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AMERICAN AaRICULTTJRIST. 
[November, 
Bnueriritended the engraving of nil the plates for the 
United States money. When the Government ceased to 
insoe Greenbacks my services were no longer required, 
and, as soon as I found that my time was my own I con- 
ceived the isloa. of engraving a few plates for myself and 
for my benefit, as I am well aware a man can not become 
rich by working for a salary. I have just finished the 
work that I be^an almost three years since ; that is, the 
eneravin* of seven plates, which are exact duplicates of 
the Government's, namely: the One, Two, Five, Ten, 
and Tw:rNTr Dollar, and Twenty-five and Fiftv 
Cbxt Fractional Currency Plates. I have taken the 
greatest care in engraving these plates, and I defy any 
one to detect my counterfeits from the genuine. I use 
the same paper as the Government uses, as well as the 
same identical ink, and all my notes are correctly num- 
bered nnd properly signed, all ready for immediate use. 
I assure you the goods are perfect in every respect and 
can not be detected from the genuine. They have in 
several instances been passed over bank counters without 
exciting the least suspicion; it is therefore improbable 
that yon will ever get In any trouble or ever meet anyone 
who can distinguish them from the genuine. 
" I guarantee cvry note to he perfect, for every note 
i? examined carefully by myself as soon as finished, and 
if not strictly perfect is immediately destroyed. Of 
course, it wonll be foolishness for me to send poor work, 
at it would not only get my customers in trouble, but 
wonld break up my business and ruin me. So, for per- 
sonal safety, I am compelled to issue nothing that will 
not compare with the genuine money. 
4l I cart furnish you the goods in any quantity, at the 
following prices, which will be found as reasonable as 
the uature'oF the business will allow. 
For a $1,000 in my goods, assorted as you desire, I 
char/e #100. 
For a $2'.50fl in my goods, assorted as you desire, I 
charge $300. 
For a $5,000 in my goods, assorted as you desire, I 
charge $350. 
For a $10,000 in my goods, assorted as you desire, I 
charge $600. 
*' Yon can see from the above price-list the advantage 
of buying largely. You can not make money as rapidly 
in any other business, and there is not the slightest dan- 
ger in using my goods, one of the best proofs being that, 
not a person doing business with me hns ever been in 
any trouble, but, on the contrary, all are making money. 
I have no connection with any other firm in this country, 
and every dollar of my money is manufactured under my 
own personal supervision— so in dealing with me you get 
the goods from first hands." 
Then follow various details, cautions, etc. Formerly 
these circulars insisted on transacting their business by 
express; later they gave directions to the victim for 
finding the trap, but the latest dodge is to accompany 
the tempting circular with something like the following: 
41 READ THIS CAREFULLY! 
" If yon want to be sure anM see me. and not be disap- 
pointed, follow these instructions: Two or three days 
before you leave home, write me when you will be here, 
and say what hotel you will stop at. Bb sure to write m." 
from home ' do not wait until you arrive In this city and 
the-n drop me a letter, for you will save time by doing as 
I ask yon. On yonr arrival in this city, go directly to the 
hotel named on the inclosed card, take a room and regis- 
ter yonr name; go up to your room and remain in until 
I call. Remember, I do not know you by sight, so if you 
are ground the hotel it will he impossible for me to 
retjoguise yon, and I can only find yon by calling on you 
up in your room. 
" When you arrive fit the depot here there is no doubt 
but that yon will be spoken to by strangers, who will try 
to make your acquaintance. Some will represent them- 
selves to be the party you are looking for, others will ask 
you what hotel you "are looking for, and when you 
tell them they will try and persuade yon to go to some 
otter; and other men may ask yon if yon have received 
a cviid-nlinl left v—bvt remember, not one of those ?nfn 
ar* Ihi party you are looking for. Even if I knew you, 
and met you on the street. I would not apeak to you ex- 
cep! np i'i your room at the hotel ; and ns I will know 
from the letter you write me, before you leave home, 
wh^n you will be here, of course I will be on the look- 
out for you, and will be waiting your arrival at the hotel. 
Any one who speaki to you, have nothing whatever to 
say to them. When I call on you in your room, I will im- 
mediately hand you your letter, and when yon see yonr 
own handwriting then you will know you are dealing 
with Hie right party. Be mm to remember that ami one 
who can not show you your last letter has: no right to speak 
tcryou 
M I have pnt you on your pnard, and if yon obey these 
instructions, you can not fail to see me." 
There is also inclosed a card of one of the cheaper 
hotels kept upon the European Plan. Now this business 
ha* been carried on in one form or another for years, and 
mrtst be profitable, or those engaged wonld not persist in 
it. That it can be successfully and thus openly prose- 
cuted Is a sad comment, upon the efficiency 01 our Treas- 
ury Department. 
rNQTJTUIES ABOUT DOCTORS. 
Notwithstanding our frequent declarations, letters stiL 
edine asking about this and that fellow who calis him- 
self " doctor. " and we find it necessary to repeat that we 
can not reply to such inquiries. We have stated over and 
over again, that anyone who advertises bis cures or puts 
out ctrcnfnrg and pamphlets setting forth his own skill or 
the virtues of any particular medicine is a quack, and to 
be avoided. 
TEMPTATION Tu KTKTSTEUS. 
A chap by the name of n G. G. Fink, has a " Magic 
Oil," and he sends out a circular " Confidential to minis- 
ters of the M. E. Church only," in which he offers to 
make the ministers agents for the sale of his" Magic Oil," 
or to pay those a commission who will find him a person 
to act as agent. This chap claims to have " devoted the 
prime of (my) his life to the work of the ministry." We 
may Infer, as he deals in Magic oil, that he is devoting 
the rest of his life to quite another service. We think 
that this " fellow laborer in the Gospel " needs the espe- 
cial attention of his bishop. 
THB ELECTRIC HEALTH RESTORER. 
In last month's Humbugs we mentioned the remarka- 
ble manner in which this thing was "discovered." A 
correspondent in Wolcott, N. Y., sends us one of the cir- 
culars and says : " Please inquire and see if the firm are 
sawdust swindlers and what their names are." This 
Electric Health Restoring Co. advertises itself at 233 
Thompson Street, New York City. Wo find 23S Thomp- 
son Street to be the side basement door of 77 Amity street, 
and the place from which come the u Wine of Apocynum," 
u Mother Noble's Healing Syrup," " Dr. Clark Johnson's 
Indian Blood Syrup," and all the rest of it. 
OLD MOTHER liOBLE'S SYRUP 
is still working in New Jersey. That "citizen of Rahway" 
whose letter we presented not long ago, claiming $100 as 
damage we have done to his business, is so much pleased 
with the notoriety we have given him by publishing his 
letter that he writes again, but we shall not gratify him 
by printing his elegant epistle, But now comes one 
MR. WILLIAM CROWN, 
of Plainfield, N. J. William wishes to get into print, so 
we will gratify his desire. William says : " and another 
thing I speak of is what I saw In the Agriculturist of him 
(meaning 'citizen of Rahway,') claiming damages of 
Orange Judd & Company, 945 Broadway, New York, for 
10^ dollars, which I think is no more than wright [Prin- 
ter will be sure to spell that right wright as I write it.— 
Ed.] of him for so doing, and I am certain if he is not 
recomended'(t) according to his Claims I will have it pub- 
lished in all papers. I shall call and see him [do] to 
know if he has his money that he claims, for I am certain 
that it has done him more than that amount of damage, 
and if Orange Judd & Company are not willing to pay 
himl shall take it in hand myself," etc. Now if William 
means by takiug the matter in hand himsclfthat he pro- 
poses to pay "citizen of Rahw.iv" $100 or any other 
ium we have not the slightest objection, and if he will 
nave us published n in an papers," wc ^hoii bo under 
great obligations. In the meantime we would suggest 
to Mr. Wjlliam Brown that many people have got rich by 
letting other people's business alone. 
A. ITIelon CHBCnmhei'. — Every now and 
then instances occur which go to show that pollen does 
have direct influence upon the fruit of the current year. 
The Journal of Horticulture (Eng.) reports and figures a 
melon and cucumber growing upon the same vie , 
Vines of both kinds are growing upon opposite sides of 
the same house, and it is inferred that a cucumber flower 
had become fertilized by pollen from the melon. 
AmeHcan Mowers* an<l EBeapers 
at Vienna.— The Buckets Triumphant.— The 
Buckeye Machine, which has won so many honors at 
home, but which was sent to Vienna to compete for the 
first time at a worlds fair, has distanced all competitors, 
and has been awarded two first premium grand medals 
of merit. Adriance, Piatt & Co. have also received the 
highest awards at the great German field trials in com- 
petition with all the leading American and English 
machines. 
The CJootfenoiag-tii BMorse-SEioe.-- Jas. 
A. O'Ncil. Granville Co., N. C. We have a very good 
Opinion of the Goodenough horse-shoe, and of the sys- 
tem of shoeing adapted to the use of that shoe. It is a 
rational, humane, and very successful method of keeping 
the horse's foot sound and safe from injury. 
Postage on Plants? etc.— Correspond- 
ents, especially those living near small post-office?, fre- 
quently write us that some postmasters refuse to take 
parcels of plants, seeds, etc., unless letter postage is paid, 
while others insisi that the package must not exceed 12 
ounces in weight. We should think every postmaster 
would take the 77. S. Mail, a paper devoted exclusively 
to postal matters. As some evidently are not aware that 
the law was altered by the last Congress we will quote 
from the V. S. Mail for September, 1873, first page and 
last column: "On pamphlets, occasional publications, 
transient newspapers, magazines, and periodicals; hand- 
bills, posters, sheet-music, unsealed circulars, prospec- 
tuses, book manuscript and proof-sheets, printed cards, 
map*, lithographs, prints', chromo lithographs and en 
Cravings, seeds, cuttings^ BftZ&s, roots, arid tiorie—t ^em* 
for each two ounce* or fraction thereof— 
weight of packuge limited to four pounds." Single copies 
of this paper cau be had for 10 cents by addressing Pub- 
lishers U. S. Mail, New York. 
Wool Prospects.— "Wool is hardening." 
This is the expression of the present market reports. 
Importation of foreign wool is light. During one week 
recently not a single pound was received at Boston, and 
only 164 bales at New York. The increase of long-wool 
sheep constantly taking place is affecting the supply of 
middle and clothing wools, and half and three -quarter 
merino wools is the staple that promises the most steady 
and profitable demand for many years to come. It is 
fortunate for farmers that sheep-breeding is thus encour- 
aged by the promises of the wool market, for the reason 
that there is no stock that so well repays the care 
bestowed upon it, nor any other that so tends to improve 
the condition of the farm upon which they are kept. 
American Institute Fair.— This fair, 
which will now soon close, should be seen by every 
visitor to New York. As an exhibition of implements 
and processes of industry it has never been surpassed, 
and there are thousands of things there which are of 
the greatest interest, especially to young folks. Persons 
living within a short distance of the city should make a 
point of visiting this fair although an especial journey 
should be made for this purpose. 
Tlie Agriculturist Patent Agency. 
—Our friends who wish to know about terms and other 
matters should address their letters directly to the Agency, 
245 Broadway, and they will meet with prompt attention. 
For the capability and trustworthiness of the gentleman 
in charge, we can refer to the Patent Office itself. For 
further particulars we refer to the advertising columns. 
The Best €hnrn.- u J. C. M.," Lafayette 
Co., Wis.— The Blanchard Chum is one of the best of 
the square chums with rotating dashers ; but it is doubt- 
ful if the rapid churning it performs is really best for the 
butter or as to economy of the process. The upright 
churn which brings the butter in about forty minutes is 
preferred by some of the fancy butter-makers. 
Patent Superphosphate.— " W. T.," 
Columbia Co., Pa. A superphosphate composed of 600 
pounds of bone, 200 pounds of sulphate of soda, 8 pounds 
of nitrate (of soda?), 50 pounds of salt, 200 pounds of 
plaster, 200 pounds of oil of vitriol, and seven bwheh of 
sand would be very poor stuff. We doubt whether any 
patent could have been granted for such a mixture. which 
is not a superphosphate of lime, and has nothing new 
or ingenious about it. 
From the Senrh to the Farm. — 
" W. E. E., 1 ' Howard Co., Ind. A young man of 22, a 
shoemaker, with a few hundred dollars saved, should be 
cautious about changing his business, in which he has 
apparently been successful, for farming. He might pos- 
sibly succeed in raising vegetables or email fruit on a few 
acres near a town or village, in a situation where he 
could carry on his business as the chief means of living 
and gradually change as he succeeded in his first small 
ventures; but on general principles we should fear an 
abrupt change would be disastrous. 
Congh in Pigs.— "C. J. G.," West Jer- 
sey, 111. A cough is often the first symptom of what is 
called hog cholera, and should be attended to without 
delay on its first appearance. The pigs should be well 
nursed and housed ; a dose of salts should bo given to 
them, and the feed changed at once to vegetables, with 
bran aud oatmeal scalded and fed cold in the shape of 
gruel before it sours. 
Removing; Bleminh. — " M. A. M. t " 
Elkhart, Ind. We know of no means that is to be de- 
pended on of removing the scar left by a severe blistering 
A small quantity of powdered cantharides in lard is 
sometimes used to stimulate a new growth of hair, but if 
the hair follicles have been destroyed there is no remedy. 
Itroom-RIalcing Machinery* — U T. 
S.," Clinton, La. The machines recently described in 
thfc Agriculturist for making brooms are so simple that 
they can easily he constructed by any fair mechanic. 
They are not made for sale. 
See f»ag-es 433, 434, 435, 436, 487, and 43S. 
Wisea^cdTenls - " J.W. H.," Black Horse, 
Md. It is possible that (he lumps in the cow's teats are 
