MARCH 14 
Rough on Rogues. 
shows what one may expect from this con¬ 
cern : “ I know one person who sent the 
fraud the $1, and bas received the two 
papers. Well, what are they ? They are 
small sheets nearly filled with advertise 
ments, and each contains a portion of soma 
thrilling story, not quite fit to come into 
any respectable family ; and, further, they 
informed the sender of the $1, that if he 
would send them twenty yearly subscrip¬ 
tions at $1 each, they would send him 
either the machine or the silk dress which 
they offer to every subscriber 1” 
IT WILL 
Cultivate 
CORN and 
COTTON 
to a Height of 
THREE FEET 
Throwing the 
Soil to or from 
the Plant. 
Send for Special 
Circular. 
LOOKOUT 
ALMANAC 
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. 
Sole Manufacturers HlGGANUM, CONN. 
New York Office, 183 Water St. N E W YORK, 
FridaV “ D rl 8k 8 ” is the assumed 
1 name of a scoundrel in this city 
20* who pretends to sell counterfeit 
money. His circular letter is somewhat 
different from the others we have seen. 
Here is a quotation : 
If you have been unsuccessful in busi¬ 
ness, or have been a slave to capitalists or 
corporations, who have usurped your life’s 
blood and gave you nothing in return, then 
I can supply you with a “patent medicine” 
that will restore your lost fortunes and re¬ 
plenish your blood, sending it tingling 
through your veins to the click of “ golden 
ducats.” Every man has an opportunity 
once in his life to better his condition, and 
if he but possesses the presence of mind to 
g rasp the opportunity at the proper time, 
e can go through this world rejoicing; 
but, should he neglect that opportunity , 
and wait for “something better to turn 
up,” then he deserves nothing, and ’tis safe 
to say, he will get nothing. 
This is the worst sort of a fraud. Burn 
up his circulars if he sends you one. 
MondlV Look out again for that “Gold 
, ^ Brick” fraud. Again and again 
1 we warn our readers against this 
transparent humbug, and yet here comes 
this note from Clarke County, Ky.: 
“The ‘gold brick’ man struck our county 
last week, and scooped in $4,800 from one 
of the oldest, shrewdest and most success¬ 
ful farmers. His scheme was to stay several 
days with this old fellow—who, by the 
way, owns 600 acres of very fine land—and 
pretend to be anxious to buy his farm. No. 
1 now left and No. 2 came and claimed a 
distant relationship with the farmer, and 
begged him to help him dispose of some un¬ 
coined gold in two bricks, which came 
from his mines, and if only $4,800 were 
paid the farmer might keep the bricks to 
hold till the other party came up with his 
part of the money. The money was paid over 
and the bricks were tested by a bagus jew¬ 
eler in an adjoining town, who pronounced 
them unusually pure gold. The party who 
received the money and who was to join 
the others at the testing, went in another 
direction and has not since been heard 
from. You will see from this that the ‘ G. 
B.’ man is still alive and * getting in his 
work,’ and I only wish every paper in the 
land was as faithful in exposing the rascals 
as The R. N.-Y. This swindle is as old as 
the hills, but it has bsen worked to perfec¬ 
tion right here in a most enlightened com¬ 
munity.” 
What’s to be done if folks will persist in 
being fools ? 
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Horse Hay Forks and Conveyors. Hillside Plows. 
Steel Frame Cultivators. Shovel Plows. 
Spring To oth Harrows. Rosa S Scrapers. 
UNEQUALED BY ANY OTHERS Manufactured. 
Agencies in All Cities and Towns. Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
SPADING 
HARROW 
formerly called Inj 
ut “TRIUMPH." 
Cntnrdav Look out for J. J. Cheshire, of 
* Cnicago, who promises to send 
21* a watch (free) to any lady who 
will send $3 for a year’s subscription to any 
magazine or paper she may wish. * * * 
We don’t believe that “ Electro-Massage ” 
machine is worth $20. Yon can get $20 
worth of massage treatment out of a hard¬ 
working human hand with plenty of elbow- 
grease to manipulate it, with far more ad¬ 
vantage. * * * Those bogus cooperative 
concerns are being formed all the time. 
There was that “Union Bond Company,” 
of Natick, Mass. Nine men formed it and 
issued $100 at the rate of $5 each. They 
sold 800 of the bonds. Interest on the first 
100 was to be paid in three months, but 
only 17 investors have thus far been paid. 
Angle of Teeth Adjustable 
to work at desired depth. 
LATEST AND GREATEST 
Fon SUMMER FALLOW, 
FALL SEEDING and 
STUBBLE GROUND. 
Style A lias two gangs. 
Style II has four gangs. 
.Leaves No Furrows or Ridges. 
PULVERIZER 
IN THE WORLD. 
Will do work no other can. 
AGENTS 
WANTED 
Tnflodav ^ beautiful, slick game was un- 
• earthed in this city last week. A 
I 7» man hired a little office room on 
Broadway and had some elegant circulars 
and letter-heads printed with “ W. Roths¬ 
child & Co.” at the top. There is some¬ 
thing about the name of Rothschild that 
makes one think of money, and there is an 
excellent firm in New York city with 
nearly the same name. The next act in 
the drama was when a man representing 
“ Rothschild & Co.,” appeared on the 
Pacific coast—Oregon and Washington— 
with fine samples of cotton goods which he 
offered at marvelously low prices. He sold 
big bills of goods and departed. In due 
course of mail the merchants received let¬ 
ters from New York informing them that 
“Rothschild & Co..” had the goods all 
packed, but could not ship until a check for 
the amount of the bill came to hand. “The 
uncertainty in monetary circles ” was the 
excuse given for this demand, though a 
discount of 10 percent was offered for cash. 
Lots of firms did send the money, and 
of course, got no goods because “ Roths¬ 
child & Co.,” never had any goods and 
never expected to have any business but 
that of cheating folks. They were experts 
at their business, but went a little too far 
at last, and were arrested, but discharged 
next day, because although there was no 
doubt that the rascals had been engaged 
for nearly two years in swindling on an ex¬ 
tensive scale, their victims lived at a great 
distance and no legal proof was adduced 
strong enough to warrant the magistrate 
in holding them for trial. 
For clrcutars 
and testimonials, write D. S. MORGA 
&CO., Brockport, N.Y. Mention this paper. 
Poultry Yard. 
UNIVERSAL WEEDER^CULTIVATOR 
Get a new rooster this year. 
Vaseline is good for frosted combs, but 
warm quarters make a surer cure. 
Mate your poultry early, if you want to 
insure well-bred birds and to supply the 
best demand. 
Poultry houses on runners are popular 
on large farms. Each house will accom¬ 
modate fifty hens, and can be easily drawn 
about from one part of the farm to another, 
with the hens inside. 
Comparison of Broiler Breeds. —A 
writer in the Poultry Monthly gives an in¬ 
teresting account of a comparative test of 
four breeds for broilers. The breeds were 
Games, White Wyandottes, White Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks and Brown Patagonians. 
When nine weeks old the chicks ranked : 
First, Games ; second, White Wyandottes; 
third, White Plymouth Rocks; fourth, 
Brown Patagonians. On weight they 
ranked: First, White Plymouth Rocks; 
second, White Wyandottes; third, Brown 
Patagonians ; fourth, Games. As a result 
of the full test the writer says: “As 
market poultry the White Wyandottes 
(Continued on next page.) 
, |J O Greatly improved for 1891. Endorsed by leading agri- 
MjBl culturista throughout the country. 
“ I must have two next year.”—T. B. TKI 
yaKjMuVTOIV “ 1 regard Breed's Universal Weeder as 
f implements a farmer can afford to employ." 
^ 'wk 44 We are using the Weeder to-day on a field of potatoes a foot high, 
^ T 1 and does the best work it has done yet.”—WALDO F. BROWN, 
n 44 Your Weeder is about all that can be asked for as a weed killer 
and surface pulverizer."—JOHN GOULD. 
THE UNIVERSAL WEEDER CO., North Weare, N. H. 
Where we have no Agents, Machines will be DELIVERED at retail price. 
Send (or 
Circular 
and 
PriceList 
one of the most valuabl 
J. J. THOMAS, inventor 
THE ELKHART carriage and harness mfg. co 
s/lto. t 
1 Nickel Harness. 
$10 
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ASPINWALL 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention The Rural. 
PLANTS 
DISTRIBUTES 
FERTILIZERS 
The Triumph of 
Modern lnvention. w W‘ 
Illustrated Circular sent free. 
i CORN, BEANS, 
ENSILAGE, ETC 
L THREE RIVERS, 
Wfirinesdav kook out * n a con - 
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lo. item in black and white. Do 
not foolishly say, “ We shall not quarrel 
about that.” First have a plain under¬ 
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case, and then live up to the line, and you 
cannot quarrel. Probably the first things 
you will quarrel about are those you don’t 
expect will trouble when the contract is 
made. * * * Look out that you keep 
scrupulously every promise you make your 
children. No hurt sinks deeper in the 
heart of a child than that caused by an act 
of broken faith in a parent. The fact that 
it is your child gives you no right to deal 
unjustly by it. 
The Dovetailed Strongest* Kent *nd 
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Supplies- Our A B C of Bee Cul- 
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ASPINWALL MFG CO 
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_ icu . aprv.i.. o.ccl Reveler and Pulverizer combined; all interesting, nothing v^_have 
:ver made so practical or perfect. Some improved things too are grafted upon our older favorites. A capital REA EJ . 
tYIIEER. instantly adjustable for depth, is a great feature; put on all ’91 goods unless ordered otherwise. 
have our Hand Seed Drills been forgotten in the march of improvement, nor our Double and Single Wheel Hoes, Ga 
den Plows, Grass Edgers, Etc. Some of them are greatly altered for the better; yet do not forget that no novelties a 
adopted hy u* icithout actual and exhaustive tests in the field. We therefore guar- Q I ATTl?NAf*fi 1107 Market St. 
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Thimflav The American Publishing Com- 
luuiauaj panyi with itg „ Silk DrtSi for 
19' 90 Cents,” is a big humbug. 
The following note from one of our readers 
A Cata 
) loguee 
Free. 
Mention 
this yapor. 
