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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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A NEW 
COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY 
OF THE 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 
FOR SCHOOLS, COUNTING HOUSES, AND 
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BY JOSEPH E. WORCESTER, LL.D. 
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Any person can dress the stones with ail ordinary pick ,l 
one hour. Will grind 3000 bushels of grain before requiring 
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48 Cedar-st„ New-York. 
Large Sale of High-bred Cows, Heifers, 
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to eighty superior and beautiful young cows, heifers, and 
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ihey are fit to grace the park of any gentleman’s residence, 
as well as the pasture of the farmer. They have been bred 
f°r milking purposes, and their qualities tested. 
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ITALIAN QUEENS. 
Having' imported per steamer New-York a lot of genuine 
Dalian Bees, (which arrived in a remarkably good state,) I 
shall be able to furnish Amateurs with pure genuine Italiah 
Queens. For price and other information, apply to 
xt r> m, • C./WM ttOSE, 63 Exchange-place, New-York. 
._ ,T hls being tlie and only importation this season, 
the public can rely on getting a perfectly pure breed, 
