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TnAr.BERG has retired with a fortune of half a 
million. 
The King-of Wurtemberg is called a “brew¬ 
ery on foot.” 
Horace Greeley took the teetotal pledge in 
1824, and has never broken it. 
Mrs. Caroline Neil is now judge of a court 
of oyer and terminer in Wyoming. 
Hans Christian Andersen is lame in one 
arm, deaf, and in danger of becoming blind. 
Senator Revels suys he was once excluded 
from the Senate gallery on account of color. 
Hugh McDowell of Bergen, Genesee Co., 
N. Y., has been missing for nearly four months. 
Foul play Is suspected. 
Mr. Burlingame, while at St. Petersburg, was 
the only ambassador who was allowed the privi¬ 
lege of displaying his country’s flag. 
The Duchess of Sutherland now holds the 
place so long held by the previous duchess, of 
mistress of the robes to Queen Victoria. 
Mlle. Nilrson is even better looking off the 
stage than she is on it. She is very lair, with 
soft, quiet, grayish blue eyes, and very attrac¬ 
tive in her ways and manner. 
De Beiuot, the famous violinist, is dead. His 
first public appearance was made in company 
with the great Paganini. He was a Belgian, a 
native of Louvain, and at the time of his death 
in his sixty-ninth year. 
Edward J. Kuntz, the sculptor, died recently 
in New York City, in his forty-fourth year. His 1 
“Puck on Ills Wat- Horse,” “Puck on the War 
Bath," and a life size “Statue ol Psyche," me 
among Ids best known works. 
Prjnck Alfred, while In India recently, was 
presented with a shawl, by the Maharajah of 
Cashmere, on which three hundred weavers hud 
POPULAR MUSIC AT POPULAR 
x PRICES. 
FAMILY FAVORITE. 
Not complicated in construction. 
Easy to regulate and keep in order. 
Simple to learn and operate. 
Making a Lock-Stitch which will not unravel. 
Doing the greatest variety of work with the fewest 
changes in Its mechanism. 
Each Number Contains from 18 to 24 Pieces 
of Choice New Music. 
No. t contains !8 Vocal and Instrumental Pieces. 
No. 2 contains SBl Choice New Songs and Quartettes 
No. IS contains 21 Popular New Comte Hongs. 
No. 1 contain* 23 Beautiful Song* and Quintette*. 
No. 5 contains 1* Instrumental Pieces for Piano. 
No. 8 contains30 Beautiful Hucred Quartette*. 
No. 7 contains IS) Popular Hongs and Piano Pieces. 
No. 8 contains 19 Comte and Sentimental Hongs. 
Each number contains is pages, sheet-music .size 
neatly bound. Price oulySO cent*. Copies mulled to 
any address on receipt of price. Catalogue u( con¬ 
tent* >ent free, Other number* will rapidly follow 
Address all orders to 
S. BKAINARD A SONS, Cleveland, O. 
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, 
THE MOST DESIRABLE, 
THE MOST POPULAR 
S3Sf Agencies existing, or wanted, everywhere. 
Alanufactory uiul Managing Oitlce, 
IIARTPOK l», CONN. 
Pet" ri~ Sec Breroium List on page 138, rural of 
^ANUfactureo BY ADRMNCE,PL/tfT2 ^0 
STYLES, SIZES & PRICES TO SUIT ALL FARMERS 
Descriptive Circulars Forwarded by Mull. 
p II R OAIOS OF A YRA ULT FAT 
V > STEERS.—The first edition of these Splendid 
Chronius. i noticed in Rural New-Yorker ol Kch. 
19.) having been sold.a second edition of 2VI has been 
ordered and will he ready for delivery the coming 
week ; and, owing to the general depression 111 prices 
of all other products,as well a* to obviate the neces¬ 
sity of employing agents all over the country. I have 
reduced the price to $10 each, without further vuri- 
atton. All orders addressed to GIfiO. A YRA ULT, at 
Poughkeepsie, will he filled lit that price, and safe 
delivery guaranteed. 
This ehrorno Is admitted to be decidedly the 
Best Cattle Picture in this Country, 
being a very accurate copy of the original painting 
valued at $500 —ho near that the oh room Is often taken 
for the painting. A* Mr. Lalor, the purchaser of 
these cattle, expended #2,(100 to prepare and stuff 
their skin* to present to the Central Park Commis¬ 
sioner*. we name the picture 
TIIK CENTRAL PARK CATTLE. 
A churl of weights, live and net. manner of rais¬ 
ing and feeding, yearly gain, Ac., accompanies each 
Chrotno. Size of Chromo. 17x2c. Addrcs* 
GEO. AYKAUI.T, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
HE BLANCH A It I) < II I UN 
is in every respect the heal ever offered fpr sale. 
If IS SIMPLE., CHEAP. 
DflRAItl.E. It Churns, 
Works nnd Salts wilh- 
oin change of Dustier, 
or touching the hands 
tn the Mutter. Five 
silt's made. OvertiO,- 
OOOnoir In actiinl use. 
Solti by all Dealers in 
really first-,'lass Agri¬ 
cultural Implements, 
l-'i a- circulars. relating 
to clmrn-. terms, Ac., 
semi stamp to the Hole 
Manufacturer*, POR¬ 
TER BLANCHARD'S 
HONS. Concord, N. II., 
or to their Wholesale 
., P. O. Box iff 6, New 
FARMER S BARN BOOK.-By Clater, Ynnntt, Skin¬ 
ner and Mill*. A Treatise on llie Diseases arid 
Treatment of Oxen, Sheep. Swine, Neat Cattle, 
Horse*.Ac. l2mo. £1.50. 
M A SON’S FA KlUKU A ND STUD-BOOK. New edl* 
tion. 12tcio. *1,50. 
COMPLETE COOK AN D CONFECTIONER. 12mo., 
cloth. H1,23, 
SLOAN. THE ARCHITECl’URAI. REVIEW AND 
AMERICAN Rill.DICK'S JOURNAL. An Illus¬ 
trated Monthly. By Samuel Sloan. Architect. Per 
annum, wi; single mimher. Ml cents, Back num¬ 
ber* furnished oil receipt of price, Vol. I. now 
ready; doth, gilt, 87.50. 
RIDDELL. -THE CA ItPENTBR AND JOINER, 
AND ELI.MEM'S OK HAND RAILING, witli 
.« iihites, by itobert Riddell. "The Carpenter 
and Joiner. ' IG plates. •* Element* of Hand Rall- 
lng, 1 1 plates. One folio volume, cloth. Second 
edition. 87. 
ARTISTS* AND TRADESMAN'S COMPANION. 
12 rn o. 81 , 
BLISS’ COOK BOOK. 12mo., cloth. «1 .‘25. 
.5^* v’-fif hr mail, pre-paid, on rccel|)t of price, by 
the Publishers. 
.GET THE BEST 
(See Page* 51 and 52 of our Large Catalogue.) 
Lawn Mowers at Greatly Reduced Prices. 
The cut ahows our new cheap machines for 1870. 
No. 1, $25; No. 3. Light, $.15. 
Our larger Standard Machines, for hand and for 
pony or horse-power, range in price from $05 to $3i(j. 
A handsome Circular, with full description, and 
cuts of the various rir.es, prices, etc., will be sent to 
alt applicant* on receipt Of stump. Address 
VIRSERY AT GRNRVA, N. Y., FOR 
HA I.B.-HAKK CHANCE !-25 aorw of Uie best, 
land In the vicinity, tally planted with ciioiccst Fruit 
Trees. Grapes, Ac., Ac., maturing 187071. Houses, 
Stable*. Horses VVugoiis,Tools, Ac., complete. Part¬ 
ner retiring. Business can lie managed independ¬ 
ently, or advantageous terms for partnership with 
experienced parties of first respectability. A rare 
chance fora fortune in a few years. Address Lock 
Box M| Geneva, N. V. 
''HE CLIPPER MOWERS AND REAPERS 
\[EW and VALUABLE PAMPHLET 
^ ONI.V TWidvrv.it'rvir f'li'vtpQ 
Samples can be seen at 189 and 191 Water St. 
Where can also be inspected the larjcgf and most 
compute assortment nf Implements, Machines and 
Small Tool*, Seeds and Fertilizer* needed on a Farm 
or Plantation, or in a Garden, Nursery or Orchard. 
Visitors will always be welcome, and every atten¬ 
tion shown them in our power, whether they pur- 
eha*e or not. K. ll. A. A Co. 
1 T ONLY TWENTY-FIVIC CENTS. 
I have made a compilation with a full and accurate 
explanation of such portion of the 
HOMESTEAD LAWS, 
as will Instruct, any person howto procure 100 acres 
ot rich farming land tor nothing six months before 
leaving home, on U»c free land* of the West. Also, 
an article on the 
NEW WEST, 
or that portion of country lying west of the Missis¬ 
sippi, and Northwest, giving an accurate account of 
its aroa, population, property valuation, manufac¬ 
turers, buoks theeslimulcil vleldol precious metals 
... 
p< r acre, mi mb. i of litres under cultivation, value of 
exports, table oi distances.etc.,eb .giving just such 
Information with reference to the New West as no 
man in this country ran afford to bo without. Will 
be »eut on receipt of 25 cents. Address 
JOHN T. Hi,IBB, 
Attorney at Law, Box 6789, Chicago, III, 
n o W T O «i K T P A T E NTS 
Is fully explained In a Pamphlet of 108 pages, 
list issued by MCN.N & CO., 37 Park Row, New 
fork. SENT FREE. 
Ml’NN A CO., Editors of the Solantiflc 
American, the best mocha ideal paper 
. in l *“‘ world, (25 VQftra Experience,) 
PATENTS.—have taken More Patents, and exam¬ 
ined MURK Inventions, than any other 
agency. Bend sketch and description 
for prices. NO CHARGE. 
FARM & CARDEN 
Implements 
The great, field trial* at Pedaliu. Mo., and at Xenia, 
Ohio, In the summer of lf*8i, where the Clipper met 
some forty competitor*, Including all tic loading 
machines built, and waa a warded the First Premiums 
and Gold Medal—prove* that the proprietors have 
been able to sustain, in the fie hi, their Claims of super i- 
oHtu for rite Clipper Machine over all others. 
1W EXTRAORDINARY LIGT1TNEHH of draft 
tuk*i* une-tbird ut the labor off the team. The ad- 
jus lability ot the finger-bur to cut high or low, with¬ 
out stopping the team, Is worth $25 on any ma¬ 
chine, li is tlto only Mowuu that tor* the true cen¬ 
ter draught, In accordance with correct mechanical 
principles, in short, ll is the lightest, the most dura¬ 
ble, the least complicated, llie most per 1 1 !C I ly con¬ 
structed, the most symmetrical in design ot any 
implement of Iter las*. Farmers, the clipper I* the 
Horses’ Friend, amt y< u runout afford to ignore 
their welfare. Bond for pamphlet, investigate, see 
or write to some one « ho lias used the Clipper, See 
the machine yourself before you btiv any oilier. 
THE t UPPER MOWER A REAPER CO., 
P. O. Box 11173. 151 Chambers St., New York. 
ATISIf WITZ’S PULVERIZING MAR¬ 
LA ROW.- Indispensable to every thrifty Farmer and 
Planter. Price, with seat, $30. Warranted to please 
or money refunded, 
CULTIVATOR AM) HIM.. 
Iirih. ,, xrrut lubor-BHYliJK implement* 
W ill do the work of CnlMvutor and Plow in one one- 
ration. I Vice. com pi etc, $10. 
CAST-1 RON ROLLERS For the Lawn, Gar¬ 
den and I* told. Prices f rum *8 to $80. 
COPPER STRIP PEED CUTTER. — The 
cheapest and best in t<*r. Warranted to please or the 
money rrfunded. 
I ARE VIEW STOCK FAKIR.—Will 
1 J Im found at HIV Mutile*. In make the wea'im of 
18i0, several high-bred Htulllons. including the noted 
Slulliun HENECA t'll IKK, by Itysdvk's Hnmbleto. 
nian. dam a Itollfniimlor marc. Will serve mares at 
$5(1 to inMira; #hi down at. service. 
CAYUGA STAB by Rysdyk’* tlambletonlan, dam 
by ttbi American Star will make the season.it Pat. 
Burns’Stable*, Penn Van, Yates Co.,N. V., at $60 t• > 
Insure; $10 down at service. At the same place will 
be found a»oii of "id American htnr.ur. $2(1 to insure. 
Season to commence Muy 1st . 
ISAIAH H tea VERSON. Agent. 
For full Circular*, address IRA It. COLEMAN, 
Sheldrake P. O., Seneca Co.. N. V. 
NEWS AND NOVELTIES 
TYrOTH K TO FLOUR AND CJUIST MILL 
IN OWNERS. Wanted, by an experienced miller, 
a mill to rent or work on shares, no matter if out ol 
repair. The object ix to buy if, after running the 
mill awhile, the location is found suitable and water 
power permanent. Address K. !•:. M., 
Box 23, Wnterdown P. O., Cumwla West. 
It is computed that the blood of a full grown 
man will weigh t wenty pounds. 
Family clubs, where gentlemen go wit h their 
wives and daughters, are getting popular in 
Paris. 
The horns of a deer has been found imbedded 
in (lie solid wood of a largo poplar tree, near 
Bridgeton, l’:u k county, Iml. 
House cars are to bo introduced into China. 
An enterprising Prussian liaa obtained the privi¬ 
lege of laying down tram-ways in all the cities 
of the Empire. 
It is said that farmers in Minnesota can now 
make more money in raising heels at. $3 per ton 
for sugar making than they can in raising wheat 
or any other kind of grain. 
Co-operation has so raised the condition of 
the laborers in Birmingham, England, that they 
have built and now own 80,000 more cottages 
than they otherwise would. 
Half a million watches have been made by 
tho American Watch Company, at Waltham, 
Mass. No. 500,000 was tlnished a few weeks since; 
it was made for Howard & Co., of New York, 
who have it on exhibition. 
J. N. Grant of Brookline, Me., has a lost year’s 
lamb whose head is put on exactly upside down. 
It can turn it about half way round. When it 
feeds it travels backwards. It appears in perfect 
health, and has a line fleece of wool. 
The woods around Pittsburg for a few days 
past have swarmed with millions of passenger 
pigeons, calling to mind the Hooka of thirty 
years ago, that used to darken the sun in their 
bight, and break down the trees when at roost. 
Before the ink of the Fifteenth Amendment 
Proclamation was ury, Gen. Grant received a 
, Pure Ground Bone, $37 per ton. Bone Meal, $55 per 
t<*n. Coe * Superphosphate. $50 tier ton. Peruvian 
Guano, #85 per ton. Ground Planer, $ 1.60 per bid. 
r t*n Guano, $3o per ton. Delivered on board car or 
boat free of cartage. All of above we guaranty. 
irMini W £I >t n m Agricultural Implement*, Hee<1» or 
Jertilixers will du well to rail or send f.,r our Price 
Lists and Circular* before purchasing nmewlicrc. 
J. It. DECATUR & C0„ 
1ST Water St.. N. Y„ opposite U. 8. Hotel. 
ft E n A N I II M Hi J HE It A N 1 V HI S ! 
Raise your own Geranium*. Grow readily from 
*eed. Flower first, year, If sown early. Extra seed 
I rum cholcost varieties, mailed free, for 2,6 cents a 
packet, 6 packets $1. Address orders to 11. H. PECK 
\ CO.. Melrose, Mums., P. 0. Box 5. 
A MANUAL OF 
With full directions for 
Preparing llie Ground, 
Solving, Uiillivaling ami 
Hai vesting the Crop, 
As also the 
Preparation for Market and Manufacture. 
CTUMPS AND BOULDERS—A RE A NUI- 
IA sance on any farm. 
Pioneer Stump Puller and Rock Lifter 
is what you want to raise them. Send for Circular. 
O. A. CHURCH. 
New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Do you want a reliable Journal from the South? 
Tho oldest, best known and ablest is the 
MOBILE WEEKLY REGISTER 
ROSTER’S PLASTER, GRAIN AND 
A GRABS SEED SOWER, with or without Har¬ 
row attachment. Greatly improved for 1870. Send 
for full Descriptive Circular to 
OSBORNE, FOSTER & CO., Palmyra, N. Y. 
Published over half a century. Hon. JonN 
FORSYTH i* the editor. 
It lias an able Agricultural Department; Hon. C. 
C. LANGUOR, editor. 
Every Farmer and Moclminc wants to know all 
about the South, now offering so many attractions. 
Subscribe for tin* 
MOBILE WEEKLY REGISTER. 
Only $3 per year: $1 for four months. Try It four 
months. Send #1. Clubs—F our copies, one year, 
#10. The REGISTER Is llie largest paper In tho 
South. Its circulation is double that of any other 
Southern paper. Specimen copy free. 
83f“ The REGISTER is the best advertising me¬ 
dium in the entire South. Address 
W. D MANN, 
Prop. Register, Mobile, Ala. 
Also, an Essay on 
HEMP AND FLAX 
in the West, Modes of Culture, Preparation for Mar. 
ket, &c. With Botanical descriptions ani» jj, 
LUSTRATIONS. Price 25 cents. Address 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
41 Park Row, New York. 
n OLBKOOKtS SWIVEL FLOW’S. 
'Those Plows leave no “dead furrows’' nor 
‘'ridges;” turn the furrow-slices fist on level land; 
lay t he fields dow n level and smooth fur trie mowing 
machines, buy tedder, etc.; work equally well on 
sldehill; save considerable time; oquuiise the work 
ol team; by their peculiar convex form pulverize 
very thoroughly, and will not clog. Eight sizes, from 
a Garden Plow for one horse to a Breaking-up Plow 
for four or six rattlo. 
They ure proving very satisfactory to all. 
Manufactured uni sold by 
. K HOLBROOK & CO., Boston, Mass. 
Sir {fend Stamp for Circular. 
P SYC'IIOMANt’Y, KiiNrinniion, or Science of 
the Soul, ns applied to the purposes of life, 100 DP.. 
cloth. By HERBERT HAMILTON, B. A. A curi¬ 
ous book for inquisitive people. It contains com¬ 
plete instructions to ncqiiire this wonderful power 
overmen or animals. Gan be obtained by sending 10 
cents tor postage and address to T. W. EVAN8 & 
CO., 41 South Eighth street, Philadelphia, Pu. 
Implements, XUndjincrt), 
ItD COKN.-Wnrrnnt- 
msliel; #1 per peck; or one 
*. Also, 100,(DO Nimsemond 
icr 1,0(1(1. Address 
'ON, Holden, Long Island. 
r rms MACHINE HAS ]?IET WITH 
JL the most complete success. In every section 
where It has been Introduced, it has taken prece¬ 
dence over those machines which have heretofore 
ranked a* tlrst-class. It is a perfect Self-llukcr and 
a superior Mower. 
Send for Circulars giving full description. 
At the triul of Mowing Machines, on the grounds 
Of the Agricultural College, at Amherst, June. 22 5, 
IXfti, these Dll Stones were used on all the Machines 
entered, and were pronounced, by all who used thorn, 
superior to anything in use for sharpening cutters in 
the field. 
VVe select two from (lie very many testimonials re¬ 
ceived from parties well known to the public lu con¬ 
nection with the Mowing Machine business : 
PltOVU'KNCK, K. I., June 29, IStSI. 
Northampton Emery Whrki. Co.-Wmf#: Hav¬ 
ing thoroughly tried the Mowing Machine Oil Stone, 
manufactured by you, I have no hesitation in recom¬ 
mending them n* superior to anything I have seen 
for sharpening Knives in the field. I should hardly 
feel safe, at it trial of Mowers, if I did not have one 
of your Oil Stones with me. Yours truly, 
O. A. HI l.LMAN, with the American Mower Co. 
Office of Nishwitz Mowr.it and Reaper) 
Works, Wilmamshcroh, n. v., June 29, istiu. ( 
Northampton Emery Wheel Co.-fJrhf*: Hav¬ 
ing thoroughly tested the Oil Stones manufactured 
by your Company, I cheerfully recommend them as 
superior to anything 1 have ever used for sharpen¬ 
ing Mowing Machine Cutters. 
Yours respectfully, F. NISHVVITZ. 
Price of single stone. $1. A liberal discount to the 
trade. 
NORTHAMPTON EMERY WHEEL CO., 
Leeds, Mass. 
J.I choice varieties mixed, postage free, for $1.50. 
Extra quality of Gladiolus seed, twenty cents per 
packet, by mail. Address JL 8. PECK k CO., 
P. O. Jlox 5. Melrose, Muss. 
(b | liD TO S250 t’er Month Ouaruntnd, Sure 
tP -L " ' ’ ' pay. Wages paid weekly lu Agents every¬ 
where, selling our Patent Silver Mould White Wire 
Clothes Lines. Business permanent. Fur full partic¬ 
ulars, address Girard Wire Mills, Pliilmin., Pa. 
iHEEP SHEARS, 
3 WITH THUMB-PIECE, 
MANUFACTURED BY 
HENRY SEYMOUR & CO., 
a A hi Beeknian St., New York. 
fa /H T' wn hr** premiums awarded at 
p'\ / >1 American Institute Fair, Oct., 1807 
Sflft / In and 18U9. 
Combined Machine. 
Either 8epuru|c. 
POSTHOLE BORER 
SEEDS BULBS AND PLANTS.—Best and 
j cheapest in niarkeu Send stamp for our Price 
dst and liberal offers. 
” Valuaiu.i; and Well-made 
Implements,” 
HORACE GREELEY, Pres’t. 
S. C- PARKER, Jamaica, N. Y. 
C. W ii»kel, 
FRUIT AND PRODUCE 
C090USSIOA .11ERCIIAYT 
328 CREENWICH STREET, 
NT K \V Y O R 1C . 
Twelve First Premiums at twelve 
ditrerent SLiteFnirs, Oct. and Nov., 
1803. 
Highest reemmuendationa from 
lion. II. S. Randall, Pres’l Wool 
Growers’ Association and Author 
of the Practical Shepherd. 
JF* Every pair warranted. 
Sent free by mail on receipt of 
!S‘3.‘35. 612.5U, tk‘2.50, S‘3.75, 
4K>n., 5 in., 5)illl„ U in. 
Length of Blade—Tluunb-pleee. 
Sheep Toe Shears, #3 per pair. 
Send Posi-Ofilce Order. Register¬ 
ed Letter or Draft, if possible. 
I 7011 Family Use—Simple.cheap,reliable. Kniti 
everything, agents Wanted. Cireulur ami 
sample stocking free. Address HINKLEY KNIT. 
TING MACHINE CO., Until, Me. or 170 U’way, N. Y 
T tnlinn Queen Been from imported s 
and safe arrival guaranteed. For pri 
Circular. BALDWIN BROS., Silmlusk' 
A lt A It E I \ \ ESTM l.\T. FOB 
dunce Fruit Farm. Also, Pin to S 
mium land, suitable tor village uurpos 
two Railroad Stations, Schools, Ac. Pa 
factory to one who will improve proper 
„ . , ,, O. COBH, Bu 
Reference. — 0. COBB, 30 Whitehall St 
J AWN MOWER. 
APERFECT LAWN MOWER for $25 
Every Machine warranted. 
THE PHILADELPHIA. 
Send for Circulars. 
V. P. DOUW, Albany, N. Y. 
OTIVE POWER FOR NOTIIINft. 
Our Patent Sell - Regulating, Storm-Defying 
dmill is superior for pumping water for Ituil- 
Is, Country Reatdenee*. Hotels, Farms. Stock- 
ds. Drainage. Irrigation, etc. For Circulars, nd- 
s CONTINENTAL WINDMILL CO., 
3 Barclay St., New York. 
