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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



"THE FARMER'S FRIEND." 



The grtzt Orange paper. 



Tae farraers' own jonrual. 



600 farmers' write for it. 



60 FarmerB' wives write for it. 



Circulatee in 36 States. 



Circulates in 6 Territories. 



Circulates in Canada. 



84 columns every week. 



16 pages of reading. 



Kept on file in 1,200 Granges. 



Read weekly by over 100,000 people. 



Only oflBcial organ of five State Granges. 



Market reports from the great cities. 



Practical experience by practical farmers. 



Crop reports printed weekly. 



Ko middlemen agents. 



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



Postage always prepaid by publishers. 



12}4 cents a month to the close of any year. 



In clubs of 8 or over, 10)4 cents a month. 



Neatly printed ; "big type ;" good paper. 



Katioaal Grange officers write for it. 



Orange news from every State, 



Farmers are delighted with it, snd say, 



" Just what we have wanted," 



Sample copy three cents, sent directly from the Orange 



Steam Printing House of five S'ates. 



Addresa, THOMAS A DEMMINO, 



7-12-8 MKOHAwrcsBiTBa, Pa. 



PATENTS 



OBIAKEDBESTAHDCHEiPESTBT 



LOUIS BAGGER & CO., 



SOLICITORS OF PATENTS, 



T77ashington, D. C. 



'Addresa tU lettera to P. O. Box 444. 



T-S12m 



FERTILIZERS! 



hoimee: 



CHEAPEST 



iiiia.de: 



AND BEST! 



'tlTBITE for Circular and Recipes, which are furnished 

 W without charge, containing complete instructions for 

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

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

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

 them. 



We offer Fertilizing Chemicals of our own manufacture, 

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

 rity. Ask prices for 



Oil Vitriol, Nitrate Soda, 



Ground Bones, Sulphate Ammonia, 



Land Plaster, Muriate Potash, 



Sulphate Potash, Sulphate Soda and Salt. 



Address 



HARRISON BROS. & CO., 



FSILADELPSIA. 



Kstablished as Manufacturers of Fertilizing 

 Chomicala in 1793. 



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 FOR KKAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PRORERTY, 

 Printed expeditiously and cheap at the office of 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



PATENT HEN-PERSUADER. 



In a tiny country villa lived our Blobbs. but all alone ; 

 Never wife or chubby children thle aLaid b;icbelor had 



known. 

 Yet — for hearts must cling to eomething — he had made 



himfielf a pet 

 Of a little Buow-white pullet, with her wings just tipped 



with jet. 

 Daily feeding and caresHiug, these had won the pullet's 



heart ; 

 Following close her master's footsteys, seldom they were 



far apart ; 

 And his love grew deeper, stronger, with the passing of each 



dsy — 

 ''Wiser far than any woman," wicked Blobbs was wont to 



say. 

 Near by rose a wondrous structure — architects their brains 



hud racked — 

 Cross between a Chinese temple and a cruet-stand, in 



fact. 

 This the pretty pullet's dwelling ; here she hastened every 



night ; 

 Perched on high, became a rooster till the dawning of tile 



light. 

 One sad day a Yankee peddler, glib, persuading, passing 



by, 

 Gazed at Blobbs and that poor pullet with a calculating 



eye. 

 From his wagon's deep recess, drew out, smiling 



wickedly, 

 "Johnson's Patent Hen-Persuader :" then to guileless 



Blobbs said he : 

 "Here's a marvelous i«ventiou ! In this box you see a 



nest ; 

 Hens at once will lay an egg here, lured to do their very 



best. 

 Then behold ! this sliding bottom lets the egg drop out of 



view, 

 And the hen, somewhat bewildered, lays at once egg num- 

 ber two !" 

 'Twould be useless to repeat all that this wJly peddler 



said ; 

 This sufflous. Blebbs, unwary, by his specious tongue 



misled. 

 Bought the "Patent Hen-Persuader," set hie snow-white 



pullet on. 

 Locked them both within the hen-house ere he went to town 



that morn. 

 Business then engrossed hira fully, till, with num'rous cares 



beset, 

 Who Clin wonder that the r^^'et and her nest he should 



forget? 

 Nothing all day to remind him: but returuing late at 



night. 

 Flashed a sudden recollection, and his cheek grew pale 



with fright. 

 Rushing madly from the station, staight besought the hen- 

 house door. 

 Called his pet in tones entreating— Ah ! she'll never answer 



more ! 

 Full of gloomiest forebodings, in he danhes ; finds the 



noBt 

 Overflowing with its treasures — yes, she'd done her level 



best . 

 Forty-seven eggs ! and near them head and tail and wings 



still lay, 

 For tho poor arubiiious pnllet thus had laid hersolf 



away ! 



Harper's Magazine, 



"Going to War.** 



The man who wants to go to 8t. Petersburg and 

 enlist In the Russian army to flfi:ht the Turks was at 

 the Central depot yesterday to see about his railroad 

 ticket. With his hat on his left' ear, pants in hoot- 

 tope, overcoat belted tightly around, and a fierce 

 twist to his moustache, he walked up to the ticket 

 window and asked : 



'*What time does the train leave for Russia?" 



"Five o'clock,'' answered the agent, never smiling 

 in the least. 



"Good ! What's the fare to St. Petersburg ?" 



**Five hundred dollars." 



"Too much. I'll give you ^iOO. 



"We have but one rate," said tbeageat, 



"And you won't let me go for 5i00. 



"Couldn't doit." 



"Then 1 won't go. I'm a patriot from head to 

 foot, hut I can't let no railroad swindle me. I'm 

 the bloodiest kind of a border wild cat and Russia 

 wants me bad, but that hundred dollars opens a 

 great gulf between us. 



A COUNTRY youth, who desired to know how to 

 become rich, sent a quarter in answer to an adver- 

 tisement, and received the following valuable recipe : 

 "Increase your receipts and decrease your expen- 

 ditures. Work eighteen hours a day, and live on 

 hash and oatmeal gruel." 



A CONTEMPORARY asks : " What are the street 

 lamps for?" The man who doesn't know what a 

 street lamp is for is hardly fit to sit in an editorial 

 chair and mould public opinion. Street lamps are for 

 weary young men. to recline against at midnight, 

 when they forget their way home. 



An Irishman with a heavy bundle on his shoulder, 

 riding on the front of a horse-car, was asked why he 

 did not set his bundle on the platform. He replied : 

 " Be jabbers, the horses have enough to drag me. 

 ril carry the bundle." 



Tie I.arpre*** ami nio«4t rompletc Stock of 

 Frill t an<l OriinniPiital TreeN in the IT. S. 

 Priced i'nta1og:ne<tMenta!« followN: No. 1. Fruits, 

 with colored pLite, l,'^ ctH. ; i^lain, 10 cts. No. 2. Orna- 

 mout;;l Tn es, etc., with plate. 25 cts. No. 3. Greeohouse; 

 No. 4, Wholesale ; and No. 5, List of New Roses, Free. 

 Address 



ELIWANGER & BARRY, Rochester, 



N.Y. 



■automatic 

 Knitter 



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A Family Knitting Machine. 



Now nttracting uulTersal attention by its astoristaing per- 

 formanoes and its great practical value for every-day family 

 use. It knitb every possible variety of plain or fancy work 



WITH ALMOST MAGICAL SPEED, 



and gives perfect shape and finish to all garmeuts. H will 



knil a pair of socks in firteen minuletl Every muctiiue 



\*'All«lA5iTlil» ifiteci.ayulttjdojuatwhaturrpresenUd. 



A complete instruction book accompanies eacii machine. 



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



No. 3 " -'2 " VI & 100 " 40. 



A sample machins will be sent to any part of the United 



Statt-s or Canada, (where we have no agent) fxprtsa chargM 



prepaid, on receipt of the price. 



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

 to whun\ very liberal discounts will be made. Address, 

 BICKFOBD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., 

 7-n-tf] Sole Manufaotureis, Bi'altleboro, Vt. 



THOS. M. HARVEY, 



WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO., PA,, 



Breeder and Shipper of 



GUERSSlYlSaBOTTER STOCK 



Yorkshire and Berkshire Pigs. 



Dark Brahma Chickens from the best imported 

 blood. Also Bronze Turkeys. 



WiMBLEOON 



Jov/i Tianije Breech Lixulina 



Practice Pirtol ^ Targets. 



Carries a ' ; inch boll with aci-u- Bj^^^ '*' 

 racv Ultv Jeet. without pow.lr-r or «*^^ (0 

 par'nission. Br.iss barrel, hair trinKcr. For salo 

 by dealers. Ev mail, iree for It, cents, with per- 

 manent ammuul tion for target practice indoora", 

 and for sportin;; ontofdoors. 



AGENTS WANT'r. 



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DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP 

 FAMI1.T and I,IME-BrK5fING COAL! 



Orders received at 



Office. No. 15 East Kin? street, f ud at th* 

 8-l-12m: Yard, No. 618 NORTH PEINCK STKEBT. 



