PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
dnily paper which furnishes reliable market re¬ 
ports, if lie studies them carefully. 
This leads us to again urge a combination of 
the farmers of a neighborhood or town, the es¬ 
tablishment of regular market days and places, 
and the importance and advantages of co¬ 
operating to secure daily telegraphic market 
reports of leading staple articles produced, 
which should be bulletined. Tins rnay soetn ex¬ 
pend ve at first, but the saving will pay the ex¬ 
pense. Farmers will remain In tbe power of 
buyers so long ns they do not adopt the same 
measures for enlightening themselves that other 
business men find necessary. And there Is no 
good reason why each town should not have its 
Farmers* Exchange, with a perfected system for 
obtaining the most reliable and latest informa¬ 
tion concerning market prices, nor any excuse 
for the shiftlessness which results In farmers 
being constantly cheated by men better posted, 
simply because they make it their business to be. 
Knowledge is power; and farmers have it in 
their power to obtain the knowledge if they 
unite to do it. 
what he was going to do about it? "Why," 
said he, "the sii nation is this:—I find that hard 
work drowns every sorrow, swallows up every 
annoyance, sweetens every sour fruit, and 
rounds and polishes every acute angle; so I’m 
going to work Wee the d - Lekens! That's what 
I'd dor Did ever man state the situat ion bet¬ 
ter? Did ever man solve the problem of life 
more wisely? 
bright bny color, well proportioned and active. 
He weighs 1,9*0 pounds. Tbe Normans are all 
gray in color. 
The Farmers’ Home Journal, Lexington, Ky., 
says“ Mr. J. 11. Ming of Helena, Montana, has 
been In OUf market, for several days, buying 
thoroughbred bulls. He has bought in nil. eight, 
bulls of Messrs. Auk VanMktkh, Wat, in it Han- 
nv, and C. W. In ms, who are among the best- 
knowi) and most, successful breeders of line cat¬ 
tle in this section, famed as it. Is for its superior 
cattle. These bulls arc all thoroughbred, and 
having carefully examined the pedigrees, we 
know that they are direct descendants from 
some of the very best stock In Kentucky. Mr. 
Mino la an enterprising young stock-raiser in 
thut far-off State, which, in its resources,promi¬ 
ses to be one of tbe first Stales in t he Union, and 
we are confident that the stock interest will be 
greatly benefited by this acquisition of thor¬ 
oughbred bulls." 
w.m. H. T. Hughes of this city, informs us of 
the arrival, September 15tli, of five very choice 
two-ycar-n]d Jersey heifers, shipped him by 
Lawkencb Parsons Fowt.r.u, who writes him: 
“These few I send you arc very choice indeed." 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
HUilAIj, LITMAIIY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor, 
\ New Cattle Dlaeaae—The Ohio Farmer of 
Svpt. lOtli has the following:—"TbeWarren, 
Trumbull Co., Chronicle says that farmers and 
others iri that section, complain or a new cattle 
disease having broken out, called black leg. The 
llesli on the fore legs of the eat lb-gradually drops 
off, leaving the bone exposed. A gentleman 
from Lorain county tells us that the same dis¬ 
order is prevailing to a considerable extent there, 
the forelegs or the animal swell to such an ex¬ 
tent that the skin bursts, and the flesh drops off, 
having turned black. The same epidemic is also 
prevailing in Canada, opposite Detroit; some of 
the horses there have died with it . The conclu¬ 
sions of many who are familiar with the work¬ 
ings of the disease, attribute its cause to the bite 
of n peculiar kind of black fly. Some of the best 
veterinary surgeons are of the same opinion. 
Washing the parte with strong soap suds, and 
applying a coating of lard, fish-oil and sulphur, 
is given as a remedy." 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
PVk ahftll \>p. pliiil to receive from the nflPer* of Intln^fnal Socie¬ 
ties any Information of guiieru] interest concenting their re¬ 
spective onranlzAtions t»r puWfpntlon under thU hed. Send in 
yonr premium IUu f nnnomicemente of oxhiMiiona, A*-.] 
\ >Tinont suite Fair.—We have only lime nnd 
room, at the moment, of our return from Bur¬ 
lington. to sny that the Vermont Stale Fair, just, 
closed, has been a successor whicli the Directors 
have every reason to feel proud. The exhibition 
>>i cattle, sheep and swine embraced choice spec¬ 
imens of popular breeds, while in Vermont's 
specialty—Homes -especially of Morgan blood, 
the whole State has reason to feel gratified nt 
•he largo number of superior animals shown. 
Other departments were well filled, the attend¬ 
ance large, and the ami mil address, by Deo. li. 
Lorfng, Esq„ listened to by a very large eon- 
courso of interested fanners. 
Non li western Ber-Krepera’ Ass’n.— 1 The Fourth 
Annual Meeting of the Northwestern I Ice-Keep¬ 
ers' Afcs'n., will be held at Decatur. 111., no Wed¬ 
nesday, rhe week of the State Fair. Printed 
notices, giving the hour nnd place of the session, 
will be found on the fair grounds. At this 
meeting the officers for the year ensuing, and 
the Stale in which to hold the fifth annual mecl- 
ing, will be determined by ballot. A large at¬ 
tendance of boe-kcepers, mat others interested 
in the subject of bee culture, is anticipated. A 
special invitation is liorol.y extended to kindred 
associations, nnd to bee-keepers everywhere, to 
tie present with honey, hives, honey extracting 
machines, nnd whateverel.se may serve to give 
life and interest to the occasion, Applications 
lor membership, and special questions on hee 
culture for discussion, should In; sent at. once to 
the Secretary, at St. Charles, 111. Olio of tin- 
most, important questions for discussion will be 
the holding of a National Bco-Keoptt-' Conven¬ 
tion some time the present fail, or the coming 
winter. In Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cin¬ 
cinnati, or Pittsburg. A free expression on this 
topic Is much desired. 
.. . M. L. Dura, AX', Pres. 
M. M. Baldridge, Secy. 
THE SEASON. 
f H E want lathrrentton. briefly, r'.nr rf’.ly.. 111 .; seftflOU, projjrfisa of 
Iho work-, P-mpuraturi', crop*, pric«« of form prCuliKO, itork, Inhnr 
nn.l Inn.e, Mi.i oiroful Esliumi.., of llie ummmt n| proli) ami number 
of nnlmale on ham! for mmIo. n, eompareit with previous season,, for 
publication under ihl, head.—Bun. Rukai .,1 
Pnghtown, Cheater Co., I*n., H.-pt. 1.—Corn 
good, ripening well; ditto potatoes. Wheat, 
$1.40; corn. $1; oats, .Vie., potatoes, 00c.; toma¬ 
toes, $L per bushed; cabbage, $6@8 per 100; but¬ 
ter, 30c.; eggs, 30c. it. w. h. 
Owntonno, Minn., Aug. II.-Wc arc having 
tbe first rainy day this summer. Have bad a 
WHAT MAKES FAIRS STUPID 
Buying Counterfeit Money. — Nearly every 
week we receive from correspondents circulars 
scut out from New Vork city, making proposals 
to the party receiving the same to furnish him 
with well-executed counterfeit greenbacks at. n 
great discount from the par value of the paper 
they are intended to represent. We arc advised 
to expose such practices. We do not propose to 
advertise men who fatten upon the greed of the 
people in this way. If our readers will give us 
the nnmes of rascals who have ordered money 
in accordance with the propositions contained 
in those circulars, we will expose them! A man 
who is so depraved, unscrupulous, wicked and 
st upid ns to bo caught by such traps, not only 
ought to lose all the money lie Invests, but be 
sent to the penitentiary for a good long term in 
addition. 
A CORRESPONDENT writes that (lie fair in bis 
county this year was "a stupid affair." Tlmt is 
complimentary to the farmers of that county! 
It is a reflection on himself. A “stupid" fair, as 
a rule, indicates stupid farmers nnd stupid 
farmers’ wives, and stupid farmers’ sons and 
daughters. Don’t It ? How easy it is to accom¬ 
plish something, nay, a great deal, in a. lively, 
happy way, ii everybody enlists his or her best 
efforts to contribute to the common fund of In¬ 
struction and enjoyment. We notice that at 
some fair, somewhere, there is to be congrega¬ 
tional singing this year. That is one of the best 
of ideas. It Is all well enough to go to fairs and 
stare at animals, vegetables, fruits, bod quilts, 
etc., etc., and, it you please, at each other. But 
It is stupidity boiled down to only sit, or stand, 
or stare. Do something to develop honhommte 
—something unaffected, cordial, catching, in¬ 
spiring. Sing tho old songs; live over again I ho 
happy days; call out impromptu speeches, only 
squelch a stupid one just as you would put out 
a candle whoso burning wick was wasting tal¬ 
low ! In the fruit hall, delegate some pomolo- 
gist to mount, llie shelves and lecture on po¬ 
mology to 11m people, using the specimens as il¬ 
lustrations of his subject,, Compel the florist who 
makes tbe finest show to tell, so that all who 
choose can hear at once, how he does It and what 
his experience has taught.hfm concerning varie- 
i ios. Ask him questions, and lot him answer for 
the people. It is stupid to go to a fair and go 
away from it and call it stupid. One may be¬ 
lieve that the stupidest tiling about It. Is tbe per¬ 
son who discovers its stupidity and does nothing 
to correct it! It is a free country,and free 
SATURDAY, SEPT 
H?/" The Thirteen Numbers of next Quarter 
furnished FREE to all who remit S3 for 1871 
of this Journal previous to Nov. 1st. 
A NEW FEATURE 
I’nclflc Const Department of tlic Itural 
New-Yorker. 
In nccordanoe with our previously-announced 
intention, to improve the Rural Nkw-YOukeu 
us it advances in age und support, wo shall next 
week Introduce anew nnd important feature- 
one which it is believed will prove alike novel, 
interesting nnd valuable to readers in various 
sections of our widely-extended Country. '1'lils 
is a California, or Pacific Coast Department, 
which will comprise an intelligent discussion of 
Rural Affaire in that once but not. now far-off 
region of the Republic, (for the Paci lie Railroad 
lms almost annihilated distance,) and impart 
information of interest to all our rcuders, 
wherever located. 
The Depart merit, announced will he conducted 
by the Hon- T. Hart Hyatt, a gentleman in 
every respect qualified for the position -for ho 
is not only a practical and scientific Agricultur¬ 
ist and Horticulturist of rare experience and ob- 
servation, but moreover has been an editor for 
many years, and written much and well on 
Rural and kindred subjects. Mr. Hyatt is not 
an entire stranger to our readers, having con¬ 
tributed l o t he pages of this Journal at various 
times—while a resident of Western New York, 
when a Consul in the Flowery Kingdom of the 
far Orient, and since becoming an inhabitant; ol’ 
California, where ho has had no little experience 
as manager and cultivator of a landed estate. 
Indeed, we know of no one better qualified to 
correctly advise our readers concerning the 
Soil, Productions, Climate, Ac., of tbo Pacific 
Slope, and (ho practices and profits of Agricul¬ 
ture and Horticulture in I lint famed region, I ban 
Mr. Hyatt,— and lienee congratulate ourselves 
and readers upon having secured so valuable an 
accession to the Rural's Editorial Stair. 
Revenue 'Inxen Reduced.—An important an¬ 
nual reduction of the Internal Revenue taxes 
takes effect after October 1st, 1870, under the Act 
of Congress, approved July 14, 1870. The act 
abolishes all internal revenue taxes a tier the 1st 
of October, except special taxes on fermented 
liquors, spirits and tobacco, and taxes on sales 
of these articles, and those paid by stamps. The 
tax on incomas, including salaries, will he two 
anda-hair per cent, on Incomes over $2,000, in¬ 
stead of five per cent, on incomes over $1,000. 
After the date named, stamps will not bo re¬ 
quired for not os leas than $10, and none for re¬ 
ceipts. The total reduction of taxation—not In¬ 
cluding reductions in the tariff-is $65,212,000 per 
annum, or considerably more than half the 
whole amount of internal revenue tor 1870. 
have had a dry season. Grass crop very light— 
out half a crop. What corn came up 'is good. 
Many pieces failed entirely. A large breadth of 
oats was sown, but, owing to the dry season, 
seed did not. some up well. What grew filled 
well. Not much wheat sown; yield fair. Pota¬ 
toes good.—c. it. c. 
Manhattan, Ran., Hcpt. <0.— Wc have had a 
very dry season up to the last of July, since 
which time we have had plenty of rain ; late corn 
will make a full crop. Wheat and oats about 
half crop; hay rather light; late potatoes good. 
Corn,50c.; oats, 35c.; wheat, winter, $1.10; spring, 
75c.; potatoes, $1. There will bo double the 
amount or wheat sown this fall than usual. Farm 
hands get from $20 to $25 per month.—j. it. n. 
North Fairfax, Ve., 8cpt. H.— Wo have had n 
very dry season so far. and it bus boon very hot. 
until the last, few days. Hay, and all our small 
seed crops, light on account of the drouth ; but 
corn is a large crop—above the average. Butter. 
85®40o. ; cheese, 14017c.; corn, $1.25; oats, 00c.; 
potatoes, 80@X10c. The number of tubsof butter 
shipped from 81. Allmns on the 30th ult. was 
1,825—F. j. E. 
Owen Co., Inil,, Sept. 10.— Season has been 
very dry since harvest, nnd the ground is now 
too dry to plow for wheat. Tho wheat crop 
was short; wheat sells for $1. Corn crop is 
good ; corn sells for 33‘«(S»40e. in the field. Fruit 
is nearly a failure. Fat cattle sell at $ti; stock 
cattle, $5; stock hogs at 8Jt <©&<■■ Farm hands 
get from $10 to $20 per month and board, or $1 
per day and board themselves. Land in this 
part of tbe county from $.35 to $60 per acre.— 
t. c. B. 
Osiinloosn, lown, 8ept. ii,_-We have had a 
fruitful season, witb the exception of hay and 
fruit. The fruit, failed in consequence of a 
freeze the middle of April. Drouth affected the 
hoy crop, although it is worth more I ban last 
year, being of better quality. Up lo August we 
had hut liltlo rain; since then frequent show¬ 
ers, with full pasturage. Wheat, 80c.; rye, 50c.; 
oats, 25c.; corn, 00c.; potatoes, 00c.; eggs, 10e.; 
apples, $i.50 per bush.; beef cattle, grass fed, $4 
per owl.; bogs, $5fet)7 per cwi. x. 
Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., Hept. 4. Corn 
will bo more limn an average crop in this vi- 
Ijc publisher’55 
THE BEST OFFER EVER MADE BY THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKLR ! 
Greeting to the Reading Public ! 
TnE closing Quarter of this year's Rural New- 
Yorker begins next week, affording everybody 
(not now subscribers) a good timo to subscribe for 
the papar, either for throe or six months on trial, or 
for a longer period. To all who subscribe, before 
Nov. 1st, for next year, (1871,) we will send the Thir¬ 
teen Number* of the ensuing Quarter, (Oct. to 
Jan.) FREE ! 
We frankly admit that we make no protit at such 
rales, but the unprecedented offer (unprecedented by 
any publication, considering slue, style and first cost 
of this Journal) is made In order to at once largely 
increase our already immense circulation. All of our 
subscribers are requested to luukc this very liberal 
ofier known to their neighbors and other acquaint- 
ances (notneglecting t he chronic or occasional bor¬ 
rowers of the Rural,)— to the end that all who read 
may have an opportunity to cheaply secure the 
I.firgefll nnd Rcmi Rural, Litcrury and Fam¬ 
ily Newspaper on the Continent. 
Every present Subscriber wishing to take advan¬ 
tage of the above offer, can have the RURAL mailed 
to some frieud for the next Quarter, and to bis or her 
own address during 1871, by remitting us $3 previous 
to Nov. 1st. 
fft- Local Club Agents,and all persons disposed to 
beoome such aro advised that yur Premiums for 
forming Clubs for next year will be liberal,—und 
that subscriptions for 15 months (under the above 
offer) may be counted tlio same as yearly <dub sub¬ 
scribers in filling out lists for Premiums. Ho let every 
Recruiting Officer of the glorious old Ritual Brig¬ 
ade at once open the Fall Campaign, 
To Gather Sumnc, only the leaves and loaf 
stems should ho picked. No woody stem should 
ho allowed among these loaves, nor any dirt in¬ 
cluded. It slnxiRd bo dried, thoroughly. In th# 
shade. A hop. ftry-housa may bo used for the 
purpose. It should always bo gathered before 
frost—when the plant is in bloom is the beet 
time. D is packed in bags or bales, as con¬ 
venient, and brings from $1 to$L75por hundred 
pounds, according to quality and condition. The 
better the condition, the better the price. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
The Annual Fair* are in progress. So far as 
we have reports of them 1 lieyare generally suc¬ 
cessful. An important and Increasing item 
at these gatherings is llie fast horse feature. 
The trotting records made at tho fairs are very 
like those of jocky clubs. Now we don't pro¬ 
pose lo condemn men who like to seen good 
horse go last. We do not. know as i here is any 
sin in enjoying such an exhibition, per ho. We 
never fell more wicked for having seen a horse 
go like the wind, nor for having been drawn 
along a road at a 2:30 rate. If other people are 
made wicked by such experiences they ought lo 
attend to themselves at once. They had better 
keep out of the way of temptation. IVe shoti Id. 
At iho same time it is a little unjust to the 
herdsmen, fruit growers, manufsiot nrers, grow¬ 
ers of grain and vegetables, lo permit horses 
to monopolize the attention of the people. Wo 
think these interests should secede and hold 
fairs of their own, and lot those fast horsemen 
pursue l.heir nohlo calling in such away as not 
to interfere with oilier important interests. 
The Ailverilulng Agency of Geo. I*. Rowell <V 
<'o.. No. 40 Park Row, New York, is an insti- 
• niion worthy of note by advertisers. Having 
advertised somewhat, extensively through this 
Agency, we know it to be conducted “on tho 
square," and confidently commend it to both 
Business Men and the Press. We frankly say 
thus much in answer to an inquiry. 
The Formers’ Club of the American InxtUute 
hehl its usual meeting last Tuesday. Rut the 
facts and experiences elicited, were of so much 
less importance nnd interest than matter with 
which we Occupy space usually devoted tore- 
ports of discussions, that, we decided to omit the 
latter this week. 
OUR MARKET REPORTS 
Newapnper Change.—Dr. C. C. BRISTOL of the 
Country Homes, heretofore published monthly 
at Manchester, N. .1., lias united that paper with 
the Weekly Progress, und the combined papers 
are new issued every Thursday at New Egypt 
and Manchester, at only $1 a year. Success to 
the new urrangoment 1 
A correspondent at Chatham, N. Y., quotes 
the assertion of buyers of country produce 
when confronted with our market reports, to 
wit:—“Oh! you can’t tell anything about prices 
in the papers;” und adds, “ I think the Rural 
New- Yorker may be relied upon for correct¬ 
ness In its market reports; and anything sub¬ 
stantiating such conviction will be gladly re¬ 
ceived." There is a no more carefully prepared 
nnd reliable report of the markets made any¬ 
where than that of the Rural New Yorker, 
however immodest it may he for ustoasserl the 
fact. The writer hereof lias been a market re¬ 
porter for years, and knows when men do their 
duty as such. But our readers must not lorget 
that our reports are. only brief reviews of the 
market for a week,and a statement of (heircon- 
dition on the day of date; and that the lapse of a 
single day may wholly change the tone of the 
market, nnd appreciate or depreciate prices. 
Hence.no weekly market report that can he 
made can be regarded us a safe mid reliable 
guide in the marketing of produce. II gives in¬ 
formation by which men of Judgment may de¬ 
termine pretty accurately the tendency of 
prices; but. It cannot give facts to-day upon 
which to base action t wo, four, or six days hence. 
Our present market system is such that a farm¬ 
er, in order to keep posted, should he a daily 
student of tbe markets, and should have daily 
access to the most reliable information, lie is 
no less interested in this matter than the con- 
■umer, no matter what the business of tho lat¬ 
ter- than the manufacturer of cloths, shoes, ma¬ 
chinery, &c. For tbe farmer is a manufacturer. 
His farm is his manufactory. The money, time 
uwd labor employed in its management is his 
investment. lie must needs purchase supplies, 
and therefore should study the markets. Ho 
must sell his products, nnd therefore should I 
study the markets. And we tell every farmer ] 
who has one hundred and fifty acres of land, 
that it will pay him ten-fold the cost to take a 
The IlnndmimcMi Woman In Texas is wanted. 
Hero is a novel mode or raising a breeze:—At 
a meeting of the directors of the Agtioul- 
toral, Industrial and Stock Raising Association 
of Western Texas, it was resolved to allow the 
young mon of San Antonio to give the follow¬ 
ing special premium for the photograph of the 
handsomest, married or single lady in the'State, 
to lie exhibited at the next regular fair, to be 
hidden on the 5th,-Blh and 7th days of October 
next, viz: A full-sized portrait of the lady to be 
painted from the photograph, by an accom¬ 
plished artist, and elegantly framed in gilt. 
Every lady in the State who lays any claim to 
beauty is invited to have iter photograph taken 
and sent to the “Agricultural Association P. O, 
box 151, San Antonio, Texas,’* Thestanding po¬ 
sition. with flawing robes, is recommended, 
the name and place of residence must flocom- 
puny each photograph; where no objection Is 
math?, they will be placed on the back, others 
will bo designated by a number. The commit¬ 
tee to award the premiums will he married 
men. good husbands, and competent judges of 
beauty. 
The Demand Tor More Labor does not necessa¬ 
rily mean a demand for cheap labor. But if it 
does, cheap labor is not domoralizington people 
where there is a free press, nud where free 
schools, free churches and freedom in the choice 
of vocat ion obt ain. We have no sympathy what¬ 
ever with tho class who see social revolution and 
disintegration in the recruiting of our laboring 
population by encouraging immigration of in¬ 
dustrial men. 
" John Brown” on the Situation.—* man, 
whom wc will call John Brown, came into onr 
office a day or two since and usked us what he 
should do. lie was pulled two ways. He 
wanted to do right, and he did not want to do 
wrong. He wished the world would lot him 
alone. He would like to get somewhere where 
no one could get at him. He was very much 
affected with the public deniaud upon him—a 
marty r, in fact, to his own popularity. We gave 
the gentleman our sympathy’, and asked him 
1 reiniii iiih for t«irl* niiil ISo.vn.— In response 
to Jennie’s Inquiry, last week, almut giving Premi¬ 
ums to Girls amt Boy* for getting up Clubs for the 
Rural, we promised to answer in ibis number, ami 
to tell what w® offered and howto win tbo prizes, 
lint, bless us, the week lias been ao short, and we so 
busy, that wo ounnoi do justice to the subject. How¬ 
ever we will enumerate a lew of tbe articles wo pro¬ 
pose to offer, viz:—Penn-mounted Photograph Al¬ 
bums. Pictorial Dictionaries, Gold uml Silver Thim¬ 
bles, Cutlery (Scissors,Pen-knife, Ac-,) Work Baskets, 
Toilet Sols, Silver Plated Ware, Jewelry, (Gold Brace¬ 
lets, Pins, Kings, Chains, Studs, etc.,) Gold and Silver 
Watches, &o., &o. 
Wc intend to soon publish in the Rural, (or in 
a Supplement which will be sent to ell applicants,) a 
lull net of our Premiums, containing mimes and 
prices of articles, tbe number of subscribers re¬ 
quired to seen re them, Ac. Meantime, let itie Buys 
und Girls, Flub Agents, and everybody else who 
want to get "Good Pay for Doing Good,” commence 
Unfit’ lists for lb“l. 
flow to Remit.— The best way to remit for Clubs 
Is by Draft, Post-Office Money Order, or Registered Let¬ 
ter, nnd either may be sent at our risk, if plainly 
addressed and mailed to 1). D. T. MOORE, 41 Park 
Row, New York. 
tseiul Us the Nnme* of such of your friends, 
far und near, as you think will or ought to take the 
Rural, and wo will mail them Specimens, etc. 
Bresservllle, Cayuga Co., N, Y. — The person 
in this place who wrote to Howard & Co., New 
York, in relation to a Waltham Watch, and re¬ 
ferred to the Rural New-Yorker, forgot to 
sign his name. Another letter, with signature, 
will receive a prompt answer. 
CntnlogitcM Received.—From Ferre, Batchel- 
tiEtt A- CO., Springfield, Mass., Catalogue of 
Hardy Bulbs.—From Olm Brothers, Spring- 
field, Mass., their Annual Trade List, PlantCata- 
logue, nnd Catalogue of Bulbs and Winter Flow¬ 
ering P)ant,s for the autumn of 1870.—From the 
Board of Statistics and Iiumigrat ion, Pori land, 
Oregon,a pamphlet setting forth the advantages 
of Oregon as an Agricultural nud Commercial 
State, embracing statistics, climate, education 
of the people, price of laud, wages, cost and 
routes of travel, &c.—From the Colfax Co.. 
Schuyler, Neb., Nurseries, Catalogue ol' Fruit 
and Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, &<•.—From 
Henry A. Dri er, 714 Chestnut street, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., Descriptive Catalogue ol bulbs and 
other flower roots, with directions for culture, 
&c.—From Hartford .fcorgbum Machine Co., of 
Beiiows Falls, Vt., catalogue of Sugar Evapora¬ 
tors, etc.—From Hooves, Brother k Thomas, 
Westchester, Pa., descriptive catalogues of 
fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Grape Vines, etc,— 
From A. Bryant, Jr., Princeton, ill., Retail 
Price List of Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
NICOL A DAVIDSON, 
68G Broadway, near Great Jones St., 
Successors to 12. V’. HA UGH WO OT i: CO., 
OFFER 
BARGAINS. 
200 WHITE FRENCH CHINA DINNER SETS, 
Second selection, full assortment, 
300 FINE ENGLISH IRONSTONE DINNER SETS, 
Full assortment, $20. 
DECORATED DINNER SETS. TEA SETS TOILET 
BETS. GLASSWARE, GAS FIXTURES. BRONZES, 
FRENCH CLOCKS. MANTEL SETS, VASES 
PARIAN, SILVER-PLATED WARE. 
S3T Orders from the Country promptly attended 
to and carefully packed und shipped. 
IMPROVED STOCK MOVEMENTS. 
Thk Prairie Farmer says .-—Messrs. C. C. & R. 
H. Parks, of the Glen Flora Farm, Waukegan, 
III., sold last week to J. W. Spear of Tallula, Ill., 
a Berkshire boar. 8 mouths oid. for $200. 
Mr. Jas. A, Perry of Iroquois county, Illinois, 
has recently returned from Europe, bringing 
five draft horses—four Norman and one English. 
They were selected with great cure, and are pro¬ 
nounced very superior animals. The English 
horse was three years old lust spring, is of a 
