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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1871. 
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PROFITS IN RURAL PURSUITS. 
We believe in profit as the end and re¬ 
ward of labor; yes, and work for it too. 
There are, however, many degrees and 
kinds of profit beside the one found in a 
plethoric puree or bank account. Hut in 
these days wheif money is the heaviest 
article known—outweighing virtue, honesty 
and general intelligence on the social scale 
—it is not to be wondered at that all other 
motives are almost neglected or seldom con¬ 
sidered by either sex of the genus homo. It 
matters little where we go, whether in the 
upper or lower strata of society, the same 
eternal cry of profit constantly lings in our 
cars, until onr own organs of speech, catch¬ 
ing the infection, seem to have been made 
expressly for Lite utterance of this phrase. 
It is not our intention nor have we a de¬ 
sire to condemn fliis universal and all- 
absorbing passion for moneyed profil; still 
we do enter a protest against considering 
wealth as the only legitimate and most de¬ 
sirable result of our life work. 
Money in this present ago seems the great 
Archimedean lever that lifts man in the esti¬ 
mation of his fellows, and we acknowledge 
that ils acquisition is in many instances a 
mark of ability, since he who accumulates 
wealth by his own efforts must necessarily 
possess talents oI some order; but in even 
such instances the man is generally honored 
in consequence of, and in proportion to, the 
sum total of his accumulations, and not for 
his mental, moral or physical attainments. 
Bnt should lie add another to the attributes 
which lie already possesses, the divinost 
of all, charity—distributing his wealth to 
his own impoverishment for the benefit of 
mankind—he will very likely sooner or later 
find himself descending in the social scale 
and deserted by many of his former friends 
and admirers. 
We prefer no claims upon that strata of 
society where tlie Dagon, Cash, is the only 
object of worship, bnt we do profess to 
labor for the advancement of the intelligent 
masses, and we sometimes feel slightly 
alarmed at the constant allusion to this 
particular subject to the exclusion of other 
and higher aims in our rural literature. 
Within the past few years a score of wri¬ 
ters have appeared who have dexterously 
wrought out this most attractive view of 
effort and labor as connected with rural 
pursuits, and while we would not condemn 
their so doing neither would we have finan¬ 
cial success the sole and only aim. 
Horticulture, which is nothing more nor 
less than the culture of a garden, whether 
large or small, will never reach a very high 
standard in this or any country until the 
people banish the idea of only immediate 
profit therefrom in money. And the same 
is true of Agriculture in all its various 
branches. It is for the want of a higher 
and nobler aim among our people tlmt In¬ 
dustrial Societies languish, and journals 
devoted to their elevation receive such 
meager support. 
And with regard to the Fairs now being 
belli in so many portions of our country:— 
it is not the amount of money derived there¬ 
from that chiefly betokens the success of 
these laudable efforts to secure improve¬ 
ment; neither should this be regarded as a 
criterion whereby to measure the benefits or 
blessings to be thence derived. So long as 
mercenary motives arc the chief ones which 
prompt a man or community to engage in 
these pursuits, just so long will they rest 
upon a most unstable foundation. The 
really necessary adjuncts to human happi¬ 
ness are only those which proceed from a 
general knowledge of Nature and Nature’s 
GoD— producing a refinement which cannot 
he estimated in dollars and cents, or weigh¬ 
ed in material scales. The display of perfect 
things, lovely in form, beautiful in color, ex¬ 
act in adaptation, is in itself a valuable les¬ 
son. and the results of these exhibitions are 
frequently evidenced in the surroundings of 
1.h0 humblest cottage as well as Die most 
aristocratic palace, leaving their impress 
upon even “ the flocks of the field”—there¬ 
by bearing witness how truly remunerative 
is the pursuit of knowledge in the vast and 
boundless field of Na ture. 
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THE NEW ENGLAND FAIR. 
The eighth Annual Exhibition of the New 
England Agricultural Society was held at Low¬ 
ell. Mass., Sept. 5 to 8,1871. Desiring to sen an 
exhibition ot the United Suites of New England, 
wu ivore promptly on the ground and diligently 
perambulated the Mima, taking note of all there 
was i,o bo seen and heard on that occasion. 
The grounds occupied by the Society are lo¬ 
cated a mile south ot the city of Lowell, along¬ 
side of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and 
very convenient ot access. Abundance of pure 
spring water was furnished through iron water 
pipes, and there was no lack of feeding and 
drinking stands for the accommodation of the 
hungry and thirsty who were disposed to pay 
for perpendicular refreshment. 
Besides the convenient location of the grounds, 
there was very little to commend them as suited 
tor a great public gathering place in the hot 
days of early September. A parched, sandy 
plain, with but little ot turf and less of tree 
simile, and nothing of resting places, except the 
"grand stand" fating the race track, capable of 
seating about two thousand persons. The 
weather was fair, so was the wind, and, conse¬ 
quently, so was the rlust. The grand stand was 
(illed, as a mutter of necessity—perhaps as a 
matter of choice, since nearly all sorts of people 
seem never to tire of seeing the horses go. The 
rest ol the people out of doors hung over the 
rails or wandered in the sun, blinking the sharp 
sands as they floated on Dm wings of the wind, 
bravely accepting the sil nation us one of the in¬ 
evitable penalties of seeing the show. In all our 
experience in fair goiny. tlm last twenty-five 
years, we never saw such a .Sahara-like place 
used for fairgrounds. 
Of the exhibition proper, the most notioenblo 
feature was the live stock, and of these the 
horned cattle look the lend, and of the horned 
cattle the Ayrshire and Jersey varieties bore 
tlm palm of excellence and wore most numer¬ 
ous. Short-home were fn good numbers, and 
some of lltenl of good quality to ho grown on 
the lean pastures of Now England, Iml most of 
them would make an inditferent show by the 
side of Die herds of the 111ueGrass stock of Ken¬ 
tucky, Ohio and Illinois. There was a fair show 
of Devon cattle, but mostly not remarkable for 
high quality. A dozen or two of Holstein or 
Dutch cattle, and as many I fere fords, were on 
exhibition. 
There wove a few good blood horses of tho 
small sorts, hut the general exhibition of horses 
lacked size and style for farm and coach pur¬ 
poses, and the number of all kinds was not large 
for a general exhibition of New England stock. 
The Sheep were mostly of the long and mid¬ 
dle worded varieties— 1 Cotswoldami South Down, 
of excellent quality, with u few good Vermont 
Merinos. Sheep raising seems to be very quiet 
111 Now England at this time. 
The show of llogs was iiboul on a par with that 
of sheep, tnimbeiingovpreighty, with very good 
specimens of Chester White, Berkshire ami Es¬ 
sex. The department of gallinaceous poultry 
was well filled and showed a healthy Interest in 
tlm breeding of these fowls. 
Next in importance to live stock were Farm 
Implements, in great variety and of rare excel¬ 
lence. This department of mechanical inven¬ 
tion lias been brought to great perfection, and 
challenges the admiration or all beholders. The 
space allotted to this department was ill chosen 
nnd quite loo small, being the dark hnsomentof 
the exhibition building, huddled together among 
stoves and otlmr things, so that, people could 
neither get among them nor see them fairly. 
Others were shown under a tent at the opposite 
end of tile-grounds, lathe rear of the side shows, 
all of which were within the inelosure, in vocif¬ 
erous confusion, although the Agricultural 
Press was not permitted to pitch a tent or raise 
a banner, for fear of obstructing the desert view 
of race track. 
The season has not been good for fruits in 
New England, and lho show was not very liand- 
Bomo, except of pears, of which there were bet¬ 
ter specimens in the baskets of the peddlers 
than on the fables of the exhibition. 
The thousands of minor articles usually shown 
on such occasions cannot be enumerated; but 
alt went- to make up an interesting exhibi¬ 
tion. The attendance of visitors was not what 
wo tiad expected to see at *i Fair of the United 
States of New England under such propitious 
skies, or what we have been in the way of see¬ 
ing lit State Fairs in the West; but it was a 
cheerful and well - behaved assemblage of 
healthy looking people, who looked as if they 
were leading earnest lives oT active industry. 
In conclusion; if 1 have not drawn a flatter* 
irig picture of the New England Fair, my read¬ 
ers will please bear in mind that I am not given 
to tellingflaUerlngtalesat theexpense of truth; 
and having seen a great many such exhibitions, 
I can strike a fair average between those which 
were n great deal better and those which were a 
groat deal not so good. I am indebted to Sec¬ 
retary Nkkdham tor many courtesies, for which 
he lias my grateful acknowledgements.—8. D. H. 
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AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUE. 
Notes ot Discussion, Extracts from Let¬ 
ters, &c. 
Self-Fllrorlnu Cisterns. 
Wm. Dyer of Ashland, Pa., “wished to know 
the best plan for tutoring cistern water. Also, 
Hie best and most economical size to bnltd 
tliom." Mr. Ely replied that ns to size every 
person must, decide i bis point, for himself, usono 
family would require a larger quantity of water 
than another. Mt\ Lyman ga vo a description of 
a self-filtering oialern which Ue had lately built. 
The sides of the cistern were com on tod directly 
upon Die ground; a brick partition was built m 
the cistern, dividing tho cistern into two equal 
sections from the base to t,hn top. The filter 
was placed in the bottom below tho level ot Dig 
cistern,and is mndcof charcoal mid gravel. The 
water islet Into the cistern oil one side of tho 
partition «ud drawn out on the other, conse¬ 
quently it must pass through the filter. Mr. 
Cavan a on said Dint Dm proper place for the 
filter was nt or near the top of the cistern, where 
the Witter passes through it as ii falls from Die 
roof ot the building. Nearly every one present 
agreed with Mr. Cavanaoh, and considered Ids 
ns fur tlm heller pliiu of the two. 
.Heading Texas Cal tie East. 
M. Newton of Ellsworth. Kansas, wanted 
Eastern capitalists to adopt some other and 
more efficient plan limn any now in use of send 
ing beef to tlm Gant era States. He suggests 
that the eulDr should be slaughtered in Kansas 
mid then packed in tho refrigerator cars, scut 
East, nnd have • -be same cars come buck to the 
West with such articles as wc need fish, oysters 
groceries, &e. We can furnish t he beef, good to 
choice qualities, free on board tlm cars for lour 
cents per pound, buffalo for three cents. A cur 
will carry say 15,(XX) pounds at four cents per 
pound freight to New York per cur. Mr. Wit,- 
UAMS thought that the present high price of 
beef here was owing to it combination among 
onr butchers to keep them up, no matter how 
cheap the article might bo procured at the 
West. Another member said that meat brought 
from tlm Weston refrigerator ears could not bo 
retailed in our markets, because of its rapid de¬ 
cay when taken from the ice. Every house¬ 
keeper knows that meat kept on ice soon spoils 
utter it is removed . 
finII* on Maple Leaves. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Sanctum Personal*. — A few days since that 
genial gentleman and able financier, J.U.Oims, 
Esq., President of tho Security Bank, called with 
and introduced to us the Hon. Wm. Hillisbkand, 
M. D., for twenty years past a resident of Hono¬ 
lulu, Sandwich Islands* Dr. II. is a member of 
the King's Privy Council, and prominent in all 
liospital and sanitary affairs and reforms. Wo 
soon discovered that the Doctor was an enthusi¬ 
astic botanist and florist, anti learned that he 
had introduced to the Islands, from Cldnn and 
tlie Eiist, (where lie had been sent by Die. King to 
procure laborers,) many rare, beautiful and use¬ 
ful plants, spices, etc. IDS Collection of ferns, 
especially, is large and valuable. Dr. H. says 
large herds of cattle, and goodly flocks ot sheep, 
are being profitably kept on the Islands, but 
that the sugar growing Interest (s tho most flour¬ 
ishing at. the present, lime. Some stock men 
have its many as twenty thousand cattle in a 
single herd. Tho Islands are advancing rapidly 
in civilization, though the native population is 
decreasing about one thousand nununlly. 
— Tho Hon. J. Stanton Goold, acting Pro¬ 
fessor of Agriculture in Cornell University, 
called upon ns one blight, day last week—titl'd 
his beaming countenance and sensible converse 
were pleasant to behold and hear. Dr. Gould 
reporta favorably in regard to the progress and 
prospects of Cornell.and surely,If his associates 
are as earnest and industrious as he, the institu¬ 
tion must make rapid .stride* toward Dint emi¬ 
nence which its myriad of friends arc. confident 
it will ere long attain. Blnoeour interview with 
Dr. G. we learn that tho Hon. Henry W. Sage 
of Brooklyn, one of the Trustees of Cornell, has 
generously offered to make a donation of n quar¬ 
ter of a million of dollars to equip and endow a 
department for female students in Cornell Uni- 
’■ersity. Hon. John MoGraw, another of the 
Trustees, has already expended # 1110,000 in tlie 
erection of buildings for the University. With 
such working and generous friends, added to 
Hie efforts and luuulflcent contributions of its 
Founder and President White, Cornell Univer¬ 
sity must have a brilliant future. 
— On Saturday we received a call from II. J. 
Lkovy, Esq., of New Orleans, who is Presi¬ 
dent of Die Company which publishes the Rural 
Southland, an excellent weekly Journal devoted 
to tlie interests of the sugar and cotton growing 
regions. Though a lawyer by profession Mr. L. 
is interested in rural pursuit*, and not unac¬ 
quainted with Journalism, as he was formerly 
proprietor of I be New Orleans Delta. We were 
glad to make the personal acquaintance of Mr. 
L.. >md to Jearu that the Rural Southland is 
prospering, with fine prospects for tlie future. 
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ltni>i In Cotton. -Reports reach lhe Carolina 
Messenger from nearly all the counties in East¬ 
ern North Carolina of groat damage to the cot¬ 
ton crop from rust. Muohalni'in prevails among 
the planters. The prospect* which wore good a 
few weeks ago are now very unfavorable, espe¬ 
cially in tho cotton counties of Wayne, Duplin, 
Lenoir, Green, Johnston, Wilson and Pitt Coun¬ 
ties, where tho drouth ttud rust will cut the crop 
short fully one.-third from last year’s receipts. 
Similar accounts arc given by gentlemen who 
have recently passed Lit rough the more western 
the surfaco of the earth has been kept moist. 
The prospect for tall feed is now good. -,j, v 
River Edge. Bergen C o., N. J., t»e|M. 
are having exceedingly lino weather at present. 
For n mouth past showers have been fur too 
abundant, but the imipy spell seems to have 
been broken, and fair, clear days are now tlie 
rule. Farmers are gathering their potatoes. 
Which are abundant and fine in quality. Early 
planted corn is also being gathered and is an 
average crop. Very little winter wheat is raised 
in tills locality, but rye is extensively cultivated, 
it being the most profitable grain we can grow 
on account of Die large price which tlie straw 
commands In the New York market.—r. m. 
Dover, Del., Sepl. 7.—Since the 18th of .June 
we have bad frequent and copious showers. The 
liny crop was light, but wo had pasturage in 
abundance all through August, though it is rath¬ 
er dry nt present. Late potatoes look promis¬ 
ing; corn crop excellent. Concord grapes yield 
heavy; quality first-rate this season. Peach sea¬ 
son nearly over: large crop but prices not Satis¬ 
factory as tlie previous two years, Some varie¬ 
ties of pears are also very fine this season; sold 
nt the canneries for $1.50(8*2. The yield of tho 
fruit crop has generally been very good, nnd tho 
quality very fine, except a few varieties of 
j teaches rotted badly, mostly early varieties. 
Experience and observation have taught us that 
the percentage of rot would tie much less if tho 
trees were thoroughly cultivated and properly 
pruned. Wheal, $1.50; corn, 70c.; oafs, 50c.; eggs, 
25o.; butter, 25@35c.- -w. n. D. 
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BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
The Arion I’inuo-Korte.—The superior quali¬ 
ties of the Arion Piano-Forte are beginning at 
last to be well known to the musical world. Tho 
Avion has not hitherto been as extensively ad¬ 
vertised as some other first-class piano*, conse¬ 
quently many have not been acquainted with its 
exceedingly fine qualities. For evenness and 
exquisiteness of tone, combined with great 
strength and beauty of finish, it has no superior, 
and is fast making for itself a most oil viable rep¬ 
utation. The manufacturers, owing to the great¬ 
ly increased demand, have been obliged to en¬ 
large l.lteir works ami have now, situated in Mott 
Haven, the largest piano nluntifactory in tho 
world. The buildings are of imposing appear¬ 
ance, being 445 feet in length and about forty in 
depth, with machinery of the- most powerful 
kind, the main engine being 250-liorse power. 
We understand that the Company are about to 
remove their salesrooms lo the vicinity of Union 
Square, where iliey will have room to receive 
their increasing custom to good advantage. 
Our renders would do well to scud to the Com¬ 
pany for t.ljeir large and beautifully illustrated 
Catalogue. 
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Buckeye Agricultural Works, Springfield, Ohio. 
John U. Thomas, of Thomas & Mast, pro¬ 
prietors of Hie old Buckoyo Agricultural Works 
at Springfield, Ohio, has sold his interest m the 
establishment lo his partner, P. P. Mast, for tho 
sum of $148,500, The now firm of P. P. M AsT & Co. 
will continue the manufacture of tlie Bnekeyo 
Grain Drills, Buckeye Cider Mills, nud Hie new 
Anderson's Feed Steamer and House Heater. 
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M. \V. Stevens, Swunsville, N. Y., forwarded 
a specimen of maple leaves covered with small 
galls. He was advised to dust Die trees early in 
spring with lime as a preventive. 
Chinch Bugs iu Iowa. 
E. Wtli.ington, Riverton, Iowa, wrote that 1 
the winter wheat laid ripened too curly for the 
chineli bogs to do any considerable amount of 
damage, and farmers were rejoicing over their 
good success. The yield of wheat was excellent, 
being from twenty-ttvo to thirty Inishd* per 
acre. He also stated that ihere would bo 200 per 
cent, more winter wheat sowed this full than 
ever before. 
A Water-Power Owing a Begging. 
O. A. W. Steadman of Louisiana wished to 
call Die attention' of some Northern man to an 
excellent wafer-power in his neighborhood, 
which could be purchased very el tea p, because 
there was no one there with sufficient capital 
and energy to use it. It was suggested Dint Mr. 
Steadman overlooked the fact that there were 
just such places in almost every State in tlie 
Union, and the only reason why they were not 
used was a want cd' men with capital. We need 
one hundred million more fnliahitnnla nnd 
thousands of millions more of capital to uso our 
known resources to advantage. When w<* have 
all this, I ho good water-powers scattered all 
over the country will be employed. 
Tnr on Plank Cistern*. 
J. C. Newuohol'GH, Mohican, Ohio, asked if 
lie could plaster the sides of a leaky plank cis¬ 
tern with cout tar and make it waterproof, Mr. 
Cavanacii said ho might slop Die leak with tar 
and sand, but it would give tlie water a bad 
taste and smell. 
Brief QucMtion* nml Answers. 
E. WJllington of Iowa, wanted to know 
where sweet, chestnuts could be procured for 
planting this fall, and was informed “of any 
seedsman." A. O. Blodgett was told to thor¬ 
oughly cultivate his field if ho wished to kill nut 
the Ox-eye daisy- In reply u> Mrs. O, A. Car¬ 
penter of Kansas. Mr. Ely said that ii would 
not pay to send sumac to New York city from 
Kansas. Sumac is plentiful in the Eastern 
States, and very little of it Is gathered because 
It does not pay to do so. 
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Fair or tlie American Institute.—The Fortieth 
Annual Fair of the American Institute opened 
nr tlie Empire Skating Rink, New York city. 
Sept-7- The success of tho former Fairs stimu¬ 
lated the managers to renewed and increased 
exertions to make this one superior to any yet 
held by the institution,. The articles for exhi¬ 
bition were nor nil properly arranged on the 
opening day. nml there was some confusion In 
consequence thereof, but upon the whole this 
Fair promises to he superior in attractions to 
any of its predecessors. At l o’clock the open¬ 
ing proceedings commenced, and after prayer 
by Die Reverend Dr. Deems, Mr. Wait, Whit¬ 
man was introduced, nml read a Poem charac¬ 
teristic of the strangest poet living, and Die 
only mortal who could have written “ Leaves of 
Grass." After tlie loading of the Poem Mr. E. 
G. Squires delivered tlie Opening Address, in 
which he reviewed at length the groat work 
accomplished by the American Institute since 
it was founded, and also reiterated what many 
other orators have proclaimed on previous open¬ 
ing days—'be., the great tilings that the Insti¬ 
tute would do at some future time. 
counties. 
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N»*w Zealand Examining American Labor 
Saving Machinery.—New Zealand is rapidly be¬ 
coming an important British Colony. Labor is 
scarce and dear there. The necessity for sup¬ 
plying ii has resulted In the Provincial Council 
of that island appointing Mr. L. Coates to ex¬ 
amine and report concerning our labor saving 
machinery—especially that employed in agricul¬ 
ture. lie is now hereto visit our manufactories 
and fairs, and will, of course, be received with 
proper consideration by tho class of whom lie 
seeks information. 
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Luce Mauufcture is to bo tested in this country, 
and there is to be u new Held of industry opened 
to American women. A large building is erect¬ 
ing in Brooklyn, N. Y., ami a large amount of 
capital is invested for tho manutactureof Not¬ 
tingham laeo and line silks. One thousand fe¬ 
males and nearly as many males will be em¬ 
ployed iu the establishment. We are glad, ul- 
wuys, to chronicle such enterprises. 
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Blood and Bone*!—TI|C Manhattan Manufac¬ 
turing and Fertilizing Co., at the great cattle 
yards of Comtnunipaw, over in New Jersey, pre¬ 
sent their portrait to the readers of the Rural 
NEW-Yorker, In this number, to which we in¬ 
vito the attention of fanners who desire to im¬ 
prove the fertility of their soil. 
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Tim Alabama Farm, advertised this week, is in 
the delightful region of Huntsville, the garden 
quarter of the State, which all Northern Bet tiers 
pronounce u rural paradise. 
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Jersey Cattle.—See tlie advertisement of Titos. 
J. Hand, who offers several nice Jersey hull 
calves for sale. The Jerseys are a rising race of 
farm stock. 
OFFICE OF FISK & HATCH, 
No. 5 Nassau Stket. > 
N«w York, Suet. 5, KM 
THE SEASON. 
Lehigh Valley, Pa., Sepl. 7.— Late rains have 
swelled our rivers to overflowing, and many 
fields on the Lohigh bottoms havo been under 
water. Tho pasture fields are good and tlie apple 
orchards are bearing good crops.—A. M. 
Trenton, Oneida Co,, -V. V., Sept. I.— The lore 
purl of our season was very dry, but of Jute we 
have hail abundant showers, which m e of great 
benefit to summer fallows and pastures. Our 
County Fair, which came off on the 5th and 7tli 
was largely attended, and In every respect u 
great success.—L. G. 
< heater, N. J., Sep* 5.— It has been exceed¬ 
ingly wet during Die pust. month; heavy rains 
aceompuniCd with severe thunder and lightning. 
Peaches excellent and abundant, but apple crop 
almost a failure. This being mostly a milling 
district, however, Die interest of this locality Is 
less affected by the weather than other pai ls of 
tim State.—o. s. 
Neur Baltimore, Md., Sep*. 3.—We nro having 
a good fall season; with abundance of rain, our 
fields are clothed In luxuriant verdure. Our 
melon crop has been immense and prices have 
fallen below tlie cost of transportation. Quinces 
are a good orop, but apples are not plenty. The 
good pasturage lias been very favorable to our 
milk-selling dairies.—it. G. 
We are strongly recommending in exchange lor 
Five Twenty Bonds, soon to be culled Iu, the six 
percent. Gold Howls of the CHESAPEAKE AM) Ohio 
Railroad Company, now setting at 93and Interest, 
ol which VC have only some #5,000,000still ausohi., 
The total amount of the loan is #15,000,000. They are 
issued in denominations of #1.000, ?.'XP and #100. cou¬ 
pon and registered, Interest payable May and No¬ 
vember la New Y..rk city, Iu United States gold coin. 
Tlie Central pacific Sixes amounting to *26,- 
S85.0OI, are Id idifu (> demand for Hie German markets, 
nod any amount can be sold as readily is so many 
live-twenty Bonds; they are freely dealt in at all 
tho prominent Stock Exchanges in tlie world, and 
will soon advance to n large premium. That tho 
sumo result will follow with tlie Chesapeake and 
Ohio Bonds, on the completion of tlie mad, wo have 
no doubt. 
Holders of 5-20», by conversion into Central 
Pacifics. retain the same rate of interest nud i"- 
oraufte their capital about 13 per cent. By conreiting 
Into tho Chesapeake and Ohio bonds the increase 
will be about 20 percent. 
Holders Of Centrals can exchange for Chesapeake 
and Ohins, and increi.se their e&pitul from 7 to » P<> 
gent.,and in either case have a bond Just as sure o 
bo paid, principal and interest, us a Five-twenty 
the amount of Chesupoakc and Ohio bonds re- 
mg unsold is so small and the demand very 
, they must soon bo absorbed. There are very 
lentrala on the market, and they will soon large- 
I'Htsflrtd, JV. H., Aug. 30.—We are haying very 
changeable wealJior of late. One (lay it will be 
exceedingly hot and tlie next coo), and in low 
grounds there have been light frosts. We have 
also hud very copious showers. The liny crop is 
at least one-third below Die average and there 
is also a short supply of green crops for soiling. 
Other crops, such as oats, barley and potatoes 
are excellent.—if- p. 
Law Hampton, Washington Uo., N, Y., Aug. 29. 
—More rain has fallen to-day Haiti at, any one 
time before since tho :10th of April, 187H. This 
will make the potatoes rot throughout Northern 
New York and tlie New England States, 'flits, 
taken ill connection with Die ravages of tho 
Colorado bug at tlie West, will probably make 
the potato crop short. Our crops are usually 
good, excepting hay; that, owing io the drouth 
In May and June, is very short. Since the 151 h 
of July we have had many light showers,so that 
Harvey Fisk. 
A. S. Hatch. 
JULY INVESTMENTS. 
JAY Cooke & Co. are now Belling the First Mort¬ 
gage 7*30 Gold Bonds of the Northern Pa. iflc Hah- 
roud Company, bearing Seven and Tliree-Tei 
tier cent, gold interest (more than S per cent. * 
runcy), and secured by first and only mortgage on 
tho entire Road and equipments, and on mor 
21,000 Acres of Land to every Hide of track, or 
Acres of Land to ouch 41.000 Uonu. •liiOhir o'Mrur- 
ront price will be paid for U 8. f 1 
all other marketable Securities received in “ 
Pamphlets,maps, and full information ,v • . 
uished on application by Jay Cooke a Co iw 
dolphin, New York, and Washington, and b j 
Banks and Bankers throughout the country. 
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“WHITCOMB’S REMEDY FOR ASTHMA 
entirely relieved me.”-W. Baldwin, UrbaM, Ohio. 
