PERSONAL ITEMS, 
$mpUmcutcf ami |luuhinttg 
^mpUmcat^ anti |Hathinery 
Sfcc?, Jljccil.st, plants, &t 
The Archbishop of Canterbury receives $75,- 
000 a year. 
Admiral Goldbborouoh Is said to be 
dangerously 111, 
Tkn.vy 30 N, with bis family, Is going to take a 
tour on tbe Continent. 
Hon. NokmaN B. Judd has resigned as Col¬ 
lector of Customs nt Chicago. 
Mr. RALSTON'S funeral In San Franolsco was 
attended by over 20,000 people. 
HohatzO Stone, thesculptor t died In Carrara, 
Italy, on or about the 11th ult. 
A BUST of President Llncolo has been ordered 
for tbe public library at Springfield, III. 
Ex-S enator Revels, a* a colored Methodist 
minister, Is said to be highly successful. 
Col. John S. Mosjby Is going to practice law 
in Washington during the coming winter. 
Secret art Robkson recently saved Mrs. 
Gen. Emery from drowning at Long Branch. 
William H. Powell has just completed a 
portrait of His Eminence Cardinal McUloskey. 
Gov. Kemble died at Cold Spring, on the 
Hudson, ou September 10, In the DOth year of 
bis age. 
Mrss Charlotte Cushman is said to be so 
feeble as to require ednstatt assistance aud 
support. 
Mr. JoriN G. Saxe, who has been sulfertug 
from neuralgi a for a few weeks past, Is said to 
be recovering. 
President Grant aud family left Long 
Branch In a special palace car on the 23d ult., 
for Colorado. 
Harry Genet aud Tom Fields, New York 
ring thieves, are at present residing In obscurity 
In Montreal, Canada. 
Prof. A. L. Perry will continue bis lectures 
at Williams College, notwithstanding his ordi¬ 
nation to the ministry. 
A Mum Parker of London Is said recently to 
have swum 7 miles In 1 hour, 27 minutes and 80 
seconds, without fatigue. 
Jacob Benjamin, a wealthy pawnbroker of 
Biltliuore died from erysipelas, recently, pro¬ 
duced by the use of hair dye. 
It Is reported that Mr. A. T. Stewart Is about 
to build an addition to the “ Grand Union” at 
Saratoga, at a cost of $800,000. 
Cardinal SaI.vestke has purchased aud pre¬ 
sented to the city of Padua the house lu which 
Ariosto resided during his old age. 
Prof. Leo of Berlin Is preparing a new 
Variorum edition of Shakespeare. He has 
been engaged on the work for several years. 
The Kemlngtou diamond badge was wou at 
Creed moor, recently for the third time by L. 
L. Hepburn, who thus becomes Its possessor. 
The Bov. Dr. Tiffany of Chicago has been 
elected by tbe trustees and faculty as one of 
tbe University preachers of Cornell University. 
Prof. Goldwix Smith of Cornell University 
lias been married to Mrs. B illon, widow of the 
late Judge Bolton of the Eaglish Bench, Cana¬ 
da. 
Cardinal Gaspard Gbassellini, who was 
born at Palermo, In 1790, and elevated to the 
curdiualate lu 1050, died iu Borne on the 17th 
Ult, 
Henry K. Bogart, for half a century past a 
well-known and much respected business man 
of N. Y., died at Saratoga Springs, in his 75 year 
of his ago. 
Walter H. Smith, .Assistant Attorney- 
General, heretofore on duty at the Interior 
Department, Washington, has tendered his 
resignation, 
Emiliano V. Lopez, eldeBt son of ex-Presl- 
dent Lopez of Paraguay, died recontly. The 
hopes of the patriots of Paraguay were largely 
centered In him. 
Cyrus Weeks, M. D„ for over 40 years a prac¬ 
ticing physician In New York, was crushed by 
the cars and instantly killed recently, while on 
his way to Bloomfield, N. J . 
Prop. Uartt of Cornell University, director 
of the geological survey of Brazil, has begun 
bis work. It I* thought that seven years will 
be required to complete tbe survey. 
Miss Harriet Hosmer, the American sculp¬ 
tor, now iu Borne will be represented at the 
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition by an orig¬ 
inal group In marble—tbe largest she has ever 
undertaken. 
Vice President Wclson, in a letter to the 
Boston Journal, states that he would notuocept 
the nomination for Governor of Massachusetts 
were it tendered by tbe unanimous voice of the 
Convention. 
John Clark, sentenced to death Nov. 5th at 
Rochester, for the murder of a bank watchman 
named Trover, is now said to bo the burglar 
who shot Mr. Shute lu Tompklua Aveuue, 
Brooklyn, last Juue. 
The Hon. Robert C. Sehenck, U. 8. Minister, 
at L union was one of the guests at n diunei 
which the King of the Belgluns gave ut Lackeu 
recently, to the Commissioners of the Art Ex¬ 
hibition at Brussels. 
Hon. M. B. Lowry of Erie, Pa., bus givon a 
mansion aud grounds lu that city valued ut 
$15,000, to the Society for a Home for the 
Friendless and offers to pay the expenses for 
the necessary Improvements. 
THE CHARTER OAK 
SWIVEL PLOW! 
MORE THAN 800 DIFFERENT STYLES 
LIFT & FORCE PUMPS, 
Hydraulic Rams, &c. 
Send for Circular aud Prices, srl 
RUMSEY & CO., 
Seneca Falla, N. Y. 
S TAR OF THE WEST, the best Strawberry. 
Millions of trees and plants ut Pomona NursorV 
Send lorCircuIar. WII. PARliY, Clnnamlns ,n, N. j 
Dutch Bulbous Roots 
PERFECTION OBTAINED. 
Awarded the Ut Premium nt New England Fair, 
this month, at Alanehcstcr, N. II., for 
the item Swivel Plow, 
t37 ~Send l'or Illustrated Circular. 
READ! RICA IF 1 { RGADII! 
Letter from J. K. FARRINGTON. Sup’l M ilne State 
AijrUulrural (ii/l!f<)e. 
Onoxo, Mb., Aug. in, 1875. 
Cents:— Wo have this <lnv texted l>v actual trial 
the elllclency of the Charter Oak Swivel Plow it 
wag used on dry. xlltl olav loam era-' land. The 
ground wax somewhat xl pine, and the furrows were 
turned Up the slope. The mold-board performed Its 
work udmirably, completely inverting the furrow 
slice and leaving It bottom side up with (-.-ire. 
1 have long doubted t tie possibility Of coru-trnctlng 
ii gwire) plow which would do good work on level or 
slightly undulating land. I am no longer laithlcsx, 
for l have seen the Cimrter Ouk Swivel Plow accom¬ 
plish this. Truly yemr*. 
J. K. FA RlllNG TON, Supt. 
I3TManufactured only by 
THE IJIGUAM7M MAXUF’G CO., 
Higgnmini, Cotin. 
Hvnctnth®, Tulips. I.tlies and nil Bulbs. Plants 
and s>ee<l* for Full Pitntting. outside, nr for 
growing la the hornto and conservatory. Descrip¬ 
tive Catalogue trod led tree. 
BKNKV A. DlfEFU, 
Seedsman and Florist, 
714 Chestnut »t., Phiinuelplila. 
GRATEHt'', Etc., Superior to any known 
Fuirparticulars sent free. Address 
_ Syracuse N. Y 
and ‘Hi Beekuiun Si.. \ 
Our new descriptive priced Cat slog no of above 19 
reudy lor mailing. J. dl. fllOItBUHX iV CO., 
1,5 John St.. Now York. 
IIOLEHOOK SWIVEL PLOW 
Continues to be Unequalled. 
. . , | . Tarns n furrow on 
yf... -fcTT -ear level land equal to 
,r ff v'- »S( tnc bett ImidMd* 
e~ UdlC' - v>.Nk plow. A’o dead 
"•iL'.'Lr - fur rove or ridye*. 
-i ■ iiiwirriitr ' Send for Circular. 
EVERETT t SMALL, (BttCCtS. to 7 . T. Eoltrcti & Co.: BOSTON. 
We offer the largest stock of Peaches, Plums, and 
WodGoose Pitman. ( berriesand Apples in the United 
Stales. Our stuck of other articles Is also full. We 
solicit eorrespandenee. 
TDli UEIKE8 NURSERIES CO., DAYTON, O. 
Knitting Machines 
APPLE AND PLUM TREES. (To the Trade.) 
APPLE, three nnd lour years, live to seven feet 
very fine. (<> per 100. till per 1,000. 
Apple, line,, and four years, four to five feet, very 
One, $!> per 100. t-fc) per 1.000 
PLUMf Wlld-itouBuariaM ner), 1 to8years, very fine, 
812 per iliO, *KKipcr 1,UU). Ai*o,General Nursery stock. 
Address THE TlCBo NU its Eli IKS CO., CUrnon, Mo. 
LARGE SCALES 
The FRANZ & POPE KNITTING MACHINES are 
especially uiiaptod to the want* of tho-c dextrin/ 
munlnnc* for family knitting, or the manat aeture of 
substantial hosiery. They nro acknowledged tube 
the best In the market wioro they have been intro¬ 
duced. 
Good, active agents with a tnmll capital wanted. 
AddiesS, 
Fruuzit Pope Knitting Machine Co., 
Bucyrua, Ohio. 
AYitliout Combination Iteamn 
nr© behind the times. These Beams are made only 
by BUFFALO SCALE CO., 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
KNIFE-SCISSORS! 
PERFECTION ! 
A latce stock,Including Early Beatrice, Rivers, Lou¬ 
ise. Alexander, Amsden’s June, and best Southern 
varieties. Apples, Cherries, H'iM Opine Plum, and the 
largest stock of Ornamental* In theeouutry. 
Send for New Trade ‘Jut. 
HOOPKN, «KO. & THOMAS, 
Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Chester, Pu. 
MANUFACTURERS OF FINE 
ELECTRO-PLATED 
SCISSORS & KNIFE 
IN ONE! 
FRUIT AND 
Salesooom at Factories, Taunton, Mass, 
2 Maiden lane. New youk. 
Nothing to equal It for rip¬ 
ping, button-bole cut¬ 
ting. &c., &o. 
The uses to which they can 
be put suggest them¬ 
selves at once 
to every 
lady and gentleman, 
ORNAMENTAL | B 
LARGE STOCK. LOW RATES. 
STA.VDAKU PEAR TREES A SPECIALTY 
AGENTS Wanted. Address 
V. MOODY A tSONtf, Loch nett, N. Y. 
V, !/,.». Vrvr,nnn«n_x Yl... i. 1 .1 IT fid ’ 
A $6 Sewing Machine 
Ji 
r.. ith, i.nciipni 
Niagara Nurseries, Established lnSD. 
nrr to applicants, my Wholesale and BuloCatu. 
fl L L lOgueB. Four catalogues (the set), post free 
cents. F. K. Phoknix, BloomingtOD Nursery, LU 
22s*. IWIPOIITANTI 
(C The Scissors are warranted 
}| 1 l| and the price by mail 
Jr Jr ls on * y 
Address 
C. H. E. REDDING, P. O. Box 681. New York 
PRACTICAL BUTTER BOOK. 
Now Ready. Price SI. 
Address MOORE’S RURAL NEW YORKER. 
78 Duane St.. New York 
^cvtUiscrs! 
S. 'iv lx 
RKCT1FIBD 
PERUVIAN GUANO 
This machlue will do a variety of work, and do It 
well. The various attachments usru on other ma¬ 
chines can bo used with Ihh, one, and families will 
and It invaluable ax a help In thoir sewing. Will be 
sent to any address, by express, on receipt of price. 
Samples of wurk on upplioation. It is not a Toy 
Machine. Address C. II. E. REDDING, 
P. O. Box 581. 78 Duane St., New York. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
HOBSON, HURTADO & CO., 
Consignees of tun Peruvian Government, 
No. 63 Pine St., New York City, 
By Treating lluw Peruvian Guano with Sulph. Acid. 
Analysis Guaranteed: 
Ammonia. 10 per cent. 
Phosphoric Acid, soluble. 10 ** 
Potash. . « “ 
Price, $®l, ourrenoy, per Ton of 2,000 lbs., In Bags 
containing 2t>) lbs. each. 
t3T Free from Stones aud Lumps, and ready for 
Immediate use. 
Our motive In establishing this Agency 1b to 
satisfy a long felt want among our Subscribers, 
friends and the general public, thus offering a 
Reliable Medium 
through which they can supply oil their wants In 
every branch of Trade, at the extremely Low Prices 
now ruling In New York. Markets. Our 
Special Arrangemefifcs 
with leading Manufacturers and Merehunts enable 
us to purchase on more favorable terms thun purt.es 
who trade direct could secure. 
We are also prepared to receive 
Consignments 
of any nature, and will dispose of such business at 
the least practicable expense to the consignor, return¬ 
ing PROMPT aocouut-SMles. Parties availing them¬ 
selves of thlsund other Department* of our AGEXcr 
can rely upon escaping the commissions of 
Middle-Men, 
thus reducing tbe cost of tbetr merchandise vary 
materially. 
We till an order for 
^tocH nuil £>ultry 
Iu Central Ikcnlucky 
iitfnlo Fertilizer Work* mrikes honest Peril, 
llzurs only. L. L. CUOOKKR. Buffalo, N.Y. 
J. A. Farm * I. C. Yamneier, Lexington. Ky„ will 
v«l| (III head ot Young Marys, l’hylllscs, Gems und 
other fsablonahle strains, Oct il, Is? .. 
Dr J. J. Adair, Shawhtn.'s Station, K. C- tl. R., will 
sell 50 head ot Pbyllisc-y Roses, Illustrious, l&ullius, 
Rose of Sharons, Amelias. Ac.; Oct. if. 
Weeley War^oolt & J. C. .lenki 's, Cvnthlana. Ky., 
will *elI 7.') heart ol Odd' Grove lloril and 17 bead, 
tin tup or .1. C. Jenklnv' llnrd, Mujtuikus, Rose of 
Sharons. Mies Wileys, h ooms. Louans, Crugga, 
1‘erla, Oambriaa. Rod Roses. Fidgets, Sea.-, O -t. 13 
11 P. TnouiBon. Thomson’s Mdlloti, L , E. & R. S. 
U. It., will sull Cu he,to P.lneesac*, Owyuucs, Uon- 
xumecs. Blooms. CtUinomiuies,Craggs. Louans, Phyl¬ 
lises, Ac.; G*d la. 
John Allen Gano.sr.,Contrcvlllc. Ky,,entlro herd, 
fid lieud Gwynnox. Carolines, Amelias, Pomouas, 
White Rose-, .v.Oct. 18. 
B. 1*. Goff. Wlnene ter, Ky,. entire Ilolrohuret 
herd, 75bond, Juxoidilues, Young ftlarys,Phyllises, 
Cambrlas, Bellas, Uieopulras. Ac.: Oct. Ai. 
W. L. aUiltiulli it W. C. Vanmeter, Winchester, 
Ky., Ihclruntlrcherds, 100 head, SweatYtnscs, Young 
Mary?, Phyllises, Carobt Uts, Hurtuptun Rosea, Sea .; 
Oct. 21. 
Jubn W. Prewitt. Wlnehester, Kj’, c-nliro herd 
of 55 head, docendiut- ot imp. Trefoil. Young Mary, 
Cambria, Josephine, Bella, Ludy Eliia.cth, Ac.; 
Oct. 22. 
C. T. A S. B. itodroon, and H. F. Judy. Winchester. 
Ky., will t.ell ii head, Oosoendanio from imp. Irene, 
Prize Flower. Tiny, Lady Eiuaooth. Young Mary. 
Young Phvliut, Pansy, Alrdrti*, Ac.: Oct. 2>. 
Joseph Scott, Paris, Ky., will gell 80bond of Young 
Marys. Princes* Royal-' Nannie Williams, Rouncel- 
liis. CntnbiiaS BruCvleU, Yuun,; Phyllises, Lady 
Carolines, AO.; Oct.25. 
Ayres a Met Iintock. and ft- F. Poguft, MiUersburg, 
Ivy., will sell HD head of Rod Rosen, Janos, Jlllios. 
Gragg*. Rose of Sharon*, Cumbriaa, Young Marys, 
CialatlHS, UaDiets, Ac.: Get. 21. 
Tbe above oCerlugs ure of grout individual merit 
and unexceptionable breeding, und blddeisure in¬ 
vited to ulteml till* great series of sales, uud accept 
Old Keotucky hospitality and lair dealing. 
Catalogues on application. 
Until further tutlce, Peruvian Guano, eunmmeed 
to contain III p. r cent, of Ammonia, will be sold by 
the Undersigned or tbetr Agents, in iut« of not less 
than Ten Ton*, at SIXTY DOLLARS CUH- 
R KnC Y per ToU Of 2;;iu lbs., f uU wetynt at the time 
Of delivery. 
A liberal discount will be made to dealers or oth- 
ery on the entire amount bought during the Spring 
or Autumn seasons. 
HOBSON, HURTADO & CO., 
Agents of the Peruvian Government. 
July 1st, 1S75. New York. 
AGENTS i 
B. F. VOSS. Baltimore, M D. 
UEil. W. AVILLIaMS a CO., Charleston, S. C. 
It. G. LAY, Savannah, Ga. 
as carefully and promptly as a large order, and In¬ 
vite the patronage of Individuals, ” clubs,” Ac. 
Everything comes within our province, from 
A NEEDLE TO A STEAM ENGINE! 
Our commission Is email, und always uniform. 
£xplaual«ry Circular*, 
which give lull and complete Information regarding 
the Agency', mulled on receipt of stamp, 
a We will uct be responsible for moneys, unless sent 
by Express, P. O. Money Order, Registered Letter nr 
Draft on New York. 
Correspondence solicited. Address 
C. ZZ. 33. REDBiara, 
Mauager ftural PurcbuctluR Agency, 
Sural New-Yorker Office, New York. 
SAT P. o. Box 381. 
fif Inciobo Q3 Cent© when you mafco business 
Inquiries that costs our time, or your icquest will 
be laid aside In favor of those who con ply. Our 
line is money. 
l §cal CEjsfai* 
T ’OR HA I.E—In lliirvlan.l—‘.’«0 acres of ilrst-class 
lund, adjoining u it. U. Station, 26 minutes irorn 
Baltimore and Washington. A new, spacious house, 
etc., situated In a grove of I ucros*. overlooking the 
station- Abundance of fruit and Uowera Ac. Also, 
a oottuge au.i 25 acres of land. A healthvand de¬ 
sirable ohmate; temperate Wiou-fs; good neighbor¬ 
hood. Reason Jor selling—owner going to Europe. 
Address 8. M. BUTTON, 
Sapplngton P. O., A. A. County, Md. 
To those who tiro making up tlietr minds what 
Agricultural paper to tuke next year w e w ish lo say 
n word. The leading AcricuUur.il paper ol this 
Blu'd has been, is, und will be. Mount s Rural 
.MAV-Y oiiKbR. La. t year, when rumors were rife 
in rceurd to l*.s publisher, -Mr. D », T. AloORE, that 
g entleniun round a strong wind to bout against; but 
e tinnlly sucecoded lu convincing the people that 
om-buif of wlial WO* said was out true and the other 
nalt greatly exaggerated, and so (bey rallied to the 
support of tbe old Rural. Mr. Moore lived up to 
hie promises, and his paper tor 1871 was character- 
tzed by the xhuiit spirit ihut ban unlmatod former 
volumes. We liav the Rural, unci wo tiope to see 
OrionUh County well represented In the subscription 
books of 1375 .—Orleans ItepuUUcan. 
DELAWARE 
AND 
MARYLAND 
Free Catalogue 1 
J. H. WOOD & CO, 
Dover, Del. 
OAi k It IBS FOB HALF-ON THE GREAT 
— ' 11/ duryland uu<i Delaware Peninsula I Fine 
IrulL Bind for C&Guvgne, free, lo 
WM. 8. RlDGELY. Denton, Md. 
^UY WILLAltD’S 
PRACTICAL BUTTER BUSK. 
Now Bendy. Price 81 • 
Address MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOItKER. 
78 Duane St., New York, 
I TU!it fjA LE,—HIGHLY Ml I'KOVKIl Mary¬ 
land Farm#, with every comfort und luxury. 
Send lor Catalogue to D. J BI.ACK1STON, Ait’y ut 
Law, Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. 
