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WANT A6ENTS MOREY 8.C0. LAGRANGE ILL. 
PERSONALS, 
^torfe ami poultry, 
More than 1-750 Hoi* cows In this herd had made 
steins imported and bred y-- r.. ,-records from 14,000 to 18.000 
by this firm ti-Hi now on urtff&F jf-' • lbs each, the average be- 
hanrt and to arrive soon. jg/v sLfi W " iffiv, ill lug 15.BU8 lbs. «i .1-10 ozs. 
AH of choice Quality and TjLSe,,. VT* *11 which In-lulled every nm 
breeding. Nearly all the ,fjf pa y && 1 * jj*af ture cow In the herd Unit 
deep mtllilng families of *' B$SKjk , •yKN g AW we hart owned long enough 
America represented. - a^wL s.®’ ffl' .. to muke a year's record, 
Over HO yearly records / J ; W • ‘ 4 ;. v " *8 excepting one kepi for fa 
made by cows In tills herd, ‘i-i* TflJ. ,Wfl mllv use. 
which average U,.>12 lbs. :•_. _Kt« K.32^* tM/JB\ • M We milked through the 
ozs. per year, at an average " * ■ M VI year ending In June last 
age <>f 4t$ year*, , r , f »* J live niutnro cows, the en 
In issi our entire herd of -‘ ' v > Jf'vfty. Ore lot averaging ] 5,621 
mature cows averaged . - - *» , lfl»r-7t ' Mjt lbs. I i-fl ov.w. 
1-1.164 lbs. it, ozs. , ,.//"!■' ^ J ■J36$i : Wb • // Seven heifers of the 
In KM,Hire tire herd of / 1 ' .! -- ' * V, Netherlnnd family, live of 
eight S-year olds averaged s - " / i . \ * ja r them 3 years old and two 
12,388-lbs. 9 ozs. " ' . S years old, averaged 1 1,MG 
On April 1st, 1S84, TEN lbs. 11-5 os. 
Not one of these records has ever been equaled with an equal number of cows in any herd. 
HUTTKU 11ECOHI1H. 
9 Cotvs averaged 17 lbs. 5.H' ozs. per week.-8 Heifers, 8 years old, averaged 18 lbs. 4% 
ozs. per week.-11 Heifers, 2 years old and younger, averaged 10 lbs. H ozs. per week. 
The entire original imported Motherland Family of Six Cows (2 being but 2 years old) ave¬ 
raged 10 lbs. 12 11-12 ozs. per week. 
The above records are a sufficient guarantee of superiority. This is the class of Cattle with 
which to found a Herd. STAR l 1 RIGHT. 
See for yourself before buying. Prices reasonable. Send for catalogue and exatniue pedigrees. 
is THE 
J from die Mow, Stack, or 
lJiiudle, 
To ( in CORN STICKS 
oi It \ l.i:i> MW, 
I mliri-ilieil (I \TS in 
bundles into Fine Fetal. 
To Cut FNSII, \MK from 
Silo. To cm I'KIT, and 
Hieliing in lln«» and Mcn- 
nv»i severing grass roots, and 
lilts oil bush roots (ill inch 
Ugh. readily. Fanners having 
tl thin work to do, should not 
hold a Lightning H>,\ Knife, 
mid not, utter an hoar's trial, 
end Only A horsem euw.it will 
OI' to lliiyo u Lightning Huy 
r til frc*h hnii from (hr siile of 
iladt. imrtenrt of pitchitigfrom 
•re it Is do lug Ii|' suit bming 
lilies. IT I* \ \ S lo use II 
f Liguuiuig ilaj Knife toent it loud ol Clingy 
/ Clover IIay into ac tions, so ok to pitc-li oil' 
C»Hily I Ills is Till: K Si I in which Vut* 
I rozeri liny reodily. Muntifnel'd only by 
RAM UniT P Pn fart Wilton, 
has died m a mad house. It is understood 
that he left little or no property. 
Bishop Spaulding .‘■ays that not only are 
American politics immoral, but that the evi¬ 
dence of general moral decadence stares us in 
the face. 
"Commodore'' Starin, the steamship own¬ 
er of New York, is said to lie worth $ 7 , 000 .- 
000. Not many years ago he was a country 
doctor, earning $1.<KM) a vear. 
The $114,000 assets of Orange Judd, of this 
city, for many years publisher of the Am. 
Agriculturist and agricultural works, were 
sold for $548, the other day. 
V iftNNA is bestowing on Mozart, who want¬ 
ed bread when living, a monument that eosls 
$50,000, or more than he received for his 
whole, life work. 
General Butler's return to the tax-gatb- 
erersat Low oil represents his real estate as 
valued at $00,000, his horses and yacht at 
$80, 000 , and his yearly income from his pro¬ 
fession at IKK),000, 
1 he estate of the late Nicholas Anchorena 
of Buenos Ayres, perhaps the richest person 
in the world, consisted of 1700 square miles of 
land, 400.000 sheep, and 150,(KW cows, besides 
houses in the city. 
Gen. Lkroy Pope Walker, the first Secre¬ 
tary of War in Jefferson Davis’s Cabinet and 
the officer who gave the oraer to fire on Fort 
Sumter, died ut his home iu Huntsville, Ala. 
last week. 
JUDGE David W. Small, who combines the 
cultivation of hops with the expounding of 
law in V' isennsin, reports that the former crop 
will not be more than half as large as that of 
last year. 
Charles A. Dana, the editor of the New 
York Sun, it is said, married when bo was 
only receiving $5 per week for literary work. 
His salary at present is said to be $25,000 a 
year, uud he also draws a large income from 
the paper as one of the largest stockholders. 
Mu. John Dillon, for many years a Home 
Rule Member of Parliment, and oue of those 
imprisoned with Mr. Parnell, find* hxs health 
so much improved by his year’s residence in 
Colorado that he intends shortly to return to 
Ireland and re-enter polities. 
The largest cotton plantation iu Alabama is 
that of Messrs. Roberts & Suiter, at Union 
Springs, 900 acres, containing 25 miles of 
ditches, employing or supporting a popula¬ 
tion of 900 persons, and producing 90U bales 
of cotton, besides 95,000 bushels of corn. 
1 HE wife of Mr. Edison was, before mar¬ 
riage, employed by him in working out one of 
his inventions. Une day he happened to be 
LAKESIDE STOCK HA ItM, SYRACUSE, N 
for 9ul* In/ flur’lii arc Ml * - houtr if -1 hr truile ,/m,-rutty 
The Union Grain Drill 
^ J „ „ WITH OR WITHOUT 
ISAIAH DILLON ( 
a.su Suss. S 
v LEVI DILLON 
1 AND SONS, 
IWORTKUS AS D I1RKEDERS OF 
iFurmerly of firm of E Dillon & Co.) 
NEW IMPORTATION 
Arrlvrd in flue condition JntmLV iwm. Have now a 
large collection o) choice animals. 
STAItUES A>l> IIKA 1)01< A ItTKK.S LO¬ 
CATED AT x OK MAE, 
Opposite Hie XlllMotH (’antral sod Chicago unit Alton 
Depots. Street cars run fiom the Lake Erin * West 
ern, and I urtlunanolis, Bloomington and Western 
Depots, In Bloomington, direct to our stables Iu 
Normal. Address, 
DILLON BROS , NORMAL, ILL 
New Departure in Grain Drills. 
.T2\n ?, nl y i ,rUl . ‘ n the market upon which the operator can ride and see bis work,and at the same time 
FFFn 0l FKRT?tTvWR e ' Tha W ." F ® K, { « , " U,: ' T, V ON Tm: AXLE. A POSITIVE FORCE 
FEED I KRIIL1/EK Die only one In the market that will sow any and all kinds of fertilizing material and 
not clog. For circulars and prices addroNB the Manufacturer*, K ™* WJrMU “ nu 
HART, HITCHCOCK & Co., Peoria, Ill 
REGISTERED SWINE 
{ Oin-t Client,-r U lilten, I*,,. 
- ■•^^■^V^^lund-Clibiiin, ,v .. I(erknl,lr< n 
1 rue iiedigree givwi iviih every Mifiual »oi,l. Strong, lu iilchy 
{ UMl1 * "Mb' I’urlly guaranteed. Held *tnmp tor nuw Cnta* 
logins t). II. w urrlaglon. Ho* Ml. tVrrl Cheater* l’u 
WARRANTED 
von a 
Life-Time 
UNDER 
Fuirllsiigc. 
MI'IKIOIt 
TO ALL 
OTHERS. 
JKIIMKY UFI», fOUJin.l Hina, 
l \y hilv, I’., rkslilrc A York, 
•liirv Hi.miiiHmn, 4/ot%ffti|<| 
••ml Oifui'd Diitvn l<nn»L% 
Srutrli < «»| lr y fMl|*p||cri| IIdrv unrl 
Mil tj N«*ntl fur 1 nUli>|ru« 
W.ATI.KK ULIU'KB Kll.FhliLn 
STEEL, IRON and WOOD BEAM 
PLOWS, SIDE HILL PLOWS, 
SHOVEL PLOWS. ROAD SCRAPERS, 
STEEL and WOOD FRAME 
CULTIVATORS, 
.Steel Beams, Steel Jointer and Wheel Standards 
Will not break or bend. Send for IlluMrated Catalogue 
SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW CO. SYRACUSE,N Y. 
tribes fur Sale, by H. II. A 1,1.UN 
.11 orn- Co., 5rw.lrr»ry. 
I/E.— 11 A lit V FARM mid STOCK 
G. tt. SUM HEY, 
1888 Main Sued, Ikullalu, N. Y. 
WARRANTED SURE DEATII TO TICKS 
and all Insects Infesting Sheep or other domestic 
animals. 
A Sure Cukk for Soar or other Skin Diseases. 
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY. 
Perfectly sou.m.K l* COLD watkr, and harmless lo 
man or animal. It leaves the wool soft ami silky 
and promote# » rapid growth. 
HAS THE LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. 
Awarded four medals and five certificates, 
Hbwauk of Worthlkss Imitations. 
Buy direct of the manufacturers or their author 
I zed agents. 
For further particulars and price send for circu¬ 
lars to 
noKIUS. LITTLE Ac SOY, 
Manufacturer*, 
Doncaster. Englandi uud 178 North 10th 
PH., Ilrool. 1 ) n. E. I) . N. V P.O.Box^. 
mm ^ arran ^ ?( ^ ** yearn, natlsfaction guaranboed or money refunded Th© 
W 1 Elllcle.it, and Durable Washer in the world. 
■1 'I I Huh no rivul, tbo only machlno that will u<uh perfecil v clean without rut. 
I 6 '""- Cttn ,x ’ hi any RUM d tub, or shifted from one tub t.. another 
IK/ nifmout So simple and easy to operate the most delicate 
M: .. , lad Z or chila «“» 'I 1 ’ hie. work. Made, of Galvanized Iron, and 
Km u” ,T y M ! r h f r In wnrl,t hint lias tl,o Rubber Bunds on the. 
Mr . JwUern, which prevent the Iwreaklmr of battotw and Injury hi eiothes. 
^ AGENTS WANTFn » x<, :l vct<n / ,ory Keuui,,n.e,*s.oo. 
. . U " 1 " I V Hi Mil I L.U Agents’ aamplo, 88.50. L. Also the eele. 
Mlltor'Tf^tl , KKY ” TOl '/ ,i WIDNGF.RH at ManoXactm-ers’ lowest "price, 
idltor of this paper. Address ERIE WASHER CO„ Eric. i’u. 
VALUABLE FARM PROPER IV 
FOH /V Lt H 
TO CI/OKK AN ESTATE. 
The well known ami valuable Farm properlybe- 
louglng to the fc*lure or the late 51. P. VVor'thv, situ¬ 
ated at ALLEN r. HILL, Mularlo Lo N. Y , Is offered 
tor Sale. Naid Farm contuln.* ntjout Ml Aere« of tlcst 
class Lund. Mo*l ol the Farm lies to the East and 
boutb, and as good wheat or grm../ producing land as 
ran be found In the. .State. Large Dwelling House. 
Fix large Harns, all iu goo/1 condition ton*/ new Slzio. 
LIQUID GLUE 
A cross hotwcpn t.hi! Diehl and Hod Mediter¬ 
ranean, having the stilt straw and compact 
In-ads of the former, with t in: In-nrd and bluo 
straw mid the Binn-rior dom ing qualities of the 
latter. Endorsed by leading millets. Remark¬ 
ably hardy. Stands at least one-third thicker 
nn the ground than any other wheat. For 
sample and price address the originator, 
W.P. ANDRUS, Rochester,N.Y. 
Alsu originator mid introducer of the 
MAGIC LANTERNS 
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K2-l/fi-!£’SV NDAYS0H001 - * HOME exhibitions 
VIE^WS all Subjects j 120 Catalogue, FREE 
Dakota Red Potato 
PATFNTQ? Thomas p. stmpHim, Wash- 
; ** 1 ' O • ington.D. c. No pay asked 
for patent uutilobtaln,-d. Write rorlnventor’s guide. 
WANTED Mr-' «n.‘) Agenrn. JAMES E. 
IT Bn I LU VVHIINKY, Nurseryman, Rochester. N.Y. 
