1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



285 



St. CliAIR JXURSERIES 



SUMMERVILLE. ILLINOIS. 



The subscribers call the attention of Dealers, Plant- 

 ers, Farmers and Nurserymen to their large and well 

 selected stock of 



FRUIT TREES, 



■which tbey offer to the "Egyptians," or ''any other 

 man," at unusual low rates for cash. 



300,000 



Apples, five to eight feet. Leading Western Sort 

 10 0,000 



Peaches — most popular marked varieties. 



15,000 



Pears — Dwarf and Standard. 

 Cherries — Dwarf and Standard. 

 Plums and Apricots. 



SMALL FRUITS IN VARIETY^ QUANTITY 



A well selected variety of ornamental trees, shrubs- 

 roses, dahlias, paconus, &e. Correspondence and an 

 inspection of our stock solicited. 



Cataloguesi wholesale and retail, mailed when de- 

 sired. 



BABCOCK & BRO. 



July 1, 1862. Im 



GEOEGE 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. Kidgely & 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 property sold officers of the United 

 States. 



Would respectfully refer to Messrs. John Williams 

 & Co., Bankers ; J. C. Bunn, Esq., Banker; 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, 8th 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 



PKOSPECTUS FOB THE 



JOUENAL OF THE 

 Illinois State Agricultural Society. 



The Executive Committee of the Illinois State Ag- 

 ricultural Society believe the time has arrived, whien 

 the publication of a Journal of the Society is impera- 

 tively demanded. Pursuant, therefore, to the duty 

 with which they are charged by the 5th section of the 

 Constitution of said Society, revised and adopted by 

 the meeting of delegates from County Agricultural 

 Societies, held on the Fair Grounds, at Jacksonville, 

 Sept., I860, they have made the necessary arrange- 

 ments for the issue of such Journal, monthly, com- 

 mencing with January, 1862. 



Each number will contain at least 32 pages (octavo) 

 of reading matter, composed principally of such por- 

 tions of the Transactions of the State and County 

 Societies, and communications on the subjects of 

 AGRICULTURE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, 

 Mechanics and Natural History, as may require early 

 publication. 



All premiums offered and awards made hy the State 

 Society will appear in its columns. 



All pertons, and especially Secretfiries and other 

 officers of County Societies, are respectfully requested 

 to communicate to the editor any matters of general 

 interest to the industrial classes, as may from time to 

 time arise in their respective localities. 



To place the Journal within the reach of all, the 

 subscription price has been fixed at 



FIFTY CENTS A YEAR ! 

 Barely sufficient to cover cost of publication, payable 

 invariably in advance. 



Back numbers for the current year will be furnish- 

 ed until the edition is exhausted. 



All subscriptions and communications may be for- 

 waided to the undersigned, Springfield, His. 

 JOHN P. REYNOLDS, 



Cor. Sec. and Editor Journal, 



STANDARD 



SCALES 



OF ALL KINDS. 



Also, Warehouse Trucks, Letter Presses, &o. 



FAIRBANKS, GREENLEAF & CO., 



172 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, 



Sold in Springfield by 



E. B. PEASE. 



Be careful and buy only the genniue. junel-ly 



THE YELLOW NAN$EMOND~ 



IS THE ONLY VARIETY OP SWEET POTATOB THAT 

 has given entire satisfaction in the northwest: Our stock 

 of the above in store for next spring is unusually large, and 

 of the best quality — propagated from the 



BEST LARGE POTATOES 



Selected from many hundred bushels ; and the completion 

 of our railroad to Eockville will enable us to fill and forward 

 promptly all Chsh. Orders with which we may be iiivored, at 

 the very low price of $5 PER BARREL for eastern funds 



Responsible Agents Wanted in every county, town, and 

 village, to sprout small lots on halves. Farmers can club 

 together and buy or sprout our potatoes in shares, aud thus 

 secure good plants for themselves free of cost. 



The Sweet Potato Cultueist, giving full directions for 

 Sprouting, Plantinu, Cultivating, and Keeping, will be fur- 

 nished grutis to Agents and Customers ; and to others by 

 m&il, post paid, f 'r twenty-five cents in stamps. Aderess, 



J. W. IE" ' OK, 



