SILVER PLATE 
& THREE BEA1JTIFIJE 
PERSONAL ITEMS. F_ 
' Senator* Patterson of South Carolina, wears 
poetical hair and has the walk of a jaunty swell. 
Colonel Gordon, the African explorer, has 
been appointed Governor of the entire province of 
Soudan. 
It is expected that Queen victoria will visit. 
Germany about Easter. 
A Welshman just, getting into the mysteries of 
the language, this side the Atlantic, spells lunatic 
“ llwwnaatllc." This Is what made Josh Billings 
give up lecturing. 
Mrs. GoodaI-k, known as “ Granny Goodalo," 
living at Poquonoe Bridge. Is 104 years old. She 
keeps about house. Is sociable and witty, retaining 
all her faculties In a remarkable degree. 
If some one were to ask us to give an unpreju¬ 
diced opinion concerning the considerable town 
In the United states rroin which the very worst, 
newspaper emanates, we should say Mobile, Ala. 
In the country opera hoti3e the particular 
swells walk around to the end of the gallery, and, 
leaning, like demigods, against the upper box, 
bow with ravishing grace to the people in the 
orchestra below. 
Mr. Barberton's temperance story, “The Bar¬ 
ton Experiment," had a sale of 10,000 copies In 
two weeks, and a second 10 ,ooo is rapidly disap¬ 
pearing. Tbo author Is said to be a man about 
35 to 40, of medium bight., with dark hair and 
heard, dark eyes, dark complexion, is neither 
slack nor fastidious In dress, an enjoyable com¬ 
panion, and domestic In his tastes. 
Mr. Ole Bull, as well as Mr. Longfellow, has 
been enthusiastically entertained by the young 
women at Wellesley College. The building was 
decorated with flowers for his reception the other 
day; he was carried to the gymnasium, and the 
students dashed about in their grotesque exer¬ 
cises for his delectation ; the music teacher sang 
“ Adelaida " at him, and then he played. 
Laura Bridoman. the poor creature whom Dr. 
S. G. Howe rescued from the terrible Isolation of 
blindness and deafness, and whose story Dickens 
told with such enjoyment, Is now •»' years old. A 
writer in The ( ongregatlonallst describes her as 
good looking, and as very Industrious, In spite of 
her blindness, knitting, crocheting, reading, writ¬ 
ing, sewing, and doing very well as a pianist. 
Mayor Cobb of Boston, tm appointed the Rev. 
A. A. Miner and two other gentlemen as Commis¬ 
sioners to report on the trea tment of drunken¬ 
ness in the city Institutions, anti, by a comparison 
with Its treatment In private Institutions, to 
ascertain if It is not possible, at no Increased C03t. 
to the city, to Improve the condition and habits of 
a large percentage of the victims of Intemperance 
who are confined In cltytnstltutlons. _ 
giant:3, 
GRAPEVINES 
Sent! for ITIco List to D S. 
Ma KV1N, Watertowu, N.Y. 
ROCHESTER 
COMMERCIAL 
[Estab’d 1S30.J NURSERIES. 
H ARDY THEM* anti PLANTS-PorDoz.,100 
and 1,000. Spring Prio-LLt Fitr.n, include* 
SPECIALTIES AND NOVELTIES. 
Ornamental Catalogue, Illustrated, 10c.; Fruit, do., 
with Colored Plate, tie. Free to euntomers. 
Address w. -. little, Biwshauer, .n. v. 
H OI* PLANTS A SPECIALTY. Address 
C. IIAVKNSTISTE, Moscow, Lu*. Co.. Pa. 
Spooner’s Gardening Guide for 1877, 
And SmojuS special collection. .'JO varieties 
choice Flower iseetla. or ‘.£.5 ■varieties selected 
Vegetal hie Seeds, mailed to any address on receipt 
of fl; or the Guide free to applicants. 
Will. II. SPOONER, Boston, Mass. 
SEEDS! SEEDS! 
For the Flower anil Vegetable Garden. Pure. 
Fresh and. Reliable, at reduced prices. 
PLANTS! PLANTS! 
Of all kinds for the House, Lawn or Pleasure Ground, 
all perfectly healthy, and at low prices. 
Established a quarter of a Century. 
Descriptive priced catalogues of the above sent i 
free to all who apply. 
«I« T. rSAIlTIl & SON, Brentwood. X. II. 
«fc SON, Brentwood, N. 11. 
It SALF.- t FIKST-CLASS FRUIT 
AND TRUCK FARM of li) aero*, finely located, 
just outside the incorporate liinhs of Milford. 
Del. 1,100 Peach and 500 Pear Trees, three acres 
Qll-iiwl.uriing i I Kill It .<i i _tr<_ . 
THE BUBAL 
'font#, 
SFNDMJ0R 
RRO’S > 
163 
■ FRUITGROWERS! 
tarravrs, Ac., ca l pr. rent much i«i by atrncmnR tb«ir crate*, kc. Cstnt- 
cils 1 'iyfor thnnviift* imny auiti a Purmubod m ^ to 1 inch letter*, do. 
per letter; ** inch und uuder, it). Po«Ucr prepaid. Every de*cript»oa btoflieil* 
at lpwc*t price*. T»0injf«*« ou app)5<Ai»on, 6(M« «ftc, ihapc, Ac., dcsirwl. 
Wnte plain. Rett-dt «'ih ofler. tinU«fft*rion nnrAMteed. 
N. D. RATTEItriOX, Corn mis.ion Merchant. Buffalo, N. Y, 
£**&#> Hantsi, 
^Ki^eUattcoit^ 
To the Flower and Vegetable Garden ncatitlfully 
Illustrated and containing n Magnificent Colored 
Plate, will be mailed on receipt of two 9 ct.stumps. 
Address CBOSNIAN BRO.’S, 
(Established 1310.) Rocuxsrjtn, K. T- 
—SEEDS— 
Of best Eastern growth delivered at your 1*. O., one- 
tlitrd less than you can buy “‘Box Seeds," tit your 
Store. We will send by mail, post-paid, ac prices 
named, the following, | .1 vur'a choice Flower 
■••codw, and 15 viif‘* selected Vegetable Seeds 
for fl. or 30 yiir’K ot el I lier for fl. 
Biinkiido Beet. *> f.UOi Hod T'p Radish V It f.60 
Dewmg's '1'ur‘p Beet “ .mi Long Scarlet Radish “ .60 
Long Blood Kept... ' .60 OOWUofn Turnip,... “ .60 
Large Red Otllou-. " 1 00 .StrupL'f .tll'd’n Bail" .50 
Vel Danvers Ooiou. " 1.00 t,ong Orange Carrot. “ ,94 
Long Srn’th Parsnip “ .70 Sptnnch,T'il orjjr’kly " .05 
M and N lb. at lb. rates, t at a login- Free. Re¬ 
ductions to dealers and gardf tiers. Slate where adv. 
seen. FERRIS & MINAUD, Po’beeps to. N.Y. 
Market Gardeners, 
Or any who want Seeds In bulk, by pound nr bushel. 
will save money It they apply for ray now Wholesale 
List. Fne on application. 
Vegetable Seeds of all kinds. Choice Onton Seed, 
Onion Sots, Peas. Beans, Sweet Corn, &r.. Din. 
Good Seeds and Low in Price. 
Address JEROME iJ. RICE, 
Cambridge. Valley Hedd Gardens, 
Cambridge. N. Y. 
THE ALBANY SEED STORE, iSai! ror8a druggists 
PRICE & KNI^K^^BiDCK^R^suoeoaaor^ to 
FRESH AND SUABLE SEED BY MAIL. Tho onltf knov 
Send address no a postal card for onr Spring Cata- ,no ° 1 “ Knov 
logue. containing 96 pages and 250Illustrations. For the 
Sll sr a t b ST., Alban y. N. Y. DYSPEPSIA 
QPPDQ 
j ^ Contains do 
it is not a Patent M 
_ . ____ _ _. ___ edy. and has been usi 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, S«/SsaT.W 
j ... ... euro of the above dlB< 
8 7(> «roMti’«y, Arg far/.-, .’>00 Oases Of Chrouli 
Grower, Importer and Dealer in inga, to any of whom, 
Vegetable, Field, Ad p “^ 
AI,D (Sole A 
Flower Seeds, °° Maiden La 
Garden Tools and Horticultural Books. Oil t/K, 
My annual priced Catalogues arc now ready, and A3 fl B— W !L 
mulled free to all applicants. They contain all the 
leadlDg and most popular sorts of Vegetnhlc, 
Field und Flower meed*. including all the moat fUlTrce 
desirable novelties ot the past season. VTX 1# %£. 
D| 1 WTO I ‘ ,r fates to suit the times. Inclose 
rLHIl I O ! ,l >eltar stump for our handsomely 
illustrated Catalogue for 1377, and ad- 
AAD dross 
rrrnp I THE BELLI.VIE NritSElIV CO., 
OLLUu < Ptitorson. New Jersey. 
900,0(10 Fruit 
I'tVl.'lfO EtrrgTffn. 
600,OuO (Jrerrt-bmiM, 
UAddlng CUnta, etc. 
Thrr« F'rM, 33d Yexr, 400 Acre*. 13 OMrn-hou*es. 
BTORR&, UAKR130X A CO,, PAlNWriLL*, LaK* Cocfrrr, Onio. 
ROOT’S GARDEN MANUAL 
For LSTT. Practical, pointed and thorough, and 
contains half us much matter ns *1.50 books on the 
subject. Sent for 10 els., which will bn allowed on 
the flrst order for seeds. ,T. n. ROOT, 
Seed Grower, Rockford,' 111. 
Fruit Trees, Seedlings & Seeds. 
A choice lot of Fruit Trees. Cherry ami Pear Seed, 
lings. Apple arid Pear Seeds, for sale at lowest rate*. 
Address W.l». Wilkinson, Dansvllle, Uy.Co.,N.Y. 
Crr IlC FREE-Six sample packets Farm Seeds 
•'■l.lBl for two 3c. stamps. Our 1K77 Combined 
(atalogue of Reliable. Seeds, PlantH and Blooded Stock 
mailed free. Benson & Hut pec's Need Wareh’se, Phila. 
SEEDS. 
Garden, Flower & Field Seeds, 
Reliable, fresh and pule, at reasonable prices. 
(ESTABLISOUD 1830.) 
STAIR A KEN OLE, 
Cleveland Seed Store, Cleveland, Ohio. 
LARGEST STOCK IN AMERICA OF 
EUROPEAN LARCH & EVERGREEN TREES, 
Both Seedling und Transplanted. All grown from 
seeds on utirewn grounds, and hotter and cheaper 
than Imported stock. 
European Lurdi and Rvrrffimi Tn*« Seeds, 
By the nance., pound or 100 llis. send for Catalogue. 
ROBERT in)COLAS ,v t>ON8, Waukegan, III. 
POMONA NURSERY. 
L'upi. Jtich and Lrenl Anierlen n. the best Straw- 
berncs. Ten acres Of Brand,mmu (SuHuunco) Rusp- 
herrtos, yielded last summer A I..T3S. Hend forCut- 
alogue. WM. PARKY, ClmmmlnBon. N. J. 
BOOK FREE 
Best nnd Cheapest In America, 
Or Money Refunded! 
Warranted best la the world. Lowest prices. Rend 
for free hook. R. H. SM11 .MW A V, Rockford, III? 
Dl A WTO I At ,0 '" rotes to suit the times. Inclose 
rLHIl I O ! ,l letter stnmp for our handsomely 
illustrated Catalogue for 1377, and ad- 
.4 AD dross 
rrrnp I THE BKLLKVUK NritSKlIV CO., 
uLLUu • Paterson, New Jersey. 
KISSENA 
jfftMi. ass, °aai"«s„r 
dendrons. Ajalens. Roses, 
k'-wi Magnolias, Kvergreeus.Ac.; 
'YVfttTtv' > »**<>• Chinese Asaleaa, Ca- 
melims. and other Oreen- 
V Jt&fn t’ntalngmjssent to any od- 
DU dress,and visitstottie Nur- 
{fr \ * Shrins at Klssona solicited, 
TMT T 'RC1T''DTT!'C ®* PARS0lf8 1 SONS 
Xy UJAtiJlilxlF,o. Flushing, l. I. 
Spring Avenue Gardens. 
WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS 
A SPECIALTY. 
Carnations, Srotlax, Neapolitan Violets, Bouvnr- 
dlas. Chinese Asalnas. Lily of the Valley. All tho 
new and most, desirable Geraniums and similar 
plants. Also, a great variety of the common and 
fancy Ilnroy Evergreen Trees, ns low as they can 
be purchased of any trustworthy dealer. 
Addross H. W. HAI.EM, 
_ Ridgew ood. Bergen Co., N. J. 
nMara nurseries, 
ESTABLISHED 1839. 
lock port, N. Y., Fob. in, 1377 . 
In order to reduce our stock, we will accept orders 
for the next 30 duys on the following conditions: 
For cash with order, 30 per cent, discount from 
trade list price. 
For satisfactory bank note, due Juno 1st, 1877, 25 
per cent, discount from trade list piice. 
Our stock of salable trees Is of superior duality, 
and we Invito a personal Inspection. Wo have a 
large supply of all the leading articles. 
_e. Moody & sons. 
N orway and American spruce. 
«nd BA I .HA M FIR ^ v 1(1 wioo! 
i teet high, stocky. *3 00 *v5 fill 
.. „ . 2 50 20 lifi 
2 <a 2 >S .. a on ii> iin 
„‘ T - 8 - BOYNTON. Stryker, WniM. Go., Ohio. 
47 miles west of Toledo, O. 
ArmA Superior Eastern grown Hartford 
% k k II V and Wethursflcdd Vegetable Seeds, 
o L (_ Hj oj by mall or express fiend for Price 
Catnloiue to Kon.vEY Kellooii. 
230 State St.. Hartford, Conn., Dealer tn Seeds and 
S ertllixers. (FT Prices to suit the times. 
TREES *’ ,nnr "* .®P rlN k Lists free. F. K, 
1 HtENix, Bloomington Nursery. Ill, 
SEEDS 
everywhere; 
Tho only known Effective Remedy 
For the Certain Cure of 
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, 
And 
LOSS Or APPETITE. 
Contains no Curative Properties for any other 
Diseases. 
It is not a Patent Medicine, hut a Standard Rem¬ 
edy, and has been used formally year* by the best 
Medical Faculty of Kuropowiih period success. It 
Is largely used in all the principal hospitals for tho 
cure of the above diseases, 
600 Cases of Chronlo Dyspepsia cured, In the last 
four months of 18(6, In New York City and surround¬ 
ings, to any of whom, by kind permission, wo refer. 
Price, *1.00 per 8 or. Bottle. 
Address, de Granby & Co., 
(Sole Agents for U. S.) 
88 Maiden Lane, New York Ci ty. 
SILVERWARE 
Given Away! 
A Splendid Double Extra- 
Plated Set of 
SILVER SPOONS 
Furnished to all who desire to avail them¬ 
selves of the following very liberal olTer, 
made tin ier the auspices of the Union Sil¬ 
ver Plating Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Under a very favorable proposition from 
the above well-known house, all regular 
patrons of this paper can secure a valuable 
set of Uoulile Ktlra-Phitetl Silver 
Spoons, warranted equal to the best ar¬ 
ticle of the kind sold in.I his country.' And 
in addition, euclt spoon will he hand¬ 
somely engraved with your mono¬ 
gram initial. 
All who are entitled to receive these ele¬ 
gant and useful goods, can do so on compli¬ 
ance with the following conditions: Send 
your name and posl-offlca address, together 
with your express office, to the Union Sil¬ 
ver Plating Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, to¬ 
gether with the following Coupon, and in¬ 
close with your order 75 cents, to pay cost 
of engraving your initials, express charges, 
boxing, and packing, and you will receive 
by return express (or mail, if you have 
no express office) a full set of double 
Extra Plated Silver Spoons, free of any 
charge. All express und packing charges 
arc. covered by the 7.5 ecu Is, and the Spoons 
will be delivered to you free. The coupon 
must in all cases be sent, to indicate that 
you are entitled to this premium, ns this 
very liberal offer is nut extended to any one 
who is not a natron of this paper. Tim re¬ 
tail price of this set Of Spoons is $3.00, as 
the following letter will show: 
Office or Union Kit.vp.it Plating Co., i 
201, 206 A .{0* Rack St,, Cincinnati, Ohio, f 
M'e guarantee (hat the goods c-Oiitotaled for are 
first-class jn every vcs-peel, >uul iluit the usual re¬ 
tail price tor them is S3.0O per set. Our lowest 
price to Jobbers Ls S.’lil.OO per dozen sets, and we 
will in no cake retail them at any price, or semi 
them in single sets to any one who does not send 
the required “ Coupon," showing that the sender 
is a patrou of this paper. 
UN TON SlLVKR PLATING CO. 
ptewUHttfoujei. 
FOE EVERY OFTE. 
kL SUUNCRIBER.N OF THIS PA FEU READ. 
The London Publishing: Company hav« just issued three beautiful Chromatic work* of art. in the 1 
$ cOnPprLcTh^ 1 blowingMd.je? t? ? * * *" W ° rtU * re ' vitbout iin <■*"*' i «'*"«« Chromatic paintings 
MI.F.SS OUR HOME.-In old Knglish type, beautifully i-inbolliHhcd with 
vtiiia and rose* running through the entire Work ; in tho center r.r the letter G a mother is > 
J. her two children to repeat a praver. while to liov right are two larger figures 
!rM-M,,n l ?.Ho«rr’ 1 Dlni:i,l ' ; ' T'I'i'si'b lu God; the background i* a beautiful landscape scene 
»!; , ,,,K M»W» 1* in .Nl!KI*IIKItr>. ],> old English t^pe.elegantly embellished 
wlilii tho *nO f t beautiful vines, ferns ami (lowers. Thecentral figure is here represented by tbo 
xjsusj. x c.iuii *» j I' i «vi #'en.r i rnroo ficrtH . i ..,1 . , ....••.».u m.iii- uriunMirchnmjii uy mo 
Strawberries, 4.UOO Raspberries. W 0 Grope Vines; *hopii*ril carrying In lilsarin tho shepherd's >io.jk anil tint lost lamb. Tho effect is 
Apples. Cherries, et-e,; all lu homing Good build- •* t '!* t "i«t> t«-i.itiini , ..... 
ings. mild climate, and it desirable homo. Addross Js eent7. nl t T, ‘,J!' OI! T U K "' ,n :” Y embellished ns the other two. The group in tho 
owner. J. C. WILBUR, Milford, Del- ‘ V., yos motto is three In. 11-grown cbtldroa reproBontlng Hie angels singing •• Praise the 
-m I tort, weG_ I Lord, flies, three paintings combine tho most elegant colors itnd design ever depicted by the 
S v F 4 l V 1 T H - l tA RG E FRUITS — 
n PLANTS.—Best variorum; lowest rates. Peach 
Trees. Ac. lOO.OCr) Strawberry Plants for 1100. Send 
for Catalogue. JOHN 8. COLLINS. 
_ Moorestown, N. J. 
YOU WANT A “LADY” 
lo make you linppy I The "UDY” Is the 
finest large extra bi rly WHITE lift t PE known. 
Ripens middle of August, llur.iy, healthy, produc¬ 
tive, and t*verysvlirro reliable. Nine year* test¬ 
ed, and approved by the best Horticulturists In the 
Lni° ri - Strong one-year plants, f 1 :,fisingle; <15do*.! 
FlOOperlOa. J-year plants. *2 single: CIO dot.; SI 50 per 
... “I mall or exjiress. Ctreular* and price- 
list of BO vnrletle- ot Lrnpcsi free. 
GEO. W. CAMPBELL, Delaware, Ohio. 
SEED PRICE LIST for all. Seeds re- 
nable. Lowest rates to Clubs, Granges and retail 
dealers. SAKAIl H. MARTIN, .Marblehead, Mass. 
nr I (*t'* b. fish. Th 
family in the land. 
,,,, Pfi'niings combine tho most elegant colors and design over depicted by the 
l lie effect is most beautiful audplua-diig ; they should adorn the wulls of every 
.Inif.u. 1 ’ 0 '|,A H l u n . re tf'Veii to you upon the following conditions, which please observe 
ciosds i lls cost Of postage, mailing, tubing, wrapping,etc., is 23 cents for each picture when 
rent singly, or .8) cents fijr atlthrer wbeusciit to one aildross. The following order .mist ho cut 
“r *U’ 1 "'T 1 ' 36cent* for any one picture m-.lored, or 50 cent*/or nil thee, lie sure to draw 
your pen through the picture you do not want. 
"I’* 
•fi 
V or 
!i 
fl RDF R ’eccirt Of IhU orrlnr, and 33 centj for any »iie picture, ,,r 60 cents for *11 ttireu t.i ono nddrei, 
the I.ouilnn Pubhatilug Co., hereby Bfrcc to icioru lo die sender die plcmrts so ordered, vii.; ' 
GOD ISLLSN OUR HOME. THE LORD IN MY NIIEP 11 ERD. 
I*RAISE THE LORD. 
All pictures ire gnnrantecd to roach yon safety, wilh clisrfo, fully paid. 
Slgtosl: _LONOi>s rt tlUSHING GO.. 1-3 A 1ST. West M 8t., Cincinnati, O. 
Nirik.—No pictures will be sent without the order being unclosed ; when only one or two are 
rdcrrd, tt|a balance must he crossed off. Tin* above order is only good for Ml days IVorn date of 
i ' 7 . ,- --- - * *- * * 1 J IV* wwii;a iium iiuiBUl 
ato this pa put, after which on r arrangcnirnt for supplying these pictures cease*. All order* rnn*t lx> 
V addressed, LONDON PI BI.IKIII.VG «'«»., IHit A IN5 W. .. St., l lnoinruiti, 4L 
To th* Union Silutr Plntln<j Co., Cincinnati . O : Thin in 
to certify that f mm m pufroo ef the piijier from which I have 
cut thU Coupon, a.ij 4 mu unrlwr your ofttr, to a full 
*ei nt extra plated Stiver Spoons, with my luUiale engraved 
thereon. I IucIomo hernwith 75 cent*, to pay expms, pack 
ing, boxing, and to graving charge*. 
0 J* On receipt of th Id Coupon, we herohv agree fore- 
turn to the Afjnder, or mulling c.harrjKn prepaid in 
full, a full pet of Mix of our extra plated Stiver Spoon*, 
with the Initial* of th»: or any other irmlni* desired, 
en^ravcid thereon, [t C TnU Coupon will he honored by u» 
for aiotty day* from ino duio of iln» paper, after which it 
will be null and void. (Signed] 
UNION SILVT.Ii NsATlNO CO., Cincinnati, o‘. 
As soon as tho necessary stock can be man¬ 
ufactured, all who secure the above useful 
and valuable premiums, will lie permitted 
to secure a full Set of silver plated knives 
and forks, on the same liberal ban's. Address 
all letters to the Union Silver Plating Co. 
b*o» M04. 206its 203 Rjt.ee St., Cincinnati, o' 
Opr ELEGANT CARDS, 20 stvles, with Dams, JOc . pORt, 
±JtJ paid. GEO. I. KKKD & CO., NASSAU. N. Y. 
Y OUR NAME PRINTED on I0 Mixed Cards 
for 10c. CLINTON BROS., CUutonville, Ct. 
OK EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, 
lfic.,post-paid. UnionCaru Co.,Nassau,N.Y 
fS 1 1 MIXED CARDS .with name, for 10c. and stamp, 
*}lr Ag’ts Outfit 10c. Down A Co.. Bristol, Conn, 
OPIUM 
1 and Morphine habit absolutely and 
speedily cuicd. rainless: nqpublicity. 
Send stnmp for pnrfieiihim. Dr. Carl¬ 
ton. 187 Washington St., Chicago, 111. 
