seed-time ato harvest. 
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this “month's garnerings,” we offer a year's sub¬ 
scription to Our Country Home. 
For second best list we will award one year's sub¬ 
scription to The Ladien ’ Home Journal. 
Lists close on January 10. 
Answers to October “Garnerings” were received 
from Dan Shannon, Anna Condor, Lackawanna Lad. 
Maude, Stella, Ajax, Tom Tip, Undine, Annie Dallas, 
Boston Boy, Young Garnerer, L. A. Forest, Kendall 
Sisters, F. A. Rryant, Cousin Joe, and Well Wisher. 
Prizes for best list of answers were awarded to 
Maude and Undine. 
Our Cozy Corner. 
Some of the contributions for this month being 
somewhat longer than the average we shall have to 
curtail the “Corner” a little, because we must not be 
so greedy as to desire to occupy the entire magazine, 
and so crowd out other good articles of as much 
practical value. For the kind favors of our puzzlers 
and solvers, we feel extremely grateful, for they 
show the interest taken in the “Garnerings;” an in¬ 
terest we hope will never diminish, but increase as 
the years go by. We want all the present members 
to remain with us, the old ones to return to the “old 
camp ground” and new friends join our pleasant 
circle. A new—and we think an interesting as well 
as instructive—feature will be added to this depart¬ 
ment with the January issue; now set your wits to 
work and endeavor to imagine what it can possibly 
be. 
We hope our friends will have a merry Christ¬ 
mas, and that the New Year will be filled with happi¬ 
ness, and that none will be unmindful of the blessings 
the old year brought. F. S. F. 
Literary Mention. 
The Manual of Psychometry published by Dr. J. 
R. Buchanan, 29 Fort Avenue, Boston, is devoted to 
explaining the discovery made by its author in 184;, 
and since taught by him as a professor in medical col¬ 
leges, that many persons have the power of receiving 
mental impressions from everything they touch, by 
which psychometric power they describe the charac¬ 
ter, constitution, health or disease of any one whose 
writing they touch, and also investigate the proper¬ 
ties and relations of all substances investigated, for 
the enlargement of science. This discovery which 
was eulogized by the late Rev. John Pierpont has 
been confirmed by the experiments reported in the 
British Society for Psychical Research, and the 
French Society for the Advancement of Science, at 
their last meeting. 
Evening Amusements. We have just received 
from the Publishers a copy of a very handy book 
for Evening Amusement, entitled, “How to En¬ 
tertain an Evening Party,” containing a large 
collection of Tableaux, Games, Amusing Experi¬ 
ments, Card Tricks, Parlor Magic, altogether giving 
an immense fund of family amusement and parlor 
or drawing-room entertainment, night after night, 
for a whole winter. It contains 128 pages, and will 
be sent to any address on receipt of 25 cents, by 
J. S. Ogilvie & Co., the publishers, 31 Rose Street, 
New York. 
The Youth’s Companion was the delight of our 
childhood, and has been for years the weekly treas¬ 
ure of our children. It is the best child’s paper we 
have ever seen. We say this advisedly, after having 
tried the various high-priced magazines for children. 
The variety, beauty, ai d entertainment of the ar¬ 
ticles that appear in the Youth's Companion excite 
our constant wonder and delight. 
In our home the day of its arrival is known as 
“Youth’s Companion day,” and the only bad effect 
we have ever known to aris*. from its coming is 
that all the children, and the older folks too, for that 
matter, want it at the same time. The publishers 
are out with a new announcement showing increased 
attractions for the new year. Tf $1.75 is sent now, 
it will pay for the Companion to January, 1887. 
The Popular Science Monthly. The principal 
articles in the December issue of this excellent mag¬ 
azine, as is usually the case, are marked by the vigor 
of their thought and the honesty with which they 
appeal to the intelligence of their readers. To give 
a synopsis of the numerous articles would occupy 
more space than we have at our command. “The 
Scientific Study of Religions, “Postal Sayings Banks,” 
“The Refracting Telescope,” “Thomasville as a Win¬ 
ter Resort,” “The Spirit and Method of Scientific 
Study,” “The Social Life of Aictic Birds,” “Rela¬ 
tions of Science to the Public Weal,” and “The Uni¬ 
formity of Nature,” are the titles of a few of the 
subjects treated upon, from which it maybe inferred 
that an intelligent reader can find much to interest 
and instruct. Published by D. Appleton & Co., 
New York, at $5.00 per year. 
Demorest's Magazine for December brings vividly 
before us the happy season of Christmas. It is re¬ 
plete with beautiful stories and poems appropriate 
to that time; in addition to which there are other 
articles of great merit and utility. The opening 
article is the commencement of an interesting serial 
by Julian Hawthorne, the well known and popular 
author. Jenny June contributes a paper on “Women 
Abroad;” and an exceedingly amusing sketch is en¬ 
titled “Joseph and his brethren.” The Household 
Department is unusually full, and the illustrations 
good. The frontispiece is an oil picture entitled, 
“Merry Christmas.” 
A4IICT BIT Qfll n 100,000 two-year 
mUo I Dfc &ULU. CONCORD Grape 
Vines, half million Cranberry Plauts, 
100,000 Wilson’s Early Blackberry 
Plants. Circular and price list of Small Fruits 
and Vegetable Plants free. 
I. & J. L. LEONARD, Iona, N. JT. 
EARLY UPLAND RICE SEED. 
This rice will do well on any kind of soil, but is 
best for dry lands such as are adapted to corn, &c. 
Stands drouth, yields more, and matures earlier than 
any other upland rice. It is not only good for man, 
but also for poultry, especially young turkeys and 
chickens, also good for horses troubled with bots. 
Send for seed and plant next spring Price by mail, 
postpaid, package, 10 cts.: Pint. 60 cts.; Quart, $1.00. 
12 JULIUS SCHNADELBACH, Grand Bay, Ala. 
PAPER SEED BAGS. 
All kinds and sizes made to order for Seedsmen, 
and Florists, blank or printed with cultural directions 
and at the shortest notice and the lowest 
prices. 
$3^~SEND FOR SAMPLES AND ESTIMATES.™*^ 
CLARK BROTHERS, 
12 27 & 29 Aun St., N. Y. 
THE AMERICAN ANGLER. 
A weekly journal devoted exclusively to Fish. Fish¬ 
ing and Fish Culture: Practical Essays on Angling 
and Anglers’ Implements, and Reports of Fishing 
from all parts of the United States and Canada. Seth 
Green, the eminent fish culturist, has charge of the 
Fish Culture Department. Published weekly, at $3.00 
per annum. Address The American Angler, 252 
Broadway, N. Y. 
