PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
Using is not only fashionable but necessary to 
secure decided success, ho again adopts the use 
of Printer's Ink where he knows It will pay. 
practical ability she displayed during her con¬ 
nection with the Agricultural Press and Depart¬ 
ment won for the deceased many and warm 
friends and admirers who will mourn her loss. 
the best that I ever ate. Harvested my earliest 
sown Surprise Oats yesterday. They were quite 
rusty. (Mine were last year; do they always 
rust?) Last, year sowed Norway and Surprise 
the same day; Surprise ripe one week earliest. 
Surprise weighed 34 Jbs. per bushel, Norway, 26 
lbs.—r. i>. p. 
Amlioy Centre, Oswego Co., N% Y., July 12.— 
" c have had a remarkably dry season up to this 
time; have had but. a very few light, showers 
since February. Weather very warm, with a 
great deal of warm, dry East wind. Hay nearly 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
TWO VOLUMES A YEAR, 
Commencing with July and January. 
Ncwspaprr Credit, and Courtesy.—The editor 
who, once on a time, exclaimed in despair, “J 
have three columns of editorial to write, and I 
have lost iny scissors," was more unfortunate 
than a number of our contemporaries—for thru 
evidently possess the scissors, though minus 
The Revolution—This wide-awake Woman’s 
Rights Weekly has lost none of Its vigor and 
sprightliness since It passed from the control of 
At re. Stanton and Allss Anthont. It is now 
edited by Mrs. LAURA Curtis Bullakd, and 
published by Edwin fl. Stcdwell— both of 
whom are apparently discharging their respec¬ 
tive duties creditably. May the Revolution long 
and successfully revolve under the new regime! 
either pen or pencil wherewith to write Kural 
New-Yorker as an affix to articles borrowed 
therefrom. Some have sufficient marking ma¬ 
terial to write Rural K. F., or Kural, both very 
indefinite, while others have only enough to add 
M. II. A. F. or K. .V. Y. which is u species of 
credit hardly discountable. Othere still—includ¬ 
ing some very respectable agricultural journals 
are prone to taking articles from the Rural 
New-Yorker and affixing only the names 
of fhc individual editors by whom they are 
written : ns, for example, //. S. Randall, or 
X. A. Willard,— forgetting, no doubt, to add "in 
the Rural Few-Yorker." We submit whether it 
Is fairand honorable to thuRappropriate thearti- 
elcs of this or tlmt member of our editorial staff, 
and ignore the paper altogether. Each of the 
gentlemen named is recognized as the ablest in 
ills specialty in this country, and the fact that 
both write excluaivd/ji for the Rural Nitw- 
Y orker ought not to be a bar to giving credit 
to the Journal which pays for and copyrights 
their eontributions- 
D. D. T. rflOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor 
or S3 per Year of .V2 n utnbera. To Clubs and A gouts 
—per Volume : Five copies for f 7; Seven, and one 
free to club agent, for tS.fiO; Ten and one free, for 
ftTiV! only »l.*j per copy. 1‘tr Year: Fire copies 
Tor til; Seven, and one free to agent, for til); Ten, 
and one free, for $26 -only *2.150 per copy. As we 
pre-pay American postage, >2.70 Is the lowest, Yearly 
rate to <lannda and *3.60 to Europe. Remittances by 
I 'rail, P, O. Money Order, or Registered Letter, may 
be made at the rieh of the Publisher. 
ADVhutihino - Inside, 76 cents per line, Agate 
space: Outside, ft per line, each Insertion. For Kx- 
' ni Display and Cuts, a price and a half, gpeolal and 
business Notices, *1.60 and a line. No advertise¬ 
ment inserted for less than IS. 
Inquiries for Advertiser*—T. C, STEARNS asks 
where Bean’s Engine Pump (patented Feb. 20, 
1806) can he purchased, either at wholesale or re¬ 
tail, or both.—We have inquiries for Aylesbury 
and Rouen ducks; also for Derby Game fowls; 
also for English Carrier pigeons.—Mrs. D. W. 
asks where mocking birds can be obtained. 
Let Our Correspondents Remember that it is 
essential we should know their mimes and post- 
office address If they wish thoir articles to re¬ 
ceive attention. 
LETTERS FROM RURALISTS, 
Incompetent I’oaI-Musiit* —A Reform Needed. 
“'Fhc following note, Just received from it sub¬ 
scriber to the Ron ai.Nuw-YOkkbh in Gates Co., 
N. (’., alludes to a species of annoyance and ex¬ 
tra expense to which neither publishers nor the 
large number of people who take newspapers 
should be longer subjected. The evil complain¬ 
ed of is not, we regret to say, confined to the 
South, for it also prevails, though possibly to a 
less extent, in other part* of the Union. It is 
an outrage and dLsgraco for “l he powers that 
bo " to appoint Incompetent, ignorant persons 
(who can neither read nor write plain English) 
Post-Masters, even in the smallest towns. The 
Government should reform this matter alto¬ 
gether, by appointing intelligent mid honest 
men and women as I*. Al’s., and not making poli¬ 
ties nr party work and fealty an Indispensable 
qualification. The old Jeffersonian rule (“is ho 
honest, capable, ele?") is the best for any ad¬ 
ministration, because it is the best and safest for 
the People; 
1). 1). T, Moouk. Ksq. — Dear Sir : I have received 
hill, one paper since May 28th. and thm is June tsui. 
Ido not lav the sin at your door. Our pnwumnMor 
has been removed, <1 suppose to accomplish some 
party imds,) nod an ignorant black, who nan scarcely 
write hi* name now bolds the position: and as bo 
can read with groat difficulty, lie let- Ton, DICK and 
Hakuv look over the mall, and thn ronscqueucc Is. 
my RURAL Is appropriated. Thn appointment ot icr- 
norunt bind;,* to nil the pont-nfll co* Is one of the 
severest castigation* the North has given the South. 
1 lake two other papers, but would willingly give 
up both of thorn If they would only let, inn have my 
UI’ral. lama young farmer and cunt do without 
it. Please send me tlie, numbers from 28ih to ttin 
present time, except June 18th, and eon Ter a great, 
rev or upon » subscriber, and when you send von? 
paper hertiiifior seal it tightly and write my name so I 
plainly tliut«uy fool can read it. A. w. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
SATURDAY 
have boon without tlie Ri.'RAi. for eight years, and i 
hope It will be i he last Time*lire so bard wo thought 
we could not spare the money to renew. Mul my 
wife proposed that wa quit drinking coffee until we 
rould save enough money to pa* for the RniAL It 
was very hard lor mo to do without my coffee. ror j 
am a great lover ot good coffee.. Hereafter 1 hope 
»'/ Will have tin* IUtiial weekly nnd our cotton dntfv 
but U wo can't have but one, we prefer the RITUAL. 
We borrowed some New Vork Weeklies of one of 
our neighbors, but they did not fill the* place of the 
RURAL. Wo like good. domiuoO-ACUltO reading — 
somelhlng good for children, also. The boy* usk m« 
every day li ] have sent for the Rural; now 1 will 
tell them I have.” 
The next is frqm Ionia Co., Mich., and thus 
Mis how the writer 
CAN’t keep HOUSE WITHOUT the rural. 
“ Onr subscription for the Rural run out the first 
a . . w ‘‘ thought we would get along without 
it till Jan. 1, 1 S? 1 , blit, wo do not know bow to keep 
liipuso without it. When onr until r.omog tt mtura** n§> 
t JioiiKn thorr xv n* p'ltncthtrij; ffouc, nntf nothin# but 
fheltPHAi, win mi tiio vaeaney. Inclosed pleas* find 
*1.60 for the remaining six months.” 
And a Peoria Co., 111., Ruralist very pointedly 
advise* us, in this wise, that. 
CHEAP PAPERS WON’T PILL THE RURAL BILL. 
*• Artor tin Intermission of six months. I feel 
obliged to again subscribe for the old friend Rural. 
rho fact Is that ut the lime the aubjinrlpMou expired 
I whm abort 01 money,nnd in cOD$wnqu»>nce concluded 
to iMkr a cheaper paper: hut after nil I inuat have 
the Ilru at. affuln, l tend yon herewith a PohUOflier 
THE EUROPEAN WAR. 
There are chances of a Europeau war. Napo¬ 
leon seems to want to fight. Prussia sits, like a 
musl in, in the kennel of reticence and growls, 
shows teeth, and is ready for a tight if Napoleon 
lays or starts to lay hold of any of the bones of 
contention lyingarouud loose. Napoleon sepms 
hungry, but timid. The mastiff lies securely In 
the kennel, and is thus commanding the respect 
and winning the moral support of Europe. The 
responsibility of plunging Europe in War will bo 
upon Napoleon’s shoulders; and a war is what 
the reigning heads in Europe dread, and will 
avoid if diplomatic pressure upon the belliger¬ 
ents can do it. For there is more to he lost, than 
gained to loyalty by such a result, and more to 
bo gained than lost to the cause of Representa¬ 
tive Government. Apparently, Judging by the 
tone of Hie despatches, the people are more 
eager for war tliau their prosont rulers. 
“Suppose there is war, how will it affect this 
country?" is an inquiry in everybody’s mouth. 
It seems to us, favorably, fl. will enhance the 
value of onr Government securities, bring gold 
to par, change the balance of trade in out* favor, 
make a market for and stimulate our manufac¬ 
tures, enhance the price of all onr food pro- 
duels, and stir up a speculative movement 
which will vitalize every industry. 
This, it seems to us, will be the result of a war 
in Europe. IVe shall profit by it otherwise. An 
immigration will set in—especially if there is a 
prospect of a general war—and capita) for per¬ 
manent in vestment will accompany it. Wo shall 
have an opportunity to regain from Europe 
what it took from us during our own troubles. 
Willie wo deplore war and its immediate re¬ 
sults to those who ore directly affected by it, we 
caunot regard a general European war, at this 
time, ns likely to result in anything but ultimate 
good to the masses of Europe. Every such a 
storin purifies the political iitmospheie,strengMi- 
ens the cause of liberty, and lifts the people to a 
higher position, and depresses those whose only 
claim to aristocratic distinction is (heir gentle 
birth. It reveals to the people their strength, 
their power, and to rulers their dependence up¬ 
on, and impotency without, the people. We are, 
therefore, not unwilling that this impending 
siorm should break forth and sweep away what 
it may of oppression, intolerance, bigotry, and 
of the caste of birth as distinguished from that 
of real merit and wort h. 
— Since writing the foregoing, nnd just as wo 
close lip our last form, a telegram announces 
that the intervention of the other European 
powers has failed to avert war and that NAPO- 
leon lias promulgated a formal declaration 
thereof, mid announced that hostilities may be 
considered ns having commenced. A large army 
is moving towards Hie Rhine. 
....... , ,,, 4J, 
to_to tin* Grand Exposition 
e index of our nation's pro- 
h Of civilization. Anexhitii- 
nigofll) is to he provided upon 
ing anything yet erected for a 
. , .. Steam power will bo provided 
tlmt inuehinory ol all kinds may bo seen in ac¬ 
tual operation. The Exposition is not intended 
to be in the least degree exclusive as regards the 
character of I he articles to beexhihited. Abner 
L. Frazer is Secretary, and may be addressed at 
Cincinnati, 
G*ne*ee Co., Mich.. Ag. Hoe. The Twenty-first 
AniiunJ Fair ot (his Society is to be held at'Flint, 
Oct. 4 i. Among others I In* following premiums 
are offered; For the best cultivated and most 
skllltul managed tarm ol' not less than one hun¬ 
dred and sixty acres In extent, £ 10 ; for the 
second best do., $15; for the best cull i vat<*d and 
most, skillfully managed farm of not less than 
forty and under one hundred and sixty acre* in 
extent, *30: for the second best do., * 10 . Jwlac* 
*!i Alfred Gifford, Flint ; Wiillnm Owen, 
Atlas; C. f, Beaban, Mundy. Class II.-L (5 
BIcktord, Flint; II. G. Conger, Burton, Alvnh 
Bigelow, Mundy. 1 he Judges arc requested to 
visit the farms entered for competition on or 
before the 5th of July. 
Dallas Co., \l«„ Central Ag. noil Mi ch. Anxii 
A very spirited meeting of this Society was re¬ 
cently held, at which a new constitution was 
adopted and active measures Liken to make its 
labore effective. Officers for the current year 
as follows: Pres.-F. \V. Siddonh. ITcis-iWte- 
W. J. Hardee, W. J. a. Bussell, Dr. F. A, Bale*. 
Cor. Sec.—W. M. Byrd, Jr. See. nnd Trcatl.—XV, 
§; Knox* Director*- -0. C. Phillips, A. .1. Reese. 
{»' w Jd< ? ne ’ E A *• Sturdivant, Geo. Pcacoelt. 
B. M. Woolsey, Geo. O. Baker, James Ford, N, 
JJ ft "‘j i< . , n, P. D. Barker, H.A.Siollenwerck, 
' v °* ' • Harrell, Abner Williams and 
J* li, Y. wObl). 
Ohio Stole Bnnrd or Ag.—The membore of the 
Boa id for 18.0 are: James tv. Ross, p,cs. .). 
Par ke Aiex an der, Treat. Daniel McMillan, Lin- 
colii G. Delano, David C. Richmond, Win. B. 
MeUniig, James H. Jameson, Reuben P, Can- 
uuu, William Lang, Director/,. J. ff. Klippurt, 
Columbus, Cor. Sec. Henry 8 . Imbbitt, Colum- 
^'i^n a^o ?“e twenty-first Annual Fair of 
the Board will he held at Springfield, Sept, 12-18. 
Competition open to all the 8 uiu^ except in 
farm crops. r 
Han Frauclaco Mechanic** Insiltute.—Tlie fol- 
1 , 9 'vjng are the recently elected trustees: — A. 8 . 
Hallidie, H. L. Duvls, Geo. Pardy.Qeo. Spauld¬ 
ing, David Kerr, f’has. It. Steiger, Howard Chap- 
J * O. Hmisoom, Robert Ewing, James 
Moffit, B. P. Bruner, Samuel II. Harmon, Henrv 
C. Klbbe aud John Roach, The officers of the 
Board are: Pm.— A. S. Hai.i.i m k. Vice-I‘nn. - 
Cims. Steiger. Treat. — H. L. Davis. lire. Sec.- 
Geo. Pardy. Cor. Sec.—H. C. Klbbe. 
.Jessamine Ky., Ag. Sue. holds its Fair at 
Jessamine, August 2 , 3, 4 and 5. Officers or the 
bociety ;—Prat. G.B. Bryan. Vicc-Prcs.- Walter 
tlon building (roc 
Leroy, Blue Earth Co., Minn., .July Dry, hot 
weather einco t he 0th of May. The last ten days 
the mercury has ranged from 00 ' to 08’ in the 
8 hadu in this town, wiiile in Mankato it was up 
to 104'. Everything needs ra in. Some pieces of 
curly sowed wheat and oats look well, especially 
where they w ere sown on corn or potato ground, 
without plowing; bill wheat on fall and spring 
plowing, sowed late, will hardly be worth har¬ 
vesting. Wheaton the prairie la very thin, and 
is heading out from eight to ten inches? from the 
ground Unless w® have rain soon. Minnesota 
will not have half a crop of small grain, and with 
rain, not more than two-tlilrda of a Crop, Corn 
looks well In the woods; it stands from three to 
six feet high, aud is tosscling out. Potatoes will 
be a failure, 1 four; the bug and dry weather are 
making sure work of them. Wheat, 85 to 00 c.; 
oats, 50 to 60c. Not much sale for cattle, unless 
they are very fat, and liicn only 3 to 3 kfc. gross 
is offered; cows sell from $30 to $40; money is 
close.—J. B. II. 
Sentt, fowo, July *t.—M r e have had, and are 
having, the dryest season ever known in these 
parts. The snow left tale; the ground was not 
in condition to plow fill April 21. We did not 
got a good, soaking rain from that time until 
the 0th of June, consequently we had a fine time 
to get In spring crops; then it commenced min¬ 
ing, continued, more or less, everyday until the 
15th, From that time until to-day, we have not 
had one inch fall of rain. Pastures are brown; 
the grass in meadows is dying nnd curing stand¬ 
ing; oats heading out six inchos high. If wo 
get two-thirds of a crop of hay and half a crop 
of oats, we will rejoice. We have begun haying 
two weeks earlier than usuul. Cows ore drying 
up badly; some have t urned into their meadows; 
others are roddering. The thermometer tins av¬ 
eraged about 60’ at sunrise, and between 70" and 
80 _ at 12 M for the last month ; extremes, 40" and 
08° in the shade. Flour, $70.7.50; corn, 80e.@$l; 
oats, 50(5?65c.; butter, 28@30c.; cheese, 13@15c. 
Corn is doing finely.—n. c. 
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.. .July 
During the month of June the average range of 
the thermometer, in the shade, was at 7 A. M., 
04 ,73'; 2 I*. M, 79", 30'; 9 P.M. 64% 00 "; for the 
month 00% 54% Tito highest average range, for 
one day, was the 35th, 83 ; the lowest, the 10 th, 
58% 33% The highest point noted was at 2 P. M., 
28th, 90 ; the lowest 9 P. M., the lfith, and 7 A. M, 
11th, 58% It rained the 8 t h, 12th, J3th, 14th, 15th, 
2 Sth, and night of the 30tli. Exclusive ol' the last 
mentioned, the amount of i*ain which fell dur¬ 
ing the month was 8.66 in. The shower of the 
28th was very heavy, and was accompanied by a 
violent wind, which did some damage to grow¬ 
ing crops. With the exception of bay, which, 
owing to the drouth In May and foro part, of 
Juno, will be light—crops of all kinds, in this 
county, promise an abundant harvest. Hay is 
worth from $16®,10, per ton; white wheat, $ 1 . 35 ; 
red, $1.25; corn, 86 e.; oats, 55e,; old potatoes, 55c.; 
new potatoes, $1.50@iL76. Average price for fair 
qualities of woo), 40e. Labor abundant at 
$15®20 per month with board. Common day 
laborers got for other kinds of employment 
from $1.2o®il.50and board themselves—F. w. h. 
Crop Prospect* Abroad. — Our advices from 
abroad arc to the end of June. From the latest 
THE SEASON. 
fW* want Infonnntlon. briefly, eom:«i*ulti|{ lh*i Rmt*nn, projfm* of 
tbo work, l»uip«r»tur«, rrnp», prlcw ot furoi produce, •ior.k, letior 
nnd Inuda, nnd cntrfnl netimiuw, of the nmount of pru.in nnd number 
of animnln o?t head lot »nle, ns rmmmred with previous eensum, lor 
publieulldn under lino head,—Eon, IIuraj,.; 
West Union, Fayette l'o„ I own, July {>,— Very 
dry here. Corn looks well, except the late 
planted: wheat and oats will be a light crop; 
barley good; some pieces are cut; tame grass is 
light.— M. M. 
Marblcdnlo, Conn., July 13. — Warm, nnd 
good hay weather. Corn looks well. Tobacco 
looks unusually well and a larger quantity set 
than last year. Rye is being harvested. Apples 
promise a very large crop. Grapes hang loaded. 
Outs loott better since the late showers; will be 
a good crop. Farmers haying.— j. j. j. 
Vorgeimes, \Vi*., July (L —The much needed 
rain is now lulliug. Wheat nearly ready Jo har¬ 
vest; some farmers have com me need. Duality 
of wheat, extra. Oats and corn promise an 
average crop. The potato lmg has not done any 
serious damage. Hay is a light crop, but excel¬ 
lent in quality. Apples not abundan t. —Pioneer. 
Cambridge, Crawford Co., Pa,, July 12.— 
Haying half through, crop rather light. Wheat 
harvest commenced, straw thin but heads well 
filled. Oats looking fine. Prospects lor an un¬ 
usual crop of corn, it being nearly two weeks 
ahead of the corn at this time last year. The 
first peaches for four years. Apple trees loaded. 
Wages for haying bunds, $1.50 per day.— L. a. t. 
Clyde, Sandusky Co., U., July 2. — Wo have 
had, thus far, a most delightful spring and sum¬ 
mer. All crops look well, and farmers generally 
feel good. Coru is larger than at the same date 
for twenty years. Wheat harvest just com¬ 
menced, and, although the 6 traw is not large, 
the yield will be heavy. Wool crop mostly been 
sold at forty to forty-one cents. Abundance of 
fruit.— a. o. l. 
Lead V«lr*, Jefferson Co., East Tcnn., July 7 . 
—Wheat harvest is about over, aud the crop 
will be a large one. Oats nnd grass arc fine. 
Corn crop has been somewhat injured by the 
heavy mins four weeks ago ; but if wo have a 
good season, a large crop of corn will yet be 
made; weal her fine. Corn, 90c:.(5;$ 1 per bushel; 
wheat, $ 1 ; oats, 50e.; buy, 75c. per cwt.; hogs, 
6 c. gross; milch cows, $18530; oxen. $75@135 
Virginia lor n Shepherd. — A correspondent 
asks;—“What chance lor success would there 
be for a young man aud wife with ordinary 
heal lit to leave a hilly country in New York 
State and locate In Virginia for the purpose of 
keeping sheep, raising lambs, investing in land 
that is hilly aud cheap, with good, never-falling 
springs; also some valley land that can be cul¬ 
tivated, wtl.li a capital of fifteen hundred dol¬ 
lars, running in debt for some. How would the 
climate be for the business; also for our health ? 
Would it pay to take a journey Into a Jand of 
strangers to look the thing over? Can some 
well-informed correspondent respond to this 
rather lengthy Inquiry ? ] t' so, others as well us 
the inquirer will be much obliged." Wo ad- 
vise our correspondent to go and see for him¬ 
self what the “chance of success” will be be¬ 
fore making any change. 11 always pays to do 
this, if one is dissatisfied with liis present loca¬ 
tion and business. No other man can advise in 
such mutters so as to avoid all chanco of disap¬ 
pointment. 
-- 
Wanted—An Editor for “The Journal ol' the 
New York State Agricultural Society ” who ap¬ 
preciates that it is the organ of an American as- 
socim ion of intelligent, practical men-that its 
readers are mainly residents of the United Slates 
instead ol Great Britain, and, therefore, that 
the doings of our owuNathmal, State and Local 
Agricultural Societies, and our most success¬ 
ful farmers and horticulturists, are vastly more 
Interesting to that portion of the public ad¬ 
dressed, than prolix essays from foreign jour¬ 
nals. Ex’treme dignity and courtesy not re¬ 
quired, but the applicant (to he successful in 
securing nnd retaining the position) must possess 
sufficient brains and discrimination to render 
the Journal readable rather than ridiculous. 
For particulars as to salary, emoluments, etc., 
apply at the Office of the Society, Agricultural 
Rooms, Albany, N. Y. A Life Member. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
That Advertising in the Rural Nevv-Yorlicr 
Fay*, not only temporarily but permanently, 
we often receive conclusiv e testimony. Thou¬ 
sands of our subscribers bind or file the paper, 
and many order articles advertised years pre¬ 
viously. 
Jr., (formerlyof this city, but 
sery firm of Hkrendkkn & Co, 
Here Is a case In point: Mr. J. Ives, 
- 1 now of the Nin- 
Goneva, N, 
Y.,) writes us, under date of July 2d, (inclosing 
a letter dated June 19,1870, In response to an ad¬ 
vertisement ol' Wringers given 111 Rural some 
seven years ago,) us follows:-“ Isn't, the in¬ 
closed a pretty strong proof of the value of ad¬ 
vertising in the Rural New-Yorker ? For the 
last six years, as you are aware, I have pushed 
the Ives' Patent Lamp, previous to which we 
were agents for the Universal Wringer. The 
last year of our connection with the latter, but 
little advertising was done, s<> it is hardly possi¬ 
ble that our Wringer advertisement. have 
been published within seven years —yot the 
writer of the inclosed has evidently been read¬ 
ing up, and you see the result.” Mr. Ives adds 
li at from all his advertising no responding let- 
tors were so frequent, as those commencing, 
Ull\ ihtr RlKin mi ai. li_ 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
BURNETT’S FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 
The superiority oj these JS.vtniets consists in their 
perfect purity and great strength. They arc warranted 
free from the poisonous oil* and acids which enter 
into the composition of many of the factitious fruit, 
flavors now In the market.. They are not only true 
to their names, but are prepared from fruits of the 
best quality, and are bo highly concentrated that a 
comparatively small quantity only need be used. 
Joseph Burnett & Co„ Boston, Manufacturers and 
Proprietors. For sale by all Grocers and Druggists. 
Obituary.—Mrs. L, B. Adams, formerly con¬ 
ductor of the Household and Literary Depart¬ 
ments of (he Michigan Farmer, and for several 
ycurs past the able and graceful assistant of 
Prof. GtAt ver, (director of the Museum in the 
Agricultural Department,) died j u Washington 
on the 28th ult., aged 52 years. Mrs. A. was a 
lady of decided talent and poetic genius. The 
accomplishments, courtesy, and literary and 
- - i v. yj ' i it I'm; 11 
“ Having seen your advertisement In tlio Rural 
ffv New-Yorker, &c." But actions 6peak his up- 
f predation louder than mere words,—and an an- 
muincemont in this paper shows that as soon as 
Mr. Ives engages in a business in which adver- 
