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THE ILLINOIS F^HMER. 



DUNLAFS NURSERY. 



40 ACRES IN TREES AN1> P1.ANTS. 



IN ESTABLISHING A NURSERY AT 

 this pUce, we Imve done -o with a view ofmnking it 

 a pernmnent buainesa We invite the prironage of thoB» 

 who wish to I'ncvarngo home inc'mtry, aud hnvo » linslre to 

 boantify their grounds and fill their orchard* with 8ucb 

 plantH iind I'rnitsnH are adapted t uur Hoiland cliniiite; at the 

 snme tim» we disol'tim any intention to miike war on thofie 

 who j>nrrh»8»' of peddlers, or send ea-it for their anpplien, we 

 art cent nt to wait, as we lo k to these personn to make in a 

 valiiabiB clana of i utitomerH, at no distant day. The well 

 cul'i"atud ground where their dead trees stand will lie in 

 excellent condition to do ample Jastice to live healthy trees, 

 to which we may point with p o isiire. Trees grow-i in New 

 Y'lrk, «ith highly stimulating mannres, and heing protect- 

 ed by snow in the winte. , can hardly he expected to 

 Btand, unscathed, our changeable climate. It i-" our pride to 

 give ' ur costomers satisfaction; this we intend to do on all 

 occasions, as we can live by a fair and legitimate business. 



Apple Trees, 5 to 7 feet high, 20centReach 



" » " " " $16 per 100 



" " 6 years old .26centseach 



Dwarf and Standard I'eHrs 50 " " 



" '• •• Cherry 50 « " 



Standard Plums 50 " " 



A General Stock of Evergreens Ornamental 

 Trees and Plants. 



Catalogues had on applicati'ie. 



Conductors on the Illinois Central Railroad have directions 

 to Irave pa-isengers at the Nursery, 3^ miles 8outh of Ur- 

 b'tua, when re>|iiested before leaving the last station, when 

 on time. Farmers and tre« planters ' f Central Illinois, will 

 you encourage home industry? M. L. DUNliAP, 



Wtst Urjana, P. 0., Champagn Co., III. 



July 1, :859— tf. 



B. F. FOX, 



Wbolesale and Retail Dealer iu Hardware, 



IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES, HAS NOW IN STOKE 

 one of the larxest and liest assortments rf goods in liin lino 

 ever oflTcred in this market. Importing many styk's of Kng- 

 lish goo<ls direct, and purcha-siiig his American goods of the 

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

 otfer merchants and consumers goodsat the lowest prices.and 

 on as favorable terms as any house enst or west. His stock 

 embraces a very large and complete a.s8ortment of 



Agricultural Tools and Implements ! 



of the latest and most improved kinds and (lualities. Uenp- 

 ers. Mowers, Utrnw CutU.rs, Hedge lYiinnifrs, Sckles, 

 Grass and 1 runing Hooks, Cradles, licytlies, SwUhn, 

 fhrhs, Huf-s, SliovrU, Sco'ips, .^^^(all kinds and makes), 

 Ficki, MattucKs, l-\in MUls, Seed Uparators and Threshing Ma- 

 chines. 



lIUiE FURNISHING & BUILDERS WAREH USE. 



Large and complete assortment of Locks. Latches, Butts. Hin- 

 ges, Screws, Bolts. Brads, Sails. TRIMMINGS— ^mxt variety 



Carpenter^s and Builder^s Tools ! 



Flaws, Saws, Chisels, Augers, Braces, Bittt, Drawing Knives, 

 Siuares, Trowels, Berils, Hatchets, Hammers, Adtea, Burch 

 and Broad Axes, Bnreing Machines, Gould's and Steplot's 

 Morticing MacJiines, FiUs, Jx. 



Blacksmith's Tools. 



Bellmos, Anvils, Vices, Screw I'Uites, Tongs, Horse Nails, Horse 

 Slioes, Buttresses, <£c. 



COOPER'S TOOLS. 



Fine assortmout. Knives. Hooks, Planes, t£c, 



CUTLERY. 



A very large stock and assortment of W'ostenholm's Butch- 

 er's andothei's, TabU, FiKktt, Pen, Butcher and Shoe Knives, 

 Razors, Sfiears, Cissnrs, CUrvers. <fe. (Jreat variety. 



GUNS, PISTOLS, 

 Oun Trimviingsand Mountings, single and doubleharretled En- 

 glish and German Kijles, Pistols of great variety, together 

 with a general axsortmint of goods usually kept in a Hardware 

 store. 



s A *'ar 8 



Every variety, mill, cross cut and circular, from three inches 

 to sixty inclusive. furnished at manufacturers prices. 



Saddlery Hardware and Carriage Trimmings. 



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

 saddlers and carriage maimers unusual facilities, bcingsupplied 

 direct from tlie manufacturers. Goods in this line come to me 

 at extraordinary low prices. Sly stock embraces all varieties: 

 Buckles, Ferrets, Ornaments, Uoseates, Pings, Snajfles, Bills, 

 Punches, Webbing, Self-Ailjusting and Dennison Trees, Sad- 

 dler's Silk, Shoe, Three- Cord and Fitting lliread. 



Carrias^e Triiumiiig^s. 



Brass and Silver Plated, Screw Front Bands and Plated Screw 

 Front Mail Bunds, Coach Handles, Curtain Frames, Turned 

 Collars, Patent and PnameUed Leather, Enamelled Muslin, 

 Duck and Drill, Kubher CUilh. carriage Bows, Deer and Curled 

 Hair, Patent Leather and Rubber Bdling, Hemp and Rubuir 

 packing. 



flf9_ Orders promptly filled and forwarded. 



May 1 at, 1857. B.F.FOX 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubbery. 



riiilE SUBSJOHIBEH WILL RKt^ElVE 



P orders for Krnit, Osunnieotal Trees and ."Shrubbery to 



b>; h-«d from any Nursery in this State, the article will 



comefresh, in good ordi r, will be true to name, beft r and 



lowt-r than the trash often imported from foreign Nnraeries. 



mchl S. FRANCIS. 



Mauutactured by John Oere. 

 S THE SEASON FOR FALL PLOWING 



ie at hand, the lubscriber would ask the attention of 

 Farmers and others interested, to his larcu and superior 

 stuck of Plows of all kinds, now in use in the West, consist- 

 ing of 



Three «i/.e8of Improved Clippers, made from the best Cast- 

 steel, and tinidhed in very superior manner; these , lows for 

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

 State. 



Four sizos and<|nalitieR of the common form of old ground 

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

 are equal to any plaw made after this style, 



Corn I'lows of two i|ualities. 



Double and xiiiKle Shovel I'lowB. 



Five Tooth Cultivators. 



U.trrowf, two styles, reveriiable, adjustable, and 

 Qiddes Double Harrow. 



Ox Yokes of three sizes, finished in the best manner, 

 and a very superior article 



Twelve and Fourteen in Kxtra Breakers, for breaking 

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

 very superior breaking plows. 



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

 made to order. 



The Michigan Double Plows. Of this I am making two 

 sizes for thre > and four horses. This plow is adopted to 



breakio);. plowing stubble-land, or tiul>BuiliU(;: aud will do 



any kinds ol plowinx in the best manner. No plow has given 

 such general satisfactien wherever it has been used, it 

 should be more generally introduced for deep plowing and 

 subsoilitg. 



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

 ceive prompt atleiition 



Sept , 18.>8— 6 times. JOHN DEBRK. 



ig- All of said articles can be had on application to 

 Francis k Uarrell, Springfield. 



Weisiterii l.and Office, 



T. ^Tmather. 



rOB TUS 



PURCHASE AND SAL-E OF CITY PRO- 



perty. Farms and Unimproved Liands, 



PAYMEXT OF TAA'EStJ, 

 Collection ofClains. . 



Govcrntnent Ijands 



ENTERED WITH WAJiRAATS OB CASH IN ANT 



LAND DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI, 



MINNE'iOTA OB NEBRASKA. 



LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD. 



^Office over N. 11. Ridgely's Bank, West side l^ublic Square^ 

 iipringiield, Ills. 



B. B. LLOYD, 



D nn :]sr T I s T , 



OFFICE ox .NORTH FIFTH STREET, OVER J. RATDURVb. 



SPRXNGFI£LX>, TLTu, 



A DENTAL I'H.\CT1CK0KF1FTKEN YEAHSWARRANTS 

 him in saying that all operations shall be carefully and 

 neatly performed. He is in possession ot several premi- 

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

 motion of science and arts in the country. 



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

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

 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, WashiuKton City; Rev. 

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

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

 man, Owen, Corneuu & Diller. 



JuneT, 1^5. 



EVGKGKtlFNS. 



ORDERS MAY BE LEFT WITH S. 

 Francis for Evergreen Trees by the quantity, from the 

 well known Nursery of Samuel Edwards, Bureau county, at 

 the following ra'es : 



Balsam Firs, American Arbor VitSB, White Pine. White 

 Sprure, six to ten iuches high, $5 per hundred aud $35 per 

 thousand. 



The same variPties. from the woods, collected by Mr. Kd- 

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

 selecting trees carefully from •..|»eu exposures, packing at 

 once in damp moss, at $15 per thousand aud $90 per ten 

 thousand. 



Aiuerican Larch, two years In the Nursery at $10 per 

 1(100. KuH'pean .Mi nn tain Ahh, 6 feet high, |18 per lUU; 8 

 to 10 feet, r.i5 perlUO. 



Neifc Pine Strawberry plants at|3 60 per 1000; and Hybrid 

 Scotch Rhubarb at $3 per UK) 



Orders for the articles may be left with 



mchl 8. FRANCIS. 



FRUIT AND ORNAIWENTAIi TREES 

 SIIUABERY, &c. 



S FRANCIS, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 

 • will receive orders for all description of trees from tLi. 

 DuPage County Xurseriea, L. Ellsworth & Co , proprietors. 

 Tlieito trees are well Krown, healthy, and their genuimss is 

 wiirranio.. Orders fir fall planting can be forwarded to 

 tbeni at any time troni June till No.\emlH'r. 



CatnloKues will be furuisbed thotie who wish to purchase 

 trees ajil shru<<b;-ry ou application to Messrs. Francis &Bar- 

 rell, Spri gfirld 



FA IR BANKS 



PATENT 



SCALES 



OF ALL KINDS. 



Fairbanks & Greenleaf, 



S.*) L«KS Street, Chicago. 

 Sold in Springfield, by 

 mayl ly B. B. PEASK. 



E L. L. I O r T » S 



WJ^STJFUwV frttit BOOJK, 



A NEW EI ITION OF THIS WORK, 



thorodohlt revised. 



Embracing all the new aud valuable Fruits, with th« latest 



improvem<<nts 'n their cu tivatiou, up to .lanuary, 



1859, e.'tpecially adapted to the wants of 



WESTERN FRUIT UROWKRS. 



rCLL OF EXCELLENT ILLtTSTRATIONS, 



by 



F. R. ELLIOTT, Potnologist, 



Late of Cleveland, 0., now of tit. Louis. 



Price $1 25. 



Sant by mail, post paid, to any part of the United !^tates, on 

 receipt of price. 

 A.O. Mt)OltE4 CO., 



Agricultural Book Publishers 

 mayl3t 140, Kultou-st., New York. 



ILLINOIS MCTCAL FICE I.\SUM\CE COMPANY. 



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CAPITAL 



UNLIMITED 



AJfD C<MISTAjrn.T 



UfCREASIUG. 



Alfred Doi 

 John Atwood. 

 . LONG, Prebident. 



PRESENT FUND 



for the pajment of 



LOSSES BY FIRE 



.•55 1 UUU UOU UJ. 

 PRINCIPAL. OFFICE AT AL.TON, IL<I-. 



I^IIIS COMPANY WAS CHARTERED 

 . in 1839. and insures, at a moderate cost, almost every 

 speciea of property in Illinois against Loss or Damage by 

 Fire, 'ihe rates of rii<k are so arranged that eacu class of 

 property insured will support its own loss. 



Every one insured becomes a member— the Company being 

 an association of customers — eaf-h of whom is concerned iu 

 insuring his neighbor. The capitil augments in exact ratio 

 with the increase of risks; the security 'or which remains in 

 the bands of the insured; therefore, everv menit^er Is the 

 treasurer of his own money until the same is reqnired for 

 the purpose of pay ins losses. 



BOARD 01 '^THFCTORS: 

 Tim Turner, Lvnian Trumbull, H. W. BfUing*, 



Benj. F. Long, Samuel Wade. M.O. Atwood, 



John James, L. Keilenberger, Robert >'raith, 



Henry I.ea. Ellas Hi bbard, 



F. A. Hoflmann, B. K. Hart, 



B. 



L. Kellexbekou, Treasurer. 



M. G. Atwood, P-icretary. 

 John Atwood, Ass't Secretary. 

 JoHX Blaisdsll, Gen'l A Kent. 



49~ Application for insurance may lie made to tho Loca 

 Agents, one or more of whom may l>e found in every county 

 in tb« Htate. JAMES L HILL, Agent. 



janlO d3mw[y 



J. C. LAMB 



MAMUFACTURER OP 



STEAM ENCilNES AND MACHINERY 



OF ALL KINDS. 



CASTINGS OF IPON OR BRASS, 



HORSE PvlVTERS, 



STEEL CLIPPER PL0WS2 



BALCONY RAILING AND FENCING, 



CaE Iron Frous, Wiudow Caps aud Sllla 



WATER WHEELS, 



GRIST AND SAW-IBILL GEARING, 



AND 



P RJilRM E rijOlVS, 



OF ALL SIZES. 

 gpaiNaniU), Iu., June iu. 



J. BUNN, 



BANKER, AND DEALER IN EXCHANGE; 



BANK NDTiiS AND COIN, 



SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. 



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49* Particular attention given to collections, and proceed 

 promptly remitted at the current rate of exchange. 



R E R E K S To 



American Rx. Rank.N. York. . Drexel 4 Co , Philadelphia. 



Abrijl am Bell's Son* " 1 Ueorjie Smith & Co.; Chicago 



Hamilton Bank, lioston. ) L A. Beuoi et A Co., St. Lou 



Price, Converse & Co. New Orleans. 



