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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 8 
HARROW POETRY. 
in honor of true virtue, 
Where Is it to be found ? 
Why, tn the “ Acme ” harrow. 
It comes from all around. 
The “Acme” harrow Is the best, 
It's so proclaimed from East to West. 
Why ? Because It always stands the test. 
The work It does Is very fine, 
And all good farmers love its style; 
And just what all good farmers want 
Is In the “ Acme ” harrow to be found. 
When over the field the “ Acme ” files, 
Away with clods, It boldly cries; 
For all the clods are surely crushed, 
The “ Acme ” mellows them into dust, 
Pulverizes, turns and lifts the soil, 
So that the seeds will have no toll, 
But come right up without delay; 
This makes the “ Acme ” harrow pay. 
The crop when gathered then does show 
That all good farmers should not be slow, 
But buy an “ Acme ” harrow now! 
And then you are ready when you plow 
To put your soli In such a style, 
It will make your neighboring farmers smile, 
That the genius of an Eastern man 
Makes farming as profitable as he can. 
With ease and comfort thus combined, 
The “ Acme ” harrow Is the best that you can find. 
St. Louis County, Mo. A. J. H. 
HIDING EGGS FOR EASTER. 
It was just a week before Easter. The 
younger children of the Crull family 
were on the qui vive because they had just 
gained the consent of the mother to hide 
all the eggs the hens laid during the 
week. It had always been the custom 
of the Crull children to hide the eggs. 
Then on Easter they were to dispose of 
them as best pleased themselves. The 
elder children, however, had out-grown 
this childish pleasure, or at least they 
thought they had, so they went about 
their several duties and let the younger 
children hunt and hide all the eggs to 
their hearts’ content. 
After three days’ hiding some grumb¬ 
ling was heard. Mother and the eldest 
daughter, Sis, couldn't find a single egg 
to cook with and cake became scarce on 
the table. At this crisis the two large 
boys began to complain, for cake was 
their favorite delicacy. A compromise 
was made whereby four eggs were al¬ 
lowed the family daily for cooking. 
Everything went smoothly until the 
Friday before Easter. The egg hiders 
got to purloining eggs from each other’s 
hidden hoards. At one time one boy 
had all the eggs, at another one of the 
girls had them all. By evening all fur¬ 
ther hiding was at an end when four sor¬ 
rowful little children stood by mother's 
chair and told the heart-rending story 
that the big boys had taken every one of 
their eggs. 
When questioned, the big boys ad¬ 
mitted that they had taken the eggs, 
like good Samaritans to stop the chil¬ 
dren’s quarreling, and, moreover, that 
they were going to keep them. They 
and the neighbors’ big boys were going 
to have a jolly good time in the woods 
Saturday night and they intended to eat 
all the eggs. 
At this information the children set 
up such a howl. The elder sister ap¬ 
peared and listened to all the talk but 
said nothing. Then and there she de¬ 
termined to do her utmost to get those 
eggs for the children’s Easter. At break¬ 
fast Saturday morning the big boys did 
some tall bragging about how many eggs 
they had without having exerted them¬ 
selves in the least to hunt them. “ Oh I 
tell you, Sis, we’ll have a rousing good 
time to-night in the woods and if you 
will just fix us up some bread and salt 
we’ll give you a whole dozen of eggs for 
your Easter.” 
A whole dozen ! The week’s supply 
was usually 15 dozen. The sister’s eyes 
twinkled, for she was resolved to get all 
the eggs. But she promised, provided 
she had the eggs by the afternoon, for 
she wanted her dozen for a cake. Unsus¬ 
pecting, the boys went to their work. 
The sister’s work, however, was not so 
well done as usual. Her eyes kept con¬ 
stant watch of the barn. 
When the bell called the men to dinner 
Sis saw the big brothers taking a short 
cut for the barn from where they were 
working, instead of following father by 
the path to the house. Now was her 
time. She slipped quietly to the barn 
and entered on the side opposite from 
that at which the boys came in. When 
they entered they immediately climbed 
the mow and as quickly returned with 
some eggs in their pockets—evidently 
the promised dozen. At dinner no men¬ 
tion was made of eggs. The boys gave 
Sis her dozen and reminded her of her 
promise. After dinner with a “ Heigho 
for to-night!” they went to work with 
light hearts. Surely they had forgotten 
that a girl is just as sharp as they, and 
when once she gets her mind made up to 
do a thing it takes great obstacles to 
defeat her. What mattered it to her if 
the mows were full of hay and the ladder 
was built straight from the floor to the 
top beam. She set her teeth hard and 
climbed it. Oh joy ! there was the box 
of eggs, but oh how heavy it was ! 
What should she do ? She could scarcely 
climb the ladder let alone descend with 
the eggs. A bright idea struck her and 
descending the ladder, she hastily found 
the little mother and returned to the 
barn with her. She again climbed that 
awful ladder while the mother stood 
below holding her apron ready to receive 
the eggs, which one by one, Sis dropped 
from the mow of hay high above. How 
her arms ached and how dizzy she felt! 
At last every egg was dropped, and Mrs. 
Crull had placed them one by one in a 
big basket. After hiding the box in its 
accustomed place and covering it with 
hay as she had found it, she descended 
and helped carry the basket of eggs into 
the house. 
The boys left their work of building a 
fence earlier than usual and commenced 
doing up the chores. While Sis was 
getting supper she saw them coming on 
the run from the barn. Their faces were 
very long and they looked, oh, so dis¬ 
appointed. 
“ Sissy, dear, did you take our eggs?” 
and “Now, Sis, you know I divided my 
eggs with you last year,"’ were their 
greetings when they enttred the kitchen 
door. 
“ Why, boys, you talk a little different 
from what you did this morning ; what’s 
happened ? ” said Sis, in an unconcerned 
voice. 
“ Now, Sis, don’t play innocence, for 
we know no one but you could climb that 
mow, and won’t you give us some eggs 
for our picnic to night. You see, we’ve 
promised the boys to be there certain 
sure. We intended all along to divide 
with you. Now won’t you, Sis ? We’ll 
take you fishing with us the next time 
we go if you will.” 
“ What is this boys ? You asking Sis 
for eggs after that bragging at the break¬ 
fast table ? ” inquired Mrs. Crull. 
For several minutes the boys were kept 
in hot water. At last they were given a 
kettleful of eggs, the kettle to be used 
in boiling them. With their bread and 
salt, yes, and some cake, too, they started 
for the sugar camp in the woods to meet 
the party of boys. 
“You won’t tell, will you ? ” 
“ No, I’ll keep mum, but the boys will 
wonder why we didn’t bring more eggs 
after our telling how many we had.” 
farmer's girl. 
A cork for closing bottles of sterilized 
milk has been invented in France : 
It Is simply a disc of red India rubber with a con¬ 
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Immersing the bottle In a bath of boiling water. It 
Is afterwards cooled by withdrawing it from the 
water, and the partial vacuum Inside the bottle 
sucks the cork firmly Into the neck and effectually 
closes It. A metallic cover Is then placed over all. 
The ketchup business is a great enter¬ 
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of 600 acres of tomatoes for this sauce. 
The proprietor says he prides himself on 
the following indorsement from a wash¬ 
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a help. Afther I drink a pint bottle of 
that stuff I kin do a two days’ wash in 
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