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We have some ° 0 °o 
Splendid Pictures °° 
Printed in 18 Oil Colors, 
Beautiful and Charming. 
(The first three [as named below], mounted on 
heavy Card-Board, ready for framing, or for use 
without a frame ; the fourth mounted on Muslin, 
being too large for mailing if on Card-Board.) 
I—“Up for Repairs.” 
The sister mending her brother’s torn clothes, 
will be a fine ornament in any house. 
II— Look Out.” 
A maiden at a cascade in the act of dashing wa¬ 
ter upon you,—a new and greatly improved edition 
of this new painting. 
Ill—“ Mischief Brewing.” 
A country boy with a “ Jack o’ lantern,” which 
he has made out of a pumpkin, and he is telling 
his little sister of the sport they will have with it 
by and by, after nightfall. 
IV—“The Strawberry Girl,” 
Cable-Screw Wire anil Silver-tip¬ 
ped Shoes, —“ W. If. B.” There is nothing '‘myste¬ 
rious” about these advertisements which have appeared 
in tlie columns of the Agriculturist for several years, when 
you understand it. The advertisers are owners of the 
patents, and make the wire, tips, and machinery for manu¬ 
facturing these shoes. They advertise in this •“ mysteri¬ 
ous manner” for the benefit of their customers, who are 
the manufacturers of shoes with the above improvements. 
The articles are so well known that “ W. H. B.” will no 
doubt find them at the first shoe-store he comes across. 
Obituary—Moses Quinby. 
In place of the usual “Bee Notes,” we sadly insert a 
notice of the death of their author, which took place at 
his residence at St. Johnsville, N. Y., on May 26th. at the 
age of 65. When Mr. Quinby sent his article for the 
June Agriculturist, he wrote a private note about another 
matter, in his usual cheerful style, with no intimation 
that lie was ill, and as we were expecting his contribu¬ 
tion for July, a note came from his son, announcing his 
death as above. As to this event, which will be sorrow¬ 
fully received by bee-keepers throughout the country, we 
have no particulars beyond what is here given. As an 
apiarian Mr. Quinby stood among the very first in the 
country, and he was a leader and often president at their 
conventions. Ilis work, the “Mysteries of Bee-keeping 
Explained,” is a standard authority, and his frequent 
contributions, the principal of which were given in the 
Agriculturist, were of real value. In our intercourse with 
Mr. Q. we were much struck with his simple-heartedness 
and old-fashioned honesty ; he believed that in bee-keep¬ 
ing there was a great source of profit to farmers, who on¬ 
ly needed proper instruction to save the vast stores of 
honey, now yearly allowed to go to waste. Though he 
made*hiany valuable improvements in hives and their ac¬ 
cessories, he never patented them, believing it the duty 
of every one to contribute to the general welfare. He 
had a thorough contempt for all quackery, mystery, and 
shams, and exposed them at every opportunity. The 
bee-keepers of the country have lost a progressive leader, 
and his friends will miss from their circle a genial and 
worthy gentleman. 
The Locust at Dinner. 
One of the most popular pictures brought out in 
this country or Europe, (size 14 by 20 inches,) of 
which every home should have a copy. 
As long as our supply holds out, we offer a choice 
of any one of the above four pictures, to every 
person subscribing for the American Agriculturist , 
who merely sends pay for cost of mounting, pack¬ 
ing , and forwarding free by mail, viz : 
For No. I_only 25 cents extra. Eormounting, 
For No. II_only 25 cents extra. | packing, 
For No. Ill_only 25 cents extra, f and free 
For No. IV_only 50 cents extra. J delivery. 
That is, nothing for the pictures, and only 25 or 50 
cents extra for cost of mounting, packing, and pay¬ 
ing postage or express. Any one of these pictures 
is richly worth the cost of many subscriptions. 
They are beautifully printed in Oil Colors, and have 
the appearance, and indeed the value, of Oil Paint¬ 
ings on canvas. 
tigT Name your choice when sending in your 
subscription. 
These Pictures are offered to all subscribers 
now coming in. See “ Trial Trip,” page 24S. 
Grain irom H&;insn>>.—Mr. J. D. Ron- 
stadt, of Ellsworth, Kan., brought us some fine specimens 
of rye and wheat which show that in Ellsworth and Bour¬ 
bon Counties, at least, the grasshoppers have not de¬ 
stroyed all the crops. Mr. R. states that in several places 
the rye was 7 feet high. The top of these specimens 
were somewhat damaged, as in changing cars in one of 
the locust infested towns in Western Mo., the insects 
made a descent upon it, as it was the only green thing in 
the neighborhood. 
Fruit .Jiirs. —“ Mrs. C. W. T.” We liave 
not had occasion to purchase any of late; the Cohanscy 
Jar appears to be made on correct principles, and some 
of our associates, who have used them, give satisfactory 
reports concerning them. 
In this number of the Agriculturist, p. 261, is a 
notice of the seventh Report of our esteemed corre¬ 
spondent, Prof. C. V. Riley, as State Entomologist 
of Missouri, especially with reference to that port 
of the Report which treats of the locust or grass¬ 
hopper. In that article it is stated that the author 
will find but few ready to adopt his suggestion to 
use the insects as food. A few days after that por¬ 
tion of the paper was made up, we had the pleasure 
of a visit from Prof. R., who was on his way to Eu¬ 
rope for a short vacation, and he informed us that 
the locust had actually appeared at dinner—“not 
where he cats, but where he is eaten.” Our friend 
is a very thorough man, and is not one to point out 
the way, but to lead it, and having advised people 
to eat hoppers, he at once set the example. A few 
bushels of hoppers were procured, and placed in 
charge of one of the best caterers in St. Louis to be 
served. A number of scientific gentlemen were in¬ 
vited, and a dinner was set forth at which the lively 
locust formed the sole animal food. Martyrs to 
science, some may think, but so far from this being 
the case, it was a feast that the veriest epicure 
might envy. Prof. R.’s vivid description of it 
fairly made our mouth water, and half inclined us 
to wish that certain natural laws did not prevent 
a visit of these much eating and more eatable artic- 
ulata to the less favored, shores of the Atlantic. 
While our friend cannot say that V.o “ hankers ar- 
ter” the raw hopper, just cook it, and frogs, terra¬ 
pins, shrimps, and even the luscious oyster must 
give precedence to Caloptcnus which all must ad¬ 
mit is a much better table - .ume for the delicacy 
than ho - per oreveu locust Those men of science 
began with Caloptenus soup, so fine that against all 
of rules of etiquette, they asked for “ more ” ; then 
came hopper fritters, vastly better than any oyster 
fritters, and so on with roast, boiled, fried, and 
stewed of the same, each better than the last, until 
the climax of the feast was reached in locusts 
served with honey. This last dish convinced those 
present that even in Scripture times they knew 
something about luxurious living. It has often 
been said that the man who ate the first oyster wag- 
one of remarkable courage, though his name is lost 
to history, but in future times, when locusts shall 
be sold in our markets by the dozen, and laws are 
passed for the better preservation of this “ valuable 
game,” posterity will remember Riley and his asso¬ 
ciates as the first Americans who entertained the 
locust at dinner. All levity aside, why not eat in¬ 
sects ? These locusts feed on the fat of the land 
and why should we not in turn eat them? It is 
against our prejudices, but when we coolly consider 
the matter, the locust is really no more repulsive 
than a shrimp or even an oyster, and that they are 
really acceptable to the palate these gentlemen en¬ 
thusiastically declare. To our notion, Prof. Riley 
and his guests did a really good thing. In portions 
of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and elsewhere, peo¬ 
ple were actually suffering with hunger, with all the 
while untold quantities of food around them, not 
only food which will sustain life, but of a remarka¬ 
bly palatable kind, and whatever jocular remarks 
may be made about this hopper dinner, w r e think 
that the gentlemen who partook of it did an emi¬ 
nently good work, and one which in future years 
may prevent much suffering. 
American Pomological Society. 
A few days ago we had the pleasure of meeting- 
the President of the Society, Col. Marshall P. Wild¬ 
er, and found him very joyful over the prospects of 
a fine meeting at Chicago, on the 8th, 9th, and 10th 
of next September.—The Col. states that the re¬ 
ports from the various states and territories are 
most encouraging, not only for a great exhibition, 
of fruit, but what is of much more importance, full 
delegations of members. The western fruit grow¬ 
ers are thoroughly alive to the matter, and it is 
quite time that those in the eastern states were 
astir. If'some of the older and great fruit-grow¬ 
ing states do not look out, they will be placed quite 
in the shade by Nebraska, which, in spite of grass¬ 
hoppers, promises to out-do herself. The Illinois 
State Hort. Society, under whose auspices the 
meeting will be held, is sending out very full ex¬ 
planatory circulars, from which we extract the fol¬ 
lowing ; 
“ The meetings will be held in the M. E. Church, 
comer of Washington and Clark streets. 
“Under the auspices of the Illinois State Horti¬ 
cultural Society, there will, also, be held, in the In¬ 
ter-State Industrial Exposition building, a national 
exhibition of the fruits and other horticultural 
products of North America. Seven thousand 
square feet of space in the south end of the main 
floor and gallery of the great Exposition building 
will be assigned to the various states, territories, 
and provinces ; and in the space assigned to each 
state, territory, or province, will be arranged the 
state, county, society or individual collections con¬ 
tributed therefrom. It will be our effort to have 
every section of the country from Nova Scotia to 
California, and from Key West to Oregon, suitably 
represented in a truly continental exhibition of 
fruits ; and to this end we solicit your personal ef¬ 
fort and influence to secure a complete representa¬ 
tion of your fruit products. 
“ Upon the same day, and in the same building, 
the great Inter-State Exposition of the Arts and In¬ 
dustries will begin its four weeks’ exhibition. Free 
tickets, admitting them to all parts of the Exposi¬ 
tion during the convention, will be issued to all 
members of the American Pomological Society and 
to contributors of fruits for the Exhibition. Rail¬ 
roads will make reduced rates. The Wilder Medal 
of the American Pomological Society will be award¬ 
ed for meritorious objects. 
“ Correspondence relating to the Exhibition 
should be addressed to the Secretary of the State 
Society, at Normal, McLean Co., Ill. 
“Packages of fruit, with the names of contribu¬ 
tors, may be addressed as follows : American Po¬ 
mological Society, care O. B. Galusha, Chicago, Hi. 
Shipments should be made in time for arrival by the 
6th of September.” 
Let us add that every fruit grower should become 
a member of the Society. 
