PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT,” 
to Northern men to do so—to tell them precise¬ 
ly, so far as we may, what they are to lose as 
well as what they may gain by going South. 
We tnay recur to this subject again, but our 
present space ie filled. 
Ruiial isaJl the advertisement represented it to 
bo. We are delighted with it. I subscribed for 
it as a surprise present to my husband, w ho did 
not know I had sent, until we received the num¬ 
bers, and you may Judge of the pleasure 1 en¬ 
joyed in seeing bow well pleased he whs with the 
paper. It is indeed the best, in the world. I would 
say to the ladies who wish to make n present to 
tbelr husbands, this is the thing to select—. Moore’s 
Rural. It will be a Joy on its first reception, 
and be repeated every week all the year through 
—bringing au approving Btnile every time your 
b usband receives it. 'Pry it, .Ladies.” 
anbttttrons 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMERS' 
CONVENTION. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
D. D. T. IYIOORE, 
Conduotin;; Editor ami .Proprietor. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription— Throe hollars a Year. To Clubs 
and Agents, l'ire copies for |U; Seven, and one free 
to club agent, for #1‘J: Ten. and one free.for $2&-only 
Cl.dO per copy. As tve pre-pay American postage. $2.70 
Is the lowest Club late to Canada and *S.K) to Europe. 
The best way to remit Is by Draft or l’ost-Oitico 
Money Order,—and nil I)ratu and Orders matte pay. 
able to the Publisher may tuc .vailed at ids risk. 
AnVKHTIBINC — Inside, To cents per line. Acute 
fjmee; Outside, tl per line Fur Kxim Display ami 
t mta, ti price and a hfijr. Special and Business Notices 
charged according to position. .No ad vertiscment in- 
The New Hampshire Farmers' Convention, 
recently hold at Manchester, was very largely 
attended by New England farmers, and the dis¬ 
cussion proved to he exceedingly interesting 
and valuable. The first meeting of the kind in 
New Hum pall ire, wo believe, was Inaugurated 
last year under the auspices of the State Agri¬ 
cultural Society, and t he eminent success of tho 
two meetings lias demonstrated the fact In New 
England that these annual gatherings of farmers 
are extremely popular and useful- 
The meeting this year was held at t he Man¬ 
chester City Hall, and was colled to order by 
Mayor Smith, who gave a brief address of wel¬ 
come, at the close of which he aunouncoi the 
officers selected on permanent organization, in¬ 
troducing the chairman of the meeting, General 
Natt Head, of HooUsctt, President of the 
State Agricultural Society. 
Gon. Head, on taking the chair, made a neat 
speech, and among other things referred to the 
march of improvement going forward In every 
department of business, and the advantages re¬ 
sulting from meetings of t his kind, where farm¬ 
ers from different sections coming together can 
compare their methods of cultivating the soil 1 
and of growing crops, and thus by suggesting 
the means for improvement, lasting benefits are 
conferred. Such occasions, he thought, were 
valuable, also, in a eociul and moral point of 
view, since men from different sections and 
different States are not only inode acquainted 
with each other, hut by an Interchange of ideas 
and attentions due each other as gentlemen and 
citizens, wo acquire more enlarged views, and 
are better qualified to bo usctul to ourselves 
and to society. 
At the close of General IIeap's remarks, Hon. 
John D. Lyman, who had offered it hundred 
dollars in premiums lor best samples ol' corn 
grown in the State, referred to the object of the 
offer and the conditions on which It was made. 
Others followed,giving their experience in grow¬ 
ing corn, from which it appeared that the aver¬ 
age quantity or corn to the acre grown in New 
Hampshire is larger than that grown in most of 
the States, and will compare favorably with the 
yield in our best corn sections. 
In the afternoon (Doc. 88th) Hon. J. Stanton 
Gould of Hudson, N. Y., gave a very interesting 
and exhaustive address on plows and plowing. 
The speaker commenced with the earliest record 
ol the plow, tracing its history by successive 
steps to l he present time, illustrating t he imple¬ 
ments used in different ages by blackboard 
sketches. Tho address was followed by a discus¬ 
sion, in which Gov. BitOwwof Massachusetts and I 
others pari idpated. J u the evening u most val- 1 
uablo and practical uddress on “Varieties and ' 
Culture of tho Potato ” was glveu by J. .T. H. 
GncGoitT of Marblehead. Prof. ObOsby of the ' 
lists. Out Agents In Nebraska City IN’. 8. 
Hakding A Co.) remit $-77.50, saying:—“Trust 
we shall continue to add to your list In this sec¬ 
tion, Wc have now nearly doubled the list of 
last year, although money matters are exceed¬ 
ingly close with our farmers," Some Agents 
write that, they have plenty of names that al¬ 
most every otic likes and wants the Rubai,- but 
money Is so scarce they cannot collect ull at 
once, and hence will report further soon. \Ye 
trust and believe there will be a change for the 
better et c long. 
A subscriber in Miami Co., Kansas, is disgusted 
wiili ihe poor men who cannot afford to take 
the Rural yet spend many times 'ts cost in 
tobacco. He saysThey all want fho paper 
but‘can’t afford it,’and at the surne time ure 
chewing and smoking* at the rate of $15 a year! 
I feel now like letting them live and die in their 
ignorance." No, don't, do that, but “ try again," 
after rite (axes are paid and money is easier. 
We usually have "tight times" at. this season, 
but seed I ime and harvest are sure, and all sen¬ 
sible cultivators in the country, mul families in 
city and village, need the Rural, and wifi liud 
Pennsylvania Poultry Society. —The second 
annual exhibition, held at Philadelphia, Doe. 
3^-25, is spoken of as a decided improvement 
upon that of 1868. Nearly all the prominent 
and popular breeds were fairly represented, ex¬ 
cept Crcvo-Cceurs, or which there was no show, 
and only one exhibitor of La Fleche. Light 
Brahman were the favorites, though dark Brah¬ 
mas are attracting still more attention. Hou- 
dans arc gaining some reputation, as a dozen 
coops were shown. In Buff and Cochin Chinas 
there was a very fine display, with three cages 
of Partridge Cochins, much admired. Game 
fowls were abundant. The show of Hamburg 
Black Spanish, gray, colored and white Dork¬ 
ings, was fair, the latter somewhat mixed. 
Bronze turkeys, geese, Ac-, as usual. As a 
whole, it was a success. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1870 
“ What I Know of Forming” is the title of a 
series of articles just, commenced in the Weekly 
Tribune, by its eminent Editor, Horace Gree¬ 
ley— eminent not only as a politician, political 
economist and philosopher, hut for his notions 
and experiments as a cultivator of the soil. Mr. 
Greeley proposes to tell of both his failures 
and successes, and if he does this faithfully his 
essays will provcinstruetlve tobothamuteuraud 
professional farmers. 
SHALL WE GO SOUTH?” 
SO asks a correspondent, who adds:—"You 
have not told us whether you would advise a 
Northern man to go South. I have looked with 
interbst for a continuance of your Son (hern 
Editorial Railway notes." The pressure upon 
our columns, and of other labor, has prevented 
us writing of much of which we had designed 
to speak. Ol course during our hurried trip 
South we had opportunity for only compara¬ 
tively superficial observation. But our Oppor¬ 
tunities for acquiring imformution were im¬ 
proved with a view to answering the question at 
the bead of this article. 
We would not removal our family io any lo¬ 
cality where the fact that Ua members came 
from the North would result in social ostracism; 
nor would we rear a family where the holding 
or expressing of any political or religions opin¬ 
ion, or the belonging to a certain sect or party, 
would affect our social relations: nor where the 
flag of our common country 1*bated, scoffed at. 
and where men refuse to recognize Its authority 
except so far us that authority 1 b backed up by 
force: nor would wo remove our family from a 
locality where there is a good, liberal system of 
education established to one where there Is none. 
Therefore we do not advise Northern men 
with families to migrate to the localities In the i 
South where these objectionable conditions 
exist. That they do exist in a great many lo- 
CfUHiCS wc have abundant evidence—evidence , 
which would deter us from migrating thereto J 
hud wc such Intention 
Agricultural Lecture*. 
A course of lectures, 
under the auspices of the Illinois Industrial 
University, is to he held at Centralin, III., Jan¬ 
uary 31th, 25th, 36th and 37th, 1870. The fol¬ 
lowing gentlemen have kindly consented lo aid 
as iu opening the discussions upon the subjects 
named: 
Monday, January 21. Evening, 7 o’clock, Introduc¬ 
tory Address, Rural A dorm),wit, Dr. ,1. \j. <Jregorv 
Tuesday. January r.V Morning !t o'clock, Avrienl- 
turul I'liemUliy,Prof. A.P, 8.SUnvurL of tiie Indus¬ 
trial Unlversltr. Afternoon. 2 o'clock. Soil- of 
Hmitliorn Illinois. Li e. Fm-tunn, r I tin* State Geo¬ 
logical Survey. Evening,7 o'clock. Insects injurious 
to Fruit., C. \ . Itllcy, Stain Eli trunnion 1st of Missouri. 
Wednesday..lanuary »i. Morning, 9o'clock, Aurl- 
cuUural IlnLli-kenpIxig, Prof. Geo. Snyder, of the 
Industrial University. A J lernoen, 2 oVIoel:. Supply 
and Demand of Fruits, Mr J. S. Taylor, on • ultra I lit 
Evening, 7 o’clock, Pear Culture, a. M. Brown, of 
villa nidge. 
Thursday, January 2fi. Morning, 9 o'clock, Drnta- 
ngo, Prof. S. W. Sliattnok. of tlio industrial Univer¬ 
sity. Afternoon, 2 o'clock, Dairying, C. \V. Murt- 
felilt, of tho Rural World. Evening, 1 o’clock. 
Pruning, Dr, E, 8. Bull. Statu Horticult urist. 
A hi mi lav course wllJ lie held at Rockford Feb¬ 
ruary 7th, gth, yi.h ami 10th, embracing the fol¬ 
lowing topics: 
Monday. February 7.- Evening, 7o’cloeli, Introduc¬ 
tory, Dr. J. M. Gregory. Jinn. Anson S. Miller. 
1 uesd.iy. February A-Morning. Soils of Northern 
Illinois. J. stmw, Mt, Utirroll of llie State Geological 
Survey. Afterpoon, Aralcu Rural Clioipistry, Prof 
A. V. S. Stewart, of the 1 iidustilaj Uolveislty.* Even¬ 
ing, Timber Planting, Samuel Edwards Ini Motile, 
Bureau county. 
Wednesday. February 9.~Morning, Manures, Judge 
L. W. Lawrence, Uclvlrtere, Boone county, After¬ 
noon, Dairying. Bvlvanus Wilcox, Elgin, Evening, 
Rural Economy, Hon. Elmer Baldwin 8 ’ 
Thursday. Fobruney 10.-Morning, Drainage, Prof. 
8.V. SI,.,.fuck, of UUlversItyT After¬ 
noon, Sheep Pulsing, Gris ham Lee, of the Illinois 
Mate Agricultural Society. Evening, The Feuoe 
Gotten Seed Meal.—D. W. Garbt, 470 Pennsyl¬ 
vania avenue, Washington, D. C., asks us to gi ve 
Lini 1 he address of some firm of whom ha can 
obtain a few bushels of cotton seed meal. We 
can not. Let any one who can furnish it address 
Mr. Garst. 
Norfolk, Vo.—Is Norfolk, Va„ healthful, and 
on how little capital can ono start in fruit cul¬ 
ture there?—H. E. Tuqker, Vineland , N. J, 
THE SEASON, 
[Tot detail* 
- .. - -.. . “* jepwde Scftym *mt Crop* are now of minor import¬ 
ance. Bot It l« of importance to formers lo know tlio prices paid for 
form produce all over tbe Rp**L Parish. Give us briefly, then this 
w-inler, ouch Items renoerntng the seesop and tamMMtW* I* umv be 
® r j;w r “b cspjelully the price. r *M for «)l kinds of mrm too- 
due*, and such facts bm to the Mock on hand as mnv In rellnolo. 
•“dMi KI/BAL, | 
Ln mart I nr, Clarion Co., p a ., Jon, 1. _ \y c 
have reinarkabio wcatlier for this season of tho 
year. Farmers are plowing, grain is plenty and 
cheap. Wheat $l.»6; oats, 45c.; corn in the cut, 
50c.—D. M. D. 
Dalln*, Polk Co., Oregon, Dec. 12.— Weather 
warm and pleasant, but, of course, rainy; grass 
growing fine. We have not had a good frost 
yet. We have had only one flood since I came 
to the country, in 1855,—w. p. 
Champaign, Gliiuupnigu Co., 111 ., Dec. 31 .— 
The weather has been fine ol’ late, and I think 
we shall be all right within the next thirty days, 
us tiie farmers are busy getting corn to market! 
— M. L. Dunlap, 
fetorkey, A. V., Dec. 25.-Weather warm and 
pleasant. Wheat Is now selling nt $1.10 for best 
-s; barley, 80c.; buckwheat, 
corn, 80c.; potatoes, 40S45c.; 
Rockingham, N ll„ _Ag. Soe.—Officers for 1870: 
Pnsktent - Daniel Fowll, Kingston. I ice- 
PtesidfMts B. F. Haley, Now Market t W. N. 
Dovy, Epplng; G, XV. hem burn, East Kingston; 
iiJoi J p7 iU ,"‘’ A ), orni Ram'ln. Secretary A. J. 
Hoyt, Exeter. Tctaturcr— Jacob Carlisle, Exe- 
ter. Directors— Charles E. Kmlth. South New 
Market; John S. Bennett, New Market; J. F 
Lawrence. Kjimug; ii. V. Wingate, Strut bam, 
L/.ru Currier, Fremont: Gideon Webster. Kings¬ 
ton ; Harrison Rowe, Kensington. 
nEK« 0,,n . rga ; V 1 -’. a meeting, 
Die. 13, adopted the following preamble and 
resolnuou, which we are requested to publish : 
That there arc localities 
where some, and perhaps ail, of these objections 
do not obtain, wo are bound to believe-. 
If o Northern man with a family Is going South 
he should seek a locality where there arc North¬ 
ern families; or he should go with a colony of 
sufficient numbers to secure society, schools, 
and united moral Strength enough to enable the 
members thereof to feel secure In their respec¬ 
tive rights ns citizens. We are sorry that it is 
^necessary to give such advice to any American 
citizen concerning settlement, ln any locality in 
the United States; but we doom it. necessary, 
A young, mimarried man who has a little cap¬ 
ital, a thorough practical education, a will to 
work and mother wit and intelligence enough to 
distinguish a friend from a foe, cannot find, in 
onr opinion, such opportunities fordoing him¬ 
self and his country service In a peaceful and 
proper way, anywhere In the West as he may 
find ln almost any Southern State. 
The South neods no more ** professional ” men. 
rt needs thorough-going, wide-awake,inteiligcut 
young agriculturist*, mechanics and urtisaus— 
young men who go there to identify themselves 
with the new and hopeful industrial history 
which the South is inaugurating. Working men, 
pot politicians,lire wanted Soulh. She is and 
Reciprocity with Canada 
Our Canadian con¬ 
tributor asks us If It is safe to say anything on 
this eubjnet tn our cc&mns. Certainly. We 
believe iff Free Speech, but not in Free Trade 
praoticuiiy, although we do theoretically. We 
shall makeuo complaint if the Canadian Gov¬ 
ernment does its utmost to conserve tiie best in¬ 
terests of the Dominion. Such Is its duty, no 
matter how it may affect onr interests. 11 Can¬ 
ada is a better place to live in than the United 
States, and her people are more prosperous, our 
people will emigrate thither as Canadians are 
now setthugon our prairies. If we were a Ca¬ 
nadian we should buy the best salt even if it 
happened to be domestic. At this writing we do 
not clearly understand how it is that. Onondaga 
sail, with the burthen of lax upon Its maiml'ac- 
turo, and the greater cost of labor and living 
here, can undersell the Canadian article in the 
Dominion markets—unless, as wc have some 
idea, there is a heavy drawback io favor of out¬ 
sail when exported. No, no! Wc ure not going 
to whimper for a moment if our brethren across 
the line throw back at us tiie pebbles wo have 
first thrown at them. 
H. 1-uritiera Conveutlou.—Officers;— Pies.— 
Gen. Natt Head, Hooksett. Cicc-Pree'ts— War¬ 
ren Brown, Hampton Falls; Samuel C. Fisher, 
Dover; D. M. Clough, Canterbury; p. m. Kos- 
siter, Milford; feamuelCrafts,Lebanon; Gilman 
nV GranibttUl; c. S. George, Barnsteud: 
1. b. Hatch. Keenn; J. Q.Roles, Ossipee; Wayne 
Cobieigh, Northumberland. Sfc’s —James O. 
Adams, Majicbesit-r; Aaron Young,Portsmouth; 
red, and $1.25 white 
70o,; oats, 40c.; 
bay, $S per ton.— M. l. j. 
South Trenton, Oneida Go.,.\. V.-StORILs Bar- 
rows writes us that during the three hundred 
and sixty-five days ol‘ 1809, thorn Inis been lit un¬ 
der seventeen days; lightning fourteen days; 
rain ninety-six days; snow l'orty-eighr days. 
Five and seventeen one-himdredths leet of rain 
and melted snow have fallen, and nine and ten 
one-hundredths feet of snow. 
AVci Canaan, O., Dee. 30,-The weather has 
been very mild so far this fall and winter. Wo 
have a good deal of warm South wind. Snow 
melts as soon as it falls. When farmers got to 
gathering their corn they found it yielded bet¬ 
ter than they expected, considering the season. 
Farmers have not disposed of many fat hogs vet 
—waiting tor big prices. Money scarco; taxes 
high ; patched clothes 1'ushionable.— .\r. h. jr. 
Gaines, >lieh„ Jan. I,-We have hud winter 
since Oct. 18 ; considerable snow in October and 
November. Ground notv bare and frozen hard. 
Summer was cool and wet. Wheat, a fair crop. 
Oats, above an average. Corn, about half of a 
crop. Much corn out in the fields unhusked. 
Some potatoes lo be dug. Wheat is from 85 to 
97c.; oats, 45c.; barley, $1.40 for luu lbs.; corn, 
50c. for new unshelled; I [ay, $10 to $13 per ton 
—A. B. C. 
Windsor, Windsor Co., Vt., Dee. 27. —Winter 
open mid mild; no snow to speak of; traveling 
exceedingly disagreeable, Crops, with the excep¬ 
tion of corn, were good; oat* unusually heavy, 
worth 85c. per bush,; barley good, worth $1.15; 
corn. $1.35; potatoes, 65c.; buckwheat, $1; hay, 
$15 per ton: tipples n fair crop, worth $4 per 
bid.; rye, $1.30 per bush.; wool, 37,’s'@-40c. per lb. 
and dull; wool growers desponden t . Cattle dull 
and prices falling for all grades; good new milch 
cows. $40; farrow cows, $25@35 .—e. r. g. 
Vmberat, llump*hire Go., .Mass., Drc. 28.— 
Very warm to-day, with considerable rain; but 
Jin to frost in the ground. Fattening cattle, 
which was a ruinous business last year, promises 
to be verv remunerative the coining season. 
Cattle for the stall can now be bouirlit for from 
instance. Solon Robinson hit the nail on the 
head when, after listening to the profuse and Michigan State 
graceful apologies of a courtly member of the big.—There Ims 
Executive Committee of (he Society, for the hall for tho ooco 
confusion prevailing on the fair grounds and 'L’lie building is 
tho lack of system in tho management of tlio Mansard roof, a 
fair, he etraightoned himself up, and looking above ibe grade, 
from underneath his broad-brimmed, white felt 
hat straight into the eyes of the Southerner ho 
said: 
“ Shall I tell you what is the matter with your 
people, sir?” 
“ Certainly, if you please, 
t he South. 
“Well, sir,” replied Solon, “you talk too 
much, sir; you talk, too much and you don't 
Du anythingj” 
There are notable nnd worthy exceptions to 
this rule. Had we space wo should like to same 
some of them. These exceptions are the men 
who do or will exert, the greatest influence in 
their respective localities. And there are plenty 
of worthy Sout herners who desire to learn the 
skill and acquire the thrift which necessity has 
inbred into Northern men. Ono citizen of 
Western New Fork told us at Macon that he 
had been offered all the laud he wanted, by a 
large Georgia land-holder and cotton planter, if 
he would settle on it and teach him agriculture. 
There are many similar instances. There are 
very many noble Southern men who desire a re¬ 
turn of fraternal feeling and co-operation be¬ 
tween the people of llie North and South; and 
there is also a class of nten»—men of proniinouec 
and influence—of which those of the officers of 
the Georgia Agricultural Society who objected 
t- , raising the National flag on the fair grounds 
Thanksgiving day, are a type. No flag of our 
country was seen on the Georgia State Fair 
grounds during the exhibition; and we heard 
the fact repeatedly applauded by those who 
visited it. 
Wc mention these facts us straws—as Indices 
of public sentiment.. Wo do not do it to up¬ 
braid anybody. Me do not lorget that strong 
and unjust prejudices often outlive a genera¬ 
tion ; and that these prejudices may be honestly 
entertained. Cut we do it because it is our flora 
H. Mao- Ag. Soc.—Officers for 1870; Pres.— 
Natt. Head, Jlooksett. gee.-Aaron Young, 
porn-muutti. JYea*. -George. W. Kiddie, Mau- 
eItesle r. Direehn a— \Vurreu F, DmtieJi, Franklin; 
James V . Cogswell, Giltuanton ; Robert El well 
Laugdon; Stephen S. Chick, Great Falls; Peter 
" ■ Jones, Amherst; Uiarles H. Hates, Ports- 
ttmuth; Afina 1‘. Baleh, Hanover; John Lind¬ 
sey, Lancaster. _ ’ 
.Worth III. IfortHoe.—The annual meeting of 
this Society is to be held at Dixon, Lee Co. Jan. 
ai *J A cordial invitation is extended to 
all interested to be present. The exercises are 
to consist ol an address of welcome from tiie 
President, reports of Standing Gout mi tlecs, re¬ 
vision oi different lrnit lisle, together with es¬ 
says and discussions upon practical subjects. 
replied the man of 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE 
of Dec. 15,1889. in answer to a correspondent, says: 
“ OJ Washers there is nothing io bt compared with 
Tinim'x.” 
stL-piu-iiNon Go. III., As. Soc.— Officers foi 
1870 Wm. F. Marshall, Silver <>eek 
' s—Frederick Baker, Silver C'rcek - Bis 
stl P. Belknap, Oneeo; Jacob Krolm, Freeport 
Jicos. Robert Little, Freeport. .Sec._R y 
Ankeny, Freeport, Cor. Sec.— S. D. Atkins, Free. 
The New Vorli Commercial Advertiser, the 
oldest daily in tho Metropolis, celebrated tho 
new year by inaugurating some changes which 
must.accelerate its popularity and prosperity. 
Its price is reduced from live to three Cents, yet, 
its dimensions are nearly the same as or ynro, 
while its contents we ns varied, mealy and in¬ 
teresting ns ever. With Hugh Hastings as 
chief, C. P. Dewey ns managing editor, nnd 
other uble and experienced Journalists on its 
staff, the reconstructed nnd rejuvenated Com¬ 
mercial must go on prospering and to prosper. 
And so mote it be. 
warii of tuib Volume wij] bo sup- 
plied to all new subscribers, or renewals, for sotno 
weeks to come, unless we are otherwise ordered, so 
t hat nil may have tiie complete volume for reference 
and binding, lienee those who have delayed to send 
early on account ol the temporcry scarcity of 
money in their respective localities, or for other 
causes— cun still be supplied. Anticipating u large 
increase of circulation—which ts being realized-we 
have thus far printed a heavy extra edition, and can 
therefore promptly respond to all orders until it, is 
exhausted. Agents and intending subscribers wilt 
tniuiMon, .viass. Parmer*' Gltib.—Offic i s for 
1870: Pres.- J. A. Harwood, I7re A-f'J- 
Gtudm-r Prouty, Levi Coom.t, Henry T. Taylor. 
m FiaS* A - TuttIe - Lib -~ 
°V’Y H aud Ag *oe.—Officers for 
ta'U.— Pies— J D. Emery. Viee-Prw.— M. D 
Palmer. Rec. SrC.-S R. Buckingham. Cor. See. 
Picas.—li. J, Emery. Lib.— 
The Rural as a Present.-Many jieople are 
sending the Rural as a present to relatives ap4 
friends, about those days, and we not unfre- 
qnently receive pleasant, epistles from recipients 
or donors. For example, a Womanly Wife in 
Giles Co., Tenn., (Mrs. Mattle F. Rogers,) ac¬ 
knowledges the receipt of a package of back 
numbers of the Rural in this wise:—“They 
were the first we had seen, and I must say the 
SMiow Hills, Specimen Nil in hers, etc., sent 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and thoy will be forwarded. 
For other Business Notices see "Publisher’s 
'esk,” on page 53. 
But we do it because it is our duty 
