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AMEEIOAlSr AGEIGULTURIST. 
[Jakuary, 
GOOD NEWS 
LADIES! 
Now’s your time to e:et 
tip Or.i ers for our GELEBKA- 
TB^D TEAS ami COFFEES, and 
_secure a beautiful MOSS 
ROSE or GOED-BAND CHINA TEA-SET 
(44 pieces), our own importation. One of these beauti¬ 
ful china sets given away to the party sending an order 
for $25. This is the greatest inducement ever offered. 
Send in your orders and enjoy a cup of GOOD TEA 
•r COFFEE, and at the same time procure a HAND¬ 
SOME CHINA TEA-SET. No humbug. Good Teas, 
30c., 35., and iOc. per lb. Excellent Teas, 50c. and OOc., 
and very best from 65c. to 90c. We are the oldest and 
largest Tea Company in the business. The reputation 
of our house requires no comment. We have just im¬ 
ported some very fine WHITE GRANITE DINNER 
SETS, (115 pieces), which we give away with Tea and 
Coffee orders of $40 and upwards. P'or full particulars, 
Address THE OHEAT AMERIGAH TEA GO. 
F. O. Box 289. 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
MIXED FARMING 
IN NEBRASKA. 
Crain, Corn, and Live Stock Crowing 
Combined. 
"Hi© most Profitable and agreeable of any occupation. 
1883 
Reports prove the agriculturists of Nebraska to have 
been the most successful of any people in the West. 
Write for information about the above matters—also 
about tr. P. Ry. lauds in this State, which will be sent Free, 
hi great variety, by I.EAVITT BUIiiVH.AM, 
laud Commissioner U. P. Ry. Co., 
Omaiia, Neb. 
Refer to this advertisement. ^ 
CHEAP FARMS 
dSrii:.VT?, M 
The State of Michigan has more than 4,500 miles of rail¬ 
road and 1,600 miles of Lake transportation, schools and 
churches in every county, public buildings all paid for, and 
no debt. Its soil and climate combine to produce large 
crops, and it is the best fruit State in tlie Northwest. Sev¬ 
eral million acres of unoccupied and fertile lands are yet 
in the market at low prices. The State has issued a NEW 
PAMPHLET containing a map and descriptions of the 
soil, crops and general resources of every county in the 
State, which may be had free of charge by writing to the 
COMJI’B OF iMMIGKATIOtr, DETROIT, MiCH. 
FARMS. 
150 Delatvare Fruit and Grain Farms 
cheap. Catalogues free. 
A. P. GRIFFITH, Smyrna, Del. 
000,000 
on tile line of the 
WISCONSIN CENTRAL R. R. 
Address, E rf k ii B W Fall particulars 
CHARLES L COLBY, 
Land Commiss’ner* 
MZLWAUKEE.WIS. 
acu "wiriBoontrffiixKr.' 
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ARMS.—Mild climate ; profitable and productive; 
$500 to $2,000. Best of markets. New land, $20 per 
acre. Terms easy. C. K. LANDIS, Vineland, N. J. 
VIRBSMia fW 
For Sale. Catalogue free. 
Maps of Virginia, 20 cents. H. L. 
Staples & Co., Richmond, Va. 
Full description by coun- 
O A L. I r L/ K IM 1 A . ties ; 200 -page pamphiet 
and map; price 50 cents,postage paid. 
MoAFEE BROTHERS, Land Agents, 
234 Montgomery St.,-Sau Francisco, Cal. 
FARMS 
on James River, Va., In aNorthern 
settlement. Hlus. circular free. 
J. F. MANCHA, Claremont, Va. 
0 /1RGINIA . FA:R MS &; MI bLS> 
iFor Sale and Exchnnpre. Il^” Write 
for free REAL ESTATE JOUKN.AL. 
IK. B. CHAFFIN A CO. Ki<dimond,Virs:iiila 
D esirable Country Home for sale near Boonville, 
Mo., 113 Acres. Fruit and Dairy Farm. Near 
Creamery and Evaporator, Mild Climate. Address, 
W. S. BENEDICT, Boonville, Mo. 
COME TO FLORIDA! 
-AND- 
BE HAPPY AIVD PROSPEROUS! 
We will send full information, on the rrceiptpf two letter 
stamps, to any address, respecting the Climate, Soil. Health, 
Business Opportunities, Price of Lands, Best Locations, 
Profits of growing fruits and vegetables, Prices of fencing 
and clearing, prices of orange, peach, lemon, lime, guava, 
pineapple, banana, scuffernong grape, pear, and other nur¬ 
sery stock; profits ou orange growing; profits on poultry, 
bees, &c.; cost of horses, mules, furniture, hired help, dry 
f oods, groceries, &c., &c.; cost of board' and travelling in 
lorlda. 
COLONEY, TALBOT & CO., 
Refer to Bank of Jacksonville. Jucksonville, Fla. 
Land of Plenty. 
Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan, Martin, Cotton-wood, 
Jackson, Nobles and Murray Counties, in Southwestern 
Minnesota, have a Wheat crop of over 20 bushels per 
acre, with Corn, Rye, Oats, Barley, Flax, etc., in abundance 
such as never before known. Now is the time to buy lands 
In this most fertile, beautiful and healthful region, which 
lias competing railways, abundant meadows, cheap fuel, 
spring water lakes and cheap lands. 
Apply to J. H. DRAKE, 
Land Commissioner, Drake Block, St. Paul, Minn. 
Til ^ 1 ^ Improved Farm of 160 acres, within 
r ( 11 IF 10 miles of Topeka, Kansas. Price, $6,500. 
-A \JI K^UjI.U icheap.C.C.GARDINER,Wakarusa,Kan. 
FAKM F®K SALE. 
Dutchess County Farm, of 475 acres, to close Estate of 
Andrew C. Warren. Grass and grain. Water, fences, and 
buildings all excellent. Fifteen acres of apple orchard. In 
family from first settlement. Non-malarlous ana attractive, 
f ood neighborhood, in Town of Stamford, on line of New- 
urgh, Dutchess and Conn. R. R. and Poughkeepsie Boston 
and Hartford R. R. 
If not before sold, will be offered at auction Jan. 15th, 1884, 
12 o’clock noon, at Hicks' Hotel, Bangall, Dutchess Co.,N.Y. 
For more minute information apply to 
ALVAH^.^WARI^^^^’ Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Mrs. E. A. W. BATES, New Lebanon, Columbia Co.,N. T. 
ONE CEHT 
invested in a postal card and addressed as below 
WILL 
give to the writer full information as to the best lands in 
the United States now for sale ; how he can 
BUY 
them on the lowest and best terms, also the full te.xt of the 
U. S. land laws and how to secure 
320 ACRES 
of Government Lands in Northwestern Minnesota and 
Northeastern Dakota. 
Address : 
.¥AMI 3 S 15 . E»OWEl£, 
Land and Emigration Commissioner, 
ST. PAHL, MINN". 
Print Your Own Cards 
■with our $3 Printing Press. Larger 
sizes for circulars, &c., |8 to $75. Poryoiing 
or old, business or pleasure. Everything 
easy, printed directions. Send 3 stamps for 
_ Catalogue of Presses, Type, Cards, &c., &c., 
to the factory, iielsey Sc Co., JHeriden, Conn. 
AGENTS WANTED the best Family Knit¬ 
ting Machine ever invented. Will knit a pair of stock¬ 
ings with HEElj and TOE complete in 20 minutes. 
It will also knit a great variety of fancy-work for which 
there is always a ready market. Send for circular and 
terms to the Twombly Knitting Machine Co., 
163 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 
LYOI^^HEALY 
state & Monroe Sts.,Chicago. 
Will send prep.iid to any address their 
BAND CATALOGUE, 
for 1883, yOO pages, 210 Liigravings 
of instrument, Suits* Caps, Belt^ 
Pompons, Epaule^ Cap-Lamps, 
Stands. Drum Major’s Staffs, aiiii 
Hats, Sunilry Band Oulhts, Repairing 
Materials, abo includes Instruction and Ex¬ 
ercises for Amateur Bands, and a Catalogue' 
of Choice Band Aliisic. 
WELL iom@, 
ARTESIAN WELI, 
DRILLINH Si MIN- 
ERAL PROSPECT¬ 
ING MACHINERY 
and how to nse, Is fully illutitrated, explained and highly recom- 
mendedin “ AmetiOan AgrioultWiSt, ” Nov. No., 187S, page4S5. 
Send for it* Portable, low priced, woi ked by man, horse or steam 
power. Needed by farmers in every county. Good business for 
Winter or Summer and very profitable. Makes wells iu earth or 
rock anywhere. We want the names of men that need wells. 
Send stamp for Illustrated p-ricQ list a'nd tern'S^o Apruts,' 
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of the best Knittiutr 
Maebiue ■will be sent, 
on application. 
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Lamb Kulttlu,^ Machia© €1©., CMcopeo Full% 
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hull investigation afforded to all. 
Willcos^ GiblsS.M Co, 658 Broadway H.Y. 
This Instrument 
Containing 28 NOTES (6- 
MORE than is contained in 
any other like instrument)' 
is unequalled for durability, 
power, and sweetness of 
tone. 
Larger sizes for House, 
Lodge and Chapel, contain 
32 notes. 
THE AUTOPHONE, 
For Grown People and children, the finest and cheapest 
AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ever offered. 
Send for Circular and Catalogue of Music. 
THE AtlTTDPMONE CO., Itliaca, N. Y. 
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