THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



ZAHMS CORNER, 



ITorth Queen Street & Centre Square, 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



.\ FULL ASSOUTMENT Of 



AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WATCHES. 

 CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER- 

 WARE, AND 



SILVER-PLATED WAHE. 



SOLE AGENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY FOR THE SALE OF 



The Arundel. Tinted Spectacles. 



Thfs.- Spfct;u'U-H hiivf bi'fu before tin- piililic now for 

 «omo yrarw, uiid Uavp ^iveu entire yatinfiicliou. They are 

 uuquestioiiably the betit hi tho market. 



WATCH REPAIRING 



audGKNEUAL .lOIl WORK in all itn braiichen promptly 

 doae. The well-earned reputation of 



or firht-class work will be fully maintained. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



ZAHMS CORNER, 

 North Queen St. and Centre Square, 

 7-3i;m LANCASTER, PA. 



1875. PRE-CENTENNNIAL 1875. 



Ratlivoii fc Piglier, 



PRACTICAL 



Tai[QP§ and (Slatfiiers« 



CHEAP, FASHIONABLE AND DURABLE 



iiii IkMM 



ESXA.BI-ISH1VIENT, 



Cor.N. aUEEN and ORANGE STS., 



LANCASTER, PENN'A. 



MASUrACTVBEB OF 



It'tlltainfipttrt and Lock llnvrn, 



Bill MillB— ItOKNIi ISLAM) .s: PllKT.VOK, PA. 

 71] Retail Lumber and Coal Yard. (i^m 



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



GEORGE D. SPRECHER, 



DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 



OFFICE : 



No. 15 EAST KING STREET, 



7~i-i-'iii r. \N(\sti:k. pa. 



To Farmers and Others! 



If you want to have your Scythes, Keaper Sectioua, 

 Sickle*! and L«wu Mowers ground and repaired, alrfO Saws 

 eet and filed, go to 



OSWEGO rri!K 



7-6-2ml 



BR.A.DY'S, 



1S3 EAST TTAT.yi'TST.. J.ancnater, Fa. 



.Jcisii Hii.Llsos OS RoosTEKs: " KooHlcrs," nays 

 ,T()sli Itllliiitrs, " art> the piisrlllsla nmoii^ t)lr<lB. ami, i 

 liiivin^ nil HUllul)lc slioiiMir to sirikr fiuui, lliryflrlki- 

 I'niin iIk' hfol. Whrn ii roo.stcr t'ols whipiicil, all nf 

 till- hens niari-li oirwilli llii' iillnT ni.isti-r, il' lu' ain't, 

 liall'sii liiif or so lian»uni. Tt inpliuU llial wins a In-n. 

 Koo.siiTs, ax a class, won't ilo cniiy lioiihc'lioUl work ; 

 )iiu kant t'it a rofistcr to pay any atliiitlon to a young 

 oia-^. Tlu-y speiui most oftliilr tinii' in iTowinir and 

 struttinir, and omc in awliilc tiny llml a worm, which 

 they make a !;rcat fuss ovi-r, callini.' tliiir wives up 

 I'rom a di>liinei>, apparently to treat Iheiii, hut jist az 

 till' hens ijit tlierc this elegant cuss liends over and 

 i;olililes up the worm. Just like a man for all the 

 world !" 



A Cuif.Vdo gentleman, oecMipieil all day. Imt liav- 

 iiur some '• hours of leisure in the evi-nini;," instead 

 of advertisiiiL' for books to write up, has set u|i a 

 semi-sutun-ban jirivate patrol, eharsini; his nei;;hlH>rs 

 «4 a month for watehinvrtheir ]iremises. WhiMi askeil 

 whether he did not lind it rxlianslinir to work allilay 

 and walk round all night, he admitted frankly that 

 he only visited his customers once a month, and that 

 was to collcet. ■' But don't they lind you out f said 

 the ipierist. "(), no," he replied, "they hoar the 

 hursrlars fioiiiir round aud t'ryina: the doors, and they 

 think it's me." 



A Tor N(i lady entered a book store and confidently 

 said to an assistant, " I want Mij Fallirr." The jouni; 

 man looked astonished. "What did you say you 

 wanted, ma'am f " .ff'j Father," "I don't know 

 him, ma'am. We don't keep fathers on ice here. 

 This isn't a home for decayed old ircnts, nor an iu- 

 ebriate a.sylum," said the assistant. "It appear.s to 

 he a lunatic asylum, and you're a tirst-elass Inmate. 

 What I want sir, is a novel called Mij Fallier." Now 

 this younu man colors up and couirhs and walks away 

 in siicnec when any of his I'ellow youni; men say any- 

 thing about " father.'' 



A ci.nitiiYM.iN informed his i)eoplc, at the close of 

 his sermon, that he intended in a few ilays to goon a 

 mission to the heathei;. After the congregation was 

 dismissed a nutnhcrofthe members waited for their 

 pastor, and, crowding around him, expressed their as- 

 tonishment at the new turn in his affairs, asking him 

 where he was going, and how long they would be de- 

 prived of his ministrations. He said to them, " .My 

 good friends, don't he alarmed. I'm not going out of 

 town." 



"Pkaise God whom"— aii't all through the eon- 

 gregation there is a general stir to lind hats and draw 

 on overcoats, so that by the time those who have 

 nothing more important to do than join in the singing 

 have come to " Praise him all creatures here below'' 

 — a number of these same "creatures" arc in a deadly 

 wrestle with sleeves and lining by a b,acUward meas- 

 urement of arms. .Much they are thinking about 

 praising the Highest '■ 



A YoiN-G lady in one of the stores in Terrc Haute. 

 Ind., Christmas' eve, was looking at a music-box that 

 had .just ceased playing. Wishing to hear it again 

 she attempted to start it, but withoiU success. " Oh, 

 pshaw,'' said she, " It won't go for me.'' One of the 

 I>roprictors overhearing the remark, stepped up and 

 said, " I wish I was a music-box— I'd go for you." 

 .■<hc told him he might go. Aud that did not seem ta 

 please him. 



.\ Tiiiiitiiioiii.Y loyal gentleman at the South rc- 

 cenMv hud a new carriage, the lining of which was 

 L'ray! He made a call on a secesh relative. The lady 

 went to the door to look at the vehicle, and, noticing 

 the lining, said, " I like that color." " Yes," iiuli'tly 

 remarked her kinsman, the owuer, " it's a m'Wmm/ 

 color." 



"Suit vour eves and listen mit me," said Uncle 

 Van Hevde. "Veil, de lirst night I open store I 

 counts di' moincs and finds him nix right : I counts 

 liim and dere be tree gone, and vat yer link I does 

 den;" "I can't say." " Vy, did not count him any 

 more, and he comes out shoost right ever since." 



A nocTOH and a preacher were bandying woi-ds on 

 physical prowess. "One blow from my fist," said 

 the 0. I)., "Would show yoti the meaning of 'blue 

 nuiss.' " ■' .\nd one blow i'rom mine," said the M. I)., 

 " would be a new and cheap method of spreading the 

 (Jcwpel." 



" I SEE verv little of Tou," said an old gentleman 

 at a fashionable ball to'a young lady whom he had 

 not met for a long time before. " I know it," was the 

 artless reply," "but mother wouldu't allow me to 

 wear a very low-neek dress to-ulght, the weather Is 

 80 cold." 



An exchange asks: "What becomes of all the 

 pinsf" If the writer of that will move around the 

 house in his .stocking-feet, after a day of dress mak- 

 ing, hewlll get more real valuable information on the 

 subject than all the books in the world cau give him. 

 Some one wrote to Horace Greeley Inquiring if 

 guano was good to put on fKitatoes. He said it might 

 do for those whose tastes had become vitiale<l with 

 tobacco aud rum, but he preferred gravy and butter. 



-AND- 



SILVER GLOSS STARCH, 



I^^or tHe I_i£L-u.rLcir3^. 



M VM lAI Tl'KKIl IIV 



T. KINGSFORD Sc SON. 



The BEST STARCH in the WORLD. 



GIVES A BEAl'Tiyil, FINISH TO TlIK I.INKN, and (he 

 <li(TerpIiee in (yiwt iH-tween it and eiinilniin Ktnreti lit scarct-ly 

 hall a cent for tin oriliimry wasliiiix. .\i*k your ((ri»c«'r fur It, 



KINGSFORD'S 



0SWEGO CORK STAHCH, 



For Puddings, Blanc Mange, Ice Cream, Etc. 



Irt the oritflnal— KHtJiblinhed in iMiM. And preserve* lln 

 repntatiiHi ah ruiiKit, stuonokk and MdiiK mklicathj 

 than any other urtiele of the kind otTered, 

 either oV the HttOie name or with other tillew, 

 Htevenbon, MAfAi».\M, Ph D., etc., the hitflieHt chemical 

 authority of ETirope, carefully analyzed thlH Corn Htarch. 

 and says it ia a mont excellent article of diet, and in chemlcftl 

 and feediuK propertieH 1h fully efpial to the iK-at arrow root. 

 DirectiouH for raakniR I'uddiugw, Cuatard«. etc., accum- 

 pauy each one-pound packaK<*. 



FtUt SAI.r HY 



BURSK L HUBLEY Grocers, 



7.r,.;ini EAST KING St., Lancaster. 



ft ' 



The nnilersigned have in preparation a NURSEKYM.XNii' 

 IHRF.l T( IKY, iniliraeint; a lial of tie- 



Nurserymen, Florists, Seedsmen 

 and Tree Dealers 



OF TlIK ISITKI' STATES. 



The work will he sold wliolly li.v K\lli>u-ripllon, llio 

 price of which wlU be. FIVE UoLLAKS I'EK COPY. A 

 limited space will be given to .\dverliiM;ineuti», at Ibe follow- 

 ing low rates ; 



Full page, - l2S.no I One-third page, - fio.fio 



Half page, - - H.IX) 1 One-fourth page, - 8.00 

 One-alxth pa^e, $.'i..V). 



For Sample Page«, and further information, addreaa 



D. W. SCOTT & CO.. 



7.;n,iO I'riuter" nnd ruliIiKliers, (ialena, Illi". 



PE.VLERS IN ALL KINDS OP 



FA.'KII.Y and I.l.liE-Bl RMX« COAI.I 



Orders received at 



Offlce. So. 15 East King street, and at the 

 7-l-l«m) Yard, No. tX'i NORTH PUINC E STKKET. 



