[Apbil, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1870 .] 
REMING T O M 
The REMINGTON SEWING MACHINE has 
sprung rapidly into tavor, as possessing tne best com¬ 
bination ol good qualities, namely: Light running—smooth 
—noiseless—rapid—durable—with perfect lock stitch. 
The Remington Sewing Machine has received pre¬ 
miums at many Pairs throughout the United States, and 
without effort took the grand Medal of Progress— the 
highest order of Medal that was awarded at the late Vienna 
Exposition. 
The REMINGTON WORKS also manufacture the 
new Double-Barrelled Breech-Eoading Shot- 
Gun, snap and positive action, with patent joint check, it 
marvel of beauty, linisli, and cheapness—anti the Cele¬ 
brated Remington Rifles— adopted by nine differ¬ 
ent governments — and renowned throughout the world 
for Military, Hunting, and Target purposes— all kinds of 
Pistols, Rifle Canes, Metallic Cartridges, etc. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.- Improved 
Mowing Machines, steel Plows, Steel Hoes, Culti¬ 
vators, Hoad Scrapers, Patent Excavators, Hay Ted¬ 
ders, Cotton Gins, Ikon Bridges, etc. 
E. Remington & Sons, Remington Sewing M. Co., Remington Ag’l Co., ILION, N. Y, 
STANDARD 
Architectural Books 
. FOR 
CAEPENTEBS AND BUILDEES. 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture ; 
or, Homes for Every One. —With Designs, 
Plans, Details, Specifications, and Cost ; with Work¬ 
ing Scale, Drawings complete, so that Houses may be 
built direct from the hook. Adapted to the popular 
demand for practical, handsome, and economical 
homes. Royal Quarto. Six Dollars, post-paid. 
Atwood’s Country and Suburban Houses. 
—Illustrated with about 150 engravings. Hints and 
Suggestions as to the General Principles of House¬ 
building, Style, Cost, Location, etc. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Monek ton’s National Stair-Builder. —Is a 
complete work on Stair-Building and Hand-Railing. 
Fully explained and illustrated by large scale diagrams, 
in two colors, wi ill designs for Staircases,Newels, Bal lis¬ 
ters, and Hand-Rails. Royal Quarto. Post paid, $6.00. 
Monckton’s National Carpenter and Join¬ 
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Carpentry, joinery, Roofing, Framing, etc., fully ex¬ 
plained and illustrated by large scale diagrams in two 
colors. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $G.00. 
Woodward’s National Arcliitect. —1,000 De¬ 
signs, Plans, and Details for Country, Suburban, and 
Village Houses; with Perspective Views, Front and 
Side Elevations. Sections, Full Detail Drawings, Speci¬ 
fications, and Estimates. Also, Detail Drawings to 
Working Scale, of Brackets, Cornices, French Roofs, 
Sectional and Framing Plans of French Roofs, Dormer- 
Windows for French Roofs. Bay-Windows, Verandas, 
Porches, Plaster Finish, Cornices, Ceilings, Hard¬ 
wood Mantels, and all that is required by a Builder to 
design, specify, erect, and finish in the most approved 
style. One superb quarto volume. Post-paid, $12.00. 
Woodward’s Suburban and Country 
Houses. — 70 Designs and Plans, and numerous ex¬ 
amples of the French Roof. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Country Homes. —150 Designs 
and Plans, with Description of the Manner of Con¬ 
structing Balloon Frames. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Graperies and Horticultural 
Buildings. — Designs and Plans of Hot-Beds, Cold- 
Pits, Propagating Houses, Forcing Houses, Hot and 
Cold Graperies, Green Houses, Conservatories, Orchard 
Houses, etc , with the various modes of Ventilating 
and Heating. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Wheeler’s Rural Homes. —Houses suited to 
Country Life. Post-paid, $2.00. 
Wheeler’s Homes for the I’eople. — 100 Ori¬ 
ginal Designs, with full Descriptions, and Constructive 
and Miscellaneous Details. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Harney’s Barits, Out - Buildings, and 
Fences.— Containing Designs and Plans of Stables, 
Farm-Barns, Out-Buildings, Gates, Gateways, Fences, 
Stable Fittings and Furniture, with nearly 200 Illustra¬ 
tions. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
JSveletli’s School-House Architecture.— A 
new and original work, containing Seventeen Designs 
for School-Houses. Sixty-seven Plates with Perspec¬ 
tives, Elevations, Plans, Sections, Details, Specifica¬ 
tions all drawn to working scale, with methods ol 
Heating and Ventilation. Large Quarto. Post-paid, 
$ 6 . 00 . 
Copley’s Plain aud Ornamental Alpha¬ 
bets, — Giving examples in all styles, together with 
Maps. Titles, Borders, Meridians, Ciphers, Monograms, 
Flourishes, etc., adapted for the practical use of Sur¬ 
veyors, Civil Engineers, Draughtsmen, Architects, Sign 
Painters, Schools, etc. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Cummings’ Architectural Betails.— Contain¬ 
ing 387 Designs and 067 Illustrations of the Various 
Paris needed in the Construction of Buildings, Public 
and Private, both for the City and Country. Also, 
Plans and Elevations of Houses, Stores, Cottages, and 
other Buildings. Royal Quarto. Price, post-paid, $10. 
Jacques’ Manual of the House. — How to 
Build Dwellings, Barns, Stables, and Out-Buildings of 
all kinds. 126 Designs and Plans. Post-paid, $1.50. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, Publishers, 
245 Broadway, New York. 
Atwood’s Modern American Homesteads 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
Containing 46 plates, showing a variety of designs for 
Homesteads, Stables, Ice and Milk Houses, Details, etc., all 
to scale; also Specifications and Description. 8vo. Cloth. 
$3.50. 
Detail Cottage and Constructive 
Architecture. 
Containing Seventy-five large Lithographic Plates, under 
the Direction of A. J. Bicknell, showing a great variety of 
Designs for Cornices, Brackets, Windows and Window 
Caps, Doors, Piazzas, Porches, Bay and Dormer Windows, 
Observatories, Towers, Chimney Tops, Balconies, Canopies, 
Scrolls, Gable and Sawed Ornaments, Fences, Stairs, Newels, 
Architraves, Mantels, Plaster Finish, etc., including Forty- 
five Perspectives, Elevations, and Plans of Modern Designs 
for Cottages, with Details, and Eighteen Elevations of Sum¬ 
mer Houses, Villas, Sea-Side Cottages, and Country Houses, 
together with Fourteen Designs of Street and Store Fronts, 
with inside finish for Stores and Banks ; also. Framings for 
Dwellings, Barns, Exhibition Buildings, Roofs, Bridges, etc., 
etr., making in all a Practical Book for Architects, Carpen¬ 
ters, and all who contemplate Building or Remodeling 
Wood, Stone, or Brick Buildings. One large Quarto Volume, 
sent free by mail or express on receipt of price, $10.00. 
Wooden and Brick Buildings, with 
Details. 
Under Direction of A. J. Bicknell. Containing One Hun¬ 
dred and Sivty Plates of Plans, Elevations, Views, Sections, 
and Details of Villas, Cottages, Farm Houses^Country Seats, 
Street Fronts for Dwellings, Store Fronts, Banks, Athene- 
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Court House, School Houses, Churches, Railway stations, 
Stables and Carriage Houses, Out-Buildings, Summer 
Houses, Ice Houses, Boat House, Gateways, and Fences; in¬ 
cluding a Double Plate, showing a Street View of Twelve 
Dwellings, and a variety of miscellaneous Exterior and In¬ 
terior Designs aDd Details for Plaster, Wood, Brick, and 
Stone Finish ; also. Descriptive Letterpress, Specifications, 
New York Form of Contract, Schedule of Charges endorsed 
by the American Institute of Architects, etc. Elevations, 
Plans, and Details to Scale. 
2 Volumes. Large Quartos. Vol. 1 contains Plates 1 to 80, 
Vol. 2, Plates 81 to 160, each strongly bound in half leather, 
sent free by mail on receipt of price, $18.00. When desired, 
the Volumes will be supplied separately on receipt of $9.00. 
BICKNELL’S 
Village Buildc with Supplement. 
Shows Elevations and Plans for Cottages, Villas, Subur¬ 
ban Residences, Farm Houses, Stables and Carriage Houses, 
Store Fronts, School Houses, Churches, Court Houses, and 
a Modern Jail. Also Exterior and Interior Details for Pub¬ 
lic and Private Buildings, with approved form of Contract 
and Specifications, containing Seventy-seven Plates, drawn 
to Scale, giving the Style and Cost of Building in different 
parts of the country, being an original work, comprising the 
Designs of 20 Architects, representing the New England, 
Middle, Wesrern, and South-Western States. One large 
Quarto Volume. Price, with Supplement, Post-paid, $12.00. 
SUPPLEMENT TO 
Bicknell’s Village Builder. 
Contains Twenty Plates, showing Eighteen Modern and 
Practical Designs for Country and Suburban Residences of 
Moderate Cost, with Elevations, Plans, Sections, and a Va¬ 
riety of Details, all drawn to Scale ; also, a full set of Spe¬ 
cifications, with approved form of Contract, and Estimates 
ol cost. One superb quarto volume. Price, post-paid, $5.00. 
Carpenters and Builders’ Assistant, 
And Wood-Workers’ Guide. 
By L. D. GOULD, Architect and Practical Builder. 
Containing Twenty-three Plates, fully described. Also, 
Tables of the Strength of Materials, Length of Braces, 
where the Run is given, and Length of Run where the Brace 
is given, Technical Terms used by Carpenters, etc., etc. 8vo 
volume, bound in cloth. Price, post-paid, $3. 
The American Stair-Builders’ Guide. 
By L. D. GOULD. 
Illustrated by 32 Original Plates fully described and drawn 
to scale. One'8vo volume, price, post-paid, $1.00. 
A REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION OF 
Mallctt’s Specifications, 
To which 1 's been added the Form of Contract in general 
use. in the City of New York, which has also been revised, 
and now first published in its present form. Blank specifica¬ 
tions for Frame Houses, costing from Two Thousand to 
Twenty Thousand Dollars, carefully written by William T. 
Hallett, Architect. They consist in their various sections 
of Carpenter and Joiner, Tinner, Plumber, Slater, Painter, 
and Mason. Printed on large size letter-paper, and neatly 
bound in paper cover. Price, $1.75 per set. 
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Sent 2-cent stamp for Almanac, with catalogue anti prices. 
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Cape Cod Cranberry Plants, 
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express, $15.00. 
White Pond Lily Roots, 
20 cents each; $1.50 per doz. prepaid by mail. They bloom 
finely in tubs and artificial ponds. 
Circulars with directions for planting both free. 
J. A. VAUGHAN, Carver, Plymouth Co., Mass. 
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1876 - 
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016 T SUl S |T SS ^ j 241 Broadway, N. Y., nearly 
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DOMESTIC: 
SEWING 
MACHINES. 
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for Second-hand Machines 
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The Best Patterns made. Send 5 cts. for Catalogue. 
Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO., 
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