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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
January.] 
s 
GOOD NEWS 
TO 
LADIES! 
O-et up Clubs for our CELE- 
_ BRATED TEAS, and secure a beautiful 
“MBS* ROSE OR OOLB BAND TEA SET,” (« pieces,) our 
own importation. One of these beautiful Tea Sets given away 
to the party sending a Club for $25.00, This is the greatest in¬ 
ducement ever offered. Send in your orders and enjoy a cup 
of QuOD TEA, and at t * 0 same time P rocure a HANDSOME 
TEA SET No humbug. Good Teas, 30, 35 and 40c. per lb. Ex¬ 
cellent Teas, 50 and 60c., and very best from 65 to 90c. When 
ordering, be sure and mention what kind of Teas you want, 
whether Oolong. Mixed, Japan, Imperial. Young Hyson, Gun- 
powder or Eng. Breakfast. We are the oldest and largest Tea 
Company in the business. The reputation of our house requires 
no comment. “BEWARE OF CHEAP TEAS” which are 
advertised by other concerns. For full particulars address 
The Great American Tea Company, 
31 & 33 YESEY STREET, 
P. O. Box 2 
NEW YORK. 
MIXED FARMING 
IN NEBRASKA. 
Crain, Corn, and Live Stock Crowing 
Combined. 
The most Profitable and agreeable of any occupation. 
1882 
Reports prove the agriculturists of Nebraska to have 
been the most successful of any people in the West. 
Write for information about the above matters—also 
about U. P. Ry. lands in this State, which will be sent Free, 
in great variety, by LEAVITT BURNHAM, 
Land Commissioner U. P. Ry. Co., 
Omalia, Neb. 
liefer to this advertisement. 
Cheap Farms 
NEAR MARKETS. 
The state of Michigan has more than 4,000 miles of 
railroad, and 1,600 miles of lake transportation, schools 
and churches in every county, public buildings all 
paid for, and no debt. Its soil and climate combine to 
produce large crops, and it is the best fruit state in the 
northwest. Several millions ofacresof unoccupied and 
fertile lands are yet in the market at low prices. The 
State has issued a PAMPHLET containing a map and 
descriptions of its soil, crops and general resources, 
which may be had free of charge bv writing to the 
COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, Detroit, Mich. 
A T? TVT in New York, New Jersey, and 200 acres 
Id good soil and buildings 8 miles west 
Long Branch, $16,0i)0. b! acres on Shrewsbury River, 
$5,000. 1,000 acres at Shrewsbury, N.$20,000. 1,000 acres 
Ocean Co., N. ,J., $12,000. 131 acres Middletown, N. Y„ $8,500. 
52 acres near Geneva, N. Y. (fine improvements) $10,000. 
Prices subject to negotiation. Southern and Western lands. 
Loans on city and country property. Wm. H. Sickels & 
Son. 231 Broadway. N. Y., and Red Bank, N. J. 
W ELL IMPROVED GRAIN AND STOCK 
FARM IN NEBRASKA, 920 ACRES. 
Timber, Water, Meadow, 255 head Cattle and Horses; 6,000 
bushels Grain ; 500 tons Hay; full stock Farming and Mar¬ 
ket Gardening Implements. All for $30,000. Near R. Ii. 
And college town. Location, soil, climate, markets, church, 
and school privileges the very best. Address, 
R. C. ELDRIDGE, Clarence House, Chicago, Ill. 
50 Delaware fruit and Grain 
FARMS.*- 
Farms cheap. Catalogues free. 
A. F. GRIFFITH, Smyrna, Del. 
FARM FOR SALE, on the PENINSULA, in VIRGINIA. 
145 Acres, half cleared, 8 miles from Newport News, the 
eastern terminus of the C. & O. R. W. Terms easy. 
Address, .(. HEFFELFINGER, Hampton, Va. 
/N A I I Crt D M I A Full description by coun- 
(V l— I I r\ 111 I r\. ties ; 200-page pamphlet 
and map; price 50 cents, postage paid. 
McAFEE BROTHERS, Land Agents, 
328 Montgomery St„ San Francisco, Cal. 
Over 300,000 Acres 
of Choice Farming Lands in 
the Jlfear West. 
IOWA 
For Sale by the 
Iowa R. R. Land Co. 
FARMS 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
Branch Office, 92 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. 
OME TO MARYLAND !—Improved Farms, $7 
to $25 per acre. Descriptive Catalogues sent free. 
H. P. CHAMBERS, Federalsburgh, Md. 
* TO C lv FARM FOR SALE. -Near Marietta,Georgia. 
Modern new Residence and Barn ; large Apple Orchard. 
•*' - " " . G. M. H- 
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Faultless health. Address, 
. HEIDT. 
^Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D. 
Hon. A. H. Stephens, 
and others 
recommend 
them. 
any" 8 ^ 
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Send for circular to _ 
FOLDING CHAIR CO. New Haven Conn? 
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VOLUME LVI. 
REFERENCE to the contributors announced below will show that nearly 
all of the most distinguished and popular authors of this country, and 
many of those of Great Britain, have been engaged as contributors to 
the Companion for the year 1883. The Announcement will be found in many re¬ 
spects, we think, an extraordinary one; but it includes only a part of the features of 
the volume for the coming year. 
Illustrated Serial Stories. 
A Serial Story of Boy Life in America, by . J. T. Trowbridge. 
A Serial Story of Boy Life in Great Britain, by . William Black. 
A Serial Story of New England Life, by . Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
A Serial Story for Girls, by .... Harriet Prescott Spofford. 
A Serial Story of Southern Life, by . . . Marie B. Williams. 
Amusing College Stories, by ... ... Henry A. Gordon. 
Stories of Old-Time Poor-Houses, by.J. D. Chaplin. 
Old New England Peddlers’ Tales, by .... Wrff. A. King. 
Tales of the Old Dutch Farmers of New York, by EugenejiM. Prince. 
Illustrated Travel and Adventure. 
A Serial Story of Adventure, by.. . C. A. Stephens. 
Life In an Irish Fishing Village, by.Julian Hawthorne. 
Tales of Old Ships and Sailors, by.Capt. F. Luce. 
The Saloon-Keeper’s Story, by.Franklin O. Parker. 
After the Mindanao Pirates in a Dutch Gun-Boat, by . . Lieut. P. F. Grinnell. 
Adventures in a Whaling Cruise in the North Pacific, by . . Macomber Brett. 
The Fiftieth Tiger. A narrative of Adventure by tbe Special Correspondent of the London Tele¬ 
graph .Phil Robinson. 
Child Life and Home Life in japan. Curious Pictures and Domestic Incidents, by a travel¬ 
ler in that country..Prof. E. S. Morsp. 
Railway Heroes. Thrilling stories of railroad men. Among others will he “The Fireman’s 
Story;” “His Life or Theirs;” “Skip Dustin, the Water Boy,” and “Express Messenger Riley,’* 
by.Walter A. Moore. 
Special Articles. 
Important articles will be given by two of the most distinguished Neurologists 
in the world, describing Nervous Diseases—showing the ordinary causes of these 
forms of human suffering—and giving general suggestions as to their treatment. The 
articles will not be merely technical treatises, but will be enlivened by curious and 
illustrative anecdotes. 
Common Nervous Ailments. A Scries of Papers, by Dr. Brown-Sequard. 
The Short History of a Nervous Man. The Proper Use of the Mind, Hallucinations 
and Delusions, The Cause of Sleep and Sleeplessness, Somnambulism, etc., by 
Dr. William A. Hammond. 
Reminiscences and Anecdotes. 
(Illustrated.) 
Yankee Drolleries at Old Time Fairs and Shows, by ... James Parton. 
Stories of Old-Time Quack Doctors and their Remedies, by . . Edgar Knowles. 
On the Stump. Humorous Anecdotes of Electioneering, Stump Speaking, etc., by 
Hon. S. S. Cox. 
Victor Hugo at Home. A chatty description of the home life of the great poet, by his Private 
Secretary.. Richard Lesclide. 
Word Pictures of the House of Commons. As seen from the Reporters’ Gallery, by 
H. W. Lucy. 
Brilliant Articles. Reminiscences of Dean Stanley and Picturesque Associations of Westminster 
Abbey, by.Canon F. W. Farrar. 
Great Southern Leaders. A series of articles containing personal reminiscences of Gen. 
Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, John C. Calhoun, etc., etc., by 
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. 
Reminiscences of the Great Northern Uprising. Personal recollections of Abraham 
Lincoln, W. H. Seward, Charles Sumner, and of memorable scenes in Congress in connection 
with the Secession of the Southern States, by .... Benj. Perley Poore. 
The Help Series. 
The Profits of Literary Labor, by .James Parton. 
Photography as a Profession, by.N. Sarony. 
Salesmen and Saleswomen in City Stores. Their wages and opportunities, by 
Charles Vance Elliott. 
A Medical Education. How to Choose a College, Advantages of European Study, by 
Dr. William A. Hammond. 
Girls Who Earn a Living in Art. By the Principal of the Woman’s Art School, Cooper 
Union.Susan N. Carter. 
What a Technical Education Costs. By the Professor of Engineering of the Institute of 
Technology, Hoboken.Robert H. Thurston. 
Shifts and Expedients of College Life. Showing how Students can pay their way 
through a College Course, by.A Graduate. 
HoW to Start. Papers telling how to start in different kinds of business and in trades, with 
practical details, so that a boy reading these papers may act on them safely. 
The Editorials of the Companion will give clear and impartial views of current events 
at home and abroad. 
The Children’s Page sustains its reputation for charming pictures, poems and stosfet 
adapted to the little ones. 
Subscription Price, $1.75, Specimen copies free. 
Address, YOUTH’S COMPANION, 
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