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AMERICAN AaRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
only llie finer common varieties, but many of the newer 
and riirer kinds tlint are costly when bought by the single 
paper. Each p;ircel contains the usual amount sold by 
seed dealers. The paicels are all packed together and 
delivered free, the same as No. 1. This premium will 
give quite an assortment to each of the membeist.f a 
clu b if the canvasser of the club chooses to distribute part. 
:%o, 3— Nursery Stock— Plant », eic. 
—This premiutn can be selected m anything desired, 
from the Catalogues of Parsons & Co.. Flushing, N. Y., 
at the E;ist, or of F. K. Phffinix. Bloornlngton. 111., at the 
West. Both are well-known, very reliable parties, hav- 
ing extensive Nurseries, Green-Houses, Ornamental 
Trees and Plants, Grape Vines, Shrubs, etc., etc. Send 
a stamp direct to eillier of them, for their regular cata- 
logues, slating that it is to look into the value of this 
premium, and they will be furnished free. Any one 
choosing this premium, can select to the amount of S20, 
or a laiger amount propoitioned to the names sent us, 
and we «ill send an Order for the amount on either 
party named nbove. None but the best articles will be 
furnished, and whatever is orderei ulll be well packed 
without expense and forwarded as freight, or by express, 
or otherwise, as directed by the recipient. This premi- 
um will be sent this fall, or in spring, as desired. 
!%o. 4— Eona Orape Vanes (19).— This 
valuable new variety has been often referred to In otir 
reading columns, and is becoming so well known that we 
need not describe it here None bu! No. 1 Vines will be 
sent. They will be forwarded by express either this fall 
or next spring, or by mail to distant points, if so desired, 
and postage is furnished. 
Wo. 5— ConcoE-<l Cirape Tines (100.)— 
**The Ora;;e/brE/(e3/;Z/iOrt."— This excellent, hardy, early, 
prolific grape, Is popular almost everywhere, and though 
not ^o high flavored tis the lona and Delaware, its easy 
culture, viq;orous giowDi, e;ii*!iness. and pioductivness, 
make it one of the best for general cultivation, especially 
where it will receive Utile attention. It is now so abund- 
ant that we can offer a large number of No. 1 Vines. 
They will be sent by express well packed, in fill tir 
spring, as note I above for the lona Vines. This is a good 
Premium for a cinb. The canvasser can offer one to 
each subscriber, and still have 35 or 81 left for himself. 
^o.G— Japan IjilyISuH>«.—Arao.st beau- 
tiful flower, one of the few flowering bulbs that do well 
even when planted early in spring. Most kinds of bulbs 
lequlre to be planted early in autumn. One can easily 
multiply Ids stock iiftev getting a few to start with. The 
full directions fur cuUure are given in the Agriculliirist. 
We send them post-paid by mail to any place in the 
United Slates and Territories (except via Overland 
mall). They go as safely as potatoes. They are fur- 
nished to us for this premium, by Francis Brill, Esq., of 
Newark, N. J., one of the largest nultivatnjs of them. 
3fos. 7, 8, », lO, 11, 13— Sewing 
IWncltiues,— We are glad to be able to ofl^er this year 
a choice cif the lea^fing kinds of good Sewing Machines. 
(See list in the Table above.) They are all too well- 
known to lequire long specific descriptions. We can 
recommend any one and every one of them as of gieat 
value to every f.tmily not owning a machine alieady. 
Each of these six different m;ichiiies has some peculiari- 
ties superior to tlie others. We have used them all at 
home during the last half dozen years, except the Tailor- 
ing Machine, and that ue have watcheil carefully in the 
hnn-ls of tailors. One has hci-n tried several months, and 
then another, and so round ; and they are all so valuable 
that we prefer to recommemi all. instead of in the slightest 
degree hindering the speedy introduction of this important 
tiousehold implement by even a comparative word of 
discredit to any one of them. We would not part with 
the last one of these, whichever it might be. and \ye with- 
out any Sewing Machine for $riOf) ' Here are the reasons': 
The $500 at 7 per cent, interest, would yield, less taxes, 
about $32. Most families require at the lowest, four 
months of steady hand-sewing a year, costing, if nil hired, 
not less than $24 a month, board included, or $96 a ye;tr. 
With a Sewing Machine a woman can certainly sew as 
much in one month as in four months by hand. Here is 
a clear saving of $72, or of $60 if yon call the seamstress' 
work only $20 a month, including hoard— leaving a net 
annual saving of $30 to $40 above the interest, while 
any good machine will wear a dozen years. Then 
a speechless and earless machine at work one month, is 
preferable to a live machine for four months. But far 
above this, and all questions of money saving, is that of 
health. The everlasting "Stitch, stitch, slitch," witli 
form bended over the work, and the loss of sleep, have 
brought tens of thousands to early graves, broken down 
niilltons more at an eaily a?e. and entailed an enfeebled 
constitution upon many millions of infants. We say to 
every man, get your wife a Sewing IMachine. even if you 
have to sell a favorite horse, or an acre or two of land. 
A Sewing Machine costing $55 to $65, involves an inter- 
est of only $3 or $4 a year ; it will, in the long run, save 
you five, if not a hundred fold, in Doctor's bills alone. 
Get the Sewing Machine any way. If you can get one 
through our prpmium list, well and good; it will help 
you, will enlarge our circulation, and benefit those you 
induce to read and think more ; but get the machine. 
In previous years, a great number of premium machines 
have been secured fur widow ladies, indigent tailors, and 
others, by the united efforts of a few persons in raising 
a club of subscribers. Several Post-masters have each 
obtained a machine for such an object. Many a wife 
has received from her companion a holiday or birth- 
day present of a premium machine obtained from our 
office. Every machine given is boxed and delivered free 
to any railroad station, or express oflSce, or other place 
in this city, and costs the recipient only the freight after 
leaving the city. They go safely as railroad freight. 
Full printed instructions go with each machine. Each 
of the machines is supplied with a Hemmer. Further 
particulars may be obtained by sending for circulars to: 
Wheeler <t Wilson MPg Ce., 654 Broadway. N. Y. City, 
Grover & Baker Mf'g Co., 493 Browdway. N. Y. City. 
Florence Sewing Machine Co., 505 Broadwav, N. Y. City. 
Sinser Manufacturing Co., 458 Broadway. N. Y. City. 
Willcox <fe Gihbs M'f'g Co., 508 Broadway, N. Y. Citv. 
Howe Machine Company, 699 Broadway, N. V. City. 
The number of names required to obtain any one of 
these Machines, is given in our Table above, 
^o. 13— Wasjliing I»lachines.— For a 
long time we have annually tried half a dozen or more 
new Washing Machines. Some of them have promised 
well at first, but no one has contiuued in so much favor 
as the '■ Doiy*s Paragon," which we have now used near- 
ly three years. It is tlie only oue the "help" will n^e 
without being required to do so. Some new improve- 
ments have been added within the present year. It is 
neat and cotnpact, and convenient. Full Descriptive cir- 
culars can be had of R. C. Browning, 32 Courttandt-st., 
New York, or of the Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., 
Middlefield, Conn. The machine packs in small com- 
pass, and can be sent cheaply as freight or by express, 
as desired, to any part of the country. 
I\o. 14— Clotlies.Wring:ing iYIacliine. 
— A very useful, time-saving, strength-saving, clothes- 
saving implement, that sluuild be in every family. The 
wringing of clothes by hand, is hard upon the hands, 
arms and chest, ami the twisting stretches and breaks 
the fibres with lever power. With the Wringing IMa- 
chine, tiie garments are passed between two elastic roll- 
eis which press the water out better than hand wringing, 
and with no wrenching of the fibres. It is done as fast as 
the left hand can pickup the garments, while the right 
hand turns the crank. It is so easily done that a child of 10 
or 12 years can quickly wring out a tub-full of clothes, 
dro|ipiiig them from the machine set upon the side of 
the wa'=h-tub directly into a clothes basket, ready to hang 
out. We offer the family size, "Universal Wringer,'* 
provided with Cogs which make the rollers turn together, 
and which we consiiler essential to prevent injury to the 
fabrics, loosening of the rubber, etc. We used a single 
one of these Wringers, one of the first make, several 
years without any repairs, and with the greatest satisfac- 
tion.— It weighs only 15 lbs., and can be readily carried 
by hand, or sent by express, or freight, to any part of 
the country, ready to be set upon any form of tub, anti 
used at once. We have given over a thousand of these as 
premiums, with almost universal satisfaction. At least 
a thousand families may get one this year as a premium. 
I^o. 15— A Xea Set,— This premium gave 
the greatest satisfaction last year. One person was so 
pleased with it that he raised a second club and obtained 
a second Set to present to a friend. There are six pieces, 
viz. ; A Coffee Pot two Tea Pots (one for Ten and one 
for Hot Water), a Creamer, Siigar and Slop Boinls — 
all of beautiful, uniform pattern, and new style, with 
raised and embossed figure work. They are to all 
appearance enual to the best solid stiver, and for all prac- 
tical purposes as valuable, though costing not one-fifth 
as much, at the present price of coin. They are not the 
common silver-icdsAfff articles, but the heaviest plate, 
known as " Sheflield Plate,*" the foundation being white 
metal, so as not to show, even when the heavy silver- 
coating may chance to be worn off in any spot by long 
hard usage. — —These .Sets are made by Lucius Hart & 
Sons, of Nos. 4 and 6 Burling Slip. N. Y. City. Mr. 
Hart, '"the veteran Sunday School man," has been in 
the same place and business for nearly a quarter of a 
century. We have known him and his work for many 
years, and take pleasure in commending and guarantee- 
ing its value to be as represented. The amount 
of silver on plated-ware depends wliolly upon the will 
and integrity of the manufacturer. We could give near- 
ly as good lookirig plated-ware for less than half the 
money, but it would not be worth a tenth part as much. 
The Sets given as premiums will be boxed without 
charge, and sent to any place by express or otherwise as 
desired. (See remarks under No. 20 below.) 
l%o, 16— Castor, and Frnit or Calce 
Basket, Combined. —This is a new pattern, both 
novel aii'l beautiful. It can be usel as a large showy 
Castor, with six cut glass bottles, or be instantly chang- 
ed into a complete Castor, with Call Bell, and a separate 
Cake or Fruit B.isket, with a colored glass ilish inside. 
Every one receiving it will be delighted. It is from the 
same maker as No. 15, and of the same metal, plating, etc., 
and will be .«ent in the same «ay. 3\Iany cheaper and less 
beautiful Castors could beobtained, but desiringonly the 
hest things in our premium list we selected this. We 
introduce this and Nos. 17, 13, and 19, at the earnest re- 
quest of many of our premium canvassers last year. 
I\o. 17— Ice or ^Vafer Pitcher.— A 
large and ornamental article, just such as we recently 
selected for a wedding gift to a near friend, and then a 
duplicate for our own use. It is of the same metal, 
plating, etc., and by the same maker as No. 15. For 35 
subscribers at $1.50 each, we will add a round Salver of 
pattern to correspond (value $6) - or, for 47 subscribers, 
a large 16-inch oval Salver(value $14>, large enough for 
two goblets with the Pitcher. And for 53 subscribers, 
the Pitcher, large Salver, and a pair of beauiiful Gob- 
lets, silver-plated without, and gildpd within (value $38). 
This complete Set is exceedingly desirable, though 
the Pitcher alone, or that and the smaller Tray or Salver, 
will answer a good jmrpose both for use and ornament. 
yo, IS— One Dozen Teaspoons.— 
These are of fine pattern, "figured tips." and of the 
same metal, plating, etc., and from the same maker as 
No. 15. They are far cheaper than any thing we have 
found at half the price. 
3fo. 19— One I>ozen Table Spoons. 
r%'o, SO— One l>ozen Table Forlc«.— 
The same description and remarks appply to these as to 
No. 18. Wc select as premitims only such articles as we 
can warrant everv way in quality and price. As we ex- 
plainer! in Volume XXV, page 147, a silver dollar can, 
by the galvanic pr()cess be spread over many yards of 
surface so as to deceive the eye completely. Plated 
ware is valuable when we can tpust .to the honesty 
of the manufacturer to put on a coat of silver of given 
weight and thickness, and to do it on a good white metal. 
As all the irort is the same, the thicker the coat, the 
cheaper the article in the end, provided we get the sih'er- 
plating we pay for, anil this is the chief merit we claim 
for these premium articles, though a good deal is to be 
allowed for their beauty of form anti workmanship. 
I^o. 31— Stein-^vay Piano : Seven-Oc- 
tave, Rosewood Case ; Large Front. Round Cor- 
ners, Carved Leos and Lyre ; Over-strung Base, 
WITH Patent Agraffe Treble, and Containing all 
i\IoDERN Improvements.— Regular and only price 9*625^ 
The finest premium ever offered! It is enough to say 
that it comes from the world-renowned establishment of 
Messrs. Steinwav & Sons. Nos. 71 and 73 East 14th-st., 
N. Y. Cily, and is of their best make at this price. We 
have one of these instruments for our own I'se, and desire 
no better. And this premium is within the reach of a great 
number of persons. We expect to give six at least, from 
correspondence \\ith previous premium canvassers, and 
will give fifty if called for. Only 520 subscribers are re- 
quired to get one ' This is only 10 a day for two months— 
or 5 a clay for four months, w hile it will pay many persons 
for a year's steady canvassing. Why ' a person could go 
to work and get this premium and sell it. and thus make 
high wages. Twenty young larlies at school, by gather- 
ing 26 subscribers each among their friends, can secure 
this premium as a present for a Teacher, or for a School 
or Society room. There are not a few young ladies 
wishing a first-das'- piano, who might well make it the 
year's business to raise a club and secure this premium. 
The personal effort would teach them business hnbits — to 
take care of themselves. There are more than 520 
families in many single towns who would be benefited 
by the Agrimlfunst, and ought to take it, and would if 
brought to their notice. We aim at having this done, 
in offering such premiums. The premium club, however, 
is not confined to any one town, or P. O —Railroad Con- 
ductors on local trains, can (as some have done) collect 
large lists of subscribers along their routes, and secure 
this premium and others. Send to Messrs. Stelnway 
<S» Sons for a free circular, describing this premium, 
