS" Application for inaurance may be made to the Loca 

 Agc-nti, one or more of whom may be found in every county 

 in the State. J AUKS L. UILL, Agent. 



janlO dSmw^y 



B. F. fox; 



Wholesale aiid Retail Dealer iu Hardware, 



IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES, HAS NOW IN STORE 

 one of the lart?cst and best assortments cf gooda in his lino 

 ever ofl'ered in thli market. Importing many styles of Eng- 

 lish goods direct, and purcliasiug his Amoricuu goods of the 

 manufacturers at the lowest (cash) prices, he is enabled to 

 offer merchants and consumers goods at the lowest prices, and 

 on as favorable terms as any house east or west, ilia stock 

 embraces a very large and complete assortment of 



Agricultural Tools and Implements ! 



of the latest and most improved kinds and qualities. Reap- 

 ers, Mowers, Straw Cullers, Iletlye Trimmers, Sickles, 

 Grass and pruning UooKs, Cradles, Scythes, Snaths, 

 Ihrks, Hnes, Shovels, Scoops, Axes (till kinds and makes). 

 Picks, Mattocks, iUn Mills, Seed Separators and Tlireshinr/ Ma- 

 chines. 



HUSE FURNISHING & BUILDERS WAREH USE. 



Large and conipleto assortment of Locks, Latches, llutts. Hin- 

 ges, Screws, Bolts, Brads, Nails. TKlMMIjyGS— groat variety 



Carpenter's and Builder's Tools ! 



Planes, Saws, Chisels, Augers, Braces, Bills, Draxoing Knives, 

 Siiuares, Trowels, Bevils, Hatchets, Hammers, Adzes, Burch 

 and Broad Axe^, Boreing Machines, UouUTs and isteptoe's 

 Morticing Machines, Files, <fc. 



Blacksmith's Tools. 



Bellows, Anvils, I'tces, Screw Plates, Tongs, Horse Mills, Uorse 

 Shoes, Buttresses, die. 



COOPER'S TOOLS. 



rino assortment. Knives, Honks, Planes, dc, 



CUTLERY. 



A very largo stock ami ussortmeut of Wostenholm'a Butch- 

 er's and othei'a, Table, Pocket, Pen, Butcher and Shoe Knives, 

 Jiazors, Shears, Cissors, Carvers, d-c. Great variety. 



GUNS, PISTOL.S, 

 Gun Trimmings and Mountings,singleanddoiihIebarreUed En- 

 glish anil German Hijies, Pistols of groat variety, togt-ther 

 with a general assortment of goods usually kept iu a Hardware 

 Btoro. 



S A-WS • 



Every variety, mill, cro»s cut and ciivular, from three inches 

 to sixty inclusive, furnished at maiinfucturers prioes. 



Siiddlery Hardware and Carriage Trimniiiigs. 



In this branch of my business, I am enabled to extend to 

 saddlers and carriage makers unusual facilities, buingsujipliod 

 direct from the nianuKicturers. Goods in this lino come to mo 

 at extraordinary low prices. My stock embraces all varieties: 

 BuciUs, Ferrets, Ornaments, Jloseates, Pings, Siiajfles, Bitts, 

 Punches. Webhing. Self-AJJusliiig and Denniaun Trees, Sad- 

 dler's Silk, Shoe, Three-Cord and Pitting Thread. 



Carriage Ta'iifiiniin^^s. 



Prass and .SiVi'cr l'!ate.d, Screw Front Jiuuds uml J'late.d Srrew 

 Front Mail H'in(U, Omch Handtis, Ciirtnin Frame, Turmxl \ 

 CiiVars, Ptrtint ami Kitamilled Leather, Enamilhd MnMin. ' 

 Du'.'k and Prill, linbher Cloth, Carriole JJtws. fkerand Curled I 

 iinr. Patent Leather and I'ubber Beuing, Hemp and KubUr 

 packing. 



tir«i_ Orders promptly filled and forwarded. 



May 1st, 1857. B. F. FOX. 



CATALOaUE 



OP 



GABDEN SEEDS 



FOR SALE BY S. FRANCIS, 



SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS. 



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Asparagna, Artichoke. 



Beans, for Snap* — Valentino, Early Newlngton, Thousand 

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

 Uoyal White Bunch. 



Beans, PoLE-Loudon Horticultural Cranberry, Siva, Lima, 

 Red Cranberry, Indian Chief. 



Cabbaoe — Early Wakefield, Early York, Red Duch, Early 

 Sugar Leaf, Premium Flat Dutch, Large American Drum- 

 head, Drumhead and Kohl Kabi. 



Caclifloweii— Early London. 



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

 carora, &c , Smith's Early White. 



Beets — Earlv Bassano, Early Blood Turnip, Long Blood 

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

 Sugar. 



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

 key, Qherkin, &c. 



Celert — Solid white, chrystal white, solid red. 



Cbehs — Curled double, broad leaf. 



Carbott — Common yellow, early horn, blood rod, Belgium 

 yellow. 



Eao Plant — Early long purple. 



KALii — Sea kale. 



Lettuce — Ico" coaa, early Silesia, green drumhead, &c., 

 early white. 



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

 green citron, large yellow cantaloupe. 



Water Melon — Mountain sprout, mountain sweet. Long 

 Island, ico cream, black Spanish, citron melons Nasturti- 

 um, Okra, short and long green. 



Onion — Largo Wetherfield red, early red, Danver's yellow, 

 yellow silver skin, white Portugal. 



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

 small cayenne. 



Peas — Early Comstocks dwarf. Bishop's long pod, cham- 

 pion of England, dwarf Pruasian, large maorrwlat, Prince 

 Albert. 



Pumpkin. — Large yellowfield, parsnip, long sweet. 



Parslet. — Doubld curled, Myatt'a garnishing. 



RuDBARB. — Mitchell's early, Myatt'a Victoria, Spinach. 



SciiiASUES (winter.) — Autumnal marrow, winter crooknec » 

 lima cocoauut, Ilubbard's winter. 



Squashes (summer.) — Early ,crookueck bush, early yel- 

 low bush. 



Turnip. — Flat Dutch, early aix weeks and various varieties. 



Tobacco. — Variotiea, 



Tomatoe. — Largo ied,red cherry, yellow. 



Sage. — Common red. 



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

 salmon, black S^aniah, Salsify (white), acorzoonera. 



Seeds of various garden herbs. 



Flower Seeds — In great variety — embracing a hundred 

 surt-i. 



Cui.iiESE ScoAit Can< Seeds — and various other soeda for 

 garden and field, usually found at Seed Stores. 



The Double Curved Upright Steel Mould 

 Board Plow. 



THE PROPRIETOR OF THIS SUPERIOR 

 Plow still continues to supply, 

 the grrat demand which its merits have 

 created. Its combination of rare ad' 

 vantages has recommended it to the 

 agricultural community throughout the State of Illinois, it 

 ia now admitted that it has no equal. 



The following note is but one of the many testimonials 

 which have been furnished the manufacturer of the working 

 of his plows. 



We certify that we have lately used the above plows, manu* 

 facturcd by Mr. John Uhler, and we would state that they 

 are iu all respects, superior to any other plows we have ever 

 used. Wo cheerfully recommend them to the public. 

 Wm. P. Lawson, W'ni. Pollinbarger, 



J. J. Short, Day id Nowsom, 



John W. Buck, Uriah Maun, 



John Kavanaugh, Philemon Stout. 



Sangamon county, Jan 1^, 1855. 

 EJFrom the peculiar form of Uhler'a plows they are not ex- 

 celled by any other now in use. It scours very bright, sheds 

 off atubblea admirably, and runa light and easy to the team. 

 The largsst si/od two-horse plow of this kind, has been used 

 several seaaona anccoasfully in breaking prairie. The limits 

 of a newspaper advertisement will not admit of an accurate 

 description of these plows. To see them ia tobe pleased with 

 them. 



In addition to the above, the manufacturer is making 

 wrought iron upright onas, and two-horae plowa. 



Also, a auperior Prairie Plow, warranted to bo equal to any 

 prairie plow now iu uso. Any size that may be wanted can 

 be had at short notice. A largo number of all sizes, kept on 

 band constantly. 



Manufactured by JOHN UIILER, 



Spriujjfleld, III., at whose OHtaldislimont these favorite plows 

 can be had, from a single one to a number unlimited. 



aus4-wlT 



FKUIT AND OltrWArHiiNTAIi TKEliS 

 SilUAlU^KY, &C. 



S FRANCIS, SPRINGFIELD, ILL . 

 «\vill receive orders for all description of trees from tl.«. 

 DuPiipe County Nurserica, L. Ellsworth & Co , proprietors. 

 Those trues arc well !;rown. heallhy. and their fienuiiiesB is 

 wiirrantoj. Cirders tir fall plaiiting can be forwarded to 

 tliem at any tiMici Iroin .lime till \o.veiiibor. 



Catalogues will be fill nislied those who wish to purchase 

 trees and shrulbory on application to Messrs. Francis A Bar- 

 rel!, Springfield. au^ 



Mauutactured by Johu Dere. 



AS THE SEASON FOR FALL PLOWING 

 is at hand, the subscriber would ask the attention of 

 Farmers and othera interested, to his large and superior 

 stock of Plows of all kinds, now iu use in the Weat, consist- 

 ing of 



Three sizes of Improved Clippers, made from the best Cast- 

 steel, and tinished in very superior manner; these idows for 

 ease of draft, and perfect plowing, have no equal in this 

 State. 



Four sizes and qualities of the common form of old ground 

 plows, made from Cast, Merman and American Steel, which 

 are equal to any plaw made after this style, 

 Corn Plows of two qualities. 

 Double and single Shovel Plows. 

 Five Tooth Cultivators. 



Ilarrowa, two atyles, reversable, adjuetable, and 

 Oiddes Double Harrow. 



Ox Yokea of three sizes, finished in the best mannor, 

 and a very superior article. 



Twelve and Fourteen in Extra Breakers, for breaking 

 Prairie or other sod, with two and three horses — these are 

 Tery superior breaking plows. 



Common breakers of every size and style, on hand, or 

 made to order. 



The Michigan Double Plows. Cf this I am making two 

 sizes for thro) and four horses. This plow is adopted to 

 breaking, plowing stubble-land, or sub-soiling: and will do 

 any kinds of plowing in the beat manner. No plow has given 

 Boeh general aatisfactien wherever it haa been used. It 

 should be more generally introduced fur deep plowing and 

 aubaoiliLg. 



All orders for plows either singly or by the dozen will re- 

 ceive prompt attention. 

 Sept., 18o8— timea. JOHN DEERE. 



4C^ All of aaid articles can be had on application to 

 Francis A Barrell, Springfield. 



Western Liand Office. 



T. S. MATHER. 



FOB THC 



purchase: and sal.g of city pro- 



perty, Farms aud Uulmproved liauds, 



PATMEKT OS TA2CES,Z 



Collection of Claims. ', 



Government Liands 



ENTERED WITH WARRANTS OR CASH IN ANT 



LAND DISTRUT ]N ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOUHI, 



MINNESOTA OR NEBRASKA. 



I.AND WARRANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD. 



.Office over N. 11. Ridgely'a Bank, Weat side Public Square, 

 Springfield, Ills. 



B. B. LLOYD, 



D E ISTTI S T, 



OFFICE ON north FIFTH STREET, OVER J. RAYBDB.N'B. 



SPRSNGFXEU), TOLL. 



A DENTAL PRACTICE OFFIFTEEN YEARSWARRANT8 

 him in saying that all operations shall be carefully and 

 neatly performed. lie is in possession of several premi- 

 ums and diplomas awarded by the best institutes for the pro- 

 motion of science and arts iu the country. 



Teeth inserted, from one tooth to full sets, as substantial 

 and handsome as can be had in any city of the United States 

 or Europe. Artificial palate plates inserted, supplying the 

 want or loss of the palate, velum and would, so as to restore 

 articulation. 



Refer to Prof. David Gilbert, Pennsylvania College of Med- 

 icine, Philadelphia; Hon. J. S. Black, Washington City; Rev. 

 Dr. Harkoy, Illinois University ; Drs. Helm, Ryan and Wal- 

 lace: Messrs. Jacob Loose, J S. Condell, J. U. Gray, Fossel- 

 man, Owen, Corneau & Diller. 



June7, 185. 



Sweet Potat Plauts. 



WE WILL HAVE THEM IN THE PRO- 

 per season, for sale by the hundred or thousand, at 

 fair prices; (See advertisement of early Nansemond potatoes) 

 febl S. FRAN LIS. 



ElVERGREENS. 



ORDERS MAY BE LEFT WITH S. 

 Fi-ancis for Evergreen Trees by the quantity, from the 

 well kuown Nursery of Samuel Edwards, Bureau county, at 

 the following rates : 



Balsam Fira, American Arbor Vifie, White Pine, White 

 Spruce, six to ten inches high, $5 per hundred aud $35 per 

 thousand. 



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

 waads' agents, who take them up in the best possible manner, 

 selecting trees carefully from open exposures, p.icking at 

 once in damp muss, at $15 per thousand and $90 per ten 

 thousand. 



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

 1000. Eurnpenn Mountain Ash, 6 feet high, $18 per 100; 8 

 to 10 feet, i 2a per 100. 



Neit Piue Strawberry plants at$3 50 per 1000; and Hybrid 

 Scotch Rhubarb at $3 per 100. 



Orders for the articles may bo left with 

 ^iiiclil 8. FRAN Cig. 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubbery. 



ri^lIE SUBSCRIBER WILL REi^El VE 

 i oiders for Fruit, Ornamental Treta and Shruhbery to 

 be hnd from any Nursery in tliis .State. The articlo-i will 

 come fresh, in good ord. r, will be tine to n;imc, letter and 

 lower than tho trash often imported I'lulii foreign Xurscr-pg. 

 mchl S. FRANCIS. 



