A f jV„ 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
NEWS AND NOVELTIES 
Horticultural, <fc, 
Vcic Publications, Sfc, 
Implements, Jtlaehincry, Sfc, 
Dumas — both of him— are sick. 
Victor HUGO'S now story is behind time, and 
in not yet published in Europe. 
I’koi-. BlAibuell of Beloit College, Wiscon¬ 
sin, is now mi a European excursion. 
SAMl'Kt P. Cary, ex-Momber ol'Congress from 
%m>, is Ice taring on “Labor Reform.” 
Dickens has postponed the beginning of Ills 
farewell readings in London until April U7. 
Prince Arthur, or England, has been photo¬ 
graphed in three hundred different positions. 
Mus, Wilson, “Augusta Evans,” author of 
“St. Elmo ” is about publishing another novel. 
Gen. Adam Badisao’s “Military History of 
Ulysses S. Grant,” is being translated into 
Spanish. 
Streak-of-Ligmt, Each-Sido-of-tho-Sky. and 
Horned-Snako, (Indians,) are coming East to ace 
Gen. Grant. 
Mrsg Charlotte Yonge. author of “ The Heir 
of Hedclyffe,” is now editor of the London 
“ Monthly Packet.'' 
Ahtemah Ward’s works are to be republished 
In London, with thirty-five illustrations, taken 
from his panorama. 
William, King of Prnssiu, has conferred an 
order of merit upon the King of Saxony for ids 
translation of Dante. 
The brothers Lei and carry on eight- hotels, 
among which are the Metropolitan of New York, 
and Union of Saratoga. 
Charles Lever is the anther of “That Boy of 
Norcotb’s," published In the Cornhlll Magazine, 
of London, and reprinted in Harper’s Weekly. 
Peter Cooper, founder of the New York 
Cooper Institute, has Just given $20,000 to pur¬ 
chase a com plot® set of meehnuloul models for 
the use of the Institute. 
Col. William Poor, of ltoekport, Mass., has 
been clerk of that town from Its Incorporation 
— twenty-eight, years ago,-and now gives way 
to his son, Calvin W. Pool. 
Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Patterson, daughters of 
Andrew Johnson, are said to ha ve left the White 
House In better order than it, has been left by 
any preceding outgoing family. 
Kkv. W. II. Milburn, the celebrated blind 
preacher, recently underwent an operation upon 
his eyes, and is soon to undergo another, from 
winch the happiest results are anticipated. 
Bev. Philip Cartwright, the well-known 
Methodist itinerant, and Ids wife, have boon 
sick this winter, and, consequently, the venera¬ 
ble preacher has been compelled to miss many 
I nternational horticultu- 
rut Exhibition takes place from the get till 12tU 
September, 1819, at 
]) APPLETON & CO., 
PUBLISHERS, 
00, 92 and 04 Grand St., New York 
Conimonoe on March 27th, 
Several hundred Prizes, consisting of gold and sliver 
medal*, sliver plate und money, will be given for the 
best Plants, Collections nf Horticultural Produce, 
Machinery, etc. American producers invited to par¬ 
ticipate. For further particulars apply to 
C. B. RICHARD ,v ft UAH, 
General Passage Agents, Hamburg M. SS., 
1002-ftteo fi Barclay St., New York. 
A WEEKLY PAPER, 
DEVOTED TO 
LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART, 
With the New Story, by the Great French Writer, 
VICTOR HUGO, entitled 
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS; 
OR, 
“ BY THE KING’S COMMAND.” 
For which the French Publishers paid the distin¬ 
guished Author 300,000 Francs. 
7 It LIT AND OBNAMENTAI TUBES, 
STANDARD FRUIT TREES, for Orchards. 
DWARF TREES, for Gnraens. 
GRAPE VINES—Old and new varieties. 
STRAWBERRIES, and other small fruits; best 
new and old sorts, 
DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
EVERGREEN TREES. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS AND PLANTS. 
ROHES, P.fCGNlES, DAHLIAS, etc., superb col¬ 
lections. 
GREEN-HOUSE and BEDDING PLANTS. 
Our general stock Is the largest and most complete 
in the country. Prompt and careful attention given 
to every order, large or small, (’analogues, contain¬ 
ing full Information, supplied as follows: 
No. 1. Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, We. 
No, 2, " •• Ornamental Trees. Ac. ino. 
No. 3, “ “ Greenhouse Plants. Ac. 6c. 
No. 4. Wholesale, vnett. 
9!*>-4too ELLWANGER A BARRY, 
Mount I luce Nupiorlc*, 
[Established 1R10,] Rochester, N. Y. 
K'CLEMSHT rniA 
T HIi PlIIFER “SKEIETOND 
WHEEL GANG FLOW AND CULTIVATOR, 
for Corn.-Cotton and Potatoes, for the season of 1869, 
is constructed under an entirely new patent, (June 
16, 18us.i The four cost iron liancers (of the former 
patents) are substituted by a single wrought iron 
rock shaft. The draught is directly from the beams 
Of the plows, and consequently no neck draught on 
the horses. It 1* much more simple and efficient 
than our previous nmmituctnre. 
The “ Fill I'm Flow ” was awarded — 
The Gold MiiIjiI, nt the Utica International Plow 
Trial, September, 1H.7. 
The Slum Vednl. (highest award,) nt the Maryland 
Institute. October. mi. 
The First Premium, nt the Mechanics’ and Agri¬ 
cultural Association. New Orleans La., utter the 
severest tests and most determined opposition, Jan- 
uurv, 1i*M. 
fir'' For agencies anil single machines, address the 
Manufacturer* and Proprietors, 
A- L. HREARLBY A CO.. 
_ Eureka Agricultural Works, 
990-3t OtTlce No. 117 I’erry St„ Trenton, N, .T. 
twenty years, ttio idea of it having arisen in his 
mind contemporaneously with that of “ Les Mlaom- 
blea.” M. Hugo here tries his powers In a now Odd, 
that of English history and English character, of 
which he lias been a student and observer during 
his Guernsey exile. 
Tbo Department of Literature will embrace Fic¬ 
tion, In the form of both serial novels and short sto¬ 
ries; Essays upon literary and social topics; Sketches 
of travel nod adventure; Discussions upon art, books 
and kindred themes; Papers upon all the various 
subjects that pertain to the pursuits and recreations 
of the people, whether of town or country; and 
Poems by our foremost poets. 
ROST & CO., 
GENESEE VALLEY NURSERIES 
Rochester, N. Y., 
Offer for sale this spring n large assortment of 
Standard and Dwarf Fruit trees. 
Grape Vines Kmal) Fruits. Ac. 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Ac. 
Onr Stock Is very extensive, and we can till nenrlv 
all orders on the shortest notice. Catalogues sentoii 
application. 
No, 1, Descriptive nt Fruit*. 
No. 2, do. Ornamental Trees. Roses. Ac. 
No. a, do. Green House and Bedding out Plants. 
No. 4, Wholesale, for Nurserymen and Healers 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
Will form an Important feature in the plan of the 
Journal. Almost every number will be accompa¬ 
nied by either an Illustrated Supplement on some 
popular theme, a Stoel Engraving, In tbo best stylo 
ol the art, or a large Cartoon engraved on wood. 
Novelty, freshness and continual change will be 
aimed at In this department. The Illustrations will 
usually be valuable as works of art; those on steel, 
and the cartoons, consisting of views of American 
scenery by our most distinguished painters, and 
Illustrations of character and life, by our foremost 
draftsmen. They will bu printed with extra cure, 
on separate shoots, and may be either bound In the 
volume, at tbo close of the year, or Trained to hang 
upon the wall. The Journal, in this feature, will 
bo quite unlike any other., 
Price 10 Cents per Number, or $4 per Annum 
in Advance, 
Specimen numbers will be sent Grat is, on application. 
For Sale toy nil New* Agents throughout 
the Foiled Stales. 
riHIK ItOC III NOT KTI!A WBEIIK V. Sttr- 
I passing the Wilson In productiveness—earlier, 
larger, more solid and every way hotter. See Pro¬ 
ceedings ol Horticultural Society, nt ColMfihti*. O., 
in Rural Nmv- York Kit of Jan. II, I8t.ni Kent free by 
mall at $2 per dozen. Address E. Wl'ililA 
Alt. Vernon. Knox Co., Ohio. 
1 70H SALE DOOLITTLE'S BLACK-GAP 
Raspberry Plants, 2ft ots. per dozen, f 1.M per hun¬ 
dred, *10 per thousand. ORIil \ M ANBFIELD, 
10ftJ-2t 11 indshtirgh, Orleans Co.. N. V. 
T? A R L Y BONE ROTA T © , 
1 j 40 ets. per lb.; Early Goodrich. Early York, Early 
Dykeronn. Ilarlson (late,) Shaker's Fancy, Hate,) each 
JO CtS, per lb. 
These rates are for those ordering along with plants, 
l>aying tlielr own expressoge if by mall.aild in ets. 
per lb, to these rates. Hue “ Doolittle's Price List of 
Plants,’ Itural, February 27th,Or t’lreufur and 20 inlgo 
pamphlet sent free. Address 
Ji. li. DOOLITTLE., Dak's Corners, 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
rniEAT TKii npii of amickican 
INDUSTRY. 
SHEEP 8 XI EARS. 
k a Patented Nov. 22, IHC4, Kept. 30,1866, 
■*- irw.fi, TCIHi (JU, iOWI. 
and July 21. ISIS. 
Manufactured by HENRY SEY¬ 
MOUR A CO., No. 82 Heckman St., 
N. Y. Awarded twelve FmeT 
PREMfU MS AT T W El. VB III 1 FEKENT 
STATE FAIUft, October and Novem¬ 
ber. 1868. Only Mkiiai. and DI¬ 
PLOMA at A 711KKKIAN JNoTITUTE 
Fair, Oct. 26,1807, 
“ VALUABLE AND WELL-MADE 
IMPLEMENTS." 
HORACE GUKELEY. Pree’t, 
HON. II. 8 RANDALL, 
President New York Wool Growers' 
Association, anil Author nf Sheep 
Husbandry, says In Rural New- 
1ITCUMBE11 PICKLES IN BRINE 
' Medium size; extra quality. Price *1 per 100. 
1002-2t F. B. KASSRTT, Ashtabula, Ohio 
Implements, •Machinery , Sc, 
INITIAL STATIONERY, 
AMERICAN HAY TEDDER 
■k H “ Wo much like the Sheep Shears 
in V made by henry Seymour & Co. 
V ’A They possess the superior ndvant- 
H H age of being made from one piece 
U K ox metal, which gives them solid 
77 springs, Tlie stops are tempered so 
/St v\ inevcannoi wear away and let the 
m ' AM blades lap. Among (heir varieties 
I'lV jVJ wo entirely prefer for One wool 
||) sheep, Strong's Patent Thumb- 
iK' piece Shears. The Thiimb-plcco 
gives better facilities for clipping 
leads, D , Ol :hh kll <1 «-l shOOP. I also use 
their Toe Nippers. No. 3 Is mo** used, I have tested 
the articles, and such Is niy verdict.” 'JOI-Lleo 
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED. 
The BEST and ONLY PERFECT Macliino ever 
Invented Tor 
TURNING OR TEDDING HAY. 
Huy cut. cured and stored In the barn 
XIV OJVEJ DAYll 
The quality of the Hay Crop 
VERY MUCH I1PROVED. 
Very Light, and so Simple and Durable that it can¬ 
not yet out of repair. 
M edina iron works, 
MEDINA, ORLEANS CO.. N. Y., 
,T. W. MOUNT, Proprietor. 
Works extending from Canal, foot Cross SI., to Jtace St. 
VELOCIPEDES, of three kinds; Wood-Sawing 
Mathlmiry, of all kinds and sizes; Wood Splitters; 
Horn Power,;, three kinds; Mowing Machines; 
Scroll Saws: Hub-Boring Machines; Improved Apple 
Grinder ; Ratchet. Cider Screw* , Wine Screws; Jack 
Screws; Cheese Screws t Vice Screws; Colton Plant¬ 
ers; Potato Planters: Potato Digger!!; Straw Cutters; 
Vrgouihlo Cutters : Field Rollers; Garden Rollers; 
Tallow Presses; Culdron Kettles; Plows; Scrapers; 
(.•nlcvutom, Ac.. Ac. 
ErT Send for Illustrated Descriptive Circular and 
Price List. Please address J. W. MOUNT, 
P. O. BOX EM. (891-1 f i Medlnn, N. Y. 
BURT’S SELF-ADJUSTING 
IIORSE IiAY RAKE. 
For Simplicity, Durability and Ease of Operation 
UNEQUALED. 
POTTER’S 
3 HORSEv 
Clevis. 
y A PERFECT 
fiU EQUALIZER 
/f light & Durable. 
Anna li. Dickinson recently reached Des 
Moines, Iowa, too late for the train to Ml. Pious- 
ant, where she had engaged to lecture. Nothing 
daunted, she ehortcrod a locomotive, and rode 
on it wilii the engineer ami fireman. reached Ml. 
Pleasant In time, and delivered her lecture. She 
paid otic hundred dollars lor the ioeomolivc and 
received one hundred and tilly dollars for the 
lecture, showing that site was determined to 
keep her engagements at any cost. The N.Y, 
Independent maliciously adds:-" II’ somcsplen- 
did young fellow could only prevail upon her to 
make one!" 
When Alexandra, Princess of Wales, recent¬ 
ly visited her native laud her parents, the King 
and Queen of Denmark, met- her as the steamer 
landed. The poor lady seemed (wenty years 
older than when she loft, Copenhagen ti happy 
bride in 1863, and iter mother ivopt as she saw 
lier daughter slowly and painfully stopping 
ashore. Not a word passed between her and tier 
parents for several moments after she embraced 
them, tin; Queen trying to restrain her tears 
and the King holding tho hands of the Princess 
in his ow n, and gazing tenderly upon her. He 
then lifted her into the carriage, handed the 
Queen into it, took Ills little grandson upon bis 
knee and drove away. 
Henry Gardner, Franklin, N. H„ has a foun¬ 
tain upon his land wdiieh is supplied bv so pow- 
crful a spring that its stream has not frozen 
during the winter. It is located on the brow of 
a hill. 1 ho fountain lias become, by constant 
eongclal ion, an immense mass of ice, twenty- 
three feet high and fifty foot in circumference. 
It still continues in the form of a fountain, 
having two basins. It is thirty feet inolrcutu- 
teronce, twelve foot from tho ground, twenty 
at the height of eighteen Jeot, eight at twenty, 
and two and a half at the height of twenty-two 
and a hair toot. Ai the height of ten loot it is 
tweh c and a ball feet in diameter. In one side 
MADE ONLY BY 
AIYIES PLOW COMPANY, 
Quincy Hall, Boston, 
and 
53 Becltinan Street, New York 
KT" Send for IUuniinutcd Circulars. 
riUIICC IIKAIVKHT ILI.UHTK ATF.D CAT A- 
I logue. MEEDS. BULB8, PL ANTS, TREES. Ac. 
Our now Flower Bud Kltohun Garden Directory ,,t 
l.’iO pages, contains prices ol the abovo. as weft tu 
every other articlo in our trade. Only 1(1 ets., mulled. 
Address CURTIS A COBB, 
318 Washington 8t., Boston. 
f Prick.— $S Each; 
per Do/.etu 
Cash with order. Send for Circular*. 
Address.—EDGAR M. POTTER, •' A 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
TIEXAITI IS R IS PRONG MOI5.-TH IS 
AX boat Hand Cultivator ever invented. It saves 
half the labor of lioelng, and doos the work better 
than any other tool. Every Farmer and Gardener 
should have it. Circulars cent on application. Price 
ifl.ftO, cash with tho order. Address UK1PIG A H UX- 
AMICU, New CasNe, Westchester So., N. Y„ Or B. K. 
BL188 A HON, 41 Park How, New York. KKKMtoo 
JfllsccUancous, 
IIY USE DULL SC’ISl-iORSf When li5 
ets. will buy one of Jacob's Celebrated Sharpeners. 
, pre-pald. forprloe. Great Inducements to Agt’s. 
Til WICK & HASTINGS, Woroester, Mass. 
RAW BONE SITPER-UHOSPHATE 
STANDARD WARRANTED. 
BAUGH A SONS, SOLE MANUFACTURERS, 
Office No. 20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia. 
The merits of t ills Bonk Manure us an effectual, 
prompt and economical application for largely In¬ 
creasing the yieldu( Corn, oath, Potatoes. Hops. 
Tobacco, Vkgktami.ks, and every Fikli) andGAii- 
HEN Chop, itre known, noknowledgiVI and appreci¬ 
ated by tltousands.d our leading agrleiULuiists.froin 
u constant use of more Haiti 15 years. 
We now offer to FARMERS and DEALERS this Raw 
Bonk Mam/ukus having been highly improved with¬ 
in the post rear. NoChanue in Price. 
if Local Dealers will be found In all the Cities 
and Important; Town* throughout the country, to 
whom Farmer* will please apply early, to insure 
spring supplies. 
Ur* The well known " Trade Mark ’’ will bo found 
on every Bag and Barrel. 
2 No Cliann /or Package. 
price I.tara anil “Journal optiie: Farm ’’ free 
upon application to the Manniucturci a, or to the Gen¬ 
era I Agents, 
GEO W. K1RKH & CO. JOHN RALSTON A CO., 
110 Water St., Boston. 181 Pear) St., N. Y.‘ 
t H E A I* L AW \ M O WE It, 
J CUTTING I t /.VC7/JES 
WEIGHING 60 POUNDS. 
PB.ICB.. $3 0. 
R. It. ALLICN A CO„ 
P. O, Box 376, New York 
jyjABV1N & CO.’S 
ALUOI AND DR? PLASTER 
f ire and ISurfjIat 
Horn cry on (C, a mineral brought from Groen- 
iaml, Avboso name (bo manufact ured article will 
take. They are alao turning glaaa to the novel 
use of mold-boards for plows, for certain west¬ 
ern prairie lands whose soil is very destructive 
to iron. 
The Treasury plato printing office has nearly 
ready for printing a new Issue of the $50 and 
$1110 greenback notes, to take t he place ol’ the 
present series, which have been largely counter¬ 
feited. The $100 note will bear a likeness of 
Mr. Lincoln, with a vignette symbolical of re¬ 
construction, and the $50 notes will bear a like¬ 
ness of Gen, Grant, with a vignette symbolical 
of the restoration of peace. 
A curious example of tho appreciation of the 
fact that polities should not interfere in the se¬ 
lection of judicial officers, has just occurred in 
Michigan. When the Democratic and Republi¬ 
can conventions of tlie Eighth (Saginaw) District 
met, they united on Judge Sutherland, w ho is a 
Democrat. And recently Judge Turner, in the 
Seventh (Flint.) District, received tho nomi¬ 
nation of both Conventions, although he is one 
of the staunchest Republicans in tho district. 
D ll. IVHITTEIIHIKE, WOKCES- 
, ter, Mass., Manufacturer of the r,ii„n Apple 
Parer, Bay State Paring, Coring and Slteina Machines, 
Peach and Potato Parers. First Premium In IH6S at 
N. E. Fair, N H. State Fair. N. V Suite Fair. Mo. 
State Fulr, Maine Statu Fair, Prov. Fair of Upper 
Canada, N. U. Much, and Art Association, &e. 
ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR QUALITY, 
FINISH AND PRICE. 
No. 305 Broadwav, New York. 
No. 721 Chest.tint St. Philadelphia. 
No. 1US Bank 81., Clevelund. Ohio. 
PniNTTPAL 
Warehouses. 
l^ONTEIt’M FERTILIZER AND G It A1 
X Hower with or without harrow attach met 
AGENTS WANTED. 
For free dnsorhnlvo Circulars, nddrn-s 
99U-H OSBORNE, FOSTER A CO.. Palmyra, N Y. 
A ItfSNTS ©AIV ITIAKIi PKOITI $i(> TO 
J x per day by selling the following articles: 
The Magnetic Pocket Time-Keeper and Compass, 
price ft; Universal Noodle Threader, 30 eln.; Wil¬ 
son’s Prepared IK. dder, 25 ots.; Foil main Pen, lli ots.; 
Indelible Pencil. .ill cl8.: Pocket Repeating Match, 
i-1: Mixed Photographs, $6 per hundred. Fall par¬ 
ticulars sent on receipt, of red stamp. Address 
WALTER MOLT, KI2 Nassau St., New York. 
WATCHES. d&IO 
dpi I# The famous OROIDE Hunting Cusedc 1 • -• - 
Watch. Patent, Detached Lever, Jeweled, tIS; Extra 
I' inish, >30. The same. T,epine movement. >12. La¬ 
dles’ Hunting Case, solid silver, plated with 18 karat 
gold, richly enameled, f20. English Duplex, f20. Cele¬ 
brated American Lever*, ^25 und fitc. The above are 
warranted. A handsome silver plated open face 
Watch, English rn(moments, ft’,. ftoedM sent C. O. D. 
Address all orders, WILLSON A CO., 
lmpi'rtcrs, 1(2 Fulton 8t., New York. 
T>EST PULVERIZING HARROW IN USP 
*.# Something now. You can trv It "n your ow 
farm before paying for it. Send h*r Circular. 
PEEKS KILL PLOW WORKS. 
IMOMt Peekskill, N. Y„ or fjeveland, Ohio. 
A DAY TO AGENTS NKI.LINC 
8ILVEIUC PATKNT ELASTIC BROOMS. Horace 
Greeley says:—“ I predict Its success." 
CLEGG A CO., 38 Cortlanrtt Et.. N. Y. 
M ILLAR’S P VT E N T CH EE*E VATS 
and Heaters, lor Factories or Private Luries. 
Positively the best in use. Also other great improve¬ 
ments in factory and dairy articles. Send foran Illus¬ 
trated Clroular, C1IAS. MILLAR & SON, Utica, N. Y. 
RAKE’S SUBSOIL-CAN BE AT 
luched to any plow. The best in use. Prlci 
HOWARD IRON WORKS, Buffalo, n. y. 
i\r iITTE peach blow potatoes 
t v tCt.o(i per bbl,; Hanson, ¥3.50; Goodrich. f2.ftu. 
1000-eotl C. L. VAN DUSEN. Maccden, N. Y. 
