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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[January, 
Premium Circular of 
THE METHODIST s 
AN EIGHT-PAGE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. 
Religious tSs Xji-fcex-a.nry. 
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year. Twenty Cents must be added by Canada, subscribers 
to prepay postage. 
Office I 14 Nassau-st., Mew York. 
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for new subscribers for 186S, with the determination to make 
it the interest of all to engage in the work. As inducements 
to those who will engage in getting up clubs, they propose 
the following premiums: 
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