1872 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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While the claims of the various 
orgao-niultcrs are so persistently 
urged, the purchaser has one sure 
resource: he can hear and judge 
for himself. 
IT IS EASY TO INQUIRE 
and to be satisfied of the merits of the 
AMERICAN ORGAN, 
as it is sold by first-class dealers in all the 
principal cities and towns. 
Ask for the 
AMERICAN ORGAN 
before you decide, and do not trust to the 
specious commendations of cheaper and in¬ 
ferior instruments. 
, New and beautiful styles now ready. In¬ 
creased resources for manufacture. Constant 
improvement in tone and in effective mech¬ 
anism. 
Full descriptive catalogues with artistic 
engravings will be sent free to any address 
upon application. 
THE SMITH AMERICAN ORGAN CO., 
Tremont St., Boston, Mass. 
Yet Another Auction Sam of Double- 
thread Sewing-Machines. — The Willcox & Gibbs 
Sewing-Machine Company continue to receive large 
numbers of double-thread sewing-machines, including 
Singer's, Howe’s, Wheeler & Wilson’s, and all the other 
leading kinds, in part payment for their more popular 
machine, and have found it necessary to hold another 
Ruction sale. Purchasers of family sewing-machines 
should study this fact, and send f.,r the Willcox & Gibbs 
pamphlets, in which the causes of this wide-spread 
preference for the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing-Machiue are 
clearly explained. New York offices of the Company, 
65S Broadway, corner of Bond Street, New York. 
A Youth’s Publication.— For nearly half a century 
the Youth's Companion , of Boston, has been published.' 
It was started in 1827, and is to-day one of the brightest 
and most vigorous papers with which we are acquainted. 
OF THE HIGHEST GRADE 
carefully selected by our 
Western Agent. For sale at 
prices that will pay over 12 
per cent on the investment. 
Also, 10 PEP. CENT KANSAS AND NEBRASKA 
SCHOOL BONDS, below par. 
TIIOIS. 1’. ELLIS &> CO., 
Bankers, 11 Pine St., New York. 
THE WONDER,CAMERA 
THE GREATEST INVENTION, OF THE AGE 
WILL SHOW ANY' 0PAQUE OBJECT 
SEND STAMP FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR 
E-.I.HORSMAN 100 WILLIAM. ST. N.Y. 
-sole, agent for the united states 
YJTANTED— A. FARMER in every town 
V* as agent for the Collins Steel Plows. For terms, 
address COLLINS & CO., 212 Water St., New York. 
PAYSON’S INDELIBLE INK 
AND 
Briggs’s lH:t rk > n g-l’cn 
Combination. 
Reliable, simple, convenient Pen and Ink 
in Portable ('aw. Needs no preparation. 
Sample sent free lor ?ic. Traveling Canvas¬ 
sers wan red by 
F. H. STODDAliD & CO., G3 Fulton St., N. Y. 
il ftVini? Send for free Price-list. Jones 
xa. sm-W w Scale Works, Binghamton. N. Y. 
Herald of Heal 
FOR 1873. 
(Three Numbers of 1872 Free to New 
Subscribers.) 
READ WHAT IS SAID BY THE PRESS. 
The JY. F. Evening Post says: “We can always 
commend this journal without qualification.” 
“It contains,” says the Scientific American , 
“ more sensible articles than any other magaziue 
that comes to our sanctum.” 
A Splendid Chrome, 
Worth $10.00, 
Given free to every subscriber. It is an original picture of 
A Beautiful Girl, 
A Beautiful Girl, 
A Beautiful Girl, 
A Beautiful Girl, 
Beautiful in form and face, on a mission of love to the cot¬ 
tage of a poor family. She stands with her supplies of good 
things knocking at tho door, clad ill a handsome costume, 
with a face expressive of the highest qualities the heart pos¬ 
sesses, the perfect picture of health and beauty. This 
cliromo is handsomely colored 
IIV TEN COLORS, 
and will please and delight all who possess it. 
EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE. It 
will give daily pleasure, and be a constant lesson of good to 
every one who looks on It. 
Send your subscription for next year at once, and thus ob¬ 
tain the picture to exhibit to others when you are forming a 
club, and three numbers of 1872 free. 
A few of the tonics treated In 1873 will be 
1. EATING FOR STRENGTH. 
2. HEALTH LESSONS FOR THE 
YOUNG. 
3. REARING HEALTHY AND HAND¬ 
SOME CHILDREN. 
4. THE CONDUCT OF LIFE. 
5. WHOLESOME AND ORNAMENTAL 
DRESS. 
6. 500 SHORT STUDIES IN HYGIENE. 
7. 500 REST PRACTICAL RECEIPTS. 
Ir short, the Herald for one year contains matter enough 
to make eight or ten dolUr-and-a-half hooks, and yet it 
is sent with a picture worth $10 lor the small price of $2.00. 
The Herald for 1873 will be 
Ificfo and Royal 
With the very best matter from the best writers, and each 
number will be worth the full subscription price— 
^2.00 a Year 
(12 cants extra for postage on premium). 
We will send the Herald op Health, with its splendid 
Chromo, and any $i.50 magazine, or paper, with their pre¬ 
miums, post-paid, for $3.2.'). The Herald op Health and 
its Chromo, and any $4 magazine, for $3.12, or the Herald 
and Chromo, and New York Times or Tribune, for $3.30. 
Address 
WOOD St. HOLBROOK, 
15 Laight St., New York. 
Parturition (Child-birth) without Pain. 
DRESS NOTICES. 
The course recommended can not fail to be beneficial.— 
Beecher's Christian Union. 
A work whose excellence surpasses our power to com¬ 
mend.— Mete York Hail. 
The price, by mail. $1.00, or with the Herald of Health 
for one year, without a premium, $2.00. 
Herat. 1 ' op Health, with premium—and Parturition 
without Pain—sent to one address for $3.uu. 
WOOD & HOLBROOK, 
15 Laight St., New York. 
1823. JUBILEE! 1873. 
OF TIIE 
NEW YORK OBSERVER 
The Best Religions and Secular Family Newspaper, 
$3 a Year with the JUBILEE YEAR BOOK. 
Every one who lias taken the Observer will say that it 
is unsurpassed as a 
FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
It lias been a leader among the religious papers for fifty 
years, and it promises more and better for the years to 
come. Every subscriber will receive the 
JUBILEE YEAR BOOK, 
Containing portraits of Sidney E. and Richard C. Morse, and a 
reduced reprint fao-simile of the first number issued in 1823. 
A liberal commission allowed in books or cash for Reto 
Subscribers. 
SIDNEY E. MORSE & CO., 
37 Park Row, New York. 
SEND FOR A SAMPLE COPY. 
STEIKWAY 
Grand, Square & Upright Pianos, 
Fiietof the Grand Gold Medals of Hon , . 
"World’s Fair, Paris 1807—Lond-ti 1*302. 
The most Perfectly arranged aLd the Largest 
Piano Manufactory in the W. rid 
One Piano Every Working Hoar. 
Ten Pianos Every Day. 
Every Piano Warrantee for Five Years. 
Pricesaslow as the exclubive use of ,he best ma¬ 
terials and most tborongh werkmaneni. will perm.t. 
Old Pianos taken in exchange. 
Illustrated Catalogues, with Price List, mat¬ 
ed free on application. 
tSTJhlJN WAY & SONS' Warerooms, 
STEIWAY HALL, : 
B09 & 111 East 14th St., N. V. 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 
OUGANS 
AND 
IELODEONS. 
The Oldest, Largest, and Mo6t Perfect Manufactory in the 
United States. 
50,000 
Now in use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the same 
popularity. 
IY~ Send lor Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y., 
Or CHICAGO, ILL. 
“PRATT’S 
ASTRAL OIL 
Has now the established reputation of 
being in every respect the 
SAFEST AND MOST RELIABLE IL¬ 
LUMINATING OIL MADE. 
From Millions of Gallons sold, no acci¬ 
dents have ever occurred. 
OIL HOUSE OF CHAS. PRATT, 
108 Fulton Street, New York. 
ORIENT SAFETY LAMPS, 
Entirely of metal, arc the only 
lamps in use which can neither 
break, leak, nor explode. Are or¬ 
namental and cheap. Adapted to 
all household uses; also to stores, 
factories, churches, etc. 
Apnts Male $10 a Day 
Selling these Lamps. 
For an agency address 
WALLACE & SONS. 
89 Chambers St., New Yorlt. 
TVFfVNrTiy^ MADE RAPIDLY with Stencil and 
.7,, , K ey Check Outfits. Catalogues, samples, 
and full particulars FREE. S. M. Spexoer. Brattleboro.Vt. 
HEAD advertisement “A CURIOSITY,” on pace 468. 
