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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS: 
THE BEST JUVENILE 
What it Has Been. 
Our Yorxo Folks lias, from the appearance of the first 
number hi January, 1863, maintained the highest rank among 
the Juvenile Magazines of the world. It has blended In- 
struction and entertaiument so ns to make It a welcome 
visitor In many thousands of American homes, gladdening 
the young, and affording most efficient aid to parents In the 
instruction ana healthy diversion of tuetr children. Prom- 
inent Educators, distinguished Clergymen of all denomi- 
nations, and the Press generally, have commended it in the 
highest terms. It Is filled with attractive Stories. Sketches, 
and Poems, by writers whose names are a passport to the 
affections of all yoUthfUl readers ; and it is profusely illus- 
trated by the best American Artists. Full page Illustrations 
are given In every number. An ample Department of Even- 
ing Knlertniiiineiit and Correspondence makes Our. Young 
Folks n Household Delight. 
The rich and attractive character of its literary contents 
Is shown in the following partial statement of the writers 
ami subjects represented in the lour volumes already issued. 
CONTINUED STORIES, by Coaules Dickens. 
May.ve Hbid, "Oliver OptuV J. T. Trowbridge, 
•Carletox." Mrs. A. D. T. Whitn-ev, Dr. I. I. Haves, 
Elijah Kellogg, "George Eager." 
SHORT STORIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL, 
SKETCHES, by Mrs. H. C. Stowe, Mrs. L. Maria 
Cuilii. Miss Mulock, Gail Hamilton, T. Yv\ Higgixso.v, 
Bayard Taylor. Author or " Ansel Children," Aunt 
Fanny, Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Mary X. Prescott, J. G. 
Whittier, Mrs. J. G. Austin, Helen C. Weeks, E. 
Stuart Phelps. 
POEMS, by II. W. LOXGFELLO;\\ J. G. WniTTIER, J. R. 
Lowell, T. B. Aldrich, Lucy Larcom, Rose Terry, 
IS. II. Stoddard, Kate Putnam Osgood, Mrs. Anna M. 
Wells, Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford. 
HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND OCT-DOOR 
PAPERS, by Lucretia P. Hale, J. H. A. Bone. 
Charles J. Foster, C. I). Shanly. the Author or "Seven 
Little Sisters," the Author of " Ten Acres Enough." 
^JLA-O^ZIIVE 
What is said of it. 
irsr THE COUNTRY 
What it will hare in 1869. 
"Its contents Include an attractive variety of contributions 
from experienced writers, who have already won distinction 
In other departments of literary labor, and who. here shown 
happy faculty of catering to the tastes ur youthful readers. " 
-Jf. Y. Tribune. 
" It is certainly the best magazine for youm; people now 
published in any land or language.* 1 — Philadelphia Press. 
"We wish that we were young again, that we might have 
the full enjoyment of this charming periodical."— Genesee 
Farmer. 
"Noperiodic.il for juvenile renders has been published 
within my, knowledge, In this country or abroad, of nearly 
equal excellence for intellectual vigor and freshness, for 
variety aud t.icl. for originality and good sense."— Rev. F. 
D. Huntington, I>. D., Pastor Emmanuel {Episcopal) 
Church, Boston, 
■' The children of my neighborhood express peculiar satis- 
faction in finding themselves treated in 'Our Young Folks' 
as reasonable beings, and addressed aa such by the first 
masters of knowledge, wisdom, Imagination and style."— 
Rev. H. W. Bellows, D. D., Pastor All Souls' (Unitarian) 
Church, Xetc York. 
It 
Rev. L>. W. Cla 
i;. Btakop UetL Epia. Church. 
let" of 
" The freshn"s*. vigor 
and charm von nu' folks: lis simplicity ii 
will refine and elevate their fas," ; whil« j its hijrh moral t 
cannot fail to inspire no Mr. Umngiif and feeling."— Jo 
White, Sec. Mass. Hoard of Education. 
"The whole communitv ha 
a magazine so well adapted 
tended, and so elevating am 
Samuel I*. Bates, stale His 
to than!'; you for producing 
the class "for which It is in- 
refining in us influences."— 
'tan. Pa. 
happily the golden 
sipiatty and staid etiidition.com. 
tlie r-pu-kh- and vivacity of vouth 
"— E. E>. White, Late State Sup't 
made Gun 
tinned: w 
\-hieh it u 
The principal SERIAL STORY will bo contributed 
bvMi:. I'. IJ. Ai.okm 11. It is entitled "THE STOISY 
OF A IJ.\1> BOY," and it is believed that bov-hte will 
be found presented in its p.* 
delightful. The i 
success "i bovhood are b 
story cannot, fail to be boil 
1 to 
eln-,1 
rest in 
, I. Mill 
turn 
and uselul, 
tertalnlng 
James Partox. tbo wclM. 
will contribute a number of si 
ture from the lives of some of the most famous X 
rrlte 
hesol hiograph: 
ae most famous 
A series of papers upon familiar Science will bo furnished 
by an eminent writer. In these will be embodied descrip- 
tive aeennts ot maiiv of the singular phenomena of the 
world about us, with the causes which lead to them. 
Mr. J. T. TRo-wTtiunaE will describe some of the more irn 
poitant and uitere^iing branches of lniiuan hi-turv, such as 
Glass-making, Shin-building, Watch-i.i.kiug. &c. 
Declamations, specially written for " Orr. Vorxo 
Folks," :,re to be contributed loyvi-ml ]iiiiiiI..t> bv Iii-:v. 
KluaII KKLLOGO, Author ot '" Spa) tarns :" and "hi* 
The iir>t ot \\\<-^-—- lit.aubal at the Attar," will appear 
early lb the year. 
Mr. F.pes Sahgent will contribute a number of entirely 
new IMAI.J >Ol i£S, adapted to School Exhibitions and 
private theatricals. 
Stories, Poems, and occasional articles upon Science, 
Trar<!, L'ioqraph?/, and Mojiufartures. w\\\ find a place in 
"Our Young Folks," ami, with the large corps oi Con-, 
tributors who are already so well known to the readers of 
the Magazine, will be enlisted all such other writers as have 
something of the very best to tell. 
T"E CHILDRESS OWX DEPARTMENTS, 
— " Round the Evening Lamp" and •' Our Letter Box,"— 
will still be important sections of each monthly issue. 
The above are only a few of the features which the Pub- 
lishers of ■' Orn Young Folks " will otter to ii- readers for 
the coming vear. They are lullv sensible ol the great inter- 
est everywhere felt in juvenile literature by parents and 
educators, and it will be their constant endeavor to make 
"Ouit Young Folks" a means of instruction as well as 
entertainment. 
It hit 
mean between childish ins; 
Dining in due pn 
with the wis lot 
0/ Schools, Ohio. 
TERMS OP Ot'R YOUNG FOLKS :— Single or Specimen number. 20 cents; Yearly subscription. $2.00 in advance; Three copies, $5.00; Five copies, $8.00; Ten copies, $15.00 
ul $1.50 for each additional copy ; Twenty copies, §30.00, and a copy gratis to the person sending the Club, or Twenty-one copies for $30.00. 
TICKNOR AND FIELDS, Publishers, Boston. 
5^- The December and January numbers o( Die Agriculturist will < 
lllaili 
i this pajre. additional features and illustrations of Ovn Terse. Fn 
AMERICAN 
WALTHAM WATCHES, 
In Solid Gold and Coin Silver 
Cases Only. 
PRICES. 
Coin Silver Huntins Watches $17.00 
Gold Huntios Watches. Gents' Size 78.00 
Gold Hunting Watches. Ladles' Size 67.00 
Sent to all parts of the country by express, with privilege 
to examine before paying. 
Send lor a Circular, and compare prices before purchasing 
BENEDICT BROTHERS, 
Keepers, of the City Time, 
171 Broadway, cor. Court landt-st., New Yorls. 
WALTHAM WATCHES. 
For a few months past we have advertised the above 
■Watcher nt r:r//;>n'h/ loir pri-rs, find the result li;is been 
most satisfactory. Our plan lias been to sell the genuine 
WALTHAM WATCH, in h.-lid Gold or Silver Cases only, 
nnd a' a very small protir .; giving the purchaser every oppor- 
tunity <>f examination and r.impunsnn. an ,[ with the under- 
Btaiidfug that if the Watch dues not prove satisfactory, it 
can he evelianeed or the moin-v refunded. 
These "Watches are, without exception, the most perfect 
fin.'ciinpns of hue mechanism cvi-r produced in any country, 
ml every part is made by machinery oi the most cleli- 
i.l elaborate constructio 
As all Indication 
Silver Hunting Watches, - - $18.00 
Gold Hnnting Watches, 18 karat case, 80.00 
Gold Hunting Watches, Ladies' size, - 70.00 
We often receive orders direct from our advertisement, 
but prci.-r that evcrv on.' -Im.uPI s'-jh! first, for our descrip- 
tive pi ice list, which explains all tlie different kinds, tells 
the weight and quality of the cases, and zlves prices ot each. 
This we u ■] |..rw ml lo any one on application, and it will 
be foai i i ■ i ii tefUl In making a selection. 
/■',■-., i II ' '■ ■. imrrai.hd !■>/ \]ic:ial rrrti tlcate from 
tht I ■ ii R •'■■/, < '. 
nv address, allow the pnr- 
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OF NEW YORK. 
n 
JUSTUS LAWRENCE, 
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- President. 
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Secretary. 
Actuary. 
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TOENNA. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, gives a. 
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RILEY'S EARLY RASPBERRY.— Tlie earliest 
Ited llasplierrv known. Now lil>t otl'ered to the pub- 
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Fruit Culture." Address J. II. FOsTEK, Kirkwood, N. J., 
the 
EAI5I.Y ROSK potato for sale loir, and also a full 
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MOUNT LEBANON GRAPE.— A New and val- 
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nted with the Soeietv ,,| sliakeis. Mt. Lebanon. N. Y id 
bv them placed in our iian.ls tor |iropa._'atiou. Address 
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of all Small Fruits, send stamps for our "Jlunual of 
Grape and Small Fruit Culture. 
PROSSER RASPBERRY.— Sometimes (hut im- 
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ashlsh nstheClnr e, whii Ii is i o« ooki I upon as n stand- 
w 
HITE CLUSTER BLACKBERRY —A superb 
dls thnt co to rankc up ,i standard 
fruit. OI" :l be:iiitilii] Cream color. IVriren ■ li:ii-.n I 
vigorons. For history, <k'sci-JTKi..n, ;iini (■■-i!iii-ii;ai-. srnM 
for our Sorrlti/ circular. AfWruss J. H. KOSTEIi. Kirk- 
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sermon verbatim on the kjiIi ol ihe foiiowm,' .-.-pt^miiur ' 
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