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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
Get The Standard. 
THE 
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VT£lA containing 118,000 Words, 
3000 Engravings, four pages 
Colored Plates. 
New Edition contains 4600 New 
Words and Meanings, and a 
New Biographical Diction- 
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Pronuncia- 
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Tables. Best for FAMILIES 
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The most practical and easy selling book out is our 
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STOCK DOCTOR 
The diseases—their cause, symptoms, and remedies,—the 
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A BOOK OF RARE ORIGINALITY, ENTITLED 
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regard to EDUCATION. HOME, SOCIETY, 
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HOME 
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OF I^EW YORK. 
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Fifty-Sixth Semi-Annual Statement, 
Showing the Condition of the Company 
on the First Day of 
JULY, 1881. 
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NEW ENGLAND 
COISEEYATOEY. 
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branches and library containing 8,000 Volumes on Music 
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Jlev. Leonard Bacon, D. D. 
. A. H. Stephens, 
and others 
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them. 
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\/ E 1 D ELI A IV/I ST Neatly printed on 50 all New 
I UU It IM r\ IVI C. style Gold, Silver, and Floral 
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(warranted to be worth double this amount or money re¬ 
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jobbers prices. Send Stamp for Price List. Address, Clin¬ 
ton Bros., Steam Card M anufacturers, Clintonville, Conn. 
sp Genuine French Chromo Cards. 
EL-. si M Beautiful Imported Designs, no 2 alike, name 
“MEa si H printed neatly on for 10 cents, post-paid, 
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B ^CHROMO CARDSUamTneaHy’rlrmVdZ 
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CARDS IOO for IO Cents. 
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BEAUTIFUL. €ARD 8 o 
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- Club of 11 One Dollar. 25 Illustrated Flirtation, 
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Agents Complete Sample Book 25c. Address 
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_ Elegant “ New,” no two alike, Chromo Visit- 
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m ou paper, but good card board. The designs 
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FOR C0LLECT0RS- 
SO 
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10,090 Agents Wanted, ft&SSMSJ 
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_ 50 New Chromo Vi9iting cards. No 
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JUST TRY A SAMPLE ORDER. 
Agents in every City and Town in 
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pack of 50 (New Chromo Cards. No 2 alike, name on 10c. 
WISE & CO., Clintonville, Conn. 
NKW*BEAUTIFUL Chromo, 
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Imported Embossed & Hand painted 
Floral Cards. ALL the latest and 
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and 
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printed in fancy type, 10c. A Book contain- 
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Address 
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50 
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with name. 
Mixed Chromo' 
10® 
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CiliSB AGENTS WANTED. 
We offer agents the very best inducements to canvass for 
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Please sent 20 cts. for Agent’s Outfit, which Include our 
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CHAFFEE 
LORD’S PRAYER ! 
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THE AMERICAN PIANO, 
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KEY-STONE ORGAN, nearest approximation 
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A GENTS WANTED 1U e - 
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there is always a ready market. Send for Circular and 
Terms to The Twombly Knitting Machine Co.. 
409 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
STANYAN’S Pat. Bread Mixer and Kneader. 
See description in Agriculturist for January, 1881.—No. 1, 
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