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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
Garden Engine and Fire Extinguisher. 
Protects Buildings from Fire, and Trees, Vines, etc., from 
Insects. Throws water 50 ft. Easily carried. No Dwelling, 
Country Home, or Factory, should he without the Fountain 
Pump. See description and illustration pages 178 and 180, 
Am. Agriculturist. May, 1877. Send for large Illustrated 
Circular. J. A. WHITMAN, Sole Proprietor and 
_ Manufacturer, Providence, R. I, 
“Time is Money.” 
NEake the most of it. 
Use it to ttlie l>est atlv;iii(age. 
A good time-piece will help you to this desirable result. 
Jerome’s 30-Hour Clocks 
are cheap in price, handsome in ap¬ 
pearance, accurate in performance, 
and durable in actual service. They 
have Detached Lever Escapements, 
Heavy Metal Movements, and balance 
wheel like a watch, and consequently 
run in any position. 
Black Walnut, Scotch Plaid, Moroc¬ 
co, and Metal Cases, at retail, $2, $2 50, 
$3, and §3 50, by mail, postage pre-paid. 
Wholesale, $15 to $27 per dozen, uy ex¬ 
press. 
JEROME & CO., 
Established 1856. _ New Haven, Conn. 
S OMETHING NEW!! for 
CUOLL & FKET SAWYERS! 
Scroll Saw Decorated Wood Co., 
84 Chambers Street, New York City, 
Sole Importers and Manufacturers, 
Elegantly embellished patterns in bright colors and gold 
transferred on the wood, by the well known process of 
Decalcomanie. 
Flower Pot Screens, (7 pieces,) 7 sizes, 20c. to 60c. 
Work Baskets, (7 pieces,) 5 sizes, 20c. to COc. Card Baskets, 
(7 pieces,) 2 sizes, 25c. to 40c. Photograph or Picture 
Frames, 6 sizes, 10c. to 40c. Book Rest. 9x12, (6 pieces.) 65c. 
Cigar Vase, (6 pieces,) 35c. Napkin Rings, (5 pieces,) !5c. 
Saint’s Chapel, 35c. Pen Rack, 15c. Match Safe, 15c. Key 
Rack, 25c. Clock Front, 30c. Watch Stand, 25c. What-Nots, 
50c. Fan Handles, pair, 12c. Silk Spools, 4c., &c., &c. 
By this process the sawyer is enabled to produce articles 
of greater elegance with the same labor as from ordinary 
patterns. Send ior circular, S. W. Plumb. Treasurer, 
s 
GROLL 
AWS. 
( CENTENNIAL and 20 State MEDALS 
and DIPLOMAS 
TO THE 
Fleetwood and Dexter 
For ACCURACY, 
RAPIDITY, DURABILITY, 
AND LOW COST. 
Prices, $5 to $25. 
TRUMP SKOTSSEKS, 
MANUFACTURERS, 
WILMINGTON, DEL. 
Send for Circular and Illus- 
_trated Designs. 
SOMETHING NEW, 
Magical Patching Plate. 
Needed and Useful in every Family. 
Will mend Tin, Brass, or Copper Ware, or Lead Pipe, 
without the use of soldering iron or acid. Can he used by 
any woman or child. Sample Sheet sent by mail npon re¬ 
ceipt of twenty-five cents. Canvassers make five to ten 
dollars per day. One Agent writes. “Sold to fifty-seven 
families out of sixty-three canvassed.” 
AGENTS WANTED FOR MIDDLE AND NEW ENG¬ 
LAND STATES. TERMS LIBERAL. 
TRACY & CO., 243 Broadway, N. Y. 
_ Babcock, Solicitor, (formerly 
t Office,) 513 7th St., Washington, D. C. 
i -thirds price. 
Tlie AVER ILL Paint 
MIXED READY FOR USE, 
BEST IN THE WORLD! 
E. E. TOWNS, Sup’t Huck Mfg. Co., Springfield, Mass., 
writes “ I<ive years ago I used your paint. It wears well, 
better than any other I ever used.” 
The above is the substance of letters we are constantly 
receiving:. 
Send for Sample Cards and testimonials (furnished free), to 
AVER1LL CHEMICAL PAINT CO., 
32 Burling Slip, New York. 
171 East Randolph St.. Chicago. 
_132 East River St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
National Wire Mattress, 
Awarded a Medal of Honor and Diploma of Merit by the 
IT. S. Centennial Commission, for “ STRENGTH AND 
PORTA EI > WITH CHEAP. 
NEns AND COMFORT.”- This mattress is constrmt- 
any circumstances. 
any climate. It is the only mattress that can be safely sbip- 
ped in compact boxes. It is the only mattress setting its 
elasticity from tempered steel, and not from iron wire. For 
Hotels. Hospitals and all Public Institutions , as well as for 
private families, the National Wire Mattress is the one above 
allothers that will give entire satisfaction. 
Do not confound this with any woven wire 
mattress. Shipped to any It. li. Station in the l T .S. and 
( Miiadii FREE of charges on receipt of price. $13.50. 
Ssend for Circular. 
lino NATIONAL WIRE MATTRESS CO., New Britain. Ct. 
TUTTLE 
The Latest and Best 
KNITTER 
For Family Use 
In the Market. 
For Circular, Sample, and 
Full Particulars, 
KNITTING- MACHINE 
Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
GREAT REDUCTION!!! 
Branson Knitting Machines. (Centcnnnial Award). No. 157 
North Eighth St., Philadelphia. Pa. G. A. Quimby, Agent. 
■ PRICE LIST. 
No. 1 Machine, 60 Needle, $10.00, formerly $20.00. 
No. 2 “ 72 “ 11.00, “ 22.00. 
No. 3 “ 84 “ 12.00, “ 24.00. 
No. 4 “ 100 “ 12.50, “ 25.00. 
(Six extra needles sent with each machine.) 
L ABIES! 
BEWARE OF 
Imitations. 
Keep’s Custom Shirts made to measure. 
The very best, 6 for $9, delivered free everywhere. 
Keep’s Patent Partly-Made Dress Shirts. 
The very best, 6 for $7, delivered free everywhere. 
An elegant set of Gold plate collar and sleeve 
Buttons given with each half dozen Keep’s shirts. 
Samples and full directions mailed free to any address. 
Merchants supplied at. a small commission on cost. 
Trade circulars mailed free on application. 
Keep Manufacturing Co., 165 Mercer St„ New York. 
HULL & SCOTMEY, 
346 North Water St., Philadelphia, Pa., 
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 
and Wholesale Dealers in Butter. Cheese, Eggs. Poultry, 
Lard, Tallow, Game, Potatoes, Apples,- Hay, Grain, Flour, 
Fur’ Wool, Cotton, Peanuts. Broom Corn, Foreign and 
Domestic Fruits. Liberal Cush Advaue< s made on 
all Shipments but perishable goods. Send for Price List, 
Stencil; &c„ &c. Refer cure Cash, or we refer to any 
Responsible House in our city. 
E g r\ tA7AT5T4 produce com mi s- 
■ 0E U. VV AIUJ, sion merchants. 
Sole Agents for Alex. Hornbv’s Steam-cooked White Wheat 
and Oat Meal. . No. 379 Washington-st., N. Y. 
(Rst'd 1815.) Ref., Trying National IinnF, New York City. 
*DTTT-UTCj T" nmr phodik e comnis- 
rUJi Uio L. LULiJj. sion merchant. 
141 R.-aile St.. New York! Established in 1853. Market 
reports and shipping directions sent free on application. 
TO FAKIERS. 
hoc /uu yuui ywu ui iitngiiuunn^ buwus 
duce our new books, which are of the 
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"li 
Do you or your sons or daughtei-3 want to earn a few hun¬ 
dred dollars during the fall and winter months? AVe can 
you your own or neighboring towns in which to intro. 
..’ ’ ’ valuable and 
t month clear. 
. - -you can. Full in¬ 
formation sent you free. Write i s. Address AM. PUBLISH¬ 
ING CO., Hartford, Conn., Chicago, Ill., or Cincinnati, O. 
AGENTS WANTED FOR 
THE AMERICAN STATESMAN. 
A Political History of the United States, exhibiting the ori¬ 
gin, nature, and practical operation of constitutional gov¬ 
ernment in this country; the rise and progress of parties, 
&c., constituting an Encyclopedia of American Politics. 
Over 1,600 pages. Price $5. Address for terms, 
H. S. GOODSPEED & CO., New York, or Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Temperance “I™!; SOTGS ’ 
HERALD of HEALTH for 1878. 
All new subscribers who send in $1.00 at once, will he en¬ 
titled to all the numbers from Jnlv, 1817, free. Bv sending 
$2.50, lliose excellent hooks Eating for Strength, Price $1.00, 
and Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia and Head-ache, their Cure 
by Natural or Hygienic Agencies, Price $1.00, and the Herald 
of Health as above specified, will_ be sent. Circulars of 
hooks free. 
Send Us Fifteen Cents 
return mail, « worth in sheet music 
form $3.00, The FOLIO, $1.60 per year. 
WHITE, SMITH & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 
"H71RTENDS, if you are in any way interes ted in 
F BEES or HONEY, 
we will with pleasure send von a sample copv of our 
Monthly GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, with 
a descriptive price list of our latest improvements in Hives, 
Honey Extractors, Artificial Comb, 8ectiou 
Honey Boxes, all Books and Journals, everything per¬ 
taining to Bee Culture. Nothing patented. Simply send 
your address on a postal card, written plain!//, to 
A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 
STEEL PENS, 
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. 
No. 91 John St., New York. 
HENRY HOE, Sole Agent. JOSEPH GILL0TT&S0NS. 
SNOWFLAKE CARDS, §£ 
5 packs, 5 names, SI. By return mail. Seim 
hills or silver. Warranted to suit or money re¬ 
funded. All other kinds equally low. Largest 
variety on earth. Agents wanted. One sent ns 
nearly $100.00 shortly after getting his 
samples. Money for YOU TOO in this. Send Stamp for 
Circular. W. C. CANNON, 
712 Washington St.. Boston, Mass. 
ELEGANT CARDS, no two alike, with name. 
10 cents. 20 Nobby Scroll, with name, 10 cents, post¬ 
paid. GEO.-J. REED & CO., Nassau, N. Y. 
25 
LTh ELEGANT CARDS.no two alike, with name, 
M lOcts. 20 Fine Scroll Cards, 20 styles, 10c.. post- 
Ari *J> paid. J. B. HUSTED, Nassau, N. Y. 
XT’ OUR NAME printed on 50 MIXED CARDS. 
i Damask. Repp, Granite, Bristol, &c.. tor 10c. and stamp. 
NOVELTY CARD CO.. Ilox 335, Wallingford, Conti 
Mixed Cards, Damask, Repp, Granite, Etc., with 
50 
50 
BRISTOL CARDS, (9 tints), with name, and 
sample of Oriental Polish for 10 cents and stamp. 
F. w. AUSTIN & CO., North Havkn, Conn. 
65 
40 
Finely Printed Visiting Cards, 18 Styles, with 
your name on them all for only 10 cts. 
STAR PRINTING CO., Northford, Conn. 
65 
LARGE MIXED CARDS, with name 10c. 
and 3 ct. stamp, til* Styles FUN CARDS, 10c. 
Samples 6c. M. DOVVD & CO„ Bristol, Conn. 
A Beautiful Portrait, 
Of any size, can be made from a common card photograph, 
or other picture, of any person. 
We will send full description, prices, &c., to any reliable, 
respectable man who will act as our agent. To such a narty 
we offer a permanent and profitable business of the highest 
respectabilit//. Address 
TEN EYCK & CO.. Auburn, N. Y. 
THE 
PEOPLE, 50 pages, 40 engravings of houses, post-paid 25c. 
Send lor it. GEO. PALLISER. Architect, Bridgeport, Ct. 
A GENTS LOOK ! Catalogue of 44 Novelties free. 
or with a Hand-hook invaluable to letter writers, ten 
cents. T. J. HASTINGS & CO., Worcester, Mass. 
