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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
premium, can select from the catalogues $20 worth, 
or more in proportion, if more names are sent ns, 
and we will send an Order for the amount on either 
party named above, in fall or spring, as desired. 
No. JL— Sona Or ape Vines (IS).— This 
valuable new variety is becoming so well known that we 
need not describe it here. OnlylSTo. 1 Vines will be sent. 
They will be forwarded by express either this fall or nest 
spring, or by mail, if so desired, and postage is furnished. 
No. ff~Concord Orape Times (X©©.)— 
" The Grape for (he JUSZkwi."— This excellent, hardy,early, 
prolific, grape, is popular almost everywhere, and though 
not so highly flavored as the Iona and Delaware, its easy 
culture, vigorous growth, earliness, and productiveness, 
make it one of the best for general cultivation. It is now 
so abundant that we can offer a large number of No. 1 
Vines. They will be sent by express, well packed, in 
fail or spring, as noted above for the Iona Vines. 
No. 6— Japan. Ijily Bulbs.— Amost beau- 
tiful flower, one of the few flowering bulbs that do well 
even when planted early in spring. Most kinds of bulbs 
require to be planted early in autumn. One can easily 
multiply his stock after getting a few to start with. 
"We send them, post-paid, by mail to any place in the 
United States. We get them of B, K. Bliss & Son. 
Nos. 7, 8, 9, lO, 11, IS, 13— Sewing 
Marlines, — "We are glad to be able to offer this year 
a choice of the leading kinds of good Sewing Machines. 
We can recommend any one of them as of great value. 
Each of these seven machines has some peculiarities 
in which it is superior to the others. We have used 
them all at home during the last half dozen years, except 
the Tailoring Machine, and that we have watched carefully 
in the hands of tailors. One has been tried several months, 
and then another, and so round ; and they are all so valu- 
able that we prefer to recommend all, instead of in the 
slightest degree hindering the speedy introduction of this 
important household 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 be 
without any Sewing Machine, for $500 I Here are the rea- 
sons : 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 all hired, 
not less than $24 a month, board included, or $96 a year. 
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 ef $72, or of $60 if you call the seamstress' 
work only §30 a month, including board — leaving a net 
annual saving of $30 to $40 above the interest, while 
any good machine will wear a dozen years. But far 
above this and all questions of money saving, is that of 
J ieaUh. The everlasting '• Stitch, stitch, stitch," with 
form bended over work, and the loss of sleep, have 
brought tens of thousands to early graves, broken down 
millions more at an early age, and entailed an enfeebled 
constitution upon many millions of infants. We say to 
evenj man, get your wife a Sewing Machine, 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 yon can get one 
through our premium list, well and good ; it will help 
you, will enlarge our circulation, and benefit those yon 
induce to read and think more ; but get the machine. 
Every machine given is boxed and delivered free to any 
railroad station, or express office, or other place in this 
city, and costs the recipient only the freight after leav- 
ing the city. They go safely as railroad freight. Full 
printed instructions go with each, and the machine is 
supplied with a Ilemmer. Further particulars may be 
obtained by sending for circulars to: 
Grover & Baker Mf'g Co., 495 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Howe Machine Company, 699 Broadway, 1ST. Y. City. 
Florence Sewing Machine Co., 505 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Singer Manufacturing Co., 458 Broadway, N. T. City. 
Wilioox & Gibbs Mf g Co., 508 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Finkle & Lyon SewV M. Co., 537 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co., 625 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
No. 1£— Wasning; Machines.— 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 continued in so much favor 
a3 the " Doty^s Paragon," which we have now used near- 
ly three years. It is the only one the "help" will use 
without being required to do so. Some new improve- 
ments have been added within the present year. It is 
neat, compact, and convenient. Full Descriptive Cir- 
culars can be had of R. C. Browning, 32 Courtlandt-st. 
New York, or of the Metropolitan Washing Machine Co. 
Miidlefield, Conn. The machine packs in small com- 
pass, and can be sent cheaply as freight or by express. 
No. 15 — C!©fches-Wfi'iB2g-isag-i*ffacni:Bi.e. 
— A very useful, time-saving, strength-saving, clothes- 
saving implement, that should be in every family. The 
wringing of clothes by hand is hard upon the hands, 
arms, and chest, and the twisting stretches and breaks 
the fibres with lever power. With the Wringing Ma- 
chine, the garments are passed between elastic rollers 
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 pick np 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, 
dropping them from the machine set upon the side of 
the wash tub directly into a clothes basket, ready to hang 
out. We offer the family 6ize, "Universal Wringer," 
provided with Cogs which make the rollers turn together, 
and which we consider 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 as freight, to any part of 
the country, ready to be set upon any form of tub, and 
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. 
They are made by the Metropolitan Washing Machine 
Co., Middlefield, Conn. 
No. 16— A Tea Set.— This premium has 
given the greatest satisfaction for the last two years. 
There are six pieces, viz.: A Coffee Pot, two Tea Pots, a 
Creamer y Sugar, and Slop Bew?— all of beautiful, uniform 
pattern, and new style, with raised and embossed figure 
work. They are not the common sMver-wasfied articles, 
but the heaviest plate, equal to "Sheffield Plate," the foun- 
dation 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 & Co., 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 wholly upon the will and 
integrity of the manufacturer. We could give nearly 
as good looking plated ware for less than half the money. 
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.) 
No. 17— Castor and Prnit or Cake 
ISasket Combined. — This is a new pattern, both 
novel and beautiful. It can be used 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 Basket, with a colored glass dish inside. 
Every one receiving it will be delighted. It is from the 
same maker as No. 16, and of the same metal, plating, etc., 
and will be sent in the same way. Many cheaper and less 
beautiful Castors could be obtained, but, desiring only the 
best things in our premium list, we selected this. 
No. IS— Ice or Water Pitcher.— A 
large and ornamental article, just such as we recently 
selected for our own use. It is of the same metal, 
plating, etc., and by the same maker, as No. 16. For So 
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 beautiful Gob- 
lets, silver-plated without, and gilded 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 purpose both for use and ornament. 
No. 19 — Oae Dozen Teaspoons. — 
These are of fine pattern, " figured tips," Olive-leaf 
Pattern, and of the same metal, plating, etc., and from 
the same maker, as No. 16. They are far cheaper than 
any thing we have found at half the price. 
No. SO— Oae Dozen Table Spoons. 
Wo. 21 — Oae S>ozen Table Forlks. — 
The same description and remarks apply to these as to 
No. 19. We select as premiums only such articles as we 
can warrant every way in quality and price. As we ex- 
plained in Volume XXV, page 147, a silver dollar can by 
the galvanic process be spread over many yards of 
surface bo as to deceive the eye completely. Plated 
ware is valuable when we can trust 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. 
All these articles come from Messrs. Lucius Hart & Co. 
Nos. 22, 23, 24-KniTcs and Forks. 
— Tins premium is an addition to our list of really useful 
and valuable articles. A dull knife, with a shabby handle, 
and a broken or crooked fork, will injure greatly, if it 
does not spoil, the taste of even a rare beefsteak, but it is 
next to impossible to keep a poor iron or steel knife and 
fork in a passably neat condition, and a shine will not 
come with any amount of brick dust and rubbing. The 
knives offered in this premium are manufactured by the 
most celebrated makers of cutlery in the world, Joseph 
Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield, England, whose corporate 
mark is dated 1764, and whose wares are known in every 
part of the world open to foreign commerce. They are of 
the best refined steel, with ivory balanced handles, and 
stamped with the full address of the makers, and are of 
the size known as table knives. The table forks are 
manufactured by Holmes. Booth &Haydons, on genuine 
albata, and warranted double plated with coin silver. 
The tea knives and forks are by the same makers, but of 
smaller size. The carving knife and fork are both steel, 
made by Rodgers & Sons, best ivory balanced handles. 
For 3S subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will send the tea 
knives, of the same make and material, double silver 
plated, forks the same, (valne $26.) For 45 subscribers, 
at $1.50 each, we will send the table knives, double silver 
plated, with same forks, (value $30.) These articles are 
furnished to us by Messrs. Patterson & Brothers, 27 Park 
Row, agents for the manufacturers, and a thoroughly' es- 
tablished and reliable house, who will furnish the above 
articles at prices named, and express charges paid to any 
one who may wish to purchase, and any other goods in 
the hardware line. 
Wo. 25— Musical Box.— Something for 
the Boys and Girls. A new and beautifnl Premium, 
and we have provided it specially for our young friends. 
Come, now, Boys and Girls, we know you all love music, 
and we have made it easy for you to obtain a beautifnl, 
shell-cased musical box, 2% inches cylinder, which will 
perform four tunes, making what we believe you will say 
is the sweetest music you have ever heard. "We wish you 
could have been with us and listened while we selected 
these Premiums for yon at the importers. We arc sure 
yon would have felt like making haste to get up the nec- 
essary club, only 22 subscribers, at $1.50, to make this 
most pleasing premium your own. 
Nos. 26, 27— Melodeons.- These are ex- 
cellent and desirable instruments, for the Home Circle 
for small Churches, for Sunday Schools, for Bay Schools, 
Academies, etc. Instrumental and Vocal music in a school 
has a beneficial influence upon the pupils. We have 
seen the whole tone and character of the pupils of a 
school improved by the introduction of a Melodeon. 
Set the pupils to work and they will raise a club of sub- 
scribers, and obtain this premium easier than they can 
get money subscribed for it. We offer Geo. A. Picrcs 
& Co's. Melodeons, for we know them to be good. A 
large one in our own Sunday School room has been in 
use for eight years, and is to-day just as good as 
when first purchased, thongh used from time to time 
by a large number of persons. — Several clergy- 
men have obtained this premium for themselves, 
their Churches, or Sunday School rooms. The premium 
clubs of subscribers were quickly raised among the 
members of their parishes. Many others can get 
this premium for their own home use. We have given 
these instruments as premiums in the past few years, 
and we believe they have invariably been highly 
esteemed. Send a postage stamp to Geo. A. Prince & 
Co., Buffalo, N. T., and get their illustrated descriptive 
circular, giving full particulars of forms, sizes, and prices. 
The premium Melodeons will be shipped direct from the 
manufactory at Buffalo, ready boxed for safe transporta- 
tion by Railroad, Steamboat, or by Express, as may be 
ordered. They go just as safely by freight, as by ex- 
press, and much cheaper, though not so quickly. 
No.SS — Colibri Piano. — This is a newly 
invented Piano, the work of Mr. Frederick Mathushek, 
who has for many years been known aniODg manufac- 
turers as the author of some of the best improvements in 
troduccd into this instrument. A particularly novel fea- 
ture of this piano is its size, being only four feet nine 
inches long, two feet three inches wide, of the square 
form, yet having seven full octaves. Before its adoption 
as a premium, some of the most eminent musicians ex- 
amined it at our request, and pronounced it an instru- 
ment of remarkable power, brilliancy, and sweetness, en- 
tirely worthy to rank with the full-sized piano of other 
makers. H. Mollcnhauer, Director of the Conservatory 
of Music, New York, says : " Their tone is truly astonish- 
ingly sweet, pure, and powerful, and so greatly superior 
