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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



FARMERS, GET THE BEST. 



THl SILVER I DIMING- 



FEED CUTTER, 



MANUFACTURED Full 



DII^I^EZFl <Sc GrFlOFF", 



DKALEKS IN 



HARDWARE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 



No. 7 EAST KING ST., LANCASTER, PA., 



Has beeu demonstrated by cojiijietitive teats to be THE 

 KEST FEED CUTTER IN THE MARKET. The feed-roU 

 is operjited by a. new nnd novel device which completely 

 overcomes the objection to the uiie\en action of othei- cut- 

 ters, while the le;'gth of cut c:iu be vii'-ied to meet the waute 

 of the operator without the lemoval of any gear-wheels. 

 The material and woikmansLip aie of the veiy best class, 

 aud guaranteed to givesalisfacliouto theijuichaser. Farm- 

 ers are invited to call and see lor themselves. 



"THE CHAMPION." 



The C'bumi'ion Reaper and Mower, which we ha,ve sold 

 with such entire satisf-icrion to our cusiomers for the last 

 six years, still mniutains the lead of all competitois — 

 33,761 having beeu manufactured for the harvest of 1S75 

 •J—ind we have already completed our arrangements to sup- 

 ply the incie:sed demiiud for next season. The Farmer 

 who buys the Champion is always satisfied that he has the 

 full worth of his nmney. 



DILLEU & GEOFF, 



No. 7 East King St., Lancaster, Pa. 



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. all appli- 



L'an ts. Thi.s is 



I mo of the largest 



rid most com pre) 1 t-n- 



Ciitalogues pub- 



ished; contains about 2.'i0 



■.^es, over TiUO fine enp;rav- 



, 2 elegant colored philes. 



nd gives full descriplions, 



''prices, and directions for plani- 



''ing over 1200 varieties of Vegolaltle 



rid Flower Seeds, Bedding Plants. 



''Roses. &e., and is invaluable to Farmer, 



''Gardener and Florists. Address, 



D. M. FERRY St CO., 

 Seedsmen and Plorista, DETROIT. Mich. 



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PATENTS 



OBTAINED BEST AND CHEAPEST BY 



LOUIS BAGGER & CO., 



SOLICITORS OF PATENTS, 



"WasJaiiigtoxi, D. C 



t^"Art.lrr'SS nil lietters to P. <). Box 444. 



EVERGREEN BONE DUST, 



MANUFACTURKD IIY 



M. B, Eshleman, at Leaman Place, 



Is guiranteed Pure Eaw Bono, and nothing else. 



Sjieciiil iiiiius liikeii in preparing it lor fpt'diiiR liens. 



No. 1. lor focflin^. - - S'.I.i'iO per hiiiKlrecl. 



No. 3, for I:in<l. 



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Thih iiichulee bags iind delivering on boiird cars. 



DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 



FAMILY and I.INK-BIIKIVINO COAI.! 



Orders received at 



Office, No. 15 East King street, and at the 



«-l-12ill] Yard, No. 618 NOKTH PRINCE STREET. 



" GO WORK UPON A FARM." 



Will .S. Hays, tlie eminent Soutliern eonif writer 

 and composer, has published a sons: entitled, '■ Go 

 and Learn a Trade.'' Just at this time, with facto- 

 ries and sliojis elosina: up, and meelianics begginjf for 

 bread in some sections of" the country, it seems to me 

 that such a sonif is quite out of place. In view of this 

 fact, I beg to ofter your readers the following agri- 

 cultural song: 



The song I sing to you to-day 



Is not to learn a trade ; 

 For I am sad the trutli to say — 



Tliat song aside is laid. 

 The mills are running on half time, 



The shois give forth no noise. 

 And it is hard to find a dime 

 Among the 'prentice boys. 

 Chobus. — The song that I sh:.ll sing to you 

 Your tioubled hearU will calm ; 

 If you have nothing else to do — 

 ' ' Go work upon a farm." 



Tae atoi-es are filled with idle clerks, 



Because the times are dull ; 

 And he his duty plainly shirks — 

 When Ehops and mills are tull — 

 Who seeks to learu a trade, or tend 

 , The counter oi a store, 



luhopts the future yet will send 

 A fortune to his door. 

 Chorus. — Ah, vain aie all such hopes as these, 

 That surely end in harm ! 

 Don't seek to sit 'neath shady trees — 

 "Go work upon a farm." 



Oh ! why should men in cities piue, 



Or idly stay iu town ? 

 Why loaf about and crossly whine. 

 That "things aTe upside down?" 

 Can this bring bread to wife and child. 



And make the future bright ? 

 Can this turn the weather mild. 

 Or furnish heat and light ? 

 Chorus. — Such men should listen to my song, 

 And in it find a charm ; 

 It tells them how to get along — 

 *' Go work upon a farm." 



Let no man starve for want of bread — 



The product of the soil — 

 For all can £till be am^ly f.d. 



Who wdl but share the toil — 

 The honest, manly toil that brings 



The harvest season round. 

 When the glad farmer gayly sings, 

 Because of fruitful ground. 

 Chorus. — This, then. shaU be the song we sing. 

 The whole world to alarm, 

 And loudly let the chorus ring — 

 "Go work upon a farm." 

 — Sidney Herbert, in the .Semi-Tropical. 



A Frenchman who has lived in America for some 

 years, says: " When they build a railroad, the first 

 thing they do is to break ground. This is done with 

 great ceremony. Then they break the stockholders. 

 This is done without ceremony." 



A YOUNG minister, somewhat distinguished for 

 self-conceit, having failed disastrously before a 

 crowded audience, was thus addressed by an aged 

 brother: " If you had gone into that pulpit, feeling 

 as you now do on coming out of that pulpit, you 

 would have felt, on coming out of that pulpit, as you 

 did when you went up into that pulpit." 



Preparing in Ti.'me. — Profiting by the lesson 

 taught by the great tire at Boston, a man living near 

 Springfield, Mass., has made up his mind that he 

 won't be burned alive. Once every week he gives the 

 alarm of fire at midnight, at which his wife and chil- 

 dren instantly arise and dress. He takes out a win- 

 dow sash, puts a rope round his wife, and lowers her 

 to the ground, and then throws into her arms one 

 child at a time. He next puts his furniture into the 

 street, and removes it to a place of safety. The whole 

 time occupied is less than fifteen minutes, and he 

 hopes to do it in ten. He bi-oke the arm of his second 

 eldest child the first time, and his wife says the piano 

 is rather nut of tune in consequence of its numerous 

 and hurried removals, but otherwise he is quite satis- 

 tied witlj the excellence of his plans. '^ 



One of Browni.ovv's Yarns. — Parson Brownlow 

 tells a good story of an old Presbyterian bachelor 

 preacher, known almo.st as a woman-hati'r until he 

 was nearly fifty years old, when he married and set- 

 tled somewhere among the mountains of North f'uro- 

 lina. The Pai-son says: "Our bachelor friend was 

 preaching on the sinner's excuses. ' I have bought a 

 piece of ground, and wish to go and see it,' said one. 

 'Here is want of inclination to attend to divine things,' 

 said the preacher. Another said, ' I have bought five 

 yoke of oxen, and must needs go and prove them.' 

 This seems a case of necessity. A third said, ' I have 

 married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' ' Here 

 is a case of natural impossibility, from which we may 

 infer,' continued our bachelor preacher, ' that one 

 woman will pull a man further from the Lord than 

 ten steers.' " 



IS 'hem. St beiuhful work of the kind in the woild. It con- 

 tauisne lU till iges. hundreds ot fine ilhisti ations, and 

 four Chi niiw I"utei of Flowem. be; utifullv drawn and col- 

 ored from Ud'nie. Puce, 3.5 cents in ] aj.er covers ; f& cents 

 bound m elegant cloth. 

 ■'T'ick's Floral Guide, r^uarterly, 2.'> cenls a year. 



Addret-s. .TAMF..S Vlf'K. Rochester, N. Y. 



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OFFICE : 



No. 15 EAST KING STREET, 



8-l-12m L.\NOASTER, PA. 



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