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THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



Dec. 



G ROVER & BAKER'S SEWING MACHINES 

 were awarded the highest premiums at the fol- 

 lowing State Fairs of '1863, for the Best Family 

 Sewing Machine, the Best Manufacturing Maehine, 

 and the Best Machine Work : 



NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 

 First Premium for Family Machine. 

 First Premium for Double Thread Machine. 

 First Premium for Machine V/ork. 



VERMONT STATE FAIR. 

 First Premium for Family Machine. 

 First Premium for Manufacturing Machine. 

 First Premium for Machine AVork. 



IOWA STATE FAIR. 

 First Premium for Family Machine. 

 First Premium for Manufacturing Machine. 

 First Premium for Machine Work. 



MICHIGAN STATE FAIR. 

 First Premium for Family Machine. 

 First Premium for Manufacturing IMachine. 

 First Premium for Machine Work. 



INDIANA STATE FAIR, 

 Tirst Premium for Machine for All Purposes. 

 First Premium for Machine Work. 



ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. 

 First Premium for Machine for All Purposes. 

 First Premium for Machine Work. 



KENTUCKY STATE FAIR. 

 ' First Premium for Machine for All Purposes. 

 > First Premium for Machine Work. 



PENNSYLVANIA STATE FAIR. 

 . First Premium for Manufacturing Machine. 

 First Premium for Beautiful Machine Work. 



OHIO STATE FAIR. 

 First Premium for Machine Work. 

 The above comprises all the Fairs at which the 

 GROVER & BAKER MACHINES were e.xhibited 

 this year. At nearly all of them the leading Sowing 

 Machines were in competition. 



The GROVER & BAKER S. M. Co. are the only 

 parties who manufacture and sell Machines which 

 both SEW PERFECTLY and EMBROIDER PER- 

 FEC TLY. 



GROVER & BAKER S. M. COMPANY, 



115 Lake Street, Chicago. 

 janlS-64-ly 



Fruit Farm in " Lower Egypt" for 

 Sale. 



Forty Acres 4i miles from Anna, (Jonesboro Sta- 

 tion, I. C. R. R.) Log House, Cistern, Stable, <tc. 

 20 acres improved. 600 young fruit trees, a few of 

 them in bearing, including Apple, Peach, Pear, 

 Quince, Cherry, Plum, Mulberry, all the choicest 

 sorts, selected by a good pomolgist. 



Also half an acre Wilson's Strawberry, a good sup- 

 ply of Grape, Gooseberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, &c. 



The place is adapted to growing earlj Apples, 



Quinces, Pears, Small Fruits, Sweet Potatoes, for 



Chicago market. Is well watered by a creek, and 



would suit well for keeping a few cows and making 



' butter. A Horse, 2 Cows, Poultry, Implements, &c., 



will be sold with the place if desired. Good road to 



Depot, and but one mile to School House. Price 



■'$700 in Greenbacks, payable when deed is delivered. 



^f you really wish to purchase, address Box 57, 



Anna, Union County liL janl-lt* 



■p OSS, THOMPSON & CO. 



(Successors to G. S. Thompson.) 

 CAPITAL PENSION & BOUNTY AGENCY. 



OFFICE ON WEST SIDE OF 6tH STREET, 



Opposite State House, over L. Greeble's Clothing Store 

 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. 



BOUNTY AND BACK PAY, PENSIONS, EECRtTITING 

 CLAIMS, CLAIMS FOR HORSES LOST IN 

 SERVICE, ARREARAGES OF PAY 

 DUB RESIGNED OFFICERS, 



&c., &c., &c. 

 Our experience and acquaintance with the details 

 of business in the various departments, and the per- 

 sonal attention of one member of the firm at Wash- 

 ington, afford us every facility for the prompt collec- 

 tion of all cla.-'ses of military claims. 



If you have any claims of any description against 

 the government, give us a statement of the facts, and 

 we will tell you what your rights are in the case. A 

 letter of inquiry may save you much trouble, expense 

 and perhaps loss. All communications enclosing a 

 stamp for return postage promptly answered. In- 

 formation gratis. No fees charged until money is 

 collected. Charges low. Pensions for $5, as regula- 

 lated by act of Congress. Address 



ROSS, THOMPSON & C»., 

 Capita Pension and Bounty Agency, Springfield, 111. 



dec63-tf 



100,000 """" '""'^- 



4 to 12 inches high per 1000 S 5 00 



4 to 12 inches high per 5000 20 00 



4 to 12 inches high per 10,000 30 00 



Carefully packed and shipped at Cobden Station, 

 South Pass, 111. 



J. A. CARPENTER & CO. 

 dec-63-lmo* 



T 



HE AMERICAN HOG TAMER— 



Invented by Reuben Hurd, a farmer of twenty- 

 seven years experience in Illinois. 



My Tamer will stop any hog on earth from rooting, 

 from a pig to an old hog by one simple application.. 



By any one sending three dollars to Reuben Hurd 

 at Mor'-ison, Whiteside county. 111., he will receive 

 one free of freight; and I will warrant them to give 

 perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. 



To those sending : Please name the railroad sta- 

 tion you wish them shipped to, as I keep a constant 

 supply on hand, and will be able to fill all orders 

 with promptness and dispatch. 



Directions for using will accompany all orders. 



REUBEN HURD. 



Nov. 1, 1863— 6m. 



AGRICULTUR^WAREHOUSE 



AND 



SEED STORE. 



Has one of the best selected stock of implements 

 andseeds to be found in the West. 



A. H. HOVEY, 

 Novtfl862 No. 194, Lake st., Chicago HL 



