plants, &r 
PERSONAL ITEMS 
When ansiueriny advertisements, par¬ 
ties will-please say that they saw them 
in the Rural New-Yorker. 
Mr. Sankkt' 3 voice, they say, is about worn 
out. 
Alfred Tennyson wears his hair long and 
natural. 
Lonofkw-ow’s noble head is still thatched with 
a mass of curly white hair. 
Peter Cooper has settled down Into a calm 
determination never to run for another office. 
The skeleton hands of Tom flyer and Yankee 
Sullivan are preserved in a Philadelphia bar¬ 
room. 
The Prince of Wales is gotng to Waleg. if e will 
spend a short time at. the charming resort, Pend- 
hyrabgbyzgrohnmegh. 
Mr. Sidney Lanier, the centennial poet, was, 
until recently, the first flute In Asgar Hnmerlck’s 
orchestra of Baltimore. Inconsequence of falling 
health he lias been ordered away to Florida. 
President Anderson of Rochester University 
thinks that Injudicious outdoor reflet Is the great 
cause of pauperism everywhere, and declares 
that In giving, the heart must not get the better 
of the head. 
Pi^rellattwwsf, 
Our CATA LOG CF, of 
WTA Wh SEEDS AND GARDEN 
1 ‘! TA'a f) REQUISITES 
itIs now ready for malting to all who 
‘'UraT?®' Inclose a stump 
R< u. AI.L.EN dfc CO.. 
P. O. Box Sill. 139 & 191 Water St., N. Y. 
Agricultural Implements and Fertilisers. 
For Sale by 
DRUGGISTS 
BY MAIL FRFF. OF POSTAGE. 
They speak their own praise wherever planted. 
C^-thf attention of MARKET GARDENERS 
AND PRIVATE FAMILIES IS PARTICULARLY ItK- 
_ k both- 
cont&minff 192 
pupes on 
SEEDS 
and Plants 
mailed tree. 
QUESTED. 
TER YNli "\ L>i VNAC, containINC1 CATA¬ 
LOGUE AND prices, mailed without charge 
TO APPLICANT'S. 
David Landretli & Sons, 
Founded 1734. Philadelphia. 
The only known Effective Remedy 
For the Certain Cura of 
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, 
AND 
LOSS Or APPETITE. 
Contains no Curative Properties for any other 
Discuses. 
It is uot a Patent Medicine. blit. n. Standard Rem¬ 
edy, and has been used feminity vonr» liy (he beat 
Medical Faculty of Europe with perfect success. it 
is largely used in all the principal hospitals for the 
cure Of the above diseases, 
Wit) Cases of Chronic Dyspepsia cured, in the Inst 
four months of 1371!, in New York City and surround¬ 
ings, to any Of whom, by kind permission, wc refer. 
Price, $1.00 per 8 or. Bottle. 
Address, do Granby He Co., 
(SnU' Agent* for U. S.) 
00 Maiden Lane, Now York City. 
Sj.I DSMAM AND FLORIST, 
I AUF.F, HEED FRIGE 1.1*T for all. Seeds re- 
' liable. Lowest rates to Clubs, Granges anil retail 
dealers. SARAH It. MARTIN, Marblehe'ad, Mass. 
THE 100 DAYS’ TOMATO. 
Intrr.dured by the advertiser last year, sold to 
every State in the Union, tested by thousands, and 
proved to bo by far 
The Kurlirsi Toronto, 
The n o«t FroIIlie, 
Tiro Most Valiinhle to Gurdeuera. 
Price per pnclcet, cents; six for Si. 
IBy Lmv Price-list of first-class Farm, Vege¬ 
table. and Flower xeeds, containing our. desc ription, 
testimonials, and culture of this Tomato, will bo sent 
with every order. SpeotattU* — White- Prop. oafs, 
(Jerman Millet, etc. 
J. A. FOOTE, Heedsmnu, 
Terre llnule, Iml. 
|(1 ROSES MAILED FREE for 
Splendid assortment, of Plants Bontsnl’ely « 
, by express or mail, auy distance. Satis- V 
I faction guaranteed. Send 3 coat stamp 1 
L for catalogue Address, 
tk R. C. HANFORD A SON, 
Columbus Nursery, Columbus, Ohio. 
EDUCATIONAL ROTES 
The sum of $310,550.54, school money has Just 
been apportioned to the Counties of Indiana. 
Less than one-half Of the children In Ohio are 
said to be In attendance at the public schools. 
Thk School superintendent of Shawnee County, 
Kansas, Is a lady, and so IS the Superintendent of 
Labette County. 
Prof. Wklch of Union has accepted tho call to 
Auburn Theological Seminary, aud hla chair will 
be mit?d by Prof. L’Amoreux. 
The Maine Teachers’ Association formally 
recommend the adoption of tho metric system as 
the only legal system of the country. 
Every woman who lately offered herself as 
candidate for election to the London School 
Board has boon triumphantly returned. 
The Roy. Dr. Patton of Chicago and the Rev. 
Dr. Speer ot Brooklyn advocate the abolition of 
all devotional exorcises In public schools as con¬ 
trary to justice, polity, and law. 
The State Teachers’ Association of Iowa has 
formally resolved that political science should be 
taught in tho public schools. A woman has been 
elected President of tho Association for the 
ensuing year. 
A journal devoted to the elucidation of the 
customs, folk lore, and mythology of France Is 
about starting in Paris. It Is U) be an Illustrated 
semi-monthly, and will bear the peculiar title of 
“Meluslne,” the name of the serpent In tho 
mythology of central France. 
HARD TIMES AND LOW PRICES 
Boot Grafts put tii) to order: Annie,(leading varie¬ 
ties. f5 per 1 Out; 10,000 lor *i5. Pear.collar grails, 
$12 per 1,000. 200.000 Fruit and Ornamental Trees; 
000,000 Honey Lounst Hedge Plants; 100,000 Small 
Fruit Plants, nt low prices. Send for price list, 
GEO. \V. TAS8ELL, Marlon, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
My Catnlognc 
or Field, Gui¬ 
llen, <fc Flow¬ 
er Seeds, etc., 
etc., for 1377. is 
now ready, 
TO COLOR BUTTER 
Spring Avenue Gardens, 
WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS 
Mr. '. W. OilKKVKft, In tho New England Farmer 
of Nov. lltb. recommends all Dairymen to use 
Walls, Richardson He Co.'s 
and will bo mailed FIiKiii to all applicants. 
WILLIAM RENNIE. Toronto. Cmoi 
PERFECTED BUTTER COLOR 
The Trade suppUed with Garden Peas. 
A SPECIALTY. 
Carnations, Smllax, Neapolitan Violets, Houvar- 
dltts, Chinese A/idea*. Lily of the Valley. All the 
new and m09t desirable Geraniums and similar 
plants. Also, a great variety of the common and 
fancy Hardy Evergreen Trees, us low as they can 
bo purchased of any trustworthy dealer. 
Address II. W. HALES, 
Ridgewood, Bergen Co., N, J. 
lfesoys:—'* Forall wc can see, It is absolutely per¬ 
fect. It should entirely supercede carrots f, ,r color¬ 
ing butter, and also all tho crude preparations of an- 
nutlu as formerly put up by druggists." 
It gives the exact shade ot the host Jersey butter. 
It is pure, intense, economical, and lias no taste or 
smell, it Ih an Improvement on our "Golden Ex¬ 
tract,'' being it eombliiailou of the brglu yellow 
coloring principle or the Dandelion blorsom. uml In 
greatly superior to earruis, etc., giving a better color, 
and no work. 
f /T \ sample auHKieut to color filly pounds 
bolter will be sent ID liny address, post¬ 
paid, on receipt of leu CeilIv. 
Every Dairyman who wisdom to realize the highest 
price, should give It a trial »U>U). Address 
WELL*, RICHARDSON & CO., 
Burlington, Vermont, 
To Plant Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds; what 
they will cost and other valuublo Information in our 
Pietctllantautf 
Hand - Book for 1877 
Sent to all applicants, post-paid, on receipt of 10c., by 
.LAMES FLEMING, Seedsman, 
C7 Rntmau St., New York. 
FANCY CARDS, 13 styles, with name, 10c.; 12 
Prang’s Cronms, 10designs, with name, 25c.; 20 
Ladles' Fa vorlte, 5designs,with name, 10c., post¬ 
paid. J. B, nuaTEp, Nassau, Renas. Co., N.Y. 
BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP 
i and Morphine taint absolutely ami 
speedily cured. Painless ( nojmbllelty. 
Send stamp for particulars. Dr. Carl- 
I ton. ltf,’ Washington bt., Chicago, IiL 
Unrlvnli.nl lor tho 
toilet nod the bath. 
No m tii i aim a ndde- 
ccptlvo odors to 
cover common and 
doU’tirloim linjro- 
dlenls. After years 
of acloialflc exper¬ 
iment tho maim- 
fncturernI It. I'.liati- 
MU>» Vest Snip haa 
lirrli'c ted and now 
WaJT Will bo 
V Br mailed 
t<> all uppll- 
w cunts on re¬ 
ceipt of £S ct*. 
MINERALS, SHELLS, 
I is r.rm of r}„T 
lurgejt CAliLOUltH 
r published, contains 
about 2M pages, uvef 
Humboldt, Tom., Jan. 13,—Nochanfifoln tilt? 
market to report thl3 week. Wo neglected In our 
last to state tho sorghum crop of last year was 50 
per cent, above tho year before—worth in tho 
market 30 to4de. V gal., by the bbl. A general 
thaw. Thermometer, 40 to 60deg. Winds, South 
and Southwest. Rain Blorms Instead of snow now. 
Wheat corning up finely, and may yet do well.— 
11. F. t. 
Waitoburgli, \V. T. — We have excellent 
peaches and all kinds of fruit. Fruit trees seem 
particularly healthy here. Our hills are covered 
with what is called bunch grass. It grows two 
feet high, and sometimes over, and has seed very 
much like blue grass, 
uponIt 
to the acre, 
•lib.™ to tins public Th. 1 FIVFST WII.I T la (ho Wurld. 
Only ihn pun st ceyrta/jlf nils vm rl In us mitnujUcture. 
Far I’«<> |,i tin- .Nursery It hit* No Fqnal. 
Worth foti time* Its Coal to vvh, , imitlicr Mad fa tally i it Chrlat- 
, Tidorn. Suuiple Utx contflliitng 3 cakes ciiu oza. oacb.aout 
free to any addrem on receiptorli Cuuts. 
Address I*. T. n.il>lilll, Netv York City, 
**-f'or SaTa by all Druggists, 
» WK) fine engravings, two 
rgnrd colored plate*, and 
« full descriptions, prices 
ilirvctioiiM lbi planting 
« varieties of Vegetable 
)r Seeds,Bedding Plants, 
and Ih invaluable to 
enm- A Florist. Address, 
& CO., De troit, Mich. 
Oar Abridged Priced Catuloguo PULE to all ApplirunU 
The Naturalists’ Agency has been established at 
3725 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, for 
the purpose of giving collectors of objects of Nat¬ 
ural History an opportunity of buying, selling or 
exchanging their duplicates or collections. Please 
state where you Haw this advertisement. 
Specimens 9ont to any part, of the world by mail. 
A mouth ly bulletin of 8 pages sent free. 
I received the highest award given to any at tho 
Centennial Exposition or XS70, and the only award 
and medal given to any American ror ** Collections 
of Minerals " 
My MlNXILALOOtoAI. Cata l.OUCL und table of 
specteB, by which most minerals may bo identltlod, 
Illustrated by aver <300 worth Of ongmvlngs, is now 
ready for distribution. It is an excellent chock-flat 
contamli.g in the price list every species and all the 
more common varieties arranged alphabetically and 
precoded by the species number. The species num¬ 
ber indicates the place of any mineral in tho tabic of 
species, alter it will bo found the species name, com¬ 
position ,streak or luster, cleavage or fracture, hard¬ 
ness, *p. gr., tiislbilttj and crystalnmUon. Free to 
nil customers. To others on receipt of 10 cents for 
postage, Sec. 
I have the best specimens ever seen of Amazon 
Stone, lluby Silver, Samarslcitc, Amethyst,Brookite, 
Columhate of Tttrla, Zonochlorlte, Chllonltc, Chal¬ 
cedony, Rutile In Quartz,Tlydrotltanlto, Itaoolumlte, 
Ntgrln,Green VVuvelllte colored by Vanadium, iloqk 
Crystal, Pcganlic, Smoty Quartz, Perofskltn, Aoger- 
ito, Schorloiaite, Feldspar (pink, red. gray, brown 
and gre.ini, Ewbolite, Melauttc, Ozarklte und Chlo- 
rastrolite, 
COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS 
For Students, Amateurs, Professors, Physicians 
and other Professional Men. 
These collections illustrate all the principal ipeciea 
and ail grand subdivisions in Dana und other works 
on Mineralogy; every Crystalline System; ull the 
principal Ores and every known Element. Tho col 
lections aro labeled with a printed label that can 
only beremovedb> soaking. The labals give Dana’s 
spocios number, the name, locality, and. in most 
cases, tho composition of the Mineral. 
All collections accompanied by my Illustrated Cat¬ 
alogue and table of species. 
100 Crystals and Fragments for Study.f 1 00 
ICO Specimens. Student’s Size, Jgsrgcr. 5 00 
100 Specimens, Larger, Amateur s Size, 2>,xl>4 ■ 
inches. . ... 10 O') 
Collections of Gera*. Ores, Earthy Minerals. Min¬ 
erals used in tmv Arts or Agriculture, on hand or put 
up to Order. I have a very largo stock of Western 
and Southern birds on hand. Also, Ilcad.v and Ant¬ 
lers for Museums, Dining Rooms, Uall3and Libra¬ 
ries. A. F.. FOOTE, M. D„ 
Prof, of ClieuitKiry und IHiucralogy. 
MIXED CA ItDS.with name, for 10c. nnd stump, 
Ag’ls Outfit Ulc. Down & Co., Bristol, Conn. 
K ELEGANT CARDS, nil Hi vies, with name. 10c .post, 
O paid. GEo. I. REED & CO., Nassau, N. Y. 
HOME GROWN SEEDS 
afrMettt’0 $ttidc 
stock tret very fat feeding 
Wheat yields well—averages 3d bushels 
i, and It sells sow lor we. t> bushel. 
Sorghum does weil, too. We are going to plant 
some In the spring. There are several mills lor 
crushing the cane already In the valley, and if It 
pays, they will huy more mills- sirup sells for %l 
V gallon now. Every farmer ought to make all 
live sirup ho needs during the season.—Mk3 .si. 
a. r. 
Franklin, West Vn„ Juu. iO.—We have had 
an unusual cold winter, since tho 20 th of Nov. 
wc have had almost one continuous freeze, with¬ 
out any snow on the ground, until Christmas day, 
when it snowed 3 or 4 Inches deep. It went ofl. 
On Friday, 29th, snow fell > Inches deep, settled 
toft inches; and on New Year’s day It snowed its 
Inches, making is laches; settled to u Inches; 
anden Saturday snowed 7 inches more. Mercury 
la December ran as low aa 10 deg. below zero; on 
Tuesday, 9th, i3deg. below zero; on Wednesday, 
10 th. 7 deg. below 0. Wheat is Helling at $1.25 y 
bush.; corn, We.; oats, 40c.; lye, 75C.; buckwheat, 
ooc ; apples, green, toe.; do. dried, 3c. 5 ) lb.; beef, 
cc. net.; port, 6c., net.—s. p. p. 
Haciuc C’o.> Wis,, Jan. l.x, - -The past year 
lias not been very successful for farmers In these 
parts Wheat was but half a crop, a nd oats were 
still lighter: potatoes a complete failure. The 
hay crop was good—more 1 bun un average yield, 
and is worth at present from $5 to $3 V ton, ac¬ 
cording to quality. We have had very steady 
winter weather since the first of November. Bet¬ 
ter sleighing for the last month than for a number 
of years back. This being a large manufacturing 
place, we do not feel the hard times as they do In 
other parts ot the country. The average wages 
per day in the shop3 are about $1.25. The labor¬ 
ers arc largely German, Norwegian and Dane. 
Produce; Wheat, No. l, fl,B2@1.35; do. No. 2 , 
tl.25@1.2«3tf; da. No. 3, $1.15(3,1.10; oats, 27c,.;, 
30c.; corn, 43@45c.; potatoes, 75c§80e.: beans, ii@ 
1.50; butter, 203:25c.; eggs, 23@25c.; cheese, 18# 
@i4c.; beei (on foot) y ewt., $3. 500 , 4 . 50 ; hogs, 
dressed, $«.50@$T; chickens, dressed, sglic.— 
a. e. ir. 
Messrs. Hover A Co. Invite attention to their very 
laruu and varied ftHsortment of the best Homeerown 
Furm. Garden and Flower Seed*; embracing the very 
hest strains for Farmers. Market Gardeners, Family 
Gardens. Amateurs and Florists; also all noveltiesol' 
merit Introdnoed the past year. All wbo wish for 
first-class seeds at reasonable prices, ure Invited to 
send for catnlozues, wbteh will De ready Id January, 
and sent free to customer* and nil wbo apply. Seeds 
sent bv mall or express to all parts of the country. 
DOVEY' & CO.. 63 North Market St., Boston, Mae? 
THE PALACE HOTEL TRAIN 
BETWEEN 
NEW YORK AND CHI0AG0 
via Cleveland. 
Leaves Erie Railwuy Depot, foot of Chambers St. 
New York. 
0:00 A. HI., Daily except Sunday. Drawluc-Room 
Sleeping Coaches through to Chicago; but 
one change of day cars. 
7i00 F. M,, Dully. The Palace Hotel Train to 
Ch'ieavo Dm wiiwt- Hoorn klerptmr Coaches 
and Pullman's ilotid Dlntnj? Car, through 
without clianuo; but one ebungoof day curs 
The only lino runnlriR IJote DIuIdx Cars out of 
New York. A ride of nearly a thousand miles with¬ 
out leavitik the oar to eat, drink or sleep l 
Q, 
a beautiful Quarterly Journal, finely Itiustrated, and 
COUtalnlnufth eleizant colored Flower Piute with the 
first number. Price only 25 cer.n for the year. The 
first No. tor 1877 JuatDsued to German and English. 
Ylck'ts Flower Ar Vt-iretHlile Garden. In paper 
60 cent: with elegant cloth covers * 1 . 
Viclt’w Cuiulou ue-3ou Illustrations, only 2 cents. 
Address JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
Have you any thought of going to California? 
Are you golne West. North or Northwest? 
You want to kuow the best routes to take ? 
The shortest, safest, quickest aud most comfort* 
nblo routes are those owned by the Chicago and 
North-Weutt'KQ Railway Company It owns over 
two thousand miles of the best road there Is In 
the country. Ask «uy ticket ugeat to show you Its 
mans and time cards. All ticket agents can sell you 
through tickets tiy tills route. Buy your tickets via 
the CHICAGO & .-SOUTHWESTERN* RAILWAY for Mm 
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wish the best t/HTefing oocommodotian*. you will 
huv your tickets by this route, and will take do other. 
This popular route Is unsurpassed for Speed, Com¬ 
fort aud Safely. The Smooth Well-Baliuslcd atid 
Perfect Track of Stoel Rails, Wostinghpuse Air 
Brakes. Miller'* Safely riatrorni and Couplers, tho 
celebrated Pullman Palace glecplnu Ca»S, the Per¬ 
fect Telegraph System of Moving Trains, (lie regu¬ 
larity with which they ran, the ndmirablv arrange¬ 
ment for running Through tars from Chicago to all 
poluts West. North mfd North west, secures to pas- 
Bi ngera all the ( uMPOBTP IN MODEUN RAILWAY 
TUA VEI.INO. Pullman Puluve, i'uru ure run oil all 
train*of this road. 
This is tho ONLY LINE running these cars be¬ 
tween Chicago and St. Paul or Chicago aud Milwau¬ 
kee. A t Omaha our sleepers connect with the Over¬ 
land Hleopers 00 tho Union Pacific Railroad ror all 
points west of the Missouri River. 
For rates or information notaltuluable from your 
home ticket agent*, apply to 
MAKVlS flWAlTT, \V. H. HTENJiF.TT, 
Gen’l Buperlnteudeut. Gon’l Passen’r Agt. 
Ccut.fi'ns over 1,200 varieties Vegetable anil 
Flower Seed*. COLORED PLATES. Elegant 
wood-cuts of vegetable* and (lower*. IIimd*cm<:*t 
tiuidc- PablithedI for it. 
DETROIT SEED CO., netroiL Mlcb- 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA OF 
EIBHPBAN LARI II k EVERGREEN TREES. 
Both Seedling and Transplanted. All gTown from 
seeds on our own grounds, and better and cheaper 
than Imported stock. 
KnrApeao Lnrrh anti Evergreen Tree Seeds, 
By the rurice, pound rr liXIlbs. Send for Catalogue. 
UGBEUT DOUGLAS A SONS, Waukegan, III. 
ROOT’S GARDEN MANUAL 
For 187T. Practical, pointed and thorough, and 
contains half as much mutter as *1.60 boofcH nn the 
subject. Sent for 19 cts., which will bo allowed on 
the first order for seeds. J. B. ROOT, 
Seed Grower, Rockford, Ill. 
Tho Best Paper, and the Rest Premiums to 
Agents,is our motto. Wc ignore C'tiromos and all 
other cheap colored pictures, preferring to put our 
money tn the paper and in Premiums to Agents. 
