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InHnrifnjr r»»-cleHiitng attacli- meut. wi»!cb cleans tlm pee«l as tl»re«beil: a $f>0 Oas-ulay Sulky Plow ; M §WJ Smilebaker farm wagon; Oliver f'lilllrri Plows. Sowing Machine. Sil\*«;r- ware. etr. Some of tbe departments of tbe Farmer» Friend are "Farm Topics.** MTI»e OivltHrtl." "I.ive Slock." •'The Poultry Yartl." "Home and Health.*' *T+omesflp Economy." "Our Young Folks." "The Puzzler," "The Story Teller" "The Funny Place," *"Snn«lar Rea<llnsr." "The <'lover T.e:if." '•Th« Aplorvr* "l.etter Basket." "Va­ rious Topic®." ••Correspondence." *• Hints for the Season." •,wWld'« Rec­ ord," etc. Practical farmers and the ln*t *-rlters contribute to It. Agent* mike ntouev canvassitig fnrf ll. Any mb*prllM»r atitlmri/ed to act as ajfent. Send 50 t*ents lor a year's silver! |>t ion, or write your name and those of your neighbors on a postal card for tree *ampl<» copies, and our illustrated pre­ mium lif-t. Address. Farmers' Friend Publishing Co.. South Bend. Ind. . SSi «* • Walking 'hoes.--A full line, latfal ntyles and first class. Wo have also a few dozen pairs-we are ..offering at a reduced^price to close, ^sk to see tliein at'Henrv Colby's. $14 FOR $4. ITpoti rwelpt of M.w I will semi (ft aajr ad dress in the United Suites the Bocky Mountain Mining - Review, the leading niininir- ionrnal of the country enttMiniitf KACII WKKK the latest news from all the camps of < xilorado and the adjoining Territories, for cue year, and ( OXK TEX DOLLAR SHARE OP XOX ASSESS A RLE STOCK IX THE SI%VCE CREEK MJXIXO COMPANY. V t ?} Ttiefproperties of this company are located in Summit Ooutitv, Colorado, anil consist ot 18 full claims upon which considerable work has already been done. The mines arc all (rood, and the Stock of this company offers an unusually pood fluid for investment. The finlilisher of this (taper ,«ays for sto^-k friven o subscribers the rejrnlar price at the com- pany'soffice. For inlormation repardins the mines or stock, address the secretary, D. H. CLAY, 122 Curti9 St. Send check, money order or registered letter to t JAMES R. IVIS. J\*6. Bocky Mountain Mining Review, Denver. Col. C» L. Pratt, [Successor to li. K, Duers] WAUCONDA, ILLINOIS, Wonlrt respectfully inform the citizens of WaucA nda and siirroiindiri); country that he has a lorfte and well selected stock of U)ods In his line, for the Spring and Summer trade, consisting, in part of ^ Dry Goods* Notions, Groceries, H ATS AN ft ^ APS. _. it Shoes* Glassware, Crockery, Ac., Which he is bound to sell as cheap as good good* can lie bought anywhere. He also Weeps a fine line of Rockford Hand Blade B00U and Shoes, to which he invites par­ ticular attention. In short, everything tint can be fonbd in a general store will be Kept, and sold as low as the lowest, and everything warranted as rep-reseated, GbfcJt's Celebrated iockfoht Flour, ALWAYS OX HAND. When In want of Goods in my line yoo will lM H for vour interest to call and see me. C. L. PRATT. A -VKW and Shop, OX THE n EST SH$jS. J Have l)rou«rhi ft fine stock ot U'ttjrou male rial to town, and are prepared to do all kiuds oi Kepuiriug on ahort uotiee, ttnd PUT UP NEW.WORK 111 th* bott tifttj'l*. STRONG %hat particular troubles' BiOWN'i IRON BITTER? is good for.^ ^ It will cure Heart Disease, Paral­ ysis, Dropsy, ICidney Disease, Con- - sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all similar diseases. r Its wonderful curative power is amply because it purifies and en­ riches the blood, thus beginning at the foundation, and by building up the system, drives out all disease. A Lady Cured of Rheumatism. Baltimore, Md., May 7, 1880. My health was much shattered by Rheumatism when I commenced taking brown's Iron Bitters, and 1 scarcely had strength enough to at­ tend to my daily household duties. 1 am now using the third bottle and I am regaining strength daily, and I cheerfully recommend it to alL 1 cannot say too much in praise •fit. Mr*. MARY E. BRASHUAR, 173 PrestmaaslU :u.-• s < Till give e: - .;j|Kdney Disease Cured., •} *"V :'"'i Christiansbui^;, Va., ittu >\ Suffering; from kidney disease;* .from which I could get no relief, I • . tried Brown's Iron Bitters, which cured me completely. A child of mine, recovering from scarlet fever, had no appetite and did not seem to be able to eat at all. 1 gave him Iron Bitters with the happiest results. J. Kvu MoNiAUita. V ;' :- Heart Disease. - Vine St., Hamibuitfi' I>a. Dec. 2, 1881. After trying different physicians and many remedies for palpitation of the heart without receiving any benefit, I was advised to try Brown's Iron Bitters. I have used two bot­ tles and never found anything that gave me so much relief. Mrs. JENXIR HBSS. for the peculiar troubles to which ladies are subjetfl, BROWN'S IRON •I-^JJ^TTEas is invaluable. Try it. Ie sure and get the Genuine. o Want a Suit, Overcoat or first Footwear, it would do no harm to * .,!r. ^:r- A. P. GRAY Always Ahead. SPRING CAKPAIGN OPENED ^ -AT HIS"-- Carriage and Wagon Factory, AND - BLACKSMITH SHOP, RICHMOND, ILL- I sell every lmiilemrat, T>M>1 or Maettiae a farmer w^nt-i. IM.ATKOHM SPRING!, DE- MV iltV AND FARM WAGONS. TOP AND OPEN BUGGIES. FITZSIMMONS & EVANSON \ B. BLAKE. TwoDoors.Ncrth of Perryr&'Martin'a W here yon will find nil jrrades of Furniture, front a common Clmir up to the finest Set, of tlfe best make and quality People bin in« c t me will fiud all my good* as represented* -'i * " ^ Jobbingrand Repairing neatly and promptly done. One, two ami three f»eate<l, from the cele br.tteil manufactory of J. W. lienry ft Co., Freeport. BlaekHmithlng, Pnintiliff s I>i$» and Repairing e in a worktnanlike manner and war- ran ted. From the large variotv of Farm Machinery manufacture,!, we select that best a<la)Ue<l for this section, and upon the BEST TKltMS TH AT CASH CAS I'UltOlIASH, which en­ ables us to supply our patrons with just what theV want, ami at lower prices than anv oilier concern northwest of Chicago. Call an»lI make exairination for yourselves before fciv'njr your orders lor any piece of machinery yon may neei' the coming season, and you will find the best and most complete line of •Farm Machinery ever before offered in Mcllenrr Co l{emein»>er that we offer the VKItV IlKST MACH1NKUY at the VKRY I.ow Ksl' fJiiCti. tikat Cash can • produce anywhere. . :A. P. GRAY, Richmond, III,. I'lie UPurc^t and lirst Mctiiclnc ever Jlade. AooSmbinatton of Mops, BuchU, Man" draltte a'"J Uar.deiion, with uU tm- Vtst must c » ur:i tivc pro|ii'tii.'S of nil ,-.thc-i Iiittcra, Clood Purlfie.', I.iver Res u |\ator,«'»' 1-j-•• -1"11 >•> Ailh ilestoi iiig A^i ut No (Ji.'rase nil TK<j fitjlv Ion-,' exisi where Hop limi r.i are aud yerfe«6 are i.uoir oin'i*timniysg-¥ Zttj 2»7e sow lit&f'. anlrircrto tlwagslaaJiifltai. To ail vrliose e^ini'lojmcntsr^iy- irrepu_iti- ty t;ietwwet?or«. urinary ur^ii's, or who n-'luinian Appetizer^. Toiii" u:«l rtn!.! Stiiimlant, H..p H.tU-rs are Without ir.tG3- IcatinB' foea So matter wJiatj ourt,^V0!!n2S or sym)>lrin>8 are wliat the dixaifx-cir ij use Hop Hit­ ters. Doji't wail until youbut if you only fevl Iwd or iiiUorul.lt'ti'tm at cm-a. J t .nay save yu'ir liie.tt a v «d hundreds. $300 will lie P»l<1 tcra pafc they -.vJ: r not •uro or hi'ip. I>i nut suiTcr • y >ur frjf+r,3 tuirrr.ljut uae and urue Hop B Ui-mcmber, Hop ilitti-rs is ' -'rurfreil drunken tto.-itruat. I<ut t he iHaietst^V11 '• J I'-cr-t Medicine ever made : tlie "ISVAI.J'.iV^W ! and U0i*C" mid ;:o (.<-,soa or f,>..i.ilv^K, fhoilld be without tUein. BI.V-'.."»SZ?i*/\ f).l.C,i< nn absot".*.^and irrtsisttiiie eu.- 5 r^Z'j fui i>ntn;;enrierS,H-«} (»f ot'jKt.-. tojaccoVf'rSwil narcotics. Alt w.»ld by iViv--' iJend >tg*v for • ir'-uir.r. >l«p B'.ttm "1:7. Co., J1 1 i V T f-'4 *r" Ba--wn.wn J ' y 'WW>'A »R.T TTTlT'nTI'Dm A T? l HTSy In this Department keeep a first-classass ortmeut of Caskets, and « offins, and Shroudsi of all kinds aud quality 4 .oasouable rates. " * • ^ y v JACOB STORY, McHKlXJRy, TT^ ' DEALER IK i WATER TANKS MADE TO ORDER. piaM and see us Shop, rear oi Carpenter's Blacksmith Shop, opposite the Parker House. TRIPP BROS. HcUwnry. |ll.t April ]•>, 1882. ! ~ ' ~ " " $THE GRAND NEW BOOK, atrical aii Circus Life ! Agents' j Green BOOB AND SAW DUST Waited j Arena.» OR m BZOEXTS «» THE " STAGE, *>? j •" ltevealfnff the tnynterie« of tbe^Tbe«tr«. Cirena. Variety Show, Concei t Dive »V *e* ifome and Private 1 ile of A" t<„ K'and ' \e treases. Jiosi wonderful and interest'inir Uwkever pul.tWied. Kxpo^,^ the w"cret doingB of Giddy Hullct <;irls, !»,«•«.k i>oov Mafci, er». Matinees. Midnight Sup,„..>. «<• *p The vei! lifted from the W-ACK-AMT How Women are find Ironi cannon; men eat lire-Hm<1» are rut off.n.l -tu.dr.M. of "ther mvt' •erje* performtd. 150 Kenutitti) lustrations and Klestant Colored l'l»te«. 1'ositiv,1? the selliiifc \ ever pttliliKtied AsenLft canvatKinfr amiit, M« conts. IMn>trttteit i"it full iarUrulai-8 Ajreate jv f£utiu:'of*"*™ i. 1 I :ac St., Si. 1-t.uis, Mo. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. A perfect dress* ing,elegantly per filmed and iuiniv- less. Removes dandruff, restores natural color and pre ven t.s bald ness £0 <-»U and $t FL0SIST017 COLOGHE. 1 cxrjimiulv frj- t | er!uni*» iftv 5 lionally latiiog ^ aud 76 cmU. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC An Invigorating Medicine that Never Intoxicates This delicious combination of Ginger, liuchu. Mandrake, Stillingia. and many other of the !>est vegetable remedies known, cures all disorders of the bowels, stomach, liver, kidneys and lungs, &is The Best and Surest Cough Cure Ever Used. If you are suffering from Female Complaints, Nervousness, Wakefulness, Rheupiatism Dyspep­ sia, age or any disease or infirmity, take Parker's Ginger Tonic, It will strengthen brain and body and give yon new life and vigor. IOO DOLLARS Paid for anything injurious found iu Ginger Tonic or for a failure to help or cure. MV. aud $1 Fizet at dralert in drug:*. L*rr* iftTtafrbey $] Sit*, bfud for circular to Hiscox & Co., 163 W lnjrb«yine u.St.,N.Y. Scissors, Shears* Table and Pocket Cutlery, Spades Shorels, Forks, Corn Knives, Axes* Orindstnes Window Ulass. CRANITE-IRON AND TIN-WARE. J. 8T0RY. Fai mcrSj' ~ jLool^ jHicr© Established in 1855. f: iOHh STERBA, r JOHh S Formerly of McHcn it * • ttio yon want first class mwMnery SDmething' tvehuy go much oi that you ^et the benefit oi it? We know of sonve dealers tbat buy (So much that they claim to sell low, Iwt y<$\ all their prsces and ,then oolite to us and we will sell you the s&mt goods cheaper than any other dealer , ' . • re have just received the finest car of CARRIAGES! CARRtAGESi AI L STYLES, That ever came to this county. If in want of one don't fail to 'call, as the finish beats them^a!!. . A guarantee of our own for oue year with each Carriage. " " « Si I t)f Pumj^ we have both wood and iron. For a wood pump w.e keep the Kenosha, Temple, Toledo, Btishnell and Mishvvaukeee, and for au iron pump the well known Trakem "and Buckeye. Can al­ ways repair or put them down any depth. ' E. M. OWEN & SON. 6 . ' T H I S I V ! • : W M A | > , -* Piovoa, beyond u:iv reason lile niiestion that the CHICAGO > NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY Is by all odds tbe best^road for you tojtak lien traveling" in either direction between Chicago and allle Principal Points is tie West North & Northwesl Carefully examine this Map. The principal Cities in the West and Northwest are Stations on this road. Its lbijtni^tiltruins make i-lose connections with the trains of all' railroads at Junction p3ints, 1 , ' **§t Woodstock, _ Illinois, •„t And bas NQW OD hand th« lanrest and baM -I tto'k of X • ;S aEADYMADE HARNESSES, »; COLLARS, WHIPS, Ac., to be fonnd in th< * County, and lias evervthinir made of ih« ^ESTMATERIAL. Oall»a„d5«.e!rnl JOHN STERBA. n J DAO* ; #. DONOVAN T. J. Dacr & Co. It is a tact well known to the" Fanners ot McHenry County that whenever they have spoken ot Dacy to oppo^iton dealers, that the \ sound of his name has ciMisetf t liWto shud­ der and their bones to rattle, simply" because the Avould be oppositimi dealers know too welt" thiit iv er have bought our ^oods^- in much lartrer quantities than they have done, and that we have al ways sold .^joods? for. less money than the same quality could be, boiiffht by inany of them and! they know it, Ajrain we have , our first choice of machinery in the market, and always aim to keep none but the best.'* Our present stock consists of niany articles (4' machinery not found elsewhere in the county. We have bv actual count over 100 Bliberies, Platform Spring* Wag­ ons and three spring Milk Wag­ ons. MJal! and count theinV) Also a car of Glidden Barbed Wire Also plows, harrows, Pulverizers, spring tooth har rows, seeders, drills, rollers, corn sta I IT cutters, sulky plows, etc., etc., without limit Farm­ ers who consult their own inter­ ests will not buy a do.lar's worth until the> get, our. starvation prices. Write .forcirculars. T. J. DACY & CO^ Woodstock, III. "KtHlfHRPN .Asblariil O ^eaunee^ iirainerU /(' \FIQRENcV i-V ft® C^OH^rl Quinheloo^^Jm'^ yjU."1/ _ \~Wbrcttter Spaldir^g^;1 JTrrri# Voile Ordway Chad ~J Clayton OlN ,S I N W. I S •.•noil k' a xrj oux Falls Ho ^lgona TAKKTO.V Sioux C,,-' Crt\yton _ 'ty VSeiU City^j. .y .^Icna 1'ret'ltorl CHI., WESTV-vc1'??2 O, °"FslL UNION 1*4 CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Ktam'V i< i Cj..Chl. THE CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, Over nil of its principal lines, runs each way daily from two to four or more *Fafet £xpr Trains. It is the onlv roacl West, North or Northwest of Chicago that M9es the - IMPERIAL PALACE DINING CAfeS. It Is the only roa*l Mint runs Pullman Steeping Cars North or Northwest of Chicago. It has oyer 3,000 Miles of.Roacl- In forms, aino pst others, the fnllhwiog Trunk Lines: Council Ululfs, Colorado & California Line. Winoni, Minnesota A Ccnirsi'l Dakota Ll n >ionx Oitv ^ Northeastern Nebraska I.ine. Cliiotfro, St. I'p.nl & Minneapolis I. ir.e, Elgin, Rockford, .Freeport & Dulinque Line. Milwaukee, Green Bay & LakeSnpe Line. Jim River Vajlev, Pierre & Dead wood Line, Wankeslia. Madison & Northern Line TicketH over this rood are solri by all Coupon Ticket Agents in the United Stateo & Canada Remember to ask for Tickets via this roaa, be sure U>ey read over it, and take none other .J O. LATHO. Gen'l Sup't Chicago. W. H. 8TE ffNITT, <ien Pass Aft Chicago. B BUSS, Ag't C. A N W R'y,: McHenry, III. BUY YOUR PARASOLS AND FANS. White Goods, NEW STYLE I * Th e Highest Rank Hade -from liarmle*8 materials, and adapted 1 <> the IMHMI* of lading and tailing nuir. r;iil>ei't- Hair Balfam line taken tlir-liiglii-Kt rank an an e^rgufcj. and ltliublc buir itsloiativt. And an exceptionally fine line of Hosiery . Look over the Line Schnorr^ Have just opened near the Depot. ; | OF GEORGE W. BESLiY, % ' Whose Store can be found on the West Side, wbeae everything m this line can be found, Fresh and Pure. ° Rver brought to McTfon'rV cpu'nfv, iimonc which can be tonnd the Homier Li'miry, l>jrinr,oss rjihvurv. TTarri^on & Smith Safety Lamp ind a fiilc line of Bracket and Hand Lamps of eyery description which will be sold at prices that dafv competition.. Callatid see their oef«)re purchasing*. ewt^ripH on*- (Jiirefillly fompounrl#!. (Jive C.WBESLEY McHenry, 111, G«t. 2uth, 1881. IIS SC R ID Mutual Life of New Ywk BecnusAitis the oldest Company in tlt4 CTnite«l .States with thirty.nine ycttrs o£ e*-perk'nee, Kec.ause it is Ihe largest Compfrn* trt If* world, A sac is, j94,7o-.>,»5«,ii early double thai ofany other 0(^ j»nny\ »» Tii'r;i 11 >t* rt is mo iiiosi |«}|>u'rtr Cnuipany, Its policy holders number over 100,000. Because every dollar of th« alwve immenst sum belongs loth6 polio/ /iDtdur.% jwid' the sur­ plus over what is actually required, is an- nuall v divide.I anioiifrst them, which Hurplut may lie applied in either oi'two ways: First, to pa>v a iiortinn of the tttinual premium, thu* materially reducing the cost, <>r it may he* used to pui'ch:is<' additional insurance. In the latter way forty-i ifslit policy holders of the year just past, holding poli'cfes, the face va I ii e o 1' w h i i- h w ji > # i:>l,50fi, w ere ca rried foi an averflpe tcrni^ of 3:1 years at low rates, and the add it ion 6 brought the Miuffsurn of a lil tie over £<$(K),0(M). Many of these jtoiicies had beej\ 6elf sustaining lor years. Because tin* rates ef every other Company are nearly eighteen pcr cent, higher than those of tbe Mutual L,ife. ' Because its running expenses are *olNr than any other. ^;rv - ^ Tne sworn statenients of the Equitable Life Assurance of New York, a (company several millions less tli.'in half as lai jrc as the Mutual Life, show its expenses of manage, ment to have averaged 14.'23 (hiring the last three years, those of the Mutual Lile 7 8 the dillerence of lirst cost of poltev, and manage­ ment expenses, a lone, are et,ual to 23 per cent in favor of the Mutual Lite. Becanse'it can and does affo'rd the cheapest, safest and most (.aii^factory insurance invest­ ment of any C'oninaiiy in the world. As it will he impossilile for me lo^eeall who are desirous of obtaining J-il'e inmirance at actual j will say lo such that a postal card M ill always reatli me at this place and on receipt of same I will forward different pl-ins and actual results (not estimates) which are certainly astonishing and out do anything in the history,of Life Insurance. This Company issues onlv regular T.ife anrt Endowment policies and li'keother Companye of the highest standard refuses to liave any­ thing to do with T<miinc gambling. O. H. MOKKY. Agent, For McHenry .County anil western part ot Lake County. ' McHKNBT, ILL. That Wonderful Book. CUIDE TO SUCCESS FOB Business AND SOCIETY WITH • Is selling by tensof thousaads. 11_ i* th* niost universally useful liooli ever pnbilsnen. It tell!' completely IIOW TO I>0 EVhltT TliINO in the best wav, How to be YourOwr Lawyer, llow n> Uo Knsiness Correctly and Successfully, How to Act in Society and everywhere. A gold n.ine'of varied informa tion to all classes for constant referencp. AGKSTS WANTED for all or ^pare time. To'know wliv this Ijook of liKAL value and attractions sells better th.in any other, apply, for terms to H. H. SCAMMKLL & CO., 5t. Louis, Missouri. 17 A LARGE FISH, * -AT THE- Waucontfa Drug Store Book Haunt, VVe/ire prepared to cell all oi the apparatus for catching the ubove, T.h'e largest and inost] complete line of tishin<r «roodnj ever displayed in Wauconda. Pure Linen Lines, Trolling Hooks, Floats, linkers, Jointei Ash flodts, etc., at a bargain. - • "THEODORE THOMAS will hard4y be able to call A t \VT auooiida! this season, iNie does, however, we <an «rive him figures on H AR-| VIOril AS and Musical Instru-J tneiit i of til descriptions that! Wiit! astonish nim. A new lint! i; ceivtd. (.'all aud examine %