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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
|May, I 860.] 
(Advertisements on this page, $2.50 per Agate Line of Space.) 
ESTABLISHED 1861. 
fflATMMM 
TEA COMPANY 
NOTICE OF THE PRESS. 
From the American Agriculturist. 
The Great American Tea Company.—To Queries.— 
Before admitting their advertisement, ve learned that a 
large number of our clerks and others had for several months 
been buying their Tea and Coffee from this Company, with¬ 
out its being known who they were, and that they had been 
highly pleased with their purchases, botli as to quality and 
price, and were all recommending their friends to the same 
course. As we have published the advertisement for many 
months, and received no complaints, we conclude “ there is 
no humbug about the establishment.” 
BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY. 
HARPER & BROTHERS, New York, 
Fublish the following Works: 
FLAGG’S EUROPEAN VINEYARDS. Three Seasons in 
European Vineyards. Treating of Vine-Culture; Vine 
Disease and its Cure; Wine-Making and Wines, Red and 
White; Wine Drinking as affecting Health and Morals. 
By William J. Flagg. 12mo, Cloth, $1.15. ( Nearly 
ready.) 
SCOTT'S FISHING-BOOK. Fishing in American Waters. 
By Genio C. Scott. With 170 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 
Cloth, $3.50. 
RECEIVE THEIR 
TEAS BY THE CARGO 
PROM THE 
BEST TEA DISTRICTS 
of 
CHINA and JAPAN, 
and sell them in quantities to suit customers 
AT CARGO JUICES. 
To give our readers an idea of the profits which have been 
made in the Tea trade, we will start with the American 
houses, leaving out of the account entirely the profits of 
the Chinese factors. 
1st.—The American house in China or Japan makes large 
profits on their sales or shipments—and some of the richest 
retired merchants in the country have made their immense 
fortunes through their houses in China. 
2d.—The Banker makes large profits upon the foreign 
exchange used in the purchase of Teas. 
3d.—The Importer makes a profit of 30 to 50 per cent in 
many cases. 
4tli.— On its arrival here it is sold by the cargo, and the 
Purchaser sells it to the Speculator in invoices of 1,000 to 
2,000 packages, at an average profit of about 10 per cent. 
5th.—The Speculator sells it to the Wholesale Tea Dealer 
in lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
Oth.—Tlie Wholesale Tea Dealer sells it to the Wholesale 
Grocer in lots to suit his trade, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. 
7tli.—The Wholesale Grocer sells it to the Retail Dealer at 
a profit of 15 to 25 per cent. 
8tli.—The Retailer sells it to the Consumer for all the 
PROFIT ES CAN GET. 
When you have added to these eight profits as many 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, and 
add the original cost of the Tea, it will be perceived what 
the consumer has to pay. And now we propose to show why 
we can sell so very much lower than other dealers. 
We propose to do away with all these various profits and 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, with 
the exception ®f a small commission paid for purchasing to 
our correspondents in China and Japan, one cartage, and a 
small profit to ourselves—which, on our large sales, will 
amply pay us. 
By our system of supplying Clubs throughout the country, 
consumers in all parts of the United States can receive their 
Teas at the same price (witli the small additional expense 
of transportation), as though they bought them at our 
warehouses in this city. 
For manner of getting up Clubs, see former advertisement 
in this paper. 
Parties sending Club or other orders for less than thirty 
dollars had better send a Post-office draft or money with 
their orders, to save the expense of collections by Express, 
but larger orders we will forward by express,to collect 
on delivery.” 
Hereafter we will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Our profits are small, hut we will 
he as liberal as we can afford. We send no complimentary 
packages for Clubs less than $30. 
Parties getting their Teas of us may confidently rely upon 
getting them pure and fresh, as they come direct from the 
Custom House stores to our Warehouses. 
We warrant all the goods we sell to give entire satisfac¬ 
tion. If they are not satisfactory, they can be returned at 
our expense within 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
The Companyhave selected the following kinds from their 
stock, which they recommend to meet the wants of clubs. 
They are sold at cargo prices, the same as the Company sell 
them in New York, as the list of prices will show. 
PRICE LIST OF TEAS: 
OOLONG (Black), 70c., 80e„ 90c„ best $1 V ft. 
MIXED, (Green and Black), 70c., S0c., 90c., best $1 per ft. 
ENGLISH BREAKFAST (Black), S0c„ 90c., $1, $ 1 . 10 , best 
$1.20 per pound. 
IMPERIAL (Green). 80c., 80c., $1. $1.10. best $1.25 per pound. 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80c., 80c., $1, $1.10, best $1725 per 
pound. 
UNCOLORED JAPAN, 80c.. $1, $1.10. best $1.25 per pound. 
GUNPOWDER, (Green), $1.25, best $1.50 per pound. 
Consumers can save from 50c. to $i per pound by pur¬ 
chasing their Teas of this Company. 
COFFEES ROASTED AMD GR0UMD DAILY. 
GROUND COFFEE.20c., 25c., 30c.,35c.,best 40c.per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons. Boarding-house keepers, and Families who 
use large quantities of Coffee, can economize in time article 
by using our FRENCH BREAKFAST AND DINNER COF¬ 
FEE, which we sell at the low price of 80c. per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. ROASTED (Ungrolind), 
30c., 35c., best 40c. per lb. GREEN (Unroasted), 25c., 30c., 
33c.. best 35c. per lb. 
1M.B_INHABITANTS OF VILLAGES AND 
TOWNS WHERE A LARGE NUM¬ 
BER RESIDE, BY CLUBBING TO¬ 
GETHER, CAN REDUCE THE COST 
OF THEIR TEAS AND COFFEES 
ABOUT ONE-THIRD, (BESIDES THE 
EXPRESS CHARGES), BY SENDING 
DIRECTLY to “ THE GREAT AMER¬ 
ICAN TEA COMPANY.” 
CLUB ORDER. 
Springfield, Ill., Sept. 16, 1867. 
To the Great American Tea Company, 
31 and 33 Vesey Street, New York. 
Please send me by Merchants’ Union Express the following 
bill of Tea, &c. 
1 ft. Imperial.S. Lanpliear...at $1.25_$1.25 
1 Black. “ „.at 1.00.... 1.00 
10 Java Coffee, raw. “ at 
Imperial.H. M. Lanpliear.at 
Black. “ .at 
Java Coffee, raw. “ .at 
Imperial.B. B. Lloyd.at 
Imperial.Horace Morgan.at 
Black. “ .at 
Imperial.Simon String.at 
Black.Wm. Bishop.at 
Uncolored Japan.J. Marr. at 
Java Coffee, raw.L. A. Allen.at 
Imperial.A. Morris.at 
Imperial.Tlios. Higgins.at 1.25_1.S8 
Black. “ .at 1.00.... 1.50 
Black..A. Hickox.at 
Black.J. Farley.at 
Imperial. “ at 
Imperial.Mr. Carey.at 1.25_1.S7 
Black. “ .at 1.00.... 1.50 
English Breakfast.T. Hudson.at 1.20... .12.00 
3 
2 
IK 
IK 
10 
35.... 3.50 
1.25.... 1.25 
1 . 00 .... 1.00 
35_3.50 
1.25.... 3.75 
1 25.... 1.25 
1.25.... 1.25 
1.25.. .. 2.50 
1.00.... 5.00 
1.23.. .. 3.75 
35.... 2.SO 
1.25.. .. 5.00 
1.00.... 5.00 
1.00.... 3.00 
1 . 00 .... 2.00 
$65.55 
Gents :—Above I send my fourth order. Your Teas have 
given good satisfaction, and those who have used them will 
have no other, but induce their friends to send also. To 
prove this; I had made up my order and got a Post-Office 
Money Order, when others came ill and nearly doubled the 
amount, as you will see by second money order, both of 
which I enclose. 
The last order came safely to hand by Merchants’ Union 
Express. Accept thanks for complimentary package. 
Very respectfully, 
S. LANPIIEAR. 
Caution.—As some concerns, in this city and other 
places, imitate our name and style of advertising and doing 
business, it is important that our friends should be very 
careful to write our address in full, and also to put on the 
number of our Post-Office Box, as appears in this advertise¬ 
ment. Tliis will prevent their orders from getting into 
the hands of these bogus imitators. 
POST-OFFICE orders and Drafts, make payable to the 
order of “ The Great American Tea Company." 
Direct letters and orders (as below, no more, no less) 
Great American Tea Company, ; 
Nos. 3 8 and 33 VESEY-ST., 
Post-Office Box, 5,G43, New York City. 
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, 
For Farm, Mining, or 
MECHANICAL PURPOSES. 
Those machines require no brick-work; mounted on legs, 
they are especially adapted for use in Mills, Shops, Foun¬ 
dation to 
iption ana pn 
A. N. WOOD & CO., 
Eaton, Madison County, N. T. 
FREE ! Cat alog ue °_f 
$200 
STENCH. DIES. MORE THAN 
A MOiSTlI is being made with them. 
S. M. SPENCER & CO.,' Brattlehoro, Yt. 
ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL. 
JBUY ©MIzY 
SILVER-TIPPED SHOES 
For Children. Will outwear three pairs without tips. 
MEAD'S GRAPE CULTURE. An Elementary Treatise on 
American Grape Culture and Wine Making. By Petri: 
B. Mead. Profusely Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00. 
THE AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. Being Principles and 
Rules for the Culture of Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, and 
Shrubbery. To which are added brief Notes on Farm 
Crops, with a Table of their average Product and Chemic¬ 
al Constituents. By Alexander Watson. Several 
Hundred Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $2.00. 
VAUX’S ARCHITECTURE. Villas and Cottages: A Series 
of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States. 
By Calvert Vaux, Architect, (late Downing & Vaux). 
New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Illustrated by nearly 
500 Engravings. 8vo, Cloth, $3.00. 
WOOD’S HOMES WITHOUT HANDS: Being a Description 
of tlie Habitations of Animals, classed according to their 
Principle of Construction. By J. G. Wood, M. A., F. L. S., 
Author of “Illustrated Natural History.” With about 140 
Illustrations engraved on Wood by G. Pearson, from Orig¬ 
inal Designs made by F. W. Iveyl and E. A. Smith, under 
the Author’s Superintendence. Svo, Cloth, Beveled, $4.50. 
Harper & Brothers will send any of tlie above 
Works by Mail, postage free , to any part of the United 
States, on receipt of price. 
WALTHAM WATCHES. 
CO 
i© & m ssses. 
To the manufacture of these tine watches tho Company 
have devoted all the science and skill In the art at their 
command, and confidently claim that for fineness and beau¬ 
ty, no less than for the greater excellencies of mechanical 
and scientific correctness of design and execution, these 
watches are unsurpassed anywhere. 
Also, stem-winding watches which are warranted to satisfy 
the most exacting demand for beauty, finish, and accuracy. 
In this country tlie manufacture of this 
tine grade of watclies is not even attempted, 
except at "Waltham. 
Fo r Sale by all Leadi ng Jewelers. 
MORSF©ED’S~SELF- RAISING BREAD 
PREPARATION 
Makes tlie most wholesome and best of dread, biscuit, 
cakes, &c. Unlike some other yeast, it contains no POISON 
to create DY’SPEPSIA, and tlie bread may therefore he 
eaten hot without detriment. Resolving itself into Phos- 
veast, decompose Hour, but adds nutriment to the bread, 
and otherwise improves it in quality and quantity. Each 
package contains full directions for use. Send lor pam¬ 
phlet, supplied gratis. Ask your Grocer for “ Horsford’s 
Bread Preparation.” WILSON, LOCKWOOD, EVERETT 
& CO., Wholesale Agents, 201 Fulton-st., New York. _ 
Interesting to Ladies. — The Grover & 
Baker machine which I purchased in June, 
1857, lias given me tlie greatest satisfaction dur¬ 
ing tlie eleven years it lias been in constant use, 
and it lias never required the least repair. 
Mrs. J. G. Piiyfe, 
108 West 12th-strcet, New York. 
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country combined . It is entirely original, national, ami first- 
class : and because of its immense circulation is afforded for 
only one dollar a year. Address tlie publishers. 
ALFRED L. SEWELL & CO., Chicago, Ill. 
