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OT R NAME PRINTED on iO Mixed Cards 
for 10c CLINTON BROS., ClintonviUe, Ct. 
A HOME AND FARM 
Humboldt, Tenn., Feb. 9.—Last week tlie 
weather was changeable—gentle rains for a day 
and night, sufficient to stop the plow—clear and 
frosty spring weather—frogs croaking and birds 
singing. Commencing to sow oats. Planting 
Irish potatoes, peas, onions, beets, etc. Prepar¬ 
ing now for t ho various crops. March Is consid¬ 
ered the bes^mcnth to sow clover, grass seed, etc., 
the latter part for corn; first of April for cotton, 
sweet potatoes, etc.; May for Hungarian and the 
millets, stock peas, etc. Advance In price of corn 
and Hour—corn, V bbl. of 5 liush, In t he shuck; 
flour, ft-i ft t? mo lbs. Cotton crop nearly all sold 
—about one cent less than the New Yurk market. 
Allow mo to say l read with interest your “ Notes 
from North Carolina.'’ ”Tls mu native Slate. I’m 
not exactly a “ Tar Heel,” as wo had but little lar 
and turpenllno up In the western part, around 
the famous Pilot Mountain. It seems tho Caroll- 
neans are jubilant over the prospect of a peach 
crop, owing to cont inued cold weather. I think 
they will tind themselves sadly mistaken, and 
that their peach trees,like ours, will not bloom. 
Ten deg. below zero liaB done the work for our 
poaches—a serious loss. 
I venture an item of news of what I have seen 
lu “ The good old North Slate," nearly half a cen¬ 
tury ago. It will doubtless amuse, if not. Instruct, 
many of your readers, in this age of bhprovement 
and progress—“ A Roll of Tobacco Hogshead.” I n 
those days, sometimes, a hogshead of tobacco was 
rolled on the ground to marker, from ,Salem to 
Fayettvllle, something over 100 miles. It was 
doneln “this wise ": Wooden pins Listened into 
each head tor shaft, or pole, felloes pinned on 
near each end—a horse or oxen hitched and the 
“ thing " moved oil slowly, but surely. My recol¬ 
lection is, live to eight miles was a good day’s 
travel. North Carolina always was famous ror 
horse carts; but some In that, day could not af¬ 
ford a cart, but were willing to do the best they 
could. Now some of those very men and their 
descendants are large planters “out West.’’— 
c. r. v. 
New Louden, Ohio.— We havo had a very fine 
winter here so far. Snow, more or less, luis cov¬ 
ered the ground since tho last days of November, 
and sle ighing wa3 good by the 2 nd of December. 
The roads became so hard and smooth that, when i 
not gliding on runners, tho even rumbling or 
wheels might be heard all along the highways. 
By degreeatho snow' continued to Increase, till on 
tho 29th of December t.ho climax was reached by 
the great storm of Friday, which piled on its 
snowy sheets till hill and dale lay covered to tho 
depth of nearly two feet, since which time sleigh- ; 
ing was very flue up to tho 29th of .January; but 
one week of clear, warm days has now nearly de¬ 
nuded the bmwu earth again, and tho appearance 
or spring Is here, and some, to keep pace with tho 
weather, have takeu time by the foro-lock by tap¬ 
ping the sugar bush. 
Vv inter wheat Is now looking very flne. Dairy¬ 
men. many of them, arc making preparation for 
working up their milk at home, .stock Is winter¬ 
ing well. Fodder Is yet plentiful; but our largo 
crop of bay will be much less In tho spring. Grain 
mills have been thronged by teams, saw mills ! 
arc hemmed In by huge piles of logs, great loads 
of baled hay, also of porkers, have tended town- 
wards for Cleveland and other markets for tho 
last two months, and business, generally, Is look¬ 
ing upward.-n. p. 
Iii«lcew=.y, X, Fen. 3.—We are having 
flne weather, roads dry and fine, land In flne con¬ 
dition for plowing. Money is scarce. Wo arc 
hoping for better ttrnea when the Presidential 
contest is ended. The negroes ail have enough 
to cat, though they mostly Uve on corn-meal. 
Good hands arc to be had ror fiO per year and ra¬ 
tions, which co9t about a3 much more. They will 
steal anything they can cat, but that is as nothing 
compared to the tramp nuisance In the Northern 
States.—M. b. p. 
ilr.rion Co., Oregau ( d an. 20.—Wc are having 
a delightful winter here. Not, a flake of snow ex¬ 
cept on tlie night of the 11 th InsL, and it was all 
gone in the morning, i iiave planted potatoes, 
peas, onions and set out cabbage plants this 
month, i call this better than to be frozen up us 
you doubtless arc In the F.ast. n. f. 
OF YOUR OWN 
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markets both EASTand WEST. 
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Right beauMtul over-blooming 
Rlontlily lioaea, prtt-grown, 
.sent. Hiloly by mail, post-paid, on 
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25 varieties Choice Flower 
Nee .1st serif, post-paid, for $ l. 
Special ITP't. List,of Vecctable 
SeedH split to market gardeners 
and dealers, on application. 
Our Dflacripilve Catalogue 
of .seeds and Plants will be sent 
free to all who apply. Address 
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CATALOG! KS -K\T FUFF. 
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J. F. MANCHA 
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Specimens sent toanypr.rt of the world fly mall. 
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Sly MfjniB ' I.OOICAI, C.-.T.' toun: and table of 
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tlln*tratod r>y over f.OO worth ot on.:raving-., is now 
ready for uistiitutton. It Is au excellont chock-list 
contnlnii.g in tho prlco list every stjeclea und all the 
more common varieties arrango-d alphabetically and 
preceded by tho species number, t he species num¬ 
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species, after it will be found tne specier nr.mo, com¬ 
position, streak or luster, cleavage or fracture, hard¬ 
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postage, No. 
I bare the best specimens cv;:r seen of Amazon 
Stone, Ruby Silver. Samnrsklto, Amethyst, iirooaitc, 
C lun,bate oi Yltnu, Zonoclilorlte, t l.ileuite, Chifl- 
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Nlgrtn.Crcen "Wavuilitc colored by Vunudluin, Lock 
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ito, Scliorlomlte. Feldspar (pink, red, gray, brown 
and gre ni, KinboUto, Melanlte, iizarkite and Chlu- 
raptrolitc. 
Plymouth Rocks 
Pittsburgh, Pa 
■ I have '.lx breading ynrd i two of fowls ^ 
>, and four of chinks, snieeted with great care. 
g,^_, one cock or eockerel to each yard. I will sell 
ILj, one or two entire yards for #iW) eut li. 3U 
Eggs from above, for rottina of II. 
““ Audress V. C. OILMAN, « 
&£ Nashua, N. H. (£» 
A choice lot of Fruit. Trees, Churn and Fear Seed¬ 
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Alar css w. D. Wilkinson, Dmxvtlle. i.i v- Co., N.Y. 
FINE POULTRY, 
White Loahorn Cockerels und Silver Gtay Dor 
kings of line stock, for sale. 
ilBNltV HALES, Ridgewood, X. J. 
Wo offer to Wholcwaloand 
RETAIL buyers a full COp 
lection of HARPY TREES and 
SHRUBS, Imifuiling Ri odo- 
aennrouH, Ay.nlsrts, Roses, 
Magnulias. Evergreens,Ac j 
also. Chinese Azaleas, Ca¬ 
mellias, and other Greon- 
kousu Plantrt. 
i itMogues Bent to any ad¬ 
dress,und vihltatciiim Nur- 
seriee at Klsanukdolloltoa. 
S. B. PARSONS H SONS, 
Flush in (j, L. I. 
Wvtth ‘Seed#, plants, 
Tlie inducement ever oll’ere<i 
to loverr* «f Flower*. 
Purchasers remitting *1 fdf Flower Seeds In pncic- 
et '1 receive, JfQMt.-pUtd, choice Of I ho following beau¬ 
tiful Ohronjo*’—Group nt Pink-* and Moss buds, 
Apple blossoms nr Mayflowers (30id at *1 each). 
ThoseiLiultUng F2 arc untitled to choice of Indian 
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prices,see our Illustrated Catalogue or pages, 
which will be Horn, mi receipt ot two 3-ceut Mtarhps. 
Thu well known reputation of our Scuds fortkn past 
IWeiluy years 1 h u Sulll luutguitriinteucjt their Quality. 
Addrcsa W ASH BURN »fc GO., 
100 Treuumc rsi.. Uostou, HIbm, 
of Concord, l venr, *lj to 820 poi 
1 11 X 1 ; ' year, #25 to Fit). All othi-i 
DR- (I Hcu holer, Bloom I upon, ill 
POMONA NURSERY. Sii*2S*ASa: 
L’upl Jnult and <1 rum A iticrh-mr-tho besi Straw¬ 
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species number, tho name, locality, and, iu most 
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AU collections accompanied by my Illustrated Cat¬ 
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lou Crystals and Fragments lor study,..i l oo 
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I'ollectionn of Gems, Ores. Earthy Minerals,Min¬ 
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up to Order. I have a very large stock of Western 
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Frol, of Chemistry and Mineralogy. 
Garden, Flower & Field Seeds, 
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ifta. ROSE* 
8 for $1; 
ISfor $2. HoH. _ __ 
A’-'o ratntogun nf Plants. 
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Both RccdUng and Transplanted. All grown from 
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than imported stock. 
European Larch ami Evergreen Tree Seed-. 
by the ounce, pound nr 100 lbs. Send for Catalogue. 
ROBERT inn 'ilLAS a -ONS, Waukegan, Ill. 
ROOT’S GARDEN MANUAL 
For 1877. Practical, pointed and thorough, and 
contains half us numb mutter us $1.50 hooks on the 
subject. Sunt for lu uU., which will l,e allowed on 
tii« tirst order for scCds. J. B. ROOT, 
peed Grower, Rockford, III. 
It. adds five cents per pound to the value. 
rniru'i s no taste or r-ioel 
At tow rules In suit the tones. Inclose 
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TIIE UELLEVIE XTUSERY €«., 
Puternoii, New Jcmey. 
Spring Av enue Gardens. 
WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS 
•r than Carrots. 
la better than Amiatto. 
;tTs better tlinii any othr-r colorlug. 
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fancy Hardy Evergreen Trees, aa low ns they can 
be purchased of any trustworthy dealer. 
Address II. W. HALES, 
Ridgewood, Bergen Co., N. J. 
O’ - A sample sufficient to color fifty pounds of 
butter will bo sent to any address, post-puid, on re¬ 
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realize the Dlghe*t puce should give- it a trial now. 
ylTAn fitcryehe man wan tea to act tts agent in idry 
town. Literal terms tg tiiu right, man. thr term* and 
territory, A ltd rest at cnct, 
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