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No. Names of Premium Articles. ■— 
1—Pat. Maaic Bellhead Pencil (Ludden tfr. 
Taylor ).$ 1 5( 
-Gold Pen, Telescopic Case < do. do .).| 
-Gold Pen and Pencil, Telescopic Case, 
Elegant (do. do.) .$ 
-Centennial Magic Pencil (do. do.) .$ 
-Patent Telescopic Gold Pen and Pen- 
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it—Knives and Forks (do. do.) . ..$18 
10— Carver and Fork (do. do.) ...$ 3 
11— French Cook s Knife, Fork, and Steel $ S 75 
Pi—Pocket Knife (Meriden Cutlery Co.)..? 1 
13— Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$2 
14— Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$2 75 
15— Ladies' Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$2 00 
16 —Multum in Parvo Knife (do. do.) . .$ S 50 
17— Boy's Wagon (C. W. F. Dare) .$ 5 CO 
18— Patent 4 -wheeled Propeller Velocipede, 
(C. W. F. Dare.) .$ 8 00 
19— Crandall's John Gilpin.$ 1 00 
•20— Crandall's Masquerade Blocks . $ 1 00 
21— Crandall's Acrobats .$ 1 00 
23— Crandall's Building Blocks . $ 2 00 
•23—Crandall’s Menagerie .$ 2 00 
24— Case of Scissors (U.S. Steel Shear Co.). $ 4 00 
25 — Terrestrial Globe [Schedler's\(Steiger)t S 00 
26— Combination Ten-pin Alley (Horsman)h 2 50 
27— Pair of Skates (Patterson Bros.) .$ 3 50 
28— Doll's Cottage Chamber Set (Date i...$4 00 
it}—Child’s Self-operating Swing (do. do.).$ 4 00 
30 — Improved Table Croquet (Horsman)S 3 00 
31— Utility Adi. Table (Lambie <k Sargent) $ 8 00 
33 —Boudoir Clock (S. B. Jerome <£ Co.i...$ 3 50 
33 — Houchin’s Improved Patent Pocket 
Cook Stove .$ 1 50 
34— Self-adjusting Gold-plate Watch Key, 
(J. S. Birch.) .$ 1 00 
35— Pocket Tool Holder < Miller's Falls Co. $ 1 00 
36— Piano,Splendid t-octJSteiwway A So' s;$6D0 00 
37 — Tea Set (Lucius Hart Man’facl’g Co .).$50 00 
38— Ice Pitcher . (do. do. do.) ....$10 00 
39 — Casters . (do. do. do.) ....$9 00 
40 — Cake Basket . (do. do. do.) . ..$12 00 
41— Revolving Butter Cooler (do. do.) ....$800 
42 — One Dozen Teaspoons (do. do.) _$ 0 00 
43— One Dozen Tablespoons(do. do.) _$12 00 
44 —One Dozen Table Forks(do. do.) ....$12 00 
45— Child's Cup (do. do.) _$ 2 75 
4 Child’s Knife, Fork & Spoon (do.) _$ 5 00 
47— W. S. Blunt’s “Universal Force Pump"$l2 00 
48 — 11 oore’s Floral Set (Moore Man’f’g Co)$ 1 00 
49 — Gaboon's Broadcast Seed-sower .$ 5 00 
50 — Bracket SawtMillers' Falls Man’f Co. $ 1 25 
51— Fay-son’s Indelible Dik — Pen, etc . 75 
52— Excelsior Pocket Microscope (Rausch 
<fc Louth Optical Co.) .$ 2 75 
53— Abbott Pocket Microscope (L.G.Abbott)% 1 50 
fi A—Silver Watch (American Watch Co.). .$80 00 
55 — Garden Seeded; Flower Bulbs(select’n) $ 2 00 
56— Planet Jr. Combined Drill dc Hoe (S. A. 
Allen, cfe Co.) .$15 00 
57— Breech-loaeling Pocket Rifle (Stevens) .$10 00 
5S -Snorting & Hunting Rifle (Remington)$32 00 
59 Double Barreled Breech-loading Gun 
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60 — Creedmoor Long Range Rifle (E. Rem¬ 
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61 -Turn-table Apple Parer (Gooden Co.).$ 1 00 
6 -2—Climax Apple Cover dc Slicer (do.) $100 
63 —Family Cherry Stoner (do.) $ 1 00 
64— Pay State Apple Paring and Slicing 
Machine (Goodell Co.) .$ 1 50 
65— Sewing Machine (Remington) . $70 00 
66 — Reid’s Patent Rutter Worker . $10 00 
67— Family Scales (Fairbanks ct Co.) .$14 00 
6 S —Washing Machine (Doty’s) .$14 00 
69— Clothes Wringer (Rest—Universal) _$ 8 00 
70— Worcester’s Great Dlust’ed Dictionary^ 10 00 
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85 —Any Six do. 
HO—Any Seven do. 
87— Any Eight do. 
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90— 4 $15 Library do. 
91— 4 820 Library do. 
92— 4 ®25 Library do. 
93— 4 $30 Library do. 
94— 4 $35 Library do. 
95— 4 $40 Library do. 
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best manufacture. JXo charge is made for packing or 
boxing any article in our Premium List. The Premiums, 
Nos. 1 to 7, 12 to 16, 19 to 22, 24, 32 to 35, 
50 to 53, 5 5, 71 to 101, inclusive, icilleach be deliv¬ 
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Continued from p, 407. 
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December Number FREE. 
Ycdiiiia<ing Cattle iaa tlae Soulli. 
—“ J. B. W.” Somerset, Texas. Cattle of mature age 
are difficult of acclimatation when moved from the North¬ 
ern to the extreme Southern States. But if yearlings arc 
brought in early in the winter, or a short time before the 
commencement of winter, they are readily acclimated. 
It would be casylo obviate the tendency to costivcncss 
induced by the dryer southern heritage, by giving once a 
daya small quantity of linseed oil-cake meal or some 
linseed oil. Shelter from the sun during tiie hottest 
weather in their first summer is advisable. There are 
numerous Jersey herds in the South, a fact which shows 
that with proper care there need be no difficulty. 
Stock Pump.—“A. S. N.,” Brandon, Vt. 
A pump for watering stock that can be submerged in (he 
well would be safe from freezing in the winter. A pump 
of this kind, known ns the American Submerged Pump, 
and wholly of metal, made by tiie Bridgeport, Ct., Manu¬ 
facturing Co. would probably answer the purpose required. 
To Corresi*ois«lenls,—From a pressure 
of business, caused in part by the necessity of giving 
needed attention to the Centennial Exposition, and in 
part by other matters, some requests for answers by mail 
have had to be postponed, and those only which were 
urgent have been attended to. A reply to a query, by 
mail, is given as a courtesy whenever practicable, but 
there are times, when from press of matters that cannot 
ho put oil', it is impossible to be as prompt as we wish. 
Rlaslimgf l»y ©ysaaseaitc.—J. M. P.,” 
Vienna, HI. Dynamite or giant powder for blasting is 
made by the Atlantic Giant Powder Co., of 61 Park Place, 
New York. The cartridge may be procured ready made. 
It would he advisable, to avoid danger, for those who 
have land to clear of rocks or stumps to secure a person 
who is used to the explosive to do the work for them. The 
company will send an expert to do the work, and if there 
is a sufficient amount to he done, or several who have 
such jobs to do would join together, the expense would 
he lightened. There is no question that this mode of 
clearing land is by far the cheapest and quickest, but we 
would advise an inexperienced man not to attempt to do 
the work himself. 
Milk-Fever in Cows.—“ J. P. N.,”Stark 
Co., Ill., writes that he had a cow down with milk fever, 
and very sick. He gave her a dose of Epsom salts in 
water, and a few hours after milked two quarts from one 
side of the udder, and poured the milk down the cow’s 
throat. Four hours after lie rolled the cow over and milk¬ 
ed two quarts from the other side, giving the milk t# Ihc 
cow. Tiie fever soon after left and the cow began to cat. 
The question is what cured the cow, the salts or the 
milk ; we should say most likely the salts. 
Profit of Ske«‘i» ISaisiug ira tlae 
South.—“ J. W. B.,” New Haven, Ct. Information re¬ 
specting sheep-keeping in the Southern States may be 
gathered from Stewart’s Shepherd’s Manual, in which 
the latest statistics, and the most recent history and 
modem methods of management of sheep, both in that 
locality and elsewhere, arc given. There is no mention 
of goats and goat-keeping in any book, so far as we 
know. Mr. R. Peters, Atlanta, Ga., who knows more 
about goats than perhaps any other person in the coun¬ 
try, has given and can give interesting information. 
Side-Hill Flows.—“ J. S.,” Butler Co., 
Pa. The chief purpose of side-hill plows, is to turn fur¬ 
rows down hill, and not up hill, specially avoiding the 
necessity of doing the latter. The design of the manu¬ 
facturers of these plows now is to make them easy to 
work, of light draft, and throwing over the furrow com¬ 
pletely as well upon level land as upon a hill-side and down 
hill. With a swivel plow there is no need to turn furrows 
up hill, that can he done by an ordinary plow if desired. 
