THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



ZAHMS COllKER, 



ITorth Queen Street Ss Centre Sc[uare, 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



A FULL ASSOKTMENT OP 



AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WATCHES, 

 CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER- 

 WARE, AND 



SILVER-PLATED WARE. 



SOLE AGENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY FOR THE SALE OF 



The Arundel Tinted Spectacles. 



These Spectiiclen havf beeu before the public uow for 

 flomc yearw, untl hiive Kiveii entire Hatisluctioii. They are 

 Uufiiiestiouattly the (>i-n( hi the market. 



WATCH REPAIRING 



«ml OENEUAL .11)1) WOKK in uU its Ijiuuchts [jroiuiitly 

 doue. The well-earued rfimtatiou of 



on firBt-class work will bi* fully (uuinliiiiu'd. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



North Queen St 



7-3-Gm 



ZAHMS CORNER, 

 and Centre Square, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



THE OLD CRESCENT BONE, 

 MANURES. 



=-i/* 



!r."'.»v»^ini»vt. 



$5 to $8 per ton 

 SAVED over oth- 

 ers in moisture alone. Best materials. 

 No rank odors from 'wet, offensive and 

 insoluble make-weights. Uniform in 



quality and mechanical condition 



Good packages and FULL WEIGHT. 

 Low Prices. Fok Circuxars, ,S:c., address, 

 RALSTON & KIRKE, 

 (SuccesKois to .1. Kiilstim & Co.) 

 7-7-2ln] 1711 FltoM .Si.. X, Y. 



1875. PRE-GENTENNNIAL. 1875. 



Ratlivoii fc PislieF, 



PRACTICAL 



Tariors and GlQtfiiers. 



CHEAP, FASHIONABLE AND DURABLE 



Cor.N. QUEEN and ORANGE STS. 



LANCAS TER, PENN'A. 



MANrF.VCTLREK Of 



7-1] 



WtlllanMport and Lock JIacen, 



BiU Mills— ROUND I.SLAND S; PORT.\GE, PA. 



Retail Lumber and Coal Yard, [Cm 



WATER STREET, ABOYE P. R. R.. UNCASTER.PA. 



Wi; cull atlciitlontothoaiivertisemont of I he Mount 

 Hope Nurseries, Koelle^le^, N'. Y., one of tin- oldest, 

 most extensive and reliable ebtaMlsliiiieiilb in tlie 

 United States. 



TiiK story of the absent-minded man who, meelinu' 

 lii.s OH 11 son oil tlie street, sliiMik iKiiidswilli liiin, and 

 askeil liini how hi8 lather was, has been equaled by 

 the foricet fulness of a Wiseonsin farmer. The man 

 drove to town to traii.-aet some business, and was ae- 

 eompanietl by his wife. Leavini; her at a dry (roods 

 store, he proeeeded to earry out his intentions. Ilav- 

 ini; linished his business, he fortrot all aboiil the little 

 eireuinstauee of briiiirinijhis wife with him, and start- 

 ed home. .Vrrivini,' there, he put his horses up and 

 proeeeiled to do the chores. In the meaiilime his wife 

 liad learned that her husband had left town without 

 her. Iliriiii: a eonveyanee, she was driven home. .She 

 did not wait to take otf her lhin!,'s, but seizin;; a press- 

 board made her way to the liaek-yiird. The husbaiicl 

 had just seated himself on his miikinir-stool, and had 

 just opened a eonversatioii with the eow on the sub- 

 ject of " h'.slinir," remarking' fre(iuenlly that it was 

 " so boss.*' He was just seltliiii;- down to business, 

 when a whistliuij sound, as of somethini; rapidly 

 eleavini; the air, came from the other side of the eow. 

 It was the press-board, and his wile was at one end of 

 it. An instant after it fell witli erushint: weii;ht Ujiou 

 his knees. The eow, haviiii; eonseientiotis scruples 

 about standinir between husband and wife, left very 

 suddenly, and in a hurry kicked the poor man in the 

 immediate vicinity of the vest |)ocket. The unhapjiy 

 victim of circumstances scrambled up on all-fours, 

 when the press-board airain desi-endcd, striking; him 

 opposite to where the cow bad left her tracks. His 

 wile then asked him if he woulilevcr fori;et her airain. 

 and his answer was plain and to the point, '• Not 

 much . " 



Newsi'ai'eus : A man cats up a jiound of sugar, 

 and the pleasure he has enjoyed i.s cuilcd ; but the in- 

 formation he trets from a newsiiaiieris treasured up in 

 the mind, tobe uscil whenever occasion or inclination 

 calls for it. A newspaper is not the wisdom of a 

 man or two men, it is tlic wisdom of the age — of 

 jjast ages, too. A family without a newspaper 

 is always half an age behind the times in general 

 information ; liesides, they never think much, nor 

 tind much to think about. .\.nd there are the little 

 ones growing up in ignorance without a taste for 

 reading. Besides all these evils, there's the wife, who, 

 when Iier wttrk is done, has to sit down with her 

 hands in her laj), and nothing to amuse her mind 

 I'ronv the toils and cares of the ilomeslic circle. Who 

 would be without a ncAvspaper' — Fraiildiii. 



Pitiu.'. TvxDAi.i. illustrates the value of a potato by 

 supposing that all but one was destroyed ; that one 

 would contain in itself the possiliility of again stock- 

 ing the world with an invaluable article <d' food. If 

 one iiotato would produce, n hen plenty, only a crop 

 (d'ten jiotatoes, in ten years the total product of the 

 produce of this one potato wouhl be cipial to lIl.UUIJ,- 

 lllib. which would be sullicient to stock tiie world witji 

 seed. Therealvalueofthat single potato. then would 

 be such that it would be betterthat the city of London 

 or New York should be destroyed than that tuber 

 shouKl be lost to the world. 



A Boy's FouiiTnorouT : A (.'ass street boy of 

 tender years entered the house with a big pair of 

 pincers in his hand, ami when his amazed mother in- 

 quired the use he meant to make of them, he replied : 



" Ivc got a pin-dart, haven't I .'" 



"Yes:" 



•■ Well, if I shoot it into the baby we can draw it 

 out with the pincers and not have to call a doctor," 

 he continued, weariuij a smile of victory. — UdrvU 

 tree J'res». 



Kf.ieivf.ii : The Laxcasteu Faumek, I.aiicais- 

 ter, Pa., a very useful periodical, ilevo»cd, as its name 

 implies, to the agricultural interest. Nowhere else 

 have wc seen such exhaustive ileseri|itions of the po- 

 tato bug. We feel thoroughly in harmony with our 

 friend w lien he goes forthceomincrcial manure frauds 

 in a way that should put his constituency onthe alert 

 respecting theiu. — .Vt'ic York Ainci ieiin Orocer. 



■' It is well enough for you to name your son, 

 Elias," said -Mrs. Partington."" but for gracious good- 

 ness sake don't name him Alias, "cause the Aliases 

 are always cutting up bad. Here's Alias .loues. Alias 

 Brown, Alias Thompson, .Vlias King-tailed Squealer 

 — all been took up for robbin' and stcalin'." 



"Did anvthing about the defeudant strike your 

 eye as remarkable ?" asked a judge of the plaintiU' in 

 a" ca.se of a-ssault and battery—-' It did, yer honor. " 

 —•'And what was it ;" couttoued the judge.—" His 

 fist, yer honor." 



Dakwin acknowledged himself sold when his little 

 niece asked him, seriously, what a cat has that no 

 other animal has, and he gave it up after mature de- 

 liberation, and then the sly little puss auswercd. Kit- 

 tens. 



OSWEGO ri RE 



— AND- 



SILVER GLOSS STARCH, 



I^or tlio X-ia.'Liiiclry- 



MANfKM TIIlKD HV 



T. KINGSFORD & SON. 



The BEST STARCH in the WORLD. 



GIVES A DEAlTTIFrLFIXISIl TOTHK I.INEN, audtbe 



(liirert'UW! iu coBt bctwei-ii It and oiiiiiioii Htareli ii« scarcely 

 half a cent fur au ordinary wuHhiliK. .\»k your (jroior for II. 



KINGSFORD'S 



OSWEaO CORU STARCH, 



For Puddings, Blanc Mange, Ice Cream, Etc. 



Id the orlRinul— Entablisheil in Iflts. ,\ncl i>reKiT>-Mi ilii 



reimtatiuii u« eciiEK, sniciNiiKa auil Mi.iir. helicatk 



than any «'ther article of the kiiul offered, 



either of the same uainc or with other tUIen, 



Stkvknson, Macadam, I'h D.,'elc., the hiKheiit chemical 

 authority of Europe, carefully analyzed llii" C tu Htarch, 

 and saVK it i» a moat eicelli'ilt article of diet, oud in chemical 

 and I'eediiiK |iroiiertieB in fully eiplal to the bent arrow root. 



Dircclions for makiuK I'laMiugii, Cunlarila, etc., accom- 

 pany each oue-pouud liackage. 



FOlt SALE BY 



EURSK Si HUBLEY Grocers, 



7.fi.:iu, EAST KING St., Lan< aster. 



DEALERS IN ALL KIKDS OK 



F.VMII.Y niid MME-iU UMX« fO.*I.! 



Orders received at 



Offlcc, NO. 15 East King street, and at the 

 T-l-12ml Yard, No. 613NOHTH PIUN( E sTKEET. 



To Farmers and Others! 



If vou want to have your Scyllien. Reaper Seclioni-. 

 Sickles and Lawn Mowers ground and rei aired, aUw Sawn 

 set and filed, go to 



BRADY'S, 



7-«->ml /'.'••« EAST WALMTST.. 7..i/.r<i«(cr. Pa. 



THE SCIENTIFIC FARMER, 



AMHEJRST. MASS., 

 $1.00 Per Year. Sample Copie."} Free. 



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