1877.] 
AMERICAN' AGRICULTURIST. 
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Bcholnra iu the ■'district Echool," will dciight every Child, 
and Man and Woman too. The grave ■' Master," seated 
by the detk, witii his *' whisking stick" ; the boys and 
girls with their books ; the " Little Lamb " that has fol- 
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lowed Mary tosciiool; the '" Dunce" and liiscap, and the 
altojjether comical appearance of the wliole company, 
make this one of the most attractive toys of Crandall's 
invention.— Three subscribers at §1,60 eacli, will secure a 
box, delivery unpaid. [We send one, jjost-paid, for $1.25.] 
No. -14.— CrasKlall's Masquerade 
Blocks, - Tliese are put up in boxes; the blocks in 
each box will make, by various cofnbiiialions, 300 
different pictures in brilliant colors, Tlicy are not in- 
jured by washing, and affura endless amusement for chil- 
dren. They are very beautiful gifts for the little ones, 
and all should have them. Only 3 subscriber.s sent us at 
$1.60 eacli, will bring you a. free box. Delivery unpaid.— 
[Or a set will be sent, pre-paid, on receipt of 93 cents.] 
I\o, 45.— Craiiaall's Acrobats.— 
A most attractive, amuslug and wonder- 
fa! Xoy, Cliiklren everywhere, who have seen the 
Acrobats, are delighted with them. Thousands of figures 
can be made from the pieces in a single box. Tlie pieces 
are variously colored, and tliere is no end of fun in a box 
of them. If yon take your premiums in other articles, 
don't fail to buy the cliiUlren a box of these Acrobats. 
Only 3 subscribers, at $1.60 each, will bring a free box. 
Delivery unpaid.— [One will be sent, post-paid, for$1.2o.] 
No. 4G, — Craodall's Improved 
Bnildlii^ Blocks furnish a most attractive 
amusement for cliildreu. Churches, Dwellings. Barns, 
Mills, Fences, Furniture, etc., in almost endless va- 
riety, can be built with them, and the structures remain 
BOflrm as to be carried about. For developing the in- 
genuity and taste of children they are vneguaied. The 
Blocks are put up in neat boxes nccompanieed by a large 
Illustrated Sheet giving various designs of buildings, etc. 
This ia one of the most successful toys ever invented. 
Hundreds of thousands are in use. Four subscribers, at 
$1.60 each, will secure you ti free $1.50 box. Delivery 
unpaid.— [Or we will send a box, pre-paid, for $2.00. ] 
I\», 47.— <^raii«laJI*s IfIon:ig^ri*ic — 
HJost Marvellous and Interesting:.— The six 
animals comprising the Menagerie are beautifully i)aint- 
ed. and so arranged with 56 pieces in each box, that tens 
of thousands of most laughter-provoking figures can be 
made up with them. Besides this, all the pieces of Cran- 
dall's Acrobats fit the pieces of the Menagerie so that 
any one who has both, can combine them, and tbus have 
DO end of fun. Send ue only five subscribers, at $^-60 
each, and you will have it free. Delivery unpaid. Post- 
age corets 60 cts.- [A box will be sent, pre-paid, for S-2.60.] 
No. 48.— Pair of SUates.— The style 
■wc offer is " Barney & Berry's Club 5Aa/e"oneof the 
most thoroughly tried and approved, wholly of steel, 
blued tops, polished runners. Size from 7 to 12 inches. 
Premium 48 
:^'o. 5«.— Firsi-iate ^Vire Ified ^l;\tm 
tress^—Jiist the thing for EveT^ Famihj.— This is some- 
thing we would like to see on the bed of every hard- 
working man and woman in the country, and it is " good 
enough for a king." A smooth surface of woven fine 
wire, so "kinked and linked " that it is thoroughly elas- 
tic, yielding gently to pressure like a rubber eheet, or 
feathers, or a water surface, yet durable, and without the 
perspiration retaining surface of rubber or feathers. We 
have used one three years, and recently obtained a new 
one, which so pleases us that we have secured it at the 
last moment for our premium list, thus enabling many 
families to secure one, free., by the simple effort requir- 
ed to collect only 19 subscribers at ^IM each. It is 
called the " Farnham Improved Woven Wire-Bed. and is 
manufactured by Hiram BucKiNGHiM. Chester, Conn. 
The only covering it needs is blankets, or mattress — 
enough to give warmth to the body underneath, accord- 
ing to the season. They arc made in sizes to fit into 
any ordinary bedsteads. They are lasting, and retinire 
Premium 50 
no tightening-up arrangement. They can go anywhere 
as freight. (Give ns size wanted. t Tiie'pricc is reduced 
to S13.00. [On receipt of this price, wc will forward 
one to any address ; or wc will send one free for a pre- 
mium, as above] Freight to be paid by the receiver. 
rVo. 51.— HEoaclainN lasipi-oved S*af- 
©lit Pocket Cook Stove,— With Gridiron and 
Boiler (with fi'lding handles) holding nearly one quart, 
which can he used as a drinking cup. The cut represents 
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the Stove in operation, with the boiler placed upon it, 
which will boil water in five minutes to make 2 or 3 cups 
of Tea, Coffee, or Chocolate, Boil Eggs, Stew Oysters, 
etc. Four about tuo tablespoonsful of alcohol through 
the .wire gauze, and light with a match or taper. The 
Lamp being filled with an indestructible packing will 
not spill or explode. Send four subscribers, at $1.G0 
each, and get it free, post-paid. These stoves are made 
by the Iloccnix Maxufactcriko Co., 150 East 169th 
St., New York. — [We will send one, pro-paid, for $1.35.] 
Always give size of shoe when desiring this premmm. 
Frrm Messrs. Patterson Bros., No. 27 Park Row, N. Y. 
Any boy or young man can get thus a pair of first-class 
skates free, by simply collecting and sending to as only 
8 subscribers, at $1.60 each, and naming the size desired. 
[We will sell a pair for $3.50.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
;\o. .19.— BR<m4loir <'I<K*l£. — Avery prctr 
ty and useful article. It is 5 
inches in diameter, iu an oc- 
tagon Wood Case, covered 
with fine Morocco, and orna- 
mented in gold, and withal 
a good time-keeper. It will 
run in any position, is suita- 
bli- for tlie home, Htorc. of- 
fic". or for a traveler. Only S 
subscribers, at $1.60 ca^b. need- 
ed to obtain \i fr^e, postpaid. 
Manufactured by Messrs. S. B. 
Jerome & Co.. New Haven. Ct. Premium 49 
[We will send this clock, post-paid, on receipt of $3.50.1 
-■^'O, 53.— BIOGHSt^lBOld 
one of the most convenient 
little inventions for the 
housekeeper that wo have 
seen. It is de- 
signed for pressing 
corned beef, spiced 
meats, boned tur- 
key and chicken. 
By an easy cliaugc 
of the bottom, the 
press can be usnd in making 
jellies, cidor, or pressing out 
lard, tallow, hcrlis. or bn-f 
for tea for invalids, and in 
many other ways. Supplied 
by W. A. BOARDMAN. I'^S 
Union St., New Ilavon, 
Conn. We will send one 
free for 5 subscribers at 
$1.60 each, [or on receipt of 
the price, $2.00, 
Press.— This 
Premium 53 
Expressage to be paid by Receiver. 
!\o, .IK. — 'Il^lie Aqimpiilt ~ A 4'oni- 
biiK'd Ilnnd Fii'c-ICii:^!!!^, i'orlablo BraHM 
Force Piiitip^ Sprinkler, el*-,, etc.— Manu- 
factured by W. & B. Doui^lass. Middh-town, Conn.— 
This is a now. simple, cheap, effective apparatus, very 
valuable for throwing water or other liquids for water- 
ing gardens, vines, plants, aud flowers ; for washing 
windows, carriages, etc. ; for carrying promptly to auy 
point to put out beginning fires ; for pumping water out 
of boats, cellars, etc., etc. It will pump 5 gallons a 
minute, and it throws a stream readHy against the second 
story windows, or even on to the roof of a two-story 
house. The stirrup^ 
adjustable by a screw 
at any point accord- 
ing to the depth of 
vessel, holds the 
pump firmly by 
means of the foot, 
leaving one hand 
free to work the 
handle and I he other 
to direct the rubber 
hose- pipe. It is 
simple in construc- 
tion, is made of 
brass, packs into a 
small space, and 
weighs but 5 pounds. 
Price, complete, with 
three feet of rubber 
hose, discharge pipe, 
and two nozzles, for 
single stream and for 
spray or sprinkler, rremiura 5 3. 
S9.C0. St;ventecn subscribers at $1.60 each, will secure 
the whole /7'e^, [or we will supply it on receipt of $9.] 
Receiver to pay carriage or expressage in cither case. 
]\o. 5Jl. — Soil'- :i4ljii>itin», gTold 
plate, "Watcli Key, This Key is universally ac- 
knowledged by Practical Watchmakers to be the best 
ever offered to the trade. Several times, while on a sum- 
mer trip in the country, we were able to accommodate 
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friends, who bad lost or mislaid their own watch keys, 
with one that would J?i any watch, axi^ it was one of 
tb%se neat little things of Birch's invention. Each Key 
is thoroughly tested before being sold, aud the whole are 
manufactured under the immediate supervision of the 
Patentee. Three subscribers, at $1.(50 each, will secure 
the neat gold plate Key offered as. Premium. For /our 
subscribers, we will send the more expensive style, cel- 
luloid, with gold-plated tips, retailed at $1.50, post-paid. 
Made by J. S. Birch, 38 Dey St., N. T.— [We will send 
one, post-paid, for $1.00, or the finer style for $l.rO.] 
IVo. .'S.lf. — PocUct Tool Bloldcr.— 
{See Engi'aving.)—^wQVf boy (or man) will be glad to get 
hold of this Premium. We have kept a similar, but less 
perfect set in use many years, and found it vi-ry con- 
venient fur a thousand little jobs. In a maple handle, 
which is hollow, witli a lignum-vitre head, are packed 
twenty small cast-steel tools, any one of which may 
be quickly adjusted to the handle. It will also hold for 
using, anvtliinu' Trom an S-inch mill-file to a cambric nee- 
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die. Only .3 .-^tibscriliers, at $l.f>0 each, sent to ns will se- 
cure yon nfree set. post-paid. These arc niaile for us by 
the Miller's Falls MANt'FACTtTRi?;a Co.. 74 Chambers 
St.. N. Y.-[We will send one of ibcse, pre-paid, for $1.] 
I\o. 56, — SteinTvay Pinno. — A Su- 
perb GIfl,— Seven OcTAVc Rosewood Case ; Large 
FnoNT RoTNi) CoisxERS ; Beveled Tor; Ogee M"Vld- 
INQ ; Rich Carved Legs and Ltre ; Overstrung Pat- 
ent DiTTLEX Scale ; Patent Iron CrroLA and Pier 
Frame; Patent Agraffe arrangement throvghout 
TUE entire Scale, same as in Grand Piano.— This is 
one of the most cleirant Premiums ever offcrod ; regular 
and only price $6.'>0. Tliatthis Magniflci-itt Insiniment 
comes from the celebrated csiablishment of Messrs. 
Steinwat & SoNs.Nos. 109 & 111 East 14lh St., N. Y.. 
is cnnngli to say ; but it is due to these enterprising 
manufacturers to stale that while Iheir jnanos have re- 
peatedly received Ihc First Premitms. by the awaitl of 
the most comprti-nf Judges the world can produce; at Ihe 
Universnl Exposition iu Paris. Ihey received the First 
Grand Gold Medal, and .-it the Centennial Eshlbliion 
in Philadelphia, lST(i. they were awarded the High- 
est Honors, vix. : TWO MEDALS OF HONOR AXI) 
TWO DIPLOMAS OF MERIT— no other Piano cxhibi- 
lor havin;: rrreived a similar di.^tinction. Ofllciul report 
on Steinway's exhibit in the Main Biiildiuj;; "For 
;:reaiest concert capacity in Grand PianoF, as also hijjh- 
est decree of excellence in all their styles of Pianos, viz 
— lar^i'st volume, purity and dunilion of lone, and extra- 
ordinary c.irryin-i capacity with precision, and durability 
of mechanism; also, novel disposition of the sfrinirsand 
construction, and bracincof the metal fninie." The re- 
port thcu minutely describes aud emphatically endorses 
