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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL, 
^Dtiical. 
“SPEAK GENTLY TO THE EESING.” 
Spkak gently to the erring,— 
Ye know not all the pow’r 
With wliich the dark temptation came 
In gome unguarded hour ; 
Ye may not know how earnegtly, 
They struggled, or how well 
Until tlie hour of weakness came, 
And sadly thus they fell! 
Speak gently of Uie erring— 
Oh ! do not thou forget, 
However darkly stained by sin. 
He 1b thy broilier yet. 
Heir of the self-same heritage. 
Child of the self-same God, 
He hath but stumbled in the path 
Thou hast in weaknesB trod. 
Speak kindly to the erring — 
For is it not enough 
That innocence and peace are gone, 
Without thy censure rough ? 
It surely is a weary lot 
That sin-crushed heart to bear; 
And they who share a happier fate 
Their chidings well may spare. 
Speak kindly to the erring — 
Thou yet may’st lead him back. 
With holy words, and tones of love, 
From Mis’ry’s thorny track : 
Forget not thou hast often sinn’d, 
And sinful yet must be •, 
Deal kindly with the erring one, 
As God hath dealt with thee! 
littran] anb JGiBctllanfOUB. 
AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN, 
BY H. G. CHIPMAN. 
Late in the fall of 1830, Grand Prairie, 
in Illinois, was burned over one night, and 
an immense amount of damage done to the 
farmers living in and along its edge. Nu¬ 
merous fences were destroyed, and crops of 
corn, ready for the gathering, were laid 
waste; while numberless stacks of grain 
and hay, put up for the winter’s use, were 
set on fire and burned to the ground. The 
havoc was worse because of the conflagra¬ 
tion’s coming suddenly and quite unexpect¬ 
edly, as when the night came on, no fire 
was discernable, and such burnings were in¬ 
variably perceivable long before the night 
set in, warning the farmers to be prepared. 
But the evening of this catastrophe, when 
the sun went down and darkness covered 
the prairie, no smoke arose from the south¬ 
ern edge of the plain, nor could any lurid 
glare be seen resting upon the sky, to indi¬ 
cate the grass was on fire—and as it gener¬ 
ally took a whole night for the flames to 
cross the prairie, all the farmers living on 
the northern edge retired to their beds in 
apparent security. But in the middle of 
the night many of them were aroused to 
find their fences on fire, their habitations 
surrounded by flames, and in some instan¬ 
ces, even the houses in a bright blaze, from 
which they with difficulty escaped alive. — 
A farmer, whose family was composed of a 
wife and only daughter, the latter some 
seventeen years of age, who resided some 
six miles in the prairie, had his house de¬ 
stroyed, while himself and wife perished in 
the ruins. The daughter was saved by the 
daring energies of a young man named 
Clyde, who had discovered the fire, and ar¬ 
rived just in time to tear her from the 
building when the roof fell in. 
The morning after the conflagration, the 
inhabitants of the little village of Bluffton, 
situated at the edge of the plain, were set 
in commotion by rumors of the fire being 
the work of some heartless scoundrel, who 
had thus gratified his malice upon some in¬ 
dividual, by injuring the entire community. 
These rumors at length became a fixed fact; 
as, about 10 o’clock, a man named Gray, a 
roving character, with no ostensible means 
of livelihood, appeared before the Squire of 
the village, and stated that he wished a 
warrant issued for the apprehension of Da¬ 
vid Clyde, for setting the prairie on fire the 
previous evening, by wliich so much waste 
of property, and wanton sacrifice of lives 
had occurred. 
The warrant was issued, and placed in 
the hands of the constable for serving; and 
while this official was absent in search of 
Clyde, the young man himself came into the 
Squire’s office, and entered a like complaint 
against Gray, but was informed that Gray 
had first appeared, and obtained a warrant 
for his arrest, which was in the hands of 
the constable. 
He seemed taken aback when he was 
first informed of this, but promising the 
Squire ^he would be present at 1 o’clock 
that afternoon, to undergo an examination, 
he departed. Word was sent to Gray to 
be present at the appointed time; and as 
the case was an unusual one, the room of 
the justice was crowded to hear the state¬ 
ments of tlie two. 
Gray’s story was short. He swore that, 
having a wolf trap set some distance out in 
the prairie, he had taken up hLs lodgings 
near by it the night of the fire, and about 
twelve o’clock he was aroused by the howls 
and snarls of a wolf, which had been caught 
in a trap, I^e arose to go to it, when he 
discovered a horseman near by, who dis¬ 
mounted from his steed, drew out a steel, 
flint and tinder from his pocket, and striking 
a lights thrust it in the dry grass, which in¬ 
stantly blazed up, and favored by a strong 
southern wind, sped away towards the set- 
: tlement, and in the exact direction of Mr. 
Fisher’s house. That the horseman, whom 
he recognized as Mr. Clyde, then mounted 
his horse and rode away. 
This statement had been listened to with 
breathless attention, and as Gray had deliv¬ 
ered it apparently in a cool and truthful 
manner, it had considerable weight upon 
the audience. But it produced no effect 
upon David Clyde. The features of the 
young man were as calm as ever, and his 
countenance underwent no change during 
the recital of Gray. When the latter was 
done, he arose to his feet and exclaimed: 
“ My statement of the facts as they oc¬ 
curred upon the evening of that most de¬ 
plorable fire, will be much more minute 
than that of my accuser, and will occupy 
more time; but I hope that not only the 
Justice but the audience also,, will listen pa¬ 
tiently to what I have to say. It is well 
known to many here that I have a brother 
residing in Walnut Grove, and upon the 
night of the fire I was returning from a vis¬ 
it to him. When about ten miles the other 
side of Mr. Fisher’s as I was riding leisure 
ly along, I saw a man kneeling by the road 
side, and appsirently endeavoring to light a 
fire with a steel and tinder. I started my 
horse into a gallop, at the same instant giv¬ 
ing a shout, and the man sprung to his feet 
but dropped a burning lock of grass, as he 
did so, into the prairie, the dry hay of Avhich 
was instantly in a blaze. 
“ ‘ Scoundrel! ’ I exclaimed, in a loud 
voice, as I came close to him; but with a 
coarse ‘ ha, ha, ha,’ he retorted— 
“ ‘ Don’t be angry, Mr. Clyde, for getting 
mad won’t stop the fire. I guess old Fish¬ 
er ’ll catch it to-night, and his haughty 
daughter, too.” ’ 
“ ‘ Villain, you shall answer for this,’ I 
replied, as I turned my steed, and spurred 
him after the rolling flames, whifch were 
sweeping swiftly away before a strong south 
wind, and rolling on in the direction of 
Fisher’s house. In vain'T urged my horse 
to his utmost speed, for the crackling fire 
sped far ahead of me, and when over a mile 
and a half distant, I beheld the lurid blaze 
leap the fence like a stag hound, and go 
careering on towards the house. Almost 
maddened at the sight, I goaded my gallant 
horse, who bounded forward like the wind, 
but when still half a mile from the building, 
I saw a bright sheet of flame arise from the 
roof, and became aware that the house was 
on fire. The burning prairie had made it 
light as day, but my eye ran in vain around 
the premises to discover a single person, 
and the fearful thought flashed instantly 
through my mind that the family were 
asleep in the house. By the time I reach¬ 
ed the door in front of the mansion, the 
roof was in one lurid glare, and leaping from 
my steed, I let him go, and throwing my 
whole force against the door, burst it in. — 
A dense volume of smoke poured out, al¬ 
most suffocating me for a moment, but re¬ 
gaining my breath, I ascended the steps to 
the second story. A door was visible on 
my right hand as I reached the top, and it 
required all my weight to break it in; but 
when I did so, a female form staggered for¬ 
ward, and fell in my arms. I hastily bore 
her down the stairs, by this time covered 
with cinders from the burning roof, and as 
I leapt from the door it fell in with a terri¬ 
ble crash, showering the sparks thickly a- 
round me. The person I had rescued was 
Mary Fisher; and the old man and his wife 
perished in the flames. My horse had fled 
in alarm from the spot, and as the nearest 
neighbor’s was four miles distant, wo were 
compelled to walk it on foot Day broke 
by the time we reached the house, and leav¬ 
ing the disconsolate girl at her neighbor’s, 
I came immediately here, and found I was 
a few minutes too late to lay my accusation 
before you first Such are the facts in the 
case; although they are almost exactly op¬ 
posite to the statement made by Gray.” 
Clyde had delivered his story in an im¬ 
pressive and convincing manner, but the 
justice was puzzled which of the two he 
should believe. The advantage lay with 
Gray, as he had made the first accusation, 
and the statement of Clyde might be only 
a tale invented to upset the evidence of his 
accuser. Neither had proof, as no one else 
saw the'deed, and the Squire informed them 
that he knew of no way to dispose the case 
impartially, unless he bound them both 
over to the court 
To this Gray strenuously objected. He 
had appeared and accused Clyde, he said, 
that the real author of the late catastrophe 
might be justly punished, and he thought 
that to bind tliem both ov^‘r, Avould have 
an effect in deterring others from making 
any accusations against malefactors from 
their own knowledge, unless they had pos- 
positive proof of their guilt. He demand¬ 
ed that Clyde should be held to bail, and 
not himself. 
When he had finished, Clyde once more 
got up, and turning to the justice, stated 
that as they both stood there without wit¬ 
nesses, and consequently it did not lay in 
his power to tell the guilty one, with his 
permission, and the consent of Mr. Gray, he 
would propose a plan by which he hoped 
the matter would be thoroughly settled. It 
was this: — 
“ There is an Infinite being, sir, who rules 
in a higher sphere than ours, and to whom 
all things are known, from whom nothing 
can be concealed. I propose to Mr. Gray, 
that we both make an appeal to Heaven, 
and let the God of the universe decide up¬ 
on our guilt or innocence. I feel that I, sir, 
am not a malefactor here, and I challenge 
my accuser in the presence of this evidence, 
to accept my proposition.” 
Clyde ceased speaking, and amid an ut¬ 
ter stillness, during which he became the 
centre of all eyes. Gray also arose, and re¬ 
plied :— 
“ I will consent to do anything which the 
squire says is right.” 
“ I can sec no objection to Mr. Clyde’s 
offer, although T do not suppose that the 
case will be materially altered by it,” said 
the justice. 
“ Then let him go on, and I will follow 
suit,” answered Gray brazenly. 
Slowly David Clyde fell upon his bend¬ 
ed knees, and raising his face and arms to¬ 
wards Heaven uttered amid the most death¬ 
like silence, the following appeal: 
“Eternal Being, thou who seeth and 
knoweth all things, and who can only tell 
the guilt of us two, into thy hands I com¬ 
mit my innocence, and beseech thee. Al¬ 
mighty God, if I am guilty of the crime of 
which I am accused, to strike me dead in 
the midst of this then most blasphemous 
appeal.” 
For full a moment after he had finished, 
Clyde remained upon his knees, then rose 
to his feet, and with folded arms, gazed 
slowly around him. The countenance of 
Gray had paled during the prayer of Clyde, 
but as every eye was upon him, he nerved 
himself to the task, and also fell upon his 
knees; with a loud and hurried voice, he re¬ 
peated the appeal, but when he came to 
the words, “ Almighty God, if I am guilty 
of the crime of which I am accused, to 
strike me dead,” his face became more 
white, and he fell slowly forward. 
The stillness which reigned at that aw¬ 
ful moment was fearful. Not a sound could 
be heard in that room, and it seemed as if 
every breath was hushed, so deadly silent 
did every person appear. At last the jus¬ 
tice, who had bent forward with a horrified 
look to gaze upon Graj^, motioned for a con¬ 
stable to approach, and turn over the body. 
He did so, and every eye which looked that 
way, beheld the icy face of a corpse, and 
the livid hue of death resting upon the 
countenance of the blasphemer. 
They bore fortli the corpse and buried 
it silent and alone in the prairie, and t* 
this day the old farmers in the neighbor¬ 
hood shudder, as they recount to the pass¬ 
ing traveler that fatal answer of, “ The Ap¬ 
peal to Heaven.” — Columbian and Great 
West. 
COUNSEL FOR -THE YOUNG. 
Never be cast down by trifles. If a spi¬ 
der breaks his web twenty times, twenty 
time will he mend it again. Make up your 
minds to do a thing and you will do it.— 
Fear not, if a trouble comes upon you; keep 
up your spirits, though the day may be a 
dark one. 
“ Trouble never stops forever, 
The darkest day will pass away !” 
If the sun is going down, look up to the 
stars; if the earth is dark, keep your eyes 
on heaven! With God’s presence and 
God’s promises a man or a child may be 
cheerful. 
“ Never de.'pair when fog’s in the air ! 
A sunshiny morning will come without warning 
Mind what you run after! Never be 
content with a bubble that will burst, or a 
fire-wood that will end in smoke and dark¬ 
ness. Get that which you can keep, and 
which is worth keeping. 
“Something sterling that will stay 
When gold and silver fly away.” 
Fight hard against a hasty temper. An» 
ger will come, but resist it strongly. A spark 
may set a house on fire. A fit of passion 
may give you cause to mourn all the days 
of your life. Never revenge an injury. 
“ He tliat revenges knows no rest, 
The meek possess a peaceful breast.” 
If you have an enemy, act kindly to him 
and make him your friend. You may not 
win him over at once, but try again. Let 
one kindness be followed by another, till you 
have compassed your end. By little and by 
little, great things are completed. 
“ Water falling day by day 
Wears the liardest rock away.” 
And so repeated kindness will soften a 
heart of stone. 
Whatever you do, do it willingly. A 
boy that is whipped to school never learns 
his lessons well A man that is compelled 
to work, cares not how badly it is perform¬ 
ed. He that pulls off his coat cheerfully, 
strips up his sleeves in earnest, and sings 
while he works, is the man for me. 
“ A cheerful spirit gets on quick, 
.Y grumbler in the mud will stick.” 
Evil thoughts arc worse enemies than 
lions and tigers, for we can get out of the 
way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win 
their way everywhere. The cup that is 
full will hold no more; keep your heads and 
hearts.full of good thoughts, that badtho’ts 
may not find room. 
“ Be on your guard and strive and pray, 
To drive all evil thoughts away.” 
luniDrora niili Inrasing. f^nutlys Corafr. 
FASHIONABLE SLAVERY. 
No man may tliink, or speak, or walk, or stand, 
Bui just as other people may demand ; 
No independent citizen may dare 
Tc eator drink, or even trim liis hair, 
Or change the contour of his coat, unless 
The nation chooses to endorse tlie dress. 
Men of free birth are clad in full length suits 
Of abject servitude, from hats to hoots ; 
They seem to think inexorable fate 
Made them, like monkeys, but to imitate. 
’Tis only pity that, for use so small. 
Men should be born with any brains at all. 
DECIDEDLY RICH. 
A GOOD Story, said to be perfectly au¬ 
thentic, is now in circulation in the private 
circles of London: 
Mrs. Loudon, the clever writer on horti¬ 
culture, being in the neighborhood of Strath- 
fieldsaye, the residence of Wellington, wrote 
to the Duke for permission to see his 
“beeches,” for which the gardens of his 
grace are celebrated. The Duke merely 
glanced at the note and the signature, and 
in a moment inferred that it was a request 
from the Bishop of London to borrow his 
somewhat famous Waterloo inexpressibles, 
for artistic purposes. He directed his valet 
to look out the article, and forward it in a 
polite form to his lordship. The packet ar¬ 
rived at the Bishop’s, with the “Duke of 
Wellington’s compliments.” The first amaze¬ 
ment of the venerable prelate may be con¬ 
ceived, but it soon merged into a painful 
apprehension that all was not quite right 
with the mind of his grace, and off he has¬ 
tened to communicate with the Premier on 
the subject. The Duke, as fate would have 
it, was struck with a similar idea as to the 
probable state of one of the heads of the 
church militant, and also felt bound to seek 
an interview with Lord John in regard to 
the matter. - The .scene that ensued was 
rich indeed, but the mystery was finally 
solved to the general satisfaction by pro¬ 
ducing the original note, and scanning it 
with a care it had not before received. — 
The return post carried to Mrs. Loudon a 
most gracious permission to see the Duke’s 
“beeches." 
Following the Example. —There is a 
story extant of a young wag who was once 
invited to dine with a gentleman of rather 
sudden temper. The dining-room was on 
tlie second floor, and the principal dish was 
a fine roast ham. When the old gentle¬ 
man undertook to carve it, he found the 
knife rather dull, and in a sudden passion 
flung it down stairs after the servant, who 
had just brought it. Whereupon the young 
man seized the ham, and with admirable 
dexterity hurled it after the knife. 
“ What on earth do you mean ?” exclaim¬ 
ed the old gentleman, as soon as he could 
speak. 
“I bog your pardon!” was the cool re¬ 
ply; “I thought you were going to dine 
down stairs.” 
Satisfactory Pvepliks.—A witness ex¬ 
amined in one of the Courts of Illinois, up¬ 
on a trial concerning a horse trade, was ask¬ 
ed by the counsel for the defendant, how 
the plaintiff generally rode ? 
“ He generally rides a-straddle, sir.” 
“ How does he ride in company ?” 
“ If he has a good horse, he always keeps 
up.” 
“ Flow does he ride when he is alone ?” 
“ Really, sir, I cannot say, for I never 
was in company with him when he rode by 
himself.” 
“ You may stand aside, sir.” 
“ Ah ” said a mischievous wag to a lady 
acquaintance of aristocratic cast, “I per¬ 
ceive you have been learning a trade.” 
“ Learning a trade,” replied the lady very 
indignantly, “you are very much mistaken.” 
“Oh, I thought by the looks of your 
cheeks you had turned painter.” 
^ The lady waxed wrathy, and the wag va¬ 
mosed. 
On Sunday, a lady called to her little 
boy who was tossing marbles on the side 
walk, to come into the house. “ Don’t you 
know you shouldn’t be out there my son ? 
Go into the back yard if you want to play 
marbles — it is Sunday.” “Well, yes.— 
But ain’t it Sunday in the back yard, 
mother _ 
‘Ancestry.— A Monsieur de Levi, a Jew, 
in England, had a painting representing 
Noah going into the ark, carrying a small 
trunk under his arm, on which was written 
— Family records of the house of Levi. 
Judge Bissell said in Congress the oth¬ 
er day that for one he “ did not think much 
of that class of politicians who were trying 
to ride two horses at once, besides leading < 
afree-soil coll!" 
Why do Post-Office stamps resemble idle 
children at school ? Because they require 
to be well licked to make them stick to their 
letters._ _ _ 
Why is a hive of bees more beneficial to 
mankind than a herd of deer? Because 
the one’s a waxy-nation, and the other’s on¬ 
ly a stag-nation. 
“ Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; 
Nothing’s so hard, but search will find it out.” 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 20 letters. 
My 1, 8, 12, 10, 9, II, 8, 12, 5 was an ancient name of 
Sicily, so called from its “ three promontories.” 
My 2, 3, M, 19, 8 was tile great Grecian poet. 
My 3, 8, 12, 17, 19, 10 was a Greek writer, celebrated for 
his piety and learning. 
My 4, 5, 8, 9,1, 18, 3, 10 was a plain near .\thens, famous 
in Greek history. 
My5, 15,13, 11,18,1'?, 10,13, Owasa celebrated Athenian 
orator, the rival of Demosthenes. 
My 6, 15, 10 , 19 , II, 5 was a celebrated philosopher, put to 
death by Nero. 
My 7,9, 2, 8, 15, 10,18, 19, 12, 1 was a natural philosopher 
eminent for his construction of thermometers. 
Mj^ 8, 10,11, 12, 10, 15 was a celebrated French poet, of 
the last century. 
My 9,10, 9, 11, 20 , 15, 3, 10 was a famous lyric poet of 
Greece. 
My 10, 15, 11, 2, 3, 6 was a King of Egypt, who attempted 
to connect the Mediterranean with tlie Red Sea, in 
which 12,000 men perished 
My 11, 5, 8, 1, 18, 9, 17, 19 a famous city of Africa, long 
the rival of Rome. 
My 11,1,2,9, 11,5 an island in the Mediterranean Sea, 
famous as the abode of Ulysses. 
My 13, 9, 14, 3, 0 an island in the jEgean Sea, the birth, 
place of Pythagoras. 
My 14,10,11, 18,9, 3, 10 was a famous physician, cele¬ 
brated by Homer in tlie Iliad. 
My 15, 8, 9, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2,15, 10, 19, 13 was a celebrated 
pliilosophcr and mathematician, of Gyrene, who waa 
called a second Plato. 
My 10,11, 2, 9, 15, 14, 15, 10, 19, 13 was the first King of 
Persia. 
My 17, 15, 1(>, 13, 19, 20, 12, 11 was a famous vandal 
• Prince. 
My 18,10,11,1, 3, 8 was the great Trojan hero. 
My 19, 8, 9, 1,3 was tlic muse of amatory poetry. 
My 20,16, 10 was the ancient name of Volga. 
My whole is the name of one of the transported Irish 
patriots. 
O’ Answer in two weeks. 
POETI CAL E NIGMA. 
By the farmer I am valued to raise, 
And from ail receive a just tribute of praise ; 
But in Western country do I mostly abound. 
Yet am in the north not nnfrequently found. 
Letters five my wliole contains ; 
One remove — take what remains, 
A blessing you now will see, 
’Mid winter’s wild revelry ; 
Now another take away. 
Then it will, I’m sure, display 
A use for my wholt^that is natural quite. 
If prepared by the cook both proper and right; 
One more then aside — two letters now remain,. 
As a preposition our attention claim. 
[□■Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, &c. IN No. 29. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma— General Wineibld 
Scott. 
Answer to Enigma— The Rochester Female Academy. 
Answer to Charade — Lae-wino. 
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