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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
AN ELEGANT IMPORTED 
OLE BULL VIOLIN 
C3/' For only $3.50. ^3 
With Violin Box, 
Bow, Ebony Beys, 
t and Italian Strings. 
Imported Violin for 80 9mall a sum never before offered. We have just 
bougrht at auction sale of one of the largest musical instrument firms 
in Germany, 300 dozen genuine Ole Bull 'Violins. These 
Violins have never retailed for less than $10 to $12 each, and are justly 
celebrated for their rare combination of mathematical and acoustic 
properties, as the minutest gradation of tone can be produced; hence 
the brilliancy of tone for which they are noted. On the .receipt of 
only $3.50, we will send to any reader of this paper one of these 
Violins. ®r Warranted a genuine Ole Bull. 
Packed carefully in a nice Violin box, with bow, &c., &c., all in the 
most complete order; and for ONLY 50 CENTS EXTRA, will send a 
Complete Teacher for the Violin, with 400 pieces of choice 
selected music. This opportunity to getan elegant Ole Bull 
"Violin, with box and bow, for less than it cost to make the Violin 
alone, will never offer again, and i t is the GREATEST 
BARGAIN EVER KNOWN. To every one sending 
cash with order we give in place of the regular bow ono with a BEAU¬ 
TIFUL WHITE IVORY FROG. This bow is one of the handsomest 
wo havo in stock, of extra length, and retails for $1.50. In fact no ex¬ 
pense has been spared on this magnificent offer. The Ole 
Bull Violin is all and more than we claim tor it. 
Calthorp, Texas.— / received the Ole Bull Violin in perfect order, and 
am highly please d, it being SO MUCH BETTE R than I expected." J. 
F. COLLIER. Oakland, Penn.— “TAe Ole Bull Violin far surpassed my 
expectations. Enclosed find order for another.' 1 W. J. Rosenberger. 
Orders invariably filled the day received, and satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. 1,000 pieces of popular music for Violin, Flute, or Comet, by 
mail, only $1. Send stamp for 20-page illustrat ed c atalogue ot 
foreign musical instruments. Address Charles W« Story, 
90 Central Street, Boston, Mass. 
WE H. CARSON, 
GARDEN & FIELD SEEDS, 
125 CHAMBERS ST., 
NEW YORK. 
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Steam - Engines. 
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than any other in the market. Practical improvements 
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WE 
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THE 
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PUMP. 
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For Circular and Price-list address 
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Manufacturer of the Hartford Automatic Pump, 
(Successor to the Hartford Pump Co.,) 
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“ Good Penmanship is very desirable in whatever station of life you are placed, and we are pleased to note that the 
system of American penmanship introduced by Prof. G. A. Gaskell, of Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, is very 
popular in London, and is used in many of the leading commercial houses. It is called ‘ Gaskell’s Compendium,’and is 
simpler and more easily learned, and may he written with greater ease and rapidity, than any of the old Btyles. Triibner 
& Co., Booksellers, 57 & 59 LudgateHill, have it for sale.”— Pall Mall Gazette, London, England. 
“ The salient advantages ol Gaskell’s system are its legibility, rapidity and beauty. There is no style of writing, plain 
or ornamental, business or epistolary, for lady or gentleman, which is not included in this admirable system. And we 
think that if anything at all could tire an indifferent writer whith a desire to become an expert and elegant penman, an 
inspection of Mr. Gaskell’s system would do so .—New York Daily Witness. 
T HIS SYSTEM has been prepared expressly to meet the wants of those 
desiring to change their present handwriting to a more Easv and 
Beautiful style, by home or office practice, without a teacher. 
It i3 the only American system used in the commercial offices of Lon¬ 
don, Eng., and in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities of the 
United States. 
GASKELL’S COMPENDIUM 
CONSISTS OP 
Business, Ladies’, and Ornamental Penmanship, 
in all varieties: Movement Exercises, Alphabets, 
Ledger Headings, Bills, Model Signatures, Corre¬ 
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Off-Haml Flourishing, <fcc., &c. 
All the above are in the form of written and other pen-exercises, and 
accompanied with a small Book op Instructions, giving a complete 
analysis of every capital and small letter, with full directions for Position, 
Pen-holding and Movement. 
IMPROVEMENT OP THOSE USING IT. 
Having had a sale of over 75,000, ample opportunity is afforded for 
testing its value. For the past year we have given in eacli number of 
Scribner’s Monthly and St. Nicholas a full page, showing the im¬ 
provement of those using it, as received from month to month. The 
following have never been equalled by any other system, school, or 
teacher. They are perfect reproductions of the original writing. 
j Old Style: 
New Style: 
Mr. Dennis is now teacher of penmanship In Wright’s 
Business College, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Old Style: 
New Style: 
P. B. Hardin is at present teaching penmanship In 
Kentucky, and is highly commended by leading journals, 
both as a finished writer and a successful instructor. 
His post-office address is Union Star, Ky. 
Mr. Crouse's post-office address is Memphis, N. Y. 
Old Style: 
Mr. Reeves' beautiful handwriting has been the means 
of advancing him to good business positions. He is at 
present employed in the General Passenger and Ticket 
Office of the Canada Southern Railway Lines, at Detroit, 
Mich. He is one of the most expert writers in theLnited 
States. 
GASKELL’S COMPENDIUM COMPLETE will be mailed to any address, fully prepaid, for ONE DOL¬ 
LAR, Please address us' in your own handwriting, so that, if necessary, we may give special directions by letter. Re¬ 
gistered Letters and Money Orders at our risk. Address 
GEORGE A. GASKELL, Principal Bryant & Stratton College, Manchester, IV. H. 
Remember all letters are promptly answered. If you do not get immediate returns, please write kgain, and we 
will see where the fault lies. 
*** Descriptive Circulars , addressed in our own hand, free to all desiring full particulars of the Compendium, with a 
specimen of our off-hand Penmanship. 
1879 . 
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HORSE POWERS. 
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horse than our Patent Level Tread Power and Giant 
Thresher and Cleaner will do. Send for Illustrated Circular. 
HEEBKEK & SONS, Lansdale, Mont Co., Pa. 
RAGAN’S CIDER PRESS. 
Capacity 25 to SO bar¬ 
rels per day; easily 
worked; very com¬ 
pact ; of immense 
power. Not liable to 
get out of order. Gives 
universal satisfaction. 
Manufactured onlv bv 
EWALD OVER, 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
(Send for Circular.) _■ 
