II. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



J. F. FRUEAUFF, 



0<iice-304 Locust-st. House-27 S. Second-st. 



Notes, Bonds, 



Mortgages, Wills, 



Deeds, Leases, 



Building Contracts, 



And «I1 manner of AGKEEMENTS neatly and eipeditioasly 

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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, 



ARBITRATORS. ROAD-VIEWtRS, AUDITORS. 



Or in any Courts of liancaster County. 

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EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS & AISSIGNEES 



Or Trustees of any kind. 

 Collections, large or email, made upon a uniform table of 

 rates, in all parts of the United States. 



Special facilities for Collections of Estates or Debts in 

 Europe. 



Consultations and Correspondence conducted in either the 

 French, German or English languages. 



J. F. FRUEAUFF, 

 7-l-12m] Columbia, Penna. 



REMOVED FROM S. WATER ST. 



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620,522.4 594. 

 POPLAR ST., 



LANCASTER, PA. 



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Manufactured in a su- 

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And all information con- 

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 cheerfully given. 



R. Y. FAIRSERVICE &c CO., 



613 Fourth St., East Newark, N. J., 



OFFERS FOR SALE 



W -A. S T DES . 

 SIX cosiD spoox. coTTonr, 



"white," *' black," and "colobs." 



60 cents pound, postage paid. We guarantee one pound 

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GEORGE D. SPRECHER, 



DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 



OFFICE : 



No, 15 EAST KING STREET, 



7-l-12m LANCASTER, PA. 



THOROUGHBRED STOCK 



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PRAYER AND POTATOES.* 



An old lady sat in her old arm chair, 

 With wrinkled visage and disheveled hair, 



And hunger-worn features ; 

 For days and for weeks her only fare, 

 As she sat there in her old arm chair, 



Had been Potatoes. 



But now they were gone; of bad or good 

 Not one was left for the old lady's food 



Of those potatoes ; 

 And she sighed and said, " What shall I do? 

 Where shall I send, and to whom shall I go 



For more Potatoes ? " 



And she thought of the deacon over the way. 

 The deacon so ready to worship and pray, 



Whose cellar was full of potatoes, 

 And she said: "I will send for the deacon to come 

 He'll not mind much to give me some 



Of such a store of Potatoes." 



But the deacon's religion didn't lie that way. 

 He was more accustomed to preach and to pray 



Than to give of his hoarded potatoes ; 

 So, not hearing, of course, what the old lady said. 

 He rose to pray, with uncovered head, 



But she only thought of Potatoes. 



He prayed for patience, and wisdom and grace, 

 But when he prayed "Lord give her peace," 



She audibly said, " Give potatoes." 

 And at the end of each prayer which he said. 

 He heard, or thought he heard in its stead 



The same request for Potatoes. 



The deacon was troubled — he knew not for what; 

 'Twas very embarrassing to have her so act 



About " carnal potatoes." 

 So, ending his prayer, he started for home, 

 But, as the door closed behind him, he heard a deep 

 groan, 



" O, give to the hungry. Potatoes !" 



And that groan followed him all the way home, 

 In the midst of the night it haunted his room — 



" O, give to the hungry, potatoes !" 

 He could bear it no longer; arose and dressed. 

 From his well-filled cellar taking in haste 



A bag of his best Potatoes. 



Again he went to the widow's hut; 

 Her sleepless eyes she had not shut; 

 But there sat in that old arm chair, 

 With the same wan features, the same sad air 

 And entering in he poured on the iioor 

 A bushel or more of his goodly store 

 Of choice Potatoes. 



The widow's heart leaped up for joy. 

 Her face was haggard and wan no more, 

 " Now," said the deacon, " shall we pray?" 

 "Yes," said the widow, "Now you may," 

 And he kneeled down on the sanded floor, 

 Where he had poured his goodly store. 

 And such a prayer the deacon prayed 

 As never before his lips essayed; 

 No longer embarrassed, but free and full, 

 He poured out the voice of a liberal soul. 

 And the widow shouted aloud " Amen I" 

 But said no more of Potatoes. 



And would you, who hear this simple tale, 

 Pray for the poor, and praying, prevail ? 

 Then preface your prayers with alms and good deeds; 

 Search out the poor, their wants and their needs. 

 Pray for peace, and grace, and spiritual food, 

 For wisdom and guidance, for all these are good; 

 But don't forget the Potatoes. 



A Tough Stoky : Two old ploughman down east 

 were once telling their exploits in breaking up new 

 ground. "Up in Dixmount," said one, "twenty- 

 seven years ago this spring, I was ploughing in stump 

 ground with a team of nine pair of cattle for Sol. 

 Cunningham ; we were going along not making very 

 smooth work among rocks and stumps. Well, one 

 day the point of the plough struck against a sunk 

 stump four feet through, split it square across the 

 heart, and I was following the plough through, when 

 the thought passed through my mind that the pesky 

 stump might snap together and pinch my toes, so I 

 just grippled the plough handles firm, swung my feet 

 up out o' the way, and the stump sprung back and 

 catched the slack of my pantaloons. That brought 

 everything up standing. Well, I tightened my hold, 

 and Sim Swithin, he and Sol was drivin', they spoke 

 to the cattle, and we snaked that stump right out by 

 the roots, and it had awful long ones." "It must have 

 been strainin' on your suspenders," said the other. 

 " My wife made them," was the reply. 



Of this suggestive poem — a fragment of a charity ser- 

 mon, preached in Dorchester, Mass., twelve or thirteen years 

 ago— John G. Whittier wrote : "It is more valuable than 

 some epics. I am not sure but is more to the Master's pur- 

 1 ose than any learned theologica[ poem which has been pub- 

 lished since it was written." 



THOS. M. HARVEY. 



WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO., PA., 



Breeder and Shipper of 



GMRNSEYlSSJBDnER STOCK, 



Yorkshire and Berkshire Figs. 



Dark Brahma Chickens from the best imported 

 blood. Also Bronze Turkeys. 



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