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ami gamst. 
An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine. 
Conducted by Isaac F. Tillinghast. 
FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED 
OR TILLS A PLANT. 
SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAR. 
Advertising Rates, Cents Per Line. 
Entered at the post-office as second class matter. 
VOL. V., NO. VI. WHOLE NO., XXXII. 
La Plume, Lackawanna Co., Pa., June, 1884. 
“The tree-tops are writing all over the sky. 
An' a heigh ho ! 
There's a bird now and then flitting faster by , 
An' a heigh ho ! 
The buds are rounder , and some are red 
On the places where last year's leaves ivere dead; 
An' a heigh ho, an' a heigh!" 
Paul for. We occasionally receive a 
notice from some postmaster that a copy of 
Seed-Time and Harvest is not taken out 
■of his office, and the reason that the “per¬ 
son addressed refuses to take it,” is append¬ 
ed. Now we wish to say to our friends 
that if you receive a copy of our little mag¬ 
azine you may be assured that you are en¬ 
titled to receive it, and that you will not be 
presented with a bill for subscription to it. 
We don’t do business in that way, and you 
can take them out of the post office if ad¬ 
dressed to you without fear, as some friend 
has paid for them, or you have purchased 
seeds enough to entitle you to them, or it 
may be a free sample copy, of which we 
send out many. Should the latter be the 
case, you are respectfully asked to subscribe 
and try it a year. 
Mailing Cabbage Plants. The post¬ 
age on good, large, stocky cabbage plants 
is so heavy in proportion to their value that 
it seldom pays to mail them. However, to 
those who wish to give our celebrated “P. 
S. cabbage” a trial and who failed to sow 
the seeds themselves, we will mail 50 good 
plants on receipt of 25 cents in stamps, so 
packed that they will carry in good condi¬ 
tion to any point in the Union. For larger 
q uantities see announcement on page 32. 
Unfortunate. We are pained to learn 
of the destruction by fire of the large fruit 
package factory of Mr. N. D, Batterson, of 
Mt. Jewett, McKean Co., Pa. As many of 
our readers will remember, Mr. Batterson 
was one of our largest advertisers, occupy¬ 
ing several pages of Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest last winter to describe the various 
styles of crates, baskets, &c., manufactured 
by him. He had just removed his entire 
works from Buffalo, N. Y., and building 
everything up anew, was necessarily 
behind in filling orders before this calamity 
overtook him. We recently received from 
him the following card: 
“On Friday, May 2d, the forest, for miles 
aiound, was swept by the worst fire ever 
known in this section. Every man, woman 
and child heroically defended their homes, 
and with quite general success. Over one 
hundred willing and faithful hands fought 
desperately to protect my property, and did 
save my dwelling houses, store, barns, etc., 
but the fiery tongued demons could only 
be kept at bay for a short time from my 
works, and then, quick as lightning, they 
caught in the dry kiln, and in a very short 
time my new works were a smouldering 
pile of ashes. However the main portion 
of the machinery is uninjured. All is being 
repaired, and all the new necessary will be 
replaced forthwith. 
Part of a new building is already framed 
and everything will be pushed with every 
effort in human power. With no unforeseen 
bad luck, I hope to commence turning out 
goods again by May 25th. 
To my customers, whose orders are un¬ 
filled, I would say, please bear with me as 
kindly as possible, as I shall do my utmost 
to fill all orders by June 1st, and sooner if 
in my power. To those to whom I may be 
indebted, I beg your kind indulgence until 
I can commence turning out my stock 
again. 
Please feel no alarm or uneasiness at my 
misfortune, as my courage and pluck are 
not burned nor scorched, so that, with the 
aid and encouragement of my friends, I ex¬ 
pect to shortly be running again. 
Very Respectfully Yours, 
N. D. Batterson.” 
Mr. Batterson makes good packagss, and 
cheap, and we hope that our friends will 
send him so many orders now that the new 
factory may be kept running all summer 
for next year’s use. 
