ADVERTISEMENTS. 
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IMPROVED DAIRY STOCK AT AUCTION. 
THE subscriber will offer on the 13th day of October next, 
at 1 o’clock, P. M., at his farm, from 30 to 40*head, being about 
one half of his present herd. 
Their Breed is mainly the best Improved Shorthorn, 
crossed with the Amsterdam Dutch, selected and bred ex¬ 
pressly by the subscriber with reference to milking qualities. 
They consist of Cows, two-year-old Heifers, one-year-old 
Heifers, Heifer Calves from one to ten months old, and seve¬ 
ral Bulls. 
Cows and heifers, old enough, are in calf to the proper 
bulls. A credit of six months will be given on all sums over 
fifty dollars, with interest, on satisfactory paper. Stock pur¬ 
chased to be sent a distance, will be delivered by the sub¬ 
scriber on shipboard or railcar, in the city of New York, free 
of risk and expense to the purchaser. 
A catalogue and description of each animal, will be given 
on the day of sale. 
The awards of premiums by the American Institute, and 
Westchester-County Agricultural Society, give evidence of 
my success as a breeder. 
Conveyances will be in waiting at Fordham Depot, Harlem 
Railroad, to convey persons to the sale. 
Should the weather prove stormy on the day of sale, it 
will be postponed until the next fair day. 
L. G. MORRIS. 
Mount Fordham, 11 miles from the city of 
New York, August, 1849. _ 
DR. UNDERHILL’S MINERAL FIRE AND WATER¬ 
PROOF PAINT. 
THIS substance is found near Hoffman’s Ferry, in the 
county of Schenectady, New York. It has been well tested, 
and when mixed with linseed oil, and applied the usual way, 
with a brush, it proves to be a paint of superior quality. 
When dried, it forms a slaty surface, perfectly adhering to 
wood, brick, or stone, and is not liable to peel oft' nor crack 
from the effects of ordinary heat, wet, and cold. Neither will 
it dissolve when subjected to nitric, sulphuric, nor muriatic 
acids. 
Roofs painted with this pigment are guarded against moist¬ 
ure, and will not take fire from the burning of adjacent build¬ 
ings sooner than those covered with slate or tin. From the 
smooth surface it forms, when rubbed down with sand paper or 
pumice, it is admirably adapted for the first coating of car¬ 
riages and all other articles where a fine finish is required. 
Other paints, of various tints, strongly adhere to it, and receive 
a high polish. Its natural color, when in powder, is light 
slate ; but it can be changed to brown or drab, by the addi¬ 
tion of yellow or red, suitable for painting wood or brick, 
without materially affecting its durability. Wood covered 
with it, does not shrink nor swell, as with other paints, while 
on brick work, from its stone-like surface, it is not injured by 
the weather. 
This paint is not an artificial but a natural article, being re¬ 
duced to a powder by grinding, and mixed quite thick with 
raw or boiled linseed oil. One hundred pounds will cover 
about 1,000 square feet, and generally, two coats will be suf¬ 
ficient, if carefully put on. It requires some time to dry, but 
generally, the second or third day after it is applied, if ex¬ 
posed to the sun, it becomes quite hard. The longer it is 
exposed to the weather, however, the more it adheres, and 
the firmer it grows. For fences, out-buildings, and roofs, it 
stands unsurpassed. 
To satisfy the public that this paint is no hoax, the under¬ 
signed pledges himself to refund all monies, if it does not 
prove to be all that is claimed as above. 
This paint is prepared and for sale, at Charlton, Saratoga 
county, New York., by the subscriber, from whom all orders 
will receive prompt attention. It may also be had at the 
Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store of A. B. Allen'& Co.. 
189 and 1.91 Water street, in the city of New York. 
o ABEL UNDERHILL. 
SELLING OFF—LINN/€AN BOTANIC GARDEN 
AND NURSERY. 
late of William Prince, deceased, 
Flushing, Long Island, near New York. 
WINTER & CO., PROPRIETORS. 
TN consequence of the decease of the junior, and of the ad¬ 
vanced age of the surviving partner, who, therefore intends 
to relinquish the business, the entire stock of this establish¬ 
ment, comprising every description, including the newest and 
choicest varieties, of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
Vines, and Plants, Roses. Greenhouse Plants, Box Edo- 
ing, &.C., will be disposed of in lots to suit purchasers, at very 
reduced prices, in order to close the business as speedily as 
possible. 
Orders accompanied with the cash to the amonnt of ten 
dollars or upwards, will be supplied at a reduction of twenty- 
five per cent, from the usual prices. 
Nurserymen, venders, and others wishing to purchase, by 
wholesale, will be supplied at such reduced prices, according 
to quality and quantity, as will probably prove satisfactory to 
them. 
It is requested that letters of inquiry, &e., be_ post paid. 
Descriptive Catalogues gratis. " sept 2t 
COMMERCIAL GARDEN AND NURSERY. 
PARSONS & CO., at Flushing, near New York. The pro¬ 
prietors of this establishment invite public attention to their 
large assortment of every desirable variety of Fruit and 
Ornamental Tree or Shrub. Their importations of every¬ 
thing new in Europe are annually continued, and they 
offer a very large variety of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 
imported expressly for arboretums and pleasure grounds. 
Their collection of Roses is annually enriched by novel¬ 
ties from abroad, many of which may be found described 
in their new work on the Rose, recently published. Fruit 
Trees receive their particular attention, and are propagated 
under their personal supervision ; this care, with their pos¬ 
session of extensive specimen grounds, in which is tested 
every variety of fruit they cultivate, enables them confidently 
to guarantee the genuineness of the varieties. 
Their care in pruning and cultivation enables them also to 
send out thrifty and well-formed trees. From their large scale 
of propagation, they can offer to dealers very liberal discounts, 
where hundreds or thousands are taken. Orders or inquiries 
can be addressed to the proprietors at Flushing, near New 
York, where catalogues will also be furnished. They have 
established a Branch at Brighton Depot near Boston and by 
the entire success of their trees transplanted thither have 
thoroughly proved the superior adaptation of Long-Island 
Trees to the soil and climate of any part of New England. 
This they attribute to the perfect maturity attained by the 
wood before frost, which renders the trees suitable for trans¬ 
portation to any latitude. 
At the season of transplanting, a salesman will be at their 
Brighton Branch to furnish those who may prefer obtaining 
their supply thence. mhtt 
" THE QUEEN’S DICTIONARY. ~ 
THE Messrs. Merriam, some time since, transmitted to 
Queen Victoria, through the hands of George Bancroft, the 
American Minister, a magnificently-bound copy of their un¬ 
abridged edition ol Webster’s Dictionary. It was given to the 
Queen through her husband, Prince Albert, and its receipt has 
been acknowledged by the Secretary of His Royal Highness. 
The acknowledgment is of course directed to His Excellency, 
the American Minister, and we have the pleasure of present¬ 
ing it to our readers.— Springfield Republican. 
Sir. —I have the honor to inform your Excellency, that Her 
Majesty, the Queen, has accepted, with great pleasure, the 
copy of the last edition of Webster’s English Dictionary, 
which, according to the directions you gave me, was laid by 
me before His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and was pre¬ 
sented afterwards by the Prince .to Her Majesty, on the part 
of the publishers, Messrs. Merriam ; and I have been com¬ 
manded to express to your Excellency, and to beg of you to 
transmit to Messrs. Merriam, Her Majesty’s gracious thanks 
for this beautiful present, which, Her Majesty highly values, 
not only on account of the great merits of the work itself; but 
still more so, as a sign of those feelings towards Her Royal 
Person on the part of a large portion of the Anglo-American 
nation, which your Excellency informed me it was intended to 
represent, and which, after the political disunion which has 
taken place between the United Kingdom, and the United 
States, could not indeed have found a more appropriate wey 
of expressing themselves than the presentation to Her Majes¬ 
ty of a work on the English language which directly refers to 
that powerful and indissoluble bond by which the two cognate 
Nations on the Eastern and Western side of the Atlantic will 
forever remain united. Your Excellency, as well as Messrs. 
Merriam, will no doubt, feel great pleasure in learning that 
Her Majesty has placed the work presented through your Ex¬ 
cellency, amongst the few selected volumes which compose 
Her own private Library. * 
I have tlie honor to be, Sir, your Excellency’s faithful ser¬ 
vant. C. MEYER, Sec’y to H. R. H. Prince Albert. 
Buckingham Palace, June 20th, 1849. 
His Excellency , the American Minister. 
Price $6.00—For Sale in New York by C. M. SAXTON, and 
by b ooksellers generally throughout the United States, o It 
PATENT FANNING MILLS AND GRAIN 
CRADLES. 
GRANT’S celebrated Fanning Mills and Grain Cradles 
have been awarded six first premiums at the New-York State 
Fairs ; also, at the American Institute of New York and seve¬ 
ral County Fairs. Wherever exhibited, they have taken the 
first premium over all other mills. The great encouragement 
we have received from dealers and agriculturists has induced 
us to enlarge our business. All orders will receive prompt 
attention. J- T. GRANT & CO., $ 
Junction P. O. Rens. Co., N. Y., 8 miles north of Troy. 
The above mills are also for sale by A. B. ALLEN & CO., 
189 & 191 Water street, New York. my 6t 
IMPROVED STOCK. 
DURHAM, Hereford, and Devon Cattle ; Saxon, Merino, Cots- 
wold.Leicester and South Down Sheep ; Lincolnshire, Suffolk, 
and Chinese Pigs. All these superior breeds, can be had ot 
the subscriber, of the best quality, and will be shipped to any 
port of the country. Autumn is the best time to execute such 
orders. SAMUEL ALLEN, 
sept. 189 Water street, N. Y. J 
