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AMERICAN AGRICI LTURIST. 
351 
:^Ofti. S3, 33— Melodeons*.— Thc^c are ex- 
rellent aiul tleaiiable inslrumeiils, for tti« Hnme Circle, 
for small Cliinches, for SunJ:iy Schools, for Day Schools, 
Academics, cti". Music is not only pleasing lo the e:ir, 
but It exei cites a healthful inoial intlvience. Far better 
to give the chiidieii a Melodeou, and cultivate their finer 
feelings, than to leave tliem each an acre or two more of 
land. Insiruniental and Vocal music in a school has a 
direct beneficial influence upon the pupils. We have 
been the whole tone and oliaracler of the pupils of a 
school iinpioveil by the introduction of a Melo^leon. 
Set the pupiU to work and they will laise a club of sub- 
fccribers, anil obtain this premium easier than they can 
get money subscribed for it. We offer G to. A. Prince 
& Co's. Aleiodeojis. for we know thetn to be good. A 
large one in our own Sunday School room has been in 
use for seven years, without a dollar's expense for tuning 
n\ repairs of any kind, and is to-day just as good as when 
first purchased, though used from lime Vt time by a large 
number of persons.— Last year an unusual number of 
clergymen obtained this premium for themselves or 
tlieir Churches, or Sunday School rooms. The premium 
clubs of subscribers were quii-kly raised among the 
members of their pansiies. But many others can get 
this premium for their own home use. We have given 
inauy of these instruments as premiums in the past few 
years, and we believe they have invariably been highly 
ceteenie 1. Send a postage stamp to Geo. A. Prince i 
Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and get their illustrated descriptive 
i-iicular. gi^'ini^ full particulars of forms, sizes, and prices. 
The premium Melodeons v\ill be shipped direct from the 
manufactory at Buffalo, ready boxed fov safe transporta- 
tion by Haiiroad, Steamboat, or by Express, as may be 
ordered. Tney go just as safely by fieight, as by ex- 
press, and much cheaper, though not so quickly. 
:%o. 34-L.adics' Oold ^Va*che*i.-At 
the request of last years' canvassers, we add this and No. 
25. The Lady's Watch oftered is one of the prettiest 
watches we have seen. It is in a " hunting " or closed 
case, b^-autifully engraved and inliiid with enamel, and is 
warranted a good time keeper by Messrs. Benedict Bros. 
(See No. 25. lielow.) This is a beautiful and appropriate 
present to a Teacher from the members of a School, who 
iran easily divide among themselves tiie number of sub- 
scribers to be raised. It is also a very ne;tt and beauti- 
ful gift for a companion. Not a few gentlemen can get 
this in time for a Holiday Present. 
UTo. 5^5— A Cnood 'Walcli. — For years 
past we have been urged to offer a good, reliable Watch, 
as a premitun. andean now do so. W^e have arranged with 
Messrs. Benedict Brothers, of 171 Broadway, to supply 
us Willi two kinds at actual cost in gold— such watches 
as they will put in first-rate order and warrant. These 
Gentlemen we know to be every way upright and relia- 
ble men, governed in their dealings by Christian princi- 
ples, and with /Aeir guarantee we unhesitatingly oflTer these 
premium articles with confidence. (As is generally known, 
Messrs. Benedict Brothers are entrusted with the keeping 
of the N. V. City time, and they furnish time to a large 
number of Railroads and Steamers.) Eveiy watch we 
send as a premium will be first thoroughly tested and put 
in running order by them, and warranted for one year. — 
No. 25 is in a plain hunting case of Coin Silver, and run- 
ning work of excellent manufacture. This premium 
will give very many a chance to obtain a really valuable, 
reliable time piece, and at the cost of only a little effort. 
:%o. 24t-^l>oitl>le Barrel Oitu : ok 
Fowling Piece.— Manysubscribers have asked for such 
a premium, and we can now gratify them.— The guns 
offered are the fzenuine London "Twist" barrel, Patent 
Breech, Bar Lock, ebony ramrod, and every way a de- 
sirable piece for practical use. As a special favor they are 
furnished to us for this premium, by Messrs. Cooper & 
Pond, of 177 Broadway, known the world over as one of 
the mo^t reliable and best houses in their line of business, 
and they highly recommend this particular gun, and guar- 
antee it in every respect. It is from one of the old- 
est and most favorably known English manufacturers, 
and of a kind which Mr. Cooper assures us he has had 
so long, and found so good, that it is just the gun lie should 
take If he were going out for a day's sliooting. The price 
is not put on in fancy carving, and useless plating for 
show, but in the gun iiself. We could get almost as good 
looking guns for half the sum, but we follow one gener- 
al rule in this premium list, to offer only real, substan- 
tial, reliable articles, those cheap at the price named in 
our table. This premium includes the Gun, Powder 
Flask, Shot pouch, and Wad Cutter. 
No. 97— Spencer Repeating; Rifle.— 
If after chasing a Deer or Wolf all day. one gets a 
"crack" at him and fails, it is a consolation lo he able 
to try half a dozen more in a.s many seconds. If one 
meets a Bear face to face, he will send the first bullet 
with more precision, if he knows theie aie six more 
protests ready against an affectionate embrace. If 
witliin shooting distance of a herd of Buffaloes, seven 
chances at the fellows before they can scamper out 
of one*s reach, while he is measuring out powder, would 
be quite agreeable; and so of any game lo be brouglit 
down with a rifle only, seven shots in jdace of, and 
in the usual time of, one, is something desirable. .\iid 
we may add, that a tidef would be likely to give a 
wide I'erlh to a house where he might be followed by half 
a dozen or more dangerous leaden policemen before he 
could iiave thne to scale a rear fence. Well, Premium 
27, is one of Spencer's Repeating, Sporting or Hunting 
Rifles. It carries T charges inside of the stock, which 
are successively thrown into the barrel and fiicJ, simply 
by pressiiij,' out the trigger guard, pulling it back, cock- 
ing aLid pulling the trigger itself. One can do all this, 
lying behind a log without rising to scare his game. 
The seven shots can be readily fired in less than half 
a miuute, and then you have only to slip seven more 
ready made charges into the stock— in half the time you 
can load a conunou rifle once at the muzzle— to be ready 
to file seven times more, and so on. — An exceedingly in- 
teresting statement of what this rifle has done during the 
w ar, and of what it is, and is capable of, nuiy be obtained 
by addressing Warren Fisher, jr.. Treasurer of Spencer 
Repeating Rtfie Company, Tremont- street, Boston, Ma:is. 
— We have abundant evidence of the gieat r.mge, power, 
accuracy, and durability of this Rifle, and we take pleas- 
ure in offering it as a jiremium for only 70 subscribers. 
Our premium includes the $45 Rffle, and $10 more for 
the Globe and Peep siglits, including lOO rounds of pre- 
pared ammunition, boxing and shipping. These are the 
Company's cash prices. The addition of the Globe and 
Peep sight adapts the gun for the longest ranges, for 
sharp-shooting, etc. Each charge contains powder, 
conical ball, and fulminate, all in a copper case, and is 
water-proof No ramrod, no cap, and little or no cleaning 
of the gun barrel is required. The regular size is: 
bore or calibre, 44-100 of an inch ; length of barrel, '26 
inches. Any one preferring a length of "28 or 30 inches, 
can have it for $1 or $2 extra. 
i\o. 38— Chest oi' 4jrO«<l Xools.— Good 
Tools, always at hand, will save a great deal of time in 
running after repairs, and save buying of many article.s 
easily made at home. Most boys, having a chest of tools, 
will stay out of bad company, and in the use of the tools 
will acquire skill, ingenuity, and self-reliance. (For ex- 
ample, our plants have been guarded from insects this 
year by fifty families of Wrens which took up tlieir 
abode in as many bird houses, all constructed by a boy 
of ten years, in his out of school hours, and these are but 
a small part of his work in this line. He has just the 
chest of tools which we have selected for this premium.) 
We wish every boy in the land could be supplied with 
such a chest, or even one wilii half the tools in it. If a 
boy has no "mechanical genius," there is all the more 
reason why his skill in this line should be cultivated by 
every possible means. We think any hoy will be far 
more likely to succeed in after life, if he acquires inge- 
nuity and tact ; and these are partly cultivated by the 
use of tools in constructing various articles. W^ once 
tried to furnish cheaper premium sets of tools. (>ut gave 
it up in disgust after using one of them awhile, and 
hearing complaints from others of the inferior quality, 
because they were cheap. For the present year, we 
have, through the special favor and assistance of Messrs. 
Patterson Brothers, of 27 Park Row, arranged for a 
few chests of the very Jirst quality of tools of the kinds 
anJ prices named below. The same kinds of tools could 
be purchased for about half the money, but these are all 
A No. 1, and can not be procured at any less price. 
They are for practical use, and worth a dozen coftirnon 
articles. For this we have the word and guarantee of 
Messrs. Patterson, which is amply sufficient for us, and 
for all who know thefu. They make up assortments of 
these, or any part of them that may be ordered of them, 
at the prices affixed, and any one can purchase of them 
what they desire. We make up only a single premium, 
which contains a full assortment for all comirion pur- 
poses. The tools are of regular size, and but few addi- 
tions would be required for a journeyman Carpenter. 
We add i\ Soldering Iron, which is exceedingly useful 
about the house. With a little practice, anyone can 
stop leaks in tinware, and do sundry other jobs of tink- 
ering, that will soon save quite a large outlay, besides 
the loss of the use of a thing uulil it can be carried to a 
tinner, and waited for, or sent after a second time. The 
assortment of our premium is as follows : Plain chest, 
31X16XX16 inches, with sliding compartment box, $7; 
Jack Plane^ $l.fiO ; Smooth Plann. $1.45 : Jointer Plane. 
$2.25; Hnnd Saw, 22 inches. $1.75. Compa='5 Saw, 
10 inch, 7nn. ; Conipasses. f) inch. 6nc. ; Warner's 
Hammer (adz eye), $1,50; Hammond's Hatchet, 65c.; 
Drawing Knife, $1.25; Trv Square, 6 inch, 85c.. 
Bevel. 6 inch, 70c.; Chalk Line and Spool. 45c.; 
Mallet, 25c.: Pair of Pliers (pinchers). 35c.; Sliding 
Tongs {pinchejs,)55c. ; Caliuers. 3Jfi inch, 35c. ; Brace, 
65c. ; Augur Bitts for Brace, V iiudi,2Sc. ; y^ inch, 45c.; 
i'i inch, 72c. ; Center BiUs, y. inch, 21c. ,- % inch, 23c. ; 
1 inch, 25c. ; IV incli, 3:ic. ; IM incfi, 40c. ; Six Gim- 
let Bills, assorted sizes, yOc. ; Three Gimlets in Handles, 
assorted sizes, 3Gc. ; Screw-drive Bitt,25u. ; Flat Coun- 
tersink Biti, 25c. ; Rose do. do.. 23c. ; Snail do. do.. 
25c. ; Octagon Reamer, 30c. ; Taper Bill, 50c. ; 3-inch 
Screw-driver in Handle, 30c. ; 6 itndi do. do., 40c. ; ,«J 
iiich Handled Gouge. 50c. ; % inch do. do.. 60c.; ^f 
incli H;indled Chisel, 3oc. ; H inch do. do.. 4Uc. .- 1 Inch 
do, do., 6ii('.. ; Wi incli do. do., 80c. ; \' inch heavy 
Framing Chisel, $1.10 ; 1 inch do. do., S1.25 ; 1 'i Inch 
do. do.. $1.50; % inch Augur, GOc. ; I incli do. do., 
70C. ; 2 inch do. do., $1.30 ; full set of Bradawls. $1 35 ; 
Common 2 foot Measuring Rule, yOc. ; File, 3-cornered, 
20c. ; do. do., ^hc. : Flat File, 30c. ; Wood Rasp, 50c.; 
Soldering Iron (copper). §1.15. Solder. Nails, etc., $1. 
Total $44.50. The Chest wUl be locked and sent 
by freight or otherwise, and the key sent by mall. 
^os. iJO, SIO — ^Isa-iflteaimf aval In^tru- 
meuts, for Draujflitiiig:, Dra^viijg, etc.— 
Very convenient not only for Architects and Meclianics, 
but for farmers and others, and for Boys and GirlK. These 
aie neatly fitted in beautiful Rosewood Cases, having 
dividers with flexible joints, and points, semi-circlos, 
pencil and penholders, rulers, etc., etc. All the pieces 
in No. 29, are finished in brass and steel ; those in No. 
3(1, are German Silver and steel. The pieces arc the 
same in each, but No. 30 is of extra beauty and work- 
manship. They are useful in making drawings, plans of 
buildings, fields, etc. They are valuable to children, to 
cultivate a taste for, and habit of observing and sketch' 
ing farms, plotting fields, orchards, buildings, for draw- 
ing, etc., etc. Such "playthings" not only keep them 
from "mischief." but develop their minds, and make 
them "haniiy." These premiums will be sent by mail, 
post-paid, to any place in the U. States and Territories. 
With Ever-Pointed Pencils, in Extension Coin Sil- 
ver Cases.— Premium 31 ci>ntains Morton's best No. 5 
Gold Pen; and No. 32, hi^ best No. 6 Gold Pen. We 
have used many gold pens, and like those made by Mr. 
A. Morion, of No. 25 Maiden Lane, f^ir better than 
any others v\e have ever tried. We have used no other 
for a long time past. No better gold pen is made. The 
No. 6 is considerable larger tlian No. 5, and on this ac- 
count is preferable. We send them anywhere by mall, 
post-paid. Those securing this premium should write 
whether they want a stiff or limber point, and what kind 
of writing they use it for most If the fle.\ii)ility In any 
case does not chance to suit the hand of tho recipient, 
the pen, without the case, can be returned and exchanged 
for another, at a trifling expense for postage. Mr. Mor- 
ton, as well as ourselves, desires every one receiving 
one of the pens to obtain a first-rate serviceable article. 
I\os. S3, 34,— Mercitrial BaroiBie^ 
ler's. — Woodruff's Patent, tnade by Chas. WiLDEn, 
Peterboro, N. H. These are the moat convenient and 
portable Mercurial Barometers made. {Send to Mr, 
Wilder, for a circular giving engravings and descriptions 
of the inslrnmenls.) The peculiar form of Mercury cup 
invented by Mr. Woodruff, rentiers these far more porta- 
ble than any Mercurial Barometer previously known. 
They are so easily carried, that M'r. Wilder guarayitees 
the safe delivery of every Barometer given by us as a 
Premium, if not to be sent beyond the Rocky Mountains. 
The instruments are beautifully made, are about 3 feet 
long, and are packed and sent direct from the factory, 
with no expense save the express charges. We offer two 
forms, which differ mainly in the style of case, both be- 
ing supplied with Thermometer and Vernier. The $18 
fovm is of course more ornamental, and tlie more desira- 
ble instrument, though either of them is hi'ghly valuable. 
There is no disputing the fact that a Barometer Is often 
very useful to any one iiaving occasion to desire to know 
whenaslormor fair weather is to be looked for. The 
mercury generally rises or falls with tiie changes in the at- 
mosphere, whicii precede a change in tlie weather.— A Ba- 
rometer is lo farmers, or others on land, what it is to sail- 
ors at sea— an indicator of the weather to be looked for. 
There are many times every year when the indications 
of the Barometer in regard to the weather will often'be of 
more value than its whole price (e. g. in the safely housing 
of a crop before a storm), while the interest on its cost is 
hardly a dollar a year. Many who have received this 
premium from us in former years, have given us definit© 
statements touching its great value to them. Like all 
things Imman. it is not infallible, especially lo those who 
have not learned to observe and study the exceptions to 
the standing rules ; vet. as a general thing, its indications 
are reliable, and often greatly useful. For examples: 
This very dav (Aug. 23). we ma^e a short journey which 
a rain would have prevented, and we even left our um- 
brelhi at home, though the sky very strongly indicated 
