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An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine. 
Conducted by Isaac F. Tillinghast. 
FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED 
OR TILLS A PLANT. _ 
SUBSCRIPTION 60 CENTS PER YEAR. 
Advertising Rates, 30 Cents Per Line. 
Entered at the post-office as second class matter. 
La PLUME, LACK’A CO., PA., DECEMBER, 1882. 
The vielancholy days are come, 
The saddest of the year, 
Of wailing winds, and naked woods 
And meadows broiun and sere. 
— No more the airy hammock swings, 
Across the cottage porch, 
No moie we’ll fly, as though with wings. 
Upon the strand to scorch. 
No more the sunflowers gaily blow 
So graceful and petite, 
For now we dream of ice and snow 
And country sausage meat. 
Was your candidate one of the “elect?” 
Reader, we were counting on you for 
a club of four at least. Have you sent them 
in yet ? This is a good month to get them. 
Advertisers will bear in mind that copy 
for advertisements must be sent by the 15th. 
It actually requires two weeks to run our 
edition through the press. 
Does not your subscription expire with 
this number ? If it does and you do not 
wish to lose a number or two you should 
renew immediately. And while you are at 
t, send along the names of four, at least, of 
vour friends. One dollar will foot the bill. 
Seeds at Wholesale. In, addition to 
our General Descriptive Catalogue—which 
will be issued in January, and which will 
be by far the finest and most complete one 
ever sent out by us—we shall, about Decem¬ 
ber 1st, issue a Wholesale List for Dealers, 
Market Gardeners and planters who pur¬ 
chase in large quantities. If you wish to 
purchase $10.00 worth or over of Reliable 
Seeds at Honest Prices you are requested to 
send for our Wholesale List. 
Delightful Summer! then adieu 
Till thou shalt visit us anew. 
Hut who without regretful sigh 
Can say adieu, and see thee fly? 
Sample Copies of Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest will be sent to any one who requests 
the same. 
A press of business has compelled us to 
neglect our “Answers to Correspondents’’ 
in this issue. We hope to be able to give 
that department more attention in future, 
Mr. Tillinghast’s Catalogue of Reli¬ 
able Seeds at Honest Prices will be issued 
in a few days, and will be sent to all his old 
customers. Others desiring it will please 
send their address on a Postal Card. 
If you receive a copy of Seed-Time and 
Harvest that you have not ordered, don’t 
be afraid to take it from the post office think¬ 
ing a bill will be presented for it. We do 
not send out any copies “on trust” to any one 
and if you are so fortunate as to receive a 
sample copy by mail, you may feel assured 
that it is a present to you, and we trust that 
you will carefully examine it and see if it is 
not worth your while to subscribe for it. 
PRIZE CONTEST A WARDS. 
After a careful examination of the lists 
which ha ve been received in competition 
for the prize of $20 in gold, it has been de¬ 
cided that the $20 will have to be divided 
between the following eight persons, they 
all having sent in good lists, and no one of 
them enough better than the others, to 
warrant us in awarding them the whole 
prize. The numbers are those given them 
in the former contest which this was to de¬ 
cide. A more detailed report will be sent 
to all the competitors, with a correct list of' 
the words, which occupies so much room 
that we thought it unnecessary to print it 
here. The number of words in the correct 
list is 238. .. . 
Successful Competitors.. 
.134 Uri Shumway, Austinburg, Tioga Co.. Pa. 
191 H. Owens, Lumber City, Pa. 
65. J. E. Brown. New Hampton, Orange Co., N: t\ 
137. John GProctor, MeridiAni;.PefF.-Co.•' NebN 
