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and engines that attracted a great deal of at¬ 
tention, Their new traction engine which 
they had in operation, with its guiding at¬ 
tachment, drew a large crowd of visitors, 
and met with universal commendation. This 
device is put on all their traction engines. In 
operation it is very simple and can be oper¬ 
ated with ease. A reversible gea r, worked by 
a reversing lever, enables the operator to turn 
the engine in either direction, or change its 
direction, making it run either forward or 
backward, as desired, and all is accomplished 
with ease and rapidity. The company lias 
thoroughly tested the engine under all condi¬ 
tions, and is fully satisfied that it will meet 
the wants of all. The best workmanship is 
employed in its manufacture a ml itis put upon 
the market solely Upon its merit*. 
One of the largest displays on the grounds 
was that made by Messrs. Gregg & 
Co., of Trumansburg, N. Y.: they exhibited 
their full line, including the Meadow King 
Mower, Osborne Plow Sulky, Gregg cSt 
Meadow King Sulky Rakes, and their new 
Gregg Self-delivery Reaper. At the grout 
plow trial at the New England Fair at Wor¬ 
cester, Mass., last week, the Osborne Plow 
Sulky with the Gregg Chilled Flow attached, 
carried off the first premium after a stubborn 
contest with most of the principal sulky plows. 
The test was made thorough, and the com¬ 
mittee put the plows to the hardest kind of 
work. The new Gregg Reaper promises to be 
a good addition to the line of goods sold by 
this company ; it is an entirely new machine, 
and has already made a successful record. As 
soon as we can get cuts ready we will illus¬ 
trate and describe it. 
The new model direct-draft Eureka Mower, 
manufactured by the Eureka Mower Com¬ 
pany, of Towanda, Fa., attracted the atten¬ 
tion of the farmers during the entire fair. 
The company showed a six-foot and an eight- 
foot cut mower, both of which were model 
machines. The demand lor these mowers dur¬ 
ing the past season has been very great, and 
the company have been unable to supply their 
constantly increasing orders. With increased 
facilities for turning out their work they will 
be able to build at least *2,000 machines for 
next year’s trade. Testimonials from leading 
farmers in all sections speak in the highest 
terms of the merits of this mower, in every 
instance entire satisfaction being expressed. 
The workmanship is of the best, the material 
used is first-class, and all machines are fully 
warranted. 
The St. Johnsvillo Agricultural Works, Mr- 
Williams proprietor, at JolinsvilJe, N. Y. 
showed a full line of their tread powers and 
separators in operation. They have had a 
very successful year, and the machines on ex¬ 
hibition had to be made at the last moment for 
this purpose. They now have a full line of 
powers to suit all their different sizes of thrash¬ 
ers, from a one-horse tread to a ten 01* twelve- 
horse portable engine. To meet the growing 
demand in some sections for steam thrashers, 
Mr. Williams now supplies one of the best 
thrashing engines in the country with his 
largest-sized separator, and he will be fully 
prepared to supply all orders on short notice. 
Geo. Whitbeck— headquarters Rochester, 
N. Y.—general agent for the Gale & Albion 
M’f’gCo., of Albion, Mich., made a fine dis¬ 
play of Gale Chilled Plows and Albion Sulky 
Spring-tooth Harrows, with broadcast sender 
attachment. The new series and styles of 
Gale Plows made a very handsome exhibit, 
and their fine polish and elegant finish showed 
that the best of metal and workmanship must 
have been used in their manufacture. The 
Albion Sulky Spring-tooth Harrow is compar¬ 
atively a new machine; it created quite a sen¬ 
sation on the grounds. It has been thoroughly 
tested the past season and meets with general 
favor. It is a praot leal implement and sells at 
sight, AVe have one at the Rural Farm and 
will illustrate and describe it as soon as we 
have tested it. 
The Walter A. AA t ood Self-binding Har¬ 
vester, the Roderick Hay Press, the Foss 
Giant Feed Cutter, the Bradley Mowers and 
Reapers, the Acme Harrow', Payne & .Son’s 
portable engine, Chandler & Taylor Mu lay 
Saw Mill anti Farquhar Birdseu's engines 
and others were among the exhibits in the 
classes to which they belonged. The Reiner’s 
combined harrow, cultivator and I uoadca-st, see¬ 
der is a newand meritorious implement. Flows 
were exhibited bv the Clipper, Daniels. 
Anies Flow' Co., If, Y. Flow Co., Wiard, 
Oliver, Gregg & Remington, Thrashers made 
hy WfllifunH A Co,, the Victor, and Roberts, 
Throp & Co., of Three Rivers, Mich., made an 
excellent show. Grain drills were on exhibi¬ 
tion made by the Empire Grain Drill Co., 
Farmers' Friend M’fg Co., the Missouri, and 
Union, Hagerstown, Champion, etc. Short & 
Smith, Cortland Wagon Co., and Moyer, Fish 
Bros., Millmrn Wagon Co., exhibited their 
wagons. Those <>| Davis and Auburn occu¬ 
pied a large space, and were of the most mod¬ 
ern and stylish patterns. 
The creameries made by M. D. Chapin, the 
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Moseley & Stod¬ 
dard, Lincoln, Brown <Ss Rosa, were very line 
and attracted special attention. 
Altogether this is one of the most successful 
fairs ever held in Elmira, and the Society feels 
under many obligations to the many exhibit- 
nvs Willi Afiiilf/wc for* f.hiA infov/ud- . 1 .• 
Wftos of iljc XUodi. 
HOME NEWS. 
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ors and visitors for the interest manifested in 
the success of the Fail- G. b, b, 
Monday, Sept. 19,1881 
On Saturday the President had another re¬ 
lapse from which but a partial recovery has 
been made up to this writing. He was attacked 
with chills, his pulse rose to 187, there was 
much nausea and, a part of the time, the pa¬ 
tient was delirious. There has been no real 
improvement in his condition since yester¬ 
day morning. Attorney Gen. MacVeagh, 
who has been with the President almost con¬ 
tinually, summoned the cabinet last night 
for consultation with the doctors. The cab¬ 
inet were informed that at no period has the 
President's case been so serious as now-, and 
that if the surgeons cannot control the rigors 
(chills) his death will be a question of a very 
short time. Secretary Blaine has telegraphed 
that he will come at once. At midnight the feb 
rile rise was reported to have subsided. 
Lateu.—9.15 a. it. The condition of the 
President remains unfavorable. At 8.80 this 
morning he had another rigor on account of 
which the usual dressing of the wound was 
postponed. 
Latest. 5:00 p. m. : — The President is 
growing weaker continually, and the most 
hopeful concede that his condition is critical 
in the extreme. 
New York has contributed about £45.000 to 
the Michigan suffered; Boston, with one-fourth 
the population has given £85.000 to the same- 
fund; or more than half as much as New 
York. About the same proportionate amount 
was contributed to the sufferers from the Chi 
cago tire in 1872. Comments are unnecessary! 
A tire broke out in the Kansas City (Mo.) 
fair grounds, on the 14th, which did much 
damage. The main hall was the first to suc¬ 
cumb, and a panic seized upon the people who 
"'ore in it. Though the confusion was great, 
no loss of life was reported. The damage to 
buildings, etc., is laid at *50,000. 
Ex-Governor Dingley, of Maine, has been 
elected to fill the vacancy in the House caused 
by Mr. Fryo’s elevation to the Senate. His 
majority was 5,178. 
The balloon voyage which Prof. King and 
others were to make to the seaboard from St. 
Paul, Minnesota, lias, like the balloon itself, 
collapsed. The several reporters for the press 
will now- have to take their vacation on term 
jirma. 
About 100 Chinamen of this city rejoiced in 
a ehun-bake on Staten Island, Thursday. The 
‘* Heathen Chinee” is fast Incoming civilized. 
Mrs. Susan May Bonaparte, widow of the 
late Jerome Napoleon, died on the 15th inst., 
at Baltimore, Md. 
The Rev. Dr. Darling began his work as 
president of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. 
on the 15th inst. 
Battery P, Third Artillery, by command of 
Major Gen. Hancock, marched from Fort 
Hamilton, New York Harbor, to Yorktown. 
The route of the “army” is via Trenton, 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and as 
far as practicable it will follow the route taken 
by Washington in 1781. 
Major Gen. McDowell reports that 11 
officers and men were killed or died from their 
wounds at the recent fight with the Apaches 
in Arizona. Gen. Carr was not killed as first 
reported. 
Secretaries Hunt and Wiudom, Postmaster- 
General Janies, and others of the Cabinet 
party who have been taking a trip to the 
White Mountains, returned to Long Branch 
Saturday, owing to the unfavorable condition 
of the President. 
1* rom the first to the middle of the present 
month 15,273 immigrants liave been landed in 
this City, an increase of 2,122 over the num¬ 
ber of arrivals during the same period in 
1880. 
Owing to the drought, in Ottawa, Canada, 
where the water works do not reach, water 
has been sold for a dollar a barrel. Twenty- 
five cents have been given for a pailful. 
I 1 ui est and brush fires are raging in Marin 
County Cal., near the foot of Mount Samal- 
puis. It is reported that houses, out-build- 
iugs, fenoes, etc., are being swept away. 
Dense clouds of smoke are hanging over San 
Francisco, driven across the bay by the north 
wind. 
Gen. A. E. Burnside died suddenly on the 
13th at his residence in Bristol, R. I. The im¬ 
mediate cause of his death was spasms of the 
heart. Ills funeral took place on the lfith at 
Providence. 
Two agents, one from the Texas and the 
other from the New Mexico Railroad com¬ 
panies, have been in China contracting 1 for 
labor on those roads, and the steamer Oceanic, 
which is due in ten days, will have a thousand 
coolies for them. These will receive £1.25 
per day and transportation to the scone of 
their work. 
Catering succeeded very well under the 
ate Lorenzo Delmonico. His will disposes of 
property exceeding *2,000,000 in value. It 
divides the estate among relatives, with the 
exception of *5,000, which are given to the St. 
A incent do Paul orphan asylum of New York. 
The Selectmen of the town of Franconia, 
N. H,, have officially rechristened the moun¬ 
tain which has heretofore been known as 
“ Haystack Mountain” situated in that town, 
anil it will hereafter lie known as “ Mount 
Garfield.” 
Commander K. Randolph Breese, of the 
T nited States navy, died at his residence in 
Newport, R. I., Tuesday, after a long illness. 
He commanded the marines in the attack on 
Fort Fisher. 
It is alleged that Mr. Vanderbilt is willing 
to spend *10,000,000 to carry his point in the 
railroad fight in which he is now engaged. 
He is determined to choke off financial aid to 
pur ties desiring to build new trunk lines from 
the Atlantic coast westward. 
Mrs. Hayes’s portrait, presented by the 
women of the United States, cost $3,000. It 
was painted by Daniel Huntington, of New 
York. 
-- 
Arresting the Progress of Consump¬ 
tion. 
The action of “ Compound Oxygen” in ar¬ 
resting the progress of pulmonary consump¬ 
tion has been so marked and constant in our 
administration of this new Treatment that, we 
are warranted in saying that, if taken in the 
early stages, eight out of every ten persons 
affected with this disease might he cured, In 
this disease, as every one is aware, the only 
hope of the patient lias in the establishment of 
a higher vital condition. Now Compound 
Oxygen is an agent that gives directly this 
new and higher vitality. But we cannot too 
earnestly urge the necessity of using this Treat¬ 
ment in the very commencement of pulmon¬ 
ic y trouble, and before the disease has made 
any serious inroads upon the system and re¬ 
duced its )lower to contend with so dangerous 
au enemy. Too many of the cases which come 
to us are of long standing, and t he chances for 
a radical and permanent cure just so far re¬ 
mote. That Compound Oxygen benefits, or 
cures, so large a proportion of these, is often as 
much a surprise to ourselves as to our patients. 
Our 11 eatiseon ( omp<iund ()xygen, containing 
large reports of cases and full information 
sent free. Drs. Starkey & Palbn, 1109 and 
1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv, 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Monday, Sept. 19. 
The following agricultural items are con¬ 
densed from telegrams received in this city 
from the various points from Friday after¬ 
noon, Sept. 10, to date:—Portland. Me.: crops 
of fruit and other produce find ready markets 
elsewhere: prices firm.Boston, Mass.: 
Another very active week in wool; sales foot 
up 5,072,000 pounds, making nearly 11,000,000 
pounds in tw<> Weeks. An advance of 1 @ 1 >£<*. 
per pound in tieeces. Hides dull. General 
tendency of prices in food products and raw 
materials is upward.Providence, R. I. 
Cotton, middling uplands held at 12%e.: mid¬ 
dling Gulfs, 1 2%c. : prices firmer .Buff¬ 
alo, N. V.: Flour and wheat active and high¬ 
er. Little doing in other grains. Lake and 
canal freights higher. A\ r heat to N. Y. 5c.; 
corn, 4 Go.Philadelphia, Pa.: Wool fair¬ 
ly active and very firm: a good many lots 
are held off the markets for an expected ad¬ 
vance. Week’s sales, 75,000 pounds. Cotton 
dull and week. Dairy produce scarce and 
firm. Receipts of flour 1,000 to 1,500 barrels 
per day less than consumption. Grain open¬ 
ed strong and higher, but advance has been 
nearly within the last two .lays Storage 
question settled by resort to barges at 
old rates for first ten days, then at an advauee 
°f 3i c - per bushel for each succeeding ten. 
Detroit, Mich, Dairy products linn aud going 
up: choice packages scarce. Fruits not over¬ 
abundant. Wheat accumulating, speculation 
obstructing legitimate business. Light stocks 
of flour.Chicago, Ill: Inter-State Ex¬ 
position and Chicago Fair attracting large 
crowds of farmers. Grain trade active- 
heaviest “deals” for October and November 
deliveries. Hot wheat-being removed from 
warehouses and taken to millers. Heaviest 
“ provision” trade is for January and Februaiy 
deliveries.Peoria, 111; Receipts of grain 
light; market strong.. 
Cleveland, O. Great scarcity of potatoes 
at *1(7/1.10 per bushel by car-load on L ack. 
Wheat No. 2 red winter, *1.44.Toledo 
O. Recent heavy rains have improved crop 
prospects. Prices of grain firm with an up¬ 
ward tendency...... Evansville, Ind. Heavy 
rains all Over the country from Indianapolis, 
brightening crop prospects somewhat. Cora 
too much damaged to bo much helped. Other 
uncut cereals and tobacco will be benefited 
.Milwaukee Wis. Heavy rainfalls 
here and there have put a stop to thrashing 
and delivery of grain, and considerably dam¬ 
aged that not stacked. City mills running 
to their full capacity. Nothing special about 
grain.St. Paul Minn. Rain still stops 
thrashing and keeps wheat back.Min¬ 
neapolis, Minn. Four clear days in two weeks: 
much rainfall. Considerable wheat not in 
stack, mainly of large farmers, all more or less 
damaged. Little thrashing done. Millers run¬ 
ning short of dry milling grain. Grade will 
lie reduced by rain with some loss in quantity. 
Crop of Minn., from 38,000,000 to 40,000,000 
bushels. High river endangers 40,000,000 
feet of logs.Louisville, Ky. Good raius, 
apparently general ended two months’ drought 
on AAednesday, and if too late to improve 
crops will put groiuid in good condition for 
planting.St. Louis, Mo. Grain, pro¬ 
vision and flour markets very excited; prices 
constantly changing. Sheep have been in fair 
supply; but arc now held back to grow wool. 
Good steers held back for an advance, Canned 
fruits and vegetables very much higher. 
Denver, Col. Fair week; town thronged. 
Fruit and vegetable market fair. Meats firm: 
supply of grain aud flour small, trade brisk. 
.frau Francisco, Barley advanced the 
past week 5c@10 per cental. AA'hcat fell 2j.je, 
but recovered. Buyers holding back. 
Baltimore, Md, Prices for wheat and com, 
spot a nd options, have advanced so surprisingly 
that export business is practically killed, as 
the figures here are higher than those in Eu¬ 
rope. Ocean freights therefore demoralized 
and low. Feeling very bitter against Eleva¬ 
tor Company. Oats quiet, rye dull but firm. 
Provisions unsettled but firm. Cotton heavy 
with a downward t emlency.Washing- 
ton D. C, General E. A. Carman, Acting 
Com. of Agriculture, lias directed 100 bushels 
of wheat and 50 of rye to be distributed for 
seed iug purposes among the farmers of th e 
Michigan fire-devastated districts—a drop in a 
bucket. In a bucket ?—in a barrel.Nor¬ 
folk Va., cotton coming in at the rate of 2,000 
bales a day.Richmond, Va. Good rains. 
Tobacco men say the rains are so late they will 
do tobacco more harm than good, causing the 
leaf to “green” when nearly ready to cut. 
Tobacco market decidedly firm; prices still 
up; wrappers advancing.Wilmington, 
N. C. Late storms did much damage. Corn 
very scarce: all provisions advancing. La¬ 
bor Unions demanding higher pay. 
Charleston, S , C. First arrival of new crop 
of rice. Receipts of cotton since Sept., I, 
18,088 bales, against 30,015 for some period 
last year: falling-off owing to direct shipments 
from interior to northern ports. Crop open¬ 
ing well..Savannah, Ga. Owing to ex¬ 
pected shortness of cotton crop, season will be 
shorter and prieesmore firm and uniform than 
last j'ear.Atlanta, Ga. Cotton corning 
in rapidly. Fine rain on Thursday.New 
Orleans. Labor strike over after embarrassing 
business for two weeks. In sympathy with 
decline in Liverpool, cotton has weakened— 
spots ‘ sc. and futures for the near months 24 
to 30 points. Showers for last two days may 
benefit cane and late vegetables, but not cot¬ 
ton, Rice coming in freely and sells as fast as 
milled. Pork and corn scarce and higher.... 
.... Little Rock, Ark. Slight rainfall on Sat¬ 
urday. Farmers aro putting in a good 
amount of wheat.Nashville, Team. 
AVheat steady; millers taking all offered. 
Corn quiet but firm. Provisions active and 
higher. All produce light and prices full.... 
....Montreal, Canada. Crops arc turning out 
well and the farmers’ outlook is generally sat¬ 
isfactory.St. Johns, N. B. Cereal crops 
are scarcely an average. Vegetables and 
small fruits good. 
The Galveston News estimates that three- 
fourths of the good black walnut of this coun¬ 
try has been used up within the last ten years. 
Recalling the fact that good black walnut is 
worth *150 per 1,000 feet, and that it requires 
100 years to grow a good black walnut tree, 
the question is asked whether it is not about 
time to give some attention to forestry as a 
popular science.The mails bring favor¬ 
able reports about the prospects of the supply 
of Australian wool.Within a few weeks 
82,000 acres ®f United States lands at *1.25 
per acre, and 20,000 acres of swamp and over¬ 
flowed lands at 25 cents per acre, have lieen 
purchased at Jackson, Miss. These lands, 
which are all uncultivated, lay in Southeast 
Mississippi, and have been purchased by rail¬ 
road companies for the purpose of locating im¬ 
migrants...The rice crop in Beaufort 
Co., N. C., has been reduced to one-third of a 
crop by the dry weather. It is added that 
some farmers there, who went largely into 
i*ice, will do well i C thoy make expenses. For¬ 
tunately, however, very few trusted to rice 
alone. The expectations as to cotton and corn 
will not he fulfilled; but, notwithstanding, the 
cotton crop thereabout, it is said, will be a 
fair one, owing to the swampy character of 
the land in that sectiou.In England and 
AVales it has generally been supposed that 
large farms were the rule, but recent statistics 
show upwards of 34(1,000 out of the total of 
478,088 holdings are of 50 acres each or under. 
The farms above 1,000 acres number 500. lu 
Scotland out of 80,101 holdings 5.5,280 are of 
50 acres or under, and 79 only exceed 1000.... 
