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scholars in the “district school,” will delight every Child, 
and Man and Woman too. The grave “ Master,” seated 
by the desk, with his “whisking stick”; the hoys and 
girls with their books; the “Little Lamb ” that has fol¬ 
lowed Mary to school; the “ Dunce ” and his cap, and the 
altogether comical appearance of the whole company, 
make this one of the most attractive toys of Crandall’s 
invention.—Three subscribers at $1.60 each, will secure a 
box, delivery unpaid. [We send one, post-paid, for $1.25.] 
No. 4-S.—Cpandaill’s Masquerade 
Blocks.- These are put up in boxes; the blocks in 
each box will make, by various combinations, 300 
different pictures in brilliant colors. They are not in¬ 
jured by washing, and afford endless amusement for chil¬ 
dren. They are very beautiful gifts for the little ones, 
and all should have them. Only 3 subscribers sent us at 
$1.60 each, will bring you a free box. Delivery unpaid.— 
[Or a set will be sent, prc-paid, on receipt of 95 cents.] 
No. 45.-Crasidall’s Acrobats.— 
A most attractive, amusing and wonder¬ 
ful Toy. Children everywhere, who have seen the 
Acrobats, are delighted with them. Thousands of figures 
can be made from the pieces in a single box. The pieces 
are variously colored, and there is no end of fun in a box 
of them. If you take your premiums in other articles, 
don't fail to buy the children a box of these Acrobats. 
Only 3 subscribers, at $1.60 each, will bring a free box. 
Delivery unpaid.—[One will be sent, post-paid, for$1.25.] 
No. 4UJ. — Crandall’s Smproved 
Building Blocks furnish a most attractive 
amusement for children. Churches, Dwellings, Barns, 
Mills, Fences, Furniture, etc., in almost endless va¬ 
riety, can be built with them, ami the structures remain 
so firm as to be carried about. For developing the in¬ 
genuity and taste of children they are unequaled. The 
Blocks are put up in neat boxes accompanieed-by a large 
Illustrated Sheet giving various designs of buildings, etc. 
This is one of the most successful toys ever invented. 
Hundreds of thousands are in use. Four subscribers, at 
$1.60 each, will secure you a free $1.50 box. Delivery 
unpaid.—[Or we will send a box, pre-paid, for $2.00. ] 
No. Cramtlall’s Menagerie— 
Ulost marvellous and Interesting.—The six 
animals comprising the Menagerie are beautifully paint¬ 
ed, and so arranged with 56 pieces in each box, that tens 
of thousands of most laughter-provoking figures can be 
made up with them. Besides this, all the pieces of Cran¬ 
dall’s Acrobats fit the pieces of the Menagerie so that 
any one who has both, can combine them, and thus have 
no end of fun. Send us only five subscribers, at $1.60 
each, and you will have it free. Delivery unpaid. Post¬ 
age costs 60 cts.—[A box will be sent, pre paid, for $2.60.] 
No. 50.—First-rate Wire B6e«l Mat¬ 
tress.— Just the thing for Every Family.— This is some¬ 
thing we would like to see on the bed of every hard¬ 
working man and woman in the country, and it is “ good 
enough for a king.” A smooth surfuce of woven fine 
wire, so “ kinked and linked ” that it is thoroughly elas¬ 
tic, yielding gently to pressure like a rubber sheet, or 
feathers, or a water surface, yet durable, and without the 
perspiration retaining surface of rubber or feathers. We 
have used one three years, and recently obtained a new 
one, which so pleases us that we have secured it at the 
last moment for our premium list, thus enabling many 
families to secure one, free , by the simple effort requir¬ 
ed to collect only 19 subscribers at $1.60 each. It is 
called the “Farnham Improved Woven Wire-Bed, and is 
manufactured by Hiram Buckingham, Chester, Conn. 
The only covering it needs is blankets, or mattress- 
enough to give warmth to the body underneath, accord¬ 
ing to the season. They are made in sizes to fit into 
any ordinary bedsteads. They are lasting, and require 
no tightening-up arrangement. They can go anywhere 
ns freight. (Give us size wanted.) The price is reduced 
to $12.00. [On receipt of this price, we will forward 
one to any address; or we will send one free for a pre¬ 
mium, as above.] Freight to be paid by the receiver. 
No. 51.—Mmijiirovetl E®:aJ- 
ent Pocket Cook Stove.-With Gridiron and 
Boiler (with folding handles) holding nearly one quart, 
which can be used as a drinking cup. The cut represents 
the Stove in operation, with the boiler placed upon it, 
which will boil water in five minutes to make 2 or 3 cups 
of Tea, Coffee, or Chocolate, Boil Eggs, Stew Oysters, 
etc. Pour about two tablespoonsful of alcohol through 
the wire gauze, and light with a match or taper. The 
Lamp being filled with an indestructible packing will 
not spill or explode. Send four subscribers, at $1.60 
each, and get it free , post-paid. These stoves are made 
by the Houchin Manufacturing Co., 150 East 169th 
St., Hew York.—[We will send one, pre-paid, for $1.35.] 
minute, and it throws a stream readily against the second 
story windows, or even on to the roof of a two-story 
house. The stirrup , 
adjustable by a screw 
at any point accord¬ 
ing to the depth of 
vessel, holds the 
pump firmly by 
means of the foot, 
leaving one hand 
free to work the 
handle and the other 
to direct the rubber 
hose - pipe. It is 
simple in construc¬ 
tion, is made of 
brass, packs into a 
small space, and 
weighs but 5 pounds. 
Price, complete, with 
three feet of rubber 
hose, discharge pipe, 
and two nozzles, for 
single stream and for 
spray or sprinkler, 
$9.00. Seventeen subscribers at $1.60 each, will secure 
the whole free, [or we will supply it on receipt of $9.] 
Receiver to pay carriage or expressage in either case. 
No. 541. — Self, adjusting:, gold 
plate, Watch Key. This Key is universally ac¬ 
knowledged by Practical Watchmakers to be the best 
ever offered to the trade. Several times, while on a sum¬ 
mer trip in the country, we were able to accommodate 
friends, who had lost or mislaid their own watch keys, 
with one that would Jit any watch, and it was one of 
these neat little things of Birch’s invention. Each Key 
is thoroughly tested before being sold, and the whole are 
manufactured under the immediate supervision of the 
Patentee. Three subscribers, at $1.60 each, will secure 
the neat gold plate Key offered as Premium. For four 
subscribers, we will send the more expensive style, cel¬ 
luloid, with gold-plated tips, retailed at $1.50, post-paid. 
Made by J. S. Birch, 38 Dcy St., N. Y.—[We will send 
one, post-paid, for $1.00, or the finer style for $1.50.] 
No. 55. — Brocket Tool Moltler.— 
(See Engraving.)— Every boy (or man) will be glad to get 
hold of this Premium. We have kept a similar, but less 
perfect set in, use many years, and found it very con¬ 
venient for a thousand little jobs. In a maple handle, 
which is hollow, with a lignum-vitae head, are packed 
twenty small cast-steel tools, any one of which may 
be quickly adjusted to the handle. It will also hold for 
using. ••nvthi.mt from an 8-inch mill-file.to a cambric nee¬ 
dle. Only 3 subscribers, at. $1.60 each, sent to ns will se¬ 
cure you a free set, post-paid. These are made for us by 
the Miller’s Falls Manufacturing Co.. 74 Chambers 
St., N. Y.—[We will send one of these, pre-paid, for $1.] 
No. 5®. —Steimway IPiaito.—A Su¬ 
perb Gift.—S even Octave Rosewood Case; Large 
Front Round Corners ; Beveled Top ; Ogee Mould¬ 
ing ; Rich Carved Legs and Ltre ; Overstrung Pat¬ 
ent Duplex Scale ; Patent Iron Cupola and Pier 
Frame ; Patent Agraffe arrangement throughout 
the entire Scale, same as in Grand Piano.— This is 
one of the most elegant Premiums ever offered ; regular 
and only price $650. That this Magnificent Instrument 
comes from the celebrated establishment of Messrs. 
Steinwat & Sons, Nos. 109 & 111 East 14th St., N. Y., 
is enough to say ; but it is due to these enterprising 
manufacturers t.o state that while their pianos have re¬ 
peatedly received the First Premiums, by the award of 
the most competent judges the world can produce; at the 
Universal Exposition in Paris, they received the First 
Grand Gold Medal, and at the Centennial Exhibition 
in Philadelphia, 1876, they were awarded the High¬ 
est Honors, viz.: TWO MEDALS OF HONOR AND 
TWO DIPLOMAS OF MERIT—no other Piano exhibi¬ 
tor having received a similar distinction. Official report 
on Steinway’s exhibit in the Main Building: “For 
greatest concert capacity in Grand Pianos, as also high¬ 
est degree of excellence in all their styles of Pianos, viz 
—largest volume, purity and duration of tone, and extra¬ 
ordinary carrying capacity with precision, and durability 
of mechanism; also, novel disposition of the strings and 
construction, and bracing of the metal frame.” The re¬ 
port then minutely describes and emphatically endorses 
No. 4L8. —IPalr of Skates.— The style 
we offer is “Barney & Berry’s Club Skate" one of the 
most thoroughly tried and approved, wholly of steel, 
blued tops, polished runners. Size from 7 to 12 inches. 
Always give size of shoe when desiring this premium. 
From Messrs, Patterson Bros., No. 27 Park Row. N. Y. 
Any boy or young man can get thus a pair of first-class 
skates free , by simply collecting and sending to us only 
8 subscribers, at $1.60 each, and naming the size desired. 
[We will sell a pair for $3.50.] Receiver to pay expressage. 
No. 40.—IBoadoir Clock.—Avery pret¬ 
ty and useful article. It is 5 
inches in diameter, in an oc¬ 
tagon Wood Case, covered 
with fine Morocco, and orna¬ 
mented in gold, and withal 
a good time-keeper. It will 
run in any position, is suita¬ 
ble for the home, store, of¬ 
fice, or for a traveler. Only 8 
subscribers, at $1.60 each, need¬ 
ed to obtain it free , post-paid. 
Manufactured by Messrs. S. B. 
Jerome & Co., New Haven, Ct. Premium 49 
[We will send this clock, poBt-paid, on receipt of $3.50.] 
No. 52.—ESoasoEtoldi. I B a*ess.—This is 
one of the most convenient 
little inventions for the 
housekeeper that we have 
seen. It is de- 
signedfor pressing 
corned beef, spiced 
meats, boned tur¬ 
key and chicken. 
By an easy change 
of the bottom, the 
press can he nsed in making 
jellies, cider, or pressing out 
lard, tallow, herbs, or beef 
for tea for invalids, and in 
many other ways. Supplied 
by W. A. Boardman. 128 
Union St., New Haven, 
Conn. We will send one 
free for 5 subscribers at 
$1.60 each, [or on receipt of Premium 52 
the price, $2.00.] Expressage to be paid by Receiver. 
No. 53.—The Aqaa.palt —A Com¬ 
bined Hand Fire-Engine, Portable Brass 
Force Pump, Sprinkler, etc., etc.—Manu¬ 
factured by W. & B. Douglass, Middletown, Conn.— 
This is a new, simple, cheap, effective apparatus, very 
valuable for throwing water or other liquids for water¬ 
ing gardens, vines, plants, and flowers; for washing 
windows, carriages, etc.; for carrying promptly to any 
point to put out beginning fires ; for pumping water out 
of boats, cellars, etc., etc. It will pump 5 gallons a 
