Jutu Books, (Etc 
In the course of these experiences, my (food 
friends, you will find that wo take occasion to 
discuss nil sorts nf modern and exulting topics, 
mid in keep up with the spirit of this discussing- 
titfe, when there is nothimr which may not he 
considered an open question. 
The above is the introductory chapter of a 
new and most charming tale fiy Mrs. Stowe, 
commenced this week in tlx* ClirMian Union 
and to he continued during the year but. For 
sale liy all newsdealers. The publishers, Messrs. 
J. M. Ford & Co., offer to semi the paper to sub¬ 
scribers two months fret; * hat is. id I subscriptions 
sent in between now and Jan. 1871 shall bo cred¬ 
ited from tlx* beginning of this story fully 
up to Jap. 18?J. The price of nu annual sub- 
enptiun la Three doliivs. In the next column is 
ffiven the prospectus of the paper. To every 
new subscriber is presented Marshall's superb 
11 Household Engraving of Washington," n work 
which has made the artist famous over Europe 
and America and has never been sold for loss 
than $5. And with such a combination of at¬ 
traction it is not surprising that the Christian 
Union's subscription list is swelling rapidly to 
splendid proportions. 
NEWS CONDENSER, 
— Cranberry picking is now in order. 
— Blasting at Hell Gate has begun again. 
— The yacht Cambria has sailed for England. 
— The coast of Florida is strewn witli wrecks. 
— Hot Springs, Arkansas, has a population of 
1,000. 
— Governor’s Island is still rigidly quar¬ 
antined. 
— North Collins, Erie Co., has $509,288 personal 
property. 
— St. Peter's Episcopal chapel, Brooklyn, is to 
cost $40,000. 
— Fairhaven, Conn., is having its streets light¬ 
ed with gas. 
— A Cincinnati manufacturer ships 24,000,000 
bungs a year. 
— Mt. Morris has a peach tree that has ripened 
a second crop. 
— Huntington, L. I., has 348 inhabitants above 
70 years of age. 
— Auburn has a public night school for clerks, 
errand boys, &«. 
— The Plowdcn peach was the earliest peach 
sent us and good. 
— The small pox Is raging among the Indians 
In the Northwest. 
— The Brooklyn Central Bank has been ad¬ 
judged bankrupt. 
— Stokes Co.. North Carolina, has forty-two 
tobacco factories. 
— The new suspension bridge at Watertown is 
nearly completed. 
— Boston lias twenty drinking fountains, but 
needs many more. 
— Kerosene is the popular hair oil with Mary¬ 
land amendments. 
— The College of St. Francis Xavier has now 
about 400 students. 
. — Sandy Hill lias a new monthly publication 
called the Saw Mill. 
— Addison. Stuhen Co., is to have a new iron 
tressol work bridge. 
— The crop of buckwheat in Monroe Co., is 
said to he very large. 
— The coast cities of Texas are in the enjoy¬ 
ment of good health. 
— A man named Hale Storms is a candidate 
for Sheriff in Illinois. 
— Fornpnugh, the circus proprietor, is worth 
half a million dollars. 
— The Warsaw, Wyoming Co., water works 
are nearly completed. 
— Hoboken has 20,314 population. Ten years 
ago she only had 9,662. 
— The Lorillard estate at Fordham has been 
sold in lots for $17,680. 
— Conklin, t lie alleged express robber lias been 
released on $5,000 bail. 
— The season at Watkins Glen is to be pro¬ 
longed’until snow fall. 
— A Norwegian giant seven feet and ten inches 
in lilglit is in Cincinnati. 
— The attendance of strangers at the Virginia 
State Fair was very large. 
— Maine inislii her public schools 228,167 pupils 
—again of2,021 since 1869. 
— The now building of the Brooklyn Art As¬ 
sociation is to cost $77,000. 
— Mr. MoNumeo, of Montreal, is to repair the 
Cham lily Canal for $40,000. 
— The White House has been freshly painted, 
and looks the bettor for it. 
— The cattle plague is raging In some of the 
occupied districts of France. 
— Marla Co., Nova Scotia, allows any one who 
wishes to sell liquor to do so. 
— The Hudson river boats are carrying large 
loads-of freight to New York. 
— The extension of the fire alarm telegraph, in 
Albany, has beeii commenced. 
— The value or church property in Massachu¬ 
setts is estimated at $24,487,285. 
— Potatoes are rotting badly In Genesee Co., 
now that they arc in tho cellar. 
— The new depot at Sandy Hill, Washington 
Co., is approaching completion. 
— Tho Baldwinsville paper-iuill is now engaged 
exclusively on wrapping paper. 
— Snow tell in various parts of New Hamp¬ 
shire and Maine on thu&lth ult. 
— Providence is to have its street lamps lighted 
and extinguished by* electricity. 
— The corn crop of the United States for 1870 
is estimated at 2.70,0(10,000 bushels. 
— Excursion trains have been run over the 
Mobile and ChutUmooga railroad. 
— The Utica Herald entered its twenty-fourth 
year Nov. 1st, in a “ full new suit.” 
— Fifteen leading Western wllxoaus earned 
over $50,000,000 the iast six months. 
— Thirteen Protestants and forty-nine Roman 
Catholics died In Muuirual last week. 
— The receipts of the Albany County Fair 
were this year less than the expenses. 
— The total assets of the banks of Canada are 
$106,067,293.82, liabilities, $65,750,111.89. 
— The Southern Central railroad bridge at 
Aubm n will tie finished in live weeks. 
— Agassiz, during the year, has discovered ten 
thousand different varieties of the fly. 
— A general council of tho Indian tribes has 
been adjourned to the 5th of December. 
— Four hundred and fifty eels were lately 
caught in a tlsli basket in Juniata Co., Pa. 
— It is said that $90,000,000 have been sunk in 
journalistic enterprises in New York city. 
— The government signal service went into 
effect in Syracuse on the lal of November. 
— Washington College haselectod Gen.G. W. 
C. Lee, son of Gen. R. E. Lee, its president. 
— The English wheat crop is estimated to have 
fallen six million bushels short of last year. 
— The Troy and Albany street rail road carried 
27,000 more passengers one way than the other 
last year. 
— The annual meeting of the Western Tract 
and Book Society took place in Cincinnati on 
the 3lst ult, 
— Six hundred and seventy-five thousand dol¬ 
lars lias been assessed for the improvement of 
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. 
|>1,0WHEN SEEDLING PEACH. A FEW 
1 trees of I bin extraordinary early pencil. The 
fruit was on the market the 2?lh June, i860 and 1870. 
Band for Circular giving full description. 
JNU. B. CLAGETT, 
Brightwood r. O, District of Col. 
MY WIFE AXD I 
AGRICULTURE, 
HORTICULTURE, 
KUKAL AltCmTlSCTURIC, 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY, Ac., 
Forwarded by mall, postage paid, on rnoolpt of prlco 
Allen's (L. F.) American Cattle. 2 (0 
Do. New American Karin Book. $2 50 
Do. Diseases of Domestic Animals. 1 Oft 
Do. Rural Arehlt.eo.uirt*. j so 
American Bird Fancier .. 80 
American Pomology 1290 Illustrations)... ,'i 00 
A men can Practical Cookery. l 75 
American Hose Culturlat. ;)0 
American Sharp-Shooter fTt>ln»copic Itillo). 50 
Auiuriisan Weeds and Useful Plants. . 1 75 
American WiiuhI Culturlat (Todd). 2 00 
AivliUectnro (I'limmlng* & Miller) 3S2 Designs 
unit 7l( Illustrations. 10 no 
Architecture. National Ifj'eo E. Woodward)_ 12 00 
Architecture, Pilndples and Practice ot (boring 
ft Jenny). .. .t2 00 
Bee Keepers' Text Book, (Paper).. 40 
Do. (Muslim. 75 
Beinent's Poulterer’s Companion 1 120 Ills.). 2 ini 
Do. Rabbit Fancier... ;;0 
Bieknefi'* Village Builder (56 Plates, showing 
New amt Practical Designs).10 01) 
Black Itasphciry Culture,,.. 20 
Bummer's Method of Making Manures. :;!> 
Boiisslugaiili's Rural Economy. . I 11 ) 
Brock's Book of Flowers (now)... 1 75 
Rrldgoman's Gardeners Assistant. 2 50 
Bulat's Family Kitchen Ijurdcner. I ill) 
Do. Flower Garden. 150 
Burr’s Vegetables of America. 5 CO 
Chemistry of the Farm (Nichols). 1 (.5 
rhorUon'* Crane Grower's Guide. 75 
Cider Maker'a Manual , . 150 
Cohheti's American Gardener. 75 
Cole’s American Fruit Book. 75 
Cole's American Veterinarian. 75 
Cotton Culture... j 50 
Cotton Planter's Manual (Turner). I 50 
('rack Hliot (Barber).... 2.0 
Dadd's American Cattle Doctor. 1 50 
Do. Modern Horse Doctor. j 50 
Dana's Muck Manual .. 1 25 
Darwin's A niinala and Plants. . 0 HO 
Dead Shot; or, Spurtniitn's Complete Guide. 2 00 
Downing’s Cottage Ucskhmicos .. ;i 00 
Do. Fruits amt Fruit Trees of America (iluo up.) 5 00 
Do. I.iindscapo Cantoning. 1 ;. n 
l)o. Rural Kssny* .. 6 1 0 
Drainage (or Profit, and Health.] I n 
Du Bread's Vineyard Culture (Warder). 2 dO 
Dyer and Color Maker's ( otnpiinhm . 1 '_?> 
Eastwood's Cranberry Culture. . ,5 
Everybody his own Lawyer. . I 25 
Farm Drainage (It. F. French). I ;.o 
Farm Implements and Machinery (J. ,1. Thomas) I . 0 
Farm Talk 1 Brackett)..... . . 11.1 
Farming for Boys. 1 ;.u 
Field's Peai Culture...,.. I -.5 
Fishing hi American Waters (Scott,). II •;) 
Flagg’s Ktirnpetui Vineyards. 1 . > 
Flint ult (trusses....... . . •; . 1 
Do. MDhh Cows und Dairy Farming. 2 1 
F rank Forrester's Field Sports v'n|».). . I 
Do. Fish and Fishing (lilti engravings).. 5 . 1 
Do. Manual for Voting Sportsmen. . ;j no 
Fuller's illustrated Btrowbarry ('uli.uilst. : > 
Do, Forest Tree Culturlat.. I ,,o 
Do. Small F rnlLs 1 illustrated). . I D 
Gardening for Prutlt. . I 50 
Gardening for the Smith.. 2 i d 
Grape Guitarist (A.S. F uller). 1 50 
Gray's Mow Plants Grow . I 
Do. Manual of Botany and Bessons. i u) 
Do. SOntlol and Field Book of Botany. 2 61) 
Gregory on Squashes. ;i() 
Guonon oil Milch l ows. 75 
Gun, Rod and Sadtllu .. 2 no 
Harris on Insects... I no 
Do. on the Pig. ' 1 50 
Mats eld's American Unuso Carpmitnr. 351 ) 
Hints to Horse Keepers 1 Herbert's). 1 
High Farming without Manure. 35 
Do. Carpenter's I bind Book (new)... 75 
Ibmper's |)og and Gun .. ; f) 
Hoopos Book of Evergreens .... 3 H) 
Hop (uluire...... 40 
How Crops Feed... 2 00 
How Crop* Grow.j 2 00 
How to Cook, Carve and Eat. ],.,i) 
Hunter and Ti-uppnr. 1 ifl 
lliisruamt's Grupus and Wine. j 50 
Indian Corn: Its Vllluv, Cultureund Jses. 1 60 
.lenntngs on Cutltu. I 75 
Do. Horse and his Diseases. 1 ',5 
1 ) 0 . Horse Training .'lade Easy. 1 5 
Do. Sheep, Bwloe und Poultry... 1 75 
Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry. 1 ',5 
Do. ElutueiiLn Agrli'ullaral Chemistry. . ] 6(1 
Kemp’S I .it ml scape Gardening . . 2 00 
l.ungstroth on the. Hive and Huliev Bee. 2 00 
1, 1 'Uchar’s How to Build riot-llousu*.. 1 uc 
Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry... 1 05 
-Manual of Agriculture (Emerson and Flint). 1 25 
Manual on Mux and Hemp Culture . 25 
Manual of Tobacco Culture.... :,C 
.Market Assistant (De Voo)... 0 
Ho. Illustrated llorae Management. 3 oc 
McMahon's American Gardener. 2 25 
Mechanic's companion (Nicholson)....’ 3 el 
Allies,in Horse’s Footfelotli).. 7£ 
Modern Cookery (by Aims Acton and Mrs. S. j. 
Hula).. . 1 5 ( 
Mrs. Hula's New Cook Book...2 IX 
Mv Farm of Edgewood ... ]... ) 7 ; 
McClure’s Diseases ot Horse, Cuttle and Shed . 2 (K 
Norris’Fish Culture... .. 1 7 ; 
Norton’s Bit*merits ScldUlllu Agriculture. 7 ; 
Onion Culture. 2( 
Our Farm of Four Acres ... 3 ( 
Pardee un StrawberryCulture. 7 i 
Turkman's B*mk of Korea.. jn 
Parson* on the Rose.. 1 5 ( 
Pear Culture for Profit (P. T. Quinn)... 1 a 
Pent and n» Use* .... .. f 2 , 
Pertder's l and Measure_ n 
Practical und Scientific 1*rult. Culture (Baker)... 4 (ii 
Practical Floriculture (P. Henderson). j 31 
Practical Poultry Keeper 11 .. Wright). 2 9 
Practical Shepherd (Randall).. 2 (» 
Practical Stall Builder (.Hi original plates).Ill l- 
Qnlnhy'e Mysteries of Bee Keeping. 15 
Quincy on Soiling Cuttle... 12 
Kami's Bulbs.... 3 y 
On. Garden Flowers... . 30 
Randall's Finn Wool Husbandry. 1 (j 
Do Sheep Husbandry In the South. 15 
Richardson 011 the Dog. . . 3 
Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden. 10 
Maunders on Poultry illlusi,rated). 4 
Schenck’s Gardener*' Text-Book . 7 
Scribner's Produce Tables . . 5 
Do. Ready Reckoner and Lug Book.. 3 
Silver’s new Poultry Brink (70 illustrations). 6 
Mix Hundred Recipes. 1 7 
Skillful llouse.wile. 7 
Squashes (Gregory). 3 
Stewart's (.Min) Stable Book. 15 
Strong’s Cultivation of tho Grape...,. 3 Ii 
Ten Acres Kimugli —.. 1 5 
Tho Barn-Yard (A Manual).. . 1 0 
Tho Book of Evergreen*.. 3 0 
The Boston Mat'llmlet iFltxgcrnId).. 7 
The Dog (by Oinks, May hew ami Hutchinson).. 3 t 
The Garden (A .Manual)....., .. 1 p 
The Grape Vine ..... ..... 1 1 
The Perchartin Horae.... j, 
Thomas' Am. Fruit Culturlst (490 Illustrations). 3 1 
Thompson’s Food of Animals. It; 
HENRY HENDERSON’S HISTORY. 
Dill D Annual Descriptive MAII HI 
DULD CATALOGUE NOW READY. Ill HI LLU 
Qrrn Small Fruit Plants by Mall. rpfC 
O LLU Catalogue ready Jan. 1st. I HLL< 
liKUBNHEEN A CO., Geneva, N. Y„ 
Growers of Thkks. Pi, ants, Vinks, etc., since 1839. 
By Harriet Beecher Stowe, 
Author of “ TJnde Tom's Cabin,” “ Minister’s 
Wooing <£ 0 . 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
It appears to me that the world is returning to 
its second childhood, and running mad for sto¬ 
ries. Stories t Stories I Stories! everywhere; 
stories in every paper, in every crevice, era ok 
and corner of the house. Stories tall from Hie 
pen faster than leaves of autumn, unci of ns 
many shades and colorings. Stories bimv over 
here in whirlwinds from England. Stories are 
translated from the Flench, from tho Danish, 
from 1 Do Swedish, from the German, from the 
Russian. There are serial stories for adults in 
tho Atlantic, In the Overland, in the Qatar j/. In 
Harper's, In Scribner' s. Tliero are aerial stories 
for youthful pilgrims In 0nr Young Yolks, the 
Lillie CorpfjrVh nm Riverside, the I oulh's Com¬ 
panion, ami very soon wo anticipate newspapers 
with serial stories for the nursery. We shall 
have those charmingly illn-lriitcit magazines, 
the ( radio, the Rocking Chair, the First Rattle, 
and the First Tooth, with successive chapters or 
" Gnnsy Goosy Gander," and “ Hickory Hickory 
Dock, and "Old Mother Hubbard,” extending 
through twelve, or twenty-four, or forty -eight 
numbers. 
I have offen questioned what. Solomon would 
have said il' ho had lived in our day. The poor 
man, it appears, was somewhat blase with the 
abundance of literature in Ids limes, and re¬ 
marked tlmt much st udy was a weariness to the 
flesh. Then, printing was not invented, and 
" hooks" were all copied by hand, In those v ery 
square Holmov let tors whereOuch letlerteaboiit. 
as careful a bit of work as a grave-stone. And 
yet.even with all those restrictions and circum¬ 
scriptions. .Solomon rather testily remarked, 
“Of making mmy books there is no end l" 
Wlnit would lie havesaid had he looked over a 
modern publisher's cataloguel 
It is iiudersiimd now, I lint no paper Is com¬ 
plete without its serial story, ana the spinning 
of these stories keeps thousands ol' wheels and 
spindles in moiiou. It is now understood that 
whoever wishes to gain Hie public ear, and to 
propound a new theory, must do It in a serial 
story. Hath any one In our day,asln St. Paul's, 
a psalm, a duel l ine, u tongue, a revelation, an 
interpretation forthwith lie wraps it up in a se¬ 
rial story, and presents it to tlm public. Wo 
have prison discipline, I'roo trade, lubor and 
capital, woman's rights, the temperance ques¬ 
tion, in serial stories. Wo have Romanism and 
Prolostiniiisui, High Church,and Low Church, 
and no Church, contending with each other in 
serial stories, where each side converts the other, 
according to llm faith of tho narrator. 
We see that, this thing is to go on. Soon it. will 
bo necessary that every leading clergyman 
should embody his theology in a serial story, to 
be delivered from the pulpit Sunday after Sun¬ 
day. We look forward to announcements in 
our city papers such a» these; Tho Roy. Dr. 
[gimliusof the Church nf St. Mary tlm Virgin, 
will begin a serial romance, to he niil.ii.led "St. 
Sebastian and the Arrows." in which bo will em¬ 
body the duties, the trials, and the temptations 
of the young Christians of out* day. The Rev. 
Dr. Boanerges id Plymouth Rock Church, will 
begin a aerial Btrrry, entitled “Calvin’s Daugh¬ 
ter, " in which he will discuss the distinctive 
features of Protestant theology. The Rev. Dr. 
Cool Shadow will goon with Ills interesting ro¬ 
mance of “Christianity a Dissolving View,”— 
designed to show how everything is, in many re¬ 
spects, like everything else, and nil things lead 
somewhere, ami every tiling will Anally end 
somehow, mid that therefore It is Important 
that everybody should cultivate general sweet¬ 
ness, and have the very host lima possible In 
tli is world. 
By 1 ho time that ail these romances get to go¬ 
ing, tlm s>stem of leaching by parables, und 
opening nun’s mouth in dark ’savings, will be 
fully elaborated. Pilgrim’s Progress will he no 
where. Tlm way to the Celestial city will bo as 
plnia in everybody’s mi ml us tho way Up Broad¬ 
way—and so muon more interesting I Finally, 
all science, ami all ail, and all business will be 
explained, conducted, and directed by serial 
stories, till the present life and tlm life to come 
shall form only one grand romance. This will 
bo about tlm time of Hie Milieuniimt. 
Meanwhile, l urn going to furnish aserlal story 
B LOOMINGTON NIIKMF.il Y —600 AciTH.lm.li 
■■ Yew, Irt Green-house* Frail and Ornamental 
Trims, Nursery Block, Hoot Grafts. Grapes, Ever¬ 
greens, Shrubs, Rosea, fledge and Green - house 
Plimts. Flower Bulba for Full, Colored Fruit, and 
Flowor Plates, All kt Wholesale and Retail. Head 
ten cents for Catalogues. F. K. PHOENIX. 
Bloomington, .McLean Co., III. 
1 71LOWRR B|I|,BS. Tulips, Hyacinths,Nurds- 
sits, Crocus, Ins, Lilies, Gladiolus, &e . Ho,, for 
the full trade general assortment, at Wholesale and 
Retail. Also Roses, Green house Plants, Colored 
Fruit and F lower Plates. Betul IhrCe-eeat stamp for 
Bulb Catalogue, or ten cents tor Bulb and Nursery 
Catalogues. F. K. PHOENIX. 
Bloomington Nursery. Mi-Lean t'n„ HI. 
JCeto publications 
THE GREAT RELIGIOUS WEEKLY. 
The Christian Union, 
A THOROUGHLY RELIGIOUS FAMILY 
NEWSPAPER. 
HENRY WARD BEECHER, Editor. 
rpilEES AND SEF.DMNGS. .400.000 Pear 
l Stocks, f.rlra • lUU.OttU Pear in Bod; jfiXMKIO two 
and three years old Apple Trees; 10,00(1 Miner and 
Wild Goose Plum,.Vo. We will also pot up Apple 
and Pear Root Grafts, in large or snmll quantities. 
Send for Catalogue to K. II. SKINNERA Co., High¬ 
land Nurseries, Rockford, Illinois. 
jlRESH APPLE SEED.—A PRIME ART 
. clo at $7 per bushel. 
C. L. VAN DUSEN. Muoedon, N. Y 
It may be described as an Unaectarlan, Indepen¬ 
dent, Weekly Journal, devoted to Religion, Morula, 
Reform, Foreign and Domestic News of the Church 
and the World, Literature, Science, Art, Agriculture, 
Trade, F'lnanee, etc., etc., and containing contribu¬ 
tions from well-known eminent writers. 
It has Something for all members of the 
Donsehold. 
Admirable contributed and editorial articles, dis¬ 
cussing all tho i-reut topics of the day; fresh infor¬ 
mation on unhackneyed subjects; much mutter of a 
high and pure religious tone; Poems, Household 
Stories and Chat for the little ones. 
It Is the Brightest and Most Interesting Reli¬ 
gions Paper Published. 
being quoted from by the press of the whole coun¬ 
try, more extensively than any other. The whole 
editorial work is in the hnnds of experienced and 
cultivated men. 
THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE REPRESENTATIVE 
MEN OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, 
1(8 Form, 16 Pages, Large Quarto, 
(EVERY NUMBER BEING CUT AND STITCHED,) 
Is so convenient fur reading, binding and preserva¬ 
tion, that It has In this ulonc a spenial and peculiar 
merit not possessed by tho large " blanket sheets 
while Its literary attractions are not surpassed by 
any. 
Therefore, it it increasing in circulation more rapidly 
than any other religion* weekly. 
.Tlj/ Wife and I; 
Or, HENRY HENDERSON'S HISTORY. 
A New Story by Harriet Beer her Stowe, 
Is this week commenced In the Christian Union—a 
serial story of to-day, which promises to lie onu of 
the most vivid and Interesting works that overcame 
from her pen. This story ulono would be well worth 
taking the paper for, even If tinuccompnnled by the 
great variety and richness of other matter. 
ITI E It I (M N INSTITUTE F A I ■< .— 
1\ flip EUMKLAN GRaPI'I received First l*re- 
uiiuin at. the recent Exhibition of Grapes at the 
American Institute Fair, in competition wiili all 
the other leading varieties. 
LA NT ONE VINE Of the EITWELAN 
GRAPE 
_ __ and heootne convinced ot its great 
superiority over all the early varieties previously 
introduced. We have spared no pains or expense ti\ 
learning of Us general uilantlbllity to, and success 
in, the various sections of tun Ifnttod States where 
the vines have been planted Tor trial. Our efforts in 
gaining this knowledge fpive been rewarded bv the 
most gratifying success In Uniting the vines every¬ 
where healthy and vigorous in growth, and the fruit 
so greatly superior in quality to that of the varieties 
generally grown as to win f. .r the I' umcUn first pre¬ 
miums for quality wherever exhibited. 
As in Mr. Thorne's grounds at Flshkill, where tho 
orlgln.il stock ot these vines was purchased, so it, 
will be wherever they are planted. The Concord 
anil Hartford Prolific gritpe* grown upon vines side 
by side with the Uuuialan, remained neglected upon 
this vines until they dropped off or were picked for 
market, while tins Emil elan wore eagerly 0 flos 6 h un 
the best fruit of the garden 
The filL'.M ELA N is a black grape. With berries 
about tlmslso nf I he Concord. Thu hunches are of 
large size, elegant form, and proper degree of com 
pan tiles a. The berries arts covered with 11 tine wax- 
lilcc bloom, and adhere Orally to the hunches long 
lifter ripening. Culikn the Concord, the Kttuielan 
bears carriage well, and, If properly packed, always 
roaches its destination In host condition. Dr. Grunt 
describes the Hmiijcilun, . 111 rlblltlng to it the follow- 
spechil quallOeutloiis, which are requisite to make a 
grape of excellence for table use : 
First—.Meaty, uniform texture of tender, racUitig 
tlosh, tluit all goes to Wlne-like juice under slight 
pressure of the tongue. Second Ripening evenly 
«Ud perfectly all through, and as goon at this center 
as at the circumference. Third —Flavor pure and re- 
Dnoil, very »ng*ry, rich and vinous, with a large de- 
urou of that, rotroxhlug quality that belongs distinct¬ 
ly to Lhe best foreign wine grapes, and COnstitlllOH 
the crowning exceUenea of grapes for all uses. For 
lute keeping, bearing exposure well, and long trans¬ 
portation to market, It Is all that can be desired. For 
making Red Wtne, It has no near competitor among 
American grapes. 
Thu (ollowing testimonials are similar to hun¬ 
dreds received from persons who have planted the 
Eumelan: 
I.ITTT.K Fai. 1 , 8 , N. Y., Aug. 29,1870. 
Messrs. HAsmtoccK & Bvbhxeli. .- 
Gents:—l have one Eumelan vino, which X pur¬ 
chased of Dr. Grant when he first commenced dis¬ 
seminating them. He desired mo to lake theogency 
for tho vines tit that Umn,hiit 1 did not like to recom¬ 
mend to my friends what 1 could not vouch for per¬ 
sonally. The vine grew three canes tho second sea¬ 
son each one about t welve feet, and bore several 
splendidly formed bunches of fruit, of finest, quality. 
1 am now fully satisfied with the Eumelan, and can 
conscientiously Introduce the same, if vmi will give 
me the agency for this place, believing (t a great ac¬ 
quisition. Yours respectfully. 
TiTca SnicAttp. 
ChYTiB, Ohio, Sept. S. 1870. 
Messrs. Harjduouck & Bcshneli. : 
1 have thousands of grape vlnua growing, but nonn 
so remarkable a* t he Eumelun sent to me for trial by 
Dr.C. W. Grant. To lie more vigorous, would bueou- 
sidered an objection, and In heolthfnlness mid pro¬ 
ductiveness, it Is equal toanyof my twenty varieties. 
The fruit ripens with me before the Delaware, anil Is 
the best black grape 1 ha ve ever seen My vineyard 
now contains 1 . 00 U Kumelans, and I Intend planting 
more next spring. How can you furnGh the vines V 
There win he many wanted In this vicinity, and all 
along the south shore of Luke Erie. 
Yours truly, M. A. Stevenson. 
The EUMELAN was awarded the following hrst 
premiums for quality during the fall of 18(3; 
Bennsyivaniu Horticultural Society (Phil¬ 
adelphia) .Sept. 13-11} 
Ohio stale Fair (Toledo).Sept. B—16 
New York Slate Fair (Elmira).Sept. 18—10 
Geneva Uorfl Society (Genova, N. Y.)....Scpt. ‘AT—25 
Hammonds port Grape Exhibition. . ..Bopt, 2U—30 
New York State Grape Growers’ Kxhlbi- 
Tttke a look at what some of the papers say con¬ 
cerning 
The Christian Union. 
Not only the ablest and host, hut nlso, as we sup¬ 
pose, tha most popular of American periodicals. At 
all e.vants, It Is safe t.o predict that It will huvn. If it 
has not already, greater Influence than any i.rher re¬ 
ligious paper In the country. —The Nation, N. r. 
Full of uto .ind promi-e and more fortunate than 
most new enterprises, patpablv cotiquers success at 
the start. U bears both the augury and the fruits of 
success on its tnm.-tfew York Times. 
The Christian Union, under the charge of Henry 
Ward Uacchiw. and published bv J. H. Ford A Co., at 
New York, will goon heat the head of oar icltglou* 
press, it it is not there already.-Springfield (Musa.) 
Republican. 
fs taking rank among the ablest religious newspa¬ 
pers In the lund.—American. Presbyterian, (Phil'a.) 
One Of the very ablest papers that reaches us.— 
Stniutnrd of the Crone, Bishop Mel] value's orgon, (Cin¬ 
cinnati, O.) 
One of the leading weekly religious Journals of the 
world .—Pacific UbnetUm Advocate. (San Francisco.) 
It alms to represent all shinies of enlightened 
Christian opinion, dealing with seoulnr matters brief¬ 
ly and furnishing everv week a series of contents 
which cannot but. be attractive) to any family. ♦ * • 
The Christian Union Is very neatly printed, and ts 
Hlready prominent In religious literature. —Jewish 
MeesaCger, (New York.) 
And now read what the critics say of 
MARSHALL’S 
M it not evident why, oh beloved? Ts not that 
firm In human nature which stands under the 
title of My VYifr and I, tho oldest and most 
vorientblttform of Christian union on record? 
Where, I ask, will you find n hotter one?—a 
wiser, a stronger, a sweeter, a more universully 
popular and agreeable one? 
To be flu re, there have beet) times and seasons 
when Mils anchuil und respectable Arm has been 
attacked as n piece uf old fogy ism. and various 
substitutes for it proposed. H has been said 
that "My Wtfk and I denoted a selfish, close 
corporation, inconsistent With a general, nil- 
sided, diffusive, universal benevolence. That 
My Wifk and I, In a millennial community, had 
no particular right" in each other more i linn anv 
of the thousands of the lireilircu mid sisters of 
i he human race. They have said, too. (bat My 
Wifu and I, instead of an Indissoluble c.iit.y, 
worn only temporary pariners, engaged on time, 
with the liberty of giving tliair month's notion, 
and aluriiuu off to a new firm. ’ 
It is not thus that we underatand the matter. 
Air Wife and I, us wo understand it, is lhe 
sign anil symbol of more than any earthly part¬ 
nership or union—of something sacred as reli¬ 
gion, indissoluble as t he soul, endless as eternity 
-the symbol chosen by Almighty Love to rep¬ 
resent hi* redeeming, eternal union with the 
soul of man. 
A fountain of eternal youth gushes near the 
hearth of every household. Each man and wo¬ 
man that have loved truly, have had their ro¬ 
mance in llfu—their poetry in existence. 
Sol, in giving my history, disclaim nil oilier. 
Look not for trap-doors, or haunted houses, nr 
deadly conspiracies, or murders, or concealed 
crimes. In this history, for you will not find one. 
You slmll have simply and mil v the old story— 
old as the first of Genesis—of Adam stupid, deso- 
•"'d lonely without Eve, and how he sought 
anu m- 'o 1 1 ’id her, und how they fared to¬ 
gether there.. 
This much, on mil... ■ consideration, I h,j.d to 
be about the sum and substance of all ubo ro¬ 
mances that have ever been written-and so long 
as there are new Adams and new Elves in each 
coming generation, it will not want for sympa¬ 
thetic listeners. 
So I, Henry Henderson—a plain Yankee hoy 
from the mountains of Kew Hampshire, and at 
present citizen ot New York—ooiumeuce my 
story. 
My experiences have three stages. 
First, My child-wife, or tho experiences of 
Boyhood. 
Second, My shadow-wife, or the experiences of 
my Youth. 
Third, My real wife, where I saw her, how I 
sought aud found her, uud how we fared 
together. 
A Fine Impression of which Is PRESENTED 
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From D. HUNTINGTON, President of the 
National Academy of Design. 
“I nm delighted with the proof of Mr. Marshall’s 
engraving of Stuart's Washington, which is truly a 
masterpiece of the engraver’ti art. He lias combined 
force arid delicacy hi rendering the expression of the 
grout original, anil even tlm color Is suggested. Every 
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" It Is, beyond all guest (on, the best head, engraved in 
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♦ ♦ ♦ "thehiugnlHceiit eiigravingof Stuart’shcad 
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