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PERSONAL ITEMS, 
Julian Hawthorne is living In Dresden. 
Gen. McClellan summers at Maywood, N. J. 
Kobert Browning calls Byron “a flat fish.” 
Fechter spends his summers in Bucks Co., 
Pa. 
The Shall lias had his Grand Vizier sent to 
prison. 
Gen. Butler declines to cross the Atlantic 
in a balloon. 
Senator Brown now will edit the Knoxville 
Whig again. 
Barn i'M stops at Saratoga while his great 
show goes round. 
Buffalo Bill is reported to have made $80,- 
000 by hts acting. 
William Penn’s house in Philadelphia is 
now a beer saloon. 
Charles Sumner is still able to write letters 
to the colored people. 
Senator Sumner will commence his lectures 
In about one month. 
A.T. Stewart is reported to have made his 
will before sailing for Mu rope. 
Gen. Babcock, the President’s Secretary, and 
wife have sailed for Europe. 
Palmer, in Rome, is making a statue of Ed¬ 
ward Livingston, for Washington. 
The author of Eci-e Dous, Rev. Dr. Parker of 
London, has arrived in tills country. 
A statue of George Clinton, in bronze, has 
been set up in the capital at Washington. 
Mr. Buskin will give six lectures on the robin, 
the swallow, the chough, the lark, the swan and 
the sea gull. 
C. C. Fulton says that Vienna lias sixty splen¬ 
did orchestras, each as full and perfect as that 
of Theodore Thomas. 
There is no field of labor that offers greater re¬ 
muneration than the sale of the Family Knitting 
Machine, and there Is no machine that possessa* 
one-half the ouulltlie* which are so absolutely 
necessary for family use as the 
Bickford’s Improved 
Its simplicity and cose of management, together 
with its capacity for doing the great range of work, 
and Its trifling cost, makes It a matter or economy 
t or every family to have one. and will ultimately 
bring it into as general use as the Rowing Machine. 
The practical utility of the machine only needs to 
be dermip«trated to the people to produce an un¬ 
limited demand. 
Mauv Sewing Machine Agents, finding the in¬ 
crease of competition and the difilculty of selling 
high-priced machines to militate against a flour¬ 
ishing business, are taking hold of the 
And all Ilulbs for Fall Planting. 
My Annual Catalogue of Fall Bulbs and Heeds Is 
now ready, containing full Instructions lor Planting, 
Sowing and Growing. Free to all applicants. 
JAMES FLEMING, 
Seed Merchant and Grower, 
C7 Nassau St.., New York. 
BEAUTIFUL EVER- BLOOMING 
BICKFORD 
STRONG POT PLANTS, 
SUITABLE FOB WINTER FLOWERING 
SENT SAFELY BY WAIL, P08T-PAID. 
5 Splendid Varieties, Piireliaaer’H Choice, S I 
1 <j “ *• •* •* *2 
For 10c.additional we rend *' M.vtJViFicSNTP remium 
Hose.*' Elegant Descriptive Catalogue free. 
THE DINGEE A CONARD CO.. 
ROSE GROWERS, 
Went Grove, Cheater Co., Pa. 
and meeting with the greatest success. Mer¬ 
chants, finding In Dana Bickford’s Invention a 
rln-ap, simple and practical Knitting Machine, 
find it profitable to purchase mul keep on sale. 
The almost entire absence of competition does 
not require the “eternal vigilance 1 ' to sell this 
machine os In the ease of sewing machines. 
Agent* Wanted Everywhere. Good,Smart 
Men Can make 950 PKB WEEK AND EXPANSES. 
Send for Instructions and Circulars, Price fo0 
to ISO. 
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE CO. 
DANA UICKFOUD, President. 
Office and Salesroom, 689 Broadway, N. Y 
IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS 
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, LILIES, 
NARCISSUS, CIKXTH, fen. 
The largest and must complete collection of first- 
class Bull v > v. r Imported. CATALOG! K8 for the 
Autumn Ju*t published. 
J. i>1. Titbit III I1N & CO. 
Seed Warehouse, 1 5 John Si., Now \ ork. 
SELLS AT SIGHT. 
DO TWO MEN’S WORK. 
No *i nr or coUl lingers.—Best cast 
steel. Last a lifetime.—Taken six 
premiums.—Every farmer wants It. 
Will send, post-paid. 2 samples for 
75 cts., Or 3 styles for >1. or 1 dozen 
for 920 a liny for Agents. 
Address 1 MON HUSKEIl Co., 
UM BOM 
CORN 
HUSKER, 
60 CTS. 
HALL’S PATENT HIJ,SKIING GLOVES 
UfW inti cits 
(L'ven’, C §cctb', Shinto', 
to canvas* and 
sell 1 tier’s Pxt- 
MIT OSLVAMZFP Mt.TAI.IO IrlUXA 
ITangyk 
Greatly Improved this year by small metallic plates 
on the purls most exposed to wear, making them lust 
TURKIC TIM EH An LONG, without impairing their 
flexibility. These popular Gloves fully protect the 
liands, and do the work much faster and easier Ilian 
any other Uusser. Made In three sizes, both right 
and left handed. Half Gloves, $1.35 per pair: Full 
Gloves, $2.50 per pair. Pent, pre-pald, on receipt of 
price. Ask your merchant for thorn, or address 
HALL IIU9K IXG GLOVE COMPANY. 
145 9. Clinton Si., C’biFngo. 
£2 *2 3 I Hap Spout and Puckkt 
” "J \'3 Samples. Circulars ami Terms rent nn 
w receipt of JO eta. to pay postage, 
Add*-** C. C. 1’OdT, Utuiuf. ami Fateatvu, Burlington, Vt. 
All leading varieties. Extra 
heap, Price List free. T. 
uallt.jr. Genuine 
HliBBARD, 
Fruduniu, N. Y. 
O VOU WANT THE AGENCY FOR (or 
NEW' CATALOGUE KitEK TO ALL. 
A ConipleJe stock (d Fruit Trees, 
Evergreen*, Forest Trees, Tree 
Weeds, tsinull Cruilw,Grape Vines, 
AC,, at 
BRYANT’S NURSERIES, 
Princeton, III, 
We send out yr„»,/ w.icV. it vii parked. 
Tty us. HpOcbil inducements to .Vu 
iv,on 'ii and Drain's. Bryant .’h “Forest 
Trues,” pre-pald, for $l..»tl. Hand for 
Hcleet Bndk List. Aiplicss 
A. BRYANT, Ju,, Princeton, 111. 
J * for your own use the best Straw Cutter and 
Stalk Cutter m America. .Vet to Or paid Jor till tried 
on the farm. 4* to fit. Circulars free. 
WARREN GALE, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
Some per-una will subscribe tor a paper from see¬ 
ing » oainjmlgii copy, got up with special cure /nr the 
jmi-js/st of " Diking.” urthrougb tlie Importunities of 
club agents. or before reading a copy, and in moat 
ca-oacome on t about as the boy doc* on his •• |jony."(!j 
It t urns out to be u hog instead of a horse, and nat¬ 
urally rushes lor lls aceust.-med place—the r-w nil. He 
eur. ful then to subscribe for it paper that will prop* 
wliai its name Indlcutes, and evi t y n,p y usggns4nr bet¬ 
ter Hum th< Out, We. therefore, to prevent such a 
inis take, offer to send auy and all applicants a spec¬ 
imen copy <<f Hit) 
Frail Recorder and Cottage Gardener, 
Jrce, or three copies of illifi rein months for ten cents, 
or we will send tho paper lor next ymirund the bal¬ 
ance nf this year lor Die regular snhturiptlori price, 
$1. The editor a uu proprietor, A. M. Pubdy.Isu life¬ 
long worker In the soil, ami hue now under cultiva¬ 
tion Bfltr /ten hnnirnl arrea III fruit, vegetable*and 
flowers. He also exelauiges tor'ill the lending ngrt- 
eulnira! anil hcuiicnRural papers Of tho day, and 
conies into the UEcoHDEit all pmcUe-nl matter of 
vfutio, He can show more testimonials us to its worth 
In proportion to Lin* number Of Its subscriber* than 
can he produced for any other paper of Its class in 
the country. A single specimen copy of nap of it* 
Issue* will satisfy ail on this point. Clntmpenta will 
And our terms very satisfactory, while ladies and 
lovers of flowers and fruits will And our premium 
oiler extremely Hluuu). Heini for our terms unit spec¬ 
imen copies. Again, many people pay out Kl.Sl to t-' 
for bn .'Us on grow ing small fruit , when they can get 
more jnmcUeut Information* from our fib-page 
*‘!*niiill Fruit Instruclor,” 
Price 25 cents, poal-puid, than from till these hooks 
combined. Send for u eopy and hr timvincfiU it. will 
tell you Just liow, when and inlntl ro plant fora family 
supply of fruit, or how to proceed to set out a market 
plantation —how to market, Ac., Ac. 
Address A. M. PURDY, Palmyra, N. Y. 
Ss /Q. . TIIF. ZINC COLLAR 
bj N . I AI» is guaranteed to cure 
Oil v U‘o worst case of raw and 
«. c »•> .• / y Inflamed neck In Du Dow*. 
w\ I V. f ••nd work tlir Horne ever ii ilny; 
\\ v-- / K and will not chafe or wear 
^ ./7 the mane. For ruin by Had- 
dlery Hardware Umilersimd 
-*— - Harness Makers. Manufac- 
1 ured bv the ZINC COLLAR FAD GO., lUuhunan, 
Mich. inforiuuUon furnlHlied on application. 
Evergreens 5 " ssprcce, 
Xi V EI gl ELllo. I JJXLHAM FIR, Ao. 
All well grown; some extra large. At the old Nur¬ 
sery, Hudson. Hunimit Co., Ohio; now the property 
of Col. S. D. 1IA l< Ris, lute Agricultural Editor 
J> l at 
'I'O ENGRAVERS, PRINTERS, Ac.-Lurge stock 
I well seasoned uud prepared Boxwood, Mahog¬ 
any, Maple arid Pine. Vanderburgh, whlls&Co., 
Type. Cabinet ft Press Warehouse, 13 Dutch St. N. Y, 
BRADLEY’S 
AMERICAN HARVESTER 
Ittusial Kn-strumcute’ 
We warrant it to cut uny grain that grows, and in 
any condition. 
It will do better work, Is more durable, and is In 
every respect superior to oar former manufacture of 
the celebrated 
JobncfluiP* “ hi weeps takes ’> Reaper. 
Don’t buy any other until you have seen it. 
ijf" For particulars, address 
BRADLEY MAN FG CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
P EAR TREES FOR THE MILLION. 
Largest stock In the West; line a-suruncm ; extra 
duality; packed to go safely auy distance. Sails! at 
lion guaranteed. Prices low' by hundred or thousand 
A full assortment of other trees, earube, plants,etc 
Illustrated i aLilOguc mailed froe to applicants. 
I<. t G. HANFORD, 
Columbus Nursery, Columbus, Ohio. 
(Established in 1834,) 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
M ONARCH OF THE WEST.—The largest and 
tiest strawberry. Brought Ml cth. tier quart when 
Aloftnys were scRlug at It uts. Catahiguc.-i of Fruits 
and Horry Baaketa, id uts.; with Colored Piute, 25 i ts. 
Price List free. iVM. PA KR Y,ClrmamtUBOn, N. J. 
A CARD TO THE lTBLIC: 
Parties desiring to purchase would find it to 
their advantage, before deciding, to examine, 
at our Kltgunt Wareroomx, or at tlie dealers 
T.hrouithout the country, tlie Piano-Fortes man- 
ulactured by us, with our Patent Hydro-Car- 
oonated Soundiny Board , which, for uurability 
and superiority of tone, renders them unsur¬ 
passed. Every Instrument fully warranted. Il¬ 
lustrated circulars and prices sent on applica¬ 
tion. 
|>nrgniii9 In Nursery Stock. Millions or Forest 
A> Trees dt Seedlings. Milliousof Apple Mocks, 
etc. Half a Million ('uncord Grape Vines. Cata¬ 
log uOs.Lv/'. ,J. JENKINS, i3ox4u,Winonii, Col.Co., O. 
SEEDlallVG STOCK. 
1,050,0(1) Extra No. 1 Apple Seedlings—the finest 
f rowth we nave seen for several years. Also, QO.lXlU 
'ear Seedlings, aL low rules. Adurcss K. U. SKIN¬ 
NER iV CO., Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill, 
THE STANDARD, Price §1.50, Is a very 
superior Collection of Church Music, 
for Choirs, Conventions and Singing Classes. Com¬ 
piled by L. O. EMERSON and H. It. PALMER, men 
of the highest reputation as conductors and com¬ 
posers. Sells largely. Already a great success. 
Ttix. perfection of maleatp and arranging 
emery style of Dress Trimming with as 
much ease and simplicity as run¬ 
ning up an ordinary scam, with 
some new and entirely Orig¬ 
inal Accomplishments. 
AND ALL WITHOUT BASTING. 
1. —It prepares tho Milliners’ Fold better than can 
he done by hand. 
2. —It prepares Milliners' Fold yvitii difl'eren! 
co I or m uud piccua of gouds at use upcruliuii. 
3. —It prepares ami plucfe a told in uny sriuii 
perfect ly, without hasting. 
4. —It prepare* and pula a double or static told 
ou the edge of u bund, 
5. —It cord* bini bands. 
C— It prepares and upplles a double French Item 
finish. 
7.—It prepares a curd welt perfectly. 
-8.—It prepares and places a cord well iu any 
scum without basting. 
9— It prepares n cord welt, ut thesanui time gath¬ 
ering and placing ihc well iu the gather¬ 
ing Beam, sewing it to a plain hand. If de¬ 
sired, at one operation. 
10.—It does plain gtitlieriug. 
11— It gathers and sews uu nt the same time, 
better than uny other gatherer. 
12. —It heuiM all goods, bin.* or straight. 
13. —It binds with braid. 
H.—It binds with cut binding. 
15.—It sews any seam without busting. 
HEIKES NTJKSEE,IES- 
Specinlties. Full nt 1873. Poaches, Currants, 
Gooseberries, Blood-Leaved Peaches, ciali Hybrid 
Cherries, Apple Seedlings, Plum Seedlings, Peach 
Seedlings, Raspberries, ilutekUerrlhs ft Straw berries. 
Also, a full assortment of other Nurserv articles. Ad¬ 
dress JlKlKES -NlJUaKIUK.S GO., Dayton, Ohio. 
You n-tc WRY we can sell 
Kir-t ■ Iuk* 7 Octave Pianos lor 
S200? We answer—It. costs 
• n ui S300 to make any 
SO OO r..»o sold throngs 
.ns, fill i-fwlioiu make |0O 
per «yt. profit. We have uo 
.lochia, i hi thip direct to fnnii* 
, ,- ... _ lies ut Factory price, ami warrant 
D Years. c tnl r >r illnsii nod circular, in which we refer 
to over 500 flaiikers, .MiTch.itta. Ac. (some of whom 
yim limy I i. i vi, tv lug ..in pjoin*. hi 44 Slates aod 
Terrllorlex. 1’lc. <r >laie where v...| -aw tli- nritii-p. 
’J. s. Piano Oi., f t Broadway, N. Y. 
wmmm 
ONE MILLION Apple Trees, extra quality, with 
u full and complete general stock of Fruit and Orna¬ 
mentals, at wholesale and retail. Prices low. Write 
for price lists. 
Z2f~ Stock guaranteed not damaged by the severity 
of the past winter. 
BLAIR BROS., Proprietors, 
Lce’n Summit, Jack-mu t’n.. Mo. 
THE RIVER OF LIFE, S30 per hundred. 
Is u Sabbath School Song Book of extraordinary 
merit, 4 0 composers contribute Hymns and Music 
alike new, original and beautiful. Specimen copies 
mailed for 30 cents. 
CHEERFUL VOICES, Price 50 cents, by 
L. O. EMERSON ASCHOOL SONC BOOK, is 
the one to introduce in Common Schools the present 
season. 
E-2T All books mailed, post-paid, for retail pr ices. 
Wanting flrst-dass Apple Trees, in large or small 
quantity can be supplied at oerg reasonable figures. 
Will exchange a limited number for land or for sian- 
dard Pear Trees. Call on ur address 
ALL S. HU ELLER, 
Riverside Nurseries, 
Lewinburg, Pa. 
A Work on the Breeding, Rear 
ing, Care and General Man¬ 
agement of Poultry. 
OLIVER DITSOX Jc CO., Boston, 
C. It. D1TS0N it CO., 711 Broadway, New York. 
The arrangement is very novel.and It is one of the 
simplest Attachments iu use; indispensable In Its 
utility, doubling the value of uny Sewing Machine. 
Jn Ordering, state Kl.vu of bowing Machine. 
Trice, 94. with full instructions for its use mailed 
post free. Address 
PALMER MANUFACTURING 00., 
817 Broadway, New York. 
An opportunity seldom offered to Agents of both 
sexes, which are wanted, everywhere, immediately 
600 ACRES 11 Catalogue: 20 Cts | 18 GREENHOUSES 
ill Descriptive; (2) Wholesale; i.i) Halo; D/Pruittun 
Flower Plates. Immense stock und low prices. An 
dre»B F. Ii. PHOENIX, Bloomington Nurse.ry, 1)1. 
This is one of the finest uotten-tib works on the 
subject on which It treats, lor its size and price, of 
any publication of the kind in this country. It 18 
finely and profusely Illustrated, and printed and 
bound In extra'style. Contain* 224 large octavo 
pages. Sent, by mall, post-paid, for fl.5U. Address 
D. D. T. MOORE, Publisher, 
5 Beckman fit,. New York. 
CrltEAT EXCITEMENT. PTfffW 
Olive, Optic*, Mi.'alllii. f,„ Younti Mill 01*1, IbtrWTxJ 
tr.tmfullv liuiuvl-d. *r.i! I!Ti'i,u»ilj tnt.r 
c*tiny, HUH ILc bfl«uti!ul 1'uLtlle pr«rnitiiii, 
‘•The OOmitik Wfltr.’* in ike Abd SljjiMH| 
mont succeftfifo) cuoiiiinttUou for Agent? id 
tbe country. S«>mi 1 j cts. for tJampU Mhg- Ki4‘VI a , . 1 
axine, circular, termi. Ac. [pMAifli 
oditioss. Dvaksb A foxcEo n, 151 WMRitisum bt. iisrawn. 
i a/m aaa fuijit and orna. 
I menti 1 Trees.—A general line 
of Nursery Stock at low prices. Pear Trees a special¬ 
ty. Write for wholesale or retail Price Lists. Agents 
wanted. E. MOODY & SUNS, Lockport, NT Y. 
