Useful Tools for Everybody. 
A great deal of time, and no little patience is lost 
in the attempt to do a job with poor tools. In 
selecting those suited to the use of farmers and our 
subscribers generally, we have made it a point that they 
should he made of the best steel, as only such tools are 
durable and do the best work. 
No. 84. —The Champion Combina¬ 
tion Tool-Chest. —Price $4.00.—This small chest 
contains twenty-five different tools, quite as many as 
some persons can find use for. The various tools are 
readily fitted into a convenient handle. Besides chisels, 
screw-drivers, gimlets, saw, and other carpenter’s tools, 
there is a strong blade for use in pruning trees. No 
matter how efficient one may be in doing odd jobs, if, in 
addition to the time required for the work, he is obliged 
to hunt for the needed tools, too often left where they 
they were last used, the time expended makes the work 
cost more than if it were sent at once to a mechanic. 
The convenient box to hold the tools allows them to be 
kept together, and if they are placed in charge of one 
person, the needed article will be forthcoming at once. 
Will be sent for 4 subscriptions at $1.50 each; OR, for 
the price. Carriage prepaid. Very popular. 
Nc .35.—Farmers’ and Housekeeper’s 
Tool Set. —Price $1.50.—This, made by the Clark 
Tool Company, contains nearly all the tools most 
likely to be required for daily use. It comprises a 
Brace, Wrench, Screw-driver, Bits, Gimlets, and Nail- 
set, etc. All of the best material and of the most im¬ 
proved pattern. With these tools, neatly packed in a 
box, one is ready to repair the accidents that may 
happen to furniture in the house or to implements and 
machines upon the farm. Sent for 2 subscribers at $1.50 
each; OR, supplied for the price. Carriage prepaid. 
No. 86.—The Griffin Hack Saws.—Price 
$1.50.—Many are not aware that iron and other metals 
may be more readily sawed than cut with a cold chisel, 
and make a neater job. To cut metals requires 
a saw of the finest steel, with teeth of peculiar 
shape ; these are furnished in the Griffin Hack Saws, 
which will be found very serviceable in making 
repairs to farm machines, and necessary in the work 
shop. Each saw-frame is supplied with a dozen blades. 
Sent, post-paid, for 2 subscribers at $1.50 each; OR, 
supplied for the price, post-paid. 
No. 87.—Wood’s Patent Corn Sheller 
—Price $3.00.—Shelling com by hand is slow and tire¬ 
some work, and one of the early labor-saving machines 
needed by a recent settler upon a new farm, is a corn 
sheller. Wood’s device is as simple as possible ; there 
is nothing to get out of order, and it can only be broken 
by improper usage. It consists of a wheel, having 
upon the surface numerous short blunt teeth which 
remove the corn, a handle to turn it by, and a spring to 
adjust the wheel to ears of varying size. It is claimed 
that it will shell a bushel in four minutes, separating the 
cobs from the corn. We will Present one of these 
Corn Shellers to any one who will collect and forward us 
3 subscriptions at $1.50 each ; OR, will supply it for the 
price. Receiver to pay charges for carriage in either case. 
More particulars furnished if wanted. 
No. 88.—The Remington Carbon Clip¬ 
per Plow. — Price $14.00. — That the plow is taken as 
the emblem of a farmer’s calling, is one indication of its 
importance. It is the one indispensable implement upon 
which all cultivation depends. But there are plows and 
plows, and it is all important to the farmer that he should 
have one that will do the most thorough work with the 
least outlay of power, and that it should be as light as 
is consistent with strength. In selecting a plow to offer 
as a most acceptable premium, with the above points in 
mind, the “ Remington Carbon Clipper” was found to 
meet these requirements in a most satisfactory manner. 
The material of which the plow is made, “ Carbon 
metal,” is of peculiarly fine texture, remarkably tough, 
and takes a polish almost equal to steel. The plow is 
furnished with a new jointer, which has given much sat¬ 
isfaction wherever it has been used. We give it for 1 5 
subscribers at $1.50 each; OR, will supply it for the 
price. Receiver to pay freight. 
No. 89.—Whitman’s Fountain Pump. 
—Price $8.50.—By means of this pump, an incalculable 
number of trees, vines and plants are saved from drouth, 
insects, etc., and houses and barns from destruction by 
fire. It is an indispensable article for farm and garden use, 
and is so light (weighing less than four pounds) that it 
can be carried along with the greatest facility, and even 
a child can use it. It is made of brass, very handsomely 
finished, and has a sprinkler and a rubber hose attached. 
Wo will present the Fountain Pump for 1 4 subscrip¬ 
tions at $1.50 each; OR, supply it for the price. 
Receiver to pay freight. 
No. 90.—Excelsior Lawn Slower.—Price 
$15.00.—A Lawn Mower does its work so much more easi¬ 
ly, neatly and evenly than a scythe or grass hook, that it 
pays to use one, even when the lawn is restricted to the 
area of the front yard. Upon a large lawn a mower is in¬ 
dispensable; where the mowing is by hand it will readily 
be done with the frequency required for the proper growth 
of the grass. In selecting the “Excelsior” for a premium, 
we are aware that there are other and excellent styles, but 
having had this in constant use for many years, we know 
it to be a most satisfactory mower. It runs with ease, 
clears itself readily and makes very little noise. So sim¬ 
ple is its mechanism, that we have not been obliged 
to make any repairs. It will be Presented to any one 
sending us 15 subscribers at $1.50 each ; OR, supplied 
for the price. Receiver to pay freight. 
No. 91.—Clark’s Screw-Drivers.— Price 
$1.50.—There are in a neat wooden box, four drivers, or 
blades, from a quarter of an inch to gin inchin breadth, 
and of proportionate thickness, of the best cast-steel. 
These blades are quickly fitted to a general handle which 
accompanies them, or they may be used in an ordinary 
bit-brace. It is very important that the screw driver be 
suited to the size of the screw to be driven. If the driver 
is too large or too small the work is made difficult. With 
this set a blade of the proper size can be selected, and 
adjusted to the handle at once. The need of a screw¬ 
driver of the proper size is soon manifested where 
there are many screws to be driven. Presented, 
for 2 subscribers at $1.50 each; OR, sent on receipt 
of price. Carriage prepaid. 
Nos. 92 and 93.—The Shipman Engine. 
—Price $50 and $75.—The Shipman Engine is really 
a small steam engine, provided with safety valve and 
such other automatic appliances for regulating it as 
are used upon large engines. The fuel is kerosene, and 
is used in such a manner as to give a powerful blast. 
The engine is made in two forms, the smaller being from 
one-eighth to one-third horse power; the larger from 
one to one and a half horse power. The larger engine is 
capable of running a fanning mill, fodder cutter, and va¬ 
rious other farm machines; while the smaller is suited to 
scroll saws, sewing machines, and a variety of other do¬ 
mestic uses. Of course, the larger machine is suited to 
a greater variety of work. One of the smallest engines, 
No. 92, will be Presented to any person sending us 
50 subscribers at $1.50 each; OR, No. 93 for 75 sub¬ 
scribers at $1.50 each; OR, either will be supplied for 
the price. Receiver to pay freight. Further particulars 
furnished if you desire. 
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