THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



IS 



CQai^i^s by ^AGI^ Pl^OSIl. 



A little girl joj-fiilly assured her motlier the 

 otiier day tliut she hud found out wliere tliey 

 made horses; she had seen a man finishing one. 

 '* He was nailing on his last foot." 



A sewing-machine agent was recently attacked 

 by a fierce catamount, near Milford. Strange as 

 it may appear, the catamount escaped without 

 buying one of the machines. 



When a man and his wife engaged in a debate 

 the other night, and the dog got up and scratched 

 to be let out of tlie room, they concluded it was 

 time to stop the discussion. 



When their Queen died, the people of Mada- 

 gascar wore no clothes for a period of thirty days. 

 This is a good deal cheaper than the American 

 plan of bankrupting yourself at a mourning- 

 goods store. 



Lord Morpetli used to tell of a Scotch friend of 

 his, who, to tile remark that some peo]ile cnuld 

 not tell a Jest unless it was tired at them witli a 

 cannon, replied, " Weel, but hoo can ye tire a 

 jest out of a cannon, mon ? " 



"Which would you rather have, a little brother 

 or a little sister? " asked Mrs. Simpleton of her 

 little boy Tommy. 



" Oh, ma, don't let us have either of them — 

 ohildren are such a. nuisance about a house." 



" I wish you wouldn't go hunting," said a wife 

 to her husband ; "it's a cruel pleasure." " Don't 

 Bee how it can be," said the husband; "I enjoy 

 it, the dogs enjoy it, you enjoy having me away, 

 and the quail enjoy it, for 1 couldn't hit one to 

 save my life." 



Scientists now boldly declare that this earth 

 "was peopled 50,000,(Mj(J years before Adam was 

 born. We are not prepared to dispute this asser- 

 tion in the least. We have always wondered how 

 mankind could learn so much deviltry iu only 

 6,000 years. 



A ninety year-old colored man living in Talla- 

 hassee went out hunting theotlier day, and during 

 his trip it is claimed that he killed *' three bears, 

 an alligator, a rattle;-;nake, and ten skunks, and 

 cut three bee trees." If he were not so old it 

 might pay him to give up hunting and confine 

 exclusively to lying. 



** Mollie, I wish yon would be a lietter little 

 girl." said an .\ustin father to his little daughter ; 

 " you have uo idea how sorry I am that mama i 



The "Trib„„=" call, itself k^ to SCold you all the 



» missionary for the Repub- time. DOU t WOrrV about | 



licaos. The Farm AND Gar- t* ^„ J) .,r„;. *Kp ,.,:., ,1.- ^f 



ol.» is a missionary for neiv "> P.^' ^* '^* ''"^ "^1".^ O' 



fruits, honest ad'yertisers, the little angel, I am UOt 



fi'eL°"'c''a°a''you''Sot''do°"m! 006 of those sciisitive chil- 



Oe miisionary worlt. an.l drCU. Half the time I dou't 

 Increase the list at your post- J^^^^ .^^.j^^jj g|,^ ^.^^.^„ 



Judge Jere Black, famous in contemporary 

 history and law, long wore a black wig. Having 

 lately donned a new one, which looked new, and 

 meeting Senator Bayard, of Delaware, the latter 

 accosted liim : — " Why, Black, how young Vfpii 

 look, y(»u are not so gray as I am. and you must 

 be twenty years older." " Humph," said the 

 Judge, " good reason ; your hair comes by descent. 

 and I get mine by purchase." 



Chicago Preacher. — " Yes, the attendance has 

 been very meagre lately ; but I had a grand con- 

 gregation last Sun day," Visiting brother. — "Last 

 Sunday ? Why, I saw by the pajiers that it 

 stormed here terribly last Sunday." "Yes, as 

 the saying is, it rained ])itclifi>i-ks all day long." 

 "And yet you say that your church was crowded ?" 

 "Yes." " How do you account for it 'V "Well, 

 you see tlie weather was so bad that they had to 

 postpone the races." 



A certain farmer iu Iowa will be safe from 

 some annoyances for the year to come. He wel- 

 comed every sort of an agent, and they left every 

 sort of an instrument ever devised by mortal 

 man, until the ftirin-liouse was a vast museum of 

 natural curiosities. Tlie piano man put a .?600 

 piano into tlie parlor on trial. He was followed 

 by the man witli tlie ]iarlor organ. Then came 

 three diiferent sewing-machines, a .^2i>0 music 

 bo.t, three $.50 oil paintings, a parlor suit, a .$75 

 mirror, a melodeon, a liook case, two accordeons, 

 and several other articles which could be paid 

 for on the monthlv installment plan. When the 

 last agent had disappeared the old house took 

 fire from a defective flue, ami was burned to the 

 ground, not a single article left by the agents be- 

 ing saved. " Some call it one thing and some 

 another," said the old man, as he pocketed the 

 insurance on the house and goods, "but I dunno. 

 Providence sometimes works in cu'rus ways. 

 My gittin' burned out will give this district a 

 rest a hull year to come." 



f^DYBI^IiISEMENinS. 



In writinn advert txers pUu^t inention I'arm ami Garden. 



cn HANDSO-Ml-: CHlt03IO CARDS with your 

 t'V name neatly printed, only 10 ct«. Agents wanted. 

 Keystone Card Co., 1112 Nevada Street, Ptiilad'a, Pa. 



$65 



A lUONTH Rud Board for three live 

 YounK Men or I,adies in each county. 

 AddresH. P. W. ZIEGLCR & CO., Phllad'a. Pa. 



En New, Fancy Cliroiiio Cards. Handsomest sold. -50 styles 

 Ov with name, 10c, N.\ssau Card Co., Nassau, N. Y. 



100 



Fine Printed Envelopes, white orassorted col- 

 ors, with name, business, and address on all 

 IVii- 40 cts., .50 for 25cts. Cards and Letterheads 

 lit same price. CK C-'DEPlJ\',Syraci(se,N.y. 



DAT^CMTC THDS. P. SIMPSON. Washington. 



~M I blV I Oa 0. C. Nn pityaskH.l for puteut 



until oiitiuiieii- Write lor Inveutor's <;iiide. 



SALESMAN WANTED 



I to canvass f^r tde sale of Nursery Stock. Our 

 I Nursery estaMlbhed 1846, One of tb e largest In 

 I the I'nlted States. Address "^^T"- cCs ■!». 

 I snXXfX^ZXy Geneva Nursery. Geneva, N. Y 



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O A TJT^C S^'"Pl'* Boolr. PrPtnhim List. Prirn T.ist 

 \jAJXUO senl free. U. S. CAOO CO.. Cenlrebrook. Conn. 



THE DAVIS 



STUMP PULLER. 



i^ iiiiw ii 



in uii\" i-\ irv jiurt at' the C. 

 1.1 t'T ad TO 50 TONfS 

 Stands on runners, worked by 

 two men. 5 sizes. Price $35 to 

 870. Circulars free. Sfannfac- 

 tured by H. L, BENNKTT, 

 Westerville, Franklin Co., O. 



RULBSM2 



l^'My Eleganlly ILLUS 



PO^PQ for FAI.t, 

 ■A<./OEO PLANTING 

 LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Free lo Arr. 

 AHuress i> .11. H. Kl-:i';il, ('lianiherMhHrg. Pa. 



MONSTEBBRONZE TURKEYS. 



The re^'uiur Jumbo .■"trjiio, Manunoth Pekin Bucks^ 

 Cockerels und Clnoks of all the ditierent fowls. State' 

 what you ivan^. Write to 

 E. P. CLOUD. Kennett Square, Penna». 



JEltsEV U\^D, POLAND-CHINA, 

 1 hest«r Hhite, Berkshire Si York- 

 -.hire Kiirs. Southdown, lotswold 

 ind Oxforil Down Sheepnntl L.-\inli« 

 'Scotrh Collf y Shpphi-rd Do^s nnd 

 Foney PouUrj. Send for fatalogue 

 W. ITLEE PVItPEE & t0^hlla.P» 



MARTIN AMBER 



SKED WHEAT. I otT.-r in an.-s vi.ld ..fihis r^niark- 

 ableand popular iifw \\ h.-;a. twic*' cleantMl, ;in<l deal- 

 oi rye, triiNli, or «-im'<U. its hii.tiii- pi<ppt m.-s are 

 so threat as to nei-d iihuiil !i;ilt' t)]f iisiiiil aniMntil n( seed. 

 A great yielder, and exct-llenl i'ui llunr. I'.v IreiLjht or 

 express, '4 bu.. $1.00; >a hu., iJl.-^O. 1 hu., ^~1.W. Ev mail 

 (post-paid nib., 40 cts: 41bs..§l.no. Rrandywiiie Niir- 

 sery. F. C. RIDDLE. CH AOD^S FORD, PA. 



I and return lo us- 



.UT THIS OUT-rjli'i'S*!? 



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^^^y^^^~-~^~— — nmil !i Golden 



^^^ Isox ol IwoofiN lli!U will brinK vou in J>Iore 



.^loiiev. in one niontli. lluin iiin tiling else in AniHrica. 

 Altsulute certaiitlv. Need no ('ii|iital. 



flt, VOt'N(ji, 173 tiitenwich St., New York. 



The ^VoiicSerfsiai Kazoo V 



mini Miiliil. 

 n CjinadH. jinrt 

 r.f the U. S. 



PEACH TREES and STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



At wlK.I.sal*' und rt-lail. Caliilni^oi- sent Irre. 

 SA.>IU1':L C. De cor, .^loore-Htowii, N.J. 



EatfthllHtiod 



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FAIRVIEW NURSERIES -1 



20U.\< Ii i:slN Fit IIT TREES AND 

 S>I.\I,I, FKl'IT PI.ANT.S. 



l'2.^.<K»0I'iiieh Trees, clinice Kiefl'erand 

 l.e Coiite i'ear Trees. All kinds of nur- 

 sery stuck. Small IVllils. anil (^nafce (>!■- 

 aiiee SiJeciallies. Send Cor priee-lisl. Ad- 

 dress, j_ pERKiivs. MOORESTOWN. N.J. 



GOSSAMER GARMENTS FREE! 



'\''> ittlii>iliicc ■' IIiipp\' li:i\ s, ■ 1,111- new 10 page llhisu-u- 

 If'l .Mai^'a/.iiiM ur will srml IVfc to an\' ludy .sendini? 

 ■Jt; I'l-i. in slam ps Ini' :; niciii hs -.nps.-riptii m. two Tjndie!>«^ 

 Size \\'nlerpr<M»t (.oKsanitM* (<iiriiiciifs wiih <ata- 

 iDiiiie of other inljlier u'mds, prn\ i.led tli*'\- will show 

 them to their friends and indini- n( her salrs, Adilress 

 PUBLISHERS HAPPY DAYS, HARTFORD. CONN. 



Imitates to per feet ion nny tird or niilninl, 7'I^ts any turn? and re-- 

 quires no instruction t^ use It; fi-r d^iiicing mufeicitU uiicxcclliii; 

 In fact Ills the simpk-st little inubical ioilrument In the world. 

 POLITICAL CLUHS will find It just the thing for cftnipalsm pur- 

 poses, the music beln^ new and tc^klng. Agents are selling them by 

 the thou&andR. Price 16 cents each. 2 for 25 rents. $1.00 a doien, 

 BABCOCK & CO., CENTERBROOK. CONN. 



The 



THREE SER.TIONS ilrlivt-reil in PRIENDS'- 

 .MKETIXUHOITSES, by JOHN J.<<)KNEI,L. 



Sent by mail for fi cenlH, ii7.00 |ier 100. I'ostaga- 



stamps taken. Address 

 NCNRY J. CHILO^ M. D.. 634 Race Street. Philadelphia. Fa. 



''RANCOCAS " 



TIW. :tmsT I'UOIUCTIVE 



EARLY RED RASPBERRY. 



A (cuod color. {'arrieH -well, \ Ki t market 



lierry. p'or the seas-.i^ i.l Is^ l)i.- .irit.'iii:Uors niade- 

 their last shipment of sliMrpless sirawi.errirs Jnne 19tU 

 and their flrst shipment of Ranc(X-as Juar 'ilst. Send 

 ((ir history and description. Librral terms to th» 



Trade." Introduced by 



R. C. CHASE & CO., CENEVA,(N. Y.- 



OUR BULB OFFERS. 



That we might offer liberal premium^ 

 to our subscribers, we. have imported di' 

 reet from t/ie f/rowers ill jEunope and tk^ 

 Bermudas, the finest lot of bulbs we have- 

 ever seen. These we have decided to offer- 

 to our friends in the folio-wing liberals 

 collections : — 



Our 60-cent Collection, 



S^t\t free by maU, a-nd -including oner- 

 year's subscription to The J^ar-m andi^ 

 Garden, will contain One fine Dutch Hy- 

 acinth, Two Grape Hyacinths, Two Tulips, 

 Five Crocus {each of a different color), 

 One Scilla Siberica, One Single Xm-rissui 

 Poeticus, making in all, jchen quality i&- 

 coKsidered , as fine a collection of winter- 

 blooming bulbs as could be usually bought- 

 fur $L06. 



For. SI.OO 



We will send one fine bulb ofLilium Hat 

 rissii {see cut on page 1), imported by u&- 

 from growers in Bei-muda, One Dutch 

 Hyacinth, Five Tulips, Six Crocus {four- 

 colors), Three Spanish Iris, Three Snow- 

 drops ; -included -with this is a year's sub- 

 scription to The Farm and Garden. 



For S2.00 



^'^will gfnd Tiro bulbs of Liliitm Har- 

 rissii. One Scilla Sibericu, Four Spanish 

 Iris, Two Imas, One Snowdrop, Thre& 

 Oxalis, Seven Single Narcissus Forticus, 

 One ,/onquil. One tulip. Five Crocus- 

 {ilifferent colors), One Feather Hyacinth, 

 With these we will include a year's sub— 

 i scription to The Farm and Garden, 



