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ested in matters to which it pertains. We 
earnestly request contributions from any 
of our fair sisters who may feel willing to 
aid in keeping up such a department. Ad¬ 
dress, “Household Helps,” in care of this 
office. 
Testimonials. We hope our readers 
will excuse us for occasionally indulging 
in the publication of letters which highly 
compliment our “P. S. cabbage seeds,” 
when we state the fact that we do not 
make room for more than a mere fraction 
of the number of such letters which are 
sent to us. Most of our readers know from 
their own experience what our cabbage 
seeds are, and therefore it is useless to fill 
our columns with such matter. So while 
we return our thanks to the hundreds who 
are troubling themselves to favor us with 
such high testimonials, we beg to suggest 
to all such that they will be doing our cause 
far greater service if they would, instead of 
sending them to us, kindly give their views 
and experience on the subject to some other 
agricultural journal which will place it be¬ 
fore growers who are not already our cus¬ 
tomers. 
If you will write out a crop report and 
in it give a truthful statement of your expe¬ 
rience with our seeds and send it to what¬ 
ever agricultural or family paper you may 
be a subscriber for, the publishers will glad¬ 
ly publish it for the benefit of their readers, 
and you will thus be doing us a service for 
which we shall be truly thankful. Tell the 
truth and we will risk the result. 
The Pennsylvania State Fair opens 
in Philadelphia, on September 23, and con¬ 
tinues two weeks. The Premium List is 
made with great liberality towards exhibi¬ 
tors in all departments, many large, special 
individual premiums being offered by pri¬ 
vate parties. Messrs. Straw bridge & 
Clothier of Philadelphia offer $100 to ladies 
for best Home Made Dresses, one-half 
going to professional and one-half to non¬ 
professional dressmakers. Entries close 
September 15th. 
Thk Catalogue op Randolph Pbtjsrs, Wilming¬ 
ton, Del., shows that kis “Great Northern and South¬ 
ern Nurseries” are among the most extensive in the 
Union. Perhaps his greatest specialty is peaches, 
being located in a section specially adapted to the 
production of that fruit, yet the lists of Apples, Pears, 
Plums, Cherries, and all the popular small fruits are 
exceptionally full, and a great variety of ornamental 
shrubs, vines, roses, &c. are shown. Taken altogeth¬ 
er it is one of the most complete catalogues sent out 
by any nursery we know of. 
Literary Mention. 
Godey's Lady’s Book for September is a number 
full of notable attractions. The frontispiece this 
month is an illustration to one of Dorothy Holroyd’s 
pretty poems entitled, "The Dryad and the Nightin¬ 
gale.” This plate is another successful adaptation 
of the new style of engraving for which Godey's 
Lady’s Book is fast gaining a reputation. The fashion 
cuts and fancy work designs are admirable, both in 
drawing and color. The literature of this issue em¬ 
braces a powerful story by Amelia B. Edwards, en¬ 
titled “The Four Fifteen Express,” “The Yoke of 
Honor,” “Michael Angelo and I,” and “The Exile's 
Daughter.” The publisher announces the speedy 
forthcoming of a new serial by Helen Matliers, the 
title of which is “Love Lies A-Bleeding.” This story 
is bright and engaging, in the author’s best style, 
and promises to do much towards enhancing the 
attractions of the Lady’s Book during the mid¬ 
winter. Godey’s is an old friend and a valuable one 
whom every lady should cultivate. Published by 
Haulenbeek & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., at $2.00 per 
year. 
The September number of Demorest’s Illustra¬ 
ted Monthly Magazine is deciededly one of the 
best we have had. The story, “Bryanstone and 
Wife,” by Philip Bourke Marston, is a capital one, 
and “Orders of Knighthood,” an illustrated article, 
“A Happy Island,” “The Story of Ludwig Spohr,” 
“A Maid of Honor of the Last Century,” and “An 
Old Italian City,” are well worth reading. The va¬ 
rious departments are carefully filled, and contain 
much that is useful in the household. The frontis¬ 
piece is a fine oil picture, called “Good-Bye. ” 
St. Nicholas for September has a long and varied 
table of contents. “The Buttle of the Third Cousins” 
is the title of a fanciful tale by Frank R. Stockton. 
A very funny story with a good moral is contributed 
by Sophie Swett. It is entitled “A Great Financial 
Scheme,” and tells ‘how a country boy tried to rival 
the magnates of Wall street in his speculations which 
didn’t seem to “pan out" very well in any particular. 
An Interesting and instructive feature of this excel¬ 
lent magazine is its articles upon natnral history, 
that in the present number being written by C. F. 
Holder, who, in “Spiders of the Sea,” tells of crabs 
and their ways and uses. A curious historical article 
on “Nicknames” shows how some very great people 
were known by some very queer names. 
Rev. E. P. Roe and J. T. Trowbaidge, those gifted 
writers for young people, are drawing their two se¬ 
rials, “Driven Back to Eden,” and “His One Fault,” 
to happy conclusions. 
The engravings and illustrations are fine and tend 
to make this number especially charming, 
