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The Reapers.
The reapers bend their lusty lvaclc%
Their soukding sickles sway ;
At every stroke the golden sea
Recedes to give them way.
The heavy ears fall bowing down
And n*tle at their feet ;
Such will, such work a- theirs, perforot,
Must win-must homage meet.
So careless of fatigue, they go
So true, o steadily,
The admiring traveler on the road
lyoans o’er the gate to see ;
With marvel of the soon-fallen breadtft,
The longing gossips tel!;
Hut the ie;iper labor for us all;
'Tis ntod they should work well.
Kr* the great sun that burns alKire
Shall crimson in the weat,
And the children’* poppy nosegay* fade,
A nd t hey lie down to rest,
E*cb gold.-n spear t at upward po.nts
bhail fail upon the field,
And ihe farmer drains m sparkling g ass.
Rejoicing o'er the yield.
Ply, lmnny men,your sickles bright,
And give the jx-ople bread !
At eve y corcjuering atride you take,
On want ami woe vou tread,
prop, heavy ears, and give the strength
You gathered from thi plain,
That man may iise refreshed and firm,
And do great thlsgs again.
(tod bias* the handa. all bard and brown,
Chat guide theeleaving plow,
That cast abroad the shining seed,
And build the wealthy mow ;
They rear the bread our children eat ;
Ti by their toil we live ;
llurrah! give them the loudest cheer
That grateful heart a can give?!
Chamber f Journal,
FARM NOTKM.
lo (oni Knl In Proportion to Weiftil T
At the St. Lawrence Dairymen’ll Axao
elation, Gen Curtis made the point in
favor of the Shorthorn cow, that alie wan
Mich a jierfect digester of food that ah
d/d noteat aa much in proportion to size
and yield of milk, hi the Ayrshire or
Jersey. Mr. Rutherford believed thin
opinion to lie quite a mistaken one, and
that the .leraey consumed leas food, pro
portionally to aize and yield of milk, than
( le liest milking Bhorthorns. Prof. Ar
nold was inclined to think fieri. Curtis
opinion was correct. In corroboration of
this latter opinion, Mr. K. W. Htewarl
related to experiments of his own. One
was with two Merino sheep, together
weighing 200 pounds fed in comparison
with a Cotswold sheep weighing little
over 200 pounds. These sheep were fed
in seperate jams, for thirty days, upon
hay and corn. The two Merinoes ate 6
pounds of bay and 2 quarts of corn par
day, while the Cotswold ate only \
pounds of hay aud 11 pints of corn, and
the Ootswold gained a fraction of a pound
the most, while eating 26 per cent. less.
He also tried a similiar experiment with
three small common cows, weighing 800
pounds each, and two large cows weigh
ing 1,200 pounds each; so that the
weight of each lot was equal. The ex*
poriment was made in winter, all the i*ows
Is'ing dry. They were all fed on mixed
clover and timothy lmy, cut five-eights
of an inch long, with two quarts of bran
mixed with each bushel of hay. The
feed was weighed as given to each lot,
and supplied out libitum. During thirty
days the three small cows ate, on the
average, seventy pounds per day, and
the large eows sixty'poundH per day. At
the end of the experiment the three
small cows had gained sixty-five (sounds
ami the two large e.n.ssixty-two pounds.
Here was a difference in food in favor of
the large animal of Its.fl per cent. The
eows were all apparently in the same
condition at the beginning. It ia the
general opinion that animals eat in pro
portion to weight, but this will not apply
to eases where the difference in weight is
very large. In the ease of the two
Merinoaheep that weighed the same as
the Cotswold there is the heat of the two
systems to lie kept up insUiul of one.
The respiratory (..ml is not in proportion
l t size of Ruinisl, art the lungs of tlie two
smalt sheep were combined, larger than
the lungs of one large sheep, and would
take more food to keep up animal heat.
The outside surface of the bodies of two
small animals having only the weight ol
one large animal is much greater, and the
radiation of heat from the larger surface
will ta> pro|Kirtionally greater, and re
quire so much additional food. This
appears to l>e a rational explanation of
the facts ot these two experiments, nml
which have been observed in a general
way, by many feeders.— Toronto (iloht.
Clover n. n S'erllltser.
In an essay on green crops as terti'-
rs, read by J. L. Johnson, Indore the
horticultural society ol Warsaw, lowa,
relering to clover, he says
<'f all plants with which 1 am ac
quainted and which are especially adapted
to our latitude and climate, the common
red clover is perhaps the very best for
fertilising the soil; it Wing one of the
best, it not the very la st, to collect the
accumulated richness ol the atmosphere;
while its long and searching roots pene
trate the soil in all directions, far beyond
the depth reached by our most thorough
and energetic plowmen, loosening the
übsoil in all directions and bringing up
mineral substance of the greatest value
in promoting the growth of vegetables,
grain or fruit.
Red clover as a fertilizer not only en
riehes hut render* the soil more open to
admit the circulation of the atmosphere,
thereby retaining the moisture and thus
producing the best result*. We should
endeavor U> attain to a proper know ledge
of the wants of the soil, for it is only by
doing si that we become able to decide
a to what rotation of enqni to grow for
the benefit of the soil. Knowledge and
energy are the real foundations ol prout
able farming.
In all rare* where soils contain hut
little organic matter, a larger proportion
of vegetable manure is required, and it is
important that we burv beneath such
noils all the vegetable matter jtowdlde.
not only real clover, but also oat*, rye,
buckwheat or even weeds (if we are so
esre less or slovenly as to produce weeds),
as we may thus destroy the seeds of
weeds, and at the same time increa-e the j
fertilityvof the soil. The amount of green 1
manure[in an acre' of red clover is almost
incredible. On the very poorest land
enough can be produced, if utilized and |
rightly applied, to greatly enrich the
soil. I see it is stated in the California
Farmer that Prof. Gedzie, in a chemical
test, claims to have found one piece of
heavy June grass (graas and roots to
gether) containing more than one hundred
tons jser acre. If this statement is
correct, but few farmers have even a
propcrconception of the actual quantity
of vegetable matter they add to the soil
by plowing under a heavy grass sward of
clover.
Then we must consider how easy it is
for us to obtain this great fertilizer. It
costs usno freight, asdoes the commercial
manures; it requires no hauling, as the
barnyard manure, and it needs no spread
ing.
It comes to u freighted on every
breeze, nature evenly spreads it over our
fields, and we may, if we will, apply it
with the greatest accuracy.
Then let mo close by saying that we
believe that to fill our soils with a mass
of grass and clover roots and other veg
etable matter, is to make our lands fat,
so that they will pay a good rent to the
owner and tiller, it is to increase the
fertility of the soil, by feeding and fatten
ing it, as we believe it may be made fat
in sod and in manure, as easily as we can
make a poor pig to gain in flesh.
Signs or a prohpeboob farmer.—
When you see his barn larger than his
house, it shows that he will have large
profits and small afflictions. When you
see him driving his work, instead of hia
work driving him, it shows that he will
never lie driven from good resolutions,
and that he will certainly work his way
to prosperity. When you always see in
his wood-house a sufficiency for three
months or more, it shows that he will lie
a more than ninety days’ wonder, in
(arming operations, and that he is not
sleeping in his house after a drunken
Irolic. When he has a home separate
from the main building, purposely for
ashes, and an iron or tin vessel to trans
port them, it shows that he never built
his dwelling to be a funeral pile for bis
family and perhaps himself, When his
sled is housed in summer, and his farm
ing implements covered both winter and
summer, it plainly shows that he will
have a good house over his head in the
summer of his early life and the winter
of old age. When his cattle are properly
shielded and fed in winter, it evidences
that he is acting according to the
Scripture, which says that “a merciful
man is merciful to his beast.” When he
ia seen subscribing for an agricultural
paper and paying in advance, it shows
that he is speaking like a book respecting
the latest improvements in agriculture,
and that be never gets his walking
papers to the land of poverty.
A young man, a graduate of Dart
mouth, and a noted law student in
Merimaok county, Me., who had the
misfortune to lose liis hearing, having
settled on a farm in the west, writes thus
of the occupation he lias chosen : “There
isn’t much glory on u farm, but ye i get
a good, sure living. You are your own
master; you can’t starve, or lie turned
out of business; and as far as the work
is concerned in these days of horse-power,
a man needn’t kill himself hirming any
more than at any other business. It is
brains that win on a farm as well asevery-
where else, and tho smart man ingoing to
ride, while the stupid one goes on foot,
in the corn field as well as in the bar or
pulpit. 1 should like to have my hear
ing again, but I wouldn’t leave my farm
If 1 had it.”
If farmers have scrub stock they had
better fatten it ami sell it, and with the
proceeds buy improved stock. They
can’t lmy as much with the money as
they had before, but if they will keep j
less, they will keep it better, and it will I
bring better returns. It is just as wise
for a farmer to stick to the old bull*
tongue plow of fifty years ago, as to hold
on to scrub stock, on which there has
been no improvement for fifty years.
The world moves. There has been prog
ress in breeds as well as in implements
and machines, and it is the part of
wisdom in fanners to avail themselves ot
the great improvements that have Wen
made.
A noon Ootswold sheep has a large,
wide frame, with abundance of valuable
wool, a large head, eyes wide from each
other across the forehead, not long from
the eye to the nose, jaw deep ami taper
ing to the mouth; ears long and fine, the
head well covered with wool, a grand
arched neck, set on highfeedine up to
the ears, ribs well sprung out from the
liaok aud chines, a prominent, full ex
panded client, deep fore-Hanks, w ide hack
and loin, rump nicely formed all round
from one loin to the other, heavy leg of
mutton, good and full in the twist,
moderate-sized bones, feet small, clean
and upright in the (swterior or tetlook
joints.
Canada farmers claim that six bushels
of (icas are equal to ten bushels of corn
for fattening hogs, and that peas yield a
larger number of bushels to tire acre than
corn. It may he so there, but it is not
so here.
Orchard grass, Kentucky blue gra**,
and white clover, and. if the ground is
low or moist add mi-top, and you will
! have the finest and most productive
! (vesture known among extensive sthek
growers, as it requires no reseeding, hut
improves in quant .ty or quality.carrying
more stock each year, invaluable tor
; woods aud pastures aud should he exten
sively sown in the burnt forest*.
Is aving out the or<4iarel grass (as it is
too rank and rapid a grower), you have
the best mixture that can tie formed tor
lawns, yards, Ac.
Bean ClLTl'RE.—With beans at a
bushel, is it not advisable for farmer* to
plant them? Now is the time to put
them in the ground. Is there a more
healthful food ? Every farmer should
raise ten to fifteen bushels a year for
table purposes. They are good, summer
and winter. Farmers need a greater
variety of foot! than they usually have.
They will keep healthier, stronger, and
live better by paying more attention to a
variety of food for family purposes. We
hope every farmer will plant at least an
acre of white or navy beans.
The Difference. —Borne suppose that
very learned man is an educated man.
o such thing. That man is educated
who knows himself and takes an accurate
cominon-ecnse view of men and things
around him. Borne very learned men
are the greatest fools in the world. The
reason is, they are not educated men.
Learning is only the means, not the end;
its value consists in giving the means of
acquiring, the use of which, properly
managed, enlightens the mind.
The right way to keep sheep is to
keep them in the best manner; to keep
only so many as to have the best care
and attention, so as to give the largest
weight of fleece possible. The right way
is to cull out the poor ones yearly--
those with the light fleeces, those that
are getting advanced in years—and put
them in a separate pasture, and fatten
them for the butcher. The balance will
do better, and give more weight of
fleece by this careful culling.
Ancient Harvests.— In Varro’stime
one acre of ordinary land yielded rather
better than twenty-one bushels of wheat,
and the acre of the best land thirty-two
bushels; this was about eight or ten
times the seed sown. Yet when Colu
mella wrote in a succeeding reign, there
was no land, as he declares, that pro
duced four times its seed. In Varro’s
time wheat sold-for about sixty-five cents
a bushel, in Columella’s lime for three
times as much.
Mui,h Breeding,—ln Africa female
mules were nearly as prolific as mares,
accoiding to the statement of (lolumella.
This same assertion is repeated by Cato.
According to Lyell, such cases now'
occur in Bpain and Italy, and much
more frequently in the West Indies and
Holland; but these mules, our author
observes, never breed In cold climates,
seldom in warm regions, ami Htill more
rarely in temperate climates.
Small. farms make near neighbors;
they make good roads; they make
plenty of good schools and churches;
there is more money made in proportion
to tlie labor ; less labor is wanted; every
thing is kept neat; less wages have to be
},aid ior help ; less time is wasted; more
is raised to the acre; besides, it is tilled
batter; there is no watching of hired
help; the mind is not kept in a worry,
stew, and fret all the time
It would lie a real blessing to every
j state of the union to put so heavy a tax
ou narrow wheels upon heavy wagons
and cartH that they would become quite
obsolete, millions of dollars would lie
I saved to the people of eacu state in re
pairs of roads, in repaid of wagons, ami
I in horse- flesh.— Jlootirr Patron.
Ancient Chinese writers class the
pursuits of mankind into lour divisions
of scholars, husbandmen, mechanics and
merchants, and estimate their rank and
importance in the state according to the
scries. Burely wo can learn much from
the Chinese.
In China it is said that, in order to
induce the lalairers to hoe about the cot
ton plant deeply, the roaster formerly
used to secrete copper coins about the
roots of the plants. The workmen
would then sift and comb out the soil to
find them.
North Carolina has paid for fertil
izers within the past twelve months
$.1,000,000; Georgia, $2,000,000; Vir
ginia, perhaps more. These figures
appall some of the newspapers, which
suggest that the manure “costs more
than it comes to.”
A bust Son Among Indians.
Mr. G. Fisher, ot Fredericksburg,
Texas, arrived here on Wednesday in
search of a aon, stolen by Indians thirteen
years ago, when only twelve years old.
The boy was found among the Comanche
hand, and recognized by his father in
-1 stantly. flis embraces were received by
the son with stoic indifference and imbe
cile smiles, aud nothing would induce him
to recognize his father or consent to go
home witli him, until General Mackenzie
interfered and authoritatively told him
he had to go. Profuse promises of horses,
guns, etc., dear to the Indians here, made
no impression on him. He seems to feel
the parting from the Indians very keenly.
A dusky maiden, whom the chief prom
ised to give him for his wife, it he would
remain, seems to lie at the bottom of it.
The old mother is said to be almost
1 1 antic with joy at the recovery of a son
whom she belie veil dead. Father and
sou will leave for Fredericksburg on Sun
day. the 16th.
A Disinfectant.
Onions sliced and put in plates iti a ;
sick room are an excellent disinfectant,
and will prevent contagion from erup
tive troubles. They should be removed
and fresh slices put in their places as
*eou as discolored. Be sure that these
slices are buried, or put where they can
not he eaten, as soon a* taken from the
room.
It is not safe to use onions’that are not !
tsekn fresh from the earth during anv
epidemic ot eruptive diseases, as thev
are *i rapidly sensitive to or impregnated
with any contagion or malaria in the at
mosphere.
Fourteen Boxes of Him.
About a month ago we published an
article from a foreign journal detailing
the purchase by Prof. Ward, of this city,
of the celebrated elqMni primogenin*,
for a large sum, and stated that it was
intended to ship the gigantic affair to
America. Some time ago Prof. Ward
returned to Rochester, and yesterday his
works did follow him. At least fourteen
large boxes of them did follow him, and
their arrival was the occasion of no little
wonderment on the part of those who
saw them. The reconstruction of this
famous animal, when taken apart and
packed in boxes, weighed something over
seven tons, and from this its size may be
imagined. The freight upon the boxes
from Stuttgart to New York was $682,
and the cost of bringing them from New
York to Rochester by the canal was SB6.
They were loaded u(>on their arrival here
yesterday, into a train of freight wagons
and conveyed to Prof. Ward’s celebrated
workshops, near his residence, in the rear
Of the University buildings. The task
of putting together the separated por
tions of the mammoth will commenee
this morning, and to assist in the labor
an experienced artist from Germany aud
two from New York have been engaged
by Prof. Ward. The task will consume
several weeks, and when it is completed
one of the greatest curiosities will be
ready to be looked at. The mammoth is
intended for the University of Virginia,
and is one of the gifts of the late Lewis
Brooks to that institution. The learned
Professor has nearly completed his col
lection for the museum of that Univer
sity, which Brooks presented, and next
week will ship the seventeenth car-load
of curiosities, which will finish the task.
Rochester ( N. Y.) Democrat.
The Fairbankses have executed orders
from the United States government the past
thres years for over 7,500 scales. This film is
still furnishing—under contract with the va
rious departments—acales for all parts of the
country. In a contract just secured from tha
Treasury Department for the fiscal year
(which expires June 80, 1878)the government
shows its preference for Fairbanks’scales by
paying the St. Johnsbury firm 33 % per cent,
more than the bid of competing parties.—
Springfield I Mass.) Republican.
Keep Borax in file House.
Having long used borax for various
domestic and hygienic purposes, I have
come to regard it as a necessity. House
keepers who do not use it have some
thing yet to learn concerning a very con
venient and useful article. In the laun
dry it is economical, as it saves both la
bor and soap, and is really cheaper than
tho latter. For blankets and other large
articles it is especially valuable, and in
all cases the use of a little borax will save
half the labor when articles arc much
soiled, while it is not injurious to clothes.
It is perfectly effectual in driving away
red ants, cockroaches, etc., if sprinkled
around on pantry shelves, or put in small
quantities on paper and placed in the
runways of the insects.
Borax is also of great value for toilet
uses. For rot oving dandruff and cleans
ing the hair it is unequalled. It is also
a good remedy for rough face and chap
lied hands. Its application to wounds,
sores, bruises, sprains, etc , proves very
salutary, and is often the only remedy re
quired even in severe cases. Indeed,
borax is one of the best remedies for
many ailments in our whole hygiene,and
for that reason alone should he kept ready
for use when wanted. That prepared by
Bmith Brothers is the best, anti can be
obtained of almost any grocer or drug
gist. There arc many other uses for bo
rax which I need not specify, but those
I have mentioned are alone enough to
satisfy any family of the value of the ar
ticle, aud to all such, as well as those
who do not understand its properties, I
repeat, keep borax in the house.— A
Housekeeper in N. Y. Advocate.
A Kfiiirdy Hint Dcllca tom pot i I ion.
Hostettcr’s Stomach Hitters defy competi
tion. Of the host of rival tonics that nave
cropped up duriug its long career, not one
has gained and retained snch a large thare
of nuhlie favor, though many have enjoyed a
ephemeral popularity. The reason is this,
that whereas many of these medicines were
advertised to perform cures of the most start
ling nature, they have, when tested, almost
invariably turned out to he ot little or no
value, While the great invigorant, whose rep
utation they were intended to rival has never
disappointed those who have placed their
confidence in it. It has vindicated in the
amplest manner its claims to he considered a
positive specific remedy for liver complaint,
dyspepsia, malarious fevers, debility, consti
pation, and numerous other maladies arising
from general weakness and disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels.
The I'Mbton for Lmiie*.
Our attention has recently been called to the
Raritan Matcla^Chxthinc^y something entirely
new in the way of heavy.thick,warm,woolen
goods specially adapted for ladies, wear dur
mg the cold weather now approaching.
These goods are the handsomest, and most
stylish ever seen, anti so far as price is con
cerned, are a miracle of cheapness. They
are i■tended for cloaks, sacques, dolmans,
circulars amt jackets,for both ladies and chil
dren,and are to be found at ail the leadingdry
goodsstoresin thecountry.Re particular to; sk
for the Raritan O&t kings, and take no others.
I have sold more dozens of Hatch’s
Universal Cough Syrup for the past year
thau l have ever sold of a similar medicine
during the same length of time. I have ou
my shelves thirteen diflerent congh reme
dies. comprising most of those considered
staple in this section.
WESLEY RULISON.
Evans Mills, .Toff. Cos , N- Y.
The Trial* of a Hmiiekeepfr
Are never experienced bv those w ho use Doo-
UsY*s Ykait Powpkf. fcleganMicht,whole
some biscuits, bread, rolls and muffins,every
time. Try it and be convinced.
t% Ccrsf the whole lot. That scale
agent cheated ire out of SSO, clean, for 1
could have bought a better Five Ton Wagon
Scale for SSO; on trial, freight paid to my
on door, of .Jones, Binghamton, Bingham
ton, N. Y.
Ir is said the Ashtabula horror
resulted from weakness of its bridge: the
bridge of health can bo sustained and main
tained in running order for years by daily
using Home Stomach Bittf.r>. Prepared
bv the Home Hitters Cos., St, Louis. Mo.
Patenteesand inventors should read ad
vertisement of Edson Bros.in another column
M > RKKT REPORI.
MEMPHIS.
, tout I8 50 a 800
vVbeat V 5 a 105
Corn 63 a 85
©ats 43 a 45
Lard 1° 8 n i
Bacon—Clear - idea.. "i a
Hay —Beet .... 17 00 a 20 00
V/liisky —Common ... 85 a 400
Robeiteon County. 175 a 300
Bouihon 500 a 550
Lincoln Grunty . 176 a 300
Highwines 13 a 115
Cotton— Ordinary 9i
Good Ordinary a l°i
Low Midi mg a 10§
1.0115V11.1.E.
Flour $4 60 a 700
Wheat-Red and Arnb r. 123 a 135
Corn —Backed 48 a 54
Oats 33 a 35
Hay—Timothy 900 a 12 00
Pork—Mesa’ 13 00 a
Lard 101 8 11
Bacon —Clear Sides.. 7 j a 8
NEW OKLEASS.
Flour I4 75 a 37 7J
Corn 60 a 70
Oats 38 a 40
Hay 15 00 a 17 10
Pork 13 75 a
Sugar 7 a 9|
Molasses 45 a 60
Whisky ... 1 <.5 a 111
Cotton a 11J
If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated.have Deque n t
headache, mouth taste- badly, poor appetite, and
tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid liver;
or “ biliousness.” and nothing will cure you so
speedily and permanently as to take Simmons Livbr
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bad l-r ath and in nearly every case it comes from
the stomach, and can be easily corrected if you will
take Simmons* Liver Regulator. Do riot, neglect so
sure a remedy f<<r this repulsive disorder. It wilt
also improve your appetite. Complexion and Gen
eral Health.
COSSTIPA TIOX !
HFI Of’ LI) net be regarded as
a trifling al'ment—in tact na
ture demands the utmost regu
larity of the bowels, and any
deviation from This demand
paves the way often to serious
danger. It is quite as necessa
ry to remove impure accumula
tions from the bowels as it is to
e t or sleep, and no health can
be expected where a costive
habit ofbody prevails.
SICK HEA /> A CHE !
This distressing affliction occurs most §quontlv.
The disturbance of the stomach, arising from tlie
imperfectly digested contents, causes a severe pain
in the head, accompanied with disagreeable nausea,
and this constitutes what is popularly known as Hick
Headache; For the relief of which Take Simmons’
Liver Regulator or Medicine.
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A positive remedy for all diseases o the Kllne
lllaihb-r and Urinary Organa ; also good
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ness, is certain and speedy in its action. It
last superseding every other remedy. Sixty capsules
cure in six or eight days. No other medicine can
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Hewure of I mitatloita, tor, owing to its great
success, many have been offered ; some are most
dangerous, causing piles, etc.
iPtnuhiH, Hick Co'h Genuine Soft Cap
sules containing Oil ol Sandalwood, Bold at al
stores. Ask for circular, or send for one to 33 aud
Wooster street. New York-
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\ I* O. 'll ktK', AugiiNls, nat
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood,Renovates
and Invigorates the
Whole System.
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
Tonic, Sol
vent and Diuretic.
Vegetine RSlldlllß EiVlddflCS.
\r .* , Mb. H. R. Stevens : , t
V egetine D a Sir—l will most cheerfully add
my testimony to the great number you
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V egetinC re4lt and good medicine, n i.GETJhE.
I do not think enough can be sa:a
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v egeuiic {jjjrty years w ith that dreadful disease,
_ . Catarrh, and bad such bad coughing
VWetine *pellß that it would seem as though 1
® inever could breathe any more, aud
. VEGETINE has cured me; and I do
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-r ~ TINE, aud I also think it one of the
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sinking feelings at the stomach, and
V advise everybody to take the \LGL-
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Mbs. L. GORtq
V egeune (_> or> Magazine and Walnut Streets,
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Vegetine
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v egctiiit- N n. tilden.
Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
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Vegetine ~ .
v Cannot Be Excelled.
\ egeune ClJlr , mo , s ,
Ar . • HL. B. Stevens:
Vegetine Dear Sii —This is to certify hat I
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iu my family for several years, and
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v purifier or spring medicine, it is the
ftest thing 1 have ever used,and I have
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v fHlly recommend it to any one in need
. of such a medicine.
\ egetme y ° llr " M^ 8P A 6 ? a^iVin^wrk,
. No. 19 Russell Street.
V egetine
Vegetine IT IS A VALUABLE REMEDY
, T .. south Boston, eb. 7, 187uT
V PgetllK 3lk.Stp.venh:
Dear Sir 1 have taken several bottles
\r of your V'EGETINE, and am convinced
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( Kidney Complaint ana general debility
the sy-tem.
V CgCLine, j CHII heartily recommend it to all
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Vprrpfii.p Yours respectfully,
v egeune; Mkh munrok parser.
86 Athens Street.
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