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lore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED 
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SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1871. 
AGENTS, HEAR THIS! 
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PLAGES WANTED. 
A man lias Just left our editorial rooms who 
had on dilapidated clothing, a dirty shirt, and 
who said I hat three nights ago ho slept in a police 
station house Because ho had no where else to 
sleep; the last two nights ho had walked the 
streets all night. He wanted something to do. 
Ho was educated, had held a good position in 
England, had lost the little money he brought 
with him by falling into the hands of business 
6barpers and now had neither money nor work. 
He was willing to do anything that was not 
menial. Iu the columns of our daily papers are 
advertisements by men and women who will 
accept, any place that fa Hot menial . The world 
owes them a living, they evidently think. 
During the past two or three weeks wc have 
received responses to our article in the Rural 
New-Yorker of Feb. 25th, entitled “Men 
Wanted," from nearly every State in the 
Union. Those letters indicate that there are 
as many men who want places ns places uec-ding 
men. Bui the latter are not tilled nor have the 
men employment. Why ? Why is it that in this 
teeming, rushing world, where there is so much 
to do and so much that is left undone because 
there is nobody to do it, the streets are thronged 
with men with their bauds thrust deep into their 
pockets, looking anxiously and hungrily for 
something to do ? Why do men remain idle and 
women suffer hunger? Why tire the lines of 
thousands of faces worn deep with abstinence 
and anxiety when the whole industrial world Is 
asking for help? 
A woman, tbo other day, asked if she could 
not get a place in a garden or greenhouse where 
she could earn something. AVe sent her to a 
florist who asked her if she had any knowledge 
of tbo business ? No she had not, but she loved 
flowers and she had an idea it would bea pleasant 
way of earning money. It seemed evident that 
sho thought ttie perl'utnc of her presence and her 
love of flowers ought to secure her place and 
compensation. Another lady writes us that she 
desires to devote herself to literary pursuits; she 
knows her articles are not worth much, as now 
written, hut she cannot give time to their im¬ 
provement unless she is liberally compensated 
lor ihem. Inotherwords she wautssomeliberal 
publisher to support, her while pursuing her 
literary studios. A man writes that be would 
like to learn to bo an editor—he is forty-five 
years old—and would work on a moderate salary 
—say $1,500 per year—until he became accom¬ 
plished, when he would want more—or go else¬ 
where, we suppose. 
The root of all this evil—for it is an evil—is 
that, these people who are out of work cannot 
fill the places waiting to be filled. Thoy do not 
fit. They have not been shaped. Most of them 
are educated ignoramuses. They have spent the 
best years of their lives learning nothing but 
word*. They have learned lime to do nothing. They 
want something genteel to do. They faucy cer¬ 
tain vocations afford more pay and involve less 
labor than others, and they arc struggling and 
pushing, twisting and squirming, first loget Into 
such places and then to swell tbemselres so us 
lo fill them when oneo In. But it. cannot be 
done. The man or woman who has a good trade 
and is willing to work—even though some people 
regard it menial to do so—can get work Borue- 
where at some price. The demand for labor is 
exactly proportionate to the daily wants of the 
people. It is constantly increasing and never 
ending. But the trouble is, men and Women 
seek to supply their wants without paying for 
it. The estimate of the value of labor by la¬ 
borers of all classes in this country Is grossly 
exaggerated. The egotism and vanity of men 
and women who know and eau do little and 
w r ant a big price for that little is only equaled 
by the Impudence of their demands. Wo often 
think it would bea blessing to the country if 
some of these conceited droues were allowed to 
starve. Some of them do, rather than do 
“ menial ” work. 
The words which should be written in every 
home and impressed upon every mind are that 
fbe education that fsto avail in this life is not 
to he learned from books, piano stools, drawing 
schools and French tutors alone. This idea has 
cursed the people of- this country Jong enough. 
Men and women are to-day wandering about 
with nothing to do, who have spent time enough 
drumming on a piano, and mental and muscular 
force enough, too, to have acquired knowledge 
of und skill in a trade that would have placed 
them beyond the possibility of want. The field 
for intelligent and skillful labor iu this couutry 
Is large and poorly supplied; that for accom¬ 
plished imbeciles is email and terribly over¬ 
stocked. Let these people who complain that 
they can find nothing to do learn to do something 
well which will help to supply the needs of so¬ 
ciety, and they will 6urely find employment. 
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KtmAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
As n New Quarter of the Rural New-Y orker be¬ 
gins Saturday, April 1, now is the time to renew 
subscriptions that expire with this number, und 
also to make single or club subscriptions. All 
whoso subscriptions expire Avilh this issue, will 
find tlm number, 1 104, al ter name on address 
label, and will please remember that, unless 
promptly renewed, their papers will be discon¬ 
tinued under our rule. AYo trusi that nil such 
will not only renew, hut that each will induceut 
least one friend losubseribe. See notice entitled 
" Agents , Hear This," in preceding column. 
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Prominent Horticulturist* in Florida. — The 
Florida Union, published at Jacksonville, says: 
“Messrs. Ellwanoer and Barry, the veteran 
Nurserymen and Horticulturists of Rochester, 
N. Y., are both in this city. They have come, 
lor the second time, with a view of examining 
Into the inducements offered here for their par¬ 
ticular business, and wo uudarstaud have an idea 
of settling here if their investigations result fa¬ 
vorably, They tv ill be heartily welcomed here 
by our people." 
— As to the idea of the gentlemen named set¬ 
tling iu Florida, we reckon the Union is mis¬ 
taken—though, were they to change their resi¬ 
dence, they might do worse than to locate in the 
“ Land of Flowers." AVith such a " stake in the 
hedge,” North, as the Mt. Hope Nurseries—to 
say nothing of other valuable hereditaments— 
Messrs E. ana B. cannot seriously contemplate 
the idea of settling elsewhere. AVhat they thluk 
about Florida, however, may be Inferred from 
the interesting article by Mr. Barry, given on 
a preceding page under the heading of “ From 
and About Florida.” 
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A Seedsman Elecled Mayor.—Aid. CraS. AY. 
Briggs, senior member of tlie firm of Brigos & 
Bko., proprietors of the great seed establish¬ 
ment, has been elected Mayor of Rochester, 
Though (having been “tbar") we l'ear Mr. 
B. will flud the position an unenviable one, we 
congratulate the Flower City upon the eleva¬ 
tion of a self-made man, and one who has done 
so much to cause “two blades of grass to grow 
where only one grew before"—to say nothing 
of innumerable (lowers, vegetables and grains. 
— Speaking of Mayors, we notice that II. G. 
Eastman, LL. D., President of Eastman's Col¬ 
lege, has been elected Mayor of Poughkeepsie 
by an Immense majority. Ho Is another man 
Avho has achieved success by industry and go- 
aheadatl vertess. Aside from politics—an article 
in which wc do not deal—we are glad to chroni¬ 
cle the fact that, such men are honored by their 
fellow citizens. 
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For Pan Domingo.—Among the passengers by 
the steamer Tybee, which recently sailed for 
San Domingo, was R. AV. Pearsall, Esq., of 
Oakland Farm, Brentwood, L. I. Mr. P. is a 
gentleman of taste and means, and visits the 
coming isle on a tour of inspection—if not invest¬ 
ment. A pleasant excursion and safe return 1 
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Department of Agriculture Report.—G eorge 
AVolpe asks where he can get this report. 
AA r rite to the Member of Congress from the Con¬ 
gressional District in which you live, for one. 
lie will, or ought to, send you a copy free. 
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The Rest liny Press.—Can you tell me which 
Is the best press for pressing a bale of hay weigh¬ 
ing 150 to 20(1 lbs.?—A Subscriber, Boston, Mass. 
No, sir, we cannot. 
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Our Market Quotations, (111 answer to GEORGE 
Patterson,) are wholesale prices. 
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BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
A NEW RAILROAD ROUTE WEST. 
The fact that the products of the A\ r eslern 
States are far in excess of their own require¬ 
ments, while the seaboard States largely de¬ 
pend upon the surplus of their Western neigh¬ 
bors, is one which is continually brought home 
to all; ns is also the kindred fact that the ex¬ 
pense of transportation from the fields whore 
the produce is grown, 10 the factories and cities 
where it is consumed, are equal to, and in some 
oases double, the original cost. Cheaper trans¬ 
portation for our heavy freights is a crying 
need—both of tbo producer who sells and of the 
consumer who buys, since it must benefit both 
classes. This can hardly be expected as long as 
our existing canal and railroad lines have all the 
business they nun do at ihese rates. It is not 
probable that new lines can be constructed with 
ml vantage through either ol' the three States of 
Noiv York, Pennsylvania or Maryland, since the¬ 
mes! available routes within their borders may 
be presumed to be already occupied by the four 
great corporations which control the leading 
Trunk Lines to the West. It is to Hie south¬ 
ward, through Virginia, the next groat Eust- 
and-AVest line must be constructed ; and from a 
report of the President of the Chesapeake and 
Ohio Railroad Company, it appears thut this new 
and important line will be In operation iu a little 
more than a year hence. This will ho no insig¬ 
nificant competitor Tor Western carrying trade; 
for, although the line does not lead directly to 
New York, it will be enabled to lay western 
freights down at unfailing tide ■water in tbo 
Chesapeake, at absolutely less cost than either 
of the more northerly lines, and, of course, at a 
very trifling advance they can be transferod to 
all coastwise ports. 
By reason of their short portage, tow grades 
and proximity of fuel, the Company claim that 
they are placed in the very best position for the 
conveyance of an enormous freight to the sea¬ 
board. First, it is claimed thut, with the same 
number of miles of rail, the Chesapeake and 
Ohio reaches a point farther west than either of 
tbe others, as will be seen by the following table 
of comparative distances: 
CliicngC', 
From Pori of To Cin- Saint ri» Mom- 
ciuhAti. Louis. Davloit. nliis. 
Richmond, via Ches. &O.R. R. StB 992 322 992 
Baltimore, via Balt. & O. It. R. 591 1,U7« 828 1,070 
Philadelphia, via Penn. R. R.. 008 992 82,1 1,152 
Now A'ork. via Erie Railway... 801 1.201 IK1 1,354 
New York, via N. Y. C. R. R... 683 1,144 GSD 1.354 
In other words, the Virginia route will connect 
seaboard navigation with the great produce cen¬ 
ters ot the AVest, by tho shortest line. When It 
is understood that the entire distance between 
Cincinnati and the Cuosapcake oan be, and at an 
early day will bo, built upon a lino whoso grades 
will average less than ten loot per mile, with a 
maximum of thirty feet per mile, going east, 
(the direction of heavy freights,) and tin same 
average and maximum, going west, witr t sin¬ 
gle exception at one point of sixty feet per mile, 
and that the Baltimore and Ohio Road is work¬ 
ing over 116 foot grades, Us importance can bo 
appreciated. These grades are almost unpar¬ 
alleled among the best roads in Mi© world, and 
arc important iu tbe matter of moving either 
freights or passengers. 
Tho road through A'irglnia and West Virginia 
traverses immense and valuable deposits of coal 
and iron ores, the former of which, beside fur¬ 
nishing an immense local traffic, will bean eco¬ 
nomical advantage. AVliile more than one of 
the lines competing to common points ni the 
AVest are burthened by capital and debt charges 
exceeding a hundred millions, upou which in¬ 
terest or dividends are paid, this new line will 
not have more than thirty millions, upon 42? 
miles of main line. It will enter the field, there¬ 
fore, prepared to do an enormous traffic, which 
it can do at rates affording a profit greater than 
its neighbors can possible reap. No enterprise 
so important and so far-reaching in its results 
could escape tho keen vision of New York capi¬ 
talists, and we are not surprised to find the 
unmes of some of cur most eminent merchants 
and shin owners among the officers of the Com¬ 
pany, besides those of prominent Virginia gen¬ 
tlemen. 
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Inquiries for Advertisers, —W. H. T., Denver, 
Col., asks who makes the best stone cutting ma¬ 
chines and the cost of the same; also, the best- 
windmill. AVe don't know. Let our advertising 
columns answer.—A. AAL H., Belleville, N. Y., 
asks where he oan get eggs of the black bronzed 
turkey. — Frank E. Gibson wants to know 
where he can get a pair of AYhite Fantail 
pigeons; also, Silver Spangled Set (bright Ban¬ 
tam eggs.—Mrs. R, AV. M. asks where sheeun get 
Bronzed turkey's eggs, or a pair of the turkeys. 
— Saml. Allen, Montgomery Co., Mo„ asks 
where ho can get the seed of white flint corn.— 
AVe have a half dozen inquiries lor English spar¬ 
rows. AA'e suppose the bird stores iu this city 
have them. 
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Catalogues, Etc., Received.—From Charles 
A. Reeseu, Pittsfield, Mass., an Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue of the Iuuisfalleu Green-Houses for 1871. 
—From “ Oakland Farm," Brentwood, L. J., the 
catalogue of the Horticultural Department, 
with price list—a neat catalogue-—Fi’om J. F. 
Mendenhall, Carmel, Ind., his Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue of Seeds and Guido for the Flower and 
Vegetable Garden, for 1871 -a most creditable 
specimen of Western typography and arrange¬ 
ment.—From Reisig & Hexamek, New Cits tie, 
N. Y., their Catalogue of Small Fruits, Seed Po¬ 
tatoes, Seeds, Etc., for 1871. —From AVm. H. 
Jackson, Omaha, Neb,, Catalogue of Stereo¬ 
scopic Photographs. 
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The Davis Sewing Machine, extensively man¬ 
ufactured at AVut.ertown, N. Y., has been before 
the public some ten years, and is probably fa¬ 
miliar to many of our readers. The Company 
having recently greatly increased their facilities 
for supplying this machine, now call for agents 
throughout the United Slates und Canada, as 
will be seen by their advertisement in this paper. 
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THE SEASON. 
[W* vraut Information, briefly, concerning tbe beeteoii, progrwu of 
the Avork, tempera!ur**, crop*, price* of farm produce, •lock, labor 
and land*, ami direful Mali male* of the omonnt of grain And number 
of animals on hand for sale, ns compared with previous str&aoiife, for 
publication under litis head,—linn. ftuiUL.l 
Dunlap, Iowa, Feb. 2H.— AVintor very mild; 
snow all gone; temperature 40“ in the shade. 
Ground ready for wheat seeding; frost nearly 
out.— r. b. tl 
Shreve, Wayne Co., O., March 1.—Have had a 
very mild winter—tho only cold weather the lat¬ 
ter part of December. Frost nearly all out of 
the ground, Muddy.— h. m. 
I’rcblc, Cortland Co., IV. Y'., March 9. — Our 
snow is all gone, and the weather has tho ap¬ 
pearance of early spring, although It may freeze 
up again and, pay us for the fine time we are 
now having.—j. d. f. w, 
Guilford, A. Y r ., March S.— AA T o have had a 
very pleasant winter; good sleighing most of 
the time. Farmers have commenced making 
sugar. Blue birds made their appearance the 
4th ilJSt. Butter, 8wa40c.; eggs, 30c.; corn, $1; 
oats, 63c.: hay, $10il'iJ8, uud plenty; cows, $50® 
75.—M. E. M. 
North Lcniaburg, Champaign Co., O., March 
1.—Weather very pleasant anil warm. But little 
rain this winter; roads getting dry. Sugar 
makers very busy; several thousand pounds 
have been shipped from this point, mostly at 
16c. per lb. There are camps in t his vicinity 
that make forty to sixty barrels a year. Wheat, 
$1.35, and very active; corn, 60o.; potatoes, 90c.; 
green apples, 75e.®$I per bushel.—A. w. 
Ponie s Mill, Webster Co., liv,, March 4.—We 
have had a very mild winter, with lint little 
enow. This is a lovely spring morning. The 
frost is rapidly disappearing. The birds are 
whistling and singing from every quarter. 
Farmers are beginning to prepare for another 
crop. Tho wheat crop never looked finer in this 
section. Trices of produce raugo pretty nearly 
with other States. Farms, from $15 to $40 per 
acre. There is a growing interest iu tobacco 
culture.—L. s. M. 
East Porter, Niagara Co., IV. March G.— 
Weather record fur February, is as follows: 
Mean temperature by thermometer, at sunrise, 
25°; at mid-day, 38“; at suuset, 34 . Coldest day, 
Fob. 5th; warmest day, Feb. 2-llh. Prevailing 
winds from the norl invest and northeast. Ruin 
or snow fell on six days. The ground was en¬ 
tirely base during twenty-five days of tho mouili 
—and the freezing and thawing during the latter 
part of the mouth was very hard on wheat.— 
w. b. u. 
Essex Co., Yu,, March 2.—Weather fine; land 
in fine condition; farmers all busy; wheat looks 
well. Our Free School system iu full operation, 
and working well for a new system; separate 
schools for while and colored children. Busi¬ 
ness iu the country dull; money goalee. Lunds 
for sale—good and cheap—$5 to $25 per acre. 
Timber abundant, and transportation by water 
cheap to any part of the world. AA'orking men. 
both farmers and mechanics, very much wanted 
among us. Healthy oountty; first-rate water 
and very abundant.—S. a. 
Sander's Demi, Tchnniu Co„ Cut., Feb. 25.— 
We are in the same latitude as Thiladelphlh, yet 
we very seldom have snow, and bur few frosty 
nights in a year. AA’e have rainy weather from 
Novembertill May, then continued drouth till 
November again. Our cold winter rains seem 
to be over, food is growing finely, uud stock be¬ 
ginning' to thrive. Every thing sells here by the 
poundPotatoes,3c.; wheat, 2c.; corn,3c.; bar¬ 
ley, l)$c.; beaus, 4o.; beef on foot, 8c.; hogs do., 
7c.: butter, 50c.; cheese, 25o.; horses, $lo<3>200 
each; milch cows, $40® 100 each. Laud, $5®50 
per acre.— av. a. s. 
Guilford, N. C. Feb. 25.—Winter is over and 
gone. The air is balmy and spring like. Farm¬ 
ers are plowing; the women are hoeing, onions 
planted, nud preparations made for gardening: 
The call of the wren is heard in our land, tho 
blithe note of one greeting me now as I write; 
l he robin is here too. Corn is wort li 75c. a bush¬ 
el ; wheat, $1.25; bacon about 20c. per ib. Many 
Canadians and Pennsylvanians are settling 
among ns, and are, so far as appears, as well 
satisfied as emigrants to a new place generally 
are, perhaps better.—o. 
Lyudonville, At., March 3. — Weather warm 
and wet. A r c*ry litllesnow in this section. AVag- 
ous taking the place of sleds and sleighs gene¬ 
rally. There have been no heavy falls of snow 
during the winter. Present prospects indicate 
an early spring. Sugar makers are already put¬ 
ting things in readiness. Lust season good maple 
sugar was sold in quantities from first bauds at 
$13 and $14 per cwt.. and is worth about the 
same at the present time. Many makers sell 
their sugar in cakes, and others in "maple 
honey,” the former saves considerable, and the 
latter nearly all of tho labor of “sugaring off.” 
It is quite as profitable, a good sugar orchard 
with the improved "furniture nud fixings,” is a 
valuable institution in Vermont.— i, w. s. 
South Seavllie, N. J., March The winter 
has been colder than usual. The thermometer 
hus been once down to 3“ below zero, and once 
to 7’ above. The first two mouths very dry; the 
last month considerable storm. Feb. 11th the 
snow foil seven inches deep, lay on the ground a 
day or two; beside that we have had but little 
snow; generally very pleasant. Feb. 18th, a 
heavy thunder shower, also tbuuder and light¬ 
ning on the eve of March 3d. On the whole the 
winter has been favorable for wheat and clover. 
Ilay plenty; money rather close; Irish potatoes 
very scarce, in consequence of the last summer's 
extreme drouth; worth $1. At present poach 
trees look very promising for a full crop. The 
buds are starting finely, and it is seasonable. 
More danger from insects than frost.— av, v. 
Charlotte, S. C., March S.— The winter on tho 
average 1ms not been severe. The farming in¬ 
terests are probably more delayed than usual. 
The spring is considerably behind that of last 
year. Gardening commenced late. Weal her 
balmy and delightful now. Buds are forming 
and .bursting; the maples, elms and apricots in 
their first robe of beauty. Main staple of this 
section is cotton. Best grades this week brought 
12X®l2^c.; corn, $1; flour, from $6.50 to $8: 
oats, 85c.; peas, about $1.50 from wagons; butter, 
25c.; chickens, 25c.; eggs. 15c.; bacon, 15c.; lard, 
17o.; sweet potatoes, $1.50; shad, $1 per pair; 
oysters, $2 per gallon. Excellent market for an 
inland city.— a. w. 
Knlnmn. Clark Co., Wash. Ter., Feb. 17.— 
Here, at tbe forty-sixth parallel, wo have had 
no snow of consequence, yet this winter the 
total depth would not exceed one inch. Had a 
week of freezing weather about Christmas. 
First frost this month was on the night of the 
10th Inst, Temperature In January: Lowest, 
28 ; highest, 5L’; average for the month, 42". 
Picked wild flowers growing in the open air in 
January. People principally engaged in lum¬ 
bering, farming and stock raising. Considerable 
good land along the Columbia and Cowlitz Riv¬ 
ers, and between Momieello nml Olympia; also 
on Puget Sound and tributaries, at prices rang¬ 
ing from $2 Iu §10 per acre. The railroad inter¬ 
est is drawing many from all parts of the coun¬ 
try, and land is being luken rapidly up by pre¬ 
emption ami purchase. Our principal market 
is Portland, Oregon. Good cowsure worth from 
$5(1 to $75; butter, 30@60c.; cheese, 250.; eggs, 30 
@-37 o. dozen; potatoes, 50@H2e.; Onions. $1 per 
bush.; flour No. 1, §6 per bbi.; wheat, $ I @1.15; 
oil is 40A4ocv, bay, $U@15 per ton,— A. e. b. 
Putney, A t., Feb. 2H.—AA r o have had one of tho 
most remarkable winters over known iu this 
section. AVe had a long, warm and dry fall—the 
ground closed up, with the springs and brooks 
very low. Many wells were dry, ami still remain 
so. But very little snow thus far. consequently 
but little sledding. First good sleighing, Feb. 
16th; 18thi rained till day, cleared off warm and 
pleasant, and so continues to date. Sleigliingall 
gone the 23d. Only one week good sleighing 1 
Tim winter has been favorable for the consump¬ 
tion ot hay. Last season’s crop was a short one, 
and the Old hay was mostly got rid of. The pros¬ 
pect uow is that there will be more hay on hand 
next May than there was last. Hay sold at $22® 
$25 lust fail; now selling at $I»&22; corn, U0c.@ 
$1; potatoes, (Oroims, Jacksons mid Pencil 
Blows.) 00@75c.; Early Rose, $1; oat;-, 65c.; ap¬ 
ples, $2.50 per bbl.; but ter, 35040o.; choose, 10c.; 
eggs,30c.: poultry,20c. Beef and pork plenty; 
good beef, 6c. peril)., live weight. Round hogs, 
tXr JIc. per ib. Thu apple crop, i hat was so abun¬ 
dant that liuudreds of bushels were not gathered 
last tall,—could hardly give thorn away In No¬ 
vember,—has been used up by consumption and 
rot; and now good apples sell quick at $2.50@3 
per bbl.— d. g. r. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Steuben Co., X. Y T ., Ag. Soc,—The following are 
the officers ot the Society, elected at the annual 
meeting of 1371: Pres. -0.If, Kouie. I ic<-l‘rcs'ts 
— 1). U. Cui l is, A. Brundage, N. It. Slantoii, 
ltoscn Longweli, Jr., 1. J. Haskins, J. L. Smith, 
| I. B. Van Jfoilaen, Jos. Mitchell. See .—Reuben 
E. Ruble, Bath. Trios.—G. AV. Hnllouk. General 
Nupt. <J. N. Ackcrson. E.e-1‘res., (member of 
Ex. Com,)—F. J. Marshall. 
WisliTii Vw York, Muii roc. Co., Farmers’ 
Club. At the annual meeting of ibis Club, at 
Rochester, articles of association were adopted, 
and officers chosen as follows: Pres.- K. p. 
Root, Sweden. i'ici -Pres. C. C. ttollon, Brigh¬ 
ton. See. and Tuns. J. R. Garroigce, Rochester. 
AI!})ersons in Western Now York interested in 
agriculture were invited to attend and become 
members. 
B'mne A o„ town, Ag, Soc.—The officers of this 
Society for the present year are as follows: 
ms.—J ohn A. Hull. Yicc-Prcs. — S. Btulin- 
Yicc-Prcs. — S. Burlin- 
j ite. to'iio a. lllLD. I ILLS / L?. - O- UU1 Jill — 
game. See .—John B. Paxton, Trcas— F. Brett, 
and a Director from each township. A horse 
fair was appointed for tho 26tli and fifth of May 
next, uud t lie. annual lair on the 14th, 15th und 
loth duys ol September. 
Georgia gluts l oir.—The Georgia State Agri¬ 
cultural Society has resolved to hold its next 
annual lair ut Maeou m October-duv not fixed. 
The agricultural press of the State has favored 
holding two Statu lairs-ono at Atlanta early iu 
tho season, and another later at Macon- The 
State Society hus decided against the proposition. 
Probably Atlanta will have u lair, however. 
Clinton Co., X. Y’., Ag. Soc.—At the annual 
al meeting at Plattsburgh, the following offi¬ 
cer© wore elected for tho year: Pres. — J. B. 
AVjtrrK. 1 iec^Pres. D. AV. Fordliam. Treas.— 
B. D. Clupn. Sec.—J. B. Trudo, PJattsbuigh. 
E.c. Com.—Win. B. AV caver, J. H. Sanborn, W.E. 
Wood, Ira Row I sou. 
Lucas Co., O., Ag. Soc.—A t tho annual meeting 
of this Society, held at Toledo, Hie following of¬ 
ficers were elected for 1871: Pres. U. C. Tuomi>- 
son. Vicc-Pus— E. Upton. Sec.— F.R. Warren, 
Syivania. Trws— W, C. Earl. Alsu a Director 
for cacti town in the county, 
Pennsylvania Frolt Growers Soc.— At its 
annual meeting elected the following officers 
for 1871 -.-Pres. Josiah Hoopes. Vice-Pies'ts— 
S. AV. Noble, Ur. J. L. Suesserott, J. B. Garber. 
Pee. Sec.—A Icxunder Harris. Cor. Sec.—Thomas 
Mechun. Treas .—Robert Otto. 
Clark Co., Ag. Soc.—Officers for the current 
year are as follows: Pres. - Peter Sintz. Uicc- 
Pres.—A. K. Ludlow. Directors— L. B. Sprague, 
Smith Wallace, AV. ll.Gurlough, C. Baker, David 
Tuttle, D. C. Balentiue. 
Madison (Jo., X. Y'., Farmers’ and Mechanics’ 
Ass'ii.— The officers elected for 1871 are as fol¬ 
lows: Pres.— D. P. Laxib. iee-Prcts's—G. N. 
Jackaburg, B. R. Stiles. Treas— T. F. Hand. Sec. 
E. 1. Lewis. 
Montezuma, Cayuga Co., X. Y’., Farmers' Club. 
—The fanners of this town met, and organ¬ 
ized a Club, with the following officers: Pres.— 
Thaddeus C 11 APPEL, Treas.— J. K. Gray. See.— 
Edmund Eiphee. 
, K. Gray. Sec.— 
Davis Co., Iowa, Ag. Soc.—The following is a 
list of officers eleeied tor the current year:— 
Pres.— David Mendenhall. Vic&Jh'ee.—G. AV. 
Johnson. Sec — H. Willey. Treas.— S. A. Moore. 
Merrimack Co., X. II.. Ag. Soc.—Officers have 
boon elected for 1871 as follows: Pres.— David 
M. Clough. See. and Treas.- J. E. Lund, Con¬ 
cord. Also oue Director lor each town. 
Portage Co., O., Ag. Hoc.—Officers elected for 
the current year ait* as follows: Pres.— P. H. 
Dean. Vicc-Pres.—E. P. Bminard. S’te.-Jolni 
Melmrg. Treas.-E. R. Wmt. 
BUSIN ESS NOTICES. 
VACTOH on, BLACKING 
Fits Harness perfectly. Prevents cracking. Softens 
and preserves the Leather. Excludes the water. 
Excellent for Boots, Shoes, Buggy Tops, Ac. Sold 
by Dealers generally. 
-fW- 
IF YOU WANT BEERY PLANTS, 
Seed Potatoes or Oats, best, most profitable kinds, 
warranted true, with premiums, cheap by moil, send 
to E. AY1LL1AM8, Montclair. N. J. 
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TREES AND PLANTS. 
See adv’t, on paggJiQ of Parsons & Co., Flushing 
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