coats
ly,
No
what
and
find
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the
AGRICULTURAL.
SCIENCE APPLIED TO FARMING.
Science, as that term is generally ap
plied, has not effected for agriculture
what farmers have been led to expect;
and in stating wherein it has failed, we
claim that we confer a greater benefit on
agriculturists than we could by urging
upon them the theories advanced by
those who claim that the failure of far
mers to grow large, profitable crops
every season is owing to their neglect to
follow the rules laid down by agricultur
al chemists. We claim that no man
exists who can give a formula of com
mercial fertilizers for the different crops
grown with certain and unchangeable
results in different localitities—that the
best formulas for fertilizers that can be
given are liable to fail as profitable in
vestments in perhaps half the cases
where applied. I'rofessor Atwater, in
an article in the Agriculturist, gives the
result of the application "to one plot a
complete fertilizer, to another the same
with the omission of nitrogen, while
from a third phosphoric acid, and from
a fourth potash was omitted, and so on,
the last of the plots, seven in number,
being left unmanured,
er may understand this case more fully,
we will add that the "complete fertil
izer" was that known a Prof. Villers',
which is extensively sold. It is said to
be adapted to all crops, and is composed
of the following:
Superphosphate.
Sulphate of potash.
Sulphate of ammonia.
Sulphate ofliiue (plaster)....
This composed the "complete fertil
izer," as applied to plot No. 1. Here
are the general results with a crop of
oats :
1—Complete Fertilizer.
•2—Without nitrogen.
:5—Without phosphoric acid,
4—Without pota-h.
r,—without sulnhate of lime
»5— Sulphate of ammonia.
7—No manure.
In plot No. 2, "without nitrogen,"
means that the sulphate of ammonia
was left out. In No. 3, "without phos
phoric acid," meaus that the bone in the
superphosphate was omitted. Now,
note the singular results. When some
of these chemical fertilizers were omit
ted the crop was largely inn-eased; and
the plot, that {contained "no manure"
was larger than on plot 2, witli nitrogen
only omitted. In regard to these re
sults, Prof Atwater says: "Soilsvaryin
their needs of plant-food, and if we are
going to buy fertilizers to put on them,
we should select the ones that furnish
the needed materials rather than to pay
our money for ingredients that are not
needed. Phosphates and bone manures,
make up the larger part of the commer
cial manures in ordinary uso,and they fur
nish varying, but generally small quanti
ties of nitrogen, and little or no potash.
Their most importantingredientisphos
phoric acid: they all contain lime, of
which in the superphosphates, a consid
erable is in the form of sulphate. In a
vast number of cases they are just what
is wanted. But in the one described,
the phosphoric acid and sulphate of lime
did very little good. It certainly would
have been poor economy to buy phos
phates and bone manures for the land
and crops experimented on. Peruvian
guano which is rich in nitrogen, and
furnishes a little potash, would have
been better, but a large part of its value
Is in phosphoric acid, which was not
wanted, at least not for present use. Of
course, after long cropping, the condi
tions might be changed. But most of
us can not afford to store up large ex
cess of costly material in our soils, to be
drawn upon, perhaps, a decade ora gen
eration hence, and perhaps, never. We
want our investments to bring tlie best
return in the quickest time, and we
ought to try to apply such fertilizers as
will do this, and at the same time bring
tlie plant-food in the soil into equilib
rium with the needs of our crops."
The Professor lias a correct view of tlie
case, as lie admits that farmers must
themselves ascertain by experiments what
their soils need. But then comes in the
difficulty that every field, according to
its cropping, is different in its require
ments; one field may lack potash, an
other nitrogen, and a third phosphoric
acid only ; while a fourth may need
tliem all.
rich,
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1,865
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1.681
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TnE Economy of Farmers.— Prob
ably no class of people are compelled to
be more economical than farmers: but
in the end they enjoy life quite aB well
as any other class of citizens. A mer
chant may dress better than a farmer ;
but could we read tlie anxieties of his
mind—how he is to support his family
in style—how he is to pay his notes at
the bank—how he is to collect doubtful
debts, and many other things. We should
decide that the farmer, with his new
suit of clothes once in three years, and
liis plain style of living takes more real
enjoyment, of life than the merchant or
professional man does. But farmers
should live within their incomes how
ever small they may be. It is not so
much in saving as in taking care of what
you have that most affects your incomes,
just think of the reckless folly of leaving
a farm wagon out exposed to tlie sun
and rain, winter and summer, as some
farmers do ! It does seem that such
farmers are partially demented. Not
only wagons, but ail kinds of farm im
plements are left out by many farmers
to be ruined by sun and rain. It is the
most important branch of economy to
keep implements well painted, and under
cover when not in use. A rich farmer
may be able to afford to be careless in
Lliia respect, but not tlie farmer of mod
erate means. Nor can farmers afford to
use the old style, cumbrous farm tools
that do poor work, and require much
more time to do their work than the
improved implements do ; and here also
is economy in buying the best imple
ments that exist, because "time is mon
ey," to say nothing of the superior man
ner in which the best implements do
their work, by wtiicb crops are increased.
But in all of your efforts to economize,
don't neglect to give your children a
good common education, at least; as it
tle
let
put
let
of
a
in
coats but a trifle to send them to the
district schools now everywhere estab
lished; and see that they attend regular
ly, and that they learn their lessons.
No farmer living can afford to rear a
family of children without a fair school
education. But one of the best aids in
giving children a general knowledge of
what exists in the world, and what is
transpiring therein are the newspapers,
and magazines of the day ; and you will
find it economy that pays well to sub
scribe for them liberally, as no farmer
exists who has ever repented of laying
before his children a generous supply of
the best current news and literature of
the times.
to
of
the
re
are
Cabbage.— Cabbage plants require a
rich, moist soil ; and the application of
manure in large quantities pays well.
The Flat Dutch variety is the most gen
erally grown for winter use, the plants
to be set from the 20th of Juno to the
middle of July, according to theclimale.
Market gardeners usually grow cabbages
as a second crop where they have grown
peas the same season. Set in rows three
feet apart in the rows. Two feet and a
half apart eacti way innyTio very well;
but it is not easy to run a cultivator
between them, at that distance, when
the cabbages are half or more grown.
Farmers who reside within ten miles of
a large town can make the growing of
cabbages profitable, as 10,000 beads can
be grown on an acre of land, worth
usually $600. There are some drawbacks
to success, as not beading well, worms,
and the club-foot. Lime applied to tlie
soil arouud tlie plants is beneficial in
preventing the club-foot, and worms
may be destroyed by examining the
plants every morning, and if gnawed
leaves are seen, the worms to the plants
gnawed may be found just below the
surface of the soil near the stems of the
plants. Cabbages are also profitable to
grow to feed to cows iu tlie fall till cold
weather sets in; at least sneli as are
loose and not well headed. The Agri
cultural Chemist says: "The cabbage is
a potash plant; of this element a tun of
heads would remove 12 lbs., and of phos
phoric acid but 4 lbs. As the average
crop in England is 22 tons, and as this
would not be an excessively large crop
in America, we may calculate that such
a crop would remove 264 His. of potash
and 88 lbs. of phosphoric acid, which
would be supplied in about 528 lbs. of
muriate of potash of liigli grade, and
about 100 lbs. of an average superphos
phate."
178
268
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70
than
with
skill,
and
with
No
even
barrel, would be $40,000.
Buckwheat. —No farmer can make
a mistake in sowing a few acres of buck
wheat early in July—half a bushel of
seed to tlie acre. Sow broadcast, and
harrow as for oats and other grain. If
you havea piece of ground infested with
thistles or troublesome weeds, sow buck
wheat on it, and a little thicker than
usual, and the noxious weeds will be
smothered,
;
or
so
im
the
to
in
to
the
also
do
a
it
Money in Sweet (John.—A n Ohio
farmer "grows over 600 acres of this
crop annually. The drying house em
ploys over 50 persons. The fresh ears
are steamed five minutes to 'set the milk,'
the grain is then cut off rapidly with
cutters having concave faces ; then
spread on perforated zinc-tables, and
heat applied four or five hours from
long furnaces, stirring constantly ; then
packed in barrels of three bushels cacli
for shipment. Great care is required to
have the corn just at the right age, and
to have it dried just enough to keep well.
Four bushels of corn on the cob make
Cor.
one bushel dried—the wholesale prite of
which is $20 to $22 per barrel. At 60
bushels of corn per acre 500 acres would
yield 25,000 bushels and give over 2,000
barrels of dried corn, which, at $20 per
the
Its
for
and
Manuks for Turnips.— Of all com
mercial fertilizers superphosphate is the
best for turnips. That which is dis
solved in oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid) is
best. Indeed, all superphosphate is thus
dissolved, if not, it is merely phosphate
of hone meal. Tlie dissolved article acts
upon vegetation immediately, while the
crude bone meal will remaih in the
ground several years before its virtues
are exhausted. Nitrogenous fertilizers,
as guauo, sulphate of ammonia, and ni
trate of soda are not of much benefit to
root crops.
82
W.
Lime for Slugs.—P ear trees may
now be expected to be infested with
slugs, which may be destroyed by sprink
ling the trees with flue slacked lime.
Put it in a bag made of coarse, open
material, tie it to a pole, and shake the
bag over the leaves of the trees when
the dew is on them, or immediately after
a rain.
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
Kaspbekby Vineoab.— Mash a quin t
of raspberries witli a spoon in a china
bowl : pour over it a pint of vinegar of
the nicest quality ; let it stand three days,
and stir it frequently. Pass it through
a flannel bag, but do not press or squeeze
it in the least. Putapoundof loaf sugar
to a pint of juice, boil it ten minutes,
skim well, add a glass of brandy when
cold, and then bottle and seal it.
Brandy Peaches.— Wipe off the
down of the skin with a flannel cloth,
f iriek tlie fruit with a needle, put them
n cold water, and scald till quite tender,
but not broken. ITse half a pound of
sugar to a pound of peach ; clarify tho
syrup as before directed, and, when
warm, add nearly the same measure of
white brandy. Put the peaches in jars,
and pour on tlie syrup. The cling stones
are best for this purpose.
Tomato Frog.—Scald the tomatoes
and remove the skins. Allow half a
pound of sugar to a pound of fruit, and {
tmil together until the sugar penetrates !
the tomato. Then take out tlie tomato, j
spread it in thin pieces on dishes, make
them quite flat, and dry them in a mod
erate stove oven. Roll them in sugar,
occasionally, while drying. Pack them
in boxes on white paper sprinkled with
tmwdered sugar. Boil the syrup till
quite thick, and flavor with lemon and
ginger ; keep it for future use. These are
better made now, by tlie use of tlie Mod
ernjfruit drying Machines.
Pine-apple Preserve.—H ave tlie
piue-apples ns ripe as you can kct them :
pare, and cut them into thin slices:
weigh them, and allow one pound of
double-reQned suptar to each pound of
fruit. Take a porcelain preserving-ket
tle and in itpntalavcrof fruit and sugar
alternately, putting sugar on the top ;
let it stand over night. In the morning,
take out the fruit and boil the syrup
until it is clear ; whilst it is boiling hot,
pour it over the fruit and let it stand
uncovered until perfectly cold. Then
put it into glass jars or tumblers, and
cover by pasting paper over the top.
Hard Soar.—T ake 6 lbs. of sal soda
and 3 lbs. of unslacked lime; put them
into an iron or stone vessel, turn over
them four gallons of boiling water, and
let it stand over night. In the morning,
drain off the water, and boil it with 0 lbs.
of tallow. When the water is drained
off, turn another gallon of water on the
undissolved lime and sal soda; stir it up
and allow it to settle. If the soap does
not make after boiling a short time, try
a little in a saucer, putting in a little of
the water off the lime; if the soap needs
the water, put it in. After it boils up
thick, turn it oat in one or two wash
tubs, pans, or anything you prefer. Just
before it gets cool enough to break, stir
in 2 oz. of oil of sassafras; let it stand
over night, and next morning cut in
cakes and lay on boards to dry.
PhiLosorniES in Cooking.—A wri
ter in the American Ou tivator says :
The various processes of cooking often
détermina both the taste for food and its
ultimate beneficial effect on the system.
In the case of animal food, whatever
renders its fiber harder, makes the meat
less digestible ; the flesh of young ani
mals, or those that have never been over
worked, is easily distinguished from that
of older, tougher Cattle. Keeping tends
very much to improve the tenderness of
meat. Few animals are fit to be eaten
the day they are killed,and yet, for the
lack of a supply of ice and other conven
iences of trifling cost and trouble, im
uiensequantitiesof tough and unfit meat
are annually consumed in country places.
By the action of salt on lean meat,a con
siderable quantity of the natural juices
and flavor is extracted and absorbed,ren
dering the fiber harder, drier and more
indigestible. Occasionally salt meat is
agreeable, but as a regular article of
diet, it is objectionable, since the intro
duction of so much salt into the system
is prejudicial to health, lessens the relish
for food, induces cravings for fluids.pro
duces indigestion and skin disease. Fats
form an exception; they have no water
to lose, hence salt makes them uo hard
er. and in fact, fat pork is rendered
more digestible by salting and will digest
quicker than fresh pork, while beef, long
salted, requires two hours longer for di
gestion than roast fresh beef.
In boiling, beef loses .15 of its weight ;
roasted, .20; boiled mutton shrinks .10,
and roasted .24; fowl cooked by boiling
.13, and they show .25 loss by roast ing.
boil meat properly, it should he
ilunged at once into boiling water; if in
tended for soup,use cold water and grad
ually heat it. Boiled meat eaten with
out. the soup formed in boiling.loses part
of its nutrition. Broiling meat seals up
the pores through which the juices might
escape. Boast meat is mere digestilde
than boiled, because the coating on the
outside, produced by sudden contact
with great heat, retains the savory and
soluble elements. Frying is most objec
tionable, and unless handled with great
skill, it not only renders the meat harder
and more indigestible, but it imbues it
with boiling fat and destroys the flavor.
No meat diet is so economical as the
preparation of soups and stews, since
even shin-bones, broken up, have a nu
tritive value of one third that of beef in
carbon and one-sixth in nitrogen.
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carbon and one-sixth in nitrogen.
Hidgway House.
Cor. Market «V Del. Av«s, P1IILA., PA.
Pries Reduced to Specie Basis !
Tho nnderstngnod begs leave to state to his
many friends and patr
the rates of Boards ut tho "Il ht g way House."
Its convenient location to tlie Wharf and tho
Street Cars maire it a desirable stopping place
for all connected with tho product}, or other
business. It is well known for its good
excellent table, obliging ami attentive servant 9,
and no pains WlUthuspared to make it, as ttsuiU,
homelike and comfortable.'
TERMS.
Dinners. 50 cents cadi.
4-20-301
that lie lias reduced
R.
rooms,
82 per
W. Whitney, Hupt,
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' Sewing-Machine.
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WE CLAIM FOB THE IMPROVED
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WHITNEY
SEWING
MACHINES
Tlie following specific pointa of superiority:
1— Great simplicity in Construction.
2— Durability.
3— Exceedingly Light Runnhw,
4— Still Running. Noiseless ,
5— Performs <dl Varieties of Work.
6— Jieauty of Finish S- Workmanship.
1—Great Reduction in Price.
Machines sent on trial before payment Is en
quired: written guarantee U» keep machine» in
order for five years given with each machine.
Why Pay Old Prices.
For circulars and particulars.
Address, The Whitney Mt'ff Co.,
, N. J.
Pate
-1
The Right Way!
The Right Way!
The Right TFay!
To do business is to buy at wholesale of the
manufacturer or producer of the goods anil
pay the cash for them;
THEN YOU CAN SELL 1
THEN YOU CAN SELL !
THEN YOU CAN SELL 1
Hundreds Of Fancy Articles,
—besides—
Daily Papers,
a
{ j nK depart
!
j
tlie
:
At the lowest rates, LOWER THAN YOUR
NEIGHBORS, ami make a fair living nroflt ;
while consumers will obtain tiitm at. tho lowest
price that they
be sold.
This is Eammei'sley's Method!
«SETHIS IS IIAMMKRSLEY'S METHOD !*£$
»THIS IS HAMMER LEY'S METHOD!-f*
And it will be to your Interest to call and boo
him before purchasing anything in his line.
He sells all the
Drugs, Med ici neu, Perfumery, Wall
Paper. Stationery, Knives, and
Hardw
Goods,
-and
Paints, Oils, Glass, Picture, Frames, Periodi
cals, all the New York and Philadelphia
d a thousand other things in the liousekoop
cut.
PRESCRIPTIONS
• -I und
put up in his Store are by
•eful hand, and customers may rely upon
the best of everything, put up in the
nner and at very moderate and rea?
r\p- I
1.1 tf
ablo ru es.
HE CAN SUIT YOU !
HE CAN 8UIT YOU !
HE CAN SLIT YOU !
CALL UPON HIM !
CALL UPON HIM!
CALL UPON HIM !
AT THE OLD STAND ON WALNUT STREET
NORTH MILFORD
-«Qmm riYl_ ^ 1%T i i i TT r n , , 1Q^
Aq / g -1, lift JAI 0 W JL GUF» iOl * •
^ " * * *
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
AT THE
MILFORD DRY GOODS EMPORIUM!
Where you now Imre an opportunity to buy Goods at prices nover before known on this Penin
sula. I now have on hand a large supply of
Queensware,
Glassware,
Wood and
Willow-ware,
Dry Coods,
Notions,
Having purchased the above at the lowest Jobbing rates, I am offering the same to ray custom
aeooruingly as bargains. Special attention given to the selection of Ladles' Dress Goods,
consisting of
Cashmeres, Poplins, and Black and Brown Alpacas,
All of which you buy Lower than Phi la. or New York Price*. I also keep in stock a
line of
Elegant Delaines ranging in Price from I2i to I6ct's per yd.
comparing favorably with higher priced goods, and affording great satisfaction at tho prices.
Groceries,
Hardware,
era
A splendid selection of C AHH1 \1 EIITIH, suitable for Men and Boys, which avo
now cotna at mere nominal prices In acccortlanee with iho times; in fact, 1 am offering
my ENTIRE STOCK AT S UR1-RISINOI.Y LOW ITC.URE S. I
Yon will flntl mv placo of business located between Fonlk & DoLaraator's, Druzirists, and 8.
. Evans', Jeweler, South Milford. Returning thunks for past favors 1 woHld solicit a liberal
share of public patronage.
U
J. H. DEPUTY, Jr., South Milford, Del.
FRUIT GROWERS,
LOOK TO Y0ÜR INTERESTS!
AND
Buy the 'Williams Evaporator.
FIRST, Because of the quality of its products, which enhances their value.
SECOND, In quantity of products In proportion to cost of Evaporator.
THIRD, In cost of buildings required to operate them.
FOURTH, In case and economy ot operation.
FIFTH, In evenness and equality of evaporation inconsequence of equal distribution of
heated air through the flues.
SIXTH, In the rapidity of evaporation without danger of scorching or scalding the fruit.
represented, and as
As
The manufacturers of this Evaporator warrant it- in all respects
being inferior to nono, but superior to all other Evaporators
It has been used on this Peninsula for tlie yours of 1375 and 187(1, ami has given universal
satisfaction, both as regards its working capacity, ami tlie quality of the fruit evaporated. And
in view of an abundant crop of pouches, and low prices tho coming season, lor green fruit, wo
call tlie attention of fruit growers to tlie paying and increasing demand for fruit preserved in
this wav as superior to any other process, and would respectfully invite their attent ion to
this machine before purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
For circulars or information call on or address.
• in
S. E. & J. M. SPROUT, Manufacturers,
MUNCY, PA.
Or 1VM. U. P HIM.I PS, Agent,
MILFORD DEL.
EVERYBODY CAN BUY
A PIANO OR ORGAN
Of GOULD & FISCHER, 1210 Chestnut St.
to
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED TO
OUR NEW INSTALMENT PLAN.
MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS.
Renting with pvlvllego of purchase, any Organ of which the priée in our Catalogue is over
$125 and under $500. Thareat per quart .er is ten per cent, of the price of the organ, payable quar
terly in advance in advance. Thus if tho price or the organ be $200, the rent is $20 quarterly; if
it be $300, tlie vent is$30 quarterly.
One may at any Urne purchase tho organ, in which case they will bo allowed alt rent which
has been paid, and a deduction from its price at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum on pay
ments anticipated.
Gould cfc Fisolier,
1210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
We sell our PIANOS on the same plan as we do the MASON A II AMLIN ORGAN.
Steck, Decker Bros., Bradbury, Haines Bros.,
and other PIANOS.
In addition to the above Elegant Instruments we bave also a stock of Low-Priced PIANOS
AND ORGANS.
Orders by Mail promptly attended to, and Instruments selected personally by Mr. WM. G.
FISCHER.
GrOULD cft? FISCHER.
1210 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
4-13-12
Organ8 $56 upwards.
Pianos from $200 upwards.
WM T. HOPKINS,
133
1115
1115 Chestnut Street and 133 North Eighth Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
CORSETS!!!
CORSETS!!
CORSETS !
40,000 PAIRS OF CORSETS
EVERY DESIRABLE QUALITY AND PRICE, FROM 50c. TO $10 PER PAIR.
ALL GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICES.
R. WERLY'S Double Bone Corsets, at $2.19, $2.25 and $2.50. Reduced from $3.00 and $3.25.
FRENCH WOVEN CORSETS, from 68c. to $5.40.
HAND MADE CORSETS, from 50c. to $10.00.
TllO EPSON'S GLOVE FITTING CORSETS, at, 85c., $1 08, $1.25. $2.25. $3.00 and $4.00.
GLOVE-FITTING VENTILATING CORSETS for summer, at greatly reduced prices.
THE "COOLEY" CORK CORSET, at$1 and upwards. A ,
MRS. MOODY'S Patent Self Adjusting Abdominal Corsets, all qualities, at prices just reduced,
at $2.38, *3.25 and $1.75. Beware of lower-priced and greatly inferior goods being sold as the
be»t Moody Corset. Nursing Corsets at $1.85 and $2.38.
MAD. FOY'S Corset Skirt-Supporters much below form, r prices. $1 and upwards.
DR. WARNER'S Health Corsets, quality greatly improved and prices reduced to $1.35 and $1.60.
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S CORSETS ami Waists, at very low prices, from 50c. to $1.25.
FRENCH HAND-MADE Coutilla Corsets, from $I.6C to $5.00; ull greatly reduced in prices.
CultS c/T CLASPS at 5c., 8c., 10c . 13c., 20c., 25c., 30c. and 45o. per pair. LADIES' FORMS
25c.. 80c,. 35c., 40o., 45o., 50e., &c.
WE HAVE EIGHT stvles of $1 Corsets, Including'Woven and Hand-Made, tho best Corsets at
the prices EVER SHOWN In the AMERICAN MARKET.
UNDERGAUM ENTS, LADIES' und CHILDREN'S MUSLIN SKIRTS,Night Drcsscs.Chemises,
et-s, Toilet Sacques, Corset Covers, Aprons, &o.. all greatly reduced in prices. Our Under
ent** are unequalled in quality, variety or cheapness by any ot iter establishment in Phila.,
ami speoiul discounts of 5 ana 10 per cent, for cash Call and see them.
IIOOP SKIRTS AND NEW TRAIL BUSTLES.—We call especial attention to
of "Champion" Combination, Princess, ami all other desirable styles of Hoop Skirts, from 45c.
to $2.00. Our own make and Eastern makes. Also to our complete lines of Punier Bustles, in
every desirable style,from 25c. to $1.25; qualities improved and prices greatly reduced.
We are at all times prepared to show complete assretments ot the above specialties, from the
finest to the lowest grades, at PRICES that will ALWAYS he found us LOW or LOWER Ilian any
others. Purchasers can save time and money by examining our goods before purchasing else
where. Orders by mail receive prompt attention. Terms Cash and One Price only at each
Store. Wholesale und Retail.
1115 Chestnut and 133 North Eighth Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
wm. T. Hoplxins.
at 20c.,
Draw
gar
jw styles
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188
13.1S
BOSTON ONE-PRICE
— 1877 .—
Save Money.
In those hard times it is necessary for every
one to buy where they can get goods the cheap
est, -und that place is tho store oi
at
G. P. MINORS
IN SOUTH MILFORD.
I have reduced prices so low that they will
defy competition ami an examination will con
vince any one of that fact. I have a
Large Stock of Spring Goods
Large and Varied Assortment
—OF—
Women's and Children's Shoes, Men's
and Boy's Boots and Shoes,
-AND—
Dress Goods !
CASS1MERES, CLOTHS,
NOTIONS, HATS AND CAPS,
GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, &C.
call and convince yourselves
Give me
of tho truth of my assertions.
ALL KINDS OF
Country Produce Taken in
Exchange for Coods
til highest prices guaranteed.
N T3 A largo and elegant 1 y finished
# J3•"""Office over Store for Rent, suit
• Tailor Shop, or Business
G. r. MINORS.
oil either for a Shoe
Ofllco. Rent very low.
l-n4m
Zell's Encyclopedia.
NEW REVISED EDITION.
AGENTS WANTED.
150.000 articles, *.000 engravings, aud 1H
splendid maps. Tho BEST BOOK or universal
knowledge in the language. Now in coarse of
publication. SPECIMEN with Map sent for 20
rents.
The Work received Three Awards; ( ru
le nirial 1870, Vienna 1878 and
Chile 1875.
T. ELL WOOD ZELL, DAVIS & 10.,
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PHILADELPHIA.
BOSTON ONE-PRICE
Boot & Shoe House,
HENRY PIKE, Prop'r f
NO. 209 MARKET ST.,
Wilmington, Del.
i-i-.y
SHIP TIMBER,
Keels, Uuecs. Beam», Flitch, Plunk.,die
The undersigned will furnish anv
WHITE OAK SHIP TIMBER
at the lowest market rates.
Orders Solicited
from ship builders and contractors.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS ,
Milford, Del.
Feb. 13, 1877. [tf]
TO THE LADIES.
Great Bargains*!
Best Goods
Trimmings, Furs, Notions of all kind9, and
Ladies' goods generally. Everything the ladles
require. The best lmts and bonnets mAde and
trim mod in the latest style.
Mrs. Jane Dempster,
Walnut St., NORTH MILFORD, DEL
Milford and Philadelphia Freight Line I
The Schooner, "THREE SISTERS,*»
Capt. E. V. HENDR1XSON,
Will run regularly to Philadelphia. All kinds
of Freight will bo carried on reasonable terms.
Any orders left with Simpson A Staplefoid,
Pine St-Wharf, Philadelphia, or George Run
Delaware, will be promptly a
E. V HENDRIXSON, Minder
Milford, Del., March 1st, 1877.
sell, Miltord,
tended to.
Union Hotel,
Milford, Delaware.
J. C. CORBY, Proprietor.
House thoroughly repaired and neutly fur
nlslicd.
BAU
supplied with the best Foreign and Domestic
Liquors.
The TABLE
cnrcftilly catered for, and furnished with the
best the market affords.
Free tlack
to and from tho Depot to GucsU of tlie House.
*5T*attentive servants.
«-CHARGES REASONABLE
H Ifi
-THE—
lilford Basket Co.
IIAS A
Large Stock
B
Cl
-OF
Berry Baskets
By
'All
Over
style
and
-AND
GRATES
Manufactured ami on hand ready for the mar*
kct. Both Crates and Bask
eta ar
Made in the Beet Mannei-,
AND OF THE
BEST MATERIALS
I
And are not excelled by any in the market.
1-8 Quart Baskets lit 32-Quart Crates.
To insure a supply,
ORDER EARLY,
As our stock in hand is going oil' rapidly.
Address
Milford Basket Co.
MILFORD, DEL.
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April 2 0, 1877.
WE SELL
WE SEEL
WE SELL
WE SELL
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
NOTHING BUT CLOTHING.
WE GIVR
WE GIVE
WE GIVE
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
CLOTHING OUR WHOLE ATTENTION.
Our facilities arc such that
COMPETE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
COMPETE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
COMPETE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
COMPETE WITH ALL TIIE WORLD. .
COMPETE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
COMPETE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
COMPETE WITH ALL THE WORLD.
The great success of our House has been owing
to tho
if,
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a
can
UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION
UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION
UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION
Our goods have given in style and make and
to the remarkably
LOW PRICES.
LOYV PRICES.
LOW PRICES.
A. C. YATES & CO.,
A. C. YATES & CO.,
A. C. YATES & CO.,
A. C. YATES & CO.,
Ledger Building, Chestnut St., Cor. Cth.,
Ledger Building, Chestnut St., Cor. 6th.,
Ledger Building, Chestnut St., Cor. 6th.,
3.303-m
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Foulk » & DeLamater,
DEALERS IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
at
in
the
HARDWARE,
Books, Stationery, Paints, Oils,
Notions,
Agricultural Implements,
Mechanics' Tools and Builders' Hardware,
Guns, Pistols and Ammunition, Musical Instru
ments, Hubs, Spokes. Felloes, Rope, Cords,
Twines, Chains, Wire, Grind Stones and fix
tures, Sad Irons, Horse und Mule Shoes, Oil
Cloth, Lamps and fixtures, &c.
SPECIALTIES:
great vari
ety, tresli and new, from the best growers ;
EARLY ROSE POTATOES from Ver
mont, CLOVER »BED, TIMOTHY,
and other FIELD SEEDS, and
ONION SETS,
GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS
Ijjal! |aj)er, |jindom
»toute»
In beautiful patterns,
Picture Frames and Window Cornishes made
any size to order; Chromos, Paintings and En
ë ravings cheap; Singing Birds and Cages. Poc
et Knives and Table Cutlery In great variety;
Pruning Shears, Fancy Note Paper in Boxes,
Accordéons, Violins and Strings, Carriage and
Table Oil Cloth, Vases, Cabas, &e., Horse and
Cattle Medicines, all the mo9t approved Patent
Medicines of tho day and, more especially,
Prescriptions
ofthe best and purest medicines put up at all
times with care. Orders by mail promptly at
tended to and satisfaction guaranteed.
Everything New, Pure anti as Cheap a*
3-22 ran be found anywhere.
to
Kent Count)Mutual Insurance Co,,
I
DOVER, DELAWARE.
Incorporated 1847.
Deposit Notes,
HELD TO MEET LOSSES,
1
1
1
1
8
5
$402,558.72.
Contingent Fund,
( Including Company's Building, )
»78,850.-10.
Animal Payments Greatly Reduced by the
Contingent Fand.
Prompt Payment of Losses.
Absolute Security Offered to the Insur
ing Public Against Loss by Fire.
DIRECTORS:
Gkouue W. Cummins, President.
Dr. Henry Ridgcly,
•lames L. Ilevorin,
Wni. T. Tschudy,
John H. Hoffecker,
George H. Money, John W. Causey,
Jacob Williams,Seaford. Ex-Gov. Jas. Ponder.
Wm. Denney, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.
Parties desirous of insuring in this Company
will call upon or address tlie following agents:
George B. Money, Delaware City.
Jesse 8. Huffington, Smyrna.
Alex. Jackson, Camden.
John R
•Jacob Y. Foulk, Milford.
J. B. R. Powell, Farmington.
Lemuel W. Waples, Luwes.
George Moore, Felton,
c. A. Rawlins, Bridge ville.
Gov. James Ponder, Milton,
John W. Wooten. Laurel.
11. W. Baker, Sealord.
II. T. Downing, Georgetown.
John S. Jester, General Agent, Dover.
All business Communications should be ad
dressed to
, Frederica.
WM. DENNEY, Jr., Sec'y,
DOVER, DEL.
M
GEO. 8. GRIER, Milford, T>ei
Founder, Machinist and Millwright,
STEAM ENGINE , GRIST AND SAW MILL
AND GENERAL MACHINE WORK ,
And Costings of very kind, large or small.8-S
AUTOMATIC
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EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT!
FRUIT! FRUIT! FRUIT!
Hold the Fruit" for Hie Boy's
Invention of 1877.
Cl
By which Fruit Farms are made valuable.
'All machinery discarded, no complication.
Cheap, and of any capacity required.
FIRE-PROOF! FIRE-PROOF! FIRE-PROOF!
Over $100,000 lost, annually -by fire, using t he old
style wooden Driers. Nothing but sieves!
and tho Hot Air Governor. No Paten tsforsale.
All our Heaters may he used after the Fruit
Reason is over, for heating houses, &c\, during
winter :
; I
o
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n
i
IRirsSai
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Li
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L
, Trays, as mey appear In cpurniion ; II. Au
tomatic Hot Air Governor or Circulator; €,
Standard Furnace: I» K, Crane for raising
nil or any number of Trays over the Heater,
desired.
The Only Evaporator using a Hot-Air
Governor without ich ich the Fruit
Governor , without ich ich the Fruit
cannot be dried UNIFORML Y.
S25 for a Farm Evaporator,
Only $25.
They will work on any stove, on any stove.
Warranted in every case to give satisfaction.
They pay their cost in 30 days drying of any
kind of fruit.
No connection with any other Fruit Evapor
ator.
Manufactured only by this Company.
In presenting the boy's Automatic Kvapoii
atoh wc have only to sav in describing it that
if, consists sirupiy of a series ol' Patent
Sieves, so constructed ns to form a perfect com
bination of Trays und Dry House, in
our Automatic Hot Am Governou beneath
tho lower Sieve, which distributes the hot air
currents perfectly in alt parts of the Evaporator,
Always working automatically by the uction of
tho heated air, rising from the furnace. The
only invention of the kind on Earth.
No more "gluts" in markets, or catting down
trees because they don't pay. Every basket ot
peaches may now lie liarvestod at a fair profit,
w hielt are usually lost for want of means to
preserve them (dried), cheap and rapidly
enough to control the markets < lining tho
Pencil season. , „
It is a well-known fact that every pound of
nicely Evaporated Pouches can be sold every
year, and if cheap, practical Evaporators of
targe capacity could lie liuil at tlie proper
time, every peach farm could be made to pay
a good income to the owners.
A boy, 18 years old, has recently invented ami
obtained Letters Patent for tills new principle
in Evaporators, doing away with ALL costly
machinery at one blow, and making a com
plete Evaporator, overcoming all tlte difficulty
of uneven drying, costly buildings, and want
of capacity, so common in all other machines.
This Evaporator works automatically, giving
•feet even circulation ot the boated air in
put ts of the Evaporator. THE ONLY HOT
It GOVERNOU IN EXISTENCE.
Sold only by our authorized Agents.
Down with high prices, slow, expensive and
uneven Drying Muohincs.
Our three foot *quurc Evaporator may
seen at all times at the Stove Store of Willi
Gray & Company, Milford, Del.
OU It PRICES
Hereafter will lie $3 per basket, per day (24
hours), for all sizes of Evaporators; (peeled
pouches) counting full guaranteed capacity of
Evaporator for one day—thus 100 basket ma
chine, $300. This reduces the prices of our large
Evaporators. Every Evaporator guuruntccd
to give satisfaction in all respects.
INCLUDING STANDARD HEATER.
, with
s.r
AI
be
AUTOMATIC FRUIT EVAPORATOR
COMPANY Limited,
112 North Sixth St., riiilml ol pliia.
D. N. VAN7AN DT, Gen. Agt. Lower Peninsula,
CATP. D. S. THOMPSON, ) Local Agents,
B. TAYLOR, \ Milford.
Del.
B. TAYLOR, Milford.
Del.
THE THOMAS'
Patent Smoothing Harrow
B
This Harrow is acknowledged to bo tho best
iln all
*verInvented. It is
In
rake harr
the best fanning sections ot tlie country and is
entirely displacing all others.
it floe« its work on the dr
runs lighter, never clogs ( in
'll stalks may he
-cut principle,
utter how much
the land ) and
ic in every respect than any
grass or
better
other.
It is strongly constructed; frame of white oak
«I teeth of warranted solid cast steel, und will
with care last many years. It is especially
rcccominemlcd for harrowing in grass seed
and to run over Wheat, Oats ami Rye, when
ever a hard crust forms, thereby increaslngtho
yield of bo;h grain ami straw. It is the best
machine in the, world for lmr-owing
til it is a foot high, breaking tlie ground deep
without covering or injuring the young plant.-.
Tito undersigned has taken the agency for
this vicinity cTitefly with the view ol introduc
ing such a valuable implement and will bo
glaiLto show it to all comers. Parties wishing
to see tlie harrow work can do so by calling ut
ot the undersigned.
I lit' I'.i I
GEORGE HOFF, Ae;ent,
LINCOLN. DEL.
2-23t-jan
SECOND GRAND DRAWING
Kentucky Cash Distribution Co.,
Louisville, Ky., June 80,1877,
$310,000 CASH IN GIFTS.
;FABUE23 b 2E0V2E3 BAITS. Louisville, Hv.* Trois.
THE KENTUCKY CASH DI8TIBUTION CO.
authorized l)y a Special Act of the Legislature
for the benefit of the Pnniio Schools Frankfort
will have the second of the series of Grand
Drawings in the city of Louisville, Ky.. Satur
day, June 30th, 1877., at Publie Library Hall.
A Scheme Commehscuate with
$60,000 for Only Ten.
49'Read the list of Gilts.
1 Grand Cash Gift,
1 Grand Cosh Gift,
1 Grand Cash Gift
1 Grand Cash Gift
8 Grand Cash Gifts, $5.000 each,
5 Grand Cash Gilts, $2,<M)0 each,
20 Cash Gifts, $1,000 each
40 Cash oifts, $50J each,
100 Cash Gifts, $200 each,
300 Cash Gltts, $100each,
500 Cash Girts, $50 each,
6000 Cash Gifts, $10 each,
Times !
(l 10,000
25.000
15.000
10.000
15.000
10.000
20,000
20,000
20,000
30,000
25.00C
00,000
6972 Cash Gifts amounting to
Whole Tickets $10, Halves, $5,
$310,000
Quarters, $2.50
11 Tickets $100,83*4 Tickets $300,5 d' Tickets $500
Drawing positively JUN K 30, 18?7, and every
three months thereafter.
The present management emphatically notify
the public that there untlbeno postponement of this
drawing, as is usual in such enterprises, but that
it will positively and unequivocally take place
the date named.
This . the /Second Drawing, will be conducted
like the first, to the fairness of which the following
named gentlemen have testijled:
Hon. Alvin Duvall,late Chief Justice Supreme
Court of Kv.; James G. Dudley. Chairman,
Board of School Trustees; Grant Green, Cash
ier Fanners'Bank of Ky.; Hon. S. I. M. Major,
Public Printer State ofKy.; Hon. Thomas N.
Lindsay, Président Farmers' Bank of Ky.sllon.
Thomas C Jones, Clerk of Supreme Court of
Ky.; Judge U. A. Thompson. Presiding Judge
Franklin Co. Court; James G. Crockett, Clerk
Franklin County Court.
Remittances can be made by Mail, Express,
Draft, P. O. Order or Registered Letter, made
payable to G. W. Barrow A Co.
All communications and
orders for tickets
should he addressed to
U. W. HARROW A-CO*, Gen. Managers.
Courier Journal Building, Louisville, Ky.
Or TliOS. H. HAYS, & CO.. Gen. Agents.
Send for Circular. «97 Broadway, Ne w York