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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 23 
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J.M.THORBURN & Co. 15 JOHN ST.Nsv/feRK 
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NATURE’S OWN FERTILIZER. 
CANADA M A ■ ■ V" 
UNLEACHED M V 
HARDWOOD 18 TBS 
The Forest City Wood Ash Co., of London, Canada, 
have perfect facilities for handling them in proper 
shape. 8end for free Pamphlet and Guaranteed 
Analysis to 
THE FOREST CITY W’OOD ASH CO., 
9 Merchants’ Row, Boston, Mass. 
IMPORTERS OF 
S BULBOUS ROOTS. 
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, DAFFODILS, 
LILY OK THE VALLEY PIPS, AURATUM and all other, 
JAPAN LILIES, BERMUDA EASTER LILIES, TUBEROSES, &c. 
How cool and bracing now the breeze 
Thai blows across tb‘ main. 
And gently sways the stately trees 
And moans its sad refrain, 
Suggesting In a solemn way 
To every waiting soul 
Tnat now's me time to out ui hay 
And trade it off for coal.— Pucfc. 
New Girl : “ What does your papa like 
for breakfast ? ” Little Mabel: “ He al¬ 
ways likes ’most anything that we hasn’t 
got.”—Good News. 
Mamma: “Now, Teddy, we must all 
try to give up something while times 
are so hard.” Teddy: “ I’m willin’.” 
Mamma: “What will it be, dear?” 
Teddy : “ Soap.”— Chicago Inter-Ocean. 
A Gifted Woman. —“What expressive 
eyes your wife has ! ” said Manchester to 
Snaggs. “ Yes,” assented Snaggs with a 
sigh. “She can express herself very 
vigorously with her tongue, too.” In¬ 
dianapolis Journal. 
“ Ho ! You say your prayers every 
night and morning, do you?” jeered the 
had little boy. “ Yes, and so would you 
if you had to do it or take a lickin’,” re¬ 
plied the good little boy, firmly.— Chicago 
Tribune. 
Customer : “ If you ever send me an¬ 
other piece of meat like the last one. I’ll 
take away my custom.” Butcher: “What 
was the matter with, it ? ” Customer . 
“ Why, it was so tough that when it was 
cooked, I couldn’t get my fork even into 
the gravy.”— Harper's Bazar. 
Bridget: “The new neighbors next 
door wants to cut their grass, and they 
say as would ye he so kind as to lend 
them your sickle ?” Puritanical Mis¬ 
tress: “Lend my sickle to cut grass on 
the Sabbath ! Tell them, Bridget, that 
we haven’t any.”— Brooklyn Life. 
Dowser: “There goes Judge Wurd- 
leigh. In addition to his being a fine 
jurist, he has the reputation of being a 
master of the English language.” Bow¬ 
ser : “ That may be, but I don’t like his 
sentences : they’re too long ; it took me 
six months to get to the end of one of 
them.”— Yonkers Oazelte. 
A Profitable Visit: Miss Daisy (who 
has spent the whole summer in trying to 
elevate the simple country people with 
whom she has boarded): “Goodby, Mr. 
Stiles. I hope my visit here hasn’t been 
entirely without good results.” 1 armer 
Stiles : “ Sartin not, sartin not. You’ve 
learnt a heap since you first come here, 
hut, by cracky ! you was purty nigh the 
greenest one we ever had on our hands.” 
—Detroit Tribune. 
1 would not live always, I ask not to stav. 
And yet It I am not too much In the way, 
I’d just as soon see a few centuries m<*lt 
.luat to feel In myaelf how Matnusala felt 
-Little Peddlington Gheewxtz. 
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WITHOUT A TEACHER 
HOLLAND BULBS 
Plant In the Fall for Early Spring 
Flowering* Hyacinths, Tulips, Cro¬ 
ons. Narcissus, &c.. direct from the 
(EUREKA METHOD.) 
CUTAWAy""hARROW CO., HIGGANUM. CONN. 
New York Office. IS Cliff St.. New York City. 
Narcissus, &c.,-— - 
most reliable growers. 
— CATALOGUE FREE. 
Winner’s “Eureka” In¬ 
struction books do for you 
just what a teacher would 
do. With the Winner Instruc¬ 
tion Book for any instrument, 
you can learn to play any • lrn- 
ple, easy piece of music on that 
instrument as quickly as by 
employing a teacher once 
a week. 
Thrashing Machine for Sale. 
A 32-lnch cylinder, 44-lnch apron, 36 x 48-inch 
sieves. Has been used one season. Address 
A. M. GRIFFEN, Plalnlleld, N. J. 
^llwancer&barry 
MT. HOPE NURSERIES, 
63d Year. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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CRIMSON CLOVER 
CIDER 
300 Bush, tor Sale. Crop of 1893 will be ready 
for shipment by June 20. Seed guaranteed pure and 
first-class In every respect. Price $6.00 per bushel, 
sacked. Send check with order. 
WYNKOOP BROS., Mllf Jrd. Del. 
You do not need to know any¬ 
thing about music, as these 
books teach all the rudtments. 
and explain the meaning of all 
musical terms. They are very 
simple and FULLY ILLUS¬ 
TRATED. 
MACHINERY 
Wydmalie, Knuckle Joint and Screw 
Preeeea Gratere, Elevators, Pum ps, 
etc Send for Catalogue. C- ' 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT^g 
PRESS CO., -■ 
Cornet 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
Fruit Packages 
The Current Styles of Baskets. Boxes, 
Crates and Barrels Used in Market¬ 
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sistant Editor of American Gardkn- 
. ixG. Illustrated, 
Price , paper, 20 cents. 
THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
Besides the Instruction pages, 
each book contains nearly a 
hundred well-chosen pieces for 
that especial instrument. This 
alone would cost from $2.00 to 
$3.00 If purchased separately. 
Guitar 
AMES 
Vegetable Cutter. 
PERFECT CUTTER 
AND SLICER. 
No Clogging. 
Knives Readily Sharpened. 
AMES PLOW CO., 
Boston and New York. 
Piccolo 
They are intended for pupils 
living at a distance from the 
music teacher, or those whose 
means will not enable them to 
employ one. 
In ordering ask for Winner’s 
“Enreka” Method, and 
state for what Instrument It Is 
wanted. Any one of the vol¬ 
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on receipt of price. 
Accordion 
Mandolin 
A | HUIUf 1 MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. 
bARnlnU D. O. Trench Co., Chicago, Ill., and 
Famham, N. Y Mention this paper. 
Clarinet, 
nr| I » nd other Strawberries. 
Mill Early GeneseeGlant and other 
I Wheats. Raspberries and 
II L L L other small fruits. List free. 
WECKESsER, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
GRAPE VINES 
Large stock, all varieties; extra strong. It will 
pay you to send list of wants for quotations. 
EUGENE WILLETT, North Collins, N. Y. 
DORSET HORN RAM LAND 
for sale, or would make It a pair, if desired. 
J. D. VAN VALKENBURGH, Jr., Greene, N. Y. 
75 CENTS 
Send for 
Circular. 
FARM POULTRY 
PINE TREE FARM, Jamesburg, N. J. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, September 23, 1893, 
OLIVER DIST0N COMPANY, 
453-463 Washington St., Boston. 
C. H. D1TSON & CO.. S J. E. D1TSON & CO.. 
867 Broadway, N. Y. 1228 Chestnut St., Pblla. 
Nine Hoi stein-Friesian Cows, fonr In advanced 
reglstery, with records up to 62 pounds of milk in one 
dav 5 012 pounds In three mODths testing up to four 
percent tat. Turee Holstein-Friesian Heifers in 
calf, and four Heller Calves; two Holstetn-Frleslan 
Bulls four and two years «ld. and two Bull Calves— 
A aggie and Netherland families—all In tine condi¬ 
tion, excellent pedigrees. Also two A. J. C. C. Cows 
and one llelfer In call Call or address 
OTTO RAUBENHK1MER, 
44 First St., Hoboken, N. J. 
pijsccUnncousi 
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MIXED PAINTS 
Ensilage Gutters, 
Horse Powers, Grinding 
Mills, Wood Saws, 
Root Cutters 
And Acme Engines. 
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Cook Books and ail kinds of piem 
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31 and 33 Vesey St., N. Y. 
World’s Fair Exhibit, 
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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO- 
BARDEN CABINET CREAMERY, 
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make dairying a pleasure. BUTTERWOUKERS, RAILROAD AND 
CHEESE MILK CANS, and general DAIRY SUPPLIES. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 
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Luscious Strawberries. 
A full crop next season from 
POT - GROWN PLANTS. 
Plant now. Our handsome descrlp- 
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Box 88. Cornwall^ N. Y. 
