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PERSONAL  ITEMS 
RocHEFOKT  18  Willing  a  hlstory  of  New  Cale¬ 
donia. 
Toe  Yokes  fauilly  return  to  the  United  States  In 
tlie  spring. 
Habriet  H08MEB.  thc  sculptrcss,  is  forty-four 
and  uninarrled. 
TOM  ALLEN,  the  prlzcflgbter,  has  gone  on  the 
stage  08  an  actor. 
Fatukk  Matukw,  the  temperance  apostle,  Is  to 
have  a  statue  in  8t.  Louis. 
Frederick  Docolass  was  lately  refused  accom¬ 
modation  In  an  Indianapolis  hotel. 
Carl  .Scucrz  Is  announced  to  deliver  the  Fourth 
of  July  oration  at  Council  BlulTs,  low. a. 
The  King  of  Bavaria  has  offered  a  prize  for  the 
best  kerosene-burning  drawing-room  lamp. 
Mr.  Bkkcuku  lia.s  engaged  Uls  usual  t^uarteia  at 
the  Twin  Mountain  House  tor  next  Summer. 
Kkv.  I)r.  Horace  Bcsunell  of  Hartford,  Coiui., 
died  in  that  city  on  the  I7th  of  Feb.,  aged  "3  years, 
LINCOLN’S  birthday  was  observed  In  Buffalo  by  a 
display  of  hags  and  a  general  ringing  of  bells  at 
noon. 
PRKSinBNT  (Jraiit  signed  the  Centennial  bill 
with  a  dulll  taken  from  the  wing  of  an  American 
eagle. 
The  O'Oonnel  Monument  Committee  at  a  recent 
meeting  in  Dublin  decided  finally  to  have  a  cloaked 
statue. 
Mrs.  scorr-SiDDONS  will  shortly  fill  an  engage¬ 
ment  of  two  weeks  at  the  California  Theater,  San 
Fr.xncl8C0. 
Rev.  \V.  H.  Goodwin,  D.  D.,  and  formerly  a 
member  of  the  N.  V.  State  Senate,  dleJln  Dryden, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  I7tb. 
CHANG,  the  Chinese  glauj;,  ha.s  been  received 
into  the  Baptist  Church  at  Shanghai.  His  bight 
Is  7  feet  8  Inches. 
BUSTS  of  .MM.  Jules  .lauln,  Guizot,  and  De  Rem- 
usat  have  been  ordered  for  the  Grand  Hall  of  the 
Institute  of  France. 
Mr.  Edwi.v  Adams  ha.s  bought  Mr,  Oakey  Hall’s 
play  of  “’Oniclble,”  and  will  take  It  with  him  to 
Austi’alia  next  year. 
LiEUT.-OOV.  DoRSHEiMER  made  the  opening  ad¬ 
dress  at  the  Hebrew  Charity  Fair  in  Albany,  N.  \ 
on  the  evening  of  Feb.  ilh. 
STANTON,  the  veloeljicdestrlan,”  recently  won 
a  ten-mile  race  in  34  minutes  3t)  seconds,  beating 
the  trolUug  horse  Happy  Jack 
Mr.  Pj.i.usoll  has  been  prtjsonted  with  $500  by 
the  shlpwrlghus  of  Loudon  lo  aid  him  In  hls  efforts 
for  the  jjroiectlou  of  life  at  sea. 
Mr.  Uksry  Watte kson  of  The  Louisville  Cou¬ 
rier-Journal,  who  w’as  reported  convalescent  some 
time  ago,  Is  still  seriously  111  at  hls  home  In  Louis¬ 
ville. 
M.  Mkissonieu,  the  celebrated  painter,  has  been 
elecU’d  President  of  the  French  Academy  of  Fine 
Arts,  atid  M.  Francois,  nn  engraver,  Vice-Presi¬ 
dent. 
Simmons,  the  sculptor,  lb  in  Rome,  preparing  a 
monument  for  the  family  of  the  late  Senator  I'es- 
sonden,  to  be  placed  in  the  family  burial  ground 
In  Portland,  Me. 
Wm.  A.  PieBR,  a  new  member  of  Cmngress  fi’om 
San  F'ranclseo,  Is  a  bachelor  worth  $1, 000,000,  and 
the  owner  of  zoo  acres  of  land  within  t  he  limits  of 
the  Golden  City. 
Mr.  Jamb-S  U.  Maso.n  Of  Taunton,  Mus-s.,  hasa 
family  Bible  Inherited  from  hls  mother  which  de- 
Bceiuled  from  Sir  Thomas  Davis,  Lord  Mayor  of 
Loudon  la  I5iz,  In  which  year  It  was  printed. 
The  Kev.  Wuyland  Hoyt  has  declined  the  call  to 
the  AVashlngton  .Avcime  Church  in  Brooklyn,  and 
the  Rev,  Dr.  Klder  of  the  Madison  Avenue  Baptist 
Church  or  this  city,  It  Is  understood,  will  he  In¬ 
vited. 
THIRTY-FIRST  ANNUAL  REPORT 
OF  THE 
My  New  Priced  Lists  are  ready,  and  mailed 
free.  They  contain  the  most  desirable  kinds  of 
Vegetable,  Field 
AND 
Flower  Seeds, 
including  all  the  important  novelties  of  1875. 
ALFRED  BRIDGEMAN, 
876  Uroatitea//^  y'ork. 
OFFICE:  Nos.  346  and  348  BRORDWAY 
January  1,  1876, 
Amount  ol  Net  Cash  Assets,  Jau.  1,  16175 
KKVn.'^uii:  Acicou^rx 
Prexulums  aod  annuities . 
Interest  received  and  accrued. 
Market  Gardeners 
AND 
WILL  BK  SENT  OUR 
WHOLESALE  LIST  of 
FLOWER  &  VEUETABLE  PLANTS 
And  SEEDS, 
ON  application. 
asstimed  to  the  Company  a»  additional  collateral  security) . .  . ...17,<>85.597  50 
Loan*  on  cxisUug^^Oles  tthe  reserve  held  by  the  Company  on  these  pollolos 
Ouifr?erly"%id  seml.'aiiimaV’pr'i^iums  ’o^^  eViatlnu  policies,  due  subsequent  to’ 
Premiums  ‘lioi  icies  in  ooursepf  imnVmlVslon  and  coUectlon  (estimated  ' 
reserve  on  these  policies  $320,000,  Included  In  llaomtles) .  l^.Mj  M 
Acc?u  ed^lutcrest  to  Jiin.  V,  ‘  im,  on  ’investments' .  iii.VM  ^ 
hJxeess  of  market  value  of  securities  over  cost . . . 
Cash  Assets,  Jan.  1,  . . S30.64'5,»55  64 
APPKOPUIATKD  AH  FOLLOU'NX 
Adjusted  losses,  due  subsequent  to  Jan.  1, 1376 .  iS 
RIM 
cent.  Carlisle  net  premium  i  uon-partlcIpaUng  at  dve  percent,  .^a,. 
Reaerved*^for“oonirugent  iVa’bliity  ■to''ro'nVrne‘‘Dl’»ideua'Kund’'ove’rand^  '  .,0,^,!.^  w 
foJr  Vr  cent-  reserve  on  existing  policies  of  that  class . . .  308  133  81-!a,14b,298  31 
Divisible  . . . . 8l4t499,656  73 
Prom  the  undivided  surplus  Of  $'2,493, tiSC  78  the  Board  Of  T'rustees  has  declared  a  Reversionary  Divi¬ 
dend  ^available  on  settlement  of  next  annual  premium  to  burtlclpatlng  pollctes  proportionate  to  tbetr 
conu-Voutlons  to  surplus.  TUe  cash  value  of  such  reversion  may  be  used  In  settlement  If  the  pollcy- 
holdeis  so  elect.  _ _ 
During  the  year,  7,029  Policlea  have  been  iasued,  inauring  $21,964,190. 
35  Cortlaiidt  Street 
IfEW  TOBK. 
BLOOMINGTON  NURSERY, 
F.  K.  PHOiNlX,  Bloomington.  Ill. 
Price  lists  free. . 4  Catalogues.  25  cts. 
•Z>XZX]  Sells  higher,  csrrles  better,  keeps 
longer,  and  prmalte*  to  supersede 
TATT  TV  P  A  TV  the  Wilson.  Kvery  reader  of  this 
U  U  Is  V  Aav  paper  should  try  lU  Fur  sale  by 
E.  A  J.  C.  WILLIA.MS, 
STRAWBERRY  Montclair,  N.J. 
WILLIAM  A.  BOOTH 
H.  B.  CLAFLIN, 
J.  F.  SBy.MOUR. 
C.  H.  BOGBBT.  M.  D.. 
GEOUGK  A.  OSGOOD 
HUNKY  BOSVKKS, 
SANDFOKU  OOBB, 
EDWIN  MAKTIN. 
JOHN  M.  FCKMAN, 
MOKBIS  FRANKLIN. 
DAVrb  DOWS, 
ISAAC  C.  KHINDALL, 
DANIEL  S.  .VllLLElt, 
JOHN  MAIRS. 
\V.M.  II.  APPLBTON. 
RUBKRT’  U.  COLl.INS, 
\va.LlA.M  BARTON, 
LOO.UIS  L.  WHITE. 
For  Spring  of  1876,  will  be  ready  Ip  Februaiy,  with  a 
Colored  Plate— Many  beautiful  new  plnnts  are  olier^ 
—all  at  very  low  rutes-Free  to  all  my  customers,  to 
others  price  ‘26  cts.  A  plain  copy  to  all  npnlloants 
tVA.*4Hl.N4JTON 
WILLIAM  H.  BEERS, 
f%  r  A  T I  B  to  high  prices  and  poor  Seed*,  ours 
lib  A  I  H  Is  the  Cheiipeat  Nrod  lluuso  in 
Vrnmn  ■  IB  America.  All  wnrrunlcd  ami  iroe 
to  no  IDO.  Send  loots,  for  packet  Of  Nr.vesi  W'hlte 
Violet.  Nlnunul  ot  Flower  Cnltiire  and  Cata- 
logue  for  1S76.  .HAHfl.V  &  (successors 
toDonnelly  A  C'o.,1  lloclieBler.  N.  x. 
TIOICKIN  FKAXliXl-li,  l*roMident.  ,  .  „ 
\VII.A.1A.T1  II.  ItUKK^,  Vice-l*r©»ideiil  and  Actuary 
THEODORE  M.  BANT  A.  Cashier. 
U.  O’DEI, I.,  b u perl n lend ent  of  Agencies. 
CORNELIUS  R.  IIOGEHT.  M.  D..  ( Winmlners 
CIOOUGK  WILKKS.  .M.  D..  J  Medical  Lxnmuiers. 
Oil  ARLES  WRIGHT,  M  D.,  AssUtuat  Medical  Examiner. 
Ixx  <ZfA.is4lx  X^X'lasostJ 
TO  POTATO  GUOWKUbi. 
Now,  desirable  vartotle*  direct  from  originator. 
Desorlptlon.  prices,  conditions  and  much  good  ad. 
vice,  free  to  all  applicants.  D.  A.  CO-MP  rON. 
Hawley.  Wayne  Co..  Pa. 
plants, 
All  about  Gardening 
For  HOME  use  and  tor  MARKET  In  nOOT’.*4 
OAUDK.N  MANUAL -pmctUkl.  pointed  and 
ihnrough— containing  one-half  as  much  matter  as 
$1.50  books  on  the  subject.  Gardeners  throughout 
the  country  commend  its  practical  labor-saving 
metboda  as  Invaluable  to  them.  Sent  for  10  cents, 
which  will  be  allowed  on  the flrst  order  for  seeds. 
J.  II.  U4IOT,  Hri;d  Grower, 
Racklurd,  Ill. 
Our  DE8CIIIPT1VE  CATALOGUE  of 
Flower  Seeds,  with  all  the 
NOVELTIES  FOR  1876, 
Is  now  ready  for  mailing  lo  applicants :  also, 
CATALOCUE  OFSPRINC  BULBS; 
also,  Catalogue  of 
fRCSH  ^  - 
1876  DKEES’S  GAEDEN  CALENDAB,  1876 
Contains  descriptive  and  price  HsL 
Flower  and  Grass  Seeds,  Plants,  Bulbs,  Novelties, 
and  every  GARDEN  BKgUIellTK.  Beautifully  Illus¬ 
trated.  Send  two  Set.  stamps  1  or  posUge. 
HENRY  A.  DREEB.  714  Chestnut  St.,  Phllad  a. 
RIME  TTRBNII  APPI.E  SEED  for  sale  at  $d 
per  bush.  E.  P.  CLARK.  DansvUle.  N.  Y. 
Yeptalile  and  Atriciiltiiral  Mi 
J.  M.XH0RBTJRN&C0, 
CHENOA  NURSERIES. 
Apple  and  other  FRUIT  TREES,  GRAPE 
VINES.  HEDGE  PLANTS.  DHNAM^iCN'rAL 
PLANTS.GUhENHOUSE  and  BEDDING  I^lANlS 
forsale.  Stock  SOUND  and  HKALTUY.  ,l 
low.  Great  Indueementt.  toGraugus,  Clubs  and 
Ocuirrs  for  CASH.  Spring  Price-List  now  ready. 
Address'* .MAXWELL,  Chenoa.  III. 
IS  John  Street,  New  York. 
My  IIluBtrated  Floral  Cafalogno  for  1876 
Is  now  ready.  Price  JO  Cents,  less  than  half  the  cost. 
WitmiAM  E.  Bowmxob,  wa  W  arrou  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 
he  Albany  Seed  Store, 
PRICE  &  KNICKERBOCKER.  Successors  to 
RMiMiili'fSE  E  D.iSVA  £ 
Our  Annual  Spring  Catalogue,  cenUlnlng  'Hi  pages 
POTATO  GROWERS 
OR\^  A  pL.r  10,  $3.  per  10).  rs 
4  to  5  ft,  “  lU.  i'i.50,*’ li'0,$80 
White  Spruce,  2>i  to  S  ft..  ’•  l(i. lOO. 
Balsam  Fir,  ‘iti>2;<ft.,  **  *’  I®.  $33)0.  Iljj. 
Europ.  Ldrch.4t<i51t,.  “  *'  HI,  $2.UU,  IM,  $la 
J.  8.  BOYNTON.  Stryker,  Wins.  t.u..  Ohio. 
are  the  best  the  world  produces.  They  are  planted 
by  a  mllUun  people  lit  America,  and  the  result  Is 
beautiful  Fhiwersand  splendid  Vegetables.  A  Priced 
Catalogue  sent  free  to  all  who  inch'se  the  ijosiage— a 
2-CTUl  stamp. 
'J’ry  the  VICTOR  POTATO.  Sent  post-paid,  1  n>.. 
rOcis.  Send  for  Descriptive  (.’h  culars,  testimonials 
ttud  speclul  rates  per  tush,  and  bbl.  Six  bushels  dug 
from  orif  nx7,  or  urtl  bushels  per  ucre. 
Address  A.  C.  ASHALD.  GurrettSViUe,  Ohio. 
uur  Annual  rspring  ^..avuiogue,  voniii.in.ia  -u 
and  lliustratlotie  of  P'lo wct».  Y cyela ules,  otc 
bo  mailed  frqq  to  any  one  sentiing  for  It. 
OTAR  4>F  THE  VVKKT.-The  best  Strawberry, 
n  100 ucroi)  In  Small  Fruits.  ColosKil  A spn ragus  Seed, 
Millions  of  Trees  and  Planteui  Puiiiuun  Nursery. 
Send  for  CirouUir,  WM.  PARRY,  Clnuamlusoii.  N.  J. 
PEACH  TREES 
Garden,  Flower  &  Field  Seeds, 
Reliable,  fresh  and  pure,  at  reasonable  prices. 
(ESTABLiSriED  Is:i9.) 
B.  11.  M’AIR  &  VO., 
Cleveland  Seed  Store,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
The  largest  stock  In  the  country. 
1  full  supply,  Eiirlleet  and  prompti 
’rices  low.  HEIKES  NCnSEll 
kU  A  iM  T  C  Bl— The  siddnjs.s  of  every  Orange  Secre- 
Vf  An  I  Cll  lury  In  liie  West,  that  we  may  send 
them  our  SPECIAL  TERMSand  PRICES  of  Nursery 
Stock  and  Hedge  Plants  fur  Spring  piantlug.  Ad¬ 
dress  cOOT'F  A  M.AXWELL,  Chenoa,  IB. 
DuytoJi.  0_ 
GOOD  SEEDS 
FRE8H  AND  GENl  INE  WETHERSFIELD 
DMfIS  SEED.^,^  ^  ^  . 
1  offer  the  f  cdlowing  varieties  Of  Choice  Seeds  by 
mail  postpaid,  vlx.  (cash  with  order) ;  ot.  Vlb.  lb. 
Weihersoeld  Large  Rerl . 'Me.  $-.w 
Early  Red  orGlobe . . . 'M  (A  2..h 
Extra  Early  Red,  very  early  and  floe. ..2a  M  J.M 
yellow  Globe  Oaiivers,  extra  slock..  .-  ‘2p  flo  2.w 
White  Portugal,  or  Silver-SUin . ;  ,55*.  J'S5 
New  Qu..>('n,Baiall  early  white  ilmpot  lO.iiO  H..al  t.uu 
Address  H.  D.  HAWLFIY,  Seedsman, 
432  oud  498  Main  St.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Grown  with  care  and  potn^taklng  from  soleoted 
stocks  ulways  pay.  Try  mine.  See  uavertisemeut 
“  All  About  Guraoniug.” 
qualitv  extra  Prices 
T.  S. 'HUBBARD, 
Fredonia,  N.  Y. 
Is  tlie  most  bcaulirul  work  of  the  kind  in  the  world 
It  contains  nearly  130  pages,  hundreds  of  flue  lUus- 
liiltlons,  and  juur  Chn'iiiO  Pi-ifr#  uf  Flou’i  fa,  beauti¬ 
fully  drawn  and  colored  from  nature.  Price  35  cts 
in  paper  covers  ;  05  cents  bound  hi  eleguiii  cloth. 
Largest  slrick  in  America 
reaftoruilile.  Price  List  free. 
BDAUrirUI.  EVUR-BLOOXairCG 
‘204), 000  DOOLITTLE  IMP.  Ul.AUK-L'AP 
-11.53  per  100 ;  $10  per  l.UOUi  $30  per  10,000. 
‘200,000  BRANDYWINE-Best  Hed-$‘2  per 
100:  515  per  1,000;  $125  per  U'.OOO. 
No  charge  for  packing. 
W.  F.  MASSEY  &  CO.. 
C'beatertovvu,  K.eut  Co..  Md. 
^  U  £  Si 
strong  Pot  Rosrv,  suitable  for  Immediate  iloweriiig. 
sent  safely  by  nnul.  p  i  t-piuu.  Five  suletidUl  varie¬ 
ties.  ull  labeled,  #1,  1*4  do,  S’J,  19  do.  93.  ‘JO 
do.  94,  33  do.  63.  For  u)  cents  eoich.additioual 
one  Mnsnlttccut  Prcuiluiii  Hose  to  every 
iur’a  worth  or.iered.  Send  furour  uew  GUIDE  TO 
RONE  CULTURE,  nnd  uuouse  from  over  300 
lluest  sorts.  Wo  are  tbo  targetl  Host  Growers  In 
America,  and  the  oulp  ones  allowing  jiurchasers  to 
make  Vw.roWn  sriecMo'R;  »ari«laciioa  guarun- 
tecd.  Address  THE  DINGLE  &  CONARD  CO., 
Bosk  Uhowebs,  West  Grove,  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 
This  Is  a  beauilful  Duarlerly  Journal,  finely  illus¬ 
trated,  and  contulnlng  an  ele^nl  colored  FrooUs- 
plece  with  tlie  tirat  number..  Price  only  25  oents  for 
the  yeftfa  The  ttrsi  No.  tor  1876  just  Uduou- 
Address  JAME6  VICK,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
PEACH  TREES 
Circular  and  Price  List  of  STR.A7VBERRY  and 
RASPBERRY  PLANTS,  and  Other  SniaU  Pratts, 
xctll  be  mailed  on  application.  Address  P.  ROE, 
Cornwall-on-the- Hudson,  Orange  Co.,  -V.  T. 
The  largest  stock  In  the  country.  Other  stock  In 
full  supply.  Earliest  and  promptest  shipments. 
HEIKES  NURSERIES  CO.,  Dayton,  O. 
