77, ■ iiioroiiviiurril SlopU and Kancv l-oultrr. It is the 
xI£■V^, P it'i'rV’1 . 11 ’ P k i" f 1 Published, and describes RARE KOTEIr 
.^^^WERAi.of real value, which can not 
Newtlnide.78 
jti.18 pkt*. Choice Fli 
♦ inoe. 4 Hurts, SI. ur ■ 
lower Seeds. 50 c 
-? *11 Concord. S. I. 
, tv. --■;-' • v/> i »•_ i v/uc. , v.or { ior d 
P "“, r 1 Anrics, and 
MMI Strung Strawberry planls.iearl* t*>late, S 
w Grape 
'innee, s I 
PERSONALS. 
Major Barnett, Secretary of the State of 
Georgia for 40 years, is 85 years old. 
Mr, Edison, the wizznril electrician, is be¬ 
trothed to an heiress, a daughter of Lewis 
Miller, the reaper and mower two-millionaire. 
Judge David Davis got his groat fortune 
by being compelled to take 80 acres of land 
near the village of Chicago, when he was a 
young man, lor debt. The land is now in the 
heart of the city. 
Mr. Blaine has an ieeltoat, and he Is fond 
of scudding along the smooth reaches of the 
ice-bound river, near which he lives. “He is 
getting so fat,” says William Walter Phelps, 
“that T fear for him should the boat meet 
with an accident.” 
Mrs. Carlisle, the wife of the Speaker, 
recently asked a visitor of her sex: “How 
many children have you?” “Only one,” was 
the reply. “Only one! Is that all you have 
done for your country? Why, I have eight,” 
was the rejoinder. 
There are reports that Roscoe Conkling 
will soon bo invited to lead the Republicans of 
New York State once more. In the ab¬ 
sence of his organizing mind, they have met 
w it.li successive defeats. He is now employed 
by a Republican Senate Committee which is 
ti 3 mg to find out whether Jacob Sharp se¬ 
cured for nothing the Tight to lay a surface 
railroad track on Broadway, by bribing the 
Aldermen. Over $1,000,000 had been offered 
for the concession. Conkling is winning 
golden opinions from all parties, except the 
suspected bribers and bribed. 
gUiiscdtanfou.si ^dmttaing 
Wafch this Space 
NEXT WEEK! 
I 500 ^ 1 bnmjferses=| 5 c 
Hcre> 0u |iu«fc the most ampler* calipee ion 
evt'r loBUQil for Old v 15 centa. FobIh^** ampa taicen. Lartre 
Illunirnted Catalogue *n Grins Rlflut*, Itovolrora, Watches 
^ouaofree World M fg Co. 122 Nassau St J, If. 
toe.*, £ce&$ and plants. 
AW LEI & CO., The Seedsmen. 
Our New Catalogue and Price List of Choice Voge- 
tablc mul Farm Seeds. Crops of 18S5, for Market 
Gardeners aud Farmers, Just printed ami mailed, free, 
to all applicants. 
it. D. HAWLEY * CO., 
_Hartford, Cotin. 
i^SEEDS^ :^^^ 
HEDGE”plants. 
For price, and How to Grow a Hedge, address 
_ IIKNKY LI TTS, TplBUtOWB, N. Y. 
READER V l# , M >« VUF - flowers, 
St.V v t, 1 * ch-otoert only .address ELLIS It KOS 
Kkene, N. H. It w ill astonish and please. I' K ICE I 
. _ . ®<‘nd stamp for sample. 
.J/ I ‘ >t * < «rn, Dleiz Lonaberry Wheat. 
Dietz 1 > run ^ryer. }&-w way of cutting rodder 
_ -*• MiKT/t ( hainb<*rabitru. Pa, 
CAULIFLOWERS SSSJ? 0 ^ 0 
A new book, with Full Information In Minute 
Detail. Bj-mall. ■iO Cents, FRANCIH Hit 1 LL, 
_ Ki vcrhend , Long Inland, N. y. 
or N 6 e for T ftT'“'t U C lVn^" U v n *""»£ *ets. packet* 
or Dio r si. A, c. MUTING, Newton, Kan., Box H. 
NEW PLANTS 'f'V'"* "i. u, i u 
SPRING, 1886. 
nv||SiaKfl;EteBrM^siK v §ias% 
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» util,l ABLE PLANTS In season. Address 
11. 11. ENG LK A SON, 
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MIKE YOUR OWN 
fertilizers. 
pcm l!. e . rc KCl the n, a‘«ials in the cheap- 
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U^ar'V T Ul U l '° le ' «**.»» »ish for 
ashes VVl, A T‘? K< t them, and wood 
•isiKS, ACv.Ae. A book ot 1JO naoes nowrlr.i 
wuh valuable information. a'u giveVm Du¬ 
st «,d C X"m*G C "* e w:,v f‘ lr ">ers can under- 
c '." A <- .kK 4 ° cre ; Also books on Onion, 
Squash, Cabh oge, a,,,! t..,rrot and Mangold 
hv m'ft at 'r° ‘ enrh » or the «ve for 
b> mail fwo of the-sr have been tlirouirii 
to and i; ediin.ns. ,»//, largr Sretl Cata¬ 
logue free to till who write for it. 
«SJ. H. CRECORY, 
Marblehead, mass. 
FOR ANNEXED PRICE WE WILL MAIL, PROMPTLY\ EITHER OF THE 
FOLLOWING HIGH CLAES SEEDS SUITABLE FOR FRAMES. 
Thorburn’s Gilt Edge Snowball Cauliflower 
New Bronze follaged Trophy Tomato.lije. 
Improved New York Purple Egg Plant.Hie. 
Golden Perfection Nutmeg Melon ....I 0 e. 
Pgf Pflckct 
Earlli-st Roman Carmine Turnip Radish.. 10 c. 
Early Etampes Cabbage. 10 c_ 
Unproved White Plume Celery.] 
Early White Forcing Lettuce.. ’. ’ ’ me 
™ w V .. M.. 4 UPlbUCC..,,....,1I*C. I 
The Light Sorts, Including One “Tliorbtirn” Potato, for SI. 
I CA TA LOO UHS FRKF. 
J.M. Thorburn& Co. jhJ ohnS:NewYork. / 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
---Providence, R. T. 
BURPEE’S 
HI 11 awl 5 m u, 111 .._ rai ■ 
FARM ANNUAL FOR 1886 
\\ ill he sent FREE to all who write for it. It is a 
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or new illustrations, two Colored Pli%le # 4 and tells 
11 «?K 0n, . , ^ e lie^l Garden, Farm and Flower 
M .u KswcnticiC. Ctt-llU iiuurcss OU a pofiiai LO 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
GRAPE VINES 
Niagara. Empire State,and all ihe Ixstvarietur Low! 
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<Jsample vines mailed for Inc. Descriptive price list free. LEWIS ROESCH Fredoni^^y’ 
^EVERYONE THATHASAGARDEN! 
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GRAPEBiVINES 
”?r R uT^r«,%“Ei^"r^ M| A A AD A nr-Special Terms to,\5. 
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BUY ONLY VICK’S SEEDS, AT HEADQUARTERS. 
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_ FOR I5CENTSA " 
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__ l Z'& Day Stre et, New York. 
Spring 1886 
Everybody who plants 
E a farm or garden 
XPECTS GENEROUS CROPS 
Don’t buy your seeds until 
S YOU CONSULT US 
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R H-ALLEN COMPANY 
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It is full In really good and beautiful plants as well as 
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Orchids, a very large stock of choice East Indian, 
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KST 4 BMSHED 
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and GUARANTEED TO GIVE SAT¬ 
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mailed on application. Address, 
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