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THE LANCASTEPx FARMER. 



"THE FARMER'S FRIEND." 



The great Grange paper. 



The farmers' owu journal. 



600 farmers' write lor it. 



60 farmers' wives write for it. 



Circulates in 36 States. 



Circulates in 6 Territories. 



Circulates in Canada. 



64 columns every week. 



16 pages of reading. 



Kept on file in 1,200 (Irauges. 



Read weekly by over 100.000 people. 



Only official organ of five State Granges. 



Market reports from the great cities. 



Practical experience by practical farmers. 



Crop reports printed weekly. 



No middlemen agents. 



$1.50 a year; or 1.25 in clubs of 8 or over. 



Postage always prepaid by publishers. 



IS^j' cents a month to the close of any year. 



In clubs of S or over, 10.?^ cents a mouth. 



Neatly printed ; "big type ;" good paper. 



National Grange officers write for it. 



Grange news from eveiy State. 



Farmers are delighted with it, and say, 



*' Just what we have wanted." 



Sample copy three cents, sent directly from the Grange 



Steam Printing House of five States. 



Address, THOMAS & DEMMING, 



7-12-8 Mechanicsburo, Pa. 



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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



How He Keeps Clean. 



" Blue Jeans .Jiininy " Williams, the newly-elected 

 Democratic Governor of Indiana, the great economist 

 and lemonade objector of the House, has taken a 

 bath. He went down to the hathroom the other day 

 and actually bathed. Wlien he was drying himself a 

 happy thought struck hira, and he asked the attend- 

 ant how many towels they used in a day. 



" Two hundred," i-eplied the attendant. 



" Cajsar and seed corn ! " e.'iolaiined the economist. 

 " What in the name of four aces do you do with 200 

 towels?" 



"They uses 'em a bathin', sir," replied the darkey. 



" Two hundred men don't bathe here every day ! " 



■' No, boss, but some of 'em they uses two an' three 

 an' four towels whenever they bathe." 



"Great Jupiter!" exclaimed the Governor-elect 

 of Indiana. Is that possible ? Why, boy, I have 

 a family of eleven at home, and one towel lasts us a 

 week." 



"You must keep pretty clean then, boss," was the 

 darkey's sagacious reply. — Graphic. 



Chin. 



A pointed or round chin indidates a congenial 

 love. A person with such a chin will have a beau 

 ideal, and will not be easily satisBed with real men or 

 women. 



The indented chin indicates great desire to be loved; 

 hunger and thirst for affection. When large in 

 women, she may overstep the bonds of etiquette, and 

 make love to one that pleases her. 



A narrow square chin indicates a desire to love ; 

 and is more common among women. 



The broad square chin indicates a |violent love ; or 

 at least devoted attachment. 



The broad square chin indicates ardent love com- 

 bined with great steadfastness and permanence of 

 affection . 



The retreating chin is indicative of the want of at- 

 tachment, and but little ardor in love. 



The chin, in its length and breadth, indicates self- 

 control, self-will, resolution, decision, etc. 



Carnivorous animals have the upper jaw projecting, 

 while those of a graminivorous uatui-e have the 

 lower jaw piojecting. In man with a projecting 

 upper jaw will be found lai-ge destructiveness and 

 love for animal food; when the lower jaw projects, 

 then the love for vetgeable food. 



'"To fasten labels to tin cans, put a teaspoonful of 

 bi-own sugar into a quart of paste, and it will fasten 

 labels as secittely to the tin cans as to wood. 



It is calculated that potatoes planted five inches 

 deep will produce 30 per cent, more than those plant- 

 ed two inches. 



Work " iron filing," "chips" and charcoal into 

 the soil of your flower beds, and you will add great- 

 ly to the rich, bright coloring of flowers. 



Never trim the hair from the ear of your horse. 

 It is placed there by nature to protect the orifice and 

 drum of the ear from insects, dirt and sudden change 

 of the weather. 



A ROD of brick work, 372 superficial feet, 1}..^ bricks 

 thick, or 4,3.50 bricks average work. One yard of 

 paving, 36 bricks fiat or .53 on edge. There are 384 

 bricks to a cubic yard, and 1,000 bricks, closely 

 stacked, occupy about 6-5 cubic feet. 



" Things is getting slouchaways in dis countrv ; I 

 declar' to grashus ef dey aint," said an old negro the 

 other day. " Fust cum de cattypiller, den de chicken 

 kollery, an' now hear cum de grasshoppers ; an' I 

 hear talk de udder day dat a nigger was pisened with 

 amushmilliou. Looks like hai-d times." 



A patriotic Servian has translated "Yankee 

 Doodle " into his native tongue, and the air is so 

 popular that it bids fair to become the national an- 

 them of that struggling race. It runs as follows : 

 Yenghiatoviteh Dhoodalvitski camerowsh totovw- 



llidingelensk onovitch poneolowdosk ; [nepki, 



Stuckorelskeno fheatheromouk inter his hatovitch, 



Adensk calladarovask macharonitoven&ki. 



The rest is awful.] 



Requiem OP Summer : The glory of the summer 

 is over. The verdure of the hills has changdc into 

 the russet, purple, gold and brown of autumn ; there 

 is no balm or perfume in the sighing wind, and the 

 grand orchestra ol' nature is attuned to melancholy 

 notes, introducing the sad requiem of the dying sea- 

 son. Fading, fading ! No dewdrop on the rose ; no 

 lowing kine, knee-deep in fragrant clover ; no lotus 

 hush at noon-tide ; no groves, prompted by cooling 

 breezes, wooing with outstretched arms the worn 

 and weary to the shade of their soft aisles ; no 

 shadows chased by wayward zephyrs over rich har- 

 vest fields. The day breaks tardily, as if reluctant 

 to look upon the saddening change, hurries to its 

 end, and dies mid sombre shadows. Fading, fading ! 

 From dew to frost ; from freshness to decay. Thus 

 roseate youth gives place to wrinkled age ; so passes 

 life away. 



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and gives perfect shape and finish to all garments. If will 



knit a pair of socks !n fifteen minutes I Every machin* 



WARRANTO perfect, aJid tudojiiAt what, U represented. 



A complete instruction book accompanies each machine. 



No. 1 Family Machine, 1 cylinder, 7'2 needles, $30. 



No. 3 '* •' 2 " 72 & 100 *' 40. 



A nample machine will be sent to any part of the United 



States or Canada, (where we have no agent) express cfutrget 



prepaid, on receipt of the price. 



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

 to whom very liberal discounts will be made. Address, 

 BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., 

 7-11-tf] Sole Manufacturers, Brattleboro, Tt 



THOS. M. HARVEY. 



WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO., PA., 



Breeder and Shipper of 



GDERHSEY'uSlBDTTER STOCK- 



Yorkshire and Berkshire Pigs. 



Dark Brahma Chickens from the best imported 

 blood. Also Bronze Turkeys. 



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Farmers' Sons and other Young Men, 

 during their leisure hours, 



CAN MAKE GOOD WAGES. 



We want a thorough canvaBs made of every district, and will 

 pay good cauvasaers liberally. Address 



JNO. A. HIESTAND, Publisher, 



7-8-tf I.A\-t;ASTER, PA. 



DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 



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Orders received at 



Office, No. 15 E.ist King street, fud at the 

 8-l-12m) Yard, No. (ilS NORTH PRINCE STREET. 



Cure for Choking Cattle. 

 Should cattle be at any time in danger of choking 

 by reason of any foreign substance sticking in the 

 throat, take of fine chewing tobacco enough to make 

 a ball as large as a hen's egg; dampen it with molas- 

 ses so that it can be compressed into a ball, and will 

 adhere closely; elevate the animal's head, pull out 

 the tongue, and crowd the ball as far down the throat 

 as possible. In fifteen minutes it will cause sickness 

 and vomiting, relaxing the muscles so that the potato, 

 or whatever may be choking it, will be thrown up. 



Four thousand eight hundred and forty square 

 yards make an acre; a square mile, six hundred and 

 forty acres. To measure an acre, two hundred and 

 nine feet on each side make a square acre within aa 

 inch. 



