Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-12-02
9Th HALF-YEARLY COMPETITION
The most Interesting Contest ever offered
by The Canadian Agriculturist.


One Thousand Dollars in Cash. a Pair of Handsome
Shetland Ponies Carriage and Harness, and over two
thousand other valuable prizes for the Agculturists
brightest readers Who will have them? According to
the usual custom for years past the publishers
THE AGR1ouLruF1sr offer their Sixth HalfYeariy
Literary Competition This grand competition will.
doubt, be the most gigantic and successful pre-
sented to the people of the United states and Canada
One Thousand Dollars cash will he paid to the per
son sending in the largest list Of Fngiisb words CON
structed from letters in the words 1.-The Canadian Asr
cutririSt
Five Hundred Dollars in cash will he given to tie
second largest list A Handsome Pair of Shetland re-
MES Carriage and Harness will be given for the third
largest list over thousand additional prizes awar
in order Of merit One Grand Piano: 500 Or.u; 900
Piano: Dinner Sets; Ladies Gold Watehes; Six Dress
Patterns Portiere Curtains; Silver Tea Services: Ten
nysons Poems bound in cloth. Dickens in l. yolunB,
boundin cloth, etc.
As there than leo prizes, any who takes
the trouble to prepare an ordinary good list VAL not fail
to receive valuable prize This is the biggest thing in
the competition lns that have placed before the
public and all who do not take part will miss oppor
tunity Of life time.
RuLEs-l. \ letter cannot be used oTtner than it
appears in the words - The Canadian Agrcuturist
For instance the word egg could not be scd as there
is but g in the three words . Words having more
than one meaning bat spelled the same can he used but
once B. Names of places and persons barred
Zach list must contain one dollar topay orsiy months
subscription to THE AGRICULrCRIsT II two or more
tie. the largest list which bears The earliest postnar
will take the first prize and the Others viii receive przes
in order merit T. 5. money and stamps take at par
The ol,;rrt in offering these rrofni9cont r,.g IL Il,
introduce our popular magazine into newhomes in every
part OF the American continent.
Every competitor enclosing 30 cents in stamps extra
will receive free, by mail posraid nj THE AGRICUL
TURISTS Elegant Souvenir Spoons of Canada
Prizes awarded To persons residing 10 the United States
VIII be shipped from New York office free of duty
All money letters should be registered
Our FoRMER CuNrPETITIoN-We have given away
S5 coo in prizes during the last years. and have thou
sands Of letters from prizenuers in every in the
union snd every part of Canada and Newfoundland.
Lord kcoursie, \ DC to the Governor General Cam
ada, writes shall recommend my friends toenter your
competitions" NJ NJ Branden Vancouver, L. c., RE
ceived $1,000 in gold and hold his receipt same
few of the prize winners: Miss J. Robinson Toronto
$500; j. J. Brandon, Fenelon Falls Ont $500; David
Harrison Syracuse Y, $685. H Beays st Louis SIo
$500: Jas. Baptie West Duluth Minn $780, Miss Geor.
gina Robertson, Oak St, Brooklyn Sl0O0 Fred H Hills
$50 State St, Bridgeport Conn., and thousands of others
Address THE AGRICULTURIST, Peterborough, CanasA
tCoIrKTITIos CLOSES JANUARY l5 1881