THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



ZAHMS CORNER, 



ITorth Queen Street & Centre Suc[are, 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



A PULL ASSORTMENT OP 



AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WATCHES, 

 CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER- 

 WARE, AND 



SILVER-PLATED WARE. 



SOLE AGENT IN LANCASTER CODM FOR THE SALE OF 



The Aruiidel Tinted Spectacles. 



Theso Spectaclcfi have h'.'en bt-foro the public now for 

 Bomo years, and have given entire satisfaction. They are 

 uuquoatiouably the bent in the market. 



WATCH REPAIRING 



and GENERAL JOB WORK in all its branches promptly 

 done. The well-earned reputation of 



for flret-clasa work \viU be fully maiutaiued. 



EDV/.J. ZAHM, 



ZAHMS CORNER, 

 North Queen St. and Centre Square, 

 7-3.3m LANCASTER, PA. 



DILLER & GROFF, 



AGENTS FOR 



The best in the market. Guaranteed to 

 give satisfaction. 



No pay aeked mitil the coudilions of the guarantee are ful- 

 filled. Call and 8©e it with the late improvements. 



.\LSO A 



FULL LINE OF HARDWARE, 



BUILDING MATERIALS, 

 SSXOVK*, 



And everything usuiUj- kept in a first class Hardware 

 Store, at 



. W. 7 EAST KING STREET, 



7-i-cm LANCASTER, PA. 



IB. IB. lVt.A.H.TII>J", 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Wlttiainspnrt antl T^ck tlnvt'n, 



BiU Mills— ROUND ISLAND & PORT.\OE, PA. 

 7-1] Retail Lumber and Coal Yard, [6m 



WATER STREET, ABOVE P. R. R., LANCASTER, PA. 



IF YOU WANT A 

 SS-WZITG MACSZITS, 



don't dot one before you examine the 



REMINGTON, 



— AT — 



H. A.SCHROYER'S GENTS' FURNISHING STORE, 



No 3 NORTH QUEEN STREET, 



NEXT DOOR TO ZAHM'S OOBKEK, 

 WHO IS AGENT FOR LANCASTER COUNTY. 

 t»-8end for Circulars. [7-»-3m 



JQHN H. HETZLEE, 



One of Ben. Butler's Last. 



One of the last as well as one of the neatest lilts 

 maJe liy (Jeneral Hiitler, just before the elose of the 

 last session In Coiiirress, oeeiirreil iliirini; llie fumcms 

 "deaiMoek" tifrhl on the Civil Ki^'hts Hill. The 

 question of adjournment was tinder eonsiileration, and 

 (ieneral Butler had stepped over to Mr. Kamlall's 

 desk for a jirivate eonsultation. Butler favored a 

 iSiiiiday session. Kandall opposed. 



•• Had as I am, I have some respeet for God's day," 

 said llii^ Demoerat, ''and I don't think it proper to 

 hold a session of Congress on that day." 



" Oh, pshaw ! " resixmded Bntler, " don't the bible 

 say that it is lawful to pull your ox or your ass out 

 of a pit on the Sahhath-day ! You have seventy-three 

 asses on your side of this House that I want to Ret out 

 of this ditch to-morrow, and I think I am engaged In 

 a holy work.'! 



" Don't do it, Butler," pleaded Sam. " I have some 

 respect for you that I don't want to lose. I expect, 

 some day, to meet you in a better world." 



" You will be there, as you are here," retorted 

 Butler, ipiick as thought — " a manber uf the Lower 



In the eaki.y days of Ontario county, N. T., 

 lived one Miller, from whom " .Miller's Corners," 

 near Bloointielil, took its name. He had lieeii a black- 

 smith, and had broui;ht alom; his tools, Imt desi;;nKd 

 to give his attention mainly to fanniie^. But there 

 were so many calls upon his mechanical skill that, 

 without stopping to build a shop, he extcinporized a 

 forge, cut down a tree, placed his anvil on the stump, 

 ami went towork. Oneday ona man horsebaek. with 

 plow-irons strapped across liis saddle, who had made 

 his way from the south part of Canandaigua, encoun- 

 tered ilarvey Heeoek at the Oliver Chapin School 

 hou.se Corners, and inquired the way to Miller's hla<k- 

 sinith shop. Heeoek replied : " You are in the shop 

 now, but it is three miles to the auvil ! " 



Plowing made easy, is what the American farmer 

 wants, and the wits of tlie Yankee inventor have 

 at last soared to the comfortable solution of the 

 problem. It goes forth to the public as a "shade 

 attachment for plows," and consists of an utnbrella 

 so fitted that the man at the plo<v is screened from 

 the heat of the sun. The legal and formal descrip- 

 tion, as filed at the patent olli<'e, is as follows : "A 

 cranked arm is secured in a socket by means of a set 

 screw, and is free to revolve in a horizontal plane. 

 The outer cud of the crank is jointed, and provided 

 with an adjusting brace, whereby it may be inclined 

 and secured at any desired angle. A suitable socket 

 at the upper end of the arm holds the umbrella 

 handle, retaining the same by a simple spring catch." 

 Illinois is just now in such a ferment about a 

 bishop that the following is not malapropos. We are 

 indclited for it to a correspondent who has heretofore 

 sent us anecdotes of the late Bishop Whitchouse. 

 During one of his sermons he undertook to illustrate 

 a point by telling the congergalion how he had once j 

 been lost on the prairies of Illinois, and had \yandered 

 for a long time, weary and almost hopeless. At last, 

 he saw a light, and ma<ie his way slowly toward it, 

 shouting for help. "Just as I thought I could go no 

 farther," said the bishop, "and was about sinking 

 dowu in despair, the door of a cabin was opened before 

 me, and the loiiq luohed-for ^Sucker' came." The 

 unintentional pun brought dov.n the house. 



Of the many .iuvenile funniments that bubble 

 up ami seek for publicity through the types, the fol- 

 lowing of a little New Hampshire girl — quite mature 

 at six — is not bad. She went into a store where her 

 father was lounging, and slyly approaching him, said, 

 " I'apa, won't you liuy me a new dress !" "Well, I'll 

 see, I'll speak to your mother about it." A sad look 

 came over the little maiden's face, until looking up 

 with a smile into the paternal eyes, she said, " Well, 

 papa, if you do speak to mamma about it, touch her 

 easy, or she may want it herself! " He bought it — 

 for the daughter. 



A Gascon who had a quarrel with the Bishop of 

 Bazas, swore that he would never again pray within 

 the diocese. Long afterward, in crossing a river in 

 the neighborhood, "he was overtaken by a severe Imrii- 

 canc. The boatman at last told him despairini;!y 

 that nothing further could be done to keep the boat 

 afloat, and that he had better recommend himself to 

 the mercy of God. " Are you sure," said the Gascon, 

 "that we are beyond the diocese of Bazas ?" 



A fi:w days since a very pretty young married 

 woman, during a dinner-table discussion on Chureh- 

 manship, opened the eyes of the company and demo- 

 lished Iter husband by expressing, as her opinion, that 

 "the only difference between the ritualists and Koinan- 

 ists was in the fact that the latter burned iusccls." 



A J HUGE in whose court was a great deal of noise, 

 exclaimed, "Ollicers ! call silenceinthe court. It is 

 a strange thing that this noise cannot be put a stop 

 to. I have decided I do not know how many cases 

 without having heard them !" 



No. 9 SOUTH DUKE ST., 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Real Kstate hou'^ht. sold ami exch.inge(l. Loans nc- 

 BOtlatcrt. I'rop.Tiicsr -u'ed. and 1 ntH co'.lect'^il. 



Affcnt forth' FARMKKS' Kli.E ISSUUANlE <0. of 

 York, I'a. Assets, over f'JiJO.iOO. 7-l-3m 



1760. ESTABLISHED 1760. 



GEO. M. STEINMAN & CO., 



26 and 28 W. KING ST., 



HARDWARE. 



BUILDING HARDWARE, GLASS, 

 PAINTS. OILS, PUMPS, 



TERRA com, IRON aiillSAD PIPE. 



LEATHER BELTING, 



SEEDS, PHOSPHATES, AND 

 FAEM IMPLEMENTS. 



AGENTS FOE THE 

 "OHIO" REAPER AND MOWER, 

 WHANN'S PHOSPHATE, 

 FAIRBANK'S SCALES, 

 DUPONT'S POWDER, 

 HARRISBURG NAILS, &C., &c. 



We have the largest stock of i{<>iieral Hardware Id the 

 State, and our prioia are as low and terms aa liberal a« can 

 be found elHOwUere. 7-3-301 



LUMBER FOU FARMERS. 



NO MIDDLE-MEN. 



We have a large stock of Lumber, and one of the most 

 extensive Sash and Door Factories in the Stale, and we are 

 prepared to furnish Honne and Karn Dills cjmiiletc. 



All kinds of Manufactured iMMiciiig, &c., making a speci- 

 alty of suiiplving the auricullural eommiinily. We will 

 make prices itilivered to any Uiilroad Station. All our 

 material (flinranlped as rejiresented. All manufactured 

 work kiln-dried and warranted not to shrink. All inquiries 

 cheerfully answered. 



One of the firm can be seen at the Franklin House. North 

 Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., on Mjnday of each wv'ek. 



KENDIG, BRICKER&LAUMAN, 



7_i_12m] Middlctown. Dauphin co.. Pa. 



J. STAUFFER, 



LANCASTER, PENN'A, 

 235 EAST ORANGE ST. 



All raattc-8 apperliiining to TNITED .ST.\TES or CANA- 

 DIAN PATENTS. TKADE .MAUKS. and COPYHrOHTS. 

 promptly attended to. His eil)erience, success a d faithful 

 attention to the interests of those who engage his •orvicee 

 are fully acknowledijcd and appreciated. 



Prellmiuari- (•xamiualions made for him by a reliable As 

 sistant at Washingtou, without extra charge for dr^ng 

 ur description. l7-4-tx 



