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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 26. 
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BAIN ON THE HOOF. 
BY COATES KINNEY. 
When the humid shadows hover 
Over all the starry spheres, 
And the melancholy darkness 
Gently weeps in rainy tears, 
’Tis a joy to press the pillow 
Of a cottage-chamber bed, 
And to listen to the patter 
Of the soft rain overhead. 
Every tinkle on the shingles, 
Has an echo in the heart, 
And a thousand dreamy fancies 
Into busy being start. 
And a thousand recollections 
Weave their bright hues into woof, 
As I listen to the patter 
Of the soft rain on the roof. 
There in fancy comes my mother, 
As 6he used to, years agone, 
To survey her darling sleepers 
Ere she left them till the dawn ; 
I can see her bending o’er me 
As I list to the refrain 
Which is played upon the shingles 
By the patter of the rain. 
Then my little seraph sister, 
With her wings and waving hair, 
And her bright-eyed cherub brother, 
A serene, angelic pair, 
Glide around my wakeful pillow, 
With their praise or mild reproof, 
As I listen to the murmur 
Of the soft rain on the roof. 
And another comes to thrill me 
With her eyes’ delicious blue, 
And forget I, gazing on her, 
That her heart was all untrue ; 
I remember but to love her 
With a rapture kin to pain, 
And my heart’s quick pulses vibrate 
To the patter of the rain. 
There is nought in Art’s bravuras, 
That can work with such a spell 
In the spirit’s pure, deep fountains, 
AVhence the holy passions well, 
As that melody of Nature, 
That subued, subduing strain 
Which is played upon the shingles 
By the patter of the rain. 
Writtenfor Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
PROVIDENCE AND IMPROVIDENCE 
OK, WHICH WAS THE WISEK? 
BY EDWARD WEBSTER. 
“ I wish we had a new sofa for the parlor, 
WiniiiAM,” remarked Mrs. Hatty Janes to her 
husband one evening after tea; “the calico- 
covered lounge is too commonplace for the re¬ 
ception of company. I was really ashamed of 
it when Mrs. Kingsley and Prof. P.’s wife called 
upon me to-day; the latter did not appear to 
notice it, but Mrs. Kingsley glanced at it some¬ 
what disdainfully, in connection with a remark 
upon her parlor, for which, she said, they had 
just ordered new carpets and furniture.” 
“ New carpets and furniture in a hired house,” 
responded her husband. “ Kingsley rented a 
place last spring, on which, besides his rent, he 
has expended fifty dollars out of his own pocket 
in paints and paper, and now at the end of a 
year vacates the premises, leaving all the bet¬ 
terments in the hands of the landlord. He 
pays two hundred and fifty dollars rent for the 
present house, and has no assurance of retaining 
it beyond the current year. His new carpets 
may not fit the next house any better than the 
old ones do this; and the new furniture at the 
next removal will be likely to show sad marks 
from the hands of careless draymen.” 
“ But that is not our case, you know,” contin¬ 
ued the wife ; “ we are living in our own house, 
and furniture once Obtained remains permanent. 
I am sure a good sofa in our parlor will continue 
unsoiled for ten years.” 
“The last clause of the proposition is true 
undoubtedly, my dear, unless we see more com¬ 
pany than at present; since only our own con¬ 
nections, and a few tried friends, visit us, and 
these prefer to sit in our own snug and comfort¬ 
able every-day room to a formal reception in the 
parlor; but as to the first clause I am not so 
sure. We have a deed of the house and lot, it 
is true, but a rather heavy mortgage rides upon 
it, and very prudent management will be re¬ 
quired on our part to carry the matter through. 
Do you know I have a payment of four hundred 
dollars to make this spring ?” 
“ But that is provided for already ; you told 
me so last week ; and besides, we can get credit 
on the sofa for six mouths,” remarked the other, 
still clinging to the desire for the new piece of 
furniture, on which she had set her heart. 
“ Yes, it is provided for, and in this way : I 
borrow seventy-five dollars on a note of six 
months to make out the amount, and that note 
must be repaid this fall. I can do it and meet 
all subsequent payments, provided we are pru¬ 
dent in our expenditures, and a kind Providence 
blesses us with health ; but if that should fail, 
or any other calamity befall us which would 
unnerve my arm for its daily toil, I tremble at 
the consequences to you and our children. I 
have effected a small insurance on my life in 
your behalf, so that, pecuniuTily, a proti acted 
illness on my part would be worse than death 
for you.” 
“Oh! do not talk so, William !” exclaimed 
the wife, clasping her arms around his neck, 
while a tear-drop coursed down each cheek at 
the bare mention ot such a possibility ; “ I am 
sure your view of the case is right, and I am 
willing to forego any gratification, that would 
cause a moment’s embarrassment.” 
So the matter ended, and all desire for more 
fashionable parlor adornments were laid aside 
until better times. 
William Janes was an engine-driver on one 
of our important railroads, at a salary of fifty 
dollars per month, out of which he managed to 
support a small and inexpensive family, and 
save two hundred dollars a year. Having ex¬ 
perienced the miseries of several removals into 
hired tenements, he sat down and made the fol¬ 
lowing sensible calculation. One hundred and 
fifty dollars paid for rent would meet the inter¬ 
est on the purchase money of a house and lot 
worth fifteen hundred dollars, and leave a sur¬ 
plus of three per cent, for taxes and repairs ; a 
purchase would save the expense and trouble of 
moving annually and of adapting carpets and 
furniture to un suited rooms. What improve¬ 
ments might be made from time to time at a 
small cost, such as cultivating a few choice fruit 
trees, shrubs, <fcc., would accrue to his own ad¬ 
vantage, while the rise on the property in a 
growing community would be all his own.— 
Finding, therefore, a suitable tenement for sale 
on time, he purchased it, took possession, and 
forthwith set about paying for it as speedily as 
possible. Fully impressed with a sense of the 
uncertainty of human life under any circum¬ 
stances, and especially in his employment, 
where the most vigilant and careful man is lia¬ 
ble to accident and death, he took out a life 
policy lor one thousand dollars, as above stated 
for the benefit of his family. 
Leonard Kingsley was a dry-good clerk on a 
salary of eight hundred dollars a year. The 
two had been companions and friends in early 
life, and subsequently married two young ladies 
who also had been intimate at school. The 
tastes and habits of the young men, however, 
early took different directions; Janes’ father 
was an iron-worker in a machine-shop, and, 
after giving his son a good practical, and as 
scientific an education as his circumstances 
would admit, brought him up to the same trade, 
whence, in a few years, he was transferred to 
the management of a locomotive, and soon be¬ 
came one of the most reliable and safe men 
upon the road. Kingsley did little or nothing 
except go to school until nearly reaching the 
period of his majority, when the sudden death 
of an indulgent, not over prudent, and conse¬ 
quently insolvent father, compelled him, as a 
means of livelihood, to resort to some business 
or profession. Being a young man of good ad¬ 
dress and talents, he readily obtained a situa¬ 
tion in an extensive mercantile establishment, 
receiving an increase of salary each succeeding 
year, until, at the opening of our story, his in¬ 
come exceeded that of his friend by two hun¬ 
dred dollars. But he lacked one important 
qualification which the other possessed, namely 
that of looking after his expenditures; and at 
the end of the year found himself just where 
he was at the beginning, so far as money mat¬ 
ters were concerned ; and that was without a 
cent of surplus, and ready to commence the next 
year’s living on the next year’s salary. If 
anything took his fancy ho bought it, without a 
moment’s consideration as to its utility or value. 
Husbands and wives exert a much more power¬ 
ful influence upon each other than we are apt to 
imagine, and hence Mrs. Kingsley, although 
naturally as amiable and as willing to do right 
as her friend, soon fell into the inconsiderate 
and extravagant habits of her husband. Her 
wardrobe became extensive and costly, and, 
as she sailed up the fashionable promenades 
of the city, she presented a figure unsurpass¬ 
ed in its adornments, by that of any leader 
of the ton in town. 
Soon after taking possession of the new house 
mentioned in our opening conversation, and the 
carpets and furniture were all adjusted, Kings¬ 
ley and his wife were surveying the arrange¬ 
ments complacently, when the latter observed, 
“ I called the other day, with Mrs. Professor P., 
upon my early friend, Hatty Janes, and was 
really almost ashamed to acknowledge the ac¬ 
quaintance, everything around her seemed so 
poverty stricken. She was dressed in a shil¬ 
ling mouselin-de-laine, and her parlor boasted 
no better furniture than cane-seat chairs and a 
calico-covered lounge. When we were girls 
together, she was as anxious to dress as any of 
the rest of ns, and her husband must be a brute 
and a tyrant, to cause such a change in her so 
soon. She seemed to be perfectly contented, 
however, and smiled as complacently as if she 
occupied the palace of a king.” 
“You ought to see Janes himself in his work¬ 
ing dress, before finding fault with his wife,” 
rejoined her husband, pulling down his satin 
vest, and glancing complacently at the faultless 
polish of his hoots. “ The railroad runs close 
behind our store, and I see him pass it daily. 
Dressed in a straight suit of blue twilled cot¬ 
ton, covered with grease and dirt, and his face 
begrimed with dust and smoke, as he stands 
at the lookout of his engine, one hand upon the 
throttle valve and the other holding the whistle 
string, he seems more like a fireman from the 
realms of Pluto, than a human being; and 
yet," he added after a pause,—“ if you look only 
to the flash of his eye, and glance at the lofty 
bearing of his figure as he curbs, or gives loose 
rein to the fearful steed, he seems like some 
higher intelligence holding in his hands the 
fate of poor humanity. ’ 
“ Poor Hatty, how I pity her!” exclaimed 
Mrs. Kingsley ; “ does he always go dressed in 
such an outlandish costume ?” 
“ At his business, yes—at other times, no; for 
after the trip is ended, and his engine safely 
stabled in the round-house, he doffs his over¬ 
suit, washes the dust from his hands and face, 
and comes out a respectably dressed, every-day 
citizen.” 
“ Does he treat his wife kindly ?” 
« People say they are united in heart and 
soul; that what he thinks is right, she thinks is 
right also; but that he never takes a step in 
anything without first consulting her and get¬ 
ting her opinion.” 
“Let him do it, then; it is out of character 
for a woman to interfere in her husband’s busi¬ 
ness, and perplex herself with matters that do 
not concern her,” replied the lady, with a dis¬ 
dainful toss of the head, and so the colloquy 
ended. 
The paths through life of these two families 
gradually diverged ; that of the engineer keep¬ 
ing on in the same line of direction originally 
taken. By slow accumulations he gradually 
lifted himself out of debt, canceled the mort¬ 
gage upon his homestead, and finally purchased 
five or six acres of suburban land, which he 
found opportunity to buy at a cheap rate, and 
planted Avith young fruit trees, in the hope, at 
some future day, of gathering the fruit. The 
other, with a salary which finally reached 
twelve hundred dollars, just kept his head above 
water, and managed to float upon the wave of 
fashionable society, in imminent peril of being 
wrecked during the first gale of adverse for¬ 
tune. Several children were born to each, and, 
while Mrs. Janes, whose highest happiness was 
centered in her own household, found time to 
bestow on them all the care and watchfulness 
prompted by maternal love, the other, in order 
to meet the requirements of fashionable society, 
was compelled to trust them to hired nurses 
and mercenary servants : the consequence was, 
that while those of the former grew up robust 
and healthy, those of the latter were never well, 
and three out of the five which she had, perish¬ 
ed in infancy. 
But, in the inscrutable dispensations of Prov¬ 
idence, fearful calamities were in store for each 
household. The American people are never 
quite satisfied with the speed of a public con¬ 
veyance, unless the utmost limit within the 
range of possibilities is reached. 
“Speed first, and safety afterwards,” is prac¬ 
tically the motto, and those who manage great 
lines of travel must stand arraigned at the bar 
of public opinion for grievous offences, in case 
their conveyances happen to be behind time. 
One man is waiting for his morning mail; an¬ 
other is anxious for the reception of an express 
package of goods; a third is looking for the 
arrival of a fine dog sent him by a friend ; 
while a fourth lingers at the depot to greet the 
return of his wife. Those aboard the train are 
equally impatient to reach their several desti¬ 
nations, and join heartily in anathemas at any 
cause of detention. T]ie rain may have dam¬ 
aged the track ; the drifting snow may have 
filled up the cuts ; floating ice may have endan¬ 
gered a bridge ; or intense cold may have fro¬ 
zen the tanks;—no matter—these delays ought 
to be made up by extra speed on unobstructed 
portions of the line. With this unhealthy public 
sentiment managers must comply, although in 
doing so, the safety of the passengers and the 
lives of the train men are placed thereby in im¬ 
minent peril. 
Janes was running an express train, whicl^ 
upon the previous division, had by some means 
fallen behind time. Important connections de¬ 
pended upon his reaching the terminus on time, 
and in accordance with directions, he was urg¬ 
ing the powerful locomotive to its utmost speed. 
He had the track by right, he knew, as the in¬ 
structions to all way and freight trains, to give 
the road to the express, were imperative ; so the 
last danger he apprehended was that of a col¬ 
lision. By some strange mismanagement never 
yet explained, a heavy freight train was upon 
the track, running in the opposite direction,and 
endeavoring to make the next turnout before 
the express came up. As the latter, with the 
speed of a whirlwind, swept around a curve 
occasioned by the projection of a hill that hid 
the view, the two horrified engineers, who were 
almost in collision, for the first time caught 
sight of each other. A quick, sharp shriek, like 
one of mortal agony, burst forth from each lo¬ 
comotive as a signal to put on the brakes ; the 
Reverse Levers were given a sudden jerk, and, 
quick as a flash of light, the ponderous driving- 
wheels commenced a counter revolution. It 
was all too late, however; for the momentum of 
the heavy trains drove them on to the speedy 
and final catastrophe. 
“Jump for your life !” shouted Janes to his 
fireman, while he himself remained immovable 
at his post. 
« Jump yourself!” responded the other. 
“ Never!” 
“ Never !” — and engineer, fireman, and bell¬ 
boy stood their ground, and the next moment 
were buried under the general wreck. 
We have no pen or heart to paint the scene of 
horror that ensued, and our readers have been 
made too often cognizant of similar calamities, 
to need it if we had. Dead and dying men, 
women and children were dragged from the 
splintered and shapeless mass of iron and wood, 
and conveyed away to places of shelter gener¬ 
ously provided by the neighboring citizens. 
Surgeons gathered in haste from the adjoining 
towns, and everything possible was done to 
alleviate the suffering. The fireman and bell¬ 
boy were taken out dead, having been crushed 
by the tender which precipitated itself upon 
the locomotive ; but the engineer Avas still alive 
and sensible, although both himself and his 
helpers supposed him mortally injured. He 
begged them, therefore, to lay him gently on 
the grass, and go to the aid of those whose cases 
were less hopeless. No murmur escaped his 
lips, except a brief lamentation for the agony 
of his wife and children. 
Contrary to all expectation, however, he re¬ 
covered with the loss of an arm and a leg; and 
subsequently lived several years, cherished 
and beloved by his family and friends. The 
company paid many a judgment of five and ten 
thousand dollars to injured passengers and sur¬ 
viving relatives, but their own servants, being 
by law deemed to assume their own risks, ob¬ 
tained nothing. The company, however, did 
as much as corporations aggregate are expected 
at any time to do voluntarily,—that is to say, 
they paid the doctors’ bills, and wages until the 
recovery of the wounded, and then, such as 
were sound, were re-employed ; Avhile the 
maimed and disabled were given an honorable 
discharge. Janes, thanks to his prudence and 
foresight, had secured a competence for himself. 
He sold his city lot at a large advance upon the 
purchase, and retired to his suburban acres, 
which, with the aid of his boys, were rendered 
abundantly remunerative. He reared his fami¬ 
ly to habits of prudence, thrift and industry 
and went down to his grave at the last, be¬ 
queathing them, good and honorable citizens 
to the Republic. 
Leonard Kingsley died at the period of mid¬ 
dle manhood, by one of those periodical epi¬ 
demics which occasionally scourge our nation, 
leaving his wife and young children unprovided 
for. He had been often urged to insure his life 
for their benefit, as it was evident he never 
would save anything, and promised to do so, 
but neglected it. His wife, the prop on which 
she leaned for support being suddenly removed, 
sank at once from her position into the vale of 
poverty, and died soon after of a broken heart . 
the helpless children being received and ten¬ 
derly cared for, by that noblest of Christian 
charities, the Orphan Asylum. 
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AnsAver next week. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
THE SYRACUSE INSURANCE COMPANY. 
Associated Responsibility of the Company, #200,000. 
[ The Pioneer of its kind on this Continent.'] 
Organized October, 5, 1855. 
ISOLATED HOMES ONLY INSURED. 
Home Office, Marble Block, No. 10 South Salina-st., Syracuse, N. Y. 
County General Aegnts.— John J. Rockafellow, Alle¬ 
gany County; Wm. Y. Angel, Cattaraugus ; Chas. Campbell, 
Cayuga ; II A. Smith, Chautauque ; Seth Clark, Erie ; Geo. 
Hastings, Livingston ; Geo. AV. Clark, Monroe ; Daniel 
Morse, Niagara ; Wilson Hoag, Orleans ; Oliver Ackley, 
Ontario and Seneca; Saxon F Gavitt, Wayne. 
The above will take “ applications” and appoint Acting 
Agents for the Company. 
O. L. SIIELDON and I. R. IIOBBIE, Agents, Rochester, 
The Company was organized on the fifth day of October last, 
and lias nlreiuly issued over eight hundred policies, the premi¬ 
ums for which amount to nearly seven thousand dollars, and 
up to this date it has not experienced a single loss. 
Syracuse, Dec. 1855.—We have examined into the organiza¬ 
tion of “The Syracuse Insurance Company,” located in this 
city. Its business is confined to the insurance of detached 
private dwellings, their usual out-buildings and contents, and 
the persons composing it are jointly and severally liable for the 
payment of losses to the full extent of their associated and in¬ 
dividual property, both real and personal. 
This we regard as the safest and most reliable basis upon 
which an Insurance Company can be organized, and being per¬ 
sonally acquainted with most of the individuals composing 
the association, and knowing them to bo gentlemen of high 
character, and of responsibility, we take great pleasure in re¬ 
commending it to the confidence of the public.—T. B. Fitch, 
(President Mechanics’ Bank,) A. T. Butler, (Cashier Crouse 
Bank,) John J. Peck, (Cashier Burnet Bank,) M. D. Bornet, 
N. F. Graves, (President Burnet Bank,) E. B. Wicks, (Cashier 
Mechanics' Bank.) 
Wo are authorized to refer to tho following named gentle¬ 
menEx-Gov. Geo. W. Patterson; Hon. Joseph Mcl- 
lin, Watertown ; Hon. II. K. Jerome, Rochester ; lion. S. B. 
Cushing, Att’y Gen’l ; Hon. Charles York, Chenango county; 
Hon. II A. Goodwin, Hamilton. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
D. D. HILLS, L. B. MORGAN, WM. T, CUYLER, GEO. 
M. CUYLER, DANIEL PRATT. 
Geo. II. Middleton, Sce’y. I>. I>. Hills, I’ree’t. 
THE CONCORD GrRAPB. 
A gentleman paying his addresses to the 
third of five daughters, and asking her hand, 
was told that by the will of the father the for¬ 
tunes of the first four girls were together $50,- 
000 ; the last four $66,000 ; the three last, with 
the first, $60,000 ; the three first, with the last, 
$56,000; and the two first with the two last 
$64,000. The condition of acceptance was that 
he should tell the fortune of the lady he sought. 
What was her fortune ? 
Answer next week. 
Answer to Biographical and Geographical 
Enigma in No. 328 :—Josephine, the wife of 
Napoleon. 
Answer to Anagram in No. 328 :—In Genesis 
xli: 45, is the word ZAPNATH-PAANEAH, 
the name that Pharaoh gives to Joseph : an 
Egyptian word, signifying one that discovers 
hidden things. 
Answer to Problem in No. 328 :—A would re¬ 
ceive $400,527 ; B would receive $325,427 ; C 
would receive $274,044. 
Answer to Algebraical Problem in No. 328 : 
216. 
Boys should never yield to passion. They 
should be gentle in their sports, be forbearing 
and manly, for true manlinesss is to “bear and 
forbear.” 
MESSRS. IIOVEY As CO., 
No. 7, Merchant’** Row, Ronton, Muxs., 
ARE AGAIN OFFERING 
MR. BULL’S NEW AND SUPERIOR GRAPE ,—the 
Stock of which has been placed in their hands. 
This very remarkable American variety is the greatest ac¬ 
quisition that has ever yet been made to our hardy native 
grapes, and supplies the desideratum so long wanted, of a su¬ 
perior table grape, sufficiently hardy to withstand the coldest 
climate, and early enough to ripen its fruit in any part of the 
Northern or New England States. It is four weeks earlier 
than the Isabella, and about two weeks earlier than the Diana. 
It is fully ripe from the 3d to the 10th of September, and fine 
specimens have been exhibited the last three years, at that date, 
before tho Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
It is a most vigorous growing vine, perfectly hardy, with 
bunches of a large size, handsomely shouldered, often weigh¬ 
ing a pound, and with large roundish, oval berries, frequently 
measuring an inch in diameter ; color very dark, covered with 
a thick blue bloom; flesh soft, tender and juicy; flavor vei-y 
rich and luscious, witn a fine sprightly aroma. The foliage is 
large, broad, and thick, and the berries have never been known 
to mildew, rot, or drop off, under any circumstances, du¬ 
ring the five years since it has borne fruit. Good judges who 
have tasted it pronounce it superior to the Isabella in its ripest 
condition. 
The following testimonials of its excellence, among numerous 
others, we annex : . 
“We regard this grape as an important acquisition. ’—[Horti¬ 
culturist, Dec., 1854. 
“ Its early ripening alone ought to secure it a place in cvery 
gardon."—[N. Y. Tribune. 
“On the whole, an excellent grape.”—[American Agriculturist. 
“ As a hardy vine, and an early, largo and showy frnit for 
market, we shall not probably find anything to compete at the 
North with the Concord grape."—[Country Gentleman. 
“ In appearance, larger and finer than the Isabella, and 
quite as pleasant in their flavor.”—[Ohio Farmer. 
Fine strong plants ready for sale March 1, at $2 each, or $18 
per doz. Plants safely packed, without charge, for transporta¬ 
tion to any part of the country_ 327-4w 
MORGAN BLACK HAWK HORSE, “PRINCE.” 
This celebrated Horse, owned by the subscribers in the Town 
of Riga, Monroe Co., N. Y., was bred by Mr. Norman J. Lee, 
of Bridport, Vt., and was sired by the old Black Hawk, owned 
by David Hill, Bridport. l’rinco is five years old this Spring, 
stands 15% hands high, is well proportioned, and weighs over 
I;200 ibs. Ilis color is black. As a race of horses the Black 
Hawks stand unsurpassed. For docility, speed, strength and 
endurance, they are unrivalled by any other stock of horses in 
this country 
Prince will stand for use throngh the season or year, as fol¬ 
lows : _On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the resi¬ 
dence of L. Babcock ; and on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur¬ 
days at the residence of John I. Kelsey. Terms, $15 to insure 
a foal. L. BABCOCK, 1 % miles east of Churchville. 
JOHN I. KELSEY, 4 miles south of “ 
Riga, N. Y„ April 5, 1856. 327tf 
STATEN ISLANII 
FANCV PYEIN G F.STABUSIHIENT. 
Office, No. 3 John St., two Doors from Broadway, N. Y 
Dye Ribbons, Silks, Woolen and Fancy Goods, in the piece 
or otherwise, of every description. Their superior stylo of dye¬ 
ing ladies and gentlemen’s garments is widely known. 
Crape Shawls dyed the most brilliant, or grave colors; all 
kinds of Shawls, Curtains, Ac., cleansed or re-dyed. 
Goods received and returned by express. 
BARRETT, NEPHEWS & CO., 
326wl3 No. 3 John St., 2 doors from Broadway, N. Y. 
NOTICE TO STOCK GROWERS. 
The superior Durham Bull, BLETSO, a direct descendant 
rom the ce lebrated Bates’ stock, imported by the Livingston 
Co. Stock Association in 1854, tvill be kept the ensuing season 
at tho stable of Aaron Barber, Esq., in Avon, where speci¬ 
mens of his stock may be seen. Persons from a distance wish¬ 
ing the service of said bull can bo accommodated with good 
pasture for their cows, and all proper care will be taken to pre¬ 
vent accidents. “ Bletso” was breed by Mr. Beauford, of Blet- 
so, Bedford Co., England; got by Diamond, (5918) dam Fatima, 
by 3d Duke of Northumberland, (3647) g. d. Formosa, by Sir 
Thomas, (3636) g. g. d. by Sir Alexander (591) g. g. g. d. by 
Marske (418.) Fer further particulars see Herd Book. 
’ S. S. MOREHOUSE. 
Av on, Livingston Co., N. Y., April, 1856. _ 326w4 
UNION AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE AND 
SEED STORE. 
No. 23 Fulton Street, near Pulton Market,) New York 
PLOWS—A large and choice selection of the best patterns 
now in use, comprising a variety of forty different patterns and 
sizes adapted to the various soils. 
HARROWS, Square, Triangular'and Hinged. 
SEED DRILLS, for sowing all kinds of Garden or Field 
Seed in Drills to be used by hand or horse. 
ROLLERS, Field and Garden sizes. 
GARDEN ENGINES, WHEEL BARROWS, Ac. 
Together with an extensivo assortment of Horticultural Imple¬ 
ments, Field and Garden Seeds, for sale by. 
325w5-eow-m-j. A. M. TREDWELL. 
FOR SAFE, 
A farm containing 142 acres, with good buildings, brick 
house, horse stable, two good hay barns, etc., situated on tho 
East Bank of the Genesee River, in West Brighton, about four 
miles from Rochester. 
Also, a House and Lot on Exchange street, known as the 
“Franklin House.” 
The above property if not sold soon will be rented. For par¬ 
ticulars apply to B. M. Baker, at his Livery Office, North Fitz- 
hugh street, Rochester. 1JIRAM WOOD, 
B. M. BAKER, 
325-tf Administrators to Jos. Wood's Estate. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
I offer for sale my “ Sprague Farm,” containing 400 acres 
of very superior grain land, for $60 per acre, located in Coving¬ 
ton, on the line of Wyoming and Genesee county. It will be 
divided to suit purchasers. A liberal credit given. 
Also a grass farm for $30 per acre—100 acres. 
HUGH T. BROOKS, Fearl Creek P. O., N. Y. 
SUPERIOR SHORT HORN BULLS FOR SALE.— 
Duke, (443,) red roan, 1 year old last July. Fairmount, (490,) 
light roan, 1 year old last May. Tyro, (1053,) red and white, 1 
year old next April. E. MARKS. 
Camillns, N Y„ March 3,1886. _ 322-tf 
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