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of Color Work, in Metal, Mahogany 
and Fine. 
Photography on Wood, and Elec¬ 
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guarantee satisfaction in quality, 
price and promptness. Address 
EDWAKD SEAHS, Manager, 
. Rural Office, 
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PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, is 
dead. 
G eorge Augustus Sala has a “ short, turn¬ 
up nose.” 
Kal-la-kah-oo-a Is the proper way to pro¬ 
nounce it. 
Miss Clara Morris will act in San Francisco 
on Jan. 18. 
Tweed’s prison suit is completed, and he is 
wearing it. 
Emile Fereirk, the well known Paris bank¬ 
er, is dead. 
Ben Butler calls George F. Hoar an “idol 
of the Press.” 
Jefferson Davis is not dangerously ill, as 
reported last week. 
The Rev. John Hanlon of the Newark, N. J., 
Conference Is dead. 
An equestrian statue of Napoleon Ill. is to 
be erected in Milan. 
It turns out that poor Dailas, the fugitive 
Toronto cashier, Is insane. 
Mr. Grau will probably bring out in New 
York the Italian actor, Rossi. 
General Kheridan has assumed command 
of the Department of the Gulf. 
W. 8 . Pike, the well known banker of New 
Orleans, tiled ot paralysis, Jan. 7. 
Asa Potter, democrat, has been chosen 
president of the village of Owego. 
Miss Emily Soldene is performing at the 
Chestnut Street Theater, Philadelphia. 
Edwin Booth has made his reappearance on 
the stage in Chicago. ID' acted Shylock. 
C. B. Goodyear, one of the oldest, members 
of the Board of Trade of Chicago, is dead. 
Susan B. Anthony 1h lecturing ^Massachu¬ 
setts women on “ The Power of the Ballot. " 
Mr. Avery, minister to Chita, is In Califor¬ 
nia, gradually recovering from a tedious ill¬ 
ness. 
Mr. Florence has arrived home from San 
Francisco, where he met with much good for¬ 
tune. 
A statue to Auber is to be erected in one of 
the public squares of Caen, France, his birth¬ 
place. 
The funeral of M. Ledru Iiolliri was largely 
attended at Paris ; 100,000 people witnessed the 
burial. 
A son of Abd-el-lCader has been decorated 
with the cross of the Greek Order of the Re¬ 
deemer. 
General Quimby, United States Marshal, 
slipped on the pavement in Rochester, and 
broke his arm. 
Rev. Dr. WlsNKR, pastor of the First Pres¬ 
byterian Church, Lock port, has resigned on ac¬ 
count of ill-heultli. 
Hiram Sibley and Win, Emerson are laying 
out a newpark in Rochester. James Vick will 
also open a now park, 
D. McDonald hus been appointed Attorney- 
General of Nova Scotia and Robert Robertson 
Commissioner of Mines. 
Markok Holsman, a Philadelphian, celebra¬ 
ted Christmas by walking fifty miles in 11 hours, 
42 minutes, and 10 seconds. 
Bishop Cox celebrated the tenth anniversary 
of his admission to the Episcopate, in Geneva, 
New York, on Monday week. 
A church at Windsor Locks, Conn., has 
adopted as a doctrine a mixture of Roman 
Catholic and Adventist beliefs. 
S. W. Andrews, President of Marietta Col¬ 
lege, was elected President of the Ohio College 
Association at its recent, meeting. 
Edward L. Donnells', one of the Commis¬ 
sioners of Charities and Correction appointed 
by Mayor Vance, has resigned. 
Two centenarians have died in Columbia, S. 
C., in the past few days Mrs, Rosenberg, aged 
103, and Richard Cottrlll, aged 110. 
Mu. Watts Puillifh, an English author and I 
dramatist, la dead. Ho was the author of ! 
“Dead Heart,” which had agreatiun. 
King Kalakaua has accepted an invitation 
to attend tiro ball of the Deride Franoals© de 
l’Harmonle, in tbe Academy, on the 21st. 
Gen. \V. B. Hazen has presented to the Cin¬ 
cinnati Historical Society a largo number of 
Indian relics collected by 1dm In the West. 
Dns. Chase and Clapp of Boston, who were 
tried by the Massachusetts Medical Society 
for practicing bomeoputhy, have been expelled. 
Mr. John WanaaiaKER, of Philadelphia, an¬ 
nounces the receipt of a $ 10,000 subscription for 
the Centennial from A. T. Stewart & Co. of this 
city. 
Bret Haktk has obtained through influen¬ 
tial friends a $3,000 position in the N. Y. Cus¬ 
tom House, as a relief from pecuniary embar¬ 
rassments. 
The New Haven lady who recently bequeath¬ 
ed $25,000 to her pastor was Mrs. Josephine 
Hillhouse, and the lucky man is the Rev. Dr. 
Harwood, rector of the Episcopal Church. 
W. R. Barker, the champion draught player 
of Boston, recent ly challenged Mr. Wyllie, the 
champion of Great Britain, to play fifty games 
in this city for $600 a side. Wyllie has accepted. 
Oiiver Downing, a well-known Boston 
architect, has Just died on the day of the 
funeral of his wife, he being 90 years old and 
she 87, and they having lived together 67 yours. 
£mief, £ecd 0 , &r. 
anti Ittarhittcry. 
gmplemctttjs and p;achinen). 
FRUIT AND 
TREES! 
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ORNAMENTAL | ||kkV I 
LARGE STOCK. LOW RATES. 
STANDARD PEAR TREES A SPECIALTY. 
AGENTS WANTED, Address 
E. MOODY & HONS, Lock port, N. Y. 
Niagara Nurseries, Established 1869. 
OSAGE ORANGE SEED. 
LARGEST STOCK! BEST SEED!! LOWEST 
PRICES. 
Samples and prices upon application. 
PLANT SEED COMPANY, St, Louis, Mo. 
OUR 
Illustrated Catalogues 
FOE 1875 OF 
EVERYTHING 
FOR THE 
GARDEN! 
( Seeds! Plants! \ 
\Implcments, Fertilizers, etc./ 
Numbering ITOpagcs and containing live 
beautiful colored plates , mailed on receipt 
of 60 cents. 
Catalogue, without plates, free to all. 
35 Cortlandt St, 
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Do you wish to Make Money ? 
FARMER, 
WILL YOU SAVE MONEY? 
IJ so. Just Engage Selling 
IS IT NOT NICE? 
cK - -JJ tertitory,to 
r zT .." allem sherwoi 
* 1 , Auburn, N.' 
ORDER A MACHINE. 
‘Only 5 Poll.-irx. Boxing 6 i cts. extra. 
The La test Thing 
. out. 
I will 1 . 0 II Town, 
County or State 
Rights to sell or 
manufacture. 
Small capital¬ 
ists will <iu well 
to Investigate. 
To live men here 
l# a rare chance, 
and now Is just 
the time for yon 
to commence if 
you wish to make 
money. 
£27“Cal) : <t see 
Sherwood, or 
write for Infor¬ 
mation regarding 
machines and 
tertitory, to 
ALLEN SHERWOOD, 
Auburn, N.Y. 
I^qiST’H IT AY LOADER, Tmprnvcd for 
1 187-5. Including Whid.Br. uk Attucdimcnt. War¬ 
ranted to pitch n ton of imj from the win row in live 
minutes, and take it as clean us by the hand fork. 
Adapted to all ordinary meadow laud. Manufac¬ 
tured ot the Ag’l Works, MeadvlUe, Pa. Send for 
Descriptive Circulars early. 
A GOOD CARDEN REED & BARTON, 
Cannot ho had without (Lind Seeds, and I have 
endeavored in cverv wav to make mine The Best. 
My (<nrden Mu mini, besides containing the most 
Complete Treat iso on Hot-beds ever published, 
is fall of practical hints and In I,nr-saving 
mi l hods. learned in many yours market-garden 
lag. Sent for 2 stamps. J. lj. HOOT, Seed-Grower, 
Rockford, III. 
0 8AGE SEED.-NEW, WARRANTED TO 
grow. Send for prices. 
W. H. MANN & CO., Gilman, 111. 
P ARTIES using STRAWBERRY BOXES 
or BASKETS.ean buy them ( heap this winter 
Of the Cairo Box and Basket Co. Address 
CAIRO BOX A BASKET CO., C alro, IB. 
Wanted, 
W- -:- ~- - - ^ -- 
IX ABA A0ENTE WANTED. -Samples sent free by 
AMt mull, with terms to clear from $5 to $10 
per dav. Two entire! v new articles, salable an flour. 
Addresss II. B. WHITE it CO., Newark. N. J. 
M mTTITnn l r all. Everywhere! Outfit 
K ill FREE. Send 10 cts. for return 
11v P.ii postage, Manufacturers’ 
UilUU GoodsC o., 111, .’Jd St..Chicago. 
WANTED AGENTS—T<> sell thn “Life and 
" Explorations of Dr. Livingstone.” Com¬ 
plete, authentic; a fresh hook; price suited to the 
times. B. 1L RUSSELL, Publisher, Boston, Mass. 
BOOK AC ENTS- 7 .:!; 
new book. Sure rale at every home. Send address at 
once for terms and guarantee. The Beverly Co. Chicago 
LjiQi'fA A MONTH.—Agents wanted. Ill best 
onotJW selling articles m the world. Sample 
fre«. Address J. BRONSON, Detroit, Mich. 
OOK AGENTS WASTED 
nIwbookTELL it all 
By Mt*. Htrntiou,i> <>f Salt Lake City, for 2t» 
years the wltc ot u Mormon High Priest. In- 
Irodueticui by Mr*. Stowe. Tlilt ttory of n 
woman's < apnririuv lays bare the "hulurn i(4,” 
mv, tor O'*, arcrct doings a,. of ttio Mormons as a 
vriilrtitctih: woman we them." Bright, Pure 
and Good, it j, tlrs L-vt now hook out, actually 
orerjlmring with good tilings tor oil. It Is popular e very¬ 
where, with everybody, runt outsell, all other hooka three to 
out. Mlnlatop, nsv “God tpertl it." Eminent women 
endorse iu Everybody words it; and agents are selling 
from 10 to 20 a day! SM»th tnounma note to press.' Wo 
want .VOflO mote trinity agent; NOW msii or women — and 
we will mail Outfit Fret to those who will runvoss. Large 
pamphlets with full particulars, terms, etc. writ dec to eul. 
Add read A- U. WuitriuKojos k Co., Unit lord, Conn. 
MANUFACTURERS OF FINE 
ELECTIEO - PLATED 
TABLE WARE. 
Salesuoom at Factories, Tau.vton. Mass., and 
I 2 Mai pen lane, new York. 
I A K 9 n t o "H T* the only Machine 
L A IVg P : 5 that can UnltaB sizes 
li work % unci iiurrDiv mid 
IC |M I | !i S 0 V C widen It; thatemi slinpe 
and COMPLETE, without 
*IM[ A M B 8 \£ P i hand-ltumhlng, seamless 
ft M HT Hosiery, Gluvesnnd Alit- 
tone, or knit Diem In sill 
xistCN i or knit Ribbed, Dotiblo and Fancy xtttchcN 
for Underwear. Jackets, Shawls, Scarfs, etc. 1 * knits 
over *Z9 different Garments. Over i OO per r ent, 
Frofitln Minuhiet a ring Knit Goods. The Farmer 
trebles the value c f tiU Wool by converting It Into 
Knit Rood*. Women n> ko 85.(10 a day with It. 
Agents wanted. Send stamp for dam plea of work 
and reduced I’rlce-Liet, Address 
LAMB KNITTING MACHINE CO., 
At Chicopee Falls, Mass.; 
Cincinnati, O or Chicago.Ill.; 
_ "'*' 1 f"• i t S t.. P)iltnde|e) .ii p.,. 
Matthews'Garden Seed Drill 
Has proved itself superior to any other ever produced 
Before buying any send tor circular __ 
«X. IJ. SMALL, _ 
BOSTON, MASS. 
(Successor to K.F. llolbruok & Co.) 
1TPPHT TPfiiwiss 
ff* L-J EM v, w K Hi % cun bo obtained at 
19 HM EC Klg 3_ ffl m aboutonn-ball the 
IV ll ll 11 li IIII SSMSt^sS: 
gor’s, O) cents per 
do*.: Wheeler A Wilson, 60 eta.; Howe's. Wets.; Gro¬ 
ver A Baker, 60 rtr., and others in proportion, tn- 
t'losc the amount, und Needled will he returned by 
Aral mud. Address, 
KAG1.!4 NEEDLE OX, Watertown, N. Y. 
Allen’s Planet Jr. Drill and Hoe.-^f 
hen i «ow» "tile a ch.irm,'' and boe,. piou s, subsoils A/ ( n. *e 
Op'S, und cover,, better, earner, .tad tlx /sy JN R 
timer Jktler than I he hand /no. Mual'il. by ar' a 
S L AL1.KX A-CU.. (Ills 4tb St Fhila., • 
pa Three other stybu. C.iiwcr ,Kaxa. WXWTiMBlasVscJf « 
illVE JtCllXT WANTED 1 ., r.ery Town. ;-->»■ a . 
A S6 Sewing Machine. 
J| APIITA make more money selling 81L- 
A r Dfl f A VERS' PATENT BROOM than 
“ any other article. Ooo Agent 
made S73ti In 3 J days. Recommended by Am. Ag¬ 
riculturist and over lot),BOO families using them. 
Circulate free. CLEGG & CO., 20 Cortlandt Ht., N. Y. 
ffiAAe A A a n'crleand expenses loall. Articlesnew — 
villi U|| staple as Sour. Sam pies free. c.M. Lin- 
l|)U U ° v U 1NGTON & Bao„ New Y’ork or Chicago. d — 
lilft A DAY. Employment for all. Patent Novel- 
v 1 v tics. Geo. L. Felton St Co.. 119 Nassau 8 t.,N.Y. . 
TI1H! TOUi-liATR’ PHIU PIDTURC Bent free’ Anin- 
l li L I iibb uii IL . Ken | OUg | jo objects to 
And! Address, with stamp, E. C. Abbey, Bulfulo, N.Y. 
. Abbey, Bulfulo, N.Y. 
A GENTS WANTED.-Mon or Women. a 
week or #100 forfeited. Valuable samples .free. 
Address F, M. UKKD. 8 th St,. New York. 
s *On per day at home. Terms Free. Ad- 
h dress Gko. Stinson, Portland. Me. 
1J|/|vb<|a At home, mule or female; M35 per 
ww ui K week, day or evening. No Capital, 
•ff\ w o I I We send valuable package of goods by 
I v» • dll mill) tree. Aflddress, with ten emit 
return stamp, M. YOUNG, ITS Greenwich St., N- Y. 
This machine will do u variety of work, and do it 
well. The various attachments uscci on other ma¬ 
chines can bo used with this one. and families will 
find It invaluableasa help in their sewing. Will be 
sent to any address, by express, on receipt of price. 
Samples of work on application. It is not a Toy 
Machine. Address C. II. E. REDDING. 
P. O. Box 6S1. 78 Duane St., New York. 
A SIMPLP. DEVICE, VtY WHICH ANY NAME OR ADDBESS 
A A. can bo formal,! in » moment, and be as readily distributed. 
I r sale bv Hard ware Dealers and Btat lonera. Bond for Circulars 
B. E. HALE L tin., Stt sml .Vi Park Place, N w York. 
Brick or Tile Machines. 
The oldest and moBt reliable Tile Macalne in the 
market. With late improvements, the most simple 
and durable. For particulars with rera;d to either 
Brick or Tile Machines, address 
J. W. PEN FIELD, Willoughby, O. 
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d in Ml o n Implements & Machines, 
PLOW CD., 53 Beoltmnn ML, Sew York! ) 
Piscfltiuieouis. 
IMPROVED IIORSE-HAIR INSOLES. 
The best article to protect the feet to he found in 
the world. They do not hold moiiiturc. are a non¬ 
conductor of heat, and. by causing a rentln Irrita¬ 
tion, will keep tiro fep.t, perfectly warm. Sent by 
tnaii to any address for 26 ct-, a pair. The trade 
-upplied on liberal terras. JOHN SL ANDREWS, 48 
Hanover St.. Boston, Mass. 
N. y. State Agricultural Society. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Tbo Annual Meeting and Election of Officers of 
Hie New York State Agricultural Society will be 
held, at, Albany, on Wed.nruda V, the 20th day of 
January next, ut 12 o'clock, noon. 
T. L. HARJSoN, Secretary. 
Albany, Dec. 22,1874. 
LOVERS’GUIDESS 
Love Letters—Art of gaining love and of marrying 
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Cures for hunureda of dlwu:-o*. Also many new 
sscrels, arts, myvtcrtes, money-tuaklng methoda. An. 
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CAl/r by sending to Oldest Tea House In America 
OAVl TWO nJlLLABs l«r 3 FOUNDS of 
JiKST TEA. Kind preferred mulled free 
to any nddres*. Gteuttfst inducements Tor Agents. 
CANTON TEA CO., u 8 CuaAiblrh St., N. Y. 
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Having connected with .he Itu- ® 
RAL Nuw-Y ork lcic the business of m 
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household, the farmer In Ilia field, the stock raiser 
among Ills animals, ai >1 the young folks uruund the 
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