EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
FOR  BALE.
FRUIT FARM FOR SALE—800 flne bearing trees.
L. NICHOLSON, Salem. Washington Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from the very best Light Brahmas at J2.50 per doz.   Geo. vestal, Cambridge
City. lad. 8"9w
FOR SALE-CUlcago Premium Egg Transporting
Boxes, for hatching.   JOHN BENNETT, Sunman, Ind, ll-2t
FOR SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, five kinds; price
H per barrel.   Address L. K MACE, Lexington,
Bcott county, Ind. \    ll-4t
- "T710R SALE—One Jack—a large breeder. Call
_1 soon or address W. A. BRANSON. Zionsville,
Boone county, Ind. 12-2w
FOB SALE—Corncord Vines,best quality; cheap
for Cash.    Samples  10 cents.    LEE 4 SON,
Klnonk, Woodford County, Illinois. 4-tf
FOR SALE—Several flne young Poland China
male pigs, well bred and ready for service.
Address F. McKEEVER, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana. 125w
TTIOB SALE—FOWLS and EGGS—All bred from
Jj    first - class stock.    Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.    Send for circular and price-list
6-16 L. S. GOODWIN, Waterloo, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from registered stock,. Light
Brahmas. Burr, Black, White and Partridge Cochins, $3 for 13 or $5 for 26 eggs. T.E. ELLIS, Plain-
field, Hendricks county, Ind. 11-tt.
FOE 8 ALE—BERKSHIRES—I have several choice
Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices
there and rive months old. W. A. Maze, Sharpsville,
Tipton county, Ind. 6-tf
EOR SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, on reasonable
terms, or furnished to responsible parties to
sprout on shares of one-half; (Yellow Nansemond
variety.)   H. A.Wooley, Galveston, CassCo., Ind.
FOR SALE—200 Farms—Splendid Soil and good
Buildings; can suit any one; no better country;
cheap transportation to Philadelphia, New York, or
Baltimore; all in Delaware and Maryland; finest
sou in the world for fruit Geo. W. Ingraham, Real
Estate Agent Middletown, New Castle Co., Delaware.
FOR SALE—Select Seed Potatoes. Extra Early
Vermont S1.75 per bbl; Campbell's Late Rose,
11.60 per bbl.: Russets and Peachblows, $1.25 per bbl.
Any of above for 30 cents per peck.   All select and
fnaranteed   true to name.    Address   ALANSON
HAUL, M. Columbia Grange No. 526, Noblesville,
Ind. ll-2t
FOR SALE—I will sell, at very low price, a No. 1
Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
bv Castillion; 1st dam, Black Sampson; 2d dam, Pioneer, 3d dam, Black Warrior. This Jack is near 15
hands high, large bone, good length of body, carries
himself up well, good action. Has made oneseason
and proven a success, For further particulars call
upon or address        - M. W. ROBERTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville.
FARM FOR SALE—140 acres, adjoining 8hldeler
Station, on the Muncie & Ft. Wayne railroad;
110 acres cleared, 30 acres timber, all fenced; two
orchards: spring water all the year; frame house of
six rooms, porch and milk-house; barn 32x40 feet;
hay and stock scales with house over them; other
buildings convenient. Price $60 per acre, one-half
down, balance in three equal payments. JOHN 8.
8HIDELER, Shldeler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-?
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WANTED—A situation on a farm or in the city.
Will do almost any kind of work for fair
wages. Address F. K. H., at Indiana Fabmeb Office. 11-?
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Particulars free. Address N1CKERSON, SMITH &
CO., 342 E. St Clair St, Iudianadolis, Ind.      12-2w
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STOCK NOTES.
D. W. Voyles, of New Albany, Ind.,
has sold to W. Kinney, of Portsmouth,
Ohio, the 2 year old Jersey heifer, Alice
C. No. 4,144.
On the first of June next J. P. Forsythe,
of Franklin, thia State, will sell about
seventy head of fine Short-Horn cattle.
He is now attending sales in Iowa.
F. M. McKeever, of Huntington county, has lately sold some good Short-Horn
cattle to parties in the northern part of
the State, and also a lot of-fine pigs.
The Stallion Show at the State Fair
Grounds promises to be an attractive
feature. It takes place, as before stated,
April 5th.
Fearcy.—Salt and soft soap mixed, and
applied to the part affected, together with
dieting and light feed, will cure the fearcy.
It has hardly ever been known to fail.
The next volume ofthe Holstein Herd
Book will be published by Winthrop W.
' Chenery, of Boston, in August, 1878, and
»in the meantime he will receive applications for record to go in the next issue.
To keep sheep healthy, mix a half
ounce of pulverized rosin, per sheep, in
their feed twice per week. It may be fed
in a little meal or bran. Occasionally a
little sulphur may also be given.
We find it impossible to give in detail
the sales of stock often, as our columns
are frequently too much crowded for this,
and all must be content with a general
statement, and summary of the same,
which we are always glad to publish.
A. W. Ross of Muncie, Ind., has recent-
ly made Bales of choice Poland China
pigs to breeders and farmers in some nine
different counties in this State. Mr. Ross
has attained a fine reputation as a breeder of Poland Chinas, and is very successful in his business.
John Comstock, of Liberty Mills, Ind.,
has lately sold to C. C. Parks, of Wauke-
gan, 111., six of his Duchess milkers, and
a heifer calf put of his Duchess milker 17,
to a party in Minnesota; also a bull calf
out of Duchess milker 13th, by Townley
Gem 18463.
The Poland China hog "Sherman,"
owned by Henry Comstock, of Liberty
Mills, Ind., was slaughtered by him lately,
and measured through the shoulders 23
inches; through the hams 22; depth of
heart 26 inches; depth of loin 27 inches;
size around the heart 6 feet 7 inches, and
same at the loin. Gross weight 750 lbs.,
and net weight 690 lbs.
Short-Horn Bulls.—The Catalogue of
Short-Horn Bulls for sale by S. Meredith
& Son, Cambridge City, Ind., just issued
at the Farmer office, contains some of
the finest stock in the West, all recorded
in the American Short-Horn Herd Book.
This is all young and choice stock, and
offers excellent opportunities to those
wishing to begin the stock business.
They can be sure that the stock is pure,
as represented.
THE CHESTER-WHITE SWINE.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I have noticed several articles in the Farmer in reference to the best breed of hogs for the
farmer, but never have as yet seen an article in favor of the Chester-Whites,
which in my judgment are the best hogs
the farmer can raise. In the Farmer of
February 26th, there is an article in favor
of the Berkshires, which says: "The
friends of the Berkshires claim
1st, That they have more constitutional
vitality, and consequently-are less liable
to disease than any other breed."
This I deny, my observation going to
prove (in this vicinity at least,) that they
are more liable to disease than any other
breed of hogs. Many of them in this
neighborhood have what we farmers call
"the snorts," which seems to be almost
entirely confined, in this locality, to the
Berkshires.
Now for the other side of the question.
I have been raising Chester-Whites ever
since I commenced farming, six years
ago, and never had but two hogs to die ;
one of them a sow died in farrowing, the
other a boar died a few days ago from injuries received while with cattle. I never
had a mangy pig.
The article above referred to also
claims that the Berkshires are more
prolific and that the pigs are more uniform in size, color and form, and consequently produce more salable pigs than
any other breed. This I also deny.
They are not more prolific than Chester-
Whites, but I think they are more so than
Poland Chinas, and this is my only objection to the last named breed. The pigs
are less uniform in size than those of any
other breed within my knowledge, there
being more little, puny, and what we
term runty pigs among the Berkshires
than other breeds. As to color, the Chester-Whites are always white, and I challenge successful contradiction on this
point.
I have seen Berkshires which were
claimed to be thorough-bred crossed with
Chesti r-Whites and in all cases the pigs
would be perfectly white, not a black
hair on them. _ I never charge anything
for breeding to my boar if there can be
found a black hair on any of the pigs,
and I have never yet lost a cent in thia
way. Therefore I claim for the Chester-
Whites that they are the only pure blooded hogs in existence.
As to the 3d and 4th claims, I am not
able to answer them as they refer to matters which I have not tested.
In the 5th place the writer claims that
they are the best breed for Western farmers, fattening early and|readily,on less food
than almost any other breed. 'Tis well
that the word almost was put in where
it was, as it could be made to serve quite
a purpose in the relation in which it
stands. But perhaps I might as well say
here that there are but three kinds  of
hogs in this neighborhood, (or I might
say four including the hazel-splitters
which I am happy to say are nearly all
"gone where the.woodbine twineth,") and
they are the Chester-Whites, Poland Chinas and Berkshires. These are all of the
breeds thatlknow of anywhere near here.
Now are the Berkshires the best breed
for Western farmers ? I say they are not.
Why? Because the Chester-Whites or
Poland Chinas will fatten more readily at
any age, and make larger hogs with the
same amount of feed. They are more
quiet and docile, and are in every way a
better hog than the Berkshire. There is
a man near here who has been breeding
Berkshires for some time, and he is obliged to get some other breed of hogs to
make his meat, and furnish grease to
grease his Berkshires when he goes to the
fairs.   These are facts. •
I know the Berkshires are fancy hogs,
commanding fancy prices, but they are
not the hog for the Western farmer, and
the farmers here are finding it out. The
consequence is the Berkshires are being
supplanted with better breeds, that is,
the Chester-Whites and Poland Chinas.
J. B. Fosher.
Carpentersville, Ind.
PHILOSOPHY OF BREEDING.
A broad view of the subject will show
that animals possessing unusual qualities,
transmit these qualities, sometimes to
their male and sometimes to their female
progeny. Hambletonian is an instance
of the first kind, and the imported horse
Glencoe of the_ latter. Of the winners of
running races in this country during the
last twenty-five or thirty years, probably
five-sevenths have been from Glencoe fillies, with but very few from the sons of
Glencoe. It has been thought that it was
the knowledge and observance of this
principle that lay at the foundation of
Bates and the Collings. It is certain that
they had a secret theory which they refused to disclose. If the principle may
be relied on, very little reflection is needed to show its immense influence and ita
great importance to breeders. We value
horses for speed, strength, endurance and
docilityl; neat cattle for milk and butter-
yielding qualities, early maturity and aptitude to take on flesh; sheep for their
wool and flesh; swine for their fattening
properties; fowls for their yield of eggs
and table qualities; and our constant effort is to increase, or intensify, these characteristics. The prize falls to the patient
lover and close observer of nature.
I will not at present trespass further
upon your valuable space, except to say
that it may be reasonably affirmed that
there exist3 in nature another important
principle, which may be called "mutual
adaptation," and which accounts for the
excellence of the product of Hambletonian horses and Star mares, as well as for
that of Lexington horses and Glencoe
mares.—Cor. Country Gentleman.
PRACTICAL    SUGGESTIONS
THE FARM.
FOR
Editors Indiana Farmer:—One man
tells us that when you have a horse foundered you should immediately administer a table-spoonful of pulverized alum,
and I would recommend the same, for
to my certain knowledge foundered
horses have been cured by the use of this
simple remedy.
to cure garget.
Some one says that a strong decoction
of sage tea or a salve made of sage tea and
lard, and well rubbed on. will cure garget
or caked udder in cows. We have a remedy for this ailment, well experimented
with and successfully, which I will give.
Give the cow one, two or three doses of
raw poke root, cut fine, and if she refuses
to eat it alone we mix it with cut feed or
any kind of slop that she will eat. Don't
be afraid to use poke root for it is harmless, and a cow will eat just enough of it
and no more than she needs. This is a
sure cure.
FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.
The remedies we use for this disease
are oak bark ooze or logwood; it is given
to the fowls in their feed or in the water
they drink, and our fowls are generally
healthy. But so soon as we let dirt accumulate in the watering trough and fail
to keep the remedies pure and fresh, the
dread disease overtakes them in a very
fatal form. We find that chicken cholera
is a disease of the bowels, a kind of dysentery or flux, and that unwholesome
food or impure water seems to originate
or feed the disease. We advise all poul-
tro raisers to keap their poultry houses
clean and well aired and to provide untainted food and water.
We also advise farmers to keep the
best breeds of all kinds of fowls, as well
as horses, cows, sheep, and hogs, for pcor
stock eat as much as the fine and blooded varieties which pay us best. It is also
desirable for farmers to send to some distance, every year or two, for seed corn,
oats, wheat, potatoes and things in general, such as are grown on our farms, for
experimenting proves these seeds to produce the best crops.
J. H. Bruner.
Harrison county, Ind.
HOW TO SELECT SHEEP.
Early Tomatoes.
A writer in one of our exchanges says
the way to get early tomatoes is, as soon
as your tomato plants have made four
leaves, pinch the top bud from the stem,
then take up the plant, pinch off two inches from the tap root and transplant it in
a common box-frame, where the soil is
rich and loamy. The box will keep off
the wind, and plants sown and grown
there eighteen inches apart will produce
fruit two weeks sooner than the same
planted in the open ground. A mat or a
few boards, spread over the frame at
night, will keep them from frost, and is
far easier and quicker than going over a
field nightly and setting boxes over each
hill. As soon as the plants have set fruit
on two blossoms of each branch, and the
top has grown two to four leaves, the
pinching off the ends of each branch and
top should be again put into practice.
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FARM NOTES.
In parts of Missouri many cattle have
died from too heavy feeding with soft
corn.
PROPER SIZE OF DRAIN TILE.
A wrker of extensive experience in
rearing fine wooled sheep and in handling
wool, communicates the following suggestions for selecting a good wooled
sheep:
Always assuming that the wool to be
inspected is really a fine wool, we first examine the shoulder at the part where the
finest and best wool is usually found.
This we take as the standard, and compare it with wool from the ribs, the thigh,
the rump and shoulder parts, and the
nearer the wool from these various parts
ofthe animal approaches the standard,
the better. I?irst we scrutinize the fineness, and if the result is satisfactory, we
pronounce the fleece in respect of fineness very even. Next we inquire into
the length of the staple, and if we find
that the wool generally approaches the
standard, we again declare the sheep, as
regards length of staple, true and even.
We next desire to test the density of
fleece; and, if we do this by closing the
hand upon a portion of the rump and of
the loin wool, the fleece at these points
being usually the thinnest and most
faulty, and, if this again gives satisfaction,
we signify the fact by designating the
wool even as to density. All these points
being considered and found to approximate the standard, you may conclude
that you have a nearly perfect sheep for
producing valuable wool. Selecting
sheep for valuable feeders is quite another thing.
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Pneumonia in Pigs.
C. A. W., of Graham. Mo., asks: Can you
give usa remedy for "Thumps" in hags?
Answer.—Give fifteen drops of extract
of gelseminum mornings, noons, and
evenings, until febrile symptoms disappear. Inflammation of the lungs in pigs
runs its course rapidly, and may be considered as a disease generally fatal, if not
taken in hand as soon as the first symptoms appear, such as hard breathing,
(generally mistaken for so-called thumps),
Bhivering, loss of appetite, cough, etc.
Half an ounce of hyposulphite of soda, or
two drachms saltpetre, should be given
in a little gruel every morning, and the
animals kept warm, dry and comfortable.
Indeed, if a little more attention were
paid to the cleanliness and comfort of
pigs, "thumps," and other diseases among
them would be much less frequent than
they are. Place fresh cold water within
reach of the pigs, and renew it mornings
and evenings.—Nat. Live Stock Journal.
Trenton, Ind., Mar. 16th.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—As the
time is at hand when much underdrain-
ing must be done, I send you the following table showing the proportions in
which water is carried by different sized
tiles.
Let us noterr in usingtileof insufficient
caliber, for one inch of rainfall leaves the
enormous quantity of 874 barrels per acre
on the ground, hence we must make
more than ample allowance for floods.
TABLE OF RELATIVE VELOCITIES:
Relative sectional areas and relative
quantities of water discharged by different sizes of tile.
Proportion-   Proportion-   Proportion-
Size of Tile,    ate areas,   ate velocities,   ate quan.
discharged.
86 .16666
25 .13888
16 .11111
9 .08333
6'4 .06W4
4 .05555
.5999
.3172
.1777
.075
.0416
.0222
Six   Inch.
Five     "
Four    "
Three   "
Two aud a half
Two
From this table it will be seen that the
sectional area of a six inch tile is nine
times that of a two inch tile. The velocity is nearly three times as great, and
therefore the discharge is nearly twenty-
seven times as much. ,
Brother patrons, in buying tile you will
do well to study this table till you know
what is the true economy of size.
Isham Sedgwick.
Blue grass has lately been introduced
into Arkansas, and it is rapidly running
out the wild grasses where it is grown.
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They are increasing the sorghum product in Georgia, and the yield has been
very large in the past two years.
Sheep raising for mutton is made a
specialty in some parts of Pennsylvania,
and is very profitable where they keep the
worthless dogs killed oft'.
The dogs have been slaughtering the
sheep and lambs in Connecticut, and the
farmers are declaring war upon them.
The same is true in western New York.
Caleb 8tark, who died lately at his home in
Adams, Decatur county, came to this State in
1823, and lived in the house in which he died
over fifty years, and is the first death that
ever occurred in the house, notwithstanding
there he raised eleven children. He served
faithfully some time as commissioner of his
county.	
General News.
It is feared that the fruit crop in the region
of Southern Illinois is destroyed by the late
storm and cold snap.
A very large fire occurred at Charleston, 8.
C, on Monday morning, which rendered hundreds of people homeless, and penniless. The
loss is estimated at half a million.
Marsh, the witness against Belknap, has been
induced to return to Washington from Canada
by the promise of protection; and now we
shall have all he knows.
The mud blockade in Central 111., is complete, depressing all enterprise, and occupations. Citizens are shut out from country
trade, and farmers are cut off from the world.
No couutry produce is coming in and the city
and country it is almost impossible to obtain
fuel.
A telegram from Naples reports the long-
expected eruption of Mt.Vesnvius commenced
on Friday night. The lava is flowing towards
Pompeii. A large column of vapor rises from
the summit and reflects the fire beneath. Vast
quantities of lava were thrown upwards. The
sight is magnificent.
The mercury fell Irom 50° above aero to 4°
below on Sunday at Sioux City; Ia. It is feared
much suffering will ensue to the Black Hill
adventures, as many of them are blockaded
by snow, and are beyond the reach of food
and fuel.
Passengers arriving at Omaha on the 19th,
state that the fall of snow between there and
Calif rnia to be greater thnn known for many
years past; tbat it covers almost the entire
country. In many places the road bed is ten
to twenty feet below the top of the snow. It
has required almost superhuman efforts to
keep the roads open at all.
Farmers in Bucks county, Penn'a., sell
from $50 to $400 worth of poultry annually for each 100 acres of land owned,
and find poultry-* tgreat source of profit.
California is constantly increasing her
flocks of Angora goats. The skins of
these goats have of late been dressed with
the fleece intact, and manufactured into
robes, mats, rugs, gloves, etc., with much
success.
In several counties of Minnesota the
farmers are turning their attention to
cheese making on the co-operative factory plan, where the milk of the neighborhood is delivered to be manipulated.
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In parts of Vermont the stock kept are
mainly cows, and the leading product for
market is butter. The hay and straw is
all carefully kept in barns and fed so as
to waste none.
LATE PUBLICATIONS.
Two crops of hogs are turned off and
sold by Connecticut farmers, one in the
spring and one in the fall. The hogs are
made to weigh about 180 pounds each.
They are always kept penned up, and the
manure utilized in growing corn.
Many young cattle are reported to have
died lately in Minnesota. They were fed
chiefly on wheat and oat chaff, and were
given little or no salt. The disease was
called black-leg, congestion, and various
other names.
Let Them Try It.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—If some of
the hard-up farmers would take the
Farmer and practice what it teaches, they
would not be so "hard-up" in a few years.
Many of them have a dollar to spend for
crooked whiskey every time they go to
town, but say they cannot pay for a good
paper. Times are hard, it is true, but not
so hard that most all men can take
a good paper. I advise them to try it.
They will find the investment pays.
Clinton Co., Ind.                     I. N. R.
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Plans for the Garden.—Farmers will
find great help in carrying out plans for
thegarden,and keeping it free from weeds,
by adopting the following suggestions:
There should be a clear space at each end
of the plat, sufficient for a horse to turn
on with the plow and cultivator, and
nearly everythiug grown should be put
in straight rows, far enough apart to admit of cultivation with the cultivator. I
venture the assertion that with the general adoption of this plan there would be
few unsightly gardens in the country, and
by the exercise of a little taste in the arrangement of the different varieties of
plants, the garden will present quite as
attractive an appearance as in the old arrangement.—Country Gentleman.
For the past year $2,362 have been paid
out on account of sheep-killing dogs in a
single county in New Jersey—more than
the worth of all the dogs there since the
adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
NEWS   OF  THE   WEEK.
State Sews,
Raccoons must be plentiful in Posey county.
One Mt. Vernon firm has purchased 4,000
coon-skins this winter, and several firms to
hear from.
Charles Doty, of Milton, Ind., while on his
way home from Cambridge City, supposed to
have been intoxicated, Saturday night, fell
into the canal, crawled out on the bank and
froze to death.
So far as we have been able to hear nearly
all the sugar camps in this section of the
country have been opened, and an estimate of
about 5,000 gallons of molasses, at $1.50 per
gallon, would make quite an amount.—
Noblesville Independent.
TheMetzgar families, who various branches
are rooted in Elkhart and St. Joseph counties,
Indiana, and Berrien county, Michigan, have
fallen heirs to $116,000,000 in Holland. If
they continue to fall until they get possession
ofthe money, the "bringing up" will certainly
kill them.
Upon the farm of Mrs. Agar, one mile north
of Princeton, between a quarter and a half an
acre of ground, upon the side of a small hill,
has been sinking squarely into the earth for
some time past. It is now ten feet below the
surface of the ground Burrounding, and about
fifteen feet in the middle of the sunk space,
and still sinking at the rate of six inches every
twenty-four hours.
Barnes' Centenary History of the United
States, or One Hundred years of American
Independence. Written by P. Dorman Steele,
Ph. D., F. G. S.. &c, ofElmira, New York.
A. S. Barnes & Co., Publishers, New "York.
This book is published in twelve monthly
parts of about fifty pages each. The paper, "
type and illustrations are superb, and the
style, of the writer is concise but clear and
graphic. When completed and bound the
volume will contain some 650 pages, giving in
brief all the leading events in the history of
our country, and the lives of its great men, for
the past one hundred years. It will be interesting to all readers, especiallyt his Centennial
year, and always valuable as a book of
reference.
P. A. Baller's Discriptive Plant Catalogue,
Bloomington, 111.
 •	
W. W. Moon's Discriptive Catalogue of
Nursery and Greenhouse Stock, Marriesville,
Penn.
Manuel on the culture of small fruits, by
E. P. Roe. Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, Orange
county, N. Y. This is a valuable pamphlet of
instruction, as it name implies, containing
many useful hints and suggestions.
Supplement, Omaha Bee, Neb., contains a
description of the Black Hill gold fields, instructions on the route there, and various
other hints to those wishing to go out.
Zell's Popular Encyclopedia.—We have
received Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this valuable
work, and are well pleased with the' illustrations and definition. The former are numerous and well executed, the latter are brief,
but clear and accurate. The book will be
completed in 64 parts and whoever possesses
it will have a complete and reliable Dictionary
of History, Biography, Geography, Science,
Arts and Language. We trust it will have a
large sale among our readers. For terms
address, J. W. Marsh, General Agent, St.
Louis, Mo.
Scribner's Magazine, for April, is an unusually interesting number. The two serial
stories now running in its columns, Gabriel
Conray, by Bret Hart, and Philip Nolan's
Friends, by Edward Everett are increasing in
interest.
 •	
St. Nicholas, for April, contains, among
other attractions/a "Hoosier Fairy Story," by
Edward Eggledton. St. Nicholas is about as
near perfection as any juvenile magazine has
yet attained.
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The Sweepstakes Washer.
Office or the Chairman or the Executive f
Committee of the Ind. State Grange, !■
Brookvillb, Ind.  March 4th, 1876. J
Sweepstakes Washing Machine Company,
Metamora, Ind.—In this day of general humbugs, when many of the unsuspecting and
inexperienced   are  wheedled out  of   their
money, I am slow to indorse any patented
machine of any kind.   Thia being my view I
was determined to neither buy nor recommend
your machineuiitil J saw its merits fully tested.
And seeing the machine worked by one who
has done my washing for forty-six years, and
who has tested every class of machines from
the paddle and bench,  the pounder and the
hand-board  up, I do rm>t  cheerfully   and
heartily recommend your Sweepstakes washer l
to the public, as the most perfect machine, '
both   as  to  labor and time  saving,   in the
market, and in saying this I disclaim either^
fulsome flattery or hired puffing.
12-tf. Aaron B. Line.