PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
A Great Discovery.—Mr. GREELEY has disc 
relations of the animal man to the subordinate 
animals which serve him than generally obtains 
among men. We say God speed to his efforts! 
ty sharp ones, and January set in frosty and con¬ 
tinued so the two first, weeks of the month. 
Duringour coldest weather plows were running, 
and those who had land that, was dry enough 
were seeding all the time. From the first of 
February until now, we have not had a week of 
dry weather at one time. On the 10th and 16th 
of February, we bad snow enough to cover the 
ground each morning, but it all went off in an 
hour or two. On laud that lays rolling, and is 
naturally drained, grain look? well, hut on level 
and undrained ground some of the fall grain is 
killed by the water, and Is yet too wet for spring 
seeding. If it holds wet ranch longer, there will 
be but little spring seeding done on flab heavy 
land. Wheat, Too.; oats, -50c.; barley, 50c,; pota¬ 
toes. f 1; corn, T5e. The above arc coin prices. 
Land from $1 to $50 per acre, according to quali¬ 
ty and location, but mostly ranging from $3 to 
$7 per acre.—r. s. 
ported bull. “ Senator " 3d, fourteenmontbs old; 
“ Kosedale's Duchess,” sired by “11th Duke of 
Tborndale " noted above. Mr. Duncan also pur- 
| chased two thorough-bred Berkshires, one boar, 
one year old this spring, imported from England 
in 1360 by Mr. Cochrane, and a sow bred by Mr. 
C. from his importation and now in pig by an 
Imported boar. Also one imported Oxtord Down 
ram and six ewes from imported stock.—A bram 
Van Meter, Winchester, Ky M recently purchas¬ 
ed of Mr. Cochrane four Short-Horns, to witi— 
“ Isabella Sovereign," a three-year-old, rich In 
Booth blood, with a red bull calf r.t her side; 
"Royal Richard" by Booth's “King Richard 
u Forest Queen,” a rod two-year-old of the Booth 
family, now in calf by “Star of the Realm," 
“ Highland Chief,” a red bull calf nine months 
old, by the “11th Duke or Thorndale;" and 
about twent>* head of thorough-bred Berkshire 
swine, mostly young sows in pig by imported 
stock.— J. 8. Grenell, Greenfield, Mass., has 
purchased of D. F. Appleton, Ipswich, Mass., 
his Kerry cow “ Nora ” and Kerry bull “ Byron.” 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FA MILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor. 
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Z1f~ As the Ritual closes eight days in advnnce of 
date, to secure proper classification Advertisements 
should reach the New York Office at least ten days 
cultural engineers, each of whom should be able, 
after thoroughly traversing an average farm, to 
tell its owner how to increase its product not 
| les? than $100 pur annum henceforth, by a pres¬ 
ent outlay of $500; to say where the draining of 
If? soil should begin, and in what order field 
after Held should be subjected to this renovating 
process; to point out the ravines and steep ac- 
ellvlties or rocky ridges that should be planted 
to choice timber, and tho points at which water 
•should be held back In spring to irrigate and 
fertilize the lower slopes and vales during the 
seordhing blasts of summer; to decide at a 
glance Just where buildings and yards should be 
located, and to give a lucid reason for life choice." 
We respectfully submit whether the Deep 
Flower of Chapiwquu has any right to fritter 
his great life away writing for newspapers, 
when, as President of a College for the educa¬ 
tion of agricultural engineers, he might prepare 
young men to supply “the chief need of our 
Beecher's Cals.—An Indiana boy sent Henry 
M amp Beecher a cat, and the good roan wrote 
an acknowledgment thereof nud published it in 
Die Christian Union; whereupon Pomeroy's 
Democrat announces tnnt eight thou-nnd v> oys 
are preparing to send Mr. Beecher eight thou¬ 
sand cats; and we notice that the publishers of 
tho above named paper are meiuiriuw « i„wr„ 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
New York 8late Implement Trial.— The New 
A or m . Agricultural Society, we learn from 
its official organ, is at least, doing one good thing 
to encourage inventors and manufacturers of 
agricultural implements. The Executive Com¬ 
mittee, at Its meeting April I3lb, adopted the 
following resolution: 
That ihe officer in charge of the Im¬ 
plement Department be empowered to reouiro 
hlim , th, .‘ exhibitors hi Ills department to 
mr »?i!i , i 0 lLl! np < ? T,G ? , (5 'Mid machines to Utica, 
', 0 ' weeks lie fore the Fair, and to con- 
that purpose: and that 
* k ’ authorized to procure ground and 
i" Y >P f 'i n|ipIiances and material 
for tcaongimplernentsand machinery; and that 
RNAde,hi this department without 
trial, or declared before l fir opening of the 
£ n 1 r j that the judges of implements be paid 
five dollars per diem, while in service, and their 
expenses. 
Mr. James Geddcs of Onondaga has charge of 
the Implement Department. 
Mrrrlmnc Valley. V If., Poultry A.vn.-The 
thirdl show ol' this Association, held at. Manches¬ 
ter, April lith and 30th, although somewhat in¬ 
terfered with b.v a severe storm, proved very 
satisfactory. Over one hundred cages or bird's 
were exhibited. These were home stock, no in¬ 
ducements Inn ing been offered breeders in other 
THE SEASON. 
Sorghum Culture.—A correspondent lamcuts 
“the decline and lull ” of sorghum culture, and 
says “a plant which stood us in such good stead 
iu the days of our adversity ought not to be 
neglected in the days of our prosperity." Very 
true. Hut it is a question of dollars and cents, 
dear sir. The hope that, sorghum would become 
n profitable sugar-producing plant Jong ago 
vanished. That II produces an exquisite sirup, 
property refined, there is no doubt; but. the diffi¬ 
culty is to properly and profitably refine it. It 
eon only bn done with the same costly apparatus 
used in refining Southern simps. This involves 
the sale of the crude sirups by producers to re¬ 
eagre ill the ball Of thcTlmP* timtrllnn* ^ l w* want information, briefly, cunccmlnj? *b© veaaon, nrosrrea* of 
, . , limes Oimamg, Which tve work, t-n.periitnr*, cron, rriw of f*tm rrminrft, \Uc£ Inbor 
BUppOfiO IS designed ftfl It reception room lor the uml r&rvfat estimate# of the amount cf pain and nnmbrr 
cats as they arrive. pTC ' ri °“' * 
' Ve k ‘ nrn * ,mt tho proprietor of the Montour, Schuyler < o„ IV. V,. April 25.— The 
hf “ nnlu ', nK T I, 1 ?, 1 ,mvc the Cttte 1,1 thc * t,ason Is very backward. We have had heavy 
ousc, and has ordered the cage pulled down. rains, and the ground Is mostly too wet to plow. 
" *** very little plowing has been done in this 
i in* Von tluctlon in New Hampshire.—The section, and I do not know of any grain having 
repeui of the New Hampshire dog laws is being been sown as yet. At t his writing it is raining 
agitated. The opponent* of the present law in- i arj d snowing; grass and timber wheat look well, 
sist that there is no good reason why a man 
should receive double tho damage a dog does 
more than lie should if the damage Is douo by a 
horse or bull; and t 
damage, the man who 
SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1870. 
THE LABOR QUESTION. 
No intelligent, man eau go through th6 coun¬ 
try, visit the homes of farmers, and investigate 
tho present, operations or farm husbandry and 
domestic economy, without becoming sunvinoed 
Ihut one of thc gravest, questions involved in 
the future of our agriculture is tho labor ques¬ 
tion. This particularly applies to the Eastern 
States. Out of doors and in doers there is a 
dearth of good, Intelligent, skillftj labor. The 
young women who seek employnyht are willing 
to do almost anything to avoid general house¬ 
work in a farm-house. And thtt work must he 
done if farmers keep and board farm help. 
1 oilng men avoid farm work ^ud seek employ¬ 
ment on railways, in shops, jtores and offices. 
Daily “ farm drudgery," as IUb called, is obnox¬ 
ious to them. It is not because tho work is 
easier, pay better, and prods larger elsewhere; 
for the facts do not prova this to be the case. 
The solution must be sought for elsewhere. 
A somewhat careful study of thc* subject lias 
led us to tho conclusion that, the difficulty lies 
in the want of social organization, social inter¬ 
course, amusements and enjoyments among 
larmers. They isolate themselves «nH turn.. 
Independence, Iowa. April 25, —We had an 
open winter. No heavy storms after November 
Until the middle of March, then ten days that 
were boisterous: snow fell one and a-lialf feet 
deep; it all left in a few days, and there has not 
boon a bit of falling weather since. It is ex¬ 
tremely dry for the season. Wheat is worth 50®, 
55c.: oats, .t0®-35ct; corn,45®55«.; beans, $1.50®2; 
potatoes, 45® 50c.; butter, 20®25c.; eggs, 10c.; 
cheese, 30c.; beer, live, $3.50555; bogs, five, 8® 7c. 
per pound. Unimproved land, $10 per acre; Im¬ 
proved farms, $20@50 per acre, according to lo¬ 
cality and improvements.— r. m. h. 
Westmoreland, Oneida Co., ,\. V.. April 25.— 
Wo are having the finest weather for the season 
of the year wc ever knew. Last week we had a 
tine rain, all we have had this month—just 
enough and none too much. Grass starts finely; 
wheat, looks remarkably well; not. a large 
amount sown; farmers very busy; ground in 
good condition to work; some grain sown; 
dairying brisk ; cheese factories generally open. 
Cows worth $4fl®90; spring pigs. $mii; hotter, 
31@35 c- 5 ctrgs, 20@36c.; pork, $13®, 15; hay, $10® 
12; oats, 55®00c.; potatoes 40e.; corn. $1® 1.20; 
nttPiimirwuToi Jimr cocnins and a superior 
[ show of Java?; very- few Dorkings. Black 
bpanish. Leghorns. Polands and Hamburgs in 
goodly numbers. Very few Games, but a fair 
display of llondansano Creve-Cceurs. The Ban¬ 
tam family were present in their pride, with full 
numbers. 
W IicoiiHln Woolen .'lannfnctiirers' \«'n —At 
the sixth annual meeting oi this Society, April 
L.tu, resolutions were passed strongly favoring 
the present tariff, recommending its members 
to present fabrics at the exhibition of Textile 
Fabrics at Indianapolis, Ind., the first week in 
August; recommending the securing of reliable 
statistics of woolen manufacture,and extend¬ 
ing a friendly greeting to Minnesota manufac¬ 
turers. the following officers were elected for 
the current year:—H/vx- EuwrN Qt;ick, Dart- 
''Ad- t icc-iVeg—D. Jones, Watertown. See 
a>ul Treas.—.l. \V. Hutchinson, Ai>pleton. Next 
annual meeting at Mllwaukic, second Tuesday 
in A dpi IH?I * 
Marshall's Portrait of Washington.— Mr. WXL- 
liam E. M Allen all's engraved portrait of 
Washington, from the celebrated painting by 
Stuart, is beyond question one of tho finest 
specimens of the engraver's art. Printed on 
large plate paper, it is u genuine adornment 
for any room, and those who may obtain it 
through the liberal offer of Messrs. Ford & Co., 
elsewhere announced, will rejoice in thc posses¬ 
sion of a really valuable work. 
an Automatic Groin Hinder.—We read of a 
binder nearly or quite perfocted in Wisconsin, 
upon which eight years of inventive labor lias 
boon expended. The inventor, Mr. Carpenter, 
has aimed to construct a machine that will out, 
bind and deliver grain bound without any aid 
from human hands, and do it well, no matter 
what the condition of the grain as it falls be¬ 
fore the sickle of the reaper. And this is to be 
accomplished with simple machinery and with 
a small amount of extra gearing over the com¬ 
mon harvester. Mr. Carpenter's friends feel 
sanguine he is about to realize what he has la¬ 
bored for, and that the coming harvest will 
witness ids triumph. He does not propose to 
An Aged and \aliuible Equine Gone*. —On 
Thursday, April 21, 1870, Mr. James Kekve of 
Newport, Herkimer Co.. N. Y„ lost a. bay horse, 
which he had owned and driven twenty-six 
years, haviug bought him when he was four 
years old. His last sickness, lung fever, was the 
only sickness he ever had, and up to that time 
was perfectly sound, and a hard horse to beat. 
So writes a correspondent. 
A licet Sugar Factory In Canada.— We notice 
(hat a company is organizing in Norwich, Ox¬ 
ford Co., Ontario, with a capital of $12,000 (with 
power to increase) for the purpose of establish¬ 
ing a Beol Sugar Manufactory then*. A com¬ 
mittee had visited the Beet Sugar Manufactory 
at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, and the report there¬ 
of induced the action. 
trustee* of the Ohio Agricultural and Me¬ 
chanical tiollegc.—The following are the names 
of Ute Trustees of this institution appointed hy 
t he Governor of Ohio1. Aaron F. Perry, Ham¬ 
ilton Co.; 2. Joseph F. Wright, Harn 11 ton Co.; 
3. Richard C. Anderson, Montgomery Co.; 4. 
Wm. B. McClung, Miami Go.; 5. Wm. Sawyer, 
Auglaize Co.; C, .las. M. Trimble, Highland Co.; 
7. Joseph s. Sullivant. Franklin Co.; 8. Thos. C. 
.Tones, Delaware Co.; 9. Warren P. Noble, Seneca 
Co.; JO, James W. Ross, Wood Co.; 11 , Ralph 
Leet, Lawrence Co.; 12. Daniel Keller, Fairfield 
Co.; 13. M. M. Munson, Licking Co.; 14. Norton 
S. Townsend, Lorain Co.; 15. Valeutino B. Hor¬ 
ton, Meigs Co.; 16. John C. Jamison, Harrison 
Co.; 17. Cornelius Aultman,Stark Co.; 18. John 
R. Bucktel, Summit Co.; 19. Henry B. Perkins, 
Trumbull Co. 
Bocuu qualities ana relations ol our people. 
There must be some moans adopted to supply 
this want, which every intelligent, man and 
woman in the country fools. The daily work 
must be enlivened by some pleasant anticipation 
or other. The end of labor fs, or ought, to be, 
happiness. Few men and women so abound In 
mental resources as to he able to Ignore alto¬ 
gether the demands of their natures for com¬ 
panionship and recreation. Especially is this 
needed by laboring men and women. And it 
does not surprise us that farmers sell their fur ms 
and remove into villages to live upon the In¬ 
terest of the money the farm brings, when we 
look over the grim, unsocial life a large propor¬ 
tion of them live in the country. A lady said to 
us the other day, “ You have no idea how dull it 
is on the farm. We scarcely See a new fnoo 
Anonymous Articles.—We have several excel¬ 
lent communications which we should publish 
had we the names of the respective authors 
thereof. We do not insert articles without we 
know toe names of their writers. Let our cor¬ 
respondents remember this. The real name and 
post-office address of the contributor should ac¬ 
company all articles designed for publication. 
A . - - «a>jihpuhi, AIL, r fTIIl. 
. Bui ktv*flK)weII. Muss.; Directors. -John Kil- 
ruirii, Salem. Mass.; Chas. Nouixc, Woonsocket, 
K. I.; Thomas J. Bordeu, Fall River, Mass. 
P**Adams Manchester. N.H.; A. G. Cumnock, 
i/owoli, i «J. L, Oth r);e, LeWixtico, JVIrss. 
Plro*am Valley, IV. Y„ Grn|><* Grower*’ Aw'n 
—At their annual meeting, held on the 0th lnst.,' 
the following officers were elect ed l or I he eur- 
rent year: Prex.-C. D. C'ha Ml* ley. Via />)•«.- 
'y.» r, > c r* -Sec.-H, Gardner. Tmis.-H. O. 
Fairchild. Ex. Of far. - B. R. St.reety. Tho 
Eleventh Annual Fair will be held at Ham- 
mondspori, Sept. 28, 29 and 30. 
New England Ag. Sec.—At a meeting of the 
New England Agricultural Society at Manches¬ 
ter. N. H., April M, it was decided to hold the 
fair til that cl ty on the 6th. 7th, 8th and 0th of 
September. Col. M. V. B. Kdgorly, of Manches¬ 
ter, was chosen chief marshal, and Colone l Geo. 
W. Riddle, the treasurer ot the Society, was ap¬ 
pointed general superintendent. 
Shrlliy Co., Ry„ Ag. See.-Officers for 1870; 
Pita—Adam Middleton. Vice- Pres .— W. L. 
Muddy. See.— L. W. Smith. 'lYeas. John T. 
Middleton. ■Directors.—Newton Bright, A. B. 
Teach, John A. Reed, Samuel Harbinson, E. A. 
Oifutt, L. E. Brown, Adam Sean, James Byers. 
H. Cardwell, Mike Hoffman, Geo. A. Armstrong. 
A May Horne Fair at Trenlon N. J.—It N an¬ 
nounced that a Horse Fair is to be held at Tren¬ 
ton, N. J., May 24, 25,26 and 27, on the grounds 
and under the management ol’ the Central Agri¬ 
cultural Society. The preraj urns offered aggre¬ 
gate $8,800. Tho entries must be made on oi be¬ 
fore May 17. 
Rote of Farm Wages in California.— The agri¬ 
culturists ot California oomplain that they can¬ 
not afford to pay the wages heretofore asked by 
farm laborers, and are making efforts to reduce 
the wages of white farm hands to $18 per month, 
and of Chinamen to seventy-five cents per day, 
without hoard aud lodging. 
Doty on Imported Wine*, 
A committee of 
[ the Mississippi Valley Grape Growers' Associa¬ 
tion, in a report upon the subject of import du¬ 
ties on foreign wiues, assert that, the indirect re¬ 
duction of duties caused by the decline in gold 
has so far reduced the cost of foreign wines as 
to discourage the further planting of vineyards 
by the producers of American wines, and the 
consequence is a falling off in this year’s plant¬ 
ing of fifty to seventy-five per cent, from the 
average of the last few years, The committee 
recommend Congress to impose a specific duty 
ol fifty ceuts per gallon on imported wines of 
all grades, in order to make the luxation of the 
foreign and the domestic article equal, and thus 
enable the American produoer to compet e in the 
market with the foreign product on equal terms. 
Running lu Drlu-A Lady's Vote.—A Canada 
Farmer’s Wife writesYour editorial beaded 
” Running in Debt,” lias been the cause of quite 
a controversy. I will give you my experience. 
1 have been a farmer’s daughter and a farmer's 
wife. 1 have been in debt and out of debt. My 
advice is, No running in debt.” 
Rustling Wool to Market.—A New Hampshire 
paper says;—“The farmers around Concord are 
rushing last year’s wool crop into the market, 
fearing that Die new supply will lessen prices. 
The best quality sells for forty ceuts per pound. 
Some farmers have a four year’s clip on hand.” 
fore 
Le Grand, lows, Township Farmer’s Club.—A 
meeting of the farmers of this township in Mus¬ 
catine Co., wasreoentiy held, at which a Farm¬ 
ers Club was organized and officers elected as 
follows: Pi-es,- J. W. Sharp. Vicc-Prc*.— W. 
G, Benedict. Sec.— H. Hammond. Tram. -D. 
D. McGrow. 
Exeter, IV. II., Ag. and Horl. Soc. — Officers 
for I860: Pres— D. F. Hayes. Vlcc-Pm'ts—W. 
A. Currier, H. Kent. Sec.—John J. Bell. Trms. 
—Gardner Gilman. Trustees— W. P. Moulton, 
N. A. Shute, Jacob C. Cilley. John P. Adams, C. 
Trolling, Running and Pacing In New Eng¬ 
land.— Staid old New England, represented by 
the New Knglaud Agricultural Society as agent, 
is to have some lively fun on the New England 
Fair Grounds at Manchester, N. H., at the time 
of the Fair of the above named Society, Septem¬ 
ber 6-9. There is to be running, trotting, and 
pacing for $2,250 in premiums, and New Eng¬ 
land's sons are to be educated in this highly 
moral and ennobling recreation, “in accord¬ 
ance with rhe rules of the National Trotting As¬ 
sociation.” Wesupnosenll moral 
THE WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, 
IMPROVED STOCK MOVEMENTS, 
Elsewhere we publish a communication re¬ 
ceived from Catherine E. Beecher. Wo have 
an objection to the plan proposed, which is that 
we believe it unwise to multiply institutions of 
learning uutll those already founded more near¬ 
ly meet the wants of the people. We see no 
good reason why existing institutions, with their 
accumulated endowments and facilities for edu¬ 
cational work, should not be opened to women 
ns they now are to men—why they may not be 
adapted to the educational needs of women aud 
at the same time serve a better purpose than 
they now do in educating men. 
We are slrongly opposed to separate schools 
for males and females. A University should 
embrace departments in which both sexes may 
he educated, specifically, for their especial duties 
in lilo; hut neither should be excluded from 
scholastic privileges and pursuits which both 
are equally qualified to profit by and which it 
will be a mutual incitement and advantage to 
share together. We regard the separation of 
sexes in schools as altogether more vicious in its 
tendency and results than otherwise. And while 
this is our position we are not sorry to see this 
movement, represented by Miss Beecher, in¬ 
augurated ; for it will be likely to load to a 
much needed re-organization of existing in¬ 
stitutions. 
Jy from the Island of Jersey, or bred from 
animals imported therefrom. Mr. A. is a 
geutieman of means and taste, and an ardent 
admirer of fine stock. He has for several years 
had an excellent herd of Kerry cattle, (already 
noticed in thc Rural,) and will now have aline 
opportunity to compare the points and merits of 
the two breeds, — M. H. Cochrane, Montreal, 
Canada, Bends his “ 11th Duke of Tborndale “ to 
England this month in obarge of Simon Beattie. 
—John Phin, Editor of the Technologist of this 
city, has sold to Charles Prixce, Catharine, N. 
Y., the two-yoar-cihl Ayrshire bull “Donald,” 
bred by J. W. Freeman, Troy, N. Y.-Messrs. 
Di lleon, Normal, Ill., recently arrived in this 
city from Nortuundy with four fine, pure blood 
Norman stallionsiu good health and condition.— 
S. J. Bestob and S. C. Colt, Hartford, Conn., 
through iheir European agent, import this 
month an invoice of Exhibition Game Fowls, 
English Pheasants, nud other choice birds.—G. S. 
Burleigh, Mechanics'llle, Iowa, has purchased 
six head of thorough breed IIore-fords of F. W. 
.Stone, Guelph, Ontario, to wit;—“Prince of 
Canada,” (3,3-16,) four years old; “ Vista” 3d, six 
years old; “Sweetheart” 2d, five years old; 
“ Sweetheart ” 5th,yearling; “ Gentle ” 13th, five 
months old; “Verbena” 3d, six month? old.— 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
Big Corn Crop*.—Col. Colman of the Rural 
World, recent ly stated before the Farmer’s Club 
of St. Louis—is so reported—that “ We have 
some well attested statements, showing a yield 
of two hundred bushels or more, of coin to the 
acre. He read from an old paper a statement 
of a crop raised by Dr. Parker of North Caro¬ 
lina, yielding a little over two hundred bushels 
to the acre. It was on sand hill branch laud, 
heavily manured, plowed four times, tho seed 
planted in drills, and the field was Irrigated 
during a drouth. Level culture was adopted. 
Waeit tbeirrigution which did it—if it. was done? 
-*♦*- 
Animal? Not Dumb.—The Maine Farmer con¬ 
tains a loading and able editorial urging that 
animals are not. dumb. No, they are not; but 
unfort unately they are too dumb to secure their 
rights in all eases; ortho animals who have the 
care of them are too deaf to comprehend their 
language. We regard Beroh’s efforts iu this city, 
whether always wisely directed or not, as based 
upon a more intelligent appreciation of tho true 
Back Numbers ol this Voi. (from Jan. 1,) 
can still be supplied, or Subscriptions may 
begin at any time. New Clubs, aud Addi¬ 
tions lo Clubs, are therefore iu order. 
Additions to Clubs are always in order, whether 
in ones, twos, fives, tens, or any other number. A 
host of people are dropping other papers about these 
days, and our Agent-Friends should improve every 
occasion to secure eucli hb recruits for the Rural. 
Send Us ilie Names of sucli of your friends, 
far and near, as you think will or ought to take the 
Rural, and we will mail them Specimens, etc. 
Show Rills, Specimen Numbers, &c„ sent 
free to ail applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and they wilt be forwarded. 
Correspondents will please note that Communi¬ 
cations, Business letters, &c., for the Rural, should 
be addressed to D. D, T, Mookb, 41 Park Row, N. Y. 
