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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



FARMERS, G£T TH£ BESX 



Til siLfii & muim 



FEED CUTTER, 



MANCFACTTTBED FOR 



DEALERS IN 



HARDWARE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 



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



Has been demoustrated by competitive tests to be THE 

 BEST FEED CUTTER IN THE MARKET. The feed-roU 

 is operated by a new and novel device which completely 

 overcomes the objection to the uneven action of other cut- 

 ters, while the length of cut can be varied to meet the wants 

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

 The material and workmanship are of the very beat claes, 

 and guaranteed to give satisfaction to the purchaser. Farm- 

 ers are invited to call and see for themselves. 



"THE CHAMPION." 



The Champion Reaper and Mower, which we have sold 

 with such entire satisfaction to our customers for the last 

 six years, still maintains the lead of all competitors — 

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

 — and R'e have already completed our arrangements to sup- 

 ply the increased demand for next season. The Farmer 

 who buys the Champion is always satisfied that he has the 

 full worth of his money. 



DILLER & GROFF, 



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



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fL&WLR>-Y| GETAg LE g 



is the most beautiful work of the kind in the world. It con- 

 tains nearly 150 jiages, hundreds of fine illustiations, and 

 four Chrmno JHates of Flowers, beautifully drawn and col- 

 ored from nature. Price, 35 cents in paper covers ; 65 cents 

 bound in elegant cloth. 

 Vick's Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. 



Address, JAMES VICK. Rochester, N. Y. 



PATENTS 



OBTAINED BEST AND CHEAPEST BY 



LOUIS BAGGER & CO., 



SOLICITORS OP PATENTS, 



"Wasliixigtoti, D. C. 



«»" Address all letters to P. O. Box 444. 



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FERTILIZERS! 

 hoivee: ivejA-de:. 



CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



WRITE for Circular and Recipes, which are furnished 

 without charge, containing complete instructions for 

 making, at home, first-class chemical manures, suited to 

 the growth of special crops. Our formulse have prover, in 

 actual use, to lie of the greatest value to all who have used 

 them. 



We offer Fertilizing Chemicals of our own manufacture, 

 at lowest prices, with a guaranty as to strength and pu- 

 rity. Ask ijrices for 



Oil Vitriol, 

 Ground Bones, 

 Land Plaster, 

 Sulphate Potash, 



Nitrate Soda, 

 Sulphate Ammonia, 

 Muriate Potash, 

 Sulphate Soda and Salt. 



HARRISON BROS. & CO., 



PHILADELPHIA, 



EstabliBhed as Manufacturers of Fertiliziug 

 Chemicals iu 179S. 



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Serves April Just Right. 



NOT THE FESTIVE SEASON THAT IT IS CKACKED UP 

 TO BE. 



Some fellow arives the month of April a dig under 

 the fifth rib, as follows : 



April is the month when the earth is most rent by 

 earthquakes, and the air by the voice of the orange- 

 hawker. 



In April a bald-headed lie is called a joke. 



In April there Is either a new bonnet in the family 

 or a row. 



In April a woman ties a towel around her back 

 hair, snatches up carpets, wears out brooms, and 

 never neglects to leave a chunk of soap on the bottom 

 stair for a man to step on. 



In April Sunday-school children begin to look for- 

 ward to pic-nies, lots of attenuated lemonade, and 

 very robust colic. 



In April girls prepare for croquet by buying shoes 

 a size smaller than before. 



In April big, brawny men chase little spheres of 

 stockina-ravelings around cow pastures, and call it 

 base ball. 



In April politicians arc miserable. 'Tis then they 

 buy hats and pay election bets. 



In April bankers, car conductors and other men of 

 wealth eat asparagus, and the rest of the people try 

 to be happy on such spring fruits as boiled beans and 

 fish-balls. 



In April a young man nightly stuffs his pockets 

 with majilc sugar and strikes out for the home of his 

 girl. Two fond souls chaw the same cake of sugar 

 quite frequently that night. 



In April a virtuous man takes his semi-annual bath. 



In April children are not happy without ten hard- 

 boiled frescoed eggs. They eat the eggs and the doc- 

 tor calls presently with a stomach pump. 



In April the farmer goeth forth to sow — sew does 

 the seamstress. 



In April the tramp turneth up his nose at soup- 

 houses and goeth forth seeking whose chickens he 

 may devour. 



In April tiatboats and skiffs navigate our streets 

 most successfully. 



In April rhubarb pies and other abominations lead 

 the best of people into profanity, and their counte- 

 nances into bow knots. 



In April the house-fly reappears in the milk pitcher. 

 He is not a successful swimmer. 



In April it is very apt to rain. When not engaged 

 in raining it sometimes showers a little. The showers 

 are useful, for, as everbody knows, " April showers 

 bring forth cauliflowers." 



In April you can see a man streaking to the dyer's 

 with his last summer's clothes tucked under his arm 

 hard times stamped over his noble brow. In other re- 

 spects he is destitute of stamps. 



In short, April is not the festive season that it is 

 cracked up to be. In the sweet words of impassioned 

 verse : 



April is a skim milk mouth, 



Wheu feeble does the pulse stir — 

 'Taint warm euough for calico coat, 

 Aud you feel like a fool in au Ulster. 



The Vest Pockets. 



A young man from one of the suburban 'districts 

 was in one of our tailor shops getting measured for a 

 vest the other afternoon. 



"Married or unmarried," queried the merchant, 

 after taking down the number. 



" Unmarried," said the young man with a blush. 



" Inside pockets on the left hand side, then," ob- 

 served the tailor, as if to liimself, making a memo- 

 randum to that effect. 



After a moment's pause, the young man from the 

 suburbs inquired : 



' ' What difference does my being married or unmar- 

 ried make with the inside pocket of the vest?" 



" Ah, my dear sir," observed the tailor with a bland 

 smile, " all the difference possible as you must see. 

 Beinff unmarried, you want the pocket on the left side, 

 so as to bring the young lady's picture next to your 

 heart." 



" But don't the married man also want his wife's 

 picture next tohis heart?" queried the anxious youth, 



"Possibly there is an instance of that kind," 

 said the tailor aching his eye-brows, " but I never 

 heard of it." — Danbury yews. 



A "VouNG minister, somewhat distinguished for 

 self-conceit, having failed disastrously before a 

 crowded audience, was thus addressed by an aged 

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

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

 would have felt on coming out of that pulpit as you 

 did when you went up into that pulpit." 



While an Iowa woman was struggling in the water, 

 and likely to drown, her husband yelled out : " New 

 bonnet — swim for life !" and she kicked out and 

 safely reached the shore. 



N:E:^n^ poxa-xoes! 



<I>Qpr/^ I> PREMIl'M.S to Growers! 

 tJP^Ov/ Varieties seut gratis. 



free to all uj»plic;iiits. 



Two New 



prepaid. Circular 



D. A. COMPTON, Hawley, Pa. [2t 



AUTOMATIC 

 ^NlTTER 



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A Family Knitting Machine. 



Now attracting universal attention by its astoi ishiug per- 

 formances and its great practical value for every-day family 

 use. It kniti, evei-j' possible variety of plain or fancy work 



WITH ALMOST MAGICAL SPEED, 



and gives perfect sh;ipe ;iiiil fiuish to all garments. H will 



knit a pair of socks in fifteen minutes! Kvery machine 



M'ARRANTKI* j trfect. and to do )uiit what U represented. 



A complete instruction book accmnpauies each machine. 



No. 1 Family Machine, 1 cylinder, 72 needles, $30. 



No. 3 " "2 " 72 & 100 " 40. 



\ sample inachine wiW h^ ^cni to any purt of the United 



States or Canada, (where we have no agent) expre^'is charges 



prepaid, on receipt of the price. 



Agents wanted in every State, County, City and Town, 

 to whom verv liberal discounts w'ill be m:ule. Address, 

 BICKFORD KNITTIMG MACHINE MFG. CO., 

 7-11-tf] Sole Manufacturers, Brattleboro, Vt. 



are the best the world produces. They are planted by a 

 million people in America, and the result is beautiful 

 Flowers aud spleudid Vegetables. A Pi'iced Catalogue Bent 

 free to all who incloee the postage — a 2 cent stamp. 



Vick's Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year. 



Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 35 cents; with 

 cloth covers. (>5 cents. 

 It] Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 



:BXTa^:E:E^t3 & s:p:r:egh:jb:r, 



DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 



FAMII^T and I.IiVE.BlJR]VII¥Ci COATl 



Orders received at 



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

 8-l-12m] Yard, No. 618 NORTH PRINCE STREET. 



