Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-25
HEARTH AND HOME.
Edited by Donald G.. Mitchell and Har
riet BeecheT Stowe.

| rIet BeechGT stowe.
On the Goth of December will be issued the frs
number of a new Rural and Family Paper wit
| the above title.
1t will be published weekly on sixteen larg
handsome pages, printed from new type on clear
white book paper abundantly illustrated by thu
best artists. 1t will be largely devoted to agri
! culture.
! 1t will not go to the farmer with any airs of su
| perlor knowledge, for its conductors are vel
aware that every man knows many things in hi
own special calling better than they; but it viii
aim to aid the farmer in his peculiar difficulties
and to help him where he needs help. To this end
a large number of scientific men and men of prac
tical experience will tell in its columns from week
| to week what they know about Soils, Tillage
Stock Breeding, Poultry Raising; the arrange
ment of fields and buildings, all new implements
seeds and plants of value.
1t will carefully report to him all public discus
sions at home and abroad of matters pertaining to
his calling and no pains will be spared to induce
the best farmers and planters all over the country
to state IN its pages the methods by which they
to say will smell of the soil and not of the die
tionary, and their object will be to protect the
farmer from humbugs, help him out of wrong
ways into right ways, and to make the least work
produce the most profit. ..1-
THE FRUIT GROVER will find in this journal all
new fruits of value figured and described, and i'm
proved methods of treatment of established sorts,
subject to the observations and criticisms of pro-
fessional and accomplished cultivators. This
paper will not be party in the wars of the pomol-
OS1StS: no OUTSIDE pressure snail cause III TO speak
well of an inferior fruit or badly of good fruit.
The FLORIST will find due space given in this
journal to flower culture, whether in summer or
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lect of consideration and of such suggestions as
experienced flowergrowers or inventive amate urs
can supply. This Department of the Journal will
be under the supervision of practical gardener
and accomplished botanist.
ORNAMENTAL GARDENING, whether relating to
parterres of flowers, or to the lay out OF an estate,
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number of the journal will have some one or
more illustrations to further and to inform taste
in this direction. u
RURAL ARCHITECTURE will be represented by q
design each week, and in the course of the year
we shall hope to give tasteful examples of every
style of Rural Building, from rustic arbor to q
village Church. .
PLANS OF COUNTRY HOMES which are noted for
their attractiveness will be given from time to
time, as also of Cemeteries, Parks, illage Green's
and such directions with respect to details
whether of planting road-making-as shall
make them worthy of study
To THE FAMILY CIRCLE it will bring all that
can interest the household; plain rules for
healthy living and domestic management, from the
folding of a napkin and the cooking OF good
dinner to the education of children. 1t will make
record of all that relates to new industries, pro-
gress in science, domestic comfort and ireside
art. Here new books and favorite authors will
have due notice, with choice items of domestic
and foreign news. 1t will also bring to the hearth
the entertainment of adventures by sea and land,
the cheer of good stories and the melody of sweet
songs In these features it will be strong original
and pure.
e. Dodge will contribute to every number, and
many of the best writers of the country will con-
stantly enrich this department.
= a new story, by Mr.. j. T. Trowbridge, entitled
g In the Ice" written expressly for Hearth and
Home, will begin with the first number. to be i'm
mediately followed by an original novel from the
powerful pen of Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis,
authoress of " Life in the Iron Mills
THE BOYS AND GIRLS will not be forgotten, but
viii find their own page always lighted with such
make them look sharply every week for the COM
ing of Hearth and Home. There will be riddles,
and puzzles, and games and many pleasant
women and cheerful men, VIII O love the little peo-
pie, will have much to say for their entertainment
And all the fun will be so tempered with good
teaching, that we shall hope to make them wiser
and better, while we make them merrier.
To ALL WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY we shall
nope to bring entertainment, sound teaching, and
valuable suggestions.
Finally, we are aware that it is easy, and not
pectus; we rely, however, upon the actual merit
OF our paper to make good all we have said; and
to that end we shall confidently ask the attention
of every reading person to its ample and beauti-
full pages. Begin with the beginning. Now 1s i
the time to subscribe.
TERMS FOR 1s69-single copies 81. invariably
IN advance 8 copies $40; SCOPES SIS; Any one
sending us S45 for club of 10 copies (all at one
Bime), will receive copy free
Drafts or money orders preferred. to prevent
chances of loss by mail. Postage on HEARTH AND
HOME to all paris of the country is only 20 cents
rear, or cents quarter, payable at the office
where the paper is delivered. A specimen copy
If the first number sent free.
No travelling agents employed. Address all
to PETTENeILI, BATES g. Co
publishers 81 Park Row, New York.
The CONSUMPTION in France 3. to be eZ.
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