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IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES. 
GUNN’S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, 
OR POOR MAN’S FRIEND , 
(Raymond’s Copy.) 
FOR SALE BY C.M. SAXTON, 205 BROADWAY, N. Y. 
THIS valuable work has gone through many heavy editions, 
most of which were circulated in the Southern and Western 
States. Raymond’s copy is a revision and correction of the 
original work, with a good deal of valuable new matter added by 
the author; it is printed on fine paper, and well bound. Each 
copy is accompanied with the recommendations of some of the 
most distinguished medical professors and practitioners in our 
country ; much of it being selected from the practice of the most 
celebrated medical men of Europe and America, viz: 
America -Ots. Rush, Physic, Brown, Chapman, Dorsey, Davis, 
Mott, Hosack, M’Nevin, Mitchell, Anderson, Eberle, Drake, Pat- 
tison, Hereford, Wharton, Manlove, McDowell, Foote, Powell, 
Goodman, McConnochie, Wellford, Archer, King, Fisher, Bigelow, 
Kinlock, Hopkins, Cutler, Sigmond, Cutbush, Jenner, Paris, Te¬ 
nant, Storck. 
Europe —Drs. Dunglison, Cook, Bell, Reece, Astley Cooper, 
Gardiner, Abernethy, Harnett, Johnson, Carmichael, Dick, Cur¬ 
rie, Tate, Balfour, Thomas, Holme, Payne, Drury, Ellison, Bards- 
ley, Cook, Ainslee, Fleming, Hamilton, Sully, Sigmond, Churchill, 
Baker, Cumming, Bardsley, Williams, Poqueville, Marcet, Clo 
quett, Le Fevre, De Haen, Galen, Helbig, Strum, Drysden, rerci- 
val, Coindet, Hufeland. 
The diseases peculiar to both cold and warm climates are 
plainly described, with the means to be used in their cure ; in 
short it is the regular practice of medicine, wholly divested of 
all professional or doctor’s terms, and is intended chiefly for the 
use of families, managers of farms and plantations, ship-masters, 
manufacturers, &c., pointing out in plain and simple language 
for preventing as well as curing contagious diseases, and pro¬ 
longing human life. 
It also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and plants 
of the United States, and the manner of using them in the cure 
of diseases, arranged on a new and simple plan. 
Prick— Single copies, $3.00. Four copies, $10.00. Eleven co¬ 
pies, $25.00. 
Agents wanted to sell the above work, to whom a liberal 
discount will be made. Inquire, post paid, of C. M. SAXTON, 
205 Broadway. 
ISABELLA GRAPES 
OF proper age for forming vineyards, propagated from and con¬ 
taining all the good qualities which the most improved cultiva¬ 
tion for over ten years has conferred on the vineyards at Croton 
Point, are now offered to the public. Those who may purchase 
will receive such instructions as will enable them to cultivate 
the Grape with entire success (provided their location is not too 
far north.) All communications, post-paid, addressed to R. T. 
UNDERHILL, M.D., 326 Broadway, New York, will receive at¬ 
tention. He feels quite confident that he has so far meliorated 
the character and habits of tlio Grape-Vines in his vineyards and 
nurseries, by improved cultivation, pruning, &c., that they will 
generally ripen well and produce good fruit when planted in most 
of the northern, and all the western, middle, and southern states. 
New York, March 1, 1847. 2t 
IMPERIAL OATS. 
A FEW barrels of these superior oats just received and for Sale. 
Price $4 per bbl. They are great yielders, remarkably free from 
husk, and weigh over 40 lbs. per bushel. 
_ A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water Street, N. Y. 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
MATCH and single horses, some of which can trot their mile 
under three minutes, others rack and gallop easily, making admi¬ 
rable saddle-horses for ladies and gentlemen ; Durham, Devon, 
Hereford, and Ayrshire Cattle ; Merino, Saxon, Southdown, and 
Leicester Sheep; the large white English breed of Swine, 
Berkshires ; Poultry, &c., &c. Apply to 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water Street. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
PERUVIAN GUANO, received direct from the Chincha Islands 
and shipped by special authority of the government of Peru. All 
that is sent to this country is thus shipped by the Guano Com¬ 
pany, and is consigned to the subscriber. It will be received by 
him atNewYork, or by Samuel K. George, at Baltimore. Any 
other Guano offered as Peruvian , is spurious. The price, in 
quantities not less than twenty-five tons, is $50 per ton. 
3tm EDWIN BARTLETT, 42 South-street. 
PRAIRIE FARM FOR SALE. 
640 ACRES PRAIRIE LAND, in Sangamon County, Illinois, 
8 £ miles W.S.W. of Springfield, the capital of the State of Illi¬ 
nois. The land is pleasantly situated, in a respectable and healthy 
neighborhood, well watered with never failing streams, and of 
very rich soil, convenient to limber both on the north and south 
side ; the railroad from Springfield to the Illinois river (which is 
35 miles diltant) goes through the land. Farms in the vicinity 
are well supplied with all the varieties of cultivated fruit, some 
having been in cultivation more than 20 years. Mills, churches, 
and schoolhouses are convenient. Stone coal can be bought at 
the pits within five miles from 2 to 3 cents per bushel. Lumber 
is worth from 10 to 12 dollars per M. Well water is excellent. 
Quarries of lime-stone and sand-stone are in the vicinity. Hands 
for farm labor as well as mechanics can be had at moderate 
wages. 
The land was personally surveyed and selected by the son of 
the owner, after a prolonged search through what is called the 
garden of Illinois, and would have been improved and occupied 
by the owner and his family, had not unexpected occurrences 
prevented. 
Price, $3.50 per acre, one-fourth cash, the balance on time as 
the purchaser may wish. For further particulars apply to 
A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., N. Y. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, 
BY R. L. ALLEN. 
THE cheapest and most valuable book for a Farmer ever print¬ 
ed ; being a complete guide, both practical and scientific, for the 
management of the Farm. Containing a concise and plainly 
written exposition of the general duties pertaining to the cultiva¬ 
tion of the Earth, the breeding of Live Stock, &c. &c. 
The reader can form some idea of what he is going to buy, 
from the fa^t that this work treats, in a plain practical manner, 
of upwards of Eight Hundred different subjects, important to 
the Farmer, the Planter, the Stock Breeder, and the Horticultu¬ 
rist. It also touches on Geology, Chemistry, Botany, Anatomy, 
Physiology, and Mechanics, as applicable to Agriculture. 
This book contains 437 pages, beautifully bound in cloth gilt, 
suitable for a library. It would be a most valuable premium for 
distribution among Agricultural Societies, to which, and to the 
Trade, a liberal discount would be made. Price*only one dollar. 
For sale by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 187 Water st., and 
tf C. M. SAXTON, 205 Broadway, N. York. 
FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE. 
A RICH VALLEY FARM, containing 123 acres, situated on 
the north side of Long Island, 3£ miles from Cold Spring Harbor, 
and 5 miles from railroad d6p6t. Produces in abundance all 
kinds of Grain and Grass, the buildings and fences are in first 
rate order, the prospect very fine, and one of the most healthy 
locations on the Island. The stock, farming utensils, and winter 
grain will be sold with the Farm if tlie purchaser wishes. One 
half of the purchase money can remain on bond and mortgage 
at 6 per cent, for a number of years, or would be exchanged for 
good city property. Inquire of 
2tm C. M. SAXTON, 205 Broadway. 
WANTS A SITUATION. 
A PRACTICAL GARDENER.—Has a general knowledge of 
Horticulture and the Formation of Picturesque Scenery. 
W. WHEDDON, Gardener to C. Kneeland, 
3tm Bay Side, Flushing. 
INOCULATED PEACH-TREES. 
AN Assortment of the best varieties. Also a few trees not 
inoculated, raised from stones brought from South America. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS of two and three years thrifty growth. 
For sale by ISAAC ROOSEVELT, Pelham, 
2tm New Rochelle P. O., N. Y. 
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
THE subscriber has just opened an Agricultural Warehouse at 
New Orleans, where he will constantly keep on hand a very 
general assortment of plows suitable for the Southern planter, 
together with harrows, rollers, cultivators, horse-powers, grain 
threshers, rye threshers and hulling machines, fanning mills, 
burr stone and cast iron grain mills, corn and cob crushers, com 
shellers and huskers, vegetable cutters, straw cutters, seed sow¬ 
ers, wheelbarrows, trucks, grain cradles, ox yokes, shovels, 
spades, forks, scythes, rakes, axes, hoes, picks, chains, churns, 
grindstones, &c., &c. 
Among his plows are those from the celebrated factory of Rug- 
gles, Nourse & Mason, of Worcester; from A. B. Allen of New 
York; and R. Sinclair Jr., & Co. of Baltimore. 
Castings of all kinds of patterns extra for the above. 
Agricultural Books, a complete assortment. 
Orders will be received for horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, 
fruit trees and shrubbery ; and any other articles planters may 
wish to order from the north. 
R. L. ALLEN. 
New Orleans, Dec. 1,1846. 
