[December, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1875 .] 
Remember Crandall’s Blocks 
FOR CHILDREN. 
Crandall’s Menagerie. 
One of the most wonderful 
and amusing tilings ever 
brought out for the entertain¬ 
ment of children. The six 
animals composing the mena¬ 
gerie arc beautifully painted, 
and so arranged into 56 pieces 
in each box, that tens of thou¬ 
sands of most laughter-pro¬ 
voking figures can be made up 
with them. 
Box too large to go safely by maiC] 
OrandalFs Alphabet-Blocks, Red White and Bine. 
Tasteless, odorless, an:, '-“ter-proof. The letters are on red, white, and blue ground. All children 
are pleased with them. Price 75 Cts.; by mall, prepaid , $1.00. 
postage is not remitted with the prices, as above, the blocks will be sent by express at purchaser's expense. 
Orders from the Trade will be supplied on Liberal Terms. 
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 Broadway, New York. 
Price $2.00. [Par chaser will pm, express charges. 
PATENT# 
OrandalFs Building-Blocks 
- an he made into forms of almost endless variety. The blocks are put up in neat, strong boxes, and a 
aige sheet giving various designs of buildings, etc., accompanies each box. 
Price—No. i, $2.00; by mail , prepaid, $2.50. No. 3, $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.25. 
No. 4, $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.15. 
CrandalFs Masquerade-Blocks. 
Making 300 different and beautiful Combinations of Pictures, which are in very brilliant colors. They 
aie not injured by washing, do not wear out, and afford endless amusement. 
Price $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.20. 
CrandalFs 
Acrobats, 
Full of fun and frolic, 
and most brilliant in cos¬ 
tume. These are among 
the most fascinating and 
ingenious toys ever in¬ 
vented. The number of 
figures which can be made 
witli the pieces in a single 
box is limited only by the 
ingenuity of the operator. 
Price $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.25. 
CrandalFs Expression-Blocks. 
side, Picture on the other. The Alphabet is the key to the picture which, when com¬ 
plete, i epi esents the inventor in Dream Land. These Blocks are water-proof, and can be washed if soiled. 
Price 50 Cts.; by mail, prepaid, 70 Cts. 
Crandall's Illuminated Pictorial Alphabet Cubes. 
lese Cubes aie goigeously colored, aud will make over 500 beautiful combinations or figures. They 
’ !i TF SS ’ aUd dul ' abIe; put U P in hadsome black walnut boxes; and are most attractive 
to both young aud old—an elegant present for the little ones. 
Price $2.50; by mail, prepaid, $3.00. 
OBTAINED, 
G.M.I'lyuipton, 
American Agriculturist Building ,245 Broadway, New York. 
O TT71 XTI Cat of “ HOME CORN SHELTER,” 
IP i r’ i on Last Cover page. Manufactured by 
-A LIVINGSTON & Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 
E xtra well bred trotting filly 
at a low price. “Iiushbrook Maid,” bay filly, foaled 
May, 1874, by Ethan Allen. Jr.; dam “ Grey Vermont,” by 
“ Vermont Humbletonian.” g. dam by Andrus Hambletonian 
—Ethan Allen, Jr., by Ethan Allen, dam Fancy Cooke, by 
old Abdallah (sire of Ryodykes Hambletonian). “ltush- 
brook Maid ” is an elegant filly, perfectly sound and right 
every way, and shows extraordinary trotting action. Price on 
cars here, $300. Jno. Moore, Comstocks,Washington Co.,N.Y. 
n 1 1S the most powerful Lantern with 
Coal Oil Light. Exhibitions pay well on small Invest¬ 
ments. Send stamp for Catalogue. 
WILLIAM Y. M’ALLISTEIi, 728 Chestnut St., Philad’a. 
ASPARAGUS. 
How to raise it and sell it, in Iioot’s Garden Manual. See 
adv. page 474. 
Readily attached 
to auy Stove. 
^Introduced 8 Years. 
Thousands in Use. 
Once used, never dis¬ 
pensed with. 
Agents Wanted 
at once in valuable 
Territory. Circulars 
on application. 
American Mann- 
See December numb^,1874, page| 3 NEWHAV ^> c ™“- 
Oldest, Largest, Best. 
IMSUEAICE COMPANY, 
> . JZARTI? 01212. CON2f. 
EVERY PARMER OR BUSINESS MAN 
SHOULD HAVE A 
Life or Accident Policy. 
Apply to any agent, or write to the Company, at 
Hartford, Conn. 
THE CHARTER OAK 
Life Insurance Co., 
• Y." 
OP HARTFORD, CONN. Organized A. D. 1850. 
Assets.§13,250,440.68 
JAMES C. WALKHEA,.. .. President. 
n‘ AkSV-klo.'V-HGi" ••'hCE-Pr.ESIUENT AND TREASURER. 
.SECRETARY. 
w m . L SQ U I RE, .Assist a nt Secret a by . 
L. W. MEECII, .Mathematician. 
LONGFELLOW. 
A superb life-size portrait of the poet 
LONGFELLOW will be sent with the 
ATLANTIC MONTHLY for 1876 to 
any person remitting $5.00 direct to the 
Publishers. 
N B.—All who remit before December 
15th, will receive the November and De¬ 
cember numbers, containing the opening 
chapters of Mr. Howellf new novel, 
“Private Theatricals,” free of charge. 
The list of attractions for 1876 is a bril¬ 
liant one, including Longfellow, Lowell, 
Holmes, Whittier, Mrs. 'Kemble, Mark 
Twain, and other favorite writers. 
Address H. O. HOUGHTON i0 CO., 
Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. 
