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PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT." 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON AND ANDREW S. FULLER, 
Associate Kioto us. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor of thk Dkfiiitvikt ov Siikm* Huriamdby, 
X. A. WILLARD. A. M., 
Editor or Tin Pkia iitukit or Dairt Hi'sbandrt, 
T. HART HYATT, 
Editor or thk Pacific: Court Dkpartmgnt. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., 
Or TKNXKKRKr. SoLmrnti CouRKxroKDiNe Editor. 
REV. W. F. CLARKE, 
Editor or Tint Canadian Dki-aktmk.m. 
Special Contributors : 
T. C. T’ETERS, 
ANDHK POEY, 
CHAS. V. RILEY, 
E. W. 8TEWART, 
JAMES VICK, 
.1. WILKINSON, 
M ATM ME LE VERT, 
E. WAGER, 
P. BARRY, 
H. T. BROOKS, 
.J. R. HODGE, 
E. R. ELLIOTT, 
HORACE GREELEY, 
J. STANTON (IOITLD, 
“NOW AND THEN," 
MARY A 
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Buffaloi Courier f<w the information that tlio 
recent fair ol this Society was the best one held 
lor ninny years. All tin. department* irere well 
represented, and 1l„. officers, „* wc „ p™,” 
of t 1ioo<. , .Hi' C Gu J,h, ^ in , “ r ‘M'’Ftlu ! occasion one 
of up usual interest anil usefulness. The nt- 
* l,in l'; ( W! 2'; r J la nfi‘. insuring financial suc- 
£***• ,,!? *nnnal address by X. a. Willard 
Dairy Editor of the Rural New-Yorker, is 
spoken of us sound and valuable talk from one 
ten,.lung by the light of practical ox,,,Hence 
r„Vn, IO! T ir? rds P 0 *®*®*^ real value to tlie 
turners or Erie county. 
8chencctJuly t’onniy Fair, 
held In that City on T he Hlffih Sept., Is reported 
as having been not only well attended, but hav¬ 
ing the requisite Assistance of a large number of 
entries In the va rious deportments. Horses mo- 
hMvmfp D 1 ^, hlll ! n ‘ o( a'U-nMon, tun] worthi- 
Y Il, \ t n "i k in usefulness, speed and 
display, though ' little, sheep and swine were not 
viif n^V 0 ,,nl1 was creditably tilled, 
while tile Fruit deportment, in the way of ni>- 
ples, pern*, poaches grapes ami plums wnsa con- 
in fnii ‘'■"d'lati.m io all beholders. Chamieleer, 
o«fii.V««« V the reputation of the 
GaJiioiicp . Ah a. >vholt\ everythitifr must have 
been satisfactory and remunerative. e 
SATURDAY 
:v\\\ \ 
I 7 *"" The Thirteen Numbers of this Quarter 
furnished FREE to all who remit $3 for 1871 
of this Journal previous to Nov. 1st. 
GENERAL TROCHU. 
vote to Seedsmen.— A correspondent asks ns 
to sayThe treatment required by different 
plants is so various that valuable varieties, or 
costly seeds, arc often lost for want of a few 
words of necessary information relative to the 
amount of light, heat and moisture, and the kind 
of soil required. Now if, in the preparation of 
your annual catalogues, you would embody n 
few such items, wherever needed, it would save 
much to your customers, and increase your own 
profits. I know of but one catalogue among 
several I have soon this season, that.contains 
ail} l hing like what, is necessary on those points.” 
In Poultry the show numbered coops by the 
hundreds, and the birds, many of them, were 
supc-nor, with the exception of Dorkings, of 
Which not a wop m really find birds did Hind 
on the grounds. All the late importations of 
this breed have too coarse points; they are too 
Jong u the thigh part of the leg; stand liken 
Cochin or Shanghai, right up straight, instead of 
a long balance as belongs to the true Dorking 
and to any well-bred bird except, the coarse 
.V 3 *, Wf,l *y K'V” itgood deal to tlud 
a Dorking such ns the lap- Francis Retch or 
Otsego, \. \ ., once had, and from whom 1 once 
obtained. 
Ih the Stock Department the show of horns 
numbered over 300-among them some splendid 
animals. And 1 must say. with regret, for 1 
limit,) i heir value to meet the wants of our peo¬ 
ple, the Norman had the greatest show. Thor¬ 
ough-bred.-, a ml Morgans, however, wore on tuuid 
in numbers; but not « t rue Messenger di<l t see. 
Jn I'iiitlo, Short-Horns, as irmml. led the rich 
pastures of southern Ohio bring admirably tilted 
for them— but there were also some fine Hen - 
fords, one or two herds of Devons that wore 
superior, two or three A jrsbircs and one or I wo 
A Iderneya. I lie Ahort-Horns were gnins, and as 
I looked them over sod talked of points with 
then owners, i rejoiced that i was not appointed 
on that committee- 
The show of Swine was extraordinarily large 
ami super or m points l'or tlio making of meat! 
with small hone and at moderate cost of leech 
Berkshire*, which a* long ago (is 1888 to ists had 
a run, and then were good, but alierward run 
down, have again been brought up. and the 
show of them here would have gratified our 
good old friend, Lewis F. Allen, as equaling ex- 
rente or hi* tlm-at animalsni'ohoirt 1840. 
I hey are bound to me again, althonvli tlietTies- 
i a White has now the main or inside track all 
tlnough the country j and when snob animal* us 
took i lie premiums hero ore offered, ihere is no 
gOOd reason why they should not bo encouraged 
Iwo breeding shoals of this breed were sold at. 
, , '* rew, wltli pigs only one day 
old, sold tor f 180, on the ground. J 
In Sheep, I never saw so (hie n show, and I 
We give herewith a portrait of the President 
of the new French Republic. He is fifty-five 
years of age. He was a pupil of the Military 
School of St. Cyr and tlio Staff School, and en¬ 
joys a very high reputation for military ability, 
though lm has never yet held a detached com¬ 
mand, He 1ms served in Algeria, having for 
some years been employed on Marshal Bu- 
geaud’s slaff. He was afterwards one of 
Marshal Sr. A knaitd’h uidea-do-oamp at the time 
of the Crimean expedition in 1854. After that 
commander’s death he was promoted to the rank 
of General and commanded a brigade of infantry 
until the end of the Russian War. During the 
Italian campaign or Jft’io, which was ended by the 
victory ol Sol fori no. lie served with distinction 
In command of n division. Since u,af time he 
has been a member of Lhe Consulting Stall Com¬ 
mittee at. the Ministry of War, anti at the end of 
lfifitl he was specially appointed to consider and 
report upon plans ora reorganization of the 
French army, in consequence of the aggrandize¬ 
ment of Prussia. In the following year he pub¬ 
lished anonymously a lw>rik entitled “ The 
French Army in 1867,” which attracted great 
attention,and passed through ten editions in six- 
months. In St be severely eriUciscd the organi¬ 
zation of the French army, and especially the 
consequences of those changes introduced under 
the Empire, which tended to render the soldiery 
n separate ami professional caste, severed in In¬ 
terest and feeling from their civilian country > 
men. He received no appointment in the army 
of the Rhino when t he present war broke out ; 
but it is understood that lie was to have com¬ 
manded the land forces which were to have 
composed the Bui tic expedition, hut which were 
recalled from Cherbourg and Broil to defend 
Paris and Metz. A few weeks ago ho was ap¬ 
pointed to tlio post of Governor of Paris and 
eominander-lo-oliicf of Pm force* defending that, 
city. His relations to the new Republic And ills 
responsibilities ns the defender of Paris ut trace 
all eyes toward him as a chief historical figure 
to-day. 
grapes ol ilie holding vn Hello*. A. Taylor, nur- 
Nervmen. had 100 varieties of apples, ,70 of pears, 
and At of grapes. The Misses Shipman presented 
,.o> varieties of apples ami 10$ varieties of Crab 
apples J. tv. Bailey, Plattsburgh. Imd 85 vnvle- 
lies or grapes Including Adirondack, Allen’s 
Hybrids, Maxatawney, Diana-Hamburg, ten vn- 
riet ICS of Rogers, a Iso ot her s of loss nott. Many 
others had smaller Collect.ions, embracing the 
same sorts, Matter* In the Hull were rather 
mixed, as with fruit, domestic productions. Ac., 
were mingled patent-right trap*, leather, boots 
and shoes, sewing machines Bradley's phos¬ 
phate, washing mat Itinef.. and straw cutter*, as 
well as grain, oont in the ear, vegetables, and 
carriages In the shade of the Hall was a good 
fellow ol Farm implement-, mining which we 
not-OU too L'urrlm, JWourlmv Klnjyf and either 
mowers. Wood’s Belf-Kalccr, and the Dodge and 
Stevenson Combined Machine, with self-rake 
attachment; the whole urea thronged with 
servant farmers. 
Dutchras Countr Fnlr. 
The Annunl Fair of this county was held at 
Washington Hollow, on Mm 13th to the 10th of 
September, and was hugely attended. The en¬ 
tries of stock wore unusually huge. Prominent 
among the exhlhilors in this department were 
D. R. Haight. Klips Wing, John 8. Wing, Joseph 
Coleman, A. leator, Joseph West and others. 
Tim Evening Mall-which is not only able and 
enterprising, but always spicy, readable, and 
unexceptionable for the family circle enters 
upon ilsfourtli your In a vigorous and deserved¬ 
ly prosperous condition. Under the Judicious 
ami honorable editorial management of MaJ. J r 
M. Bendy (whose modesty is equaled by his 
ability,) the Mail has improved in all respects 
and been materially enlarged. The fact. Mint It 
has a very large circulation, mainly among the 
more intelligent, cultivated and refined Claeses 
of community, is creditable to the good sense 
and discrimination of the people of New York— 
ami proves, moreover, that sensational sketches 
nnd hlfalutin writing are not. requisites to news¬ 
paper success on the island ot Manhattan. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
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RURAL NEW-YORKER J 
Greeting to the Reading Public ! 
The closing Quarter of this year’s Rural New- 
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(not now subscribers) a good time to subscribe for 
lhe paper, either for three or six months on trial, or 
tor a longer period. To all who subscribe, before 
Nov. 1st, for next year, (187),) we will send lliuTbii- 
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Jan.) FREE 1 
Wo frankly admit that we make no profit at such 
rates, but the unprecedented offer (unprecedented by 
any publication, considering size, style and first cost 
of this Journal) is made In order to at ont o largely 
increase our already imweiur circulation. All of our 
subscribers are requested to make t his very liberal 
offer known to their neighbor* nnd other acquaint¬ 
ances (not neglecting the chronic or occasional bor¬ 
rowers of the Bubal,) —to the end that all who read 
may have an opportunity to cheaply secure the 
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Every present Subscriber wishing to take advan¬ 
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own address during 1871, by remitting us fri previous 
to Nov. 1st. 
|y Local Club Agents.and all persons disposed to 
become such are advised that our Premiums for 
forming Clubs for next year will be llberal.-and 
that subscriptions for 15 months (under the above 
offer) may be counted the same as yearly club sub¬ 
scribers in filling out list* fur Premiums. So let every 
Recruiting Officer of the glorious old Ritual Brig¬ 
ade at once open the Fall Campaign. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 
have been au.attendant of Rtnio loir* for many 
yoiiis. rim Cots wolds and Loloostors are budo 
rlor; but let me s«> hare, that although I am 
Ohio State Agricultural Society hold R.sTwen- 
D-first Annual lair, or Exhibition of stock, 
Fruits, Implement*, &c.. Ac., and, in a word 
it was n gland voces*, probably, if not <or- 
tninly. the best fair Mm Society has over hold— 
atM-lbuuiblo pat’ll v to lhe ellieient. niaiuigcuieut. 
of 11 * officers, and partly to the fact, that Ohio’s 
population is an inquiring and energetic one, 
constantly desiring progress, and seeking « verv 
kimwledg,. 0,,, ’ {Jltu " H 'Y t0 *Uidy and obtain 
The weather during the week was ns pleasant, 
a* could bo<ic*irofi, and the tittenduiint-, from 
day today, fairly crowded the grounds, which 
cnjliraccd an urea of eighty odd acros. 
i he show of Inipleiuoni* covered over four 
aeie.s as tliii kly studded as the maehine* could 
possibly be pbioed and give room for a man to 
walk between ihem. willi reaper* uml mowers, 
grain drills, cultivators, plows, straw and hav 
cutlers .elder mills, etc ’lhe list would embrace 
hundreds, anfl a “mure mention " of each would 
occupy hall Ihopages of tlmltniAL New-Yohk- 
eu. As i• oinblued rentier and mower, the Hub¬ 
bard took the gold medal; as a mower, the Buck¬ 
eye took a gold medal, and lhe Champion a gold 
medal, us the beat reaper. 
In the Farm 1 'rvalue111 a 11 lhe show was very 
good, one man having one hundred and thirty 
varieties of potatoes on hi>-stand . another Some 
thirty vavieiifs of sweet com. while squash, 
pumpkins egg plants, heels, Ac., loaded lhe 
shelve* in great tariely. 
The Fruit Hall was a groat, show—made up 
mostly from exhibitors from the north part of < 
1 no late, flm south having little fruit except 
grapes, and these not near as good ns those from 
< ho Lake Whore, and tile.exhibitors from that re¬ 
gion swept tlio ent ire list of premiums Into their 
maw. It was amusing, but not a Jlttleamioying 
to some ol the southern residents id' the State, 
mi’i’T,''.'.'.' i'U 1 n ." K ; k '““'h I"’ J 'Jdg.’, 1 have made 
all items connected with 
an items connected with agricultural life ;t 
study, and I opine that more or lw» of Lhe sheen 
now grown, and especially those that pome to iis 
trxjm Canada, are so crossed, Leicester and 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
A Change,—Valuable Accession to our Editori¬ 
al Staff.—Mr. Glezkn F. Wilcox, who has been 
nn editorial contributor to this Journal for sev¬ 
eral years, having resigned Ids petition, wo have 
engaged Mr. Andrew W. Fuller, late associate 
editor of Heart h and Home, a* an active mem- 
bor of our Editorial Slaff. Iunsnfaeh us Mr 
Wilcox lues written but little during Hie pres¬ 
ent year, (owing to homo engagements.) and 
as Mr. Fuller liecomoa a instant contribu¬ 
tor to the Bubal, (writing for ft .exclusively,) 
the change cannot prove otherwise than bene¬ 
ficial to both (he paper and it* readers. Mr. 
Fuller is too well known as an author, and as 
an editorial writer on Itural Subjects—especially 
Horticulture, Pomology. Ac.—to require any In¬ 
troduction to the rending cultivators ol iho 
country. A practical fanner and horticulturist 
a close observer, and readv writer. w«. .. ...1 
ty, mil H is so much per pound, and hence to 
supply such markets the Leicester* would su- 
j'crscde the Shropshire Downs, and both would 
throw (he true mutton sheep, .South Downs, en¬ 
tirely in the shade. Addi. 
Vermont IStnic Fair. 
In addition to the brief note of last week, we 
ma.Vadd that horses wore more than unusual 
feature ot this lair. They were shown a* stock 
horses, trot D-ra, flttiglo drivers, brood mares and 
matched pairs. In addition to those ot Jjiut k- 
hawk and Morgan blood was some Hambletonian 
slock us well as Ot 1 borough-bred English blood 
No one alter seeing this display could tali 
to understand the sources of excellence so 
...Rod in Vermont horses. The. outle w “re«l£ 
excellent. Sonic- very seleel Ayrshire* were 
f ’owu by L S Drew. P. be Clair, C. Leach, L 
D. Roberts, I. T Parris, P. B. Hailiawav. E. ijar- 
IIv'a ' % b l W n Dovons were exhibited 
i!' Hunt and 1 1 . Davis A Son 
while Miedd A Van Sieklen, A. W. Griswold, 8 
I-. Keynolds, < . C. Pierce and n. F. Van VJeit. of 
\ ei iijoiiI, v. Hoole of Clinton county, N. Y 
ti;*'• liobiusou ol Camilla, were exhibitors ol’ 
Slioi t-Honis, very many of which were superior 
miiina s. I here win als- > a fine show of Holstrnn 
caiilc byjMr. Bcynnlds, from the OJionerystock. 
I !nt eh u' V ‘i 1 r r ^ K W!,il ii)r s'’’ arid excel¬ 
lent. Wa did ool find us large a show of si 
as we expected lor Vermont. Tin 
were good, though some lucked flesh. Snn 
Merinos were showu by S. H. Weston and (} 
son & Junes, a* well as others not labeled 
Coltswoldg rrotii C. Robinson, Canada 
Arms and H. tv Town of Vermont, i_ vf . , . 
Hoole of New York. G. K. Gray had five Dens 
8hQ?v 0 uby I\Le Clair? Hampshlre Downs were 
NICOL & DAVIDSON. 
' 686 Broudsvay, near Great Jones St., 
Successors to E. V. HAl'UIIWOU'l & CO,, 
OFFER 
BAR&AIWS. 
Mb WHITE FRENCH CHINA DINNER SETS, 
Second selection, foil assortment, fSI. 
900 FINE ENGLISH IRONSTONE DINNER SETS, 
Full iiNKortiiient, 920. 
DECORATED DINNER SETS. TEA SETS. TOILET 
BETS. GLASSWARE, GAS FIXTURES. BRONZES, 
FRENCH CLOCKS, MANTEL SETS, VASES, 
PARIAN, SILVER-PLATED WARE. 
S£T Orders from the Country promptly attended 
to and carefully packed and shipped. 
to hear nil over (he grounds the dmlorsquoUng 
their grapes tor sale as " Lake Shore." It was a 
public card ( >f the Lake Shore’s value over the 
son t hand central ns a f ru it-growl og region, 
11,1 •riist, E. ICdmnmlaon of 
’’ ( ’) , ] < ' w ;! v ''' s, ’V rKl1 favomldo notice as 
a painter of fruits and flower*. I laid never b£ 
lore heard of him. nor do I yet know him ; but 
I intend hi do so, aa iii* wovks licrc show irutli- 
fiil representation rattier than imaginative 
fVnGswv i 1S tlje iuuit oi most painters of 
iccp 
■Sc presented 
’■ Spanisli 
les- 
Good 
i, H. M. 
and G. V. 
