INCHES 
Beet’s all 
> I'i/t ern.l,<j‘iar- 
Wanted ny safe tirrhx./ m good 
condition, our choice of sorts: 
or little in working lbo sob, send now for our carefully 
written Catalogue. We want all farmers wlio y.ilur labor- 
saving tools to study out mir combined LI ortu? flue, Culti¬ 
vator ami Coveier . Market Gardeners, who have acres upon 
acres on each or which our Double wheel Hoe will act re its 
cv*r yearly, to examine the merits of our due garden tools ; 
amt every oue who has oven a small vegetal te garden to read 
If IS ... - -.1 «V7. fit..-II 
QA Happy Day,CUromo, Lace, *a.Cards, witlujame 
O V & morocco case 10c. H. M. COOK. Meriden,Conn. 
a week In 
_ 
30 D|f2 Currnnti?, fJrnpes, Trees, Asparagus, 
AcresD I U etc., 100 best sorts. Plants by mail or ex- 
-n-rvn-n— ret l’ raBS See our prices before buying- Cata- 
Xj ti.tv-xvii.-tiu> logue tr-e. Hale Bros.S. Glastonbury,Ct. 
pjufeHtttg. 
GRAPE VINES. 
All leading varieties in supply. Warranted true 
to name. Prices low. AIho the celebrated M!VV 
WI1ITIC GItAPE. PRENTISS. Also trees.smaU 
fruits, etc. T. S. HXJBBARX). 
FREDONfA. N. Y. 
C'T^'n'TYCi—rtmicp selections frorotlirmnstre- 
liable growers and Importers. No 
old Meeds in store. Every variety tested before 
offered for sale. Special intention given to orders 
by mall. Seeds shipped bv mail or express to any 
f art of l lie United States. Reference-, Home National 
tunic, Clrcagn: Furst <t Bradley Mf'ir Co.. Chicago: 
Kirby, Carpenter A C0„ Chicago. Send for Cat¬ 
alogue of Seeds and Farm Machinery. 
A. B. BARNES. 41! A 43 W. Lake St., Chicago. 111. 
~f VICE CONCORD GR irE TTSPS 
0 a B tor St, by mail post-paid. Think of in Order 
H ™ F now for early Spring shipment. Circular!! free. 
* w Wm. li. Ite«“«i.Chamibop*htirft Nur¬ 
series, Clinmbcrsbnrg;, Pa. Mention this paper. 
D r A n r D If you love Rare Flowers, choicest. 
nCMUKIl. until, address LLLLS BROTHERS, 
Keene, N. H. It will astonish aud please. FREE. 
WMl Wmallul ears te «t! eppllrasw, and to customer, wlhiotjt 
11 co "'- i:n < th-c coloml pint,, goo eiicravlnet. 
ahout «0 paws, and fall .I«crlptloa». price, ind dlreSn* Sr’ 
planting ISuO veri.lle, 0 f V«K«uhl« and Floivcr Send, Plant,. 
ROM,, «tc. InraluaWr tnall. fUnd for It. Addrris, 
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
OATALOOTJf: OP 
New, Rare and Beautiful Plants, 
Will be ready February 1st. with a Colored Plate. 
Itis full in really Good and Beautiful Plant*. Nepen¬ 
thes. New Dractouau, Now Crotons, New Pelargoniums, 
New Roses, Geraniums, Fuchsias, etc., with a rich col¬ 
lection of Fine Foliage and other Greenhouse and Hot- 
Houso Plants, well grown and at Low Prices. Fkee 
to At,n otm Cubtomkiih : lo others, lOcts.. nr a plain 
copy free. Catalogues Seeds. Bases, Orchids. Fruits, 
etc., free. JOHN SAUL, Washington, II, C. 
SEEDS. 
Garden, Flower and Field Seeds, 
Reliable Freehand Pure, at reasonable prices. 
(IiSTADblSHKn 183!*.) 
A. c. klndall. 
Successor to STAIR A: KENDALL, 
Cleveland Seed Store, < li-veland. Ohio. 
SEEDS! KSfra 
■ v-Sx k the Best - 
i Lucy nre hiime-giowu; they 
have stood the lest of years', 
i 1 ry them. Handsomely i’lus- 
tt rated Garden Manual, 
|mailed free. It F Si I RE to 
r s Pi‘d for this before ordering. 
L "iirUet Oartlvner* write 
cfor special Price List. 
J. B. ROOT*CO., 
Heed Growers, Rockford, Ill- 
PterrUuncou#. 
7® a weelt - * 12 a day at home easily made. Costly 
tp « « outlit free. Address True S Co., Augusta, Maine. 
FOR 30 GTS. I WILL SEND 
A pnekngo each of VERBENA 
BLOTCHED PETUNIA, DOUBLE 
PINK and Sugar Trough GOURD 
SEED. Also my Illustrated Sklf- 
Sui'roHTuao 
_ Truss Fence Plan. 
Flowers the choicest. Gourds hold from 3 to 10 gallons 
each. Fence portable, aud 30 cents a rod cheaper than 
post and board. Thirty cents pays for all. Address 
WALDO F. BROWN, Box 70, Oxford. 0. 
Shakers’Carden Seeds. 
True u.id Genuine. Fresh and Reliable. 
Om- of the oldest send firms In the country. Seeds sent 
by mail post 11 g® fioo. Special prices mid terms to 
Grangers. -* Tins excellence of the Shakers' Garden 
Seeds Is general!'- admitted.”—Eds. Am. Agriculturist., 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue ot Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds KRElv Address 
WILLIAM ANDl.liStlN, 
Successor to Charles si/.r.n. 
Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, N. Y. 
For Only s 
ONE CENT STAMPS. 
Mtw 
FIVE FAMOUS OPERAS 
M IRMA II Opera By AMBOROtSE 
ITII U HU Hi 'THOMAS This very successful 
opera first became known in T'aris. where it slowly but 
surely worked its way to permanent distinction, and 
has become one of the standards. It is very full, oc¬ 
cupies 406 pages, and furnisues to the purchaser quite 
a library of music of high order. 
A f I) A (83.) Grand Opera by VERDI, Composed 
Hi UHi m the first instance lor the ruler of Egypt, 
aud first given in that ancient kingdom, where, also 
the scene of the story Is laid. The strange life of old 
forgotten ages comes before us. and Is made vivid by 
the thrilling music of one of the most brilliant of 
composers. _ 
PA DM PM (82) By GEORGES BIZET. A 
wH (llfl Cl!* Spanish Op ^Spanish 
Spanish Contraband Traders. Wenre in contact with 
tlie bizarre ways and incidents of the Spanish Penin¬ 
sula, and the music is quito in consonance with the 
prevailing brightness._ 
MPPICTflPCI P (*3) By A. BOtTO. Me- 
1*1 C s I w I "J f C L" i fistofeie is the true Rond, 
according to Goetbe, wltoso poem is o’oeely followed 
throughout. A daring composition, romantic and 
weird, and now widely giveu, and pronounced a sue- 
cess. 
PATIMIT7A 7*3.) By F. vos SUITE, whose 
|H I INI I Lh, music is most taking, and who 
introduces us, in a free and easy and humorous way. 
to Russians and Turks during the war. Very popular. 
CW Any book mailed, poRt-free, for retail price. 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
O, H. DUmi & Ce.< J. K. D Its on <fc C«. 
843Broadway. New York. 1328 ChestnutHt.. Phl’a. 
Will mail to any address 1 Packet Phlox Drnmmondii, 
and t of Cho*ce Aster, with new Catalogue of Vegeta¬ 
ble and Flower Seeds, Plants. Seed Potatoes, etc. 
TUI««CO GREINER, Nnplen. N. Y. 
free. Address H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
BOSTON & NEW YORK 
The long-talked of marriage between the Baron 
esa Burdett-Coutts and Mr. William L. Asbmead 
Bartlett took place Saturday. 
Boston papers print a rumor that Mr. .Tames 
Bussell Lowell Is desirous of resigning the mission 
to England and returning to bis professorship at 
Harvard college. 
Carlyle's grave Is In the old cemetery of the 
Scotch hamlet of Ecclefeclian, in Dumfriesshire, 
where he was born, while bis rnuch-mourned 
wile’s grave is In a ruined aisle of Haddington. 
King Kalakaua, the Hawaiian, dresses simply, 
wears no Jewelry and no decorations. He la a re¬ 
markably handsome man, more than six feet in 
height, ills carriage is erect, his beard, moustache 
and eyes are black, aud bis expression la amiable. 
Vennor is a man below the medium height, and 
of stout build, modest in manner and of pleasant 
address, ne has a hardy, weather beaten coun¬ 
tenance, Is of sandy complexion, and presents an 
appearance that does not indicate a man above 
thirty-five years of age. 
(Joinpound. Oxygen in Epilepsy. 
The following Is an extract from a letter re 
ceived from a patient who had used Compound. 
Oxygen for Epilepsy. It Is dated March, 1879 : 
-• I commenced taking the Compound Oxygen last 
April (1878) for epilepsy, and have taken four 
mouths’ treatment. It has helped me more than 
all the medicines which I have taken lor the last, 
rive years. Have only had spasms one time since 
J commenced taking the Oxygen. 1 think I am 
entirely cured of the spasms, and I have not taken 
the Oxygen regularly for several months, and my 
health ts better In every way than for several 
years before." Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen, 
which Is sent free will be found of great value to 
all who are suffering from any chronic disease. 
Address Das. Starkey & Palen, 11 U9 and 1111 
Girard street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Tills i« a true bom- auporphosph.itp, ao-l 
may be uspfl on rum crop, lit tlm bill or drill 
l| or lirondeaHttOltlun-fri/A oviri/lmul manure, 
i and will product- a much earlier and larger I 
■ cron. Li thaReport r,f tho Miras. Insper tor 
i j uf Kerri Uxors, its valuation is from £"1 to 
■, siopr-rfon higher than oilior l'hoiq hates 
which 8t'll at tho Kamo price. The past, 
vt-tir uv. r fiOliO tout] wore imld irqiinst 100 
tons tluve years ago, showing that it is 
liked b> tho'tanners. It there is uo local 
Li agent near you, send to us. 
Also for sale STOCKBRIDGE MANURES. 
B0WKER FERTILIZER CO; 
ViTTTf 
■t> LI: Ti T^^Rr 7 
£vrift 
llafii'irtl 
Wells, Richardson <Sc Co’s m ■ b Bani oa gc* a g qx 
PERFECTED BU I TER COLOR 
It Gives Batter the gilt-edged color the year round. The largest Butter Buyers recommend Its use. 
Thousands of Dairymen say IT IS PERFECT. Used by allttae best Creameries. Awarded the Inter* 
national Diploma at N. Y. Dairy Fair. Ask your drugertstor merchant, for It; or write to ask whu u Js.what 
It costs, who nsi-sit, wfierotoget It. WFLT.S, KICHAR1»(>\ A- CO., Proprleturn, Berllncton, 
★ASKjkF0f<»i^ ~ # 
If USE IfONLVifTHISjfTHE JfrmST^.AH0 IfTH E Jf BESTJf 
SEEDS 
S Otir largo VluHhated 
Catalog u tot civcrry thing 
for f anu and Garden 
mailed free to all. 
C'"Semi tor It at Otiee. 
It costs nothing ', may 
save you a grout deal. 
BENSON, IY1AULE & CO. %25&ES? 
BUIST’S 
GARDEN SEED! 
are alway h wurrmited, U-lng- exoltifiively of our ov 
irrowth. Host tor the < turtle tier 1 Best l4ir rl 
Merchant! BECAUSE RELIABLE! 
They never fait to produce thO finest vvgetablitR, m 
ara pliuitod in all pat-lit of the world. Tho cmrla 
improvement and core in their groirth, extending over 
period of more than half a century,I ulyo brought Bnlsl 
Heedfi to A state Of perfection and reliability lecoml to ton 
BUIST’S Carden Manual for 1881 
(I'M pages of useful information ), mailed for So. stam 
WholesalePriee.Onrrent for Merchants ou appiieatm 
ROBERT BUIST, Jr., Seed Grower, Philadelphia, Pa. 
KE^ 
HILLandDRILL 
PHOSPHATE 
SEND FOR PARAPH LEY. 
SEE 
SEYMOURS Iteul SHEEPSHEARS 
.1 book ran /;F/f/t »* t-.i.nfL\\ 
ON THE THRESHOLD. 
By THEODORE T. MTJNGER. $1.00, 
A book of thoroughly yensible, helpful talkfi to young 
people ou Purpose, Frieutls and Coinpanionfi, Man¬ 
ner h, Thrift, Self-Reliance aud Courage, Health, Bead, 
imr and Intellectual Lifo. Amusements and Faith. 
The production of a hook of this sort is not an every¬ 
day occurrence: it is an event: it will work a revolu¬ 
tion among- young men who road it: it has the manly 
ring from cover to cover.—.Yri» York Times. 
Hero i« a book which, if we had onr way, every hoy 
at the threshold of life should have. -Chicago Advance. 
It is a nook that should oo by thousands into 
thx hands of the YopNo.— Lutheran Quarterly. 
*, For uale by Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on re¬ 
ceipt of pride by the publishers. 
HOUGHTON. MIFFLIN & CO.,Boston,Mass. 
M Fo!!:i UrnuM <*n.> n. thri-c r-nt TV A1 If (1 
rtar.yif»ro»fr-.ohonkolnearly 3j'||| II l| 
Ifti-lrti.S tii'nf J1 UlillS 
Foote, I-IO ftrrtlior o: v 
MEDICAL COMMON SEISE ADD PLAIN DOME U 
on Srrnfitla, DiViutis of Men 
and Wonitfri, ami all chrome 
Ul III I III Ailm«ut».tritoibe*vUtenc«*©f III |H 111 
l IllilJ M’SSSi.ng"" DuUlV 
* Box 7SS,_ New York City. 
implement,? mu! paclxittety. 
Pearce 
G00DELL 
’s Improved Cahoon Broadcast 
SEED SOWER. 
Sows all kinds of Grain 
.^3^^ and Grass Seed. 
NitF-D This maebino has beeu 
sold in every State in this 
-> -, 5 k country and in almost eve- 
ry Oniiti-oTOwnig section 
OH the Globe, giving entire 
I fejBNg a satififaction e-. erywhere to 
every intelligent operator 
FN KS Price SG. Does the work 
or o men. Send atamp for 
R. H. ALLEN & Co. Agts 
is;i ipi Water St.. N. Y. 
& CO., Antrim, N. H . Sole Manufacturers. 
LINCOLN' PATENT 
CHANNEL CAN CREAMERY. 
Deep setting perfected. Gets all the 
cream in less than ten hours, with or¬ 
dinary well or running water, or in two 
hours with 1-ie water, with less thau ball 
the ice railed for by any other process. 
Agkkts Wan'tkd. .Send for Circular 
to WALE. LINCOLN, 
W'nm*o. 
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE 
SUMMIT 
Store-Pipe. Shelf. —tux mosv 
convenient article ever ofered to House- 
ketyert. One Agent made I® 1-14,67 <« ten 
days. No freight charges . 
Addr««, K. 8. HART ZELL Jk CO. 
1M South ThlrtfSt. PhtUdolphU. 
H. SEYMOUR CUTLERYC? HOLYOKE MASS 
HEKBItKK'S 
L TREAD 
HORSE POWER, 
Speed Regulator. ' ^ 
Little Giant 
*• UNION "FEED CUTTER. CIRCULAR AND 
DRAG SAW MACHINES, &o. 
Send for Catalogue. 
HERBNEK <fc SONS, Lnnxdale, Mont. Co. ; Pa. 
LITTIE UlAN GIRL CULTIVATOR. 
Half discs of steel. 
'‘Will not break by con- 
4 ^ 7 ^ fact with solid obstruc- 
tions. Easily adjusted, 
'^0-W^iWl Be ATS TH E WORLD. 
^ Address, 
ALBA’TY AGR’L W0EKS, Albany, IT, Y. 
SUGAR MAKER’S FRIEND 
han from 
any others, Is llio verdict ot ull users. 
Their perfect working is guaranteed; 
only a trial is meted to convince one 
of tbeir superiority over all others. 
Sue ,au Makkus: Whv let a single 
«§Q 
u OH 
>gg 
o>?g 
to Suc.au M.utKiis: AVby let a single 
year pass without s full huppl - of these Spouts, 
when they ln.-r a lifetime, and the extra flow of sap by 
tho r use over-pays their oid-ire cost v.eerv season. Call 
tor them at your hardware store, samplea and Circu¬ 
lars sent poKt-pnid on receipt of to ets. Adrlro.-'- 
C. C. POST, t Manufacturer and Pitcnte©,) 
Bcblihgton, Vt. 
m M 1-Dc.on WHEAT 
a m W SSM can positively be 
saved. For Illustrated Pamphlet, giving full' par¬ 
ticulars, address The Thomas Harrow Co., Geneva, N, Y» 
H ampden W atches 
Are acknowledged by competent and Scientific 
Judges, and by all who have critically tested 
their time-keepiug qualities by using, to he 
Tlie Best Finished and Most Acenrate 
ly Adjusted 
WATCHES 
Manufactured in this country, for equal price. 
HAMPDEN WATCH COMPANY, 
Springfield, Mass. 
Factories and General Office, Springfield, Mass. 
New York Office, 12 Maiden Lane, U. 8. A. 
CHAS. D. ROOD, Treas. and Manager. 
SPECIALTIES. 
Agricultural Implements, 
FOR WHICH 
WE WANT LIVE AGENTS. 
The Charter Oak Swivel Plow. 
The Higganum Chilled Plow, 
i The Hughes Castor Tooth Harrow, 
the best Smoothing Harrow 
in. the World. 
Hollingsworth Patent. 
Do not fail to write for Circulars. 
HIGGANUM M'F'G CORPORATION, 
Higganum, Conn. U. S. A. 
Manufacturer, of Agricultural Implements of everv 
Ucscription. 
TH fc PLANET JR. COODS. 
Let every man. woman, aud child whether mteivstv,I mn.-h 
