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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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!Vo. 63. — Tea Set.— This is a Splendid 
Set of six pieces, full size, viz.: a Coffee Pot , a Tea Pot, 
a WaterPot, a Sugar Bowl , a Cream Cup , and a Slop 
Bowl— tastefnl enough for the most stylish mansion— 
all beautiful, of uniform design, late pattern, with 
raised and embossed figure work. They are none of the 
common, cheap, silver-washed stuff' that will look finely 
so long as unused, bnt are the best triple-plate on white 
metal. (See notes on plated ware, just abovei) For all 
practical purposes, and for ornament, they will beasgood 
as solid silver, for years. This No. 63 (and the others 
also), afford to a multitude of persons a rare opportunity 
to get beautiful and useful articles for home use and for 
wedding and other gifts. It will be comparatively easy 
to collect names of subscribers enough to secure one or 
more of these articles. In a few evenings a gentleman 
could easily get the 70 subscribers only, at $1.50 each, 
and secure this splendid $60.00 Tea Set free, for his wife 
or a friend. Many a young man can thus get one for a 
mother, a sister, or friend. Any lady can get a Set for 
herself in a brief time. [We will forward one of these ele¬ 
gant sets on receipt of $60.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
No. 64.—Ice (or Water) Pitclier.— 
A large, highly Ornamental Article, that will adorn the 
table, as well as serve a very useful purpose, and last many 
years, with no danger 
of breakage. Price $13. 
It is same make, same 
metal, plating, etc., as 
No. 63. Send us only 
18 subscribers, at $1.50 
each, and you will have 
this splendid Pitcher.— 
For 22 subscribers, at 
$1.50 each, we will give 
the Pltcluer with a 
round Salver, of pat¬ 
tern to correspond, 
(value $17.50).—For 31 
subscribers we will 
send the Pitcher and 
a large 14-inch Ob¬ 
long Salver (value 
$28.00), which is large 
enough to hold the 
Pitcher and two gob¬ 
lets.—For 43 subscrib¬ 
ers we will send the 
Pitcher, the Ob¬ 
long Salver, and a 
vair of beautiful Gob¬ 
lets, silver without, 
and gold-plated inside, 
(value $34.75). This Complete Set is exceedingly de¬ 
sirable, though the Pitcher alone, or that with Round 
Tray, or with large Oblong Salver, will answer well 
for use and for ornament .—[We will also supply the 
Pitcher, and any one or all the articles above mentioned, 
at the prices given for each.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
Premium 65 Premium 6G 
No. 66. — Child’s Cnp. —(See Engraving). 
—A beautiful gift for the Little One. Triple-plated on 
the outside, and gilded on the inside. It never breaks, 
and will last for many years—indeed, be a life-keepsake. 
Obtain only 7( subscribers, at $1.50 each, and you can se¬ 
cure one of these beautiful cups for your own child, or a 
name-sake, or other favorite.—[Or we will forward one 
on receipt of price, $3.60.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
Silver-Plated Ware—Swindling. 
Next to returning nothing for one’s money, there is 
hardly a greater fraud than that practised by some sellers 
of silver and gold-plated articles. Witli the aid of an 
electric battery, a piece of almost any metal put into a 
solution of silver can be so perfectly coated with the sil¬ 
ver that nothing but pure silver can be seen, yet the coat 
may not be a thousandth part of the thickness of tissue 
Premium 63 K 
paper. Six pounds of lead, costing 30 or 35 cents, 
stamped into 100 Teaspoons of good form, can be perfect¬ 
ly coated with less than a dime of silver. The whole ex¬ 
pense of labor, metals, chemicals, etc., may not exceed 
75 or 80 cents, and thus there will be produced good- 
looking silver-plated Teaspoons at a cost of 5 cents a Set, 
or less than 1 cent each 1 And a vast amount of plated 
ware of this character is palmed off upon the country. 
The articles look well, until used a few times, when the 
coaling disappears.—Bnt properly managed, the electric 
process will put on a coat of pure silver of any desired 
thickness , and if the base metal be good, and the plating 
thick enough, such plated ware is just as good for prac¬ 
tical use as if the whole were solid silver, while the cost 
is far less. Further, if after years of hard service the 
silver becomes worn off, the articles can be replated as 
good as new at a moderate expense. We have articles 
constantly used eight and ten years, and still showing 
nothing but silver. In buying silver-plated ware, every 
thing depends upon the honesty of the manufacturer, and 
the judgment of the buyer or seller.—We have 
taken great care, in selecting articles to offer 
to our readers, to get not only those of superior 
style, bnt those which we can warrant to be heav¬ 
ily plated, and exactly as represented. Such ar¬ 
ticles as these are Premiums 63, 64,65, 66, 67, 68, 
69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,76, 77, described below. 
Our readers who get any of these, as Premiums, 
(or by purchase), may rely upon having first-rate 
articles, and as cheaply as they can he honestly 
made. They can find plenty of similar articles, 
at less than a fourth the prices named, and 
that will look as well fora few weeks, or months, 
if not nsed, bnt they will be very dear. -The 
Premiums Numbers 63 to 73 inclusive, are made for us 
by the Middletown Plate Company, at Middletown, 
Conn. Mr. Judd is well acquainted with this Company 
and its Officers, and visits the extensive works fre¬ 
quently, observing the process of manufacture, and he 
confidently recommends their work as being just what 
it professes to be —and every way reliable. A similar 
commendation applies to Premiums 74,75,76, and 77, from 
the Meriden Cutlery Co., whose work is first-rate. 
Only 10 subscribers at $1.50 each, are needed to secure 
it free. [Or, when desired, we will send one on receipt 
of the price, $6.25.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
No. 65.—Syrup €np with Plate.— 
Every well set table needs at times a syrup cup. This 
elegant cup stands on a fine plate of suitable design. 
Premium 61 
No. 67.—Batter Cooler. —This is a really 
good and useful article, as well as an ornamental one. 
The pattern is very taking, having been selected from a 
large assortment. A very little ice in the holder under 
the plate will keep butter cool and fresh for a long time 
on the table, even in the hottest weather. The bright 
surface reflects off outside warmth, thus keeping the but¬ 
ter cool. Same metal, from same House as No. 63. Thio 
flno premium is presented 
to any one who simply 
collects and forwards 
us 10 subscribers, at $1.50 
each, easily done.—[Or 
we will send one to order 
on receipt of $6.50.] Re¬ 
ceiver to pay expressage. 
No. 68.—IMclde 
Jnr anti Fork.— 
The jar is of glass, 
handsomely mounted in 
silver-plated frame, with 
fork attached. It is a very 
ornamental article for the 
table, as well as useful, and 
would prove an accept¬ 
able present to a young 
house-keeper. 8 subscrip¬ 
tions at $1.50 each will secure it free. [Or we will for¬ 
ward one on receipt of $5.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
Nos. 60, 70.—Cake Baskets. —Two 
styles are offered, both of elegant patterns, very taking, 
useful, and beautiful table ornaments—just the thing ev¬ 
ery one wants. From same makers and same metal as 
No. 63. No. 69 pre¬ 
sented to any one 
sending only 12 sub¬ 
scribers, and No. 70 
to any one send¬ 
ing 15 subscribers, 
at $1.50 each.—[Or 
we will sell No. 69 
for $7.50, or No. 70 
for $10.] Receiver 
to pay expressage. 
Nos. 71,72, 
73—Casters. 
—These are all of 
handsome patterns, 
richly chased, No. 
71 containing five 
cut glass bottles, in¬ 
cluding mustard, & 
the two others six, 
including a mus¬ 
tard bottle—useful, 
necessary, orna¬ 
mental for every 
dining table. Same 
makers, and same 
metal and plating, 
as No. 63. Send ns 
only 8 subscribers, at $1.50 each, and get No. 71, or 12 
and get No. 72, or 15 and get No. Tb free.— [t)r we will 
sell No. 71 for $5.25. No. 72 for $7.50, or No. 73 for 
$10.50.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
No. 74.—One Bozen Tea-Spoons.— 
No. 75.—One Bozen Table-Spoons.— 
These are all of the elegant Crown pattern, fine metal, 
triple plated, and for beauty of design, and excel¬ 
lence of workmanship, will be foundunsurpassed by solid 
