by being frozen ; horses, and cows, .. 
lower than usual; good mules alwaj’iP® 8are 
good price, but they are scarce.— j. b. 11 
North Chill. Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan. 21.- 
have been having steady cold weather, tJT® 
good wheeling until last Thursday. Jnn. 12 tV 
wben the weather begun to moderate. It con- 
tinned so for three days, and on Sunday wlint 
little buow we bad disappeared with a fine rain, 
raising streams oud making the beans of mill 
owners glad, as streams were getting very low. 
Have not had any sleighing that was good this 
winter. Stock, as far as my observation extends, 
as a general thing, are doing well, especially 
where they can have a good straw stack to run 
to, as straw is much bettor this year than it was 
last. Wool is worth, for a good article, 40c. per 
lb.; white wheat, $1.50 per bnsb.; red, $1.30; 
oats, 50c., with an upward tendency; corn, 70c.; 
The most, of farmers in this section are busy 
getting out stave bolts and heading, realizing 
for the same at Rochester $7 pet cord. A very 
good way to dispose of soft wood.— E. l. b. 
Charleston, Coles Co., III., Jan. 20.—The mean 
temperature of November was above the aver¬ 
age, with two Inches of rain and no snow. For 
1 December, maximum temperature, 4th. 59’; 
minimum, 23d, 22’; monthly mean, 2(5.5”; raiu 
and melted snow, 1.85 inches; snow, 9 inches; 
clouds, 57 per cent. The change from autumn 
to winter was very sudden. Op to the middle 
of Decemberthere were uo cold days; the roads 
were dry and the grass quite green. On tho 19th 
eight inches of snow foil, and from the night of 
the 20 th until Christmas morning the mercury 
wusabove zero but a few hours; since thou it 
has been more moderate. The severest storm ‘ 
sleet known here in many years occurred ou ie 
13th inst. The tain and sleet, freeztog as‘ lfJ,>r 
foil; covered the trees and other objects v “ 1C0 
an inch or more thick. In the woods tK lf j tin ® 
of trees were stripped of their limbs . 1 ai '^ e 
numbers, especially of the younp ’ 
were broken off bodily. Many p*’ , ... oc ar . 
were almost entirely demolisbof’ .... IU1 
trees suffered comparatively li; 0 '. 
mg of the iith was warmer, 2, V ha ™ T 
tinued until more than thr^ J , ‘V ‘ L l '"’ 
.. o wells and streams. 
melting the lee and tilling , 
, , % hist time in about 
WateriB plenty now for.,,, . , 
.. , S' tiling is advancing in 
six months Nearly ov i , th Htock 
E- h * r ' * 10 *»• co ™‘ 
’ , ,^ lU L ’ retail at 70c. Fall wheat 
35c.; oate,^.; P;tc but the breadtu 80WIJ i8 
'm ,ii > 'n 8 w “ l9 > 'dOstly prairie, sell here for 
®. tt ' < ’ u ' j per acre, according to location. 
Jrom By Jal|di j 33 t0 per acre . Piuo 
oof nnt&j. lumber at mills, oak, walnut, 
l,lu Vi’j per hundred feet. Wood, oak and 
h C ‘iL* $ 3 l ,er cord' coal, 2 ~ c - Per bush.—c. a. 
ish were the praises of taste displayed in 
the ornamentation of medicma palace m 
the newspapers, tba^ seemedasif a theag oe- 
able things whichbe said of the man and 
his house had K en used n P» ln 1,10 supposition 
d lt no more. But here we have 
him timV in ff what lie dld ’ and reastnnishing us 
, vitb w beauties. For many weeks architect 
ap> decorator have been at work, and on Satur¬ 
day tho store was thrown open to the public, be¬ 
wildering thousands who came from far sod 
near to sec It. It is now, beyond doubt, the hand¬ 
somest store in the city, and wc may safely say 
one of the handsomest in the world. We have 
no space for elaborate description, But suggest 
to all interested in decoration of this kind, to 
visit this wonderful drug store, 5»4 Broadway. 
— ltumor has It th«t Mr. llstWOBD is soon to 
open a Drug Store In theGit-ey Building, Broad¬ 
way and Twcnty-oi'O ti St., the handsomest cor¬ 
ner edifice in York—and if this be true the 
public v«t probably have reason to excluim, 
W ltb emphasis, ** ]<h.ctitit>r!’• 
ture Capron, and Gov. Harney of Kansas, are 
excellent and timely,-while the Map of Kan¬ 
sas, from official surveys, in connection wit h a 
table showing the Population, Agricultural 
Statistics, &c.,given by counties, carefully com¬ 
piled from the Census Returns of 1870, must 
prove of great interest and value. ludced the 
whole paper is meaty, and, while rejoioing at Its 
signal success under Ooi. Anthony’S able man¬ 
agement, we again commend tt wa«»ip -- not 
only to the people of the West, but to ull.in the 
East (farmers, horticulturists, capital 
who wish reliable information ab< . ftr 
By GKO. T. ANTHONY, ^f^ r fc ir mor to our 
As will bcscfcO* wc hu> ® every one 
Premium List, giving it fof or ' (he Kural ; 
sending two subscript ^' 
Xa »- ■••lyeroKy, Pirn He !—Col. Cot.MAN ot 
/wfnan’s Rural World —that bright, and read¬ 
able*""' “"m-di . which halletli from St. 
l .blHfl,'fho to-hc greatest inia..,\ „ ity nf America 
—will please Bend us the measure .r b,,, u i 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
... THE GREAT 1 LLL’STRATED 
It U «». 
AND FA11LY Ntfl 
D. D. T. IUv_ 
Conducting Editor and Proi 
CHAS. D. BRAGD0N, ANDREW S. FULLER 
Assooiatn 10,1 i tors. 
RY S. RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y, 
DITOlt Of Til* OKfillTMItHT O* SHBSP JIUSll»li|>Kr. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., Little Falls, N. Y., 
I>«0« UK TUB DBriiinritfiT OF 0 a tit y Hpsuanokt. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
.ki.iNu Cohiowohdifio Ei,itoh. 
T. HART Hyatt, San Francisco, 
ConnucTOB of tub Pacihc t*. .„ Okt amtmbnt. 
CHAS, V. RILEY, St. Louis, Mo., 
Conductor of tiib i;ntomoi,ooical Department. 
MARY A. E. WAGER, 
Editor or tub Domestic Economy Oft a fitment. 
To CorrcHpomtents.— Gentlemen who send us 
accounts of local Agricultural Societies* pro¬ 
ceedings, should hr; sure to give the name of the 
State in which the society is located. We have 
two or three on hand, sent, us by officers of the 
respective societies, who evidently think there 
is but one place of the name in the country— 
which is a grave mistake. And please note that 
such notices, to receive attention, should be sent 
to t he Rural as early, at least, as they are to 
other journals. 
a8H NEEDED. 
WHITE 
Willi *' KI ' SH ’ w * 10 > s prosecuting charges 
, p ^the Indian Commissioner Parker, has 
w ..u;na ietler to Vincent Colter, fn which 
.estates “a few indisputable facts taken from 
the official records," which go to show how the 
people of this country pay for peace with tho 
RedMen of tho Northwest. These are some of 
the A indisputable facts" given, and we believe 
tin!? should have the widest circulation among 
UP people: 
^L One million and thirty-onothousand dollars 
ras Paid to one favored contractor within a few 
Ifoonths. All but $98,000 of this sum was on pri- 
\ ate contracts; $179,000 of it waspaid for freights 
up the Missouri, at from 85 to 300 per cent, above 
the rate at which thequartermaster ot the army 
laid effected a contract to take all the Indian 
goods. Die profit ou the money paid to the con¬ 
tractor must have exceeded $400,000, and it does 
not appear f hat tie assumed any risk. 
2. On the 10th of August last he (the contract¬ 
or) was authorized by Commissioner Parker to 
pick up two to three nriliiutis piiiiuds of Hour 
without limit ns to price. Most of it was nui- 
SPEC’IAJ. CONTIl 1 HUTOItS, 
V. nARRY, T. c, l’ETERH. 
II. T. BROOKS, AND UK POEY, 
J. a. OOIIIJK. K. W. STEWART, 
F. R, ELLIOTT, JAMES VtCg, 
BORAl *. OIIEELEY, .J. WILKINSON, 
J. STANTON GOULD, MAllAMt: LE VERT, 
‘‘NOW AND THEN," JULIA COLMAN. 
Terms.—Only #1.50 per Volume of 2« d* aibers. 
•r i@J per year of A!£ numhera. ToClub' - F pr Vo, ‘ 
unit: Five copies for $7; Seven, and 0116 tree 11 
agent, for fS.50; Ten, rikI one free. ior fl2.')0. Pet 
Year. Five copies for $14 ; Seven and one free, toi 
$10; Ten, and one tree, for $25 only $2.50 per copy 
The lowest Yearly rate to Canada is $2.70, and $3.f>< 
to Europe. Drafts, P. O. Money Orders and Regis 
tered Letters ut unr risk. 
Aoveiitising. — Inside, 75 rents per line, Agar 
space ; Outside, $1 per line, each insertion. For IT" 
tra Ihspliiy and Cuts, a price and a-balf. Spieial A' 1 
Business Notleoe, $1.60 and $u u line. Noadveir e * 
meat inserted for less than $.3. 
A Swine Exhibition is proposed, to be hold 
somewhere io the Northwest next fall. Why 
not have one in the Northeast also—New Eng¬ 
land. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 
and Canada uniting to show, compare, sell und 
exchange Chester Whites, Clieshlres, Victorias, 
Berkshire's, Yorkshires, Essex, etc.? And then, 
at tho same time and place, have the tallest 
kind of a Swine Convention and discussion. It 
would pay breeders. 
Solo of Broadlaiids Farm, — Last week we 
oormnouccd, and this week wo continue, an 
interesting article concerning this great riliuois 
farm, by our special contributor, E, W. Stew¬ 
art. Wo find the following in the Prairie 
Farmer of January 24: 
It is reported that Mr. JonN T. A lexander, who 
purchased the great Champaign county lunn known 
ns Broadlands, In August. IMG, of M. t„ Huli.ivant. 
Ksq., has re-sold tt to a wealthy Canadian lor the 
sum of $660,000. Wc are not quite sure of the cor¬ 
rectness of the report. for we are under i !><• impres¬ 
sion that the proprietor bad recently divided tt. up 
into ntnall farm;., which he was otiering tor sula to 
different individuals. Still, It may hit. taut meeting 
with a purchaser for the entire tract, lie almndonod 
this idou. The price |>»ld for the farm by Mr. Alux- 
andeh was muu.iaXi. it tins lute report bo true, Sir. 
A. has realized a magnificent advance. The farm 
embraces 26,DUO acres. 
Going Souili for Land,— Aii Indiana corres¬ 
pondent writes: Would it pay for a man with 
$300 or $400 to go South to get land?" No, not 
as long as there is as much good land to the acre 
as there Is in Indiuna. Better be contented 
where you are. 
Grand River under the Quartermaster contract 
at $1.60 a hundred pounds, hot under the private 
bargain u , 0 freight was $<i per hundred pounds. 
3. I lie Texas oatrto bought privately on Juno 
li and August 10’ wore paid for at six cents 
per pound immediately on their arrival at the 
reservations, whilst, the same contractor, after 
proper comnetliion, united with others in fur- 
nishingstill better cattle at38K-)00cts. per pound, 
taking all risks of keeping during the winter. 
If tho foregoing arc “ indisputable facts," how 
much money does tho United States Govern¬ 
ment make out of lands acquired from the In- 
diaus when sold at $1.25 cents per acre 7 Ami 
how much do the homesteads given to act ual 
settlers cost tin; tax-payors of the United States? 
And provided all the business of Government is 
transacted with an equal regard to business in¬ 
tegrity and economy, how long will it be before 
we are a banki upt confederation ? 
Excelsior 
[W« want Information, briefly, concorning the season, progress of 
the work, Uunpdrature, crop«, prii;«js of farm produce, stock, labor 
Atid lauds, and careful eatiinntcn of the amount Of grain uud number 
of huimihIb ou band for sale, n» compared with previous seasons, for 
publication under this head.—E ds. Upbal] 
BriKouville, Ark., Jnn. 1 7— Weather pleasant, 
with snow on the ground. Wheat crops are 
looking One. Corn is worth 50c. per bush.; pork, 
7@8c. per lb.; apples, green. $1 tier bush.; dried, 
25c. per lb. This is oue of the Quest fruit grow¬ 
ing countries in the world. Health very gor; 
and the Quest spring water that you ever su ' 01 
lasted.— b. n. o. / 
Wauslinra Co., hi*,, Jnn. 
have uoi had a very severe winter so ' on 11,0 
contrary, the weather has beeu unirfd iv1y uuld ' 
with tho exception of the week bet * 1 ' 0 
mas, whoa the weather was snap pi l> " 0 
have had no sleigliing to speak of.' <ud '*ery 
little snow. Wheat is worth frop^* to95o.; oats, 
40c.; pork, $6<@0.50 per cwt.; bi vl01 '' 18c.— l. c. w. 
Col<l\va»cr, Branch Go., J an - 20 , 
hud n very pleasant win ley 
month, when there wus-” 1 -- 
SATURDAY, FEBRUAP H. 18~1 
BACK NUMBERS OF T 7 ® RUSAL NEW- 
YORKER are promptly yPPUed to New Sub¬ 
scribers, so that all irY have the Volume 
complete for binding ^ c * Unless otherwise 
requested, we shall 01411 the numbers from 
Jan. 1st In respo^ e **® orders for some 
weeks to conie. 
As the R, - v A L is electrotyped, we can 
promptly finish any number or volume issu¬ 
ed sine'' ^nn. 1, 1869. See Notice of Bound 
Volu' es i sizes, prices, etc., elsewhere. 
in/" For Premium List, &o., see page 101, 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Ague* Burmaiiii, or He nnd bhe.— This Story, 
from the Norwegian of Christof Jansen, 
proves to bo longer than wo anticipated, but 
will be conolqdcJ in two or three weeks. We 
think, however, that no one who roods it will 
regret Its length — lor it is generally so ad*»t**- 
bloip tone, sentiment. style ot expression, 
and withal so instructive, as to be peculiarly at¬ 
tractive and miev;-'W humble. Indeed, the high 
moult tout. of. *j^^ff-toh, * 111.1 Its leuchings rela¬ 
tive to the trae aims and purposes of life, ren- 
dcr it worthy of careful perusal and considera¬ 
tion. Mo'covcr the facts imparted concerning 
the countryi couditipn and social life of the 
peiydo described aid alone quite iutereetiug and 
.^tertaiuing. 
The IV. Y. i*tate Grape Growers' Association 
will bold its Annual Meeting in the Town House, 
Canandaigua, ou the 15th instant. As the grape 
growing interest is one of increasing magnitude 
and importance, t his meet ing should be largely 
attended. The great success of tho grape crop 
of 1870, together with the iuiluouoe of the Eu¬ 
ropean war on the market value of the products 
of Die vine, ought alone to secure tin unusual 
attendance and render the proceedings, discus¬ 
sions, etc-, of decided interest and vuluo. 
Cuyahoga Co. (O.) Ag. 8oc.-Al 11 meeting of 
this Society, held iu Cleveland, Junuury 2lsi, the 
following hoard of officers wus electedPres.— 
D. L. Wight man, Cleveland. Vtee-Prc*.— C. H. 
Caiiuou, Solon. Direct'm.—B. W. Knapp, M. V. 
B. Clark, S R. Straitor, N. Murks, J. H. Breck, 
11. C. Brock way, A. P. Lelaud, M. Hathaway, II. 
Chuntiian. tt. Osborne, W. Ridel', A. Kellogg, J. 
M. Wilcox, C. H. Hull, tt. Dewey, A. Juckson, 
O. S. Oates, C. P. Jewett, J. J’,. Brush, 8. Bigelow, 
J HasLer, J. Tompkins, I. Pope, D. Houge, W. 
Richards, J. Flick. 
Connecticut fciuie Board of Agriculture.—The 
fallowing arc the officers elected for the ensuing 
year; Pr<«.—Ex-Lieut. Gov. Hyde of Stafford. 
WccrPrcs’tS.—Robbius Duttcl), Hartford, and H. 
L. Stewart, Middle Huddatn. lUc. Sec.—H. S. 
Collins. Cor. Sw.—T. S. Gold, Norfolk. Treat. 
—A. T. Brown. Chanlet.—Piut. 8. \Y. Johnson 
of Y'alc College. It was decided by the Board to 
send a delegate from each county to attend the 
National Bornological Couveation in Richmond, 
Va., next September. 
Siingi-rileht «ud Mundiuli, A. Y'., Ag. Soc. — Offi¬ 
cers lor 1871: J’ret.—H. B. Titus, Deunsville. 
FtcoPre*. — E. Terry, Waterville. Sec.— H. M. 
Rouse, Marshall. Treat.—.). L. JBlssell, Wutcr- 
villc. Director#.— O. B. Gridley, J 06 . West, M. D. 
Liiplnuu, Chus. Jewett, E. Young, Chas. Curtiss. 
American Bee Keepers’ Assoc.—One conveil- 
EMPER0R WILLIAM. 
On assuming the Imperial crown of the Ger¬ 
man Empix e, King William ot Prussia issued a 
proclamation, the closing sentence of which is 
an invocation worthy to be uttered by an Em¬ 
peror in this nineteenth century, and fully iu 
consonance with the spirit ol* modern life and 
opiuion. That it was a sincere prayer, we can 
not doubt, for tho bluff King has been uo Du¬ 
ster. Had lie been, he would never hav J been 
orowned Emperor, ft was doubtless me desire 
of a heart as tender as brave; as 5 y»*pathetic as 
strong; as quick to understand *he horrors of 
war as to enforce its neoessiivs; as sure to re¬ 
joice in the dawn of a lasting peace as to strug¬ 
gle for victory. Here is the senteuce we refer 
to:—“G od grant that we and our successors 
may protect tbr Empire, not by warlike con¬ 
quests, but b/ works of peace, freedom, and 
civilization.’* 
THE INCOME TAX. 
Have 
up to the 14thof this 
.uch a storm of ruin und 
ice, that peach orchu-S are nearly ruined, und 
apple and shude ii'e*S so much broken that it will 
take several y<a*w to recover their former beuu- 
t y; the fores* at e nearly im passable, on account 
of the biol<en limbs, trees, &c.— J. n. s. 
Moutiuue, Munhrgnti Co., Midi., Jan. 21.— 
Snow two feet; good sleighing; lumbermen all 
alive, and railway completed and in good run¬ 
ning order; good opportunity for those wauting 
farms in the best fruit country in tbeUuited 
States; communication with the Great West, 
either by water or rail. Farming lands, from $3 
to $10 tier aore; wheat, $1.25; corn, 80c.; pota¬ 
toes, 80c.; butter, 30c,; eggs, 30c.; hay, $20 per 
ton.—w. s. 
Starkey, .Y. Y., Jan. 16.—The last four weeks 
the winter has been mild, just cold enough to 
keep the ground frozen. Business is very dull; 
little or no mouey to bo had. Wheat, amber 
Htkto, i» selling ut $1.255kl.30 per bushel; Tread¬ 
well wheat lias brought $1.50. Barley, 65e.; corn 
and buckwheat, lc. per lb. has boeu ruling price. 
Dressed hogs, $8 per cwt.; beef, by the quarter, 
7@8e. per lb.; hay, $10@13; oats, 45c.; good cows, 
$40@50. Greenbacks as source as Lens’ teeth.— 
H.S. J. 
Rldgcly, Caroline Go., Aid,, Jan. 21.—Wet 
spring and dry fall cut the wheat uud corn crops 
short. Peaches, full crop and good prices. Many 
extensive orchards started since we have rail¬ 
roads added to navigation. A few days about 
Christmas quite cold; but mild before and since. 
I saw some farmers plowing to-day. Corn, 8 ( 10 .; 
wheat, $1.80; butter, 35c.; eggs, 30e. Much laud 
for sale since the war: price, $G@25 per acre. 
The farms of this county have very nearly 
doubled in number, by dividing and selling off. 
It is settling up very fast, by Northern and West¬ 
ern people.— j. F. M. 
Suspension Bridge, Di, Y„ Jan. IS. — We had 
pretty cold weather and some good sleighing up 
to the 12 th inst., when it came off warm as sum¬ 
mer, the thermometer reaching as high as 73°, 
and in three days the frost was nearly all taken 
out of the ground. Suob a January thaw we 
haven’t had for many years. Wheat looks as 
weJf as I ever saw it at this season. Clover 6 eed 
is a fair crop, and sells for $ 6 ; wheat, $1.30; 
com, 75c.; oats, 50o.; buckwheat, 80c.; barley, 
75c.; rye, 80c.; beans, $1.75; potatoes, 80c.; but¬ 
ter, per lb., 35c.; pork, $B; apples, 50c.: eggs, per 
doz., 40c.; hay, $16; wood, $6.50; onions, $1.75; 
stra w, $7; coal, $ 8 — j. s. w. 
Kingsiun, Roane Go., East Telia., Jan. X4.— 
We have had some of the severest cold weather 
we ever had, beginning just before Christmas. 
During the holidays, and uutil a few days since, 
the rivers were frozen over, so that persons 
crossed on the ioe for several days; the boats 
could not run; bur. the last few days it has been 
and is now as warm as summer. We work with 
our coats and vests off. This has been the dryest 
winter, so far, that we have had for years. Pro¬ 
visions are low, and this would be a good year 
for emigrants to come. Corn, 50c.; wheat, nomi¬ 
nally, $ 1 ; pork, 8 c.; bacon, to be delivered first 
March, 12Kc.; flour, $ 6 ; corn meal, 50c.; Irish 
There is division in the Government coun¬ 
sels concerning this tax. Secretary Boutwell 
says it yields $12,000,000 to $13,000,000, and that il 
cwn be collected at an expense of $500,000; that 
it is an essential revenue to the Government. 
Gen. Pleasonton, Commissioner of Internal 
Revenuo, estimates that it (under tho new regu¬ 
lations) will yield $12,755,000 annually, and that 
it costs a largo per cent, thereof to collect it, 
and he urges its abolition and the collecting of 
an equal revenue, if necessary, in some less ob¬ 
jectionable and more just manner. The major¬ 
ity of the House Committee of Ways and Means 
support Gen. PleAsonton’s views; the Senate 
Finance Committee is said to favor those of Sec¬ 
retary Boutwell. 
Last winter we urged the repeal of tho law 
imposing this tax. It is odious and unjust be¬ 
cause It Is unequal and inquisitorial ln its appli¬ 
cation. It is regarded by eminent Jurists as un¬ 
constitutional; and we think Gep. Pleasonton 
right In 6 aytng that it it is collected according 
to the letter of the law it will cost nearly as 
muoh to collect It ns it will yield the Govern¬ 
ment. There are hundreds of men who have 
never paid a dollar of income tax, and who in¬ 
sist they never will; nor has there been any 
attempt made to collect it of them, although it 
is well kuown that they have taxable incomes 
equal to or greater than those of men who do 
pay. Either the law should be repealed or en¬ 
forced. We think it should be repealed, not 
beoause it cannot, be enforced, but because it ia 
Inquisitorial and unjust in character. 
— Since wi lting the above we see that the Sen¬ 
ate has passed a bill abolishing this tax, and 
whioli, as wo understand It, If it becomes a law, 
will be retroactivo — that is, it will Involve the 
return to tax payers of the income tax oolleoted 
ha 1870 for 1869. It Is the opinion of those well 
iisfonaed that tho House will refuse to pass this 
bill. 
Dogs and the Legislatures.—There is a great 
anti-dog agitation all over the country. In 
nearly every State where sheep are kept, shep¬ 
herds are crying out against the tax they have to 
pay annually in the shape of slaughtered sheep, 
in order to keep their neighbor's dogs supplied 
with fresh mutton. They are very properly 
insisting upon a taxou dogs. But the shepherds 
are not alone interested in this matter. Jf about 
a million of worthless curs could be taxed out 
of existence, there would be a diminution ol 
the death rate among tho people and an increase 
iu the supply of pork and milk. Suppose our 
readers suggest such a source of revenue for 
school purposes to the legislatures of their re¬ 
spective States. 
rural notes and queries. 
The Spring Seed Catalogues are coming in 
thick and fust, beautirul and complete, indicat¬ 
ing great prosperity among seedsmen and great 
faith ln the progress of the people in horticul¬ 
ture. Most of them are elaborately illustrated, 
complete in their lists of good and beautiful 
things, and contain practical information for 
the guidance of those who buy seeds. We im¬ 
agine a family attempting to select what they 
cannot do without, from any one of these pub¬ 
lications, and how soon $10 will be used up in 
what Is esteemed absolutely necessary to the 
welfare and happiness of those who love flowers 
and a complete kitchen garden, to say nothing 
of the field crops. We cannot attempt a com¬ 
parison of the merits of tbeso annual publica¬ 
tions. It would be invidious. But wc simply 
assert that, with those catalogues, the man or 
woman who cannot select what is needed to add 
to the grace, beauty aud comfort of borne, needs 
educating badly. We have before us the cata¬ 
logues of James Vick. Rochester, N. Y\; B. K. 
Bliss & SON, New York city; Henderson A 
Fleming, New York city; C. L. Allen & Co., 
Brooklyn, N.Y.; James J. H. Gregory, Marble¬ 
head, Mass.; Henry A. Dree a, Philadelphia, Pa., 
(with a package of flue seeds;) Phelps & Rey¬ 
nolds, Rochester, N. Y. 
An Unanswered Inquiry. — F. M. RorinSON 
asks“Please inform mewhiebof the Western 
Sta tes would be the best for a young farmer to 
emigrate to, considering all advantages." We 
do not. know. Nor would we advise a young 
man to leave 0 good home and a good business 
and settle in any of them, until he has first gone 
oyer the ground and decided for himself. For 
no one knows as well as he what he wants to do, 
what lie can do, aud what means he has to do it 
with. Do not take anybody's advice. Get all 
tho information you can, net according to your 
best judgment, and you will have no one to 
blame but yourself if you fail, aud be indebted 
to no one if jdtu succeed. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
Foot-niid-MouUi Disease in Maine.—The cattle 
Commissioners of Maine, consisting of S. L. 
Goodale, Saco; Joseph Pekcival, Waterville, 
and Dr. J. C. Weston, Bangor, have issuedacir- 
eular announcing the presence of this disease iu 
this country, and commanding the isolation of 
all cattle in that State found to be infected, the 
disinfection of all contaminated yards and build¬ 
ings, and prohibiting all common carriers, 
drovers and all other persons iroui transporting 
or driving from place to place, within the State, 
any cattle affected by, or which have been ex¬ 
posed to, this disease. 
New Hampshire Fanner#' Convention.—As we 
go to press, we learn that the Farmers’ Conven¬ 
tion iu session at Manchester, N. H., is a signal 
success—that the show of corn, wheat, rye, etc., 
in competition for the premiums offered is a 
very fine one. Prof. James Law of Cornell 
University delivered a lecture on the principles 
of breeding: Capt.J. B. Moore, Concord, Mass., 
spoke on Market Gardening, aud J. Stanton 
Gould delivered a lecture ou the Relations of 
Railways und Highways to Agriculture. They 
are a live lot of farmers iu New Hampshire. 
THE LOWEST CLUB PRICE OF THE RURAL NEW- 
YORKER is $2.50 per yearly copy to subscribers in 
the United States, and $2.70 to those in Canada— 
the extra 20 cents charged Canadians being for 
the American postage, which we are obliged to 
pre-pay. Any person offering the RURAL for less 
than the above rates does so without our authority. 
S%r The above is republished for the information 
of both Agents aud Subscribers. We occasionally 
hear of instances ia which the Rural has been 
offered at less thm $2.50—probably by those wishing 
to procure a specified number of subscribers in order 
to secure a certain Premium-but in all cases where 
a less price is taken the Agent should do us the Jus¬ 
tice to state that the reduction t» made by himself, 
aDd that we receive the full club rate. While we 
cannot present any one from taking subscriptions at 
less than published rates, we submit that the facts 
ought to be explained whenever it Is done. Of 
course we must charge all alike, for a departure 
from uniform rates would soon prove most detri¬ 
mental to the interests of the paper. 
— Since the above was first published we liavo 
heard of two or three prominent instances of depart¬ 
ure from our rates—notably by one who is forming a 
large club in Wayne Co., N. Y.—and again submit 
that every one offering the ItURAL for lest than we 
receive for it should explain the fact to subscribers. 
En Route to the “Land of Flowers.’*—Of lat« 
many Northern people have hied them to the 
“Land of Flowers’’—Florida. Among others 
who passed through New York in that direction, 
during the recent cold weather, were Mr. Barry. 
one of our special contributors, and his genial 
business partner, Mr. Ellwanger, (constituting 
the famous firm of Ellw anger & Barry of 
the Ml. Hope N urserics, Rochester, N. Y.) These 
gentlemen are accompanied by their better 
halves, and otherwise prepared for a comforta¬ 
ble sojourn of several weeks in the genial clime 
and balmy air of the semi-tropical region vis¬ 
ited. May they have a right pleasant time and 
return with health (now somewhat impaired) 
fully restored—for surely their long and arduous 
labors, (redounding to the benefit of the public 
as well as themselves,) entitle them to a respite 
from business cares and responsibilities. 
MOB LAW AT SCHOOL. 
At Yale, West Point and other institutions in 
this country, mob law rules aud riots. There is 
no exouse lor it, no sense nor right in allowing 
it, and no reason why it tuay not, and should not 
be promptly and forever suppressed. But it is 
now winked at by school authorities. If not, 
why are not the parlies to it immediately and 
peremptorily dismissed from these schools? Let 
it once be understood that students who will not 
conduct themselves like gentlemen, cauuot re¬ 
main to enjoy the privileges of these institu¬ 
tions, and those “traditional rights" and prac¬ 
tices, which are in themselves bavbarous, will 
be waived. But it will be urged that an entire 
class would have to be dismissed in some oases. 
Let the entire class be dismissed. The college 
Helmbold’s Magnificent Drug Store,—long “the 
cynosure of all eyes ” within eight of its mag¬ 
nificence, — has recently become more at¬ 
tractive and worthily notable than ever be¬ 
fore. ln noticing its rejuvenation the Even¬ 
ing Mail justly remarks that it is but a year 
or two since Mr. Helmbold received a crowd 
of guests at his stove on Broadway. The 
object of this gathering was to exhibit his 
store, then enlarged and beautified. So lav¬ 
To Cure A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat, use 
BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES. 
The Kansas Farmer opens tho year with de¬ 
cided improvements. Including cover, the 
January number comprises twenty handsome 
quarto pages, unusually well filled. The por¬ 
traits and sketches of Commissioner of Agiicul- 
DRUNKENNESS A DISEASE, 
And can be cured by Dr. Beers’ remedy. It never 
fails ; to convince yourself, send for Circular. Ad¬ 
dress Box 5110, New York. 
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