“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
A NATIONAL ILLtTfSTRATKD 
rural, literary and family newspaper. 
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Commencing with July and January. 
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SATURDAY, AUG. 27, 1870. 
THE FRANCO - PRUSSIAN WAR. 
In our News Department will bo found a 
complete, though condensed, remove of opera¬ 
tions on the part of the French and Prussian 
armies plnco our hist issue, so fur us result* have 
readied us. We also give another new map, 
showing the ground now being fought over in 
iho race, apparently, between the two armies 
toward Paris. The battles have been bloody. 
Prussia lias struck terrible blows with great 
rapidity, cot,sidering the immense forces bun¬ 
dled and t he character or the country in which 
the war is waged. There is nothing, at this 
writing, to indicate that Marshal McMahon has 
joined .he main body of the French since ids 
disastrous fight with the Crown Prince ot l rus- ((| |h0 ^ attending the Convention wh 
sia. Tho victorious troops of the latter have , 
been steadily marching toward Paris, on a line , 
parallel with McMahon's retreat, and between I 
him and the balance of the French. Meantime ' 
Princo FrkdkriCK Cuaulws and King Wiltjam 
have been crowding back Hazainu compelling , 
his retreat from Met* across the Moselle toward 
Verdun, and to tight a buttle with the Grown < 
Prince on tho west side of the Moselle before 
his retreating army could cross it. Napot.ron 
has “retired" from Mel*, was reported nt Ver¬ 
dun, then safe fu the camp ot Chalons, where 
ho was said to he actively organizing Ids troops 
for the defense of Paris; and now ho is report¬ 
ed at Kholnis, northwest from Chalons, within 
easy reach of Paris, and well towards the Belgian 
frontier, out of tho path ol' the Prussian armies 
en route for Paris. What he is doing there we 
arc left to surmise. 
Thus far, since Sunday the 14th inst., there lias 
been little gleaned as to the relative position 
and success of the two armies. That little indi¬ 
cates that the French army is still retreating and j 
the Prussian army still pursuing. French dis¬ 
patches talk mysteriously of “grand strategic 
movements." Accounts from Prussian sources 
are indefinite. There are those who Imvc l'alth 
in French resources and valor si ill—who believe 
the Prussians arc losing with each day’s advance, 
and (he French gaining strength with each day’s 
retreat, and that the latter will yet repel ihe in¬ 
vaders, and intllet terrible retribution upon 
them for their intrepid temerity. 
Meantime we are told that a vast force of la¬ 
borers is preparing Paris for defenses that one 
thousand guns are mounted on the min parts; 
that the army works night and day making cart¬ 
ridges; that tho people consent to be deprived 
of news of army movements “for tho good of 
the cause;" that tumult on ihe part of the in¬ 
subordinate spirits is quelled by the police, as¬ 
sisted by the populace; that Oij.tvikr and wife 
have loft for 1 taly, &o., &c. Again ii is said that 
those employed in preparing Paris for defense 
are only given work to prevent the breeding of 
mischief not because Paris is regarded in actu- 
at danger. For 
“Satan finds some mischief still 
For idle linnds to do.” 
Our readers must draw their own inferences 
from this coinpend of tho situation. What¬ 
ever their wishes, no mut t er what cause they 
espouse in their hearts, the sad, sad stories of 
devastation and slaughter must quicken their 
sympathies for those who suffer; for the wound¬ 
ed and dying; for those bereft of husbands, 
sons and brothers. Memories of our own strug¬ 
gles and the suffering entailed, North and South, 
will awaken, and again our hearts wilt bleed for 
those whose sorrows must ever he unexpressed 
since they are inexpressible, whether French or 
German. 
— Up to the time of closing our forms for the 
press. Friday P. M„ Aug. lit, no news has come 
indicating any change in the situation from that 
outlined above. Tho week has been one of 
constant bait lo. England has got Napoleons 
consent to treat for peace; King \\ h.i.iam, 
X. however, says peace negotiations can only oc- 
>- cur after an armistice is asked for and agreed 
upon according to the laws of war. Prince Na¬ 
poleon is said to have fled to Italy. 'The Em¬ 
peror and Empress are announced as on their 
way to England through Belgium, having dis- I 
patched their personal property thereto. Of 
course these are rumors. But they may fore¬ 
shadow events to take place, If not actual facts. 
The latest dispatches report the garrison at 
Metz starving, and must capitulate, since all 
their sources of supply are cut off. BAZAINE, 
it is asserted, must out his way through the 
Prussian armies or capitulate. The Emperor 
is declared insane, ami mumbles and murmuis, 
“I nin betrayed! I am betrayed!” 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
A Publisher's Homestead on the Hudson. -After 
a recent visit to Iona Island, (whence emanate 
the celebrated 1mm and Bum chin grapes,) abonl 
which, asa great Bummer Resort in the future, 
we may ore long have sqjnething to say, we ac¬ 
cepted the genial hospitality of Mr. Samuel 
Sinclair, ol the Tribune, and remained over 
night at bis homestead near Croton. Borne years 
ago Mr. B. purchased a homestead farm here, 
mid has since added adjoining tract# until he has 
nearly two hundred broad acres of high, rolling 
laud, overlooking the Hudson. An early, be¬ 
fore-breakfast walk over a portion of the prem¬ 
ises, and a Utter and much longer ride with the 
proprietor, afforded us great pleasure- lor we 
were not only delighted with the magnificent 
view*Of Hie Hudson and highlands, but inter¬ 
ested in tiic improvement# making by Mr. StN- 
Uf.AiH in tho way ol buildings, fences, t iU* drain¬ 
age, etc. With a good soil, line location, sa¬ 
lubrious «ir, and surrounded by magnificent 
scenery, our friend will, on completing his im¬ 
provements (Including ft splendid mansion, now 
being erected,) have one of the most beautiful 
and valuable homesteads on the Hudson. The 
distinguished Editor of The Tribune,—who is 
becoming widely known os the Farmer of (- Imp— 
puipitt, must look to his laurels in the rurallsttc 
line, or lie may soon be eclipsed by the Publisher 
of that popular journal. 
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Funner*’ Convention m Dover, Me.—We learn 
that the Maine Board of Agriculture is to moot 
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 30- 
;H, and September 1, at Mayo’s Hall, Hover, Mo. 
The following programme is announced : The 
opening exercise will be an address of welcome 
by Galvin chamberlain, K j q- of Foxcrofi.at 
10 A. M., Tuesday. This will be followed by the 
delivery of lectures, and the reading of papers 
prepared for the occasion; also by discussions, 
open to nil, upon Hie various subject# presented, 
In which the loading fanners of I he State arc 
expected to engage. Arrangement* have been 
made by which free ret urn tickets may be issued 
to those attending flip Convention who pay the 
usual fare in coming over the principal rail¬ 
roads in the Suite. Among the exorcises may 
be expected the presentation ot tho subjects of 
“Farm Laws," by Hon. A. G. l.i huokii; “Hoad 
Making, “by C. R. Stwbon, Esq.; “Associated 
Dairying,“ by Ucv. Mr. Guitmtv ; and probably 
some remarks on “Curing Milk,*’by T. S. fiot>D, 
Esq., Secretary Conn. Board of Agriculture; 
also lecture# or papers on various other agricul¬ 
tural topics, such as “ Manures," “ Sheep Hus¬ 
bandry,” “ Culture of the Apple,” “ Improve¬ 
ment of Boil by Plowing," " Hoad Fences,” 
“What Constitutes a Successful Life,” &c. 
“ Doctrinal Horticulture."—Brother BERCHBn 
of the Christian Union cannot help being a 
hona-Mt horticulturist lfhetries,oven in doctri¬ 
nal discussions. Here is a sample, In an argu¬ 
ment with Ihe Christian Advocate, which Indi¬ 
cates so much familiarity with oollc-y peaches 
that we cannot forbear giving it, albeit we have 
not read and care nothing about the doctrinal 
point m dispute: 
We should (is soon expect to see that law of 
Nature repealed by which flowers and fruits 
(nit© on new beauty, and attain greater size aud 
richness under ehungeof soli ami culture, as to 
look tor uniform expressions of religious beliel 
under all spiritual conditions, Does our brother 
suppose that n buttercup can bo bound by an 
“Uiiulierablesbindard" tebuve only five nctul*? 
Let him transplant and see. 11a* the editor of 
iin- Advocate ever eaten a wild peach? We 
hope not! It. i* thoroughly unregenerate mid 
totally depraved But if ho will take-our word 
for the flnd-elaas colic-power ol this specimen. 
„;,d chui r,is! its acridity, hardness, and general 
unprofitableness, with the sweet and mellow 
virtue* of I lie best cultivated variety. Ins sad 
©vc# will be enlightened, and we hope Hint he 
will I lien be ill n miind to believe tlwt the Iruit 
of the Spirit love, Joy, peace, long-suffering, 
gen 1 1eucss,goodness, fa i/7i—i* not ’lost when 
it assumes ill many ease* a shape and color and 
flavor not specified in the Articles ot Religion. 
hud there been no war, provided the present 
prospect# of an early peace are realized. But 
if, from any cause, the war is prolonged and the 
diversion from industry, the waste incident to 
such struggles continue, the present crop will 
nut have found a market ere prices will have 
advanced beyond the maximum of the present 
year’s figures—at least such is our judgment. 
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The A'otes on t nlifornin, by Messrs. Wilder, 
Downing, Ellwanc.er and BAnnT, t he publica¬ 
tion of which we commenced last week and 
continue iu this issue, will attract attention, 
and he found exceedingly interesting by those 
who would know something of what, Is doing in 
Pomology amt Arboriculture in that wonderful 
country. They embrace tho joint observations 
of tho gentlemen named, (and are not to be 
credited to Mr- Barry alone, 08 he informs ns too 
late for us to omit Ins name from the position 
given It a* the author of the articles,) each and 
all of whom are critical, practical, dispassionate 
observers; and they tell what was seen and 
learned iu the departments of agricult ure (in it# 
broadest sense) to which the lives of these emi¬ 
nent gentlemen have heeu-BO successfully de¬ 
voted. 
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Paper Money. There are people who object to 
pa per money, (though the fact is we don’t know 
that we ever saw such a person,) and long for the 
rnillcnlum of coin for circulation. An article in 
an English Journal show# that although the gold 
coin lias been supposed to bo the currency of 
English commerce, yet, that paper money built 
every town and village in Scotland, constructed 
nil its docks, hnrbors, road*, factories, and pub¬ 
lic works, opened it* mines, ami reclaimed much 
of iissoil from barrenness. Gommentingonthis 
article, the Scientific American says; “ There 
is no denying these fact*, and there is no dodg¬ 
ing tlie inference that paper currency is to bo 
the money of I he future, not only in this coun¬ 
try, but abroad." 
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The Public Debt.—The Government has, be¬ 
sides discharging all current obligations, paid on 
the public debt the large sum of $17,034,133! 
Bine© the incoming of the present administra¬ 
tion the debt I ns* been decreased over $136,000,- 
000. Tho decrease since last March la over 
$69,000,000. During tho year 1889 the average 
monthly reduction wa* over $7,000,000, while 
tints fur in the present year the average month¬ 
ly decrease ha# been over $13,800,000! Thus the 
average monthly reduction for the present yeat 
j* nearly double that of last year, which shows 
a constantly increasing cfiicJeuey and economy 
in the revenue collections. 
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A Hint for Manufacturer® of Hairy Utensil*.— 
We are impelled, by the number of inquiries 
which reach us to make Hie disinterested sug¬ 
gestion to manufacturers of dairy utensils, that 
they may profitably advertise the same In the 
lluitAi. New Yorker The dally interest is 
large, and is increasing, and we are glad to say 
that Hie circulation ol this paper among dairy¬ 
men increase* proportionately. Why there is 
#o much st uptil blindness to their own interest* 
(and our> In this wicked world, among so many 
different classes of industrial men, lias always 
Been a marvel to us, and wc must say that our 
I astonishment Increases daily. 
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liltintiuny Hinrkkerrin Y’rom “ Kittatiuny ” 
I Williams, Moot Clair, N. ,T., came on our table 
the other day, fresh, sweet, luscious. Consider¬ 
ing the extensive farm we cultivate (embracing, 
the continent,) we arc not surprised that some 
of our head gardeners, orchard 1st*, vlneyardlsta 
and small fruit culturists should find it conven¬ 
ient ami profitable to send us a sample of tliolr 
1 products occasionally. Among the most effic¬ 
ient and reliable of the overseers in our domain, 
v.o count the Said “ Kittatiuny ’’ Williams. He 
, is a worker; and we have always found he could 
give a good reason for what ho does. 
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\ BnglUh “ Hi faint la.”—An editorial in a late 
• Mark Lane Express, talking of the implement 
i sliow of the Royal Agricultural Society, says: 
• *• we are long likely to be the manufacturers of 
. agricultural Implements, engines, and ran- 
l ©litaery for the world. The United States may, 
1 and does, invent good labor-saving machinery, 
j much of which, when found useful, will doubt¬ 
less be adopted here; although, so far, the e.v- 
1 change is all the other way.” The self-cotnpla- 
' coney of that quotation i# only equaled by 
1 either its Impudent disregard of truth, or the 
J st upid ignorance of tho writer thereof. 
GERMAN BATTLE-SONG. 
BY HENRY O’UIELLY. 
Ho! Germans all! from “ South” and “ North,” 
■Wheel quickly into line; 
Your rides grasp, yotir sabres draw. 
For battle on the Rhine. 
United all! with heart and hand, 
l,tke Brethren stand for Fatherland, 
Or fall beside the Rhine. 
Invading hosts attack your coasts, 
Their million bay’nets shine 
Across your borders everywhere 
Along the storied Rhine. 
( Chorus. 
The fierce invaders now drive back— 
No coward hearts are thine! 
Up, Germans, all! repel attack 
In battle on the Rhine. 
(Chorus. 
Your distant friends, on foreign strand, 
Watch eagerly yowr “ Line,” 
And pray “God crown the Fatherland 
With triumph on the Rhine.” 
(Chorus. 
O ! bravely stand for Native Land, 
For home and heir shrine; 
For all the hopes of Germany 
Now center on the Rhine. 
United nil! with heart and hand, 
Like Germans aland for Fatherland, 
Or fall beside the Rhine. 
New Y'ork, August 6,1870. 
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THE SEASON. 
Indexing the Rural. Occasionally we get a 
letter from some of our respected readers who 
compliment ns by saying, “The Rural,New- 
Yorker would be just perfect, if”-what do 
you think?—“you would make tt complete in¬ 
dex of each number." We some limes fancy 
i here arc people in the world who would like to 
have us invent a reading machine, to enable 
them to read it without exertion. Now, a word 
about indexing Ihe Rural New-Yorker. In 
lit© first place, it is so small now, and so crowd¬ 
ed, that, wo cannot, well spare the space. Then, 
to give one complete, it delay# going to press 
Just about an hour (more or less) every week. 
Uni the best reason, and the chief one for not 
Indexing it, is, that, the articles are classified iu 
departments, if tho paper was made up with¬ 
out such classification, there would be a better 
reason why we should index each number. But 
every man, or woman, interested in any depart¬ 
ment, of husbandry, elm turn to ii in the RURAL 
and, at a glance, read the titles of the articles 
therein. Added, wo give a complete index every 
six months, and we do not want to make the 
paper all index—it to distasteful to our notions 
of propriety. _ _ 
The Fanners’ Glut of the American Institute 
has lutd a vacation of some weeks. Ere our 
reader* receive this paper it will resume its ses¬ 
sions, (on the 23d,) find tho work of cultivating 
all creation will commence. A delegation of it* 
members have been through the West and to 
California, to till tip, and our readers may look 
fora tremendous overflow, and an enriching ir¬ 
rigation regularly hereafter. 
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The, Market Price of Products follows gold 
these days closely. Tho speculative feeling 
which the first war pulsation engendered lias 
subsided, both in gold and produce. We have 
not yet felt the results which are sure to follow 
the devastation of war. And yet we are not 
sure that prices will advance materially be- 
\,-w \ninc lor the American Irndllnte Farm¬ 
er*’ <iol».—A philological Pennsylvania paper, 
with great elegance, much fervor, and more 
reeling, heads an article in which the wisdom of 
this Club Is analyzed, “ New York Institute 
Dundarpates ” that is, block pa tea, that is, 
blockheads, wo suppose. We have been told 
that somebody once wished that somebody 
would give him the power to see himself a# 
Others saw liim. It there are any such wishers 
among the members of the Club, look on Penn¬ 
sylvania Mirror, nud-FVrezc/ 
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Haw to Cntcli Grasshopper* % Utah.—Prof. 
Writ nicy of this city, who has been studying 
modes and manners in Utah, thinks the mode 
adopted there of destroying grasshoppers, (driv- I 
ing them into water ditches and drowning 
them ; or on to winrows of Straw, and burning 
them.) clumsy, and saysif the difficulty had ex¬ 
isted In the East, “some one would long ago 
have made a grasshopper-catching machine to 
run on wheels* and, perhaps, have sot up a mill 
to grind the captured vermin into guano." 
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Ice.House nml Refrigerator Combinod.—A Har- 
risburgh, Pu., correspondent asks for a plan and 
description of a two-story-ice house—the upper 
part tor ice aud the lower story to be used as a 
refrigerator. We have uo such plan ; nor have 
we ever seen such an lec-bouse. It any of our 
readers have, let them describe it. 
Ticket* for the South.—Mr. True, in his letter 
in rural New-Yorker Aug. 13, page 106, erred 
in saying that tickets could be secured of Rey¬ 
nolds & Co., 106 Fulton street, New York city. 
We should have said they can bo obtained by ad¬ 
dressing If. E. Colton, care of C. 3'. Reynolds 
& Co., 106 Fulton street. Now York city. 
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Broom Cora Machinery.—Those who have in¬ 
quired of us for information about broom corn 
machinery are referred to the advertisement of 
[We wiuil Information, briefly, concerning the fenson, progress of 
the work, temperature, crop*, price* of farm produce, Block, labor 
ami land*, and careful luliirmleu of th« amotuil of grain and number 
of niiluitila on hand for mill*, un compared with prevlou* •unX'ira, for 
publication tin dor thlr hand.—R iml Rchai.-I 
Owatonnn, Minn., Vug. II.—Wo are having 
tlio first rainy day this summer. Except a few 
light showers in the night, we have had no rain 
of accountsince the last .of May, Early sowed 
wheat and oats were very nearly an average 
crop; late sowed, a failure. Corn extra good; 
potatoes light.—o. w. 
Benton, Iowa, Aug. 13.—Corn looks well aud 
is getting hard; wheat, half crop; oats a little 
more; potatoes nothing to speak of. it bn* 
been very dry little rain since winter; July 
very hot; Hm thermometer, 100 , for two days 
and 06 , OK commonly for two weeks. Grass is 
very good ; harvest all done and stacking i early 
so. Wheat, 05c.; barley, 70c.: corn. 50c.; oat*, 
30c.; Inn ter. "tie.: eggs, 15c.; bay let* no market; 
oxen from $130 to $170; cows, $30®50.—IOA. 
Coleraine, Mn*»., Aug. 15. -The last four 
weeks it hit* been very hot mid dry; have bad 
but few showers; there will not be much rowen 
cut in this section. Potatoes will turn out slim. 
Corn is backward, flats wore a good crop. Ear¬ 
ly potatoes have been selling for $" per bushel; 
jiow they are $1; corn, $1.LV<71.20; rye, fl.iW® 
1.25; oats 50080c.; eggs, 28c.; cheese, 15c.; butter, 
330 .; pork, whole hog, ll(&12c. Farm hands get 
$25 to $35 per month, and board, and from $1.35 
to $1450 and board tty the day. -S- 
Leroy, Blue Earth Go., Minn., Aug. Dry 
weather continues. Pastures are getting short; 
water scarce. Haying and harvesting about 
over. Wheat (spring) is much less In quantity, 
but much belter in quality than last year. Oats 
good; prospect for corn is splendid. 1 never 
saw a better lime for harvest. Grain will be 
put in garner tn good condition, There will 
not be potatoes enough raised for our next 
years’ seed iu this part of Minnesota. Wheat is 
worth from $1 to $1.05.— I. B. it. 
Hartford, Blackford Go., lud., Aug. 13.—It. is 
now wet and sultry; it has been quire dry, and 
excellent weather for storing summer crops. 
A middling crop of uppJcs; seUlngfttfl0@70c.per 
bushel by growers—at store retailing at 10c. per 
dozen. Wheat crop middling, but of good 
qualit y; price $1.10 per bushel: oats more sown 
than usual—good yield, and of good quality; 
average price, f>0o. per bushel. Hay not as good 
as last year, on account of drouth during a part 
of May and June. Prospect# for corn arc good. 
—A. 8. v. G. 
Kind .Inffrny, Y, II., Aug I?.—The season has 
been extremely hot since June 1st—the hottest 
for many years. Early apples are rotting on 
the trees; our tipple crop will be heavy. The 
curculio has given its especial attention to the 
pear, peach, and plum. Rear# are bearing well. 
The drouth has injured some crops, but. not half 
as much us the “croakers” would have it. We 
have had fine rains of late, and vegetation looks 
yield will not bo very good. 77 heat stood light 
on the ground : barley hurt in spring with cold: 
oats have rusted so badly that some ol them will 
not pay for-harvesting. I think corn will be 
very good if tho weather is favorable the rest Ol 
Iho season; hop* will not he more than half a 
crop, a great many pole# having no hops on, al¬ 
though there are plenty of vines; what hops 
there art! seem good, so if nothing further Imp- 
pen# the quality will be good. Fruit is plenty 
aud good, apples especially. Grapes arc plenty, 
hut mildewed where the land is too rich, n- G. 
CSV* For other Season notes set; page 150. 
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
[Wit shall bo glad to rscoive (ruin the nffi.-era of Industrial Socie¬ 
ties any information of general public interest roneciniug their re¬ 
spective organizations, for publication under this head. Send in 
your premium list#, announcements of exhibitions. Ac ] 
It urn I Fitir* for 1870. 
We add to the list of Fairs published on page 
123, the following, which have since been re¬ 
ceived : 
Atlnir Co., Mo„ Kirkvllle. '§epj- 
Adams Ox. fa.. Gettysburg..°ept. 26-29 
A1 1 ©git n v Oi- N. V.. Angelica....Kept.28, 29 
Attain. Mi**.. Pilgrim’* Real < liurch... Nov. !} 
Berk* G,„ Pm.. Road In*.Kept 27-30 
Buchanan 1 Mo.. t*t. Joseph.bcjit t.-o 
Canadian Poultry, Toronto....uot. b. < 
Central Georgia, Macmi . .oet.o—# 
Cheshire t'n., N. lb. Keene-. Kept. fa. 7 
Clark Co.. Wash. Ter.. Vancouver.Kept. .8 at 
('Union Co., Mo.. Plutwhur*.Kept. II- 17 
Columbus. Gs.. Muscogee. .. . .Nov. l a 
Gontoocock Vtiller, n. It., Hillsborough 
Bridge.Get. 4 -6 
Coos and Essex, Vt - Lancaster.. ‘• -•> 
Corning. N- Y-. Corning...Sept. 26-22 
Faribault Co., Mint*., Winnebago < ity.... .Sept. 22, 23 
Farmer*' and Merit. Inst., Pa- Easton... .Sept. 21-23 
Franklin Co.. Pn.. Claim be r*bnri?.OcL 5 -7 
IliiytKhHl r '., Trim., Itrmvviv illo.(Jcl. JS — 
Henry t o . Tenn.. Parts. . .•• hep!. n 
Howard Co.. Tenn- l.line Bprtng Station. Bcpt.H,58 
Indiana Co.. Pa...... • • • ■• ! T” ,, t. h 
Jackson Co., Mo.. Independence. A tig. Kept. . 
Jefferson * <».. Miss- Fayette.Ori. la-.l 
Johnson Co., Mo- Warronubiirg. Kept. !, Oct. I 
Lebanon Park Arson.. Pa- Lebanon. Sept. 2d- 2d 
l.ehtgh Co,. IVi., Allentown.Kept. 28 dd 
Macon Co . Mo.. Miteou City.Sept. 2, 
Mnseomu Valley. N. H.. Lebanon.— _ — 
Mercer Co.. Mo., Ah'ipi...Oel.4 < 
N. Y. State Poultry. N. A.city....R©e. lf-22 
Northampton Co.. Pa., Nazareth.Oel. I i 
North Georgia Ag. and Merit- Dalton.* ' V. 1 ’ 
North Mississippi Water Valley. <><d. L 22 
North Missouri Ag. aud Merit.. .Salisbury.Kept, l.i It 
Petersburg. Yu- Ag. and Hort., Peters- 
bunt”.Oct. to-28 
Pettis Co.. >l(i„ Sedalla.Kept. 19 24 
Pulaski. Ark- Little Rock.Del. I 
Puinant, Gu. ..Oct. t- H 
Itiee Co..-Minn.. Faribault.'Bept. M, ' 
ttoekim’lmm Co- N- II- Kingston Plain*..Kepi, 1.4- 1.; 
Mr. Clair Co- Mteh- Port Hun. ')ct. 4-a 
Kalltte Co- Mo.. Marshall.Kept. Id-18 
San Joann in. Cal...Kept. 20 
Sitngerield and Marshall, N. 7.. Water- 
vine. .Kept, 22. 23 
Shelby Co., Twin., Memphis...•° t 't. to 15 
Bhenungo Valley, Pa., (.reenvlllc.gept. 2.-.d 
BonLUwe»l Missouri. Carthage .hept. 
Tennessee Central, Murfreesboro. .Bept. 20-31 
Ulysses, N’. Y., Union, Trutiianeburg.flopt.-I—,23 
Virginia Ft ate. lUchtnend.v 
Washington Co.. Oregon, Hillsboro.<iet. i J 
Wood Co., O- Tontogaiiy..Oet. 4 U 
Vermont Editor*’ and PuhlLlter*’ Assoelotion. 
—The annual meeting nf the Vermont Associa* 
I ion of Editor* and PubllBhors wit* held at the 
Weldon House, St. Alban#, Thursday evening, 
Aug. 11. lion. Gkougb Grrnvillb Benedict, 
ot tho Burlington Free Pres*, mid Times, deliv¬ 
ered the aumml address. Hon. E. I*. Walton 
wti#re-i.loored President. Col. H. D. Hopkins, 
of Momtieliar. was elected GorresitondRig hee- 
tetary. Rutland was selected it-, the place of 
the next Httntial meeting. On Friday the Asso¬ 
ciation with Indie# and guest# took an excursion 
among the Island* of Lake Champlain, dining 
at Plattsburgh, N. Y. In the evening h. R. 
WtHTlHG, Esq., first Vice-President, of the Asso¬ 
ciation, gave a splendid reception, which was 
numerously attended.—o. s. u. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
ASTHMA. 
Thousands of the worst ease# of Asilima have 
been relieved by using Jonas Wh itcomb’s Rkmej)\ 
rott Asthma. In no case Of pare Asthma Has it 
failed to give prompt relief. No danger need be ap¬ 
prehended front its use; an Infant may take it with 
perfect sully. 
-#h-- 
BOUND VOLUMES OF THE KUBAL. 
Handsomely bound copies of Voi. XXI. of the 
Rural New-Yorker, (Jan to July, 1870.) containing 
410 Page*, and Illustrated with over 400 Engravings, 
are. now ready for delivery nt the otlico. or by Ex¬ 
press. Price ("-.Sd. Also. Yob XX.. for 1869 fS2'* 
pages and over MOO Engravings—price $4. 
I>y We can also furnish any or nil of the volumes 
published during tho past twelve years (except those 
for 1»!2 ami I860 at $3 each. The volume for 1860 con¬ 
tains a series of illustrated articles on Taxidermy 
which Is alone worth its price to any one Interested 
in or desiring Information Upon the subject. Wo 
have a number of volumes for 1861, stitched for 
binding, which we will send by Express, subject to 
charges,(they cannot go by mail.) at ¥l each. Orders 
addressed to either the New York or Rochester omm 
of the Rural will receive prompt attention. 
THE PRESS AND THE RURAL. 
[From the Rochester Evening Express.] 
BUTT HR TUAN FA'BB-Wo have received the half- 
yearly bound volume of MWORK'S UUP A t. Nl.w- 
YouKKU. rrotn January to Juno, inchedve, \\ e have 
attentively read Mwciitn’# Rural for years, and 
nave mill tine ttinio Ol him.-, am, lawwuim iwk .; .... 
fresh aud entiling again. Potatoes arc doing ul'g owtl^?A% J <duma 3 ror tlie past hull jthat 
well mnv; corn is good; the ii 
did, seldom better; oats and otl 
Wild berries in great profusion 
; Hu? buy crop Is splon- nevurbeforn was it so well worth fits position as tho 
and other cereals, good. warasmrv to u.»e Ate." Sa ’ftma 
above par so far; luiyund pasture in abuudancc. 
Great drouths here are almost unknown. Our 
facilities areunsurpoBsedfordulryingand choose 
factories. Farm* cun be bought, from $:2t> to $50; 
flue building*, and as good land a# laysoui doors, 
ready for the mowing machine. Fruit is plenty; 
also all kinds of timber. A cheese factory isnow 
in operation in iho town of Burton, some live or 
six miles cast of Flint,and one other,some eight 
miles north; but we want more. Why should 
we be compelled to get on v cheese from tho East, 
as is actually the ease? Farmers here lack en¬ 
terprise, and so keep on raising wheat.— a. b. 
Vliiorln, Out., Aug. l L-We had it wet through 
haying, and there was considerable hay de¬ 
stroyed aud left on I lie field to rot; but when 
harvest commenced it began to got wetter, and 
has continued so all (Itrough until a few days 
since; now it looks as If wc would have dry 
weather for seeding. During harvest, much 
grain was completely covered with water, and a 
great deal 1ms been damaged by sprouting while 
In the field; most of il was uiken to the barn 
dump, so it bus become heated aud musty; farm¬ 
ers are very anxious to thresh it out. to prevent 
its being entirely destroyed. The market has 
.Vil.n, -\ve wore smry tutese -Mr. .mooio: trom 
The same may Rochester, but In* friend* now remind reloleo at m 
I nrpv noon greater success widt h hi* paper Hu* achieved In ij» 
' prey upon ,, 1>0 in. The change of the volume fmui m te 
tt. ball-yearly, is a great itumovemnnl. «* 
. rural rodttera to nova tbofr papers bopBo. wtin « > 
enty of ram md,.* and t it le page every *lx numilm. I ho ereidly 
good; corn ItiercascU of the paper remlercd this . 
x , _ nm'KHiry. TCucii volmuecjuiiOn* t«*ur hurnlH d •' ,l ‘ 
ubuudancf!. piitfcjjf- iottKtnu two volurmrs. nml mtHt'tiuu 
nown. Our eigiu hundred page*, filli 1 ,! wilb eb'.i.-i' rca' 1 "'' ] 1 '' 
i i nuc enuruvlnpi* jin Hr' price i*f a >ear h *ub^i'pu H . 
JRIldcboObG . early duyjt, tvlu *11 papers woio cheap. Air. 
II $2(1 to $50; moor it never did better by Id* readers, either m 
. , n„ii»ifit.v or otiallty ot matter, tluin lie t* now iioin-, 
s out doors, *j nt j mo rostili i*. to plm *- the Rt BAL iunueaflorably 
it is plenty; t n lu lvance of Its competitors. 
Rory isnow [From the Rochester Dally Union.] 
some live or Moonr.'s lti ral Nr.« - Yorker. 
sornc eight pleasure utuny time to rater to UiisejAefiont Jcufj 
om.baEa.,,. 
ire lack on- regies*. In all that porteUi* t,. Agrlotiituro.Hori*- 
at-A B euliure, and Rural Ltio tt tin* no e-inpeuto V 
ill. a. b. . t|| i vidle it* columns are ulway * "bed wU‘i 
wot through writ written nd#coll:uiy, tele* and Paia-ra on sr 
l( c }„,y , 1 ,.. science, together with u sj nnpslfl ot tho news of me 
, ... . -_ daY- .. ...... _ i,. .t. i m n ftiid nresents 
looking over the last issue : 
of reading mutter ot the chea t sbktnd 
As a weekly 
nv families 
id iciuting mituiM «‘I P,111 lie* 
SsSSMsfej 
tbeyare doing themsclvc* credit by what they send 
forth to the public. 
I From the N- Y. Evening Mull.] 
not opened much yet, partly on account of the it tmii am.mg the popular woekiies-notably 
uncertainty of affairs in Europe and the eondi- illustrations, of which it has a perfect right to 
'J’lto Em- yond the figures which would have obtained | II. H, AliLBN & Co., in this paper. 
uncertainty of affairs in Europe and the condi¬ 
tion of grain; buyers seem afraid to buy. The 
boast, us it does In its last issue. 
