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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[OCTOBEH, 
only the finer common varieties, but many of the newer 
nnci rarer kinds that are costly when boujjht by tiie single 
paper. Each parcel contains the usual amount sold by 
seed dealers. The parcels are all packed together and 
delivered free, the same as No. 1. This premium will 
give quite an assortment to each of the members of a 
club if the canvasser of the club chooses to distribute part. 
M©. 3—:^sarsery St^cic—etc. 
—This premium can be selected in any thing desired, 
from the Catalogues of Parsons & Co., Flushing, N. Y., 
at the East, or of F. K. Phaenix, Bloomington, Ill., at the 
West. Both are well-known, very reliable parties, hav¬ 
ing extensive Nurseries, Green-Houses, Ornamental 
Trees and Plants, Grape Vine.s, Shrubs, etc., etc. Send 
a stamp direct to either of them, for their regular cata¬ 
logues, stating th;it it i.s to look into the value of this 
premium, and tiiey will be furnished free. Any one 
choosing this premium, can select to the amount of $ 20 , 
or a larger amount proportioned to the names sent us, 
and we will send an Order for the amount on either 
party named above. Nona but the best article.? will be 
furnislied, and whatever is ordered will be well packed 
witiiout expense and forwarded as freight, or by express, 
or otherwise, as directed by the recipient. This premi¬ 
um will be sent this fall, or in spring, as desired. 
4—I©aia ttrape Viaies (13>.—This 
valuable new variety has been often referred to in our 
reading columns, and is becoming so well known that we 
need not describe it here. None but No. 1 Vines will be 
sent. They will be forwarded by express either this fall 
or next spring, or by mall to distant points, if so desired, 
and postage is furnished. 
No. S—CoMcord ® 8’ape Vifiaes (1®®,)— 
"The Orapefor the Million.'” —This excellent, hardy, early, 
prolific grape, is popular almost everywhere, and though 
not so high flavored as the Iona and Delaware, its ea.sy 
culture, vigorous growth, earliness, and productivness, 
make it oneof the be.st for general cultivation, especially 
where it will receive little attention. It now so abund¬ 
ant that we can offer a large number of No. 1 Vines. 
They will be sent by express well packed, in fall or 
spring, as noted above for the Iona Vines. This is a good 
Pieininm for a club. The canvasser can oiTer one to 
each subscriber, and still have 35 or 81 left for liirnself. 
N®. &—.Japiiit Ijily Bsalljs.—Araost beau¬ 
tiful flower, one of tlie few flowering bulbs that do W'ell 
even when planted early in spring. Most kinds of bulbs 
require to be planted early in anfumn. One can easily 
multiply his stock after getting a few lo start with. The 
full directions for culture are given in tlie Agriculturist. 
Wc send them post-paid by mail to any place in the 
United States and Territories (except via Overland 
mail). They go as safely .a.s potatoes. They are fur¬ 
nished to us for tliis premium, by Francis Brill, E.-q., of 
Newark, N. J., one of the largest cultivators of them. 
Nos. 8 , ®, lO, 11 , IS—Sewitsg' 
MilcUiBies.—We are glad to be able to offer thi.s y.sar 
a choice oi the leading kinds of gooil Sewing Machines. 
(See list in the Table above.) They are all too well- 
known to require long specific descriptions. We can 
recommend any one and every one of tliern as of grettt 
value to every ftitnily not owning a machine already.- 
Each of these six different m.ichines inis some peculiari¬ 
ties superior to tlie others. We liave useil them all at 
liome during the last half dozen years, except tlie Tailor¬ 
ing iMacliine, and that we have watclied carefully in the 
liand.s of tallor.s. One lias been tried several months, and 
then another, and so round ; and they are all so valuable 
tliat we prefer to recommend all. instead of in the sllglitest 
degree hindering the speedy introduction of this important 
household implement by even a comparative word of 
discredit to any one of tliem, We would not [lart witli 
the last oneof tliese. wliicliever it might be, and be vvith- 
out any Sewing Maclilne for $.500 ! Here are the reasons : 
The $500 at 7 per cent, intere.st, would yield, less taxe.s, 
about $32. Most families require at the lowest, four 
months of steaily liand-sewing a year, costing, if all liired, 
not less than $24 a month, board included, or $93 a year. 
With a Sewing Machine a woman can certainly sew as 
much In one moiitli as in four months by hand. Here is 
a clear saving of $72, or of $60 if yon call tlie seamstress’ 
work only $20 a montli. including board—leaving a net 
annual saving of $30 to $40 above tlie interest, while 
any good machine will wear a dozen years. Then 
a speechless and earless machine at work one month, is 
preferable to a live macliine for four montlis. But far 
above this, and all questions of money saving, is that of 
health. The everlasting “Stitch, stitcli, stitch,” with 
form bended over the work, and the loss of sleep, have 
brought tens of Ihousands to early graves, broken down 
millions more at an early age, and entailed an enfeebled 
constitution upon many millions of infants. We say to 
every man, get yonr wife a Sewing Machine, even if you 
have to sell a favorite horse, or an acre or two of land. 
A Sewing Machine costing $55 to $65, involves an inter¬ 
est of only $3 or $4 a year ; it will, in the long run, save 
you five,, if not a hundred fold, in Doctor’s bills alone. 
Get the Sewing Machine any way. If you can get one 
through our premium list, well and good; it will help 
you, will enlarge our circulation, and benefit those you 
induce lo read and think more ; but get the machine.- 
In previous years, a great number of premium machines 
have been secured for widow ladies, indigent tailors, and 
others, by the united elforts of a few persons in raising 
a club of subscribers. Several Post-masters have each 
obtained a machine for such an object. Many a wife 
has received from her companion a holiday or birth¬ 
day present of a premium machine obtained from our 
office. Every macldne given is boxed and delivered free 
to any railroad station, or express office, or other place 
in this city, and costs tlie recipient only the freight after 
leaving the city. They go safely as railroad freight. 
Full printed instructions go with each machine. Each 
of the machines is supplied with a Hemmer. Furtlicr 
particulars may be obtained by sending for circulars to ; 
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co., 654 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Grover & Baker Mf’g Co., 493 Broadway. N. Y. City. 
Florence Sewing Macliine Co., .505 Broadway, N. Y. CJity. 
Sinser Manufacturing Co., 458 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Willcox & Gibbs M’fg Co., 608 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Howe Machine Company, 699 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
The number of names required to obtain any one of 
the.se Machines, is given in our Table above. 
13—-Wasliimg Macliiiies.—Far a 
long time we have annually tried half a dozen or more 
new Washing Machines. Some of them have promised 
well at first, but no one ha.<? oontiuiied in so much favor 
as the “ Doty’s Paragon,” which we have now' used near¬ 
ly three years. It is the only one the “ help ” will use 
without being required to do so. Some new improve¬ 
ments liave been added witliin the present year. It is 
neat and eomiiact, and convenient. Full Descriptive cir¬ 
culars can be had of R. C. Browning, 32 Coiirtlandt-st., 
New York, or of the Metropolitan W.asliing Machine Co., 
Mlddlefield, Conn. The machine packs in small com¬ 
pass. and nan be sent cheaply as freight or by express, 
as desired, to any part of the country. 
No. 14—Clotlies=.Wrfsig-iisg Macliine, 
—A very useful, time-saving, strength-saving, clothes- 
saving implement, that should be in every family. The 
wringing of clothes by hand, is hard upon the hands, 
arms and chest, and the twisting stretches and breaks 
the fibres with lever power. With the Wringing Ma¬ 
chine, the garments are pas.sed between two elastic roll¬ 
ers wliich press the water out better than hand wringing, 
and with no wrenching of the fibres. It is done as fast as 
the left liand can pickup the garments, wliile the right 
liand turns the crank. It is so easily done that a child of 10 
or 12 years can quickly wring out a tub-full of clothe.?, 
dropping them from the macliine set upon the side of 
the wash-tub directly into a clothes basket, ready to liang 
out. We offer tlie family size, “Universal Wringer,” 
provided witli Cogs which make the rollers lurn together, 
and which we consider essential lo prevent injury to the 
fabrics, loosening of the rubber, etc. We used a single 
one of these Wringers, one of the first make, several 
years without any repairs, and with tlie greatest satisfac¬ 
tion.—It weiglis only 15 lbs., and can be readily carried 
by iiand, or sent by express, or freight, to .any part of 
the country, ready to be set upon any form of tub, and 
used at once. We have given over a thousand of these as 
premiums, with almost universal satisfaction. At least 
a thousand families may get one this year as a premium. 
No. lii—A TBea Set.—This premium gave 
the greate.st satisfaction la.st year. One person was so 
pleased with It lliat he raiseil a second club and obtained 
a second Set to present to a friend. There are six pieces, 
viz.; A Coffee Pot two Tea Pots (one for Tea and one 
for Hot Water), a Creamer, Sugar and Slop Bowls — 
all of beautiful, uniform pattern, and new style, with 
raised and embossed figure work. Tliev are to all 
appearance equal to the be.st solid silver, and for all prac¬ 
tical purposes as valuable, though costing not one-fifth 
as much, at the present pi ice of coin. Tliey are not the 
common silver-icnsAeci articles, but tlie lieaviest plate, 
known as “Sheffield Plate,” the foundation being white 
metal, so as not to show, even when the heavy silver¬ 
coating may chance to be worn off in any spot by long 
liard usage.-These Sets are made by Lucius Hart & 
Sons, of Nos. 4 and 6 Burling Slip, N. V. City. Mr. 
Hart, “ tiie veter.an Sunday-School man,” has been in 
the same place and business for nearly a quarter of a 
century. We have known him and Ids work for many 
years, and take pleasure in commending and guarantee¬ 
ing its value to be as represented. ' Tlie amount 
of silver on plated-ware depends wholly upon the will 
and integrity of the manufacturer. We could give near¬ 
ly as good looking plated-ware for less than lialf the 
money, but it would not be worth a tenth part as much. 
The Sets given as premiums will be boxed without 
charge, and sent to any place by expre.ss or otherwise as 
desired. (See remarks under No. 20 below.) 
Mo, 16 —Castor, amtl It'nait ©i* Calce 
ISasItet, CoinMned.—This is a new pattern, botli 
novel and beautiful. It can be used as a large showy 
Castor, with six cut glass bottles, or be instantly chang¬ 
ed into a complete Castor, with Call Bell, and a separate 
Cake or Fruit Basket, with a colored glass dish inside. 
Every one receiving it will be delighted. It is from the 
same maker as No. 15, and of the same metal, plating, etc., 
and will be sent in the same way. Many clieaper a.nd less 
beautiful Castors could be obtained, but desiring only the 
best things in our premium list we selected tills.-We 
introduce this and Nos. 17, 18, and 19, at the earnest re¬ 
quest of many of our premium canvassers last year. 
Mo. 17—See © 1 * Water — A 
large and ornamental article, just such as we recently 
selected for a wedding, gift to a near friend, and then a 
duplicate for our own use. It is of tlie same metal, 
plating, etc., and by the same maker as No. 15. For 35 
subscribers at $1.50 each, we will add a round Salver of 
pattern to correspond (value $6) • or, for 47 subscribers, 
a large 16-inch oval SalVer(value $14), large enough for 
two goblets with the Pitcher. And for 53 subscribers, 
the Pitcher, large Salver, and a pair of beanlifnl Gob¬ 
lets, silver-plated withgiit, and gilded within (value $38). 
This complete Set is exceedingly desirable, though 
the Pitcher alone, or that and the smaller Tray or Salver, 
will answer a good purpose both for use and ornament. 
Mo. 18—Osi© SJozeia Tea,gp©©iis.— 
These are of fine pattern, “figured tips,” and of the 
same metal, .plating, etc., and from the same maker as 
No. 15. They are Un'cheaper than any tiling we have 
found at half the price. 
Mo. 1®—Oil© ©o^en Ta,t>le ©jsoosis. 
Mo. S©—©Hie ©oaesi Tal»le Forlcs.— 
The same description and remarks appply to these as to 
No. 18. We select as pi'emiums only such articles as we 
can warrant every way in quality and price. As we ex¬ 
plained in Volume X.XV, page 147, a silver dollar can, 
by the galvanic process be .spread over many yards of 
surface so as to deceive the eye completely. Plated 
ware is valuable when we can trust to tlie honesty 
of the manufacturer to put on a coat of silver of given 
weigtit and tliickness, and to do it on a good while metal. 
As all the work is the same, the thicker the coat, the 
clieaper the article in the end, provided we get the silver- 
plating we pay for, and tills Is the chief merit we claim 
for these premium articles, though a good deal is to be 
allowed for their beauty of form and workmanship. 
Mo. SI—Steiiiway ©iasio s Seven-Oc¬ 
tave, Rosewood Case ; Large Front, Round Cor¬ 
ners, Carved Legs and Lyre ; Over-strung Base, 
WITH Patent .Agraffe Treble, and Containing all 
Modern Improvements. —Regular and only price 8626. 
The finest premium ever offered ! It is enough to say 
that it comes from the world-renowned establisliment of 
Messrs. Steinway & Sons, Nos. 71 and 73 East 14th-st., 
N. Y. City, and is of their best make at this price. We 
have one of these instruments for our own use, and desire 
no better. And this premium is within the reach of a great 
number of persons. We expect to give six at least, from 
correspondence vvith previous premium canvassers, and 
will give fifty if called for. Only 520 subscribers are re¬ 
quired to get one 1 This is only 10 a day for two months— 
or 5 a day for four montlis, while it will pay many persons 
for a year’s steady canvassing. Why ! a person could go 
to work and get this premium and sell it, and thus make 
liigli wages. Twenty young ladies at school, by gather¬ 
ing 26 subscribers each among their friends, can secure 
this premium as a present for a Teacher, or for a Scliool 
or Society room. There are not a few young ladle.s 
wishing a fir.st-class piano, wlio might well make it tlie 
year’s business to raise a club and secure this premium. 
Tlie personal effort would teach them business habits—to 
take care of themselves. There are more than 520 
families in many single towns who would be benefited 
by the Agriculturist, and ought to take it, and would if 
brought to their notice. We aim at having this done, 
in offering such premiums. Tlie premium club, however, 
is not confined to any one town, or P. O —Railroad Con¬ 
ductors on local trains, can (as some liave done) collect 
largo lists of subscribers along their routes, and secure 
this premium and others.-Send lo Messrs. Stelnwny 
4. Sops for a free circular, describing this premium. 
