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gCHOOL OF MINES, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 
EAST 49tli STKEET, NEW-lfOKK. 
faculty: 
F. A. BARNrARD, S.T.D., L.L.D., President. 
T. EGLESTON, .Jr., E. JI., Mineralogy and Metallurgy. 
PR.^IfClS L. VIN’J' 0 >R j,;_ lingineerine. 
C. F. CHANDLER, Ph.D., Analvtlcal and Applied Chemistiy. 
JOHN TORRET, M.l)., LL.D., Botany. 
CHARLES A. JOV. Pli. J)., General Chemistry. 
WILLIAM G.PECK, LL.D., Mining Surveying andMechanics 
JOHN H. VAN AMRINGE, .A.M., Mathematics. 
OGDEN N. ROOD, A.M., Physics. 
J. 3. aEWBERKT, Geology and Palaeontology. 
Tile plan of this Seliool embraces a tliree vears’ course for 
the degree of ENGINEER OF MINES, or BACHELOR OF 
PHILOSOPHY. 
For admission, candidates for a degree must pass an ex¬ 
amination in Aritlimetic, Algebra, Geometry and Plain 
Trigonometry. Persons not candidates for degrees are ad¬ 
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1S6!). The examination for admission will he lield on Sep¬ 
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Agriesiilttiral 
YALE COLLEGE. 
Tlie regular course in Agriculture in the Sheffield Scien- 
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Sept. 13th. A shorter course occupying seven months, com¬ 
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cultural Zoologj', Physical Gcographj-, Botany, etc. For 
Circulars with further particulars, apply to 
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porated 18i7.)-Tlie Lectures commence in November and 
terminate in the latter part of Febrnarv.—J. BUS- 
TEED, M. !)., Pres’t; A. F. Liautakd, M. D., V. S.: A. 
Large, M. D., V. S.; F. D. Weisse, M. D, 
Letters may be addressed to Dr. Bnsteed. By order of the 
Trustees. A. F. LIAUTARU, Registrar. 
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Piano Music and Painting. Lewis’ Gymnastics for Ladies, 
and Military Drill for Gents. Eigliteea Instructors. Term 
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Claveraok, Columbia Co., N. Y'. 
F®FUE.AII ,gUI§g€I£IFTI®M 
In aid of tile Memorial ClixircHi of Wasli- 
ingtoix Irving, Tarrytowii, W. Y. 
Thi.s Ediflce—the only Memorial to Washington Irving 
ever begun in the village, now celehr.ated as the. place of 
his residence and his burial-is located in the midst of scenes 
immortalized by his pen. Ever since it was commenced it 
has been the desire of its projectors to finish it witliont hav¬ 
ing a particle of debt to encumher it. That they mav ac¬ 
complish this end, as well as make it a Memorial which all 
tlie admirers of “ Geoffrey Crayon" siiall liave liad an op¬ 
portunity to assist in erecting, they have determined to 
solicit ConitriBiatioiis of One Dolljir, 
in order that tliey may speedily obtain the sum ($10,000) they 
still need to render the Bnilding fit for immediate occupan¬ 
cy. In return, as a memento of the offering, thev will send 
by mail any one of the following PHOTOGRAPHS, that 
may bo indicated by the contrihiitor : 
1—WASMI?ff«TOM IKVING. 
(The only exact likeness ever taken.) 
3.—SUNBIY SIDB. 
(The Home of Washington Irving.) 
3— THE OI.D BUTCH CHURCH, 
(Built A. D. 1699 ; where Ichabod led the Choir.) 
4— BRIDGE OVER THE POCASTICO. 
(Alongside of ivliicli tlie Scliool-Master disappeared.) 
5.-THE OLD HIUB. 
(Built in 1686; a plcturesiine relic of the Elder Time.) 
C.—IRVIDIG’S G.RAVE. 
(In the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.) 
For a contribution of Five Dollars, the comijlele Set of 
Six Pictures loill be sent in return. 
Direct MEMORIAL CHiTRCH OF WASHINGTON IRV¬ 
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Rev. 11. GUILBERT, Rector, Tarrvtown; A. D. F. RAN¬ 
DOLPH, 770 Broadway: W. 11. REI.LIIY & CO., 653 Broad- 
Broadway; HARPER & 
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“ ISinIs to E8e«“»S£«ej»« 
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address. This is a practical pam- 
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Comb Bee-Hive. "Tlie Bee-ltceper’s 
Te.xt Book,” and “Italian” Q.iieens. 
_ Address II. A, KIN G, Nevada. O. 
PSatai BimcSis, Faisey F«wl§ and 
EGGS for sale, bred and selected entirely from imported 
stock. A. M. IIALSTED, CS Pefirl*st., Kew York. 
THE fAMEE BLADE. 
Or, Improved Patent Sewing Pipper, takes out a seam 
quicker than a Sewing Machine can make it, and does many 
otlier tilings.—For sale at Fancy and Country Stores, Sewino- 
Macliine Agencies, etc. Price, 3.7 cents: 3 for $1; or, $3 per 
dozen. If not found at your store, send price and receive 
it from W. A. FITCH, 151 Nassau-st., New Y'ork. 
M ® M E 
LIFE Insurance Company, 
B^ANCY FOW LS lor .sale ; raised from imported 
Jh- and selected stock, viz.; Dorkings, Legiiorns Snanish 
Bralimas, I’olands, &o.. Ac. Also a few BulKilocs and I’ralrid 
dogs. For Circular address witli stamp, 
R. H. HAINES, Box 53, Ellzabctli, N. J 
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WHEELEE, MELIOK & 00,, Proprietors, 
ALBANY, N. Y., 
PATENTEES Aia> MANtTFACTUREES OF 
Kailway and Lever Horse Powers, 
Combined Ths'eshers & Winnowers, 
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SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINES, HORSE 
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REMIUM CHESTER WHITE PIGS for Sale.— 
Sent by Express to all parts of the United States. For 
Circulars and Prices, Address N. P. BOYER & CO., 
Gum Tree, Chester Co., Pa. 
F ancy fowls.—a few fme young; Brahmas, 
Spaulsh, Dorking, Poland. Hamburg, Leghorn Fowls, 
Sebright and otlier Bantams, llouen Ducks. 
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America. L. B. SILVElt, SALEM Ohio. 
T he hog BREEDERS’ MANUAL sent free 
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ivitli stamp, N.P. BOYER & CO., Gum Tree, Cheker Co., Pa. 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS and OTHERS. 
[For sale at tlie Office of tlie Agriculturist, or tliey will bo 
forwarded by mv,\\, 2 sost-pald, on receipt of price.] 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Arcliitectiirc.5 1 50 
Allen’s (R. J,.) Amcricnii Farm Book. 1 50 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals. 1 CO 
American Bird Fancier. SO 
American Hose Cnlrurlst. 30 
American Weeds and Useful Plants. 1 73 
Art of Saw I'iling _ (Holly). 75 
Arcliitectiire, liy Cummings & Miller. 10 00 
Baker’s Practical and Soieiitillc Fruit Culture. i 00 
Barry’s Fruit Garden . 1 75 
Beeclier’s (H. W.) Fruit, Flowers audF.arming. 1 .50 
Benicnt’s Poulterer's Compiiiiion... 2 00 
Bement's Rabbit Fancier. 
Boston Macliinist (W. Fitzgerald)..'. 
Boussinganlt’s Riir.al Economy. 
Bridgeiiian’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual. 
Bridgeinaii’s Young Gardener's Assistant. 
Bridgeman’s Florist’s Guide. 
Brandt’s Age of Horses (English or German). 
Breck’sNew Book of Flowers. 
Buist’s Flower Garden Directory.. 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener. 
Burr’s Vegetables of America. 
Burr’s Garden Veget.ahles. 
Canary Birds.cloth_ 
Carpenters and Joiners’Hand'Book..(Holly) .. 
Chorlton’s Grape-Grower’s Guide. 
Cobhett’s American Gardener. 
Cole's (S. AV.) American l<'riutBook. 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 
Cotton Planters’ Manual (Turner). 
Country Life, by R. M. Copeland. 
Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor... 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) American Cattle Doctor. 
Dana’s Muck Manual... 
Dog and Gun (Hooper’s).paper, 30c... .cloth.. 
Downings’s Country Houses . 
Downing’s Landscape Gardening (new Edition). 
Downing’s Cottage Residences.. 
Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 
Downing’s Rural Essays... 
Eastwood on Cranberry. 
Elliott’s AVestern Fruit Brower’s Bnide. 
Farmer’s Barn Book. 
Flax Culture. 
Field’s (Thomas AIL) Pear Culture. 
Fish Culture. 
Flint (diaries L.) on Grasses. 
Flint’s Milcli Cows and Dairy Farming.. 
Flora’s Interpreter and Fortuna Flora (Mrs. Halo). 
Frank Forrester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen. .8 vo. 
Frank Forrester’s Fisli and Fishing.qto. 
Frank Forrester’s Field Sports .. 2 vols_qto. 
Frencli’s Farm Drainage. 
Fuller's Grape Culturfst. 
Fuller’s Strawberry Culturist. 
Gray's Manual of Botany and Lessons in one \''ol. 
Gray’s How Plants Grow. 
Guenon on Alllch Cows. 
Husmann’s Grapes & Wine. 
Hall’s (Miss) American Cookery. 
Harasztliy’s Grape Culture, &c.. 
Harris’ Insects Injnrions to A'^egetation, plain. 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation, colored plates. 
Hatfield's American House Carpenter.. 
Herbert’s Hints to Ilorsekeepers. 
Hop Culture. 
How to Buy a Farm and AAhere to Find One. 
High Farming Without Manure. 
Insect Enemies of Fruit 'I'rees, (Trimlile). 
Jeiming’s Horse Training Made Easy.. 
Jennings on Cattle. 
Jennings on Swine and Poultry. 
Jenuing’s on the Horse and liis Diseases. 
Jolinston’s Agricultural Chemi.stiy. 
Joliustou’s Kfementsof Agricullurnl Cliemlstry. 
•Johnson’s (Prof. S. AV.) E^ays on Manures.. 
Kemp's Landscape Gardening. 
Klippart’s Land Drainage... 
Laii.gstrotli on the Honey Bee. 
Loudon’s (_Dowiiiiig’s) Ladies’Flower Garden. 
Leuchar's Howto Build Hot-liouses. 
Liebig’s Familiar Letters oil Cliemistry.. 
Lieiiig’s Natural Laws of Husbandry. 
Linsley’s (D. C.) Morgan llorse.s . 
Manual of Agviculthre by G. Emerson and C. L. Flint 
Ma.vliew’s IHustrated Horse Doctor ... 
Mayliew's Illustrated Horse Management . . 
Mayliew’s Practical Book-Keeping for Farmers. 
Blanks for do. do. . 
New Clock and AVatch Alaker’s Manna!. 
McMalion’s American Gardener. 
Miles on tlie Horse’s foot. 
Morrell’s American Sliepherd.. 
My Farm of Edgewood. 
My Vineyard at 'Lakeview. 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture. 
Onion Culture . 
Our Farm of Four Acres (hound) 60c.(paper) 
Pardee on Str.awhciTy Culture. 
Parlor Gardener, by C. J. Randolph.. 
Parsons on the Rose. 
Parkman’s Book of Roses. 
Peat and Its Uses, by Prof. S. AA’’. Johnson . 
Phantom Bouquet, or Skeleton Loaves . 
Phenomena of Plant Life, (Leo. II. Grindon)... 
Pedder’s Land Measurer. 
Qiiinb.v’s Mysteries of Bee keening (new.). 
Quincy, (Hon. Josiah) on Soiling Cattle. 
Rabbit Fancier..-. 
Randall's Slieep Husbandry. 
Randall’s Fine AVoot Slieep flushaiidry. 
Rivers’ Miniature Fruit Garden. 
Rand’s Flowers for Parlor and Garden. 
Ricliardson on tire Dog.paper SO cants.clotli 
Rand’s Garden Flowers. 
Rural Afl’airs_(bound)_1 Vols_each. 
Rural Annual (by Josepli Harris)... 
Rural Register (by J. J. Thomas). 
Bust, Smiit, Mildew and Mould. 
Saun’der's Domestic Poultry (new).. paper, -10 c..bound 
Saxton’s Farmers' Library. .3 A’ols. cloth 8 50. .morocco 
Schenck’s Gardener’s Text Book. — 
Slieplierd’s own Book. 
Silloway’s Modern Carpentry. . 
Skillful Housewife . . 
Stewart's (Jolmi Srahle Book. 
Scribner’s Ready Reckoner. 
Strong’s Gr.ape Culture. 
'Pen Acres Enougli.. . 
Tenny’s Natural'History, Zoology. 
The Great AVest. 
The Barn Yard... 
The Farm. 
The Garden.. 
The House. 
The Do,g, hv Dinks, Mayhew and lintclilnson, edited by 
Frank Forrester, 1 vol_8 mo. 
The Dead Shot; or, Sportman’s Complete Guide, by 
Frank Forrester. 
Thompson’s Food of Animals.. . 
Tobacco Culture . . 
Todd’s (S. E.) Young Farmer's Manual. 
Vaux’s Villas and Cottages. 
Villas and Farm Cottages, (Clcaveland and Backus)... 
AVarder's Hedges and Evergreens. 
AVatson’s American Home Garden . . .. 
AVax Flowers (Art of Making). . 
AVet Days at Edgewood.. 
AA’etherell on the Mannlhcture of A’inegar. 
AVlieat Plant (.lohn Klippart's). 
AA’oodward’s Country Homes. 
AA’oodward’s Graperies. 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse . 
i’ouatt and Martin on Cattle. 
Youatt on the Hog.. 
Youatt on Sheep. 
Youmans’ Household Science . 
Youmans’ New Chemistry. 
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