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reached by mail. Of course any such man would pocket 
any money sent him. If to be found, he should be summa¬ 
rily locked up. It is now positively unsafe for parents or 
guardians to allow any mall matter to go into the hands 
of young people without being previously examined... .A 
letter from South Carolina says the writer sent $10 to 
Whitman Jk Co., N. Y., for a lottery ticket, but can get no 
response—says further he has not the means to take tho 
Agriculturist. If he had invested $1.50 of the $10, in this 
Journal, its warnings would have saved him $S.50 sent 
to the bogus lottery man_ ITazard <f .Moors, 120 Broad- 
tvay, are grand fellows to ftimlsh watches ; they offer lO-l 
watches valued at $100 to $150 each, and a lot more at 
from $20 to $273 each, all for $12 each, to persons green 
enough to bite at their bait. Wc pity those who arc foolish 
enough to believe that these fellows will, for $12, fUmish 
watches worth any such money as they would make peo¬ 
ple believe. A hatfull of their tickets have been sent to 
us by subscribers—all calling for $13 to $17 watches on 
paying only $12. Could they not let us have one of those 
$.100, or $.125, or $150 tickets offered at the same price ? 
We hope our readers are too well informed to hazard 
any moon money with that properly named concern.... 
Oariand Co., (Todd.i 119 Broadway, right opposite the 
above, appropriate, on paper, the whole outside of a splen¬ 
did building. They have, inside, one room better Stted up 
than the rickety attics usually occupied by the grand 
establishments ” of the gift men. Moreover, “ Garland & 
Co.” strike for smaller fish tlian Hazard Jt Moore, and ask 
only $5 each for their $15, $45, $» and $35 watches, their 
$20 to $13 pistols, music boxes, vest chains, etc. Wo 
have tickets of thclr’s enough to get rich in an hour 
(“ over the left ”). Why, right here is one lot as a sam¬ 
ple : 16 tickcU calling for $5.33 valuation in watches, etc., 
all new articles, to be given us on paying $3 each, and $1 
more for each ticket—only $96 In all, or nearly six doUars 
for one !!! Good place this New York is: benevolent 
fellows Just do a large losing business to make other 
people happy—$55.S ” valuation ” all for $90 1 I We must 
cal! at 119 and 120 Bitwulway and get rich ; $6 for $1 will 
pay vastly better than publishing the Agriculturist. 
(IVhen it does, we’ll surely let our readers know, for these 
fellows have an unlimited supply, and wo want our read¬ 
ers to have oB tho good chances.).... .Ifarcus Grandin 
(grand humbug) locates his P. O. at Danville, N. J., and 
tries to imitate city swindlers. Having less rent to pay 
than on Broadway, he offers $110 watches for $5, and asks 
only 25 cents for tickets. We have lots of the fellow's 
tickets: 100 of these promise us $11,000 worth of gold 
watches fr r only $525.! 1 Our head is turned with the 
^prospective wealth ! iVhen wc get any of it we will tell 
our readers ; when they get anything but loss from Marcus 
Tullus, Cicero, Grandin, or any others of these ticket 
chaps,'will they please tell ns f.... Similar to the above 
arc the following; Mackay, Puff & Co., 81 Nassau street, 
N. Y., alias 333 Walnut street, Philadelphia.-Carey, 
Bonner * Co., 012 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, alias 333 
Broadway, N. Y., alias 4.S Exchange Bnilding, Boston.—r- 
Vlncent, Willis & Co., and J. BIreh & Co., Williamsburg, 
17 Y._^Richard .\yres & Co., 81 Nassau street, N. Y.- 
J. Hickling & Co, 119 Broadway, N. Y. -Jas. Prcndc- 
gast & Co”, 32 John street, N. Y.- Jason H. Tuttlk, 
Bevans, N. J., aUas natbrookvlllc, N. J., alias New York 
City, alias a good many other places, alias the express 
jjarcel swindler, alias Reeves & Co,, alias other names, 
ofiav the man who put “ U. S. Sanitary Commission ” on 
his different named envelopes, and was stopped by tho 
agent of tho U. S. Sanitary Commission, (see N. Y. City 
Police Reports,) alias one of the most extensive, various, 
and barefaced vlllians out of Jail, unless wc except L. 
Todd_Tho half dozen "■Doctors" inquired about in 
many letters before us, arc, every one of them, cither 
quacks or imposters, and by no means to be trusted with 
your money or health ...Tho so-called "Howard Asso¬ 
ciation ” of Philadelphia, is a myth, we repeat again, as 
persons keep asking about it... .Don’t trust your precious 
eyes to one of these advertising men who offer to cure by 
prescription or by instruments. If yon must yfw them your 
money, don’t use their apparatus or medicine. .Bew-arc 
of tho /n*and Mashing Compounds offered to 
and others....The low-priced sewing-machines of half 
a dozen kinds, offered with great display of claims and 
recommendations, are not worth buying. A pretended 
•• Company” in this city sends out worthless machines at 
$15 each We hear of cases where poor soldiers’ widows 
have been thus swindled out of money borrowed to help 
them to a machine to earn their living. The - et ® 
and Franklin” machine, of Boston, we know nothing 
about. K Pennsylvania subscriber complains that in 
order to get their improvements, he is required to buy a 
new machine—says the old one drops a stitch so often that 
it is worthless... Hundreds of Recipes for effective, but 
tUnzerous to clothes, washing compounds, for coffee ex¬ 
tracts, for making honey, etc., etc. Wc would on no ac¬ 
count invest a dime in any one of those sent to us. The 
same of recipes for making cheap oils, etc. The Ro.val 
Uuvauuz Lottery " was frilly exposed last May, page 1.2. 
— Cosmopolitan Art Association, for relief of soldiers, 
etc., is a humbug_“Manufacturers’ A.ssoclation,” 197 
Broadway, N. Y., offering $.10,000 prizes for $0, is a hum¬ 
bug_But space fails us to go through the long cata¬ 
logue of humbugs, vile publications, medicines, and in¬ 
struments, etc., etc., etc., now before us. No response 
given here, or by letter, in reference to any particular 
scheme, sent to us, implies that it is also a humbug. 
l*erHonrtl. —An Indiana correspondent asks; 
“ Mliat has become of A. S. Fuller, has he quit the nur¬ 
sery business ? I have not seen his card in the Agricul¬ 
turist for some months.”-When we last saw Mr. Ful¬ 
ler he went out of the door of 411’ark Row, with a bas¬ 
ket on his ann, contents unknown. Wc presume ho 
went directly to his present residence in Ridgewood, 
N. J. lie says he does not dare to advertise in the Agri¬ 
culturist, as a single advertisement made a demand for all 
the stock he could raise last year. Tlie same correspond¬ 
ent asks “ Who is Timothy Bunker 1” We thought every 
one knew he was Justice of the Peace at Hookertown, 
Conn. He is one of our valued contributors, and for all 
further particulars we must refer to Mrs. Sally Bunker, 
of Hookertown, who has enjoyed his acquaintance much 
longer than we have. 
llorsic Hay-rork Xrial.— A trial of 
lorse-hay forks was held under the auspiees of the Far- 
ners’ Club of the American Institute, on the farm of 
fosiah Macy, in the town of Rye. The trial continued 
wo days. Sixteen forks were tested, each one having a 
vclghed loatl of good hay to unload over the beam. Many 
lid the work very handsomely, while some failed, but in 
lur opinion more from bad management than from any 
nherent dilTlculty. Still there was a great difference in 
he forks. Of the “ forks ” presented there were but two 
cal forks ; five were Grappling Claws, and nine were har- 
>oons, or of similar construction. There was far too 
;rcat a difference in the weight of the loads and in the 
nanner in which they were loaded; and it was currently 
•eported and believed that while some of the exhibitors 
ook the loads furnished them without a question, others 
lad been sharp enough to be present early and load their 
)wn hay. The bare fact that the loads varied in weight 
‘rom 54t lbs. to 2.1S0 lbs., as reported, shows that there 
[vas no accuracy attempted. Blodgett’s Cat's-Claw Har¬ 
poon was first tried, and did very good work, impressing 
IS as favorably ns any harpoon fork. Sprouts’ Harpoon 
ind Hay Knife was better manipulated, and showed off 
l)cttcr than any of its class. Davidson’s Harpoon and 
Knife was not worked so well, but is a good implement, 
rhe Ames Plow Co.’s Harpoon Is of exeeedingly simple 
jonstructlon, appeared very well, but was not well work- 
Ed. Tliat harpoons arc better adapted to good long up¬ 
land hay, timothy or orchard grass predominating, is 
evident; the grappling forks or claws arc adaped, (if they 
have fingers enough,) to hay, straw, fine hay and even 
manure. They are heavier than the harpoons, but nearly 
as easily managed, and make cleaner work. We are sat¬ 
isfied that any effort to make them lighter by a reduction 
of the number of fingers below two on each side, and 
perliaps we should say three, is a damage to their cfll- 
clcncy. Raymond’s Grappling Fork was attached to a 
“ traveller,” called the “ Hick’s Car,” and did excellently 
well. There were other grapples which appeared well, 
but which, for some cause did not work very well. 
Plumb’s “Railway Hay Elevator and Carrier” is a sim¬ 
ple traveller furnished with an immense wooden headed 
fork with the handle set at right angles to the tines. It 
was a fixture of the bam, and though clumsy did good 
work The old Palmer (rcvolring head) Fork, a true fork 
also did its work very well. Before purchasing, a man 
must decide between the harpoons, taking big ‘ 
and tho trac forks, with their smaller grips. The Far¬ 
mers’ Club deserves the thanks of the public for 
this opportunity of seeing the hay pitchers all togethe , 
and manufacturers will be not the l^a^t beneflte^ 
The following is the report of awards . ^‘rst award 
in aass No 1 was given to “Palmer’s Excelsior Sicklc- 
tinedFork.” entered by Palmer & ' 
son New York: second prize, Class No. 1, to 
Champman, Utica, New York ; Second Hass, priz^e 
Harpoon Forks, to C. C. I^l^Agett, Watertown Jefferson 
County, New York ; second prize to S. C. & L. B. p i 
Muncy, Pennsylvania.” 
CsitalosfuoH, have been furnished 
with a large number, but our list of acknowledgments 
has been crowded out by the press of matter. 
?—Many have asked how can 
men affofd to pay the rates charged for ‘^Avertising in the 
American Agriculturist. First, wc may answer, that th s 
u the cheapest way to reach so many people. To merely 
vrint 100 000 large cards would cost at least $5 per tliou- 
^1 nr »J>0 to have the same card eleclrotjued, fas^ 
and distributed into 100,000 families, one in a place, costs 
one-fifth to one-tenth less than the bare* printing of 
the cards. The paper is seen by many others than the 
subscribers. Probably seldom less than 250,000 different 
families read the Agriadlnrist regularly. It would seem 
to be impossible that any man engaged in respects.blp 
business should not find among all these readers 
enough patrons wh^lso desire to find him, to make his 
business well pay the cost of an advertisement and a fair 
profit. Again: aside from the immense circulation of 
itself, making this the cheapest medium in the country, 
people liave confidence in the parties whose cards are ad¬ 
mitted into these columns and patronize them. Our rule 
is to admit none who are not believed to be entirely relia¬ 
ble, so that our readers may safely send their orders, if 
wanting the goods offered, and at the prices asked. There 
is also a great advantage in having the matter clearly 
printed, and permanently placed in the hands of subscri¬ 
bers, as most of them preserve the numbers to bind up, 
and the advertisements are printed in every edition is¬ 
sued. These considerations are fully appreciated by ad¬ 
vertisers, as our crow'ded columns bear witness (while 
several pages have been left out for want of room,) and 
we arc happy to know that “ I saw your advertisement in 
the American Agriculturist," is becoming a stereotyped 
phrase in many business establishments, from its frequent 
occurrence in letters received from all over the country. 
I*rize Essays on llonselccepiiig’.— 
Several competitors for the $100 prize have desired tho 
return of their manuscripts, upon the supposition that 
we had no further use for them. It is proposed to issue 
a volume on housekeeping, made up in part of selections 
from these essays. As soon as the editor, who has this 
matter in charge, finds time to make tlie selection, tho 
remaining manuscript will be returned to their authors, 
in all cases where they are desired. If any object to t’nis 
use of their essays, we shall return them immediately. 
Scnlding' l*cas to Kill tlie ling*.— 
This practice is good, but caution is advisable. Peas 
will stand boiling hot water, irrovided not more than a 
few quarts are scalded at a time and the amount of water 
is just about sufficient to cover them. A subscriber re¬ 
ports pouring boiling water over about two bushels of 
peas, and attributes the partial failure of tlie crop to 
this.—He is no doubt right. So much hot water retain¬ 
ed heat enough to both kill the bugs, and cook the peas. 
"WorlA* in Erepamtion.— We shall 
shortly publish a translation of Dr. Friederich Mohr’s 
Work on the Grape, the German title of which is “ J)er 
M'dnstock und der }Vei/i." That portion treating of the 
vine will only be issued at present. “ Horticola,” in a 
notice of tho original, in the Gardeners' Monthly says: 
“ IBs work docs not Interfere with any extant.” It is a 
setting forth of general principles upon the nnderstand- 
Inn- or”neglcct of which the success or failure of all cul¬ 
ture and training depend. We shall also sliortly publish 
a manual of Squash Culture, by the authority in such 
matters-James J. II. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass. 
How it Sells !—Gardening for Profit has 
had a remarkable run. Every land owner, whether of 
one lot or a faim, should have it. $1.50 by maxi. 
1C A'mericnii A'atiiralist.—The first 
’r is out. Wc welcome it as a long needed helper. 
ct Cellurs.—Harrison County, Ind. We 
;ereral appeals from the West-among others three 
he above-named county, for information regard 
;cr-tight cellars. The land, we presume, is flat and 
or holds water like a sponge, so wherever there is 
’it is of course filled. Well, the cure is very simply 
No one has any trouble in firm soil to “ 
fistern. All our friends have to do is to n^ake ff 
3 cisterns and put their houses over thenn Round 
us will bear great pressure from the ® ^ 
- ones will not, unless securely walled. * 
mrrare very la;ge. and water has access under them, 
•essure might lift the floors of the cellar^ in spots 
I oivLed by flagging with flat 
w“h" ;.ii. 
,, dean sand, make a ^o^cement mortar. 
'orsc Racing a$ Fairs.— Last autumn, 
: exertions were made to give a good start to an 
mral Society in Minnesota. Nothing but wan 
