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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



Aug. 



— An Irishmaa had been sick a long time, 

 and while iu that gtate would occasionally cease 

 breathing, and life be apparently extinct for 

 some time when he would come to. On one of 

 these occasions when he bad just awakened from 

 his sleep, Patrick asked him — 



" And how'll we know, Jemmy, when ye're 

 dead ? ye're afther waking up ivery time." 



"Bring me a glass o' grog, an' say to me 

 'here's till ye. Jemmy,' an' if I don't rise, an' 

 dhriuk, then, bury me." 



— "I say Mr. Highflyer, won't you let a fellow 

 go with you in that 'ere balloon?' 



" I could not possibly accommodate you, my 

 dear friend." 



" Well, then be kind enough to take my card 

 along, for I am determined to get my name up 

 somehow " 



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— A clumsy foot may tread the right prth. 



contents: 



August 223 



Winter Wheat 224 



State Horticultural Fair 225 



Fall Plowing 226 



Corn Griddle-Cake 226 



Monopoly 226 



American Pomological Society. 227 



Growing Black Walnut Trees 22S 



Kindness to Animals ......228 



Locusts 228 



Natural Hiitory Society — Lecture by Dr. W»lsh 



On the Habits of Insects 229 



About Corned Beef. 230 



Management of the Dwarf Almond 230 



Effect of a Hail Storm 230 



A Nutfor Geologists 230 



Barrel Measure 230 



Hogs and Curcnlio 230 



Wickersham's Excavator 231 



More Sheep for Winnebago County 231 



Weeds, and How to Get Rid of Them 232 



Dandelion Coffee 232 



Milking Cows Once, Twice, and Thrice a Day.233,234 



Rhnbarb Wine 235 



Illinois Coal 23» 



Legal Weights and Measures 236 



Spanish Merino Sheep 236 



Preserving Fruits 236 



How to Make a Boiled Dish 23f 



Farmer's Convention 237 



What are Jute and Gunny Bags? 23S 



How Green Tomatoes are as Good as Ripe On«8..238 



Wisconiin Fruit Grower's Association 239, 240 



TheFeld of War 241 



Comstock's Rotary Digger 241 



How Horses Should be Shod 242 



Raising Turkeys 245 



Cultivation of Grasses 245 



Editor's Table : 



The May Cherry Again 246 



County Fairs for 1862— Clothes Wringer 247 



Macoupin County Fair — Shall the Robins Live — 

 Claim Agency — American Stock Journal — Med- 

 ical Examiner — Report of the Wisconsin Fruit 

 Growers' Association — State Fairs for 1862 — 

 Iowa State Fair— Horticulturist 248 



CLOTHES WRINGEKS 



HAI.EY, MORSE & BOYDEX'S 



SELF ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, 



Is superior to any other in the market. Being made 

 of wood and India rubber, the clothes cannot be 

 damaged by iron rust, as is liable to be done with 

 those having iron frames. The pressure can also be 

 regulated to conform to heavy and light goods, and 

 there is no liability of rusting out of steel springs. 

 On the whole it is by far the best and most economi- 

 cal wringer yet offered in the market. It will save 

 at least one -third the usual labor in washing. 



Every one is aware that the twisting and wringing 

 of clothes by hand, stretches and breaks the fibres ; 

 but this machine presses them so even, between two 

 rubber rollers, that a newspaper thoroughly soaked 

 can be wrung without breaking it in the least. But- 

 tons, hooks and eyes, &c., are not injured by it. 



In starching it is invaluable, especially on large 

 articles, such as ladies' skirts, &o., as it leaves the 

 starch perfectly even. It will wring a bed quilt or a 

 pocket-handkerchief drier than it can be done by 

 hand, and the most ignorant servant can use it. It 

 can be screwed on to any tub, and only weighs ten 

 pounds. Every housekeeper should send for one and 

 try it. If it does not give entire satisfaction, it may 

 be returned and the money will be refunded. 



For sale, wholesale and retail, by 



E. PECK, 

 Agent for the State of Illinois, 

 73 Lake street, Chicago, 111. 



P. 0. Box 3047. 



Agents wanted in every town. jlm 



GEOPwGE S. THOMPSON, 



Late of Com; Gen.'s Office, 



Attorney for U. S. Military Claims, 



West Side of Public Square, 



Springfield, 111. 



Entrance office one door north of Banking House 

 of Messrs. N. H. Ridgely & Co. 



Having had much experience in prosecuting claims 

 against the United States, particular attention is 

 given to Recruiting Bills made by officers and men of 

 volunteer companies and regiments, for subsisting, 

 and, collecting, organizing and transporting troops 

 prior to muster into service ; Back Pay due Resigned 

 Officers; Back Pay due Discharged Soldiers; Pay 

 due Deceased Officers, their Widows or Heirs ; Boun- 

 ty and Pay due Heirs of Deceased Soldiers ; Pensions 

 due Deceased Soldiers' Widows and Minor Heirs ; 

 Pensions due Invalid Soldiers ; Pay for Horses lost, 

 killed or died in the United States' service; All 

 Claims growing out of the Present War. 



Pensions collected semi-annually, from the Agent 

 of the United States at Springfield. 



Any kind of claims for service, or for property de- 

 stroyed, stores or propsrty sold officers of the United 

 States. — 



Would respectfully refer to Messrs. John Williams 

 & Co., Bankers ; J. C. Bunn, Esq., Bunker; Capt. C. 

 B. Watson, U. S. Mustering Officer ; Lieut. Geo. W. 

 Hill, U. S. Mustering Officer; Major C. S. Hemp- 

 stead, U. S. Paymaster; Capt. Ninan W. Edwards, 

 U. S. Commissary ; Captain W. H. Bailhache, U. S. 

 Quartermaster; Col. P. Morrison, Sth U. S. Infantry, 

 Superintendent Recruiting for Regiments of Illinois, 

 Springfield, 111. Major J. G. Fonda, 12th 111. Caval- 

 ry, Commandant at Camp Butler. 



August, 1862.tf 



