II help you to more READY C A! 
other method in the world. 
\' r v Co. 1 a Nassau St T v'or 
AT ONCE, tlran an; 
never falls. World 
J. F. SIASC 
■ ■ wl ■it greatly 7*.iuced pri--. 
mjr ■ ■■ ttiinp for oar New 
™ 11 In*. CataWue. 1883-84, 
POWELL A PON ISO Mfciu Street. CINCINNATI,O. 
pi.sccUancous Advertising. 
CHEAP FARMS. 
Xrar Markets. 
The State of Michigan ha* more Hum 1..VY1 mile- of 
railroads and l.Am miles of Lake transportation, 
schools and churches in every county. public buUd- 
iugs all paid tor, aud no deld. Its soil and climate 
combine to products large crops ami It Is the best 
fruit State In the Northwest. Several inlllli'U acres 
of unoccupied and fertile Inud* are yet lu the market 
at low prices. The state has issued a NEW l'AM 
PHLET containing a map anti description* of the 
soil, crops and general resources of every county In 
the State which uiuv he had free of charge In writing 
to the Comm’kos ImKIoUAHoN, DETROIT, Mlc U. 
IfinnilM A harms tor Sale. A dialogue 
VIRGINI 
FOR SALE. 
Five-acre small Fruit Farm and Greenhouse iu a 
town of 10,1X0 Inhabitants. A rare bargain. Must 
sell on account of sickness. Address 
Box F23. 
Tl.c Hauer (.let nli«nm , 
Crestou. la. 
Pisccllancou$ ^riverti.aing. 
this paper.) 
ELflr. +/\ OO per hour at home. No peddling 
‘'"L VO $4 So humbug. The Secret re 
vealed, and 15 samples, worth $5. for 1 tic, (.Vcnne 
Address H. K. Slayton, Montpelier, vt 
JikNcw ,;sxs i hroiTio Cards, no J alike, with n 
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THE FA KM Ell’S KKt'OlU) AND AC- 
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Deo, 15, Agents wanted In New York and New Jer¬ 
sey. w. C. COOKE, W) Broadway, New York. 
I 1/ I 25 Of the latest and ro.unpopular songs 
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Agents will be supplied with canvassing outfit on 
application. 
[ Entered »♦ the Post-office at New York City N. Y„ 
* as second-class mall matter. 
i.-tn.ti prices ever known 
on Rreeeh Loaders, 
Blfles, 4 Revolvers. 
OUR $15 SHOT-GUk 
ANDRETHS’ohseed^CATALOGUE 
“gardeners: C OMPANION,” 
PRICE IO CENTS. The most complete and brflliantly embellished Seed Catalogue ever 
publish ini, ooetiug lifteeu cents. The article on Market Cordoning under (I In** is worth 
twenty times the price, This being Ol lt ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR, -.vo publish this 
Ornate Guide for Harden and Enrin. To all Bending us TEN CENTS iu stamps, 
wc moil a copy, and on orders for Seed will give credit for that amount. Address 
LANDRETH «t SONS , Seed Growers. Lock Box.Phila.Pa. 
FAYS CRAPES R !r 
SMALL FRUITS AND TRUES. LOW TO DEALERS AND PLANTERS, 
Stock Firat-Clua* Free Cntalogruea. GEO. 8. JOSSELYN, Fr«d on ». N. ¥. 
t LirtUCri I ThoMrllpst HmH UHkat 
II H if Ot LL **Junlil* Itiopbf rr>. 
Ihiuo, bright crimson, very firm, 
pruilurliti', ntrs hnnlj >urih mul 
Ho.nh. KAKLV It YKVI SI , 
i'arhr«l amt inoN* lUiiri- 
berrj. ATl. WTU .V DAMKI 
HOONK HhiwbiTHim 4 lend fb 
'full particular* : moVc*t free* J'h 
I (tTijft nr*ri ksfafiYld; straw bcrrle-, 
Kitsphcrrlra. IMncW hrrrb-, l#tmaobi»r- 
rle», ( urrnnl»s«NfJ liripra in thr U. »**. 
itldo. 1‘nifl Trvr* and %lit-licit ring 
Trees. i»ir/i|./i qjj Kf'flrr and he t %»nt 
Prart, (Ar fine Pnxrhc *—fibrnf d*. fitrht-j 
fltu*t rated I'afalogue, tcilk hunt*! dercriyiian*, truthful picture#, 
and fair prices, t roe. ft ttfU uAi' to plant, hold 4o plant, and 
Ao«' tn get and gmu Fruit Tree* and IMah t» t thr.finest and wodf 
uAt/ul aUalomu 0 /Iht bud paUiiekcd. 
J. T. I.OVKTT, Mllln sllvor, fli'W Jirsry, 
Introducer Cutlibtrt fiaiphr/ry and Manchester Strawberry, 
1 SEE l 50 Chromo Cards, Moss Hoses, Water Lil 
les. &o.,(x?6W) with name. I0e, 18 Dks. $1. 6 pk.s. and 
Rolled Hold fttnff* 30e., 8 pks. and Aluminum Gold 
Vest Chain, 2'»c. sample Books, 25 cents. Capitol 
Card Co., Hartford, Conn, 
GRAPE 
IT PAYS 
Vino*. Sir»wb*rnt», BWcktwrrin 
Riuipbcmc, Ac. Ki.il.r A LeL'onti 
Pt>ar>. Price lint trte. ,b>v:i. |1 <ih 
NWt A Son, MvrchuntYllle, N. J 
TO USE FARGO’S 
Juno c» oltlcit 
Butter Color. 
made by the oldest manufacturers of an oil butter 
color In the Uulted States Established In 1S81*. The 
market value of your butter advanced 2 to 5 cent* a 
pound. Use the strongest pure color made, free from 
rancidity. IT CANNOT HK DKTKCTKDIn the tauter. 
We supiily mere than t.hoO creftmorle*. WARRANTED 
TO SATISFY. Color at wholesale rale* where we 
havenoagent , Send postal for circulars to 
V. B. FARGO <t CO., Lake Mills. WK 
^HE BEST WILLOW, - 
(SALIX CORDATA), a native of Nebraska. Thicks 
close grower for shelter belts. As durable as red 
cedar posts set ten years. Perfectly sound. A limited 
number of st*oug cuttings, one dollar per hundred. 
J. T. ALLAN, secy. Neb. Hort. Soe., © MAHA, Neb. 
UmpUttWtttia iutd Pachincty. 
SEED SOWER 
THE BEST, CHEAPEST and SIMPLEST. 
Sows all grains, grass seeds, litne. salt, ashes, fertili¬ 
zers—aud everything requiring broadcasting—any 
quantity per acre, better and faster than by any other 
nicthoi. Saves seed by sowing It I'eriectly even. 
Sows single or double cast, all oh either or both sades 
of wagon. Not affected by wind, as the seed ts not 
thrown npinm tin? air. Perfectly simple. Readily 
attached to any wagon. Lasts a life-time. Can be 
used wherever a wagon can bedrivwx. Team walking 
oue mile sows four acres of wheat Crop one-fourth 
larger than when drilled. Send stamp for circulars 
giving terms and bstlinoniais. Mention, this paper. 
C. W. DORK, Treasurer, 
RACINE SEEDER CO., Dfs.lloiae*, Iowa. 
uTvcc.s, ^cert.s and ^Uittjsf. 
COMBINATION SPRING WAGON. 
Besides manufacturing the “New” BirAsell 
Clover Htiller. for which we have the sole right, we 
make a specialty of I1AI.F PLATFORM and 
THREK-SPRI N<. \Y.\ (l ONS. 
Send for Illustratwi Catalogue and iTices. Address 
BIRDSELL MANFG CO. 
When you write, please mention tliis [•sper.'°SJl 
Grind your own Bone, 
>Ieal. Oyster Shells & Corn 
In the *3 HAND MILL (F. 
Wilson's Patent i 100 per ceut 
more made In keening Poultry. 
Also Power Mills and Farm 
Feed Mills. Circulars and Testimonials sent on 
application. NVIL.SON BROS., Easton, Pa. 
S TROWBRI 
STBROAD-CAS 
DEC 26 
THI BUBAL UIW-YOBKfB. 
Jltotk ami gouitqj. 
IMPORTKD AND BRED BY SMITHS ft POWELL 
ALL op FINEST QUALITY AND BREED¬ 
ING, NEARLY 500 ON HAND FOR THE 
SEASON OF 1883-4 FIRST PRIZE 
BERD AT NEW YORK STATE FAIR, 
1880,1881,1882, AND 1883. 
Every' animal was selected by a member of the flnu 
In person, from the most noted herds and deepest 
milkinguhmsof Holland, without regard to price. 
One member of kite flrut spends a large part of his 
time Iu Holland, and is familiar with all the best 
herds there, thus enabling us t«> secure only the bent 
class of stock. In this herd every cow Is tested by ac¬ 
tual performance and each Is sold on her own merits 
and breeding. Buyers eun here luive rhe advantage 
or large number- to seleet from. Our unusually larg*- 
Importatlons enable us to avail ourselves of lowest 
freights and lower expense per utduinL, ndvon ■ 
which we eun give our customers the benefit of. Also 
an elegant fit nek of CT.YESDALB* HAMBLETON IAN 
HORSES, of finest quality aud highest breeding. 
For records, pedigrees and other Information, send 
for our Illustrated catalogue. Address, 
«ni • Ms A rut* EM. 
Lakeside StockFfirm. SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
Mention that you saw this advertis’t. In this paper. 
ij mt.si anti Machinery. 
THE “NEW” BIRDSELL 
CLOVER HULLER. 
IN GOLD AND SILVER PLATE, 
Are now offering a great number of New Patterns. In addition to the Pearl, 
Hammered, Snow Flake, Chased and Engraved Decorations, are many other 
New and Artistic Designs of Ornamentation: Figures, Fruits and Flowers in 
Full aud Bas-relief, and Appliqufi, finished in Oxidized Silver and in varied shades 
of Gold. 
Headquarters for Holstein Cattle. 
jtf laoi.i 
(MOLDS AND SOUTHDOWN 
Sheep and Lambs 
For Sale, Including some very choice Y ear ling Rants 
and Ham I .am l.s of good pedigree. Prices very mod 
erate for quality of stock. Write for particulars, 
stating number wanted. We have also for sale sev¬ 
eral One Oxford Downs. Address, 
VI . Atlee Burpee 4: Co., Philadelphia. Pa. 
• — y #« ■ a want to buy a half - section farm in 
I f lUU FordCouuty, Illinois, well Improved 
near railroads, schools anti churches, address for 
particulars and terms, S. G. McQUISTON, 
Lebanon, Laclede Co., Mo. 
t FR LIT FARM at a Great Bargain. Kordescrlp 
iY. tion and price write A. BATTLES, Girard, Pa. 
L it , v-, ^ Netting Investors 8 percent. 
ana L'hlUb Principal and Interest guar¬ 
anteed. Guaranty based on capital of $75,non. Refer 
to anv commercial agency. Send fur circulars. 
Texas' Loan Agency, Corsicana. Texas. 
RMS on James River. Va., In a Northern setlle- 
nent. Illustrated circular free. 
THE BIRDSELL 
Salesrooms: 686 Broadway, 
New York. 
FACTORIES: TAUNTON. Mass. 
THE B 0 REL & (MISYMSIKK M ATC HES 
.^*7- were avrnrdetl the gold niednl at the Pori* Exposition ol 1N7Nfor 
g rente*! u ecu racy of ncrtorumuce, also ti r*t prize In Loudon, IS‘W 
t? urnud prize in Paris, 1st.., and lirst prize at Centennial Exposition at 
*s.«Kf"’'^ai rr Wk Philadelphia, 1818. These watches have sbx»J the test for the po*t A‘ years 
aud are pronounced hy best Judges equal to any made. They are matiufae- 
i eirViLJt tured of the beat mntei inl, made with Improved iiinehinery, and tin* 
i*hed hy skilled It and labor, thereby Insuring an u ecu rate I i me-keeper 
'JS beyond pcrudvenlure. The BOR EL A f.’OI KVOlwlKR COM I* A N Y 
-yr jiSSi fffr V .7^fv)| have Iu rtlier reduced t he price of their colt-bra leu watches to bring them 
_ j | within the reach r.f all. Great care Is exercised in the finishing ot i hei r 
V; c ,vvW , * r w tnovetnetil*, portlcnlarly those adjusted to Heat, Cold nnd Posittons, and 
\ w>,t t/7? _• for Railroad use. Call on your Jeweler and »*k to see the Improved Itorel 
for Railroad use. Call on your Jeweler and a«k to see the I tnprov ed Itorel 
A: Courvolster VVntehes. The public Is requested to Investigate the rela¬ 
tive merits of these watches as compared with those of other manufacturers. 
QUIJNCHE& KRUGLKK, 
Sole Agents for the United States. I 7 MA IDEN LANE, X. Y. 
LANE & BODLEY CO.. 
MANUFACTURERS OK 
Portable and Stationary 
STEAM ENGINES. 
And Steam Boilers of the best design, material and 
workmanship. Our smaller sizes especially adapted 
to 
Farm and Plantation Use. 
We manufacture six sizes of Saw Mills, with capac¬ 
ity > f from Three to Fifty Thousand Feet per day 
with Oue Saw. Seud for special circular of our No. 
1 Plantation Saw Mill, which we sell for 
$ 200 . 
Illustrated Catalogues of our Machinery 
sent Free. 
LANE & BODLEY CO. 
_ .1 ohn nnd Wnter St*., ftnetnnn ft. tt. 
TAYLOR 1, ‘J nnd 4 HORSE POWERS 
KmT jgtqjiKfari.txh, Run* Feed Mills 
-i’t \Ax\ H Feed Cutters. 
: |>o... || ..-g Etov-a- 
8*rr V wfwytfi 5 1 torsjsaws. churn*. 
pYM y , ^ I I I ’ I i* U T 8 ' V t‘ t 'dir 
I lii r H 1 SI and best DeuVers 
- r-t b: ^ W Bln Machinery of 
1 ~ '.. ~ all kinds. Send for 
circulars to TAYLOR HORSE POWER CO , 23 S 
Canal St . Chicago, Dl._ 
PAYNE’S FARMENGINES 
Onr 1 0-1 lor*e Spark Arresting Threshing 
Engine has cut 10,two feet Pine Lumber In iu hours. 
Will burn wcoid rt feel long, coal, straw and corn 
stalks. Send for Price Ust and Catalogue “A.” 
B. W. PAYNE * SONS, 
Pox 341. Corning. N. Y. 
I*flunil a} Last^Lwawst- 
L ounn ai kasu..; S -. 
HOLSTEINS. 
Twenty very tine heifers to ealve this Winter, just 
Imported and for sale at fair prices. 
OHAS. W. WOLCOTT, Readville, Mass. 
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. 
C ASSIUS M, CLAY, breeder of pure SOUTH DOWN 
SHEEP. White-Hall. Kentucky. 
CHESHIRE PIGS, land S months old, and 
i boars o months old. Prices low. SCOTT BROS.. 
Makcfleld, Bucks Co., Pa. 
Eiue Brown Leghorn C hicken* AND BRoNZF, 
Turkeys for sale at moderate prices. Eggs In sea¬ 
son. F. J. MARSHALL, Middletown. Ohio 
MONITOR JUNIOR 
SAVES all the Seed, CLEANS Ready for 
Market as Threshed. 
iScal (£istate. 
SIBLEY’S CEEDS 
'of ALL PUNTS, for ALL CROPS. 
MATES. AU are tested; ouly the beat Bent out. ' 
Crain uud Karin Seed Manual; History and beet methods ( 
I of culture of Grains. Root Crops, Orasaee, Fodder Crops, Tree* 
y Jo,. Crain and Farm Srrd Manual t HiBtory and Ixvt methods fl I Vp 
\f A Vf /in'!of oulturc of Grains, Itoot Crops, Graaoea, Fodder Crops, Tree 
1 f ' J \Planting, etc. only lOct*, gnnw.tl Catalog u« and Pries List of *nnB erent 
-V . ft-i- iLi-- Ll.~. A---- J “ fOOB SUBS. 
siBLivt siebs HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. Rochester, N.Y^ Chicago. Hi 
Reed & Barton, 
•Manufacturers ol 
FINE TABLE WARE 
AND FANCY GOODS 
