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PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT. 
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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AN OIUOINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
d. d. t. moons, 
Conducting Kdlloi- mul Proprietor. 
CHAS 
D. BRAGDON, G. F. WILCOX, A. A. HOPKINS, 
Associate Editors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Eli lion op Tm 1)UA in' i -■.' or hillin' Ih’SBASDrtY. 
X. A. WILLARD. A. M„ 
Eoiiok or rim lnii.»i:rui>r op Lonnv Husbandry. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Op ’J cssiow.!:, Soliiikk* C'okieppi'uxuimi Editor. 
Special 
1\ BARKY, 
II. T. BROOKS, 
.J. n. DODOE, 
¥. K. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE grkklky, 
.1. STANTON GOULD, 
* NOW AND THEN," 
Contributors : 
T. 0. PETERS, 
CHAS. V. RILEY, 
It, W. STEWART, 
JAMES VICK, 
J. WILKINSON, 
MRS. E. F. EL LET, 
MARY A. JJ. WAOEK. 
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1870. 
VOLUME XXI. 
Publisher's ^cslt. 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
No. 41 Park How, New York City, Is the 
location of the principal Publication Office of the 
Rural New-Yorker, and all Business Letters, &c. 
should bo addressed to 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
2Vo. <11 Park How, 
Wcw IB’orl:. 
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Form Clubs Now ! -And If you, Header, cannot 
form one, Join with or help u neighbor or friend to 
accomplish the laudable object.. Don't wait until 
other and interior papers occupy the Held. “The 
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A Request.— All non-subscribers Into whose hands 
a number of the rural may fall are requested to 
examine It carefully, noting its Size, Style, Contents, 
&o., and then decide upon the merits of our claim 
that It is the l.eirgcut. lit.'* and Clienperl Journal of (U 
Clatts In the World. Now Is the best time to Act—to 
Do Good, for which we give Good Pay, 
The Rural as n Present. Our leaders are re¬ 
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sons who did not take the Rural during the year 
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other member of an old subscriber's family, doc* not 
constitute a new subscriber by any means, and can¬ 
not be so counted. 
How to Remit.—The best way to remit for clubs, 
as wo have often stated, is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
send by draft, us there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It Is best to send by P. O. Money Order,—but 
if you cannot do that, send in Registered letter*, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOORE, ■)! Park Row, New York. 
Additions to Club* arc always (n order, whether 
In ones, twos, lives, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people are dropping oilier papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Friends should improve every 
occasion to secure such as recruits for (lie Rural. 
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.Show Rill*, Specimen Numbers, Air,, sent 
free to all applicants. If you want sueh documents, 
let us know and they will be forwarded. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
The New York Weekly tribune is a groat 
Farmer's Paper. Its Agricultural Department, valu¬ 
able always, containing as it doe* Full Reports of 
The American Institute Farmers’ Club, and articles 
written for its columns by the most eminent Agri¬ 
culturists of America, is about lo bo enriched by 
f iher attractive features in a Horticultural Depart¬ 
ment, which will comprise .Management of Small 
Farms, Fruit and Vegetable Culture, and how to 
make them pay. Also, a Veterinary Depart men I, for 
which Prof. James Law, Veterinary Surgeon In 
CornK l.L Uni vehsity, ha* been engaged to answer 
questions concerning disease* .if Cattle, ltor*us, 
Sheep and other domestic animal*, and prescribe 
remedies through the column* of the Weekly 
Tribune. 
Price five cents. Mail subscriber* $2 per year. For 
club terms, send for show-bill. Address 
THE TRIBUNE, New York. 
In presenting the initial number of our 
Twenty-first Annua) Volume wc ofler a few 
prefatory remarks,—hastily penned, but we 
trust appropriate. Those familiar with tho 
Rural New-Yorker already know its charac¬ 
ter and objects, and the thousand* whom it now 
first greets ns subscribers will soon understand 
tlmt It earnestly desires to benefit and elevate 
Individuals. Families, mid Community. For the 
information of all, however, we will repeat 
what wo said on issuing tho first number of the 
Rural, Just twenty years ago, viz.:— “ The pages 
of tiiis Journal are dedicated to Progress and 
Improvement. Wc use the expression not 
lightly, but in its fullest and broadest accepta¬ 
tion-mentally, morally and physically. It does 
not confine us to narrow limits, but gives ample 
scope for tho discussion of nil subjects tending 
to the melioration of Mankind, and advance¬ 
ment in the Ails and Sciences. Our primary 
object is to aid in advancing the Cause of Rural 
Improvement. Although Agriculture and Hor¬ 
ticulture are our prominent themes, the depart¬ 
ments devoted to Science, Education, Literature, 
Ac., are considered important, and will receive 
proper attention. Under each of those head¬ 
ings we hope to furnish seasonable and useful 
matter—while that, portion of the paper appro 
printed to General Intelligence will not be neg¬ 
lected. .standing aloof from the platforms of 
all parties and Sects, wc shall fight the bul lies of 
none, Wo are not or those who hold or pro¬ 
claim that, the Country will be saved or ruined 
by the temporary success or defeat of any polit 
foal organization. On the contrary, wo boliovo 
it is always safe and necessary to plant oorn- 
for it will generally grow luxuriantly, In a 
proper soil, whatever screws may be loose In 
party machinery, and be required to sustain 
life, whoever may bo Governor or President. 
Our aim is to furnish a reliable and unexcep¬ 
tionable Family Parer, for both Town and 
Country—one which shall interest and instruct 
the young, and prove a valuable assistant to 
those more advanced in years and experience." 
Such were our sentiments and intentions 
twenty years ago. We think both were ortho¬ 
dox, rnd that, the score of Rural volumes since 
issued prove our adherence to tho faith mid 
truth then felt and expressed; moreover, wc 
reckon few Journalists, teachers, preachers, poli¬ 
ticians or statesmen have boon less changeable, 
or more persistent In the right, than has this 
journal during tho period named. Indeed, when 
l he Rural was commenced It being the plono 
Journal of its class, (and the only Agricultural 
and Family Weekly, out of Now England, on the 
Continent, though many have since been etarted 
and u few estahlbihcd,)— its projector was pro¬ 
nounced a visionary and ahead of the age, while 
not a few averred that such a paper could not 
be sustained. Rut we are reverently thankful 
for having been permitted to test the matter, 
mid witness tho glorious result!- glorious, not 
only in what the Rural New-Yorker lo-ilay 
exhibits in ils .Sixteen Large Double - Qimrlo 
Pages, but in the .several journals which emulate 
if in advocating Rural, Intellectual and Moral 
Improvement. While wishing ils contemporaries 
God-speed, the Rural, as the pioneer in its pe¬ 
culiar and important sphere - for it was tho Aral 
journal which successfully combined Agricul¬ 
ture, Horticulture, Science, Education, Litera¬ 
tim', News, Ac., -will earnestly and continuously 
Strive to excel in all i he essentials of a first-class, 
pure and progressive Rural, Literary, Fami¬ 
ly and Business Newspaper. And for evidence 
that this journal Is the Best in Its Sphere, we 
confidently refer to the Matter and Manner of 
its various Departments—assuring all interested 
f lint, M idi the aid of the best talent in the land, 
(see list of Edit ors and Contributors,) and greatly 
increased and improved facilities, we arc re¬ 
solved to Improve as we advance, thus augment¬ 
ing the pleasure and profit of all who invest in 
the Rural New-Yorker. 
their power, the people will require that men 
who have practical business knowledge, a regard 
for the prosperity of tho Country, and a clear 
conception of the measures necessary to secure 
it, shall represent them. We an! (el pa to the time 
when the farmer wifi tie a thoroughly educated 
Business Man. and in consequence of bis study 
ol Political Economy, the Jaws of Supply nod 
Demand, Commercial Ethics, etc., a liherah com¬ 
prehensive Statesman as well, who shall look 
beyond personal aggrandizement and see tho 
glorious vision of a free and liberal and pros¬ 
perous people whoso highest interests it Is his 
duty, as a legislator to, labor to subserve. We. 
look and labor Cur this day, and our picture an¬ 
ticipates and suggests it that is all. 
The striking contrast between the Farm ns It 
\\ as and as it Will Be, In I he upper port ion of our 
illustration, will be appreciated by thousands of 
our readers-for it Is both truthful and Instruct¬ 
ive. Any one who has traveled and observed 
will readily recognize one of the scones, mid has. 
no doubt, seen indications, at least, of the other 
—the Farm as it Wilt Re. Rut the whole design 
is only suggestive, as wo said In the outsct-nol. 
exactly what null be, but an approximation of 
what may he the status of the Coming Farmer, 
who will bo the Model Citizen In the Rural Mil¬ 
lenium which wo trust, is not in the far distant 
future. 
THE SEASON. 
[Thr detail* as rejrnrd. Soaeon nn.l Crop* are now e>{ minor Import¬ 
ance. liut It ia of importance to fiinner, to know Ilia prices pa ! d for 
Grill produce nil ovor II,e l!,.i< , L I*« r Ub. Give tu briefly, then, this 
winter men Itfmi concerning th« aid! temperature iu may bo 
of i titer cal, and especially the p T :c+* T <*i.l for nil kind* of fcrin two- 
dll-. And »DlJl fittU a* to llilT ftOfil QU llMIfl u% may If# reliable. 
—fciiM. Rural.] 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
A Vote of Thanks.—Wc cannot permit this 
paper to go to press without expressing most 
grateful apknowledgmente to the thousands 
who have contributed to the remarkable suc¬ 
cess of the Rural New-Yorker — to each and 
all who have, in various manners, most gener¬ 
ously and effectually seconded our efforts to 
render U what it 1ms become, tin: Load lay mid 
Lar%ceb-< irculatiny Journal of lie Ijlosti, With 
the continued aid and influence of hosts of Con¬ 
tributors, Correspondents, and Agent-Friends, 
all over the land, we confidentlyoxpeel to make 
the volume upon which we now enter far more 
valuable, useful and acceptable than either of 
ils predecessors- and surely, if the People and 
Press encourage ns in the future as they have In 
the past, the Rural for 1870 must achieve a suc¬ 
cess creditable to American Journalism. 
Death of Hon. Edwin > 1 . Blanton.—We are 
sony that wc are compelled to announce the 
Ossfeo, Minn., Dec. 16.-Weather has been 
quite moderate so far for Minnesota. The 
coldest weather we have had yet was 0 below 
zero. Not enough snow yet. for sleighing. 
Rather hard times for money. Wheat is worth 
j Co®70c.; oats, »>e.; hay, $12@15; maple wood, $7 
<2>S per cord. u. a. b. 
Farmers' Grove, Wl»„ Dvr. 10.— Prices here 
arc:—Wheat, 75o.; oats, 45c,; potatoes, 25c.; corn. 
50c.; rye, 850.; barley, $1; turnips 10c.; apples, 
$15?$8; butler, 20®25c.; cheese, 15c.; eggs, 25c.; 
Jiny, wild, $4; timothy, £.75.8 per ton; pork, 
live, dressed, $12.80; cows, $35@35; 
horses *125<$2U0; sheep, $108.50. j. v . w. 
Akron, Biimmit Ohio, Doc. 13.— We have 
had winter here from the 20th of October, ex¬ 
cepting three days of Indian summer. Snow, 
frost, or heavy rain all the time. Many potatoes 
yet in the ground, and much disease among 
those harvested. Not more than a third of the 
corn husked, lfay, wheat, oats, barley and po¬ 
tatoes good crops. Corn half an average, and 
poor In quality. Hogs scarce and high ; dressed 
bring’ $12.5(1. t. u. p. 
st. John'*, Mich,, Dec. 15.—Corn was a light 
crop; oats good ; wheat a better yield than com¬ 
mon ; not as much sown this fall as last. Price 
now $1.50. Potatoes and apples were a good 
crop, but a large per ocat. were frozen. The 
frozen apples were made into elder. Have had 
a few days of sleighing. Pork $13 per cwt. Pig* 
and hogs of all kinds in good demand. Lands 
are high, with many Eastern buyers. Michigan 
U building railways, and tuxes tire high. Cattle 
and horses are low.—n. N. c. 
iiUsccUaiicotis 2U)ucrtiscmciUs. 
£I«I1T PER CHAT. GOLD. 
The undersigned. »3 representatives of Che ST. 
JOSEPH AND DENVER CITY RAILROAD COM- 
PAN V, have the honor to offer for sale the 
$1,300,000 
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS 
(PAYABLE IN GOLD) 
OP TBE 
St. Joseph & Denver City RR. Co., 
Bearing Eight per Cent. Interest In Gold, Free of 
Government Tax, recunot by a !lr*t amt only mort¬ 
gage on tho railway, which ruriB from St. Joseph to 
Fort Kearney. 
Total length of road, 271 miles. 
Distance mortgaged, HI miles; nml at the rate of 
or.lv $13.81*5 per mile on n Completed road, costing to 
build nmt equip more than double the amount mort¬ 
gaged. 
Trustee for Bondholder* - FARM RUST’ LOAN AND 
TKI ST COMPANY OF NEW YORK. 
This line of railroad is the extension of the Hanni¬ 
bal and St. Joseph HaUroaei, with it* connections 
Xnrth and Kart, and the St. t.ou\* and St. Joseph 
llaUroael, i.-ttft it* S"u(h and /...:rt. both 
tine* eon ns eying at St. Joseph, amt connecting at-once 
with the St. Joseph oud Denver Oitii liadrood. running 
M Vsf. through lldstrm Kaur is, into the heart of Xe- 
breuka, and ermm it ,ng with the I alien, peril.’ Itail- 
rna-l at the <'ttggl Fort Kearney , match\g tin shortest 
route known to California andthe Hactflc State*. 
death of this Patriot and Statesman in the same 
Issue whte'n announces his confirmation us As¬ 
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. His 
record in the history of the country tho past leu 
years is second to that of no other man, unless 
it bo thut of Lincoln. He is scarcely h-** a 
martyr than Lincoln. His great labors in be¬ 
half of his country were doubtless the direct, 
cause of his death. lie was one of t hose rare 
men who could say No! with emphasis when be¬ 
sieged by the temptations and importunities ol' 
plaoo-buntcrs and hungry, speculating cormor¬ 
ants who sought to fatten upon, and because of 
ihe necessities and trials of, the Nation. Wo 
write this as wo go to press, and without space 
to give a biographical sketch of his life and 
lubors. 
The Rurnl’n Circulation for tHtO is already 
assured. Our Subscription Receipts during the 
piisf week are far In excess - nearly double— 
those, of the corresponding week of last year. 
Wore wo inclined to hurrah, and had time, wo 
would do so vociferously,* but instead, wc ten¬ 
der most hearty thanks to Agent-Friends, far 
and near, who are working so nobly and suc¬ 
cessfully to increase and augment the Rural’s 
circulation and usefulness. May they and theirs 
prosper alway; and may each and every new 
subscriber get more limn value received for ids 
or her investment to accomplish which results 
we shall labor most faithfully. 
Another Pressure of Advertising. - Much 
against our inclination, but in response lo the 
demands of advertisers, wo are constrained (o 
deler a large amount of practical and miscel¬ 
laneous mutter, to make room for advcrtisc- 
menis. We regret the necessity for this, es¬ 
pecially as the present, issue is not a fair repre¬ 
sentative of what wc hoped to give each week 
during tho year. As ii i*. wo are obliged to de¬ 
fer nearly a page of now advertisements, so that 
advertisers as well as subscribers must exorcise 
patience. 
Rural Darrel MnUers.— Last year sometime we 
published an account of what a New York boy 
fifteen years old had done in barrel manufac¬ 
ture. Now we have a report that Clement R. 
'I uttliu, York, Michigan, eighteen years old 
madetn one week two hundred good len-hoop 
apple barrels, working on an average eleven 
hours per day; and, at the writing of ihu note, 
he was making three to four eider barrels per 
day. lie is also a reader of the Rural. Of 
course he Is! 
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THE COMING FARMER. 
HOURS AT HOME. 
Elsewhere is given an advertisement of Messrs. 
Chas. Scribner A Co.’s popular monthly, HOURS 
AT HOME. 't’hi:< ■periodical ha* features which 
make it the very best of the Family Magazines, and 
spcclul Inducements arc offered to those who mu> 
wish to take other periodicals with It. Read the 
advertisement, and scud for a Premium Circular to 
CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO., Now York. 
PUPILS, TEACHERS AND BUSINESS MEN. 
Send to Prof. Eastman, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., for n 
description of his new Educational Invention, the 
Penman’s Assistant. 
Nast’ 8 picture on our first, pugo is not designed 
us it prophecy, but ns a suggestion. 1 1 does not 
aim to show what will bo, but to suggest what 
ought lobe. It shows the Farmer in his farm 
office,communicating with tho Superintendents 
of the different departments of his farm by tele¬ 
graph. It anticipates the time when associated 
capital will be invested in large areas to produce, 
by well paid labor, science, skill and perfected 
machinery, tho food we cat and the libers wc 
wear, just as the systematic use of capital and 
labor now produces the cloths which keep us 
warm, the cutlery wc use on our tables, the 
watches wo carry, etc., etc. It anticipates Ihc 
time when sleain, or some cheaper power, will 
do our plowing,ditching, cultivating, threshing, 
Carrying and all, or nearly all, t he service which 
now employs nmuuiil labor —all controlled by 
intelligence, skill, and conducted with enterprise 
and force. 
A portion of the engraving shows the Coming 
Fanner in Congress — not because we think it a 
very desirable honor to go to Congress, nor the 
goal which farmers should labor to reach, but 
because wo anticipate tho time.when tho indus¬ 
tries of the Country will demand and secure 
representation in the Business Organization of 
of the Nation—when, instead of submitting lo 
be the tools of partisans seeking lo perpetuate ! 
St. Joseph nmt Denver City HR. Rond*.— 
We call attention to the announcement, by 
Messrs. W. P. Converse & Co., 54 Pine Ft., and 
Tanner & CO., Fiscal Agents, 4» Wail St,, in 
which they offer, in behalf of the SI. Joseph and 
Denver ( ily Railroad, $1,500,000 In first mortgage 
bonds, the interest on which the owners of the 
road guarantee to be eight percent, in gold, free 
from Government charges. Tho reputation of 
the firms named is, to us, a guarantee that the 
investment will be what il promises. 
Truinansburgli, IV. V., Di e. 16.—Farmers have 
been unusually backward this season with their 
corn-husking, and fall work generally. More 
corn has been husked in the barn than was ever 
drawn in in the stalk before. The crop of clover 
seed is light. Potatoes arc plenty and cheap; 
apples are scarce and high, and farmers with 
large orchards not having enough of this fruit 
for their own use. Pork and eggs are very high. 
Grain is low. One large farmer Ima three crops 
of wheat in his bins. Twenty shillings per 
bushel was not enough for him. Weather now 
tniid; wheat is looking well.—it. 
Anrotuliurg, Center Co., Pa., Dec. 1H.~Farm¬ 
ers are about done thrashing, with a larger yield 
of wheat and outs than for years past; but the 
prospects lor wheat next season, judging from 
the appearance of tho fields, are rather dis¬ 
couraging: some fields have dozens of lice to 
every plant, almost. We have to sell wheat at. 
$1 per bushel, and In most cases get. no pay till 
March next. Wheat is tho staple of Penns 
Valley; .lie bulk of oats and corn arc fed at 
homo; pork and beef arc thoonly things eagerly 
sought after—pork at liable, per lb,; beef at IOe. 
Farms bring from $120 to $140 per acre— t. g. e. 
---- 
l lic*e bond#have thirty Tear* to inn from August 
14,1BTO. I'syablo at maturity. In Gold, in the City of 
New York. 
The Interest Is payable in Gold on the 10th of 
February and August in each year, at the rate of 8 
per cent., free of Government Tux, tn New York, 
London, and Frankfort-on-llie-Maln. at. the holder’s 
option, without notice, and at the following equiva¬ 
lent* : 
ON $t,000 BOND. 
In New York.$10 gold. 
In London. .X * 4s, 4<J. 
In I ranktort-on-tlio-M'iin.IPO tlor. 
On $ .0 Bond, one half there amounts respectively. 
The Bond:* lire In ilenomlrmtton* of Sl.OCOnnd $500. 
'They are Coupon Bond*, out may be registered in 
the owner’* name »i the Funner* 1 Limn amt Trust 
Company, and, by the surrender of the Coopopg, can 
be converted Into a Registered Bond, with Interest 
payable lo the registered owner. 
COMPANY’S CAPITAL STOCK, 810,000,000, 
to which noarlr $2,(100,001) I* subscribed and paid up 
by local subscription*, wldcli amount lias uud is 
holr.lt expended on the road. 
The Company have i.titii.noo acres of superior land 
Immediately udtoiulnu the tine, fi'ljis was a grant 
direct from the culled States Government to aid the 
Company In thi-lr work, and, at the Government 
price of $2.7.1 nor acre, ha* a value Of £4,(00,000, while 
the lo^u 1* only $IJ*00,QOQ, and is the only debt against 
the <ynn non |/. 
The issue of $1 500,OOG of there Bond* lr, all t hat can 
be issued by the Company. 
Bond* ure sent and packages received free or ex- 
pre** charge, and marketable berurlUes converted 
without commission, to parties Investing In there 
Bonds. We oiler these Bunds at the tow price of 
$97.50 and accrued I merest in currency, with (here- 
served right to advance the price without notice. 
Pamphlets, maps and Information furnished on 
application. 
Parties desiring safe and lucrative Investments 
should lose no time In investigating these securities. 
W. I». ( OA VIIKSI) A < <>., 
Commercial Agent*. 51 PINE ST., New York. 
T AT) A lilt A CO., 
Fiscal Agent*, 49 WALL ST., New York. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
The loan State Horticultural Society holds its 
anmml rncutingntDos Moines, commencing Jan¬ 
uary 11,1870. 
The Northwestern Dairymen's Association holds 
its Fourth Annual Meeting at Kenosha, Wig., the 
second Tuesday in February, 1870. 
Black Hawk, Iowa, Ag. Sue. —Tho officers for 
1870 arc: — t’nsUU'.nt.—'P. McIsaacs; Vice-Presi¬ 
dent R. Sergeant; Treasurer — S. Baker; .Secre¬ 
tary—It. A. Whittaker. 
Maine Hoard of Agriculture will hold a public 
session, of the nature of a Farmers' Convention, 
at Lewiston, Me., on the 19th, 20th and 21st of 
January, Inst. 
The Jefferson Co., IV. YAgricultural Society, 
the .Secretary announces, has 1,350 members. Jt 
is a goodly number, but. Jefferson county is one 
<>f < he best and wealthiest agricultural counties 
in the State. 
IV. V. state Grape Growers’ Ass'n.—The annual 
winter meeting of the N. Y. State Grape Grow¬ 
ers' Association will convene at tho Court House, 
in Rochester, at ten A. M., Jan. 18th, 1870, and 
continue in session until twelve M. the follow¬ 
ing day. 
Western ]V. V. Hurt. Soc. - The annual winter 
meeting of Hie Western N. V. Hort. Soo. will 
convene at tho Court House, in Rochester, at 
one o’clock P. M., Jau. 19th, 1870. 
It is expected tlio above meetings will be of 
unusual interest, and persons residing at a dis- 
1 mice may attend both «t i he expense of one l rip. 
Having hud all the paper* and documents relating 
to ihe loan examined by competent counsel and pro¬ 
nounced complete and Mdllelent.and having person¬ 
ally examined the same, which we llnd regular and 
perfect, uud having had our own engineer* examine 
the road and property, whoso report* ur«w*ntl‘fac- 
tory, we do, with the utmost continence >,ioi ratlsfac- 
tioti, recommend the EIGHT I’UK ('FNT. HK8T 
mortgage gold bonds of the st. Joseph 
AND DENVER CITY HAILROA D COMPANY a* A 
SAt B, SURE, AND I*KOI i t ABLE INVESTMENT, 
worthy the attention of capitalists, investors, and 
others. W. P. « oNVKRsr. * < u. 
TANNER A LO. 
Railroad hold Bonds. -We have on more than 
one occasion, recently noticed the sales at tho high 
preui'iia>. nf Government Five’twenty Lionels 
by investor*. Bank*, and havings Bank*, for 
tho purpose of investing tho ptocecil* in Rail¬ 
road Gold 11'.mis of undoubted security. There 
are several bonds now on the market, where 
sueh exchange* may lie sntelv and profitably made, 
and o*a reply to several Inquiries, we annex tho fol¬ 
lowing results of tho advantagesand profit a to bo de¬ 
rived by exchanging' l". S. Fix per rent, Bond* for 
First Mortgage Railroad Gold Bonds. To present 
our views in the eli ari -t light, we have ; elected the 
Eight per rent.. Gold t-lrst Mortgage Bonds, of the 
St. Jos,ph and Dmre.r < ity Jtatlni'ut I'umpony, which 
are now bo rapidly soiling, by W. I\ Converse A 
Co., 54 Pine SI., and b> TANXi It & CO., 49 Wall Ft., 
New York : 
A $1,000 If. H. six per cent. Bund »t 115 will cost $1,- 
150, and will purchase, at H7W, $1,179 to of these First 
Mortgage Eight, per cent. Gold Bonds. 
The following figures will show t he eompniotlvc In¬ 
terest, compounded from One to Twenty Years on 
each amount respectively : 
Time. 
Rt. Joseph & 
Denver City 
It. it. — ‘ 
Nebraska Slate Ag. and Hurt. Soeieilcs,—The 
Semi-Annual Meeting of the Nebraska State 
Board of Agriculture will beheld at Brownville, 
January 5,1870, The State Horticultural Society 
will meet at the same time and place, and it is 
Intended and hoped that there will be a general 
gathering of the friends of agriculture and hor¬ 
ticulture, and that much valuable information 
will be communicated and obtained. 
>♦* 
The Rochester Business University, wo are 
glad to learn, is in a very flourishing condition ; 
and that many young men arc wisely obtaining 
a business education thereat. I is patronage has 
more than doubled during the past year, and 
among ils pupils have been sons of the first busi¬ 
ness men in the country. Young men should 
aviiil themselves of the advantages afforded by 
its eounso of instruction. $ce advertisciucnl. 
•-- 
The Musical Independent, advertised in this 
paper, is worthy ihe attention of all musical 
people. In addition toa largo variety of instruc¬ 
tive and interesting musical rending, each num¬ 
ber of this valuable monthly contains from $1.50 
to $2 worth of new and beautiful music suit¬ 
able for the voice, aud for the piano, organ or 
melodeon. 
♦G 
“ Henry J. Raymond and Ihe !Vcw Yorh Dress” 
is the title of an octavo volume now in the press 
of A. F. Hai.i: & Co. of Hartford—an advertise¬ 
ment of which appears in another column, under 
the heading of “ Raymond ami New York Jour¬ 
nalism.” Wo look l'or this work with much 
interest. 
Ohio Wool Growers’ Association,—J, c. Ste¬ 
vens, 1’resident of the Ohio Wool Growers' As¬ 
sociation, issues in the Ohio Farmer a spirited 
call for tho annual meeting at Columbus, Jan. 
■llh such being the time and place for holding 
the meeting prescribed by the constitution of 
tho Association. He closer thus:—*’ Now, Broth¬ 
er Wool Growers, lot us stand by our guns and 
battle for the right, and not suffer ourselves to 
be robbed of the little protection that is now 
secured to us. It is an issue of life or death 
with us." 
The Pennsylvania Fruit Growers’ Society meets 
at Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 19,1870, at two o’clock P. 
M. This meeting is the decennial anniversary 
of the Society, and is held in tho city of its 
organization. The following is the published 
programme: 
J anuakv iflth. — .1 Or.rnoon Session. - Special 
business, Including ihe election of officer!-, re¬ 
ports of committee , Ac. Kernitty St*sUm. Ad¬ 
dress b,V the President, Joriaii HoOfks. 
$2,903 60 
A* the N. Y. Tribune very properly soys 
readers remember Hits: A good rail way hum 
xecuritu now open to investment.” 
$4,847 35 
Let our 
/ is the beet 
GtocU, ponltvn, &"c. 
pu 
L L 
ItLOO I> 
Ayrshire Bull “Iicvi,” 
From Myrtle—sire Murdock. Fee record. Is direct 
from il. U. Peters' importation—four years old. 
HARRIRON LURING, 
City Point Works, Boston, Mass. 
r ■ ill OH O FG11-Bit ED PLA N KT ST A I, I. ION 
_L M A KV FLOPS dam Jennie Deans, also thor¬ 
ough-bred, with the best pedigree of uny horse in 
the United RtuUw, and a sure bud getter guaranteed. 
Sire and dam both four mile horses, III* pedigree 
on file at this office. For particulars, apply to (apt. 
(VALTER O. 1IPDGLN, Bowling Green, Va. 
DIIOR T-II OR NS FOR SA T.E.-BI LT, AND 
in heifer calves, the cut of “ Monarch,” s.(k7, and 
Baron of Geneva," 7.6S4. Also, Cows and J letters, 
In calf by “ Baron of Geneva,” 7,518. 
C. K. WARD, Lu Roy, Genesee Co., N, Y. 
I? A N 
A Light Brahmas, Dark Bralima Cooks (pea comb¬ 
ed,) Gold and Silver Hamburg*, Ac, First-class birds, 
from prize and imported stock. Address 
J. D, Hit ELTON, Jamaica, L. I. 
TTHWlAi.—A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS AN 
1 ' eiaant 
J anij ary 20.— Moi htoSivdtni .—Essay by Wm. 
Nattkdehs of tho Atrrieulrurul Department, 
Washington. D. C., on ” Pruning* with reference 
[<* fnnt production' Aftantum Sextitm- Essay 
by Prof. S. R, Rath von, on the “ Insect enemies 
o! the Grape. l.rniiny Scmion, —Address by 
Thomas Meehan, editor of the Gardeners 
Monthly. 
The unoccupied time of each session will be 
devoted to discussion on the subject embraced 
An thin 1 he address or essay belonging thereunto. 
i*iock i rt llrst-elus* Fowl*, raised from the 
best. Impartial blood and premium Mr.'s, will sell the 
same. Also, eggs for sale. Address Box No. 13, 
Groenvillo Post-Office, New Jersey. 
JVflTCK WITHOUT LIMK OF LITTLE 
ill benefit, geo ’*STERILITY IR LAID. Chi edi¬ 
tion)- Villi ': NYie Suetrm of Agrlcuhore. Price 25 ets. 
J. A RIDDLE, Munohc .ter. N. JI. " Ro plain that 
nnv runner, by careful reading, can master the sub¬ 
ject.’’—A, Y. In>1<pendent. 
Btx i>r»et. JB’cls. p. ct.Gold li'dB. 
1st Year’s Interest. 
.. $69 90 
$94 St! 
2d Year’s Interest. 
3d Year’s Interest. 
.. 63 69 
101 91 
.. in 42 
HO 00 
41 h Year’s Interest. 
.. 71 4ll 
118 80 
fit It Year’* Interest. 
.. 75 75 
128 87 
15th Year’s Interest. 
.. 89 29 
138 54 
7i h Year’s intevest. 
8th Year’s Intel (st. 
85 19 
149 73 
.. 90 ») 
101 71 
9th Year’s Interest. 
.. 95 72 
174 64 
filth Year’s Intel* st. 
.. 10) 4ti 
188 61 
Ill h Year * Interest. 
12th Year’s Interest. 
.. 107 55 
203 70 
.. moo 
220 00 
1 :rh Year s Interest 
.. 129 81 
237 (it) 
1:iii Year's Interest. 
.. 128 09 
25(5 61 
15th Year's Interest. 
.. 135 78 
•257 14 
Iflth Year's Interest. 
.. 144 93 
299 81 
IVIh Year's Interest. 
.. 153 64 
323 25 
JMh Year’s Interest.. 
.. 162* 
319 11 
llltli Year's l nterest. 
.. 172613 
377 (II 
29th Year’s Interest. 
.. J82 67 
407 20 
$2,213 59 
$4,317 85 
Add vnl.Of) 
Deduct cost of U. R. / 
8 per cent. 
Bonds ahovo par) 
150 00 
St.J.&n.C.R. 29 50 
value.. ....) 
it. Gold B'd 
over cost. J 
T>EKT FODDER GUTTER. —Do you want the 
1 > iaste-A. easiest working, cheapest and most dur¬ 
able Self-Feeding Huy, Si raw ami Stalk Cutter? 
(H'.mvitiOif to sad err money refunded.) PKEKSKlLL 
PLOW WORKS, Pock skill, N. V, or Cleveland, Ohio. 
