^ BALE —Fire* Premium Uraturia Chickens bred 
in 'h« celehruteii stock of H. G. White. Price per 
ialr, $8. P.oueu anu Cayuga Ducks. V pair, $8. Gray 
lomlnlqnea, ¥ t'lo, (St. H. MlntK, saleai, N. Y. 
NORTHERN OHIO GRAPE GEOWEES’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
frequent washing of the foliage to free it of dust 
and insects. 
As we were writing this article, there 
came to hand a letter from Mr. C. II. Spooner 
of Philadelphia, who removed from the country 
where he had a green house, and brought his 
plants to the city where he had no proper struc¬ 
ture for them. The experience of Mr, 8. in keep¬ 
ing plants In an unfavorable locality, will 
doubtless be useful to many, and his directions 
for general treatment are such as may be sntely 
followed. 
“ My home in the city is on the north side of 
the street, aud the back room in which I keep 
my plants never receives a ray of sunshine from 
November until March; it is also heated with 
hot air from a kitchen range, jet even under 
thee, the won-tot circunn-tmcep, some of the 
plants did much better than could have been ex¬ 
pected. Azaleas flowered fluely toward spring, 
when a little sunshine crept in for an hour or two, 
Epiphyllum Jenkioronli, Grahamli, and Speciosa, 
also flowered superbly. I'he whole Cactus fami¬ 
ly are well adapted for room culture, makiDgno 
Utter, standiug much bad treatment, except an 
excess of water while at rest (daring winter,) 
and profuse in flowering. Habrothamnus ele- 
gana wsb a miracle of beauty during the winter, 
the plant was about three feet high, aud lwd been 
pinched in so as to form a busby, yet umbrella 
shaped head, before being allowed to flower. Tt 
had as tnauy as fifty trusses in bloom atone time. 
Ardisia crenulata, looked pretty, until severe 
cold weather, when the thermometer fell some¬ 
times one or two degrees below freezing point, 
causing it to cast its Iruit. Camellias lost their 
buds, and looked badly. Lily of the Nile, 
bloomed finely. Geraulums wanted sunshine 
to make them bloom. Hare’s-foot-Silver striped, 
and other green-house Ferns did very well, as 
did the common Lycopodium. To sum up with 
A Meeting of the Northern Ohio Grape Grow¬ 
er’s Association was held in Sandusky, Oct. 18th, 
at which the merits of several varieties of grapes 
were discussed. Grape growers were present 
from New York and Pennsylvania. The follow¬ 
ing is a summary of the remarks upon the 
several varieties: 
Cutawbas—In the Lake Shore Region Including 
the Peninsular and Islands of Ottawa county, pro¬ 
nounced prafitable to cultivate; Southern and 
Central Ohio medium somewhat against it. 
Persons from different counties were called 
upon in turn, and those present from New York 
State aud Pennsylvania participated in the dis¬ 
cussions. The former were partially favorable 
—the latter not. 
Isabellas —Good to cultivate in the Lake Shore 
Region, and parts of New York State. Not so 
good in Pennsylvania or Southern Ohio. 
Delawares —A success in Ottawa, Erie, Dela¬ 
ware, Darke, Cuyahoga, and the counties on the 
I MPORTANT TO SPORTSMEN. I will 
luttdsh nay One Inteceeleil in be p'eu-ere <>t «steb- 
ing tb-h or iriipp tig game — such ms Mink, Mu-krat, 
C--m n. Otter, F xce, ic,» tnre tr.d eepelual mean*. of 
taxing t,h*-m, Th s prppn.rnntin *10 e u Ire ttie most run¬ 
ning of American game Into traps set hr teem. Also a 
rereipt tor tamiog vicious to tees, m king r.ti«m trac able 
aim kind. All lor Twenty-Five i>m*, Address 
8®8t J B. WILLIAMS. Bradford. Vt 
TO PREPARE CHICORY FOE COFFEE, 
GARDEN WORK IN NOVEMBER 
John Willis inquires in the Rural of 
Oct. 14th, how to prepare chicory for coffee. 
I will give him the way we prepare it, which we 
think makes as good a substitute as anything 
Dig the roots 
Mticu work of importance should be done in 
the garden and front yard, during the latter 
part of November. Most of the crops have 
matured, and should be stored for winter use. 
The vegetable garden should he put in order 
for spring planting. Farmers’ gardens are neg¬ 
lected in this respect The vegetables are taken 
away and stored, aud the old beds with all the 
debris are untouched till spring. It. Is better, for 
various reasons, to clear off the waste matter, 
and plow or 6pade the garden in the fall, (not 
neglecting to apply a good coat of manure.) 
First, the premises look better. Second, It de¬ 
stroys many weeds and their seeds. Third, it 
exposes the soil to the frosts and rains, and the 
manure will have a quicker effect on the crops 
next spring; and fourth, the beds are in better 
order Jor planting in the spring, and the work is 
thereby expedited. 
It is better to store most vegetables In the 
cellar, if this is properly constructed and ar¬ 
ranged, Ilian out of doom. Vegetables that 
keep better in the earth can be stored thus in 
the cellar. Good vegetable cellars should he 
cool—just above the freezing point—and like¬ 
wise well ventilated. Cabbages may bo well 
kept by simply turning them bead downwards 
in the fresh earth. The large leaves fall round 
the head, and together with the snow, envelop 
it with sufficient covering. A barrel or cask 
snnk in a dry place where the water will not 
settle in It, and banked with earth and well 
covered, is better than a warm cellar to pre¬ 
serve cabbages. 
The strawberry bed needs attention. Cover 
it well with forest leaves or cutstraw. Clear the 
litter from asparagus beds, and cover with sta¬ 
ble manure. This eau be raked off early in the 
spring, and the plants will shoot much quicker 
lor being thus protected. Additions may be 
made to the raspberry and blackberry patch, 
and those canes that have borne the past sum¬ 
mer should now be cut away, and the new ones 
trimmed aud mulched. Early potatoes for next 
season may be secured by planting in the fall, 
covering three inches deep with dirt, and then 
with straw enough to keep the seed from freez¬ 
ing. Planted in this manner they will require 
no hoeing next season, and when large euough 
for the table yon have only to lift the 6traw and 
pick them up. 
It is likewise a good time now to drain your 
garden and fruit yard. If not on a sandy or 
gravelly soil, they should be drained by all 
means. A wet garden cannot be an early one, and 
stagnant water around tne roots of fruit trees 
is deadly to them. Search the apple, quince and 
plum trees for borers, using a jack-knife and 
strong piece of wire. Trim the grape vines and 
lay thorn down on the gronnd. In short, many 
works of improvement about the lawn, garden 
and orchard will suggest themselves to the 
owner who desires to adorn his premises, and 
supply his table with an abundance of the fruits 
and vegetables of all seasons. 
A GENTS WANTED.-Energetic Men 
cau make $“* to fit* n day, selling tils • e'ebraled. Im¬ 
proved Star No-luimxey Burner tur Kero 
ecnc OH Lamps. It. gives a spU-RcInl l'ght. v lTt-mtstuoke 
or kmnll. Evce-v lanillv wants it, as i can he sold tor the 
price of a couple or Chimneys. Sample, post paid, A5 
cents. 
seed f or Circular and full particulars. Exclusive terri¬ 
tory given. JAMES KDUAR, Manufacturer. 
82 ' st So, 95 Maiden-Lane, New » ork. 
we can get for the real article, 
late in the fall, wash clean, and if large, split 
them and cut in pieces not exceeding half an 
inch In length; dry in the same manner as 
apples and preserve the same. To prepare for 
use roast and grind same as coffee. An Im¬ 
provement is made by taking peas and boi'ing 
them ten to fifteen mluntes, drying, roasting, 
grinding and mixing with the prepared root, 
say one-foorth peas and three-fourths chicory, 
or other proportion to suit the taste. I like it, 
to sweeten partly with sorghum sirup and scald 
it in. If yon do not wish to prepare or dry all 
your root at once, it can he preserved in the 
cellar the same as any other roots, and prepared 
as wanted for use. m. y. e. 
South Windsor, Conn., 1865. 
J^WISTON ACADEMY, 
A Family and Day School on Niagara River, 
Will open ha Winter Term on Monday, ret*. I3tt». Teo 
pi p Is will he xilmHt d into the family and wll* receive 
sped>< 1 care. Competent Te»< Iimib wl 1 he employ* il in 
eacu dpp.rsrrunt and every effort wblbe inaue to secure 
tne advancement of pupos. 
A Business Class will he instructed by a teacher from a 
Commercial College. For t-iros bti< 1 to secure Board or 
Rooms audi ess CHARLES KELSEY, M. A 
LowletOU, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1S65. 83o-5t 
1 THE LADY'S FRIEND- 
lOOO, The beat of the Monthlies — Devoted to 
LITERATURE and FASHION. *2,50 a year. We glra 
WHEELER & WILSON’S Celebrated *5$ 
Sewing IHnchinea on the following terms: 
Twenty copies and the Sewing Machine.$20 
Thirty copies and tha Sewing Machine,.-|8S 
Fortv copies and the Sewing Machine.$100 
Send 15 eti for a sample copy to DEACON & PETER¬ 
SON. 3t9 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Soon after digging the roots in the fall or 
spring, (thev will take no hurt in the gronnd 
through the winter if dug immediately alter the 
frost comes out,) cut them in pieces of as uni¬ 
form size as possible, about the size of common 
beans, and dry them thoroughly aronnd the 
stove, err- m tffe oven, with the door open, and 
nut them a wav in a dry place. As wanted for 
you would 
R ead “Hdibig" occasionally-w® 
, guarantee you It wlJ! pa>. Let, y. 'ir neighbor who 
lnwMS”i-i “Sestival " tickets and iott-ry tUY-t* o ad¬ 
it; It will pav him. Your '"uugLIer or s.*ier, whu&'ylv 
•emU t > have her fortune told, should real It; it will par 
her. And, yeong mao, read »ectlo«< S. at d >e« if It don’t 
pay yen. ite p.dlce have JUat reported that tli. su are 
tweutv men In this citv who realize per year, fol¬ 
lowing bueLuo -18 explained in section 6 o- IIUM8UG. 
Price cents. Seen, to »oy add’ n the Fared S-atea 
free of postage. Orders for circulars u.ust Iiavo stump 
inclose . K. MpWHOOD, PubLstier. (successor to S. E. 
Fran- li A Co..) NO. W Maiden Ltine, New York. 
use, brown or roast inn 
coffee. You can bruise 
choose. If made fine th 
quicker, and if an egg is 
be a litile richer, but if not made very fine it 
will settle clear without. If used alone the 
coffee is quite palatable, sweetened pardy with 
sorghnm boiled in; hut if any pure coffee, or 
extract of coffee is mixed with it, the sorghum 
will Dot do. J < B - M - 
Sandwich, Ill., 1865. 
/ 1ANVABSERH WANTED-TO TAKE ORDERS 
\ for \ r. - HiSioRY OF THE ItEBfc.' ION. cn- 
uorsed by the PicsKIcnt. Cabby, Member* of Ci i>gr»-s. 
Governors,Genera*-.Bar croitdtc Historian. and Kv the 
Pres.- generally. This Wmk Btil Is tl o COvuKOF.D 
STANDARD. All *-Uo have o-iupn-ed thedjffere- t His¬ 
tories of the War. (even tne autho-s tliemaelvr.) *cc- 
snowle*.lgn tne enpcrior.t-v cl Victor's. -.1-0, tot xe or¬ 
ders for Victor's U lSTORv OF AMERICAN CONSPt 
TtAClES from lr 0 t 19« i.lhc oclv w<irK of tile fell n pub¬ 
lished,) lor a Illustrated ed tiOQ of toe Incident, and 
A• ecnofes of *hc War, and for Portr-itsof Gererals, 4c. 
These works arc ah mp-eridy iliastra' ed. and sell ce-y 
• apid'y.b,- cAUvaescrs «i*V. I incrhl terms and exclu¬ 
sive territory civeit. Ben i for ci-c nars Address TOR- 
KEY & HOVEY, Publishers. No. 13 Spruce St., N. Y. 
TO PRESERVE ORCHARDS, 
USEFUL RECIPES FOR TIMES OF DEAR 
MEAT. 
Nathan Shotwell, Elba, Geneeee, County N. 
Y., thinks the present appearance of decay and 
death in so many orchards is owing entirely to 
neglect aud bad management. lie thinks a ma¬ 
jority of orchards In this country have that 
some aro not pruned at 
OP 
Watches, Jewelry aiul Silver Ware, 
To be disposed of at ONE DO' LAR each without regard 
to value, not to be paid for until you know what y ou are 
to receive: 
ion Gold Hunting-Case Watches.each $125 
5 0 Silver Watches.each $20 to $35 
lO.OOu Gold Per s aud Stiver Cases.-act, $5 to $8 
And a large Assortment Of Jewelry mid Silver W ir e 
of e.verv dvnerlptlefl. The method or disposing of those 
goods at Ox* Dollar each -sssioitov;: 
Ct>i till cafes naming each article snd its value aro 
placed In sealed envelopes and well mixed. One of 
these e>-velopes will he. sent by mail to auv »ddr,*ss r>u 
receipt of 25 cents; live for *1; eleven for $2; ttar-y for $5. 
Agents wanted to whom we offer special terms and 
premiums. Address A. H. ROW'EN & CO.. 
No. 26 Beekman St., P. O. Box 4270, New York, 
neglected appearance 
all, others are carelessly haggled aud large limbs 
left with protruding stumps that cannot heal 
over. Orchards are plowed and the rootB torn, 
aud many tarmers who have access to leaves, 
muck, saw dust, etc., never mulch their trees, 
nor remove the rough bark which furnishes a 
harbor for insects. It should he scraped off 
with a hoe, and the tree washed with a strong 
ley. And old orchard planted by my father, and 
still in vigorous growth aud bearing, has not 
been plowed for thirty years. It has generally 
been pastured with swine until apples begin to 
ripen. Manure frequently put to the roots of 
the trees destroying the toughness of the sod 
and making the soil loose and spongy, and the 
cions (the last year’s growth) that were large 
enough for grafting, have nearly all been re¬ 
moved yearly lor more thar; forty years.—A* Y. 
Tribune. , . 
THE BEST MARKET FRUIT 
We have made inquiry of a great many fruit 
which was the most profitable fruit to 
growers, 
grow (or market purposes. The answer of course 
depends very much on location, soil, convenience 
to market, and the facilities for obtaining cheap 
and available labor when it is needed. 
Edmund Morris of Burlington, N. J., answer¬ 
ed us at once—strawberries, blackberries, rasp¬ 
berries,—in the order named. Old John Mitch¬ 
ell, of the same place, said the same, only be 
sure and get early sorts so as to get the best 
prices. Mr. Knox of Pittsburgh, said straw¬ 
berries, by all odds, brought the most money. 
Wc know of other cultivators of fruits occupy¬ 
ing only a few acres, who depend entirely upon 
KILLING WEEDS IN LAWNS. 
F. S., Palmyra, N. Y., desires to learn how to 
eradicate weeds that, have sprung up in a newly- 
graded and seeded lawn. It requires considera¬ 
ble work to make and keep in order and beamy 
an adequate lawn and yard. It possible they 
should be so thoroughly tilled before laying 
down to grass, that uo weeds will spring up 
thereafter. It Is better to spend a whole year 
in summer-fallowing, hoeing, itc., so as to eanse 
every seed in the ground to germinate and then 
destroy it, together with roots, than to seed it 
gulckly aud have it foul afterwards. Old door- 
yards that are taken in hand to grade and lay 
down freshly to grass, are commonly lull of 
plantain, dock and other unsightly weeds, that 
require much labor to exterminate before re¬ 
seeding. If the mistakes, however, has been 
•ommltted of neglecting this previous culture, 
ene has three ways of repairing it. 1st, plowing 
again and thoroughly cultivating. 2d, digging 
weeds out by hand with a knife and trowel, and 
saltiug the roots to kill them. Sid, one can rnuich 
the surface heavily with Biraw, 80 as to kill all 
grass and weeds together, and then cultivate 
with a rake and harrow until the seeds germi¬ 
nate and are destroyed, and then re-6eed. Salt 
town very thickly would obtain the same re¬ 
sults, and Its effects would be dissipated in a 
year, so that grass seed would gi’ow. But It 
saves money and work to do the work with 
patience and thoroughness in the beginning. 
A NEW FRUIT LADDER 
Our soldier boy, who, we suspect, has learned 
during the war how to gather fruit of all kinds 
down South, taught us an easy way to gather ap¬ 
ples from large trees. We have heretofore expe¬ 
rienced a difficulty in reaching the fruit on our 
largest trees. Take a ladder as long as yon 
choose, let the bottom be widest, and fasten one 
end of a common bed-cord to one end of the up¬ 
per round and the other end of the rope to the 
other end of the round. Now get your ladder a 
little Inclined against the top of the tree and 
fasten the two Hues of rope to an opposite tree. 
The ropes act as guys and you can pick off the 
apples, or trim the most extreme branches of 
your trees. Sometimes it is convenient to lean 
the ladder from the tree and fiisten the rope to 
the tree you wish to gather. The whole matter 
is simple, the apparatus light and easily changed 
from one position to anotner, and supercedes 
the necessity of using the various contrivances 
for hand-picking apples on large trees. — JCaine 
Farmer. 
years, and it is so little trouble to take care of | 
them. Peaches, he says. Is a right profitable crop 
with him, buthe is tired of hunting the borers 
to save the lives of the trees. South Pass is 
forty miles north of Cairo, and a losg way from 
Chicago, but the latter city ia their fruit market. 
Speaking of ruisiug pears, Mr. Hull, a famous 
pear grower, near Alton, Ill., always succeeds in 
keepiug off the pear blight, as he believes by 
root pruning. Every spring he takes a sharp 
spade aud drives it down in a circle of from three 
to five feet from the body of the tree, according 
to size uud age of tree, cutting off every root 
clean. This, he thinks, keeps in the growth of 
wood, making it healthy aud firm, and thus beeps 
oil’ the Blight. Whether the theory is good or 
not, the fact ia undeniable, that Mr. Hull raises 
plenty of pears.— Ohio Farmer. 
NE THOUSAND IONA HUDS —From vines 
bought of Hr. Grant—ifu dollars Her htuulred. For 
»bv ~ 11. P. KENDIG, Waterloo. Seneca Co., N. Y. 
NE THOUSAND DELAWARE LAYERS 
V / all Goon I'unts, iron beam i vinoe—Dr. Graul 
stock. Price FiftyAXilUr*. per Hundred, 75c eacn. Also 
a tew KxriiA DUna ami Delaware layers. Bee advertise¬ 
ment in this paper. , 
R. P. KEN DIG. aterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y. 
OP1FIOXS OF TUE PRESS. 
Thu book shows great thoroughness and research.— 
vvehave°touml i *,1V*ud complete in its informatlon.- 
Baltimori American. 
TU author wields a graceful and able pen. and Is thor- 
onablv conversant« UU the political history ol the nation, 
ougmyttnv- wurinty commend ins work to the 
American people, who will never cea*0 to honor the 
inMnorv iu. l levfrc the mimeot'Abraham Uni oin They 
will regard this volume as a uORsetiold treasure.— Waxlu 
iiiijtQn Cnronicle. 
it is well written and well published. In a word it is the 
be” Life Of Lincoln extant. Incior.apolle Juurna*. 
valuable because it contain* the pith «:f all Mr. 
.. .rhea ami letters: and where they »re of 
interest, they are given entire.- a-nctnnait 
Mr turrett has lanored with love, seal and fidelity.— 
, Mr. tuxrvu. _ rhe hl , me i v charm oi Abrftt am Lincoln 
tinco* everv pare, breaking t' rough a detective setting 
wurc dlamor.d flashes. Every Important speech and 
........ <riAifi-in itr Pi!.! i*u hv thfl ViA 1. • T . 18 
All plants have a season of rest; discover 
what season is peculiar to each, and choose that 
season for transplanting them. 
VRR 30,000 APPLE TREES* —Of the best 
kUldS, 5 to 3 feet high, tor sale at low rates by 
t it ISRAEL STAKES, Brockport, N. Y. 
govticuUuralgous ana (5 mwU0 
riiiu; KHTAT1NNY BUCKBEBKY. 
J. The best Blackberry 1 have yet seen.— V. Vowning. 
The beat Blackberry l know of.— IV.vt. S. C<i rptnk r. 
It I* very hardy and a great bearer.—rim, -lyricuflurttl, 
For full particulars send stain to 
841-3; K. WILLIAMS. Montclair,N. J. 
THE CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS, 
GRAra Cultcub in Bteubbn Co., N. Y.-We have 
received from Col. B. P. Johnson, Secretary N. Y. 
State Ag. Society the article on Grape Culture in 
Steuben Co., originally published in the Transactions 
of the State Society, In pamphlet form, —copyright 
secured, it is illustrated, and has very full maps at 
tached, showing the grape region on Crooked Lake, 
exposure of the land, course of streams, Ac. It ia a 
valuable essay, as we have stated elsewhere, for the 
vineyardlat. There are undoubtedly thouaanda of 
acres around the interior lake* of New York as well 
adapted to grape culture aa the region described 5u 
tnis report. The western shore of Canandaigua Lake 
haa a similarity of aspect aud soil. Four milee above 
Thb change from the open air to quarters 
within the house is often fatal to the health of 
plants, aud although the owner gives them, as be 
thinks, every care, their foliage takes ou a sickly 
look or droops. This especially ia the case win n 
plants are rem'oved late in the season to save 
them from an apprehended Irost, and taken to a 
dose, and It may bo heated room. The change 
from free air to the house should be gradual, aud 
plants will do much better if they are at first re¬ 
moved to a room without a fire, to which air can 
be freely admitted ou every mild day, and thus 
gradually accustomed to the new condition of 
things. Those plants which are merely brought 
In doors for protection, and are not expected to 
grow aud bloom will do well in a room without 
a fire, except in very severe weather. The beat 
place for such plants, however, is a light and dry- 
cellar protected from the frost. In either place, 
the plants need but little water. Plants iu sit¬ 
ting rooms need to have plenty of light; ventil¬ 
ation whenever the external temparaturo rende-a 
it practicable; water according to the needs of 
the particular kind of plants; and particularly, 
what is i o often neglected, they should have a 
CTRONG DELAWARE GRAPE VINES, &c- 
\ l lna subscriber lift* a low extra xlrotisf Delaware 
M Grape Yin, * fivm layers, IVom healthy bearing vines, 
as so Oil as are Advertised at $ 1 to $!> each, which bo will 
sell lO $t.75 each, or 20 for $30. Also. 1.500 Veru strong 
Cro vollns Vines, from cuttings, at $3o per ICO. Cu.- '> or¬ 
ders attended to promptly and no charge for packing and 
delivery at the depot. Address 
1 ’. m, GuODYV IN. Kingston. Luzerne Co., Pa. 
pi AIU A GtHAFES 
Will Keep iu Coc'l Room till March, in Refection 
150 BXTKAonotcR Diana Layers, from bearing wood 
will bear fruit the flrst season. For sale at-two dollar* 
each, and uo lees. Also SCO good Delaware layers, from 
hearing wood, at Ooe Dollar each. Pre paid orders omp 
will be tilled In rotation- Vines parked and debyered to 
Expre*» Hoe of charge. t*. i KLN DIG. 
824-2t YVawloo, Seneca Co.. N. Y . 
('IRAPE ~VINES POR AUTUMN 1865. 
If 50,000 UELAYVAItE VINES, 
Grow n from single eves of wr-ll matured wood, tn the open 
gTonnd. Thev have snb»taut1*l woody roots tult ot tlbrea, 
and are well adapted to vine-yard or Irellla culture 
La aos Grai'B Shipments.— 1 The Sandusky (Ohiol 
Register says that the three steamers, Island Queen, 
Philo Parsons and Gen. Grant, took away in one day 
from the islands in that vicinity cargoes of grapes 
amounting to ninety-live tuns, and the quantity was 
not missed I 
Dwarf Oranob.— Can yon, or some Rural reader, 
intorm me where the Dwarf Otabeite Orange can be 
obtained?— D. S. Rains, 2>u»n, IU. 
