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W IND MILLS.—SELF-REGUI,ATING 
lor Pumping, Grinding Grain ami oilier uuinosi-H 
irom one to Uitrfy Horae Power. purposes, 
— ALSO- 
ORVIS’ AMERICAN FARM MILL, 
For Grinding Grain —teattlrea Irom one t j four Horse 
Power, Mninifactnred by Hie lorBe 
EMPIRE wind MILL MAIP9CO..Syracuse,N Y 
MILLS BROS., Agfnt*, 9d West Lake'St.. Chloavn 
w ESTCOTT'S AD JUST A RLE 
dasii cxiunisr. 
JEF*., 01 "™!'." Improved and patented tn, 
been thuronghly and satisfactorily tested. It fats re 
» cel ved the hlghentap- 
n proval of prantleal 
^ H uni scientific men 
The Great American Tea Company 
Parent Sorghum Machinery—! Wskinner & Co. 
Ttic Kirby Machine—D M Osho-ne A Co. 
In proved Stamps f..r Mar -1ng Sheep—A Todd, Jr. 
Hail AgrletiUnnU Works—Glen * Hall. 
Rochester Savings Hank—F, R Hammatt, Scc’y. 
l'OO Agents Wanted—N V Manufacturing Co. 
fiLSO Per Bay—A B Bowman * Co. 
Areata Wanted—Hoyt, Noyes A Co. 
Roofing Slate—.1 W (Whom. 
5000 Agents Wanted—! L Gawitle & Co. 
CTeshirr Ptg*. Ac., for sale—John L Clark. 
Pure lull ti Queen Be- s—K p Kidder. _ 
Eureka-The ne-t Steel Engravings—S B Williams. 
Coates A Osborn's Engine Pump. Ac H H Babcock. 
2A.GOO Agent* Wanted—K W Losuy A Co. 
Ready lo-Uay—M W Dodd. 
Wool Commission Merchants—Aaron Erickson * Co, 
K Ann AGENTS WANTED-Malo or Fe. 
W»\"vV male—to Introduce an entirely new article. 
Agents are making from $15 to $S5 per day. No capita! 
required. For particulars, address I. L. GARSIDE & 
Co.,£9 River St.. Paterson, New Jersey, 
Agent*, Dd West Lake fit., Chicago, 
OA AAA AGENTS WANTED. 
t 50 Cent. Sample sent tree, with terms, 
for any one to clear $25 per day. Business new. light, 
and desirable : can be done at home Or traveling, by 
male or female. 
Address E. W. LOSRY A CO.. 
fl 'So to "o Urn greatest 
® ,H f it B r improvement nq tlm 
J* ^ oJ^iLaalicd^rn e^or 
*^ftfjt[)g 7fiY spring Vaises t.h am to 
,, ,, . the surface of the 
cream, thus relieving the operator of tho most laborious 
part of churning. Hy the peculiar shape of the tipper 
(adjastaliln) dasher, air Li carried tout" bottom of tho 
churn at. every stroke. All parr.* of the churn with 
which the cream comes In contact are wood. In brief 
tile most competent Judges pronounce this Hie best and 
t-*i *V 4 IsWOB I IV VA»., 
Nassau Street, New York 
TYEADY TO-DAY-THE EOOK OF THE SEASON. 
(Being the second one ol the series) 
MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF 
MART POWBIiIi, 
AFTERWARDS MISTRESS MILTON. 
A beautiful hook, in antique style, $1,75. This work 
will excite great attention, and. take a place among the 
very first of its class. 
NOW READY,—SECOND EDITION OF 
CHB0RH.Y AND VIOLET. 
By the author ot " Marv Powell " The first edition was 
absorbed within a week sfr£r publlcalLm. 
M. W, DODD. No. c06 Broadway, New York, 
®lie Jferus Condenser 
W E WISH TO CALL ATTENTION TO 
I f our 81'EAM THRESHkKS, Also llOUss: POW¬ 
ERS ANT) SEPARATORS ot different size. Groat im¬ 
provements have been made tills rear Sent for our 
Clrcnlais. Address JONAS W. YEO 
853 6t Kohliiaott Machine Work*. Richmond, tnd. 
A CALL TO WOOL GROWERS AND 
A DAIKJ MEN.—I prop >*•• to SeH my farm of rm 
acres, situated In the town ol Birdsall, at Birdaall Cen¬ 
ter. Allegany Co., N. Y.. four billes south of Whitney's 
Crossing, or New York* Ella RR. Tho c are four barns 
amlnyo dwelling houses on the farm: one a large two 
story house, well lurnwhed throughout, with water con¬ 
stantly running lu the kitchen, brought In log* from a 
werer-tulllng spring. There are three (3) good orchards 
ot nearly all grafted fruit- about ISO nor •* ol'beaVv Um¬ 
bered land, sufficient to cut ami spare n.000 cords of 
wood, which li worth at the railroad, *t per cord. Parm 
U icell watered. Ills perhaps one of (Ac best ideations 
(or a Cheexr anti Rutter fudory in rite State of New 
— Red hair is going oat of fashion in Paris. 
— Cotton prospects in Texas are unfavorable. 
— There were 459 deaths in New York last week. 
— The indebtedness of Rhode Island is $3,930,395. 
— All the Government property at Cairo has been 
sold. 
— The rinderpest has just made its appearance in 
Ireland. 
— The hankrupt bill has passed the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives. 
— Gen. McClellan is expected to return home from 
Europe shortly. 
— The number of deaths from cholera are increas¬ 
ing in Liverpool. 
— Over 3,000 shad were canght at Haddam Island, 
Conn., Thursday week. 
— There has not been a spring for 30 years in which 
so little rain lifts fallen. 
— The suspension bridge over the Ohio at Cincin¬ 
nati Is nearly completed. 
— It is said Garibaldi has accepted the command 
tendered him in the Italian army. 
— A cotton factory in Macon, Ga., is turning out 
90,000 yards of sheeting per month. 
— Fears of another Fenian invasion are causing 
much excitement in New Brunswick. 
— Twenty-six deserters from the army have jnst 
been sent, to the Cincinnati penitentiary. 
— The Albany Law School has closed its spring 
term. There were ninety-eight graduates. 
— Smuggling continues very active on the Canadian 
border, and officers are busy making arrests. 
— A new paper to be called “ The Hub of the Uni¬ 
verse, - ' is to be started at Boston next month, 
— A mackerel fleet of a hundred vessels rendez- 
vou-ert in Newport (K. I.) harbor Friday week. 
— A man named Dehart, some 70 years old, died in 
Champagne Co., III., on Friday woek from starvation. 
— A respectable young girl of Now Orleans has 
whal is pronounced by the physicians to be ancient 
leprosy. 
— Hr. Pusey, the celebrated English divine, whose 
name has become so familiar, is expected soon to visit 
this country, 
— The Tennessee Senate has rejected the resolu¬ 
tions favoring the formation of East Tennessee into 
a separate State. 
— In the city of New York 10,000 persons make 
thuir living in the rag business, which amounts an¬ 
nually to $3,000,000. 
— On and after the first of July next, all State bank 
notes in circulation will be subject to a Government 
tax of ten per cent. 
— The Erie (Pa.) Dispatch says the preparation for 
grape cultivation aloDg the lake shore for the coming 
season is enormous. 
— A little girl 7 years old was burned to death in 
this city Sunday week by her clothes taking fire while 
playing around a bonfire. 
— All tho parties implicated in the Adams Express 
robbery Id January last have been arrested, and near¬ 
ly all the money recovered. 
— Probst, tho Philadelphia assassin, expresses deep 
penitence for hla wholesale butchery, bat not for the 
murder of Christopher Deering. 
— Hon. John A. Andrew is to deliver the address at 
the Fair of the Vermont State Agricultural Society at 
Brattleborough next September. 
— Mrs. Lucy Gore, one of the survivors of the Wy¬ 
oming massacre, recently died In Pennsylvania. Only 
two more living witnesses are left. 
— The steamer-load of women bound for Washing¬ 
ton Territory, under the guardianship of Mr. Mercer, 
arrived at San Francisco last week. 
— All the cabin berths in European bound steamers 
are engaged for several weeks ahead, so great is the 
rush for summer travel to the old world. 
CT THE BEST AND CHEAPEST 
Should bit Ufccd by all Farmers on SuEm- Aviv*in 
ib.ANTs. If Farmers and outer* V>br. n Ud* 
c « or trailer* In their vicinity, It Wlffiw forwarded “re 
Ot *vpress charge by JAM Eg F. LEW. Aeent Soutl 
Down Co., A3 Central Wharf, notion, Mata. 
-A. Gr S 3 nr fr* IS . 
F B w r !| SR pn l R ° * *°/V 60 CourtluniitSt., N 
ElusF oS?”*IIu&ZlfTl ,,ta#,t, ‘ Undlu *' N- Y - 
' ,r " New Hit ’son, AlK'g uny Co N Y 
A.M. WtoiiTMAit, Batb.N. Y. 
Nicholson, Pa ink A Co.. Albion, N. Y. 
Lank * Pints, ROclwtttitr, N, Y. 
M. W. MoComrkh, Alhnny, N. V. 
Kknton, Port - Kit A Co., Byraeiwe, N. Y. 
Diokinhon. CoMsrrorx A Co., Utica, N. Y. 
GrtAHAM. ICstt.KN vfePARftMona. Philadelphia. Pa. 
Johnston, Hot, low ay * Camdkn, Philadelphia, Pa. 
N. II Davis, rigdenshtirifh, N. Y, 
J. Van Ct.KP'r. NVwbursh, N. Y, 
E. M. LITE KM U UK, (J, 1 n.rnl Western A go II 
Kd'It Clkvkland, Ohio. 
rjpiRIEKEEPEKM FOH the MILLION! 
THE PEOPLE’S IMPROVED 
SOLAR TIMEKEEPER. 
PRICK ‘25 CENTS KACII. 
EVERY HOUSEKEEPER SHOULD HAVE ONE. 
The most novel and useful invention oi the ago, con¬ 
structed on the most approved principle, and warranted 
o denote solar time with greater aeouruey than the most 
expensive watch ever yet Invented, ami can never get 
ottt ol order. No fumllfy should be without It. 
Price, with white enameled dial, gold or silver gilt, 25 
Cents and sent hy mail to any pari of the country. Ad 
dress with 3 cent stamp. T. II. Hamilton, dr., Boston. 
1 0.000 I J!?KNTS WANTED To sell 
nkotn >•*miF* Protecting Stands. Tltey 
Irw/.r 'it lw ,l 'h*t nnu And otin.-r creeping 
oi Apru <tu^pftjco 114, tr 
M aryland mid Virginia far vis 
FOR SALIC.—Owing to the civil war tine South,wit 
mi-ms are ntrw offering for *a!„ ,u retmeed pticea in ih" 
most rmile portion* of Maryland and Virgin a Thn 
mlldneaa ol Urn climate and variety oi prod uclions offer 
peculiar lnaiununcnts to Northern fornPT*. Tim 
larlbemhiivn constantly on hand fanns improved mi un¬ 
improved, Baity, fndt and grazing farm*; country 
*nat*.poal and timber land* In all Mee'tlon* nf MiUYbtud 
and Virginia. Also, roaldences attd Ittilldlng lot* lit and 
around BalUttlOi c and Washington. Fattlil'nl and nnen- 
5? T t V'vw H i ,r ,;i,i ! l iV l addressing KtHN 
GLENN A CO„ No. 59 Second St., Haltltnoro. fs-l7-8t 
PER V KA B, paid by Shaw * ClaBk, 
Bidderord, Me., or Glilosgo, Ill. [sr,0-13t 
Elt UANENT S II E E P LA BET- - Sec Dins 
trated advertisenutiu in Rural. April 21 st, page 180. 
bffit _C. H. DANA, West Lebanon, N, H. 
IT MOWS! IT REAPS! IT RAKES! 
Tmt Kirby is acknowledged to be one of tliu most 
periect Mn nines for harvesting grain and graw. 
TbkKi. py is MMPi.E, the use of each part nan be un¬ 
derstood at. a glance. 
Tub KiiiiitI, nntiAnr K.bnlngtnostlvof iron and Steel, 
It ha* all Rip weight on one drive wheel. 
It has the tht'KrtrvDENT action as perfectly as any 
two wheel machine. 
It ltus an adjustaple reel, used both In mowing and 
reaping. 
It ha* n hkyulvino track clkavkh. 
It 1* an koonomii-ai. machine to use, the average re¬ 
pair* being Uxn than rms Dollar per year ! 
t t la a Lianr draft machine. 
I r is the lightest, eTHONOZaT and cheapest machine 
1 1 use. 
It Is pRttFxirrLY hafk to work, ami easily managed. 
It is ortoxLV ruAKov.ti to work as a Mower, a Hand- 
Raking Reaper or a Self Raking Reaper. 
As a Mower. It is ahead of ail others. 
As a Reaper, U >h ahead of a l others. 
As a Com p in Kit Maoihnk. it is ahead of all others. 
As a Rtti.r itiKiNo Rkapkh it. 1* ahead of all others. 
5f Gail on th« Agent In Tout- neighborhood and ex¬ 
amine The k i tin v rli'doit' My Mauuruotnrcd bv 
1>. M. OSBORNE .V C O., Anhtirn, N. Y. 
ALL, SI1EPHEUD A 
BOOTH, 
HHAIj EST AT lit, 
GENERAL INSURANCE AND COLLECTION AGENCY, 
Corner fiuntick J: Main at, (Dp S'.airn) ' 
KALAMAZOO, Mil'll. 
83!'“ Particular attention given to the sale and nnrehase 
ofReat Esta te, rolleetion or debts, atid pa, men! of taxes 
In Michigan. Enclose stamp uml receive one, of ottr 
Real Estate lhdle.Mii*. Any business entrusted to our 
care will receive prompt attention. 
ItKFKRXNnsa.—Ww. A Hood, Brest.Michigan Nation- 
»1 Bank,Kalamazoo; Latham Hull. Brest. t*t National 
Bank, do.; 3Vm. A. llooth,9j From St., New York. 
I> EFFICAC IOUS 
J. Pric e on ly 2,* cents- F or khIj? by till liriijficldta. 
W EST’S AUTOMATIC TAP El 
LATHE— Manufactured hy us, will make 
•1.000 Broom ilnudli-a in Tpn Hoiira 
11 OP ** m ti 
si,(too Cork 
And other handles in 
he the capacity ot the 
■ ■ w r sr w u $ n wm # 
\ T You can make Six Dollars from Filly Ceuta. Call 
and examine an Invention Urgently needed by every- 
body. Or a sample sent free by mull tor 50 cent* that 
retails costly lor flu hy R. L. WOLCOTT, No. 170 Chat- 
00 D W A ED ’ S_C0 U N T BY HOMES. 
— A new, pranHoai, 
^-xfN and original work. 11- 
/' ' — Lo' l ._ustTated with 122 De- 
/ ^ -^\ Blgns uml flans of 
\ Honscti ot moderate 
1 , it \ cost. Inrlntllttg nUr 
a 1 J -.A \ Idea and out bulld- 
L, Aft, \ !ng». with a chapter 
•j Js 3H fifi /■'N', \ on the comitrtietlon 
^ ^ of p ^ooji; ramej.^ 
proportion. We warrant, this to 
orti,,»v,vjr r,i iuu Lathe, and the work to be better 
nntslied tliati any other machine. For coarser work Its 
capacity can he doubled. 
Durkee's Automatio Sawing Machine 
W1U *aio frrmi the log, 500 Broom tiundle*, nx) Hoe han- 
(Ucs, Hfln fork handles per hour - warranted. 
For Illustrated Circulars, Refttrene.-s aud Price List. 
1 N. Y. 
G anger.—a New iieiiiod ofTmitin» 
CANOKtt, hy Drs, Babcock & Sou, which lias already 
been proved, by over two thousand cases, to be the most 
stioccssnil1 trealment lor Cancer that lias ever been used 
by man. Tho method ol Lruuimeiit Is simple, l ids ter¬ 
rible disease Is removed In a solid nntnn, without the use 
ol the knife, loss ot hlood, producing of pain, caustic 
burning, or affecting the sound parts. We. Will glvu any 
number of testimonials, aUo, will answer all letter* « 
Inquiry. Address Das. BABCUCK A SON, 
8»5-tf No. 700 Broadway. New York, 
pLAX AND HEMP CULTURE]. 
Now Ready, the Sixth Edition ol 
A Manual of Flax Culture and Manufacture: 
Embracing full directions for Preparing the (/round. 
Sowing, Barvtxtinq, ,(<•. Also, an Esnay by a Western 
man, on IlKtte and Flax ixths Wbbt: Modes of 
Culnture, Preparation Tor Market, &r., with Botani¬ 
cal description* and Illustrations. PubTshed hy D. 
B. T. Muonic, Editor of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
Rochester, N. Y. Price, Twenty-Five. Cents. 
tar Theme who wwb Practical Information on the 
subjects named above should send for the work, which is 
sent, post-paid, for 25 cents. 
D. D. T. MOORE. Rochester, N. Y. 
T & S. SNOW, 112 State St., Itoelic*- 
• ter, N. Y.— Sole agent* for the Ciclkbkatbd 
Buckkyk KRAPES A Mowstt, Manufactured by Hiram 
Curtis, Albion. N. V. Also, a full assortment of “Ex¬ 
tras," for Buckeye Machine and tho Justly celebrated 
CURTIS PLOW! 
Those wishing to secure a Buckeye Machine, should 
give their ordurs at once, a* a limited number only are 
being manufactured. l-WMt] J. A: s. KN'ow. 
ST1DER 
\J will fur.. .... . 
quantity of PUKE CIDER, ds: 
or Canal. F— .. 
8S wm 
; wanted: - 
furnish CArtKiS and 
Tlio Subscriber 
"ASH lor any 
at tho Railroad 
For turUier particulars address 
ItnfillW IVTI I t A HU 
A - ..A*-.A.,-, A . 4 . 4 . .A /lUrtlV, 
Vinegar AUnuftcturor, BuIfalo.N, V. 
THE WELL KNOWN Trotting 
IP Stallions JotiN -7, Crittkndxn and Col, Wads- 
“ WORTH win be found the ensuing season at the 
Monroe County .tall. Terms for.oa.on, for J.,J.Critten¬ 
den, $30; Col. w ad.WOUh, $.50. 
John .1. Crittenden took tho First Premium at the 
International Horse fihow at BUlV.do, In IVI2, ov. r Old 
Royal George and others. Hu also took the great. Sweep- 
u(ul„u (>i<ui.illtm 4.TikH n. X.f ..1 It. T.-* I _ 4_ .... r 
REAPER AND MOWER 
Two sizes, the B,-*t Combined Machine In the World! 
Price reduced. 
llowurd'a No. 1 and 2 Mower*, light draft, no 
*lde draft, both perfect Mowers. Price less than any 
Mower offered lor sale. 
Howard’s Stnr Mower, 3 wheel, folding bar.— 
TIBh Mower 1* .ill Iron—strong and durable, easy draft, 
and has all the. good qualities or any other two-wheel 
Machine and some Improvements other* have not. Price 
List of Extras sunt on application. In ordering Extras 
give the No. of the Machine for which they are wanted. 
I also manufacture Calwsll’s Hohbk Hat Fork, a 
superior article. Address R. L. HO WARD, 
May 19, IStIC. 1553-61] Buffalo, N. Y. 
SORGHUM MACHINERY, 
M VNL’f 1CTCKKD BT 
E. W. SKINNER it CO., Madison, Wis. 
(a. d. msitNos, r. w. skinner, and o. a. willet.) 
THE 0.VLY REALLY ADJUSTABLE DANE MILL t 
Long Tried and Well Liked! 
FIRST PRKSOS AT ALL NORTHWESTERS STATE FAIRS 
HIGHEST HITTaOMXTJIvtS 
i'UOM PRESS AMD VUHLIC EVERYWHERE! 
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST I 
T int lever principle in odr mills 13 
tho only pi octiesbla and reliable tnodo yet applied 
for giving adjustability to Sugar Cnne Crusher*, arid 
the lever and weight Is, and uniat always be, tile 
simplest and most unvarying power. Willi it the 
cano u pressed drier with leas power and loss lia¬ 
bility of breakage than by any other mode. These 
Mill* have been bol'ors the public for several years; 
they are oxteusively used throughout the entire sor¬ 
ghum growing sections of the country, and wherever 
used hive Invariably given entire satisfaction. They 
havo bean much improved for tho present season, an j 
now embrace points of uxcotlence, aside irom tno 
leading feature of the lever, which of themselves 
place them far ahead of any other Mill In use. Wo 
btuld Mill* of different moj, geared to run hy steam, 
water or horsn power; also premium TIorso Powers, 
very simple lu their construction and of great 
strength; also an Evaporator of our own planning, 
•■qual If not superior to anything now in usu; and 
in fact, every article required by Sorghum Manufac¬ 
turers. 
Ocn So none lltsu Book, containing full descrip¬ 
tions and illustrations of our different sUed Mills 
and Sorghum Machinery, and embracing a treatise 
on the growth and manufkctnre of Sorghum, sent 
free on application. 
Parties wanting our machinery should send In 
their orders early, as towards tho close of the season 
we receive more orders than we can possibly fill. 
Address £. W. SKINNER St CO., 
Madison, Win. 
A GENTS WANTED In every County, 
iV to sell Stt.vKu’s Patrnt Exom-stnii.rtjtooM, by far 
the best Broom luveuted, as It Is adnbted both to City 
and Country uHe. It Is endorsed by ••Thu Scientific 
American," “ American Agriculturist,” “Boston Culti¬ 
vator" and every one who secs If. Our Agents are ma¬ 
king Irom $3 to *20 a day selling tills Urtiom Send $2 lor 
a sample Broom or enclose stamp lor Circular, to fill,- 
YEK's PATENT BROOM CO„ 119 Nassau-Si, N. Y 
849-tf 
OUDIIETTE! POU DUETT E! 
The Lodi Manufacturing Company (the oldest man 
uracturers of Fertilizers In the United States) offer their 
Celebrated Pondrcttc for sale at lower prices than any 
other fertilizer in Market. 
it t« made from the night soil and offal of New York 
City, and has been In nse by thousands of larmere for 
over quarter of a centniy -, $1 will manure an acre ol 
corn In the hill, and increase the yield onc-third. 
A Pamphlet with the experience In It* nan cm Lawn-, 
Garden vegetables, Corn, Potatoes and Tobacco, ol hun¬ 
dred* of Farmers, some ot whom have usod It for over 
20 years, containing also price, directions for use, Ac., 
will be sent free to any person applying. 
LODI MANUFACTURING CO.. 
wlfi-lst 66 courilandt street, N. Y. 
IIE CELEBRATED J1IONIT1 
MOWER -A- 3 STE) REAPER 
Special Notices 
GOOD READING VERY CHEAP! 
\Vk have a few extra copies of Vol. XII of the 
Rutul New-Yorker, (1861.) stitched, and in good 
order, which we will sell at $t per copy at office or by 
express—or $1.50eont by mail post-paid. ITyou with 
a copy, speak quick. A few bonud copies of same 
volume lor sale at $3. We can also furnish bound 
copies of most of the volumes issued since 1855, at $3 
each. Bound volumes of 1S04 and 1S66, $1 each. 
Address D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester, N. Y. 
WVF -AGKNTM-S130 AND 1*200 per 
IT Month, to sell (Im celebrated COMMON SENSE 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. Price $ 18 . It will hem, 
fell, tuck, bind, null*, Btttch and embroider equal to tho 
high priced machines, fiend for circulars. Address SK- 
COMlI A CO., Chicago, Ill., or Cleveland, Ohio. [817-81, 
fQffiff. 
OPINIONS OF PRESS AND PEOPLE. 
Prom the Maine Partner, 
The name of the manor, Hon. IL 8. IU :-daxi,, Is a 
guarantee of Its Completeness and reliability. 
Prom the Country Gentlttnan and Cultivator. 
A* « whole, this boos is uuuae*tlon»bly in advance ot 
anytldug ol the kind now before the public. 
Pro?n Col, R. P. Johnion, Ser'y {i/. T. State Ag'l Society. 
It 1* the best practical fibuep Book, I think, ever pub¬ 
lished, and does great credit to T>r. J£andai,l. 
Prom the Mew England Partner. 
Tub Practical ShuPBKKD— U a work that has long 
heun needed by our people. It should be In tin: hand and 
head of every person owning sheep. 
Prom the 0/Uo Parmer. 
The rep«t*llcm of the author—who ranks as (Asau¬ 
thority hi this country upon all that pertain* to the 
breeding and management of «beur> - wi'f i. i!a<v a large 
trn) ->utinned demand tor "The PractJcul Shepherd/* 
Prom the Prairie Partner. 
Toe lUnstraiioiiA of sheep arc by the host artists of 
New Y(>rk, and well done. Tlm letter pr-'-* and paper 
USING B. T. BABBITT’S PURE UONCEN- 
TRArED PolAfiH or READY SOAR MAKER.—War- 
rant-rd double the strength of common Potash, and supe¬ 
rior to any otlmr aaponlfier or Icy In the market. Put up 
In cans or 1 pound. 2 pounds, A itomul*, 8 pound* and 12 
pounds, with full directions In English and German for 
making hard and soft soap. One pound will make IS 
gallon* ol *ott soap. No lime In required. Consumer* 
will find this the cheapen potash in market. B. T. BAB¬ 
BITT. No*. 61, aa, 60, 67, OH, 69. 70, Ti A 71 Washington fit.. 
New York. 8M-13t 
DAIRYMEN'S PAPER 
ZST Farmers and Dairymen will be interested 
in the letters of X. A. Willard, Esq., representa¬ 
tive of the American Dairymen's Association, now 
on a tour In Great Britain, and on the Continent 
These letters will appear exclusively in the Utica 
Herald. Tho Weekly edition is $2 a year, for a 
large paper or forty-eight columns. 
Address, W. H. Tutton, Circulator, Utica, N. Y. 
UHEIt>» DEAD SHOT FOK 
1 BBDBXJ G - S 
Kills upon touch, cnrls them up as fire does a leaf, and 
remalnB of permanent efiect. Try It, and sleep In peace. 
Sold by all live druggists. 853-it 
F 'm^nonl, 1,0011 TO VOIR ROW. 
- t, ° ,hr ')' need repairing ? If *o, 
uuu t wait until the day you wish to commeuca having. 
E.uraj for all live different gtyli-* of Machine* mauiilac- 
tured by me since WSS^fUrnUhcd to order. 
r '. e ," ! 1 I 0 , u . v’!!'"' 1 >" l, ihnm Machines can be altered 
" la de htOfir than when new, and just »i good 
for mowliig, u* a maohliMt 'hat would cost you $i‘ 2 .’>. If 
Extra-, arc ordered sciicthe No. of iho Machine for which 
r- l,i be found on^ ffle InnerTnd 01 
I „ 'V Machine* *.ent f 0 r repairs should he 
packed so a* to make m .ew package* n* possible. Mark 
each package to my addres 1 . Also t|;* owner* name and 
advise me by mail. Price Lis' of Kxtr-L* -“ n t on .innUca 
r.on. Head your l uera with (he uame of vom- P Post 
Office. County and State. y J m-tar 1 
Address K. L. HOWARD. Ti„fl-„in v v 
pRATT’8 CHIROGRAPHIC Portraits 
OF 
Washington in the Declaration of Independence 
AND 
Lincoln In the Proclamation of Emancipation, 
These works, entirely new in design and most beautiful 
In execution, are sold by subscription only. They lumlnti 
a rare opportunity to Canvassers and Agents, *a nothing 
like them have ever before been offered to (lie public. 
Supplied lor (he flnited States exclusively hy the Agency. 
I* or circulars and rurms. enclose two red et/imns. 
Address PUBLISHER’S NATIONAL AGENCY. 
KK-cf Detroit, Michigan. 
ANCY FOWLS, GEESE, BUCKS, Pigeon a, 
I Ac., for sale. Also Eggs horn $2 to $3 per cozen 
For Circular, address 
So0-6t R. H. HAINES, Box 58, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Chang© of Addrees, —Subscribers wishing 
the address of their papers changed from one Post 
office to another, must specify tlieoZd address as well 
U ns the new to secure compliance. [W This change 
J or address Involves time and labor, as the transfers 
m,lBt be “ode on books and In mailing-machine type, 
for which we mast- pay clerks and printers. We can- 
H not afford this expense, and hence charge 25 cents for 
y ea «h change of address. 
A LL FARMEIIS SHOULD UHF, COLLIN 
A C<).'fi solid (Just Steel Plows, warranted to he 
lighter draft, and easier to hold than any Other Plq 
made. See testimony on page 180.61 Rural, Issue of Mi 
12,1866. COLLINS A CO., 2)2 Water St., New York 
©OU of Hound Volume* Rt bal Nkw-Yorkkb tiom 
No 1 to No. 17—10 firs' VoliianM are Family p-per* bound 
6 new volumes. This 1* probably the only (ell *et for 
sale. Address WILLIAMS, Rural New-Yorker, Office. 
—( HESTER. COUNTY PIKH.-A Few 
MPi pair* oi mv Pukk Oumkii County Pigs 
can be supplied. Also:! or 4 fine voting breed- 
i iVuDw tag sow*. PASGH ALL MOKRIS, 
Agricultural Warehouse, 1130 Market fit., Philadelphia. 
mean that could he desired in a work ol this dcacrlo- 
non It will undoubtedly meet with the large sale I a 
merits demand. 
UAVE FIFTY DOLL ARM.— Why Pay 
Lr $Y)or tlOfffor a Sewing Machine, when $25 will bny 
abetter one for all tot atrial purposes v Notwlthstana- 
Ink reports to the contrary, the sunscnhr.r* no.g to Inforto 
their numerous friends that the “ Fit*.vabrM ’ r aud •• M* 
OAi.Ltrt.-v" Sewing Machine* can be nad In any quantity. 
Tibs Machine Is constructed upon entirely new princi¬ 
ples, and does NOT Inlrtngc npon any other In the world 
tt Is emphatically in, nnnr rmin'i Sewing Mm:lime, and 
Is warranted to excell all other* as our patrons will tes¬ 
tify. fW ~Agents Wanted. Address 
&l-21t JAMES C. OTT18 A CO., Boston, Mas*. 
Prom ITon.T. C. PeteruJormeredUor of TheWoni Grower. 
The book 1* nil that any one could ask ou the subject. 
It i* the best of It* kind, and superior to the heretofore 
rd — 1'iUAiT. Yon have fully vindicated your 
fastidious taste In the style the volume la Issued. 
From the Canadian Agriculturist. 
"The Practical Shepherd," Is the most comprehensive 
and valuable treatise on this subject that has yet ema¬ 
nated Irom the American press, Every farmer Having a 
flock ol sheep, of whatever breed and however small, 
would do well to procure a copy. 
1 (Wl J P,1 M' rW , OR A PUM UNION 
JL" "U Generals sent, post-paid, lor 25 cts.: 50 Photo¬ 
graphs ot Rebel Officers for 25 cents; 100 Photographs 
of Actresses for 25 cts.; 100 Photographs of Actors for 
25 cts. Address C. SEYMOUR, Holland, Erie Co., N. Y 
A MONTH.—New Business fo.r Agents, 
[ 850 -hlt] II. U. SHA W, Allred, Me. 
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