The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-10-05
Minerals, Shells, Birds, sc.

The Naturalists' Agency has been established at
1928 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, for the pur
pose of giving collectors of objects of Natural His
tory an opportunity Of buying, selling exchang
ing their duplicates or collections.
Specimens sent 10 any part of the world by mail
An illustrated monthly bulletin OFFS pages sent free.
received the highest award given to any one at
the Centennial Exposition Of 1876, and the only
award and medal given 10 any American for "CoI-
lectiOns of Minerals"
My Neurological Catalogue of 80 pages is dis.
trbuted free to all customers, TO others receipt
of 10 cents II IL profusely illustrated, and the
printer and engraver charged me about $4,000
before copy was struck on. BY means of the
table of species and accompanying tables most
species may be verified The price list an excel
lent check list containing the names of all the
species and the most common varieties, arranged
alphabetically and preceded by the species num-
Der. The species number Indicates the place OF
any mineral in the table of species, after it win be
found the species name, composition, streak or
lustre, cleavage or fracture, hardness, specific
gravity, fnsibility and crystallization.
The large increase of my business has compelled
me to rent the store No. 1927, and IL entirely for
Birds Mammals Shells, Plants Books, Fossils,
Mound builders Relics and other objects of Natur
~ History. have secured the service of one OF
the best taxidermists in the country, and can do
the best custom work.
Over 80 tons, and nearly $4,000 worth of Min
erals on hand. $4,000 worth sold since the nth
day of January, when the first box was put into
my establishment November IL my cash sales
were over Sl,5OO and cash receipts over 81 200.
COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS
For Students, amateurs, Professors, Physicians,
and other Professional Men.
The collections of 100 illustrate all the principal
species and all the grand subdivisions in Dana
and other works on Mineralogy; every Crystalline
| system; and all the principal Ores and every
known Element The collections are labelled with
n printed label that can only be removed by soak
ing. The labels of the $500 and higher priced col
! lections give Danas species number, the name
locality, and In most cases. the composition of the
Mineral All collections accompanied by my illus
trated catalogue and table of species.
IS 80 100
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS in box in box in box
| Crystals and fragments, 80 $l.00 SIX
Students size, larger, l.50 800 go
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS 100 200 800
| Crystals and fragments, $l.00 800 $500
| Students SIZE larger, 800 1000 25Ot
Amateurs size, . IL in. x1 IL 1000 1000 5000
| High School or Academy
| size, . 1-2x3 l-2 ill.,, Shelf
| Specimens, $500 5000 10000
| College size, 3 l-2 o in.
Shelf Specimens, 5000 1000 10000
send for The bulletin, stating where you saw this
advertisement
a. F. FOOTE. NJ. D.,
| Prof Of Chemistry and MnerdioQU
| Fellow of the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science; Life Member of the Phil
adelphia Academy of Natural Science anil of tiit
American Museum of Natural History, Central
| Park, New York. a