THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



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Funny Shihgs. 



Variety U what makes life a pleasure. A variety 

 t(f rtadin{j is pleasant reading. This U our aim to 

 make a varieiy /or the pleasure^ and also the pt fit, 

 e/ the reader 



" Won by a bare scratch ! " as the hen observed 

 when she turned up the worm. 



"Do take some more of the vegetables. Mr. 

 Blood, for they go to the pigs anyway." 



John Ooueh says that after he has delivered a 

 lecture he has to read himself to Bleep. Bings 

 says his case is different; his wife usuall" 'eo- 

 tnies him to sleep. 



. ^ ..^„LOW COST HOUSES. 

 Mo yoa intend to build? HOW to BUILD THEM 



A lar^e Atlas, giving outs and fill! 

 descriptioQs of 40 desirable mod. 

 em bouKes, oosilng from A400 up 

 to 4>e,500. ProfuKely Uliutrat- 

 In^everT detail ami many original 

 Ideaa. Hou^* a adapt.^d Ui all oLiiu&teK 

 dflacribM. Srie.:i!ii:alion3 and slie of 

 roomo ehown. Tbe latent, bent, and 

 only cbeap work pabllnbed. F.v- 

 ^ry one who thinks of buildlDg should 

 have this hook. Wo will seod 11 hy mail 

 po'ttpaid and The Farm am> (iA£j>KN 

 one year for 70 centa, or will give H 

 free as a premlnm for a club of 4 

 yearly fiubiicrlber« at £5o. eaeh. 



" Sally," said a fellow to a girl who had red hair, 

 " keep away from me or you'll set me on Are. 

 ••No danger of that," replied the girl, "you are 

 too green to burn." 



At a college examination, a professor asked: 

 •• Does my question embarrass you ? " "Not at all, 

 ■Ir," replied the student, " not at all. It Is quite 

 olear. It Is the answer to it that bothers me." 



A Parisian mother-in-lawsaid to her son-in-law, 

 •'So you were at the ball last evening, and It is 

 not a month since you lost your wlfe.^' " That's 

 tme," answered the culprit, ' with a contrite air, 

 "bot I beg to remind you that 1 danced very 

 •adly." 



A devotee of Bacchus was overheard the other 

 Bjght thus addressing his hat which had fallen 

 from hie head,'" If I pick you up, I fall ; If I fall 

 yon will not pick me up. "Then I leave you," and 

 he staggered proudly away. 



" Well, my daughter, your mother and I have 

 been consulting recently about the windows for 

 onr new house. What kind would you like In 

 the parlor, "uh, thank yon, papa, for seeking 

 my advice. I should prefer beau windows, by 

 •11 means." 



The New York Tribune says that a country 

 Clergyman who has been visiting in that city 

 complains that bunko steerers are so much like 

 Clergymen, that it Is difficult to tefi them apart. 

 He should be able to tell " t' other " from "whlcli" 

 by their manner of preying. 



A remarkably weak-minded dnde says that 

 when he leaves this world he wants to die of 

 dropsy, because the latter is such a swell dlBea««, 



NEW-YORKER 



FARMERS, STOCKMEN, FRUIT-GROWERS, 



Enral people. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO DO WITH- 

 OUT IT. Ask th<«e who tnow. if y.m donot. The Rural New. 

 YoBKKii EXISTS TO DO t;OOD. It ia PUKE, TKUaST- 

 WOUTHV, OKIGINAX, HPAKKLINIJ, ALIVE. It 



differs frt)m other mraj journals in that it is owned aod ( on> 

 ducted by practical and successful farmers. There i« 



NO OTHER FARM PAPER TO COMPARE WITH IT. 



80 say thousands of the BEST PEOPLE in America. 

 THE BEST WBITEES In the world-over 600 contribotors. 

 600 IIXrSTBATIONS FROM NATUBE— the BEST IBTISTS. 

 880 ACBES OF EXrEBI3IE>T CEOrNDS. 



BsifBT Wakd Bxbcocb Haja : *^o |UT« the palter OOM, U 

 io wkat It ftlwkfi." 



GsN. Wm, G. LbDuc, fj. r. 5. Cifm. 0/ Agriculture, Myi: 

 '^ It 1> the beat rarm paper pabllahed.'* 



Many of the BEST GRAINS, HMALI, FRUITS. P0TATOE.S, dtc, have been SENT OCT 

 in theRuBAX,'s FREE SKEI>.|JISTKIHrTIO.N. ttT" Have j-ou heard of the 'Beacty or Hkbbon •' 

 ""White P:lephaNT" and "Blchh" PutatoeeT Have\you h.-ard of tbe " OUTHBERT" Raspberry- of the 



"Clawson" and " DtEm-MzDiTEaKANEAN" Wheats ? These and hundreds of others have beeo 

 sent to sabscrlbers FREE of charge* Ita present 



PRFF SEED-DISTRIBUTION! 



Is of greater valne than auy 



- _. HTH MORE than tliol 



We admit no deceptiTe or fraudulent^ adverriNPn' ni-.. Tbk Rural New-Torkeb, worth over 



■ubBcriberfl. It alone Is WORTH . 



any of trip precedinjf ones, and wiH be sent free to all 

 o Yl AIJL_Y PKICE of THE JOUKNAIv. 



half fl iihilicii dollars, i^ independent, true, and faith- 

 ful to ibe interest-^ of farmers. It can aflbrd 

 to be bonpNt. It abominates monopolies* 

 It expoHes all fraudn. Over 10«000 queetiona 

 answered in its Farmers' Club, preeenung a perfect 

 cyclopaedia of farm information annually. 



$2,800 



lall they tnay be. We wish 



OFFERED 



SRESENT8 for tbe largest clnbo, no matter how emal^ 

 erefore inrite them to eend for free specimens. Th 

 - ^mw Ttvurr r.io.i7>«»T«* GARDEN, RELIUIOU-.; i 



price ifl 82*00 per year, weekly. Pine tintad paper, 16 pages. Try U. 



Jierefore inrite them to eend for free specimens. Then tney tn 

 for THE BE8T. It is a FARM, GARDEN, RELIGIOUS. 

 JOURNAI*-AlJL IN ONE. The price is 82,0O 



they tnay 



Then they^may iudge 



To Its subscribers, In 



all to know the truth, and 



;e for themselveB. and subscribe 



"S, HOME and LITERARY 



3tint«ap 



Add«M THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 34 Park Row, New York. 



We should be cheerful, if possible, at all times; 

 tntU it what the Farm and Gaedkn tries to be on 

 Otis page. Clieerfulness makes life plea-santer, to 

 aoe« a good agricultural paper like the Fakm and 



B ill you not affree to it, and take il. 



ONLY 14GENTS for 3FRENCH DOLLS 



WITH AN ELECANT WARDROBE OF 32 PIECES. 



#B^ ^^^^ OonsiBtlng'of Reception Drceses. Evening Dreasest Street 



Coetumea. Momliur Dresses, Gloaks. Hats and Bonnets, 

 Hand Sat*:hf 1h. Sun Umbrellas, Music PortfolioB, Over- 

 coats. Sailor Suite, Military Sqitsand Drnms,Stxeet Jack- 

 eta and I>r©BH Suits. Watermg' Place Suits, Traveling- Cos- 

 tumes, &o. These dresBea and suits in this eleprant ward- 

 robe repreeeiit Nine I>if f erent Colors, and they are lovely 

 beyondT description, B«veralof them belnff from deHigns 

 by Worth, ol Paris. There is one little Boy and two Qiii 

 dolls In. each sot. with pretb' faces and Ufenlike beautlfnl 

 f ectures, and thoi r wardroY>e belntr so extenelve that il 

 takes hours to dress and undress them in their different 

 euita. Every child, and In fact every mother that hoe 

 seen them KOintoe^itaciea over them. Children will g%t 

 more real enjoj-ment out of ft set of- these French DoUg 

 thanoot of articles thatcOKt 910. Every person that buys 

 them pen 1b immediately for more. A L^dy writes uethat 

 herhttle Lvov and glrli^ayed lor five hourfl with a set of 

 thefieFiencn dolls and they felt very bad indeed to think 

 that they inurt stop and eat their supper, and if motbera 

 only knew hr.w mnch amusement ther« is in these dolLi 

 they would not only ^ve 14 cents but 60 cents for them 

 ritner than not have them. Sample eet, consisting- <a 



ttiree dolls with their wardrobe of ©» pieces bv 

 m>s;tp«ld, forl4 ccDta. 2 sets, 6 dolls, 64 pieces fo. - 

 Ten sets for 81. If you send for one or two sets we 



wm 



send our Secret Method and Full DirectiODH how you can 

 make more tiian One Hundred Dollars a month out of 

 theae dolls, Thislaanppportunity too valuable for yoa 

 A4dres« E.lNAHOIf Sc CO., l30 Fulton Streeu New York 



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I THIS STYLE PHIUDELPHIA SINGER MACHIM F ONLY $20. TWO WEEKS ON TRIAL, 



I WARRA 

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WARRANTED 



e 



YEARS. 



FREE W I m EA< M— Johnson Rnffler, Tncker, I box of 4 neramers and Binder, Thre.-id Cntt<T, 12 Nee- 

 dles. H rench, h«rew Driver. Oil and Oil Tan, 1 Root Bemmer and Feller, Braider, extra Check Sprine, extra 

 l,,!7? ' *' T " UlrectionB ; this includen all »tt»chment/. poMible to furnish with any Diarliino The 



"Il'AKKl.PHIA fINOER it tht same m any SinRor Family Machin-— it is highly omamenttMl in black and 

 gold, all th» parU are aelf-threadinK, loooa pulley to wind the bi*bin withontmnning the machine, nickel-plated 

 balance Wheel and castors on the Bland. The cabinet TPork is theiiuostuBed byany machinecompanv,allmado 

 In the latest Gothic Style, handsomely veneered with French walnnt panels. Onr nnprecedented offer to »end 

 It to you on twowwks' trial in yaiirown bouse ought to induce any one in want of a machine to order at once. 



OffttUrmn ; — Please send me oh* PhiUuUtphia Sinffer Srwing Machine. Pri^e $2Cy. 



Shifts. 



1/th.e machiHe frmtt to it as rtpnaenttd by you, after ttvo lueeks' trial, I ivill send rim the amount amid 

 u/fon at oThe. 



S^ned.- 



Genflemen : — ^. „ _ rvho jmds you tin's order for a 



srtfin^ machine, it w^ kncmm to me as a reliaiiU person, and Ihelirve, if the machine firoi'cs as you refi- 

 r esrnt, the money wUl be /or'.varded to you as agyeed ; if it does not prove satisfactory, I am confident the 

 mtuhtne will be returned to you in good order at the time specified. 



Signed... 



State business engaged in.. 



I 





C*t»4>ine WELL-KNOWN men-hunt or banker to »l|ni th 

 nronnjtlj. Wb-y pay $40 or $30 for ob» no t>«ttcrt W 



Cot «at thli eoopon, uid All In yonr bkiba, po^t'offlrf, and ■bippln^ dlrectlonA, plalnlj. 

 rvtom the mnrbino to n«. If It pro\eH «■» rrpr^itenlcrt, wn pipfrt ro« to fortraM tbe inon(>T 

 ■n^wbtreln the CNITEIl STATES— ALL WK ABK 18 TO KAOW THIT THE PEUSON OR 

 •poDkHilo ppnple anJ agrnU of the bl^b-pHeed macbiae« fruta. impoalng opon OB. H« want to know. If we perfum oor part of th« coatraf tT that you will tout*. 



bS ANn lot. Etery marhlDV Ib ae- — — — — — - ___ 



eompanled with a crrlinrnt* of war- 

 BforTHJUCEYEAUS. AMr«M, 



thlo e«rtiflent«. If It U not all wc claira, yon can , 

 K ARE WILLING TO SE.ND TIIEBI to any one 



--- i*y nromptly. Wby pay $40 or $3U for ono no b«ttci 



LL WK AbK 18 TO KAOW THAT THE PEUSON ORUEUINO IS A filtLlABLE PERSON. We are .ompelled to a-k a r«a«>nablt tmnmntee to 



Tills IS ONLY 



CHA RLES A. WOOD & CO., 17 North lOth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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