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AMERICAN AGKRICIT LTUI1IST 
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A RELIABLE AGENCY 
FOR PURCHASING 
Implements for the Farm, 
Garden and Household, 
SEEDS, 
ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE, 
ETC., ETC., ETC. 
ALL ARTICLES PURCHASED 
WARRANTED TO BE OF TIIE 
QUA-IjXT^. 
No Charge made to Purchasers, 
BEYOND THE 
Lowest lcg[ular Price. 
The subscriber would respectfully inform the public, 
that at the suggestion and particular request of a number 
of gentlemen (including the Editor of the American 
Agriculturist) he has opened at 
42 Parle Row, Now-York City, 
(under the Publication Office of the N. Y. Daily Times,) 
A Purchasing and Commission Agency, 
for the purpose of receiving and executing orders from 
those who may wish any article which they can not conve¬ 
niently obtain direct from known reliable dealers ; such as: 
GOOD BOOKS; also 
Agricultural and Horticultural Imple¬ 
ments, Good Fertilizers, Fruit and Orna¬ 
mental Trees and Plants, Seeds, House¬ 
hold Articles—in short, anything to be 
F0ET EBWAM INSTITUTE, 
Rev. Joseph E. King, A. M, Principal. 
Rev. S. A. Knapp, A M., V. Principal. 
3p£ill ■X’orooiA commences j&.TLig'ta.st; 22, 1861. 
Fort Edward, a pleasant and rapidly growing village of upwards of two thousand inhabitants, is situ¬ 
ated on the Saratoga and Whitehall Railroad, seventeen miles north of Saratoga Springs. The site of the 
buildings, on the bank of the Hudson River, overlooking the village and an extensive stretch of beauti¬ 
ful country, is pleasant, airy and healthful in an eminent degree. 
procured in New-York City and at other 
accessible points.— Special attention will also he 
given to procuring Sewing Machines. 
Subscriptions for all good periodicals will also be 
received at the usual subscription price. 
If persons at a distance send their orders through this 
agency for anything not believed to be valuable, the money 
will be promptly returned. The invariable rule in the 
transaction of all business will be, Promptness, Integrity, 
and. a strict regard for the interests of the purchaser. 
Persons coming to the City may leave their orders at the 
Office, and the desired articles will be procured with all 
convenient dispatch, and brought to the office to bo called 
for, or be forwarded by express, or otherwise, as directed. 
No charge will be made beyond the loioest regular 
trice of the article purchased—as dealers have kindly offer¬ 
ed to allow a wholesale discount to this Agency, sufficient 
to cover the expense of supporting it, especially as all 
transactions will be strictly for cash. 
J3PA11 orders should be as plain and definite as possible, 
describing particularly what is wanted, and in all 
cases state exactly how it is to be forwarded. —Send as 
nearly as possible the exact amount to be paid for it. If 
not certain on this point, cither inquire by letter for the 
cost, or send enough to cover ail expenses ; and any sur¬ 
plus will be returned with the bill. Articles can not 
be sent out on credit. When a reply is needed, a postage 
stamp should be enclosed. 
THE FORT EDWARD INSTITUTE. 
The buildings are of brick, and were erected in 1854, at an expense, including furniture, fixtures, appa¬ 
ratus, and library, of 865,000. 
It claims to be unsurpassed by any Seminary in the land in tlie following respects , healthfulness of lo¬ 
cation and adaptation of buildings to purposes of education, thoroughness of instruction in all the de¬ 
partments, high average intellectual and moral character of students, and rates of board and tuition as 
compared with quality. Three professors and teachers are devoted exclusively to the common English 
studies, two each to Mathematics and Classics, one respectively to Commercial Instruction, to Natural Sci¬ 
ence, to Modern Languages, and to Painting, while three have in charge the department of Music. Rare 
facilities are thus afforded to prepare for Teaching, College ois Business. 
Young ladies who graduate are aided in obtaining desirable situations to teach. There is a department 
for lads and misses not sufficiently advanced to enter the Academic Department. 
C O L L E G E—PR EPARATORY AND CLASSICAL STUDIES. 
A class of beginners, in both Latin and Greek, is formed at the commencement of each term. There 
is also, every term, a class formed in each of the several branches required for admission to the leading col¬ 
leges of the country. Young men desiring it are fitted for advanced standing in college. 
COMMERCIAL COURSE. 
This Course is designed to give a thorough and accomplished business education. 
MODERN LANGUAGES. 
A lady of European parentage and education, who speaks fluently the genuine French and German, as 
well as the English, has charge of this department, devoting to it her whole attention. Facilities are af 
forded for daily colloquial practice in the French, without extra charge. 
PAINTING AND DRAWING. 
This department is in charge of an artist of marked ability. The studio is large, well lighted and fur¬ 
nished with all the appliances necessary for the successful study and practice of this beautiful art. 
MUSIC. 
Address all Orders and communications to 
HARVEY B. LANE, 
No, 42 Park Row, New York City, 
REFERENCES. 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 
New-York, March Iblh, 1861. 
We take pleasure in testifying to the well known Business 
Ability and Integrity of Harvey B. Lane. His Educa¬ 
tion and Habits peculiarly fit him for the New Enterprise 
which he is starting; and we do not hesitate to say that 
any business that may be entrusted to his care will be con¬ 
ducted with strict fidelity and for the best interests of those 
who may patronize him. Signed.: 
Daniel Drew, Esq. Neio-York City. 
Francis Hall, Esq. Editor of N. Y. Com. Advertiser. 
Orange Judd, Esq".. Editor of American Agriculturist 
Wm. B. Skidmore, Esq. Treas'r Erie It. It. Long Hock Co. 
IIOB. Geo. T. Coi! b, M. C.. ..Morristown, N. J. 
Mewrs. Harper & Bro„. Publishers, New-York. 
Messrs. Carlton & Porter .Methodist Book Concern, N. Y. 
Ralph Mead, Esq. No. 11 Coenties Slip, New-York. 
A. V. Stout, Esq. President Shoe & Leather Bank. 
Thos. McElrath. Sec. American Institute. 
Henry J. Baker,. Esq.IS ‘i Pearl-street, Neic-York. 
Lewis B. Loder, Esq . Firm of Loder <£ Co'. 
Charles C. North, Esq... Firm of North, Sherman dt Co. 
Isaac Rich, Esq. Boston, Mass. 
•Jacob Sleeper, Esq. . Boston, Mass. 
VVm. B. Ogden. Esq.. Chicago, III. 
The object of this Department is to furnish a complete Musical Education, practical and theoretical, 
to those desirous of becoming teachers or performers. This department is in charge of Prof. Falk, a 
splendid performer, and a teacher of great experience—having taught in some of the principal cities ot 
the United States—also well known as a composer of music. 
There is a department also for lads and misses. See terms below. 
EXPENSE S— PER TERM OP FOURTEEN WEEKS. 
Board, washing, furnished room, fuel prepared, and Admission fee, for term of 14 weeks, in advance, $30.00; per year 
$110.00. [In Winter Term, $2.00 extra being charged for fuel.] 
TUITION. 
To the admission fee, $4.00, [included in the above $36.00,] as a basis is added, for each brand] of Higher Mathematics, 75 
except for Surveying, $2.00; [each branch of Mental and Moral Science and English Literature, $1.00; each Natural Science, 
1.00, [except Natural Philosophy, 1.25, and Chemistry, 2.00]; each Ancient Language, 1.25; and each Modern Language, 4.00. 
EXTRA BRANCHES. 
Piano or Organ, two lessons per week, with nse of Instrument. ..$12.00 
Vocal Music, Sacred or Glees, per course of 21 lessons. 1.25 
Penmanship, per course of 28 lessons. . 1.00 
Oil Painting, per term, with use of patterns and easels. .10 00 
Penciling, Perspective, Crayons, Monochromatics, Water Colors, Tissue Flowers, Book Keeping Exercises, each, per term 5.00 
OUTFIT—EXTRA EXPENSES. 
Eacli room is designed for two occupants, and is furnished with a stove, a bedstead, mat trasses and bed¬ 
ding, a large wardrobe, three chairs, a table, a washstand, small bookcase, water pail and match safe. 
Students furnish their own lights, mirrors, washbowls and pitchers, towels, soap, brooms, and, if they 
choose, curtaigs and carpets. 
Youn<r Lads and Misses who are not able to take care of their own rooms and furnish the necessary ar¬ 
ticles for them, will be taken on the following terms, viz : Board, washing, fuel, lights, common English, 
rooms furnished and taken care of by servant, and clothes mended, 844 per term, or 8134 per academic 
year. 
ifj/ff For further references see new Catalogue. Apply to the Principal, Fort Edward Institute, N. Y . 
