' 'IT" From the Progress. TIIK HISTORY OP A FELON. T JTILTOX M. BTAXSBC BY. tt was cold and dreary Winter; thick the iiiut lay on the ground. And Uo wind ItwhiKled shrilly, with a Bad and mournful sound; Through many n capping cranny came the liowllnn of the Ma.it, And the stratrgler drew hi cloak around, and shuddered as be parsed. JTwre tm darkness In the heavens and daik- ximn In the street, . . ., A.nd all otber pounds were swallowed J.n the rattllDg of the ulcet. Oa the leaky roof It nattered with a motion strange and dread. And a noise that might have lasuea from the dwellings of the dead. In a low and gloomy garret, a wasted figure Unfei onnursed, antended in the deepening twilight Kray; . v . . Iler eves were gleaming brightly, but the hollow, ghastly Hare Told of coming dissolution, wrought by sick ness and despair. The straw was scant and meagre, and no fire r- 4tavo out heat, Ad save the bare, uneven floor there was no And a rapeed child was kneeling by his moth- And sobbing at her misery as though his heart would break. Day broke, and men came thronging to gaze upon the Blent Of a woman who had jerithed of starvation in the nljrht; And there were twelve whoscanned the corpse - with cold a can-less eye, " To discover, thlnpt permitting, how the crea ture came to die ! I could not leftr to hear their Jests what mattered It to me Where they bore ihe senseless body, so the soul ltwlf was free! No friend was left to gui lo my sUps to Join - me in my play. Bo I turned my back upon them all, and sob bing, tied away! ' I turned my back upon them, and sobbing, fld awsy! I could not longer llngerthere, where all were IJvthe and pny. For though a child of poverty, my heart beat thick and fast, A it It seemed as though each moment was . doomed to be tuy last. AH day I wandered Idly, Uttlo heeding where I strayed. Thocgh my toot were bare and frozen, and the wind at random played. Each gust that swept around me sent a shiver to my core. But the fire that blazed within r."e made ' me. senseless to Its roar,. Another night drew ouapace,.and from many a window high . Came the cheerful fire light, glimmering on the straexlers p.i.lnn by; And the voice of mirth and revelry was borne uwn the air, To hearts where grief had set Its seal, but found ao cho there. Faint with walking nd with hunger, (food I had not known that dy.) I stole within a frluJ.'.r lreh, to sleep my cares away; - Dut a hand was laid ppon vat, and at tough voice bade me rise, . . And that night I found a shelter t.sat a va grant might despise, a It were idle to detail how, from day to day, fre-, Hpurned by Christian men, and doomed to wear a harsh existence throusrh. How, by natural gradations, in the course of puuilng time, I l4u-ned .t lat to lead the life that's led by men of crime. First, trammeled as a vagrant in a prison's loathsome cell. Where men of blood and men of peace In Ktrange'ommur. ion dwell. Then fi treat, by bhecr starvation to trample on the Imw, What other course had I, when Death was knocking at my door ? I was horn with human feelings I was horn with human soul, .1 a?-.- fuahionod like my fellows, and we seek a common gonl ; Then why, Instead of friendly words and ad- irKinit Ions kind, IK they rW ine Into courses I would fain hove left bciii nd ? Is 11 that my clothes are ragged, or my sieoch too rudely free, That they hunt me like a beast of prey, and will not let me 1k? (Jod, t hat made me. be my witness J but to end tlil fi-arful strife I would work my flngero to the bone to lead an honest life ! Iiut when I seek employment I am viewed with scorn and fear. And the purse-prou i sons of fortune mark rn garments with a sneer, And all backs are turned upon me, and the lovely pas ine by, Asathlag of blight and leprosy, to famish and to die I Bat 'tis past, I thank my Maker ; my blood Is ebbing slow. My breath Is failing fast, and cold and dim my eyeballs grow. The grey wails f my prison cell no longer meet my sight. And round about me gather shades that mock the gloom of night. My limbs have lost all feeling, and across my brain doth come A dull and death-like throbbing, like the boating of a drum;' My nerves have ceased their motion one struggle 'tis the last I A groan gasp a shiver a sigh, and all was past. Progress or American Cronio Lithography Mr. Prang is rapidly increasing hi3 bnsinrss and improving his beautiful art. lie has begun his contemplated plated 'Gallery of American Painters,' 'in which he proposes to produce at least one characteristic picture by each of our eminent artists, lie has already published every landscape by Britcher, several groups of chickens and the like by Tait, several fruit pieces by Lily M. Spencer, and Miss V. Cranberry, of New York., a couple of genre pictures by Nile, of Boston, a series of Buggies "gems" in oifeolors, besides a great variety of illuminated texts and cards by Mis Jennie Lte, of Jersey, and cartoons, and litho graphs by Mr. Homer, and others. lie has now in active preparation "A New England Winter Landscape" by the late Mr. Morveiller of Maiden ; a figure piece, "The Bars-footed Hoy," by Kstman Johnson: "Easter Morn ing' by Mn. Theresa Hart, wife of James Hart, the landscape painter ; two brilliant picture of children in the woods, "The May Queen" and 'The Little Rouge,", by Mrs. & G. Brown; "The Shipwreck of Steer forth," by Moran; "The Friends," by Girud ; "The White Mountains in October," by Mr. George L. Brown ; "The Boy of New York," by the same artist; "The Falls of the Yo Semite," by lilerstadt ; the frui pieces by S. W. Fuller; "Cherries and Basket," by Mrs. G rati berry ; and besides these he has a numberof other compositions on the easels of distinguished New York painters. Tait is hard at work on his favorite subjects. We are not at liberty to name the paintings by foreign ar tists that are to be chromoed as rapid ly as possible, because, in the absence of an international copyright law, fine art publishers are liable to the game annoyances which are now experi enced by the publishers of foreign books. , The "Winter Landscape," by Mor veiller, is a picture as assentially New Englandish if we may coin the word as pumpkin pies or Thanksgiving. Morveiller made a speciality of winter scenes, and was admitted to be the best painter of enow in America, This is one of the best of his small pieces. It represents an old farm house by the road-side, with its inevitable L's and out houses ; grandma in the yard en gaged in feeding poultry; a group of fckaters oa a frozen stream hard by, with spectators looking at the sport; In the distance, the village, which is hidden by the trees on its outskirts. A. grand old elm, under whose wide threading branches the farm-house is built, is rendered with wonderful fi delity and spirit ; and the apple-tree, on the other side of the read, seems to have been photographed from every family homestead in Massachusetts away from the great iron thorough fare. The picture is a pleasant one ; for it has a warm, cheerful glow such as every one delights in, on "fine mornings" in winter when the snow lies deep and the eleigh bells are ring in? merrily on every road. -The "Falls of the Yo Semite" is a characterist ic bit of California scenery in liierbtadt's well-known ttyk. It represents a bright sunset on a lonely lake, whose solitude is disturbed only by a pair of water fowl that hover over and rest on the rocks at the shore. Ab rupt, etecp and rugged cliffs over a part of which tumbles headlong, a graceful waterfall from the Southern boundry of the lake; and a fring of gigantic branchless lir-trecs skirt the Northern shore. It is a careful study after nature and every touch is Bierd stadtish. ' . ' The "Barfooted Boy" is a true ar tist's rendering of Whittier's familiar lines: "Blesslnns on thee Utile man. Barefoot lxy with cheeks of tan ; With turned-up pnntnloons And thy merrv whistled tunes; With thy red lip, redder rtill Kissed by strawlerrles In the hifl ; With the fchunfchlne on thy face ' ' Through thy torn brim's Jaunty grace; From my heart I gave thee Joy I was once a bai ei ot boy ! Prince thou art the grown up man Only is republican. Iet the million. dollared ride; Barefoot trudging at his side, Thou hatit more than he can buy In the reach of ear and eye, Outward sunshine, inward Joy. Blessing ou thee, hart-foot boy!" It represents a comely rustic lad, clad in coarse homespun dress, with his trousers turned up, his hands in his pockets and the brightest of "knowing" vet innocent smiles on his face and in his eyes. His face is half shaded by his broad-brimtd hat; his feet ari firmly planted on n grey rock ; he looks so hopeful, so self-reliant, so entirely at his case, that he seems the perfect incarnation of Young America. The accessories of this picture are a distant landscape with a tree in the middle and foreground. They are well handled, but they serve only to support the figure, which is one of the best pieces that Mr. Johnson has ever produced. The "Fringed Gentian" after New man, is one of those fearfully and wonderfully elaborate and truthful representations of vegetable life in which the pre-Raphaelite school of arts of New York and elsewhere, seem to delight. It is in M'ater colors. It looks as if it had been drawn with the aid of a microscope the most Lil liputian details are so exactly repro duced. It Is one of the most difficult subjects to chromo, and we shall take an interest in examining the result. Among the fruit pieces in press, juding from the original, we prefer the "Cherries" ana tue "Strawber ries," of Miss Gran berry, which are eertainly admirably rendered, with a luscious fidelity to nature. Mr. Ful ler's pieces are highly finished and harmonious in color, but it strikes us that the subjects are less likely be universally popular. The "Friends," by Giraud we for got to name in our list, is tho picture of a little girl, who is petting a New foundland dog. Giraud has an axcel lent faculty for tho conception and ex .";ution of this class of subjects, and this b one 13 haPPiest efforts. It will c vrm t9 ehildren everywhere. In an e ",tirel3r different style, but of the same chu 7afar the companion pictures by J. (J. Dw" f ew ork. This young artist v lrf tun; he renders chile HYJ ability, especially when u H'SJiS' gle figure at rest, but in an a,.. lf, J" pressive of mental action. The. jeets the "May Queen" and . "Little ltoguc" are just suited to his peculiar genius. The "May Queen" is a little girl in the woods, brilliantly attired, self-adorned with wild flowers, bathed in sunlight, her eyes beaming with delight at the thought of surpri sing her friends by her new and gaj' decorations. The "Little Itogue" is the picture of a boy, four or five years old, who is trying to hide himself from somebody coming which somebody he is evidently intending to startle. He is stooping under a sumac bush, which he gently bends overhim. This gives the artist an opportunity for a brilliant piece of cojoring. It is au tumn, and the declining sun shoots its rays through the misty atmosphere, brightening the gay hues of the sumac leaves and warming up the surroun dings of the figure, which are rather cold and low in tone. The two pic tures contrast finally ; the clear, bright summer glow of spring in the VMay Queen" being harmoniously off e against the dreamy,, misty autumnal vapors in the "Little Rogue." Mr. Brown regards these pictures as his masterpieces. "Easter Morning,."' by Mrs. Hart, is a massive marble cross, hung round about with fuchsias, pansics, yellow roses and other exquisitely tinted flowers. It is a combination entirely novel, peculiar and lovely. We have seldom seen an effect so original pn dueed by a combination of such simple and familiar elements. There is an affluence of quiet beauty in the wreath that is essentially harmonious with Easter and its sacred memories. It ia altogether charming. If there is a single flaw in it we have failed to de tect it. As far as the chromo has gone it bids, fair to rival the original ; but we reserve our judgment upon it until it is completed, we know only that if it is at all comparable to the exquisite painting, it will soon be one of the most common ornaments of our boudoirs, vestries, Sunday schools and libraries. Tho last painting on our list was handed in as we were taking notes of the new publications. It is a small reproduction of "The Crown of New England" a painting which, both in England and America has secured for Mr. George L. Brown some of the highest encomiums from artists and art critics, which American produc tions have ever obtained. ' Glowing, poetically truthful, full of brilliancy and light and beauty, it represents the White Mountains when they are seen to the best advantage when, as the portrait painters say, they are in their "highest moments" transfigured un der the early morning of a late Octo ber day. The original on a large scale is on exhibition at the Art Gallery of Childs & Co where it has been visited and adm'.red by thousands of our wealthiest and best educated citizens. If this beautiful creation, this lyric on canvas, can be reproduced in facsimile, it will mark an epoch in the art; for the vapors and mists that encircle the mountain sides, the subtile gradations of light and shade, and the marvelous blendings of colors and tints render it exceedingly difficult either to imitate or duplicate. It is gratifying to know that the popular demand for pictures is almost in the exact rati of their artistic ex cellence. Every touch of nature, whether in canvass or chromo, is in stantly recognized and applauded. The best thingsell best ; . no reputa tion avails against the fact as it is. "Ruggle's gems" have not paid ex penses ; whereas Tait's groups go off" with amazing rapidity. Of Britcher's pictures, on the other hand, "The White Mountains" and "Esopus Creek" and "Sawyer's Pond" (a little gem) and one or two others have a steady and rapid sale, while some oth ers do not move off at all. The people have a truer taste than they generally have been credited with in the critical doomsday book. 1 1 is a faith in this instinctive taste that has borne on Mr. Prank to the rare good fortune that has rewarded hu efforts. - -Berwick. HISS MARY A. SIMPSON, MILLLNER fc DEESS MAKER, Second Street, bet. Main and ' Water. BROWSVILLJS. AV'lehw to Inform the ladles of Brownvilie and vicinity, that she lia a tirt class IlILLniERlT SHOP, Where work will be done with great care and neatcpiss, and after the latcttt KhsUtti styles, lileacning done la tha very latest styles, and on short notw. . . .. . Infest style of Ladies' and Children' Hat and Bonnets constantly on hand. Also latest puttmsof iAdius' Dress Goods, Cioaka, and Cliiidxeu ft ulothins cut ta tliurt notice. r"n,' ' XIV L.J 11 Scaler in i ' . ' tjss'???! , .. . 'VTm.- .I -- - p 3Vo. 43, 31 a in Stx;oet, CJ5 tsd' BEOWNVILLE NEB, AGRICULTURAL F. A. TISDEL & GO'S AGRI HI RAL THE LARGEST DEPOT OF FA m n a fr mi 353 33 2HL REDUCED mum uik FURST & BBADLEYS' SOLKY AND WALKING CULTIVATORS! VICTORIOUS AT ALL FAIRS! 3Ahead of all in the Field ! Order Early IMPROVED Cayuga Chief Eeaper and Ilower. PRICE JOHNSTON'S SELF-RAKE. Sweepstakes of the TTorltf! Cuts tlx Feet! I Clialleiige all Self-Eakes to a Trialr macMne against Uacliin8 ! WAGONS AND CARRIAGES. STUDEBAKER T7AG0IT0. . TUB UEST WAGOSS JIADE I MARSH HARVESTER. TWO LIEN DO THE BINDING and RIDC at.t, TOT VliXLS Samples Xoir on Hand of all tbe Slacnlnes re gellf Oome SLXici" !3ee 3Ml S And soe if I cannot suit you In goods and PRICES ! I buy my Machinery by the car load thus saring freight. ,A fu supply of all kinds of Farm Machinery In their season. F. A. Tisdei Co., ' Ccx. 1st & AGanti eta., Ero-srarille, 3 "WAREHOUSES. VARBHOUSE ! nn nr JSL (Si 3SL -L f PBICES! r $123.00. t J t;;l t . . J b - f XXVUaiTCTAEla VN' w .r88.- 7 Live ry , Feed and Sale Stable ! Burr. Ho cms, PnopiiiETOii. Noa. 82 and 84 Main Street BROWNNILLE, NEBRASKA. Dealer in all kinds of 8 took. Horses bought, sold and exchanged. Stock boarded by the dar or week. The Proprltor has recently erected an entire new, large and commodeous Stable, near the old Brownvilie House. His stock Is all fresh and vehicles new. The public can be accom modated at all hours, IA.Y OR NIGHT. A stock corral 1, with an abundant supply of pure water, attached to the stable. 4-ly C0GST7EU,'S GREAT WESTERN Livery, Sale, Feed and Exchange STABLES ! Corner Main and Levee Streets, Brown viljo, irebraslca. Buys, Sells and Exchanges SMI!, CIl? FiPEiin, LANDS, cc, Sec. Has Large Stock Corrall close to Steam Fer ry Lauding. Stable accommodations lor . . Fifty Hrsess. Single and Match Horses, Buggies and Car riages always on hand for sale. 40-y Peru Livery Stable CHARLES GEADE, Dealer In All XOnds or Stock. Horses BousM, Sold, or Exchanged. Stock Boarded by the Day or Week. XT ST A ELI S AJtB 8TOCKED with good Hones and boggle. Person wrUbing conYyanc to snr portion of tbe Nemaha Land IHstrlct can t aceom xacsated TM Pern Iz. Brownvilie Coach Leaves XT STABLES every mursinc at 10 'clock, a.m. PaMengers or packages afe ly con veyed. Ordr left wita tt Postmasters will be prompt! attendee lo. (xiiSlSoO FAR1I ILIPT.r.TTKin'S. IIo. 74, Sole Agents In Southern Nebraska, Atchison and Holt County Mo., for the Reaper & Ilower ! THE BEST III THE WORLD ! I ALSO P PLIPPER D lANTON I ILOYS THE BEST PLO W NO W MADE! THE BKIAUERIIOFF Corn Sheller, Separater and Cleaner ! Manufactured and aold by J. GARSIDE, ATCHIS09, XaNSXJL Tb trial of tbi naehln at various County aad Stat Fatri, and tb Judgma4 of rry cna ho mc and use It, unite In pronouncing th Brinker. hoffCorn Sbeller the best ever invented. With it a maa caa (bell hi crop of corn at bis leisure, without aa assistant, and thereby save in a abcrt time more than tbe cost of a sbeller, Tbi Coin Sbeller ba taken tbe first premium for three years past at tbe New Tork Stale Fair, wheabat partfatly perfected. It has since been brought to a degree of perfection, which makes 11 complete. The following is tbe report of tbe Judges on tbls machine, at tbe great trial of Agricultural Impie menu he d at Auburn, K. T-, in Jaly, 1868. under tbe auspicies of tbe Mew Tork Agricultural Society. Among tbe machine on exhibition was a Hand Corn Sbeller, Separater and Cleaner, exhibited by i. BrinkerholT, Auburn, &.T. We have cart fully examined and thoroughly tested this machine, and have no hesitation in pronouncing it the BEST COaX SHZLLEft WJB KVK& SAW. It rtiadily adapt itself to ears of any site or sa pe, shells clean, and with great rapidity and ese, and the earn operatioh separate the corn from tbe cob, and the chaff from tbe curn, and deliver the corn ready for market ; and it require tho labor of but one person to operate it. Tbe whole affair is simple in conetrnetlon. and durable. J. S. GOULD, Pre. N. T. Ag. So B. P. JOHNSON, See " " S. ROBI80X, Ag. K4. N. T. Tribune. B. ft. TODD, " " Baporta of Agricultural Pslr Committee, and opinion of Agricultural and ether Juurnal might ao cited at great length, bat we content onrtielves with the following letter as capping them all . (Copy of Letter from C. S. Agent for Faria Cniver ral Exposition ) Ife 40 Park Bow, Times Building, 1 Mew Tokk Dec. eth, 186. Jl. J. BKiRKEKHorr, Esa , Dear Sir:Hj Advisory Commiitee. appointed to selected Imple ments for Exhibition at the Universal Exposition in Paris, in 1867, have selected and recommended to me your corn shelter as tbe best in America. I have accepted their report, and will forward your shelter, if delivered here ready f r shipment, on or before January 1st, 1367. Tours trul7, J. C. DEKBT. Price, fS and $30. Acrording to finish and sixe of balance wbeel. Banrple shellers shipped a receipt of the price, and warrsntt-d to give satisfaction, or tbe machine will be taken back and tbe money rerunded, upon notice within a reasonable time. Addroas TFM. T. DEAN, Agent, vlt ce-ly Brownvilie, Kebratka JACOB MAROHN, TTETlCHAirT TAILOR, 6 (R I lB Street opposite ZlcTmTon m BLOCK, Brownvilie, Neb. Dealer In READY HADE CZ.OTOVSGI ALio Agent for Singer Sewbg iiAcnnrs Miwnivar irvp ssanrtment trrtT in lu lcitrTnt wh. a sxjlu;- l J J SL! cm S i 1 , i EOB'T Tl ARE; & CO., DRY GOODS & GROCERIES BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, 'YANKEE NOT IONS, Crocm, lass HOSIERY AND WHITE GOODS. And every other kind of Goods kept In a Western Store, which we will FOE CASE! Wfienever yon are in Town Call and See Us! Corner Slain and Second Streets, 1. JlcPherson's Block, GENERAL Gro c eries anu Provisions We have on hand a large STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, To ishich we are making constant additions, and which we are ... . ot . . r . r i 2 seiiing at -fncca as low as any IN THE QUALITY OF OUR GOODS WE DEFY COMPETITION ! XSTFLOUR OF THE MOST APPROVED BKANDS.-3 HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. 12-40 ST. JOSEPH A2ID ST. LOUIS ADVERTISETilZUTS. ST. JOSEPH, JIO. IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Iron Steel i Wagon, Carriage and AGRICULTURAL Springs, Axes, Axels, Shovels, Spades, Files, Rasps, Chains, Carriage and Tire Bolts, Nutts and Washers, Nails, Horse Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes, Saws, etc. Castingr uutl Hollow-Avare, Sugar Kettles And irons, Skillets and Lids, Stew pots, Rake ovens, Fruit kettles and Sad Irons. RLACKSJIITII'S TOOLS, Anvils, stocks ana JJies, liellows, Sledge and Hand Hammers, Vices, Pincers, Rasps, Farriers' Knives, Tuyre Iron, &c. OUTFITING GOODS. Ox Yokes, Ox Shoe nails, Shovels and Picks, Gold stuff. 1,000 celebrated 3Xoliue l'lows. Eagle Mowers, L7 Kallers Horse Corn Planters, Sulky Corn Cultivators, Hand Corn Shellers, Hay Rakes, etc., etc. Falrbank's Standard Scales. Buying my gootU direct from Inducements to Wholesale Buyers at Union Foundry al Machine Sliop. fF aHlaaiH A at Call J J ' ! Bumside, Crowther & Bogers, PROPRIETOIUi Cor. 8th and ATeasanle Ste., St, Joseph, Mo. Steam EnginesMade &Repairbd IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, IliU "Works of all Kinds Iron Vrtta made to order on short no tice, and satisfactory to all parties. Also asent for Gardener Robertson's Im proved Patent Governor. 44-ly J. Pfeiffers iarMe IofIs, CORNER 6th and ST. CHARLES Sts. ST. JOSEPH, MO. AH. Dealer In LIME, HAIR, CEMENT, Plaster, White Sand, Tire Brick. Ac, Ac, 4c, Ac "-31y V. M. WYETH & CO., Wholesale Dealer In HARDWARE, CUTLERY, Harness, Skirting and all kinds of SADDLERS LEATHER HARDWARE, SADDLES, BRIDLES, &c. ISvis Safes Saw" "d No. 6, Sonth Third, bet. Felix A Edmond Sts. T. JOSEPH.MO. 4-51y WOOLWOKTH & COLT, BOOK BIITDEES And Dealers in Book, Stationery, Paper nAGIG3, AND PKlNTEnS' STOCK. Na 12, 2d BU, St. Joseph. Mo. CASH PAID FOB BAGS! ,1 - ll lil, fiB 5 BKOWNVILLI, NKBKASIA. DEALER Kf and well assorted stock of jlxoxuxj wesi ox ue xuiszmzippi. Hwvrv & xsxto. Plow Woodworks. I3IPLEMENTS, Axl j Grease, Ox chains, Wagon Jacks, Pans, etc. Hubs, Spokes and Bent- I M'Cormick's RKd manufacturers I offer great Constable's Iron and Steel Warehouse! St. Joseph, Mo. JOHN PIXGEtt VT. H. DOUGLAS PIIVGEIt As DOUGLAS, "Wholesale Dealers In QUEENSVARE, GLASSWARE, &c, tc. No. 7, Fourth street, ST. JOSEPH. MO. 451y LEMON, HOSE A & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Good3, Clothing:, Etc., No. 3 Fourth Street, ST. JOSEPH. A large atoek always on hand. Orders so licited. Satisfaction guaranteed. 4-5-ly DAIirSI FltAITCIS & Co. Steam Monumental Harble Works! ST. LOUIS, MO. - ' Keeps constantly on hand a large assortment Plain & Ornamental Moounieots The Trade supplied with Blocks svaid Slab. Sawing Done to Order. Ma- F. BOYD, Agrent, 21-ly Erownville, Nebraska. UXDERHILL & EATON, Commission Merchants, No. 2 City Buildings, St. Louis, Mo. REFFERENCES: Second National Bank Pt Lonin, to. Allen, 0pp A Nisbet fc't. Lou Is, Mo. Branch State Bank of Iowa Jeluqtn. Johnston & Bacon, Bankers. Ft.MaHonf la. Isaao Scarrit A Co., .. ..Alton, Hi. Blair A Atwood, Alton, 111. James A. J ackaon & Co., WHOLESALE STAPLE 1110 FAHCT GROCERS AND OommlHHion 3XereIiant, No. 107 North 2nd St., ST. LOUIS, MO. CousiznmenUof Country Produce solitited. From our experience in this branch of busi ness, and by aiving it our personal attention, we feel confident we can make it to the in terest of parties to give us their shipments. 45-ly f. Av. PII-EK T. B. KKTSOiDtfc SOTJTHEHIT HOTEL. PIS Cr.&REIAO WSyProprictor Eight treet. two blocks from R. R Depot, ST. JOSEPH, MO. 451y Han mn nary Patented Feb. U, Ur, A Spt. 1, VZ$. r.ECErvrEi Tar. fit-st piuzs AT TUX Great Fair cf th3 American Instilut3 In eT York, Oct. rr, !-, And IlJhest Premium for B-st PJamifacturing UacMna At rar!s Exposition, Ju!, 13CT. 3T. 1 Family Jlaehin. This afacaixx l eonsimctei oa a ew prlaeipte of mecbaoisca, po5sin many rare and valuable lmprovementu, bv ing beeu eTimiaed by th most profound expert, an l prorminced to b SlJt PLICITT and PEaFECTlO.V COJ43ISSD. The following are tbe principal objections mred agiin.t Sewins Mchlne: I. Excessive i;itj8 to the operstor. ' 5. Liability to get enl of ordr. . Kxpeore, trouble and of time la repairing. 4. Inca parity to iew every description of materUil . A. Dtsagreenbl noise while la operst ion. The Empire Stwinj Machine is Exempt imm nit r . . t I t : . It has a striljt ??!, Perp..rcTji,. Actl.w, makes the- LOCi or Si TTLS STITCH, wti.-h wm NKITHEil EI?" nor HAVEL, and U alike en'boUj side; perform perfect sewing on every decripti oa of material, wi:n cotton, linen or eilk thread, from tbe coarsest to the fineat number. . It Hems, Fella, Binds, Braids, Tuck Quilts, Plaits and Gathere. At Tamilf Stvring Machtni ithiu s Superior. Special attention is called tc onr Xew Improved " No. 2 it 3-2IanntactnrlnS ZlacMaea They have been thoroii;!i ty tented on every da. scription of Cloth and Leather Work, rnnaiae by Steam Pawer at the rata of ey ' Stitches per Minv.te.' - - Prodncing more than doable the work of any ether Soattle Jfacbine now fn nse; tbe stitch is thrat. nntform and beantifnl: they are simple la tcnat-nc-tion. easilv nmftninMi. .nn . order, run ligbt and ar comoaraiiveiv noilfla. v lauuiiui r i,r4imr Hon we Claiin that tbT are not only equal, but much anperior to ay ether machine that has ever been offered to the public. - Empi lire Sewing Uaclibg Co., II. , WELLS & r.ICHAIlESON, St. Joseph, Mo. General AnenU N. VT. States and Territories. J S. ScllCIlcIl, Agent, BrownvLUe, ' vlJ-n51-13ni TO PURCUASE21S Of SEWING B1ACHIKES THE PLORENOP, LOCK-STITCIi EEVEESABLE FEED m m Has saain carried of the hitbest honors at tho principle Fairs tbe present season, corumencinf with the New England Agricultural Kair, st frerideuce, in September where it was awarded The Highest Prize, Immediately after which came the New Tork Stato Fair at Buffalo In Octuber. where the commiUae awarded i'tiio First Prize double Thread Machine. Then came the great Annual fair of New England, that of tbe Mechanic's Association, at Lowell, where tbe highest prise the . ONLY GOLD MEDAL awarded to any Family Sewing Machine, wasgivon to THE PLOHENCE! and that too in fair competition with ether FLrat Class Machine for Ave consecutive weeks where it baa bean exam ined by tbe best mechauics in the couDtry and pro nounced the best constructed and muBt reliable Ma chine, and one that, on account of its simplicity would More M la a Hloro Satisfactory Ilanner Than Any OTHEE SEWHTQ HAHI5E EVEE 1.1VE5TEDI At tba Fair of the Jfarrlacd imt tatf. wMr' c!cmd a foor veaks sassioo at Baltiir-ars aa Lbs CTlb uf KoTtmber, the supsrwrUj of ta . FLORENCE vas again confirmed by tba comaiittaa oa Savics; Mcu:t;, who unanirconaly award4 itltsUOI.iJ MEDAL, tb highest prtra tba lastitate eoufsrs. Oh the Htu of September the Gratrr ao4 Zs hlbiUoo of the AmertcaD Institute wsa ooa4 ia New Tork. As usual taedii'plar of SewtoJfjchlnaa was large anj the oumpetitija strocj, 6at after six weeks trial the Meads of the IT X, O R E N CE bad tr.e sat luf action of seeing their fafoilte scalif triaropiiaat ami tor the nraM tint bearlof tt the highest honors of the American laxtituie. Below we gie an eitrsct from ihe Report of the committee on Sewinc Xachiaes read at tba close of the fair : "The whole Bomber of Sewing- Xschiaes ea eihi. ait ion is Ukirteeo, ef these, tweiv sre eareretl for enmpetition. The article bearine the anmhar 130 (TLURKNCX SKWIN.'J MACHIXX) Is deciUeil ta ba Tho Best on Kahlbltion. It most also ba sutew iocidentally. That lata is affr t it tin known to the Judge. 'TrS XJER1T3 AR : 1st. Good Material and Thorough Workmanship. ' 2d. More absoluia Kovelty than marks the usual Improvements in Sewing nachines. id. Tba iofenlons arraof ernes t of a peeitiae i tloa for adjusting tbe tbread daring the passage of tba battle and fatberinj op ot it la the Sana mt th stitch. Sib. Tba rerersible feed. 6th. Tbe varietj ef the work that caa be doae 09- oo it. We therefore decide that It racejre the s war) of flrst class. Signed WM. FiATT, ISA S CVT. LJ ISOViLXS." Whists to certify that the forefoiof is a Use ss tract from the Report of the J-rties of Sewing ata chines at thes7th Ainnai fair it 1X0 W CHAM3SK3. Sec Board at.aag ers. New Tork. Not. 17th. 137." It would seem as Ibonga this stjccesefoa a sr nmphs should ba sufflcleni to e-nioce any nsprejs diced iersaa of tbe graat auperwniy of tie FLORENCE SB MACHINE overall others, and If snore la seeded tocooSm the above, we might aid that. Ir. IMi. tbe Compear oaly sold SO Machines, wbilatnow there are ever ll fell Thas esublishin; its rrpntatioa seyoad quoatioBi. Eyery Haclika is TTarrajited ! ! T7U. E. PlaAZIT, GE2T. WESTEJiX AUEXT. 12X. th st., Xavt side, helweea WaabiDgtoa Irs. fcGreee, St. IoxiIm, Mo. Circulars, Price list and samples ef wort far nishedoo application. 12-12-lj For Broworilis aad Naaaaia O. Sew Accomplish 1 1