The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-01-12
KNICRERB0CKER MAGAZINE.
FEFTY-FIFTH VOLUME. /.
LOUIS GAYLORD CLARK, DR.. JAMES C. MOVES,
EDITORS.

THE present number closes the fifty y-fourtlL
volume Of the kStckERhocEER, and. while we
thank our patrons foE their past favors, We
shall strive 10 increase their number by re-
doubled care and. effort in every department OF
the Magazine We expect in our next num-
Der to. be able to announce a series OF articles
on Popular Astronomy, by the most distin-
guishcd writer upon that science in the land.
Stories and Pictures Of the Hudson will DO
completed during the year, and the two vo(-
pmes Will contain the best sketches, tales, po-
ems, ETC., that can be procured for the enter
tainment of our readers.
PREMIUM FOR 1860.
Is order to increase the already large cir
culaton of ihe kSICKERBoCKER we publish this
month splendid line engraving of FRITH's
picture Of Merry Making IN the Older; Time
which we shall present exclusively to the S3
subscribers to the Magazine for 1860, whether
old or new. The subject represents the pas
times of our ancestors, and is eminently of &
genial, domestic character. The plate, en-
graved in England at an expense of $4,000
dollars is entirely new, measures twenty-five
by nineteen and a half inches in size, containa
thirty nine figures, and is beyond comparison
the fuest work of the sind ever offered as n
premium this country.
A1IC CiIS Ill = VI HI4ln picture Cl
Making in the Olden Time, represents the hu-
mors of an English holiday in the country in
those good old times when the men wore
eockeG-ha.s and knee breeches, and the wo-
men stays and hoopS-a costume not essen
tally differing from the corset and crinoline
Of the present day. AlmQst in the centre Of
the picture and a little in the background iR
a country dance on the green, with hard.
fea ured fiddler perched on high seat, and
another musician in q tie-wig standing BY him,
playing with all their might. On the right
two bouncing girls are gaily pulling toward
the dance "a gray-haircd man, who seem vain
ly to demonstrate that his dancing days are
over while 4 waggish little chit pushes hin,
forward from behind, greatly 10 the amuse-
ment of his spouse, who is still sitting at tho
tea-table, from which he has been dragged.
On the left, under a magnificent spreading
oak, sit the squire and his wife, whom coun-
tryman with his hat off is respectfully inyit-
ing to take part In the dance To the left OF
the squire is young couple on the grass, to
whom gypsy with an infant on her shoulder
is telling their fortune. Over the shoulders
OF this couple is seen group engaged in quoit-
playing, and back of the whole is landscape
OF gentle slopes and copses. The picture has
the expression of gayety throughout, and the
engraving is splendidly executed 1t is fresh
from the hurin of HoLL, not having yet been
published in England
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three copies Sc. The postage on the Maga-
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in all cases at the Office where it is received.
RsE> To every $3 subscriber for 1850, in
closing twelve cents extra in stamps, will be
sent, free of postage, copy of the new and
splendid engraving Of Merry Making In the
Olden Time Whoever shall send us the
names offive 81 subscribers, and stamps, ISIS.
So will receive the KNICKERBocKER for one
year and the Engraving gratis.