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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
MARCH 6, 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AT TWILIGHT. 
BY JENNY A. 8TONB. 
Go?,'* to the tomb of the buried years, 
A tomb that is watered with countless tears, 
Wrapped in the shadowy shroud of the Past. 
Eighteen hundred and fifty-seren, 
What have we done that it fleets so fast 
To bring us nearer the gates of Heaven? 
Eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, 
Head us the future, read us our fate, 
Shall the flatterer’s words be yet believed, 
And the trusting heart be yet deceived? 
Shall the holy stars forever shine 
On deeds that are done in the heat of wine, 
Shall the miser’s laugh and the poor man’s groan 
Go np alike to the great white throne? 
No answer? Then I must ask no more, 
And all shall be as it was before, 
For the flatterer’s words will be believed, 
And the trusting heart be still deceived, 
And the holy stars will calmly shine 
When the life-blood flows like the ruby wine, 
And of all the treasures Go» hath given, 
Not one left pure for its native heaven. 
Come hither, my bird of Paradise, 
Come, let me gaze in thy starry eyes, 
Deep and pure, and the light they brought 
Has driven away my weary thought. 
Nestle, dear baby, close to my breast, 
My heart is all hushed while I sing thee to rest. 
The stars are bright and the baby sleeps, 
And the lonely Night her still watch keeps. 
Hadley, Mich., 1858. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
A PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY. 
BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES. 
In the old stone Parsonage of C-on a cold 
November morning, two little immortal beings first 
opened their eyes to the misty daylight, which came 
struggling in through the closely curtained win¬ 
dows of what henceforth would he both nursery and 
sitting-room. 
“Two children!” and the heart of the young, 
girlish creature, whose long eye-lashes drooped 
wearily upon her colorless cheek grew faint as she 
thought how incompetent she was to discharge the 
duties both of a minister’s wife and a mother. 
“ 'Twins! Two little girls, and such beauties, 
too. What a' blessing!” cried the old nurse, as she 
wrapped the soft blanket around the little things, 
and laid them side by side in the rather narrow 
crib, which had been bought with no expectation 
of the double service it was to perform. 
“ Turns! What a plague, and how much extra 
work they’ll make,” muttered Hannah inthekitchen 
— mentally resolving to give notice that very day, if 
“that’s the way things were going to he managed!” 
“Two little babies! Isn’t it funny?” said the 
young misses of C-to each other, as they met 
at the weekly sewing circle, each one telling of 
something she intended giving to the strangers. 
« Not one,—hut two! And the poor man could 
hardly live on six hundred dollars, before! We 
shall have to do something for him,” said Widow 
Brown to a group of ladies who were discussing 
the not very welcome news, and with a sigh as she 
looked at her own daughter, and thought of the 
young theological student in the University, the 
widow brushed a speck of dust from off her shilling 
calico, and sat down by the window, thinking how 
she would wear her old bonnet another winter and 
give the five dollars which she had saved for anew 
one to her minister, who needed it so much. 
“Not two! You didn’t say Deo? What does the 
man mean!” exclaimed Mrs. Judge Howland. “If 
there’s anything I detest it’s a minister with a small 
salary and a large family. But it’s always the way.” 
And the proud lady walked on in her rustling bro¬ 
cade, resolving that if an effort were made to raise 
Mr. Campbell’s salary, “ she would be the last one 
to subscribe, for she had plenty of calls at home for 
her money.” 
“Two little daughters!” and breathing a fervent 
prayer of thanksgiving to Him, who had preserved 
the life of his precious Nellie, the pale young 
minister repeated again the words, “Two little 
daughters,” while his heart yearned with all a 
father’s tenderness towards the helpless creatures 
committed to his care. 
Anon, however, sadder thoughts came crowding 
upon him, as he sat there alone in his small library 
that November afternoon,—thoughts of unpaid hills 
which on New Yeai-’s morning would find entrance 
at his door,—bills he could not meet, for his purse 
contained hut fifteen dollars, the last of a quarter’s 
salary, which, at his request, had been paid in 
advance, and nearly four months must expire ere 
he could reasonably ask for another payment— 
And Mr. Campbell was not an extravagant man. 
The black cloth coat, which some of his parishion¬ 
ers had pronounced much finer than they could 
afford to buy, had been given him two years before 
by his aged mother, and if he did wear it on other 
days than Sunday, ’twas necessity and not pride, 
which prompted him to do so. And if on the 
morning of his twenty-seventh birth-day, he did 
find upon his table a handsome watch chain crossed 
with plain bands of gold, each link of the chain 
was made from Nellie’s soft, brown hair, and 
Nei.ue herself had devised the gift, paying for it 
by the sale of a party dress worn before the orange 
blossoms had crowned her brow, or she had become 
a clergyman’s wife. But this some of the well 
meaning people of C-did not know, or if they 
did, they forgot to think of it when descanting upon 
the extravagance of ministers in general and their 
own in particular. Six hundred dollars was a great 
deal of money to pay for one day’s work in each 
week, and if out of this thei-e were deducted a hun¬ 
dred dollars as rent for the parsonage, ’twas only 
what was done by other Societies no poorer than 
themselves. So Mr. Campbell worked on, preach¬ 
ing his three sermons every week and faithfully 
fulfilling the many other duties pertaining to the 
life of a minister. 
And in return for this, there was seldom breathed 
against him a word of censure or complaint except 
at times when it was known that he had asked for 
money with which to buy his daily bread. Then, 
indeed, like many other congregations, the people 
of C-forgot that “ the laborer is worthy of his 
hire,” and wondered “what had become of the 
hundred and fifty dollars paid to him three months 
before.” Of all this Mr. Campbell thought as he 
sat there with his aching head resting upon his 
hands, and then as he remembered the many flocks 
both at home and abroad who were crying out for 
a shepherd, he said aloud, “ There is a good reason 
why so many young men refuse to enter the minis¬ 
try.” 
A knock upon the door, and, with a most rueful 
face, Hannah stood before him. Her fears for her 
future ease had been confirmed by the nurse asking J 
her to stay in the sick room, while she herself went 
out for a little air. And now, muttering something 
about “ there being little airs enough in the house,” 
she came to say that “Mr. Campbell might he 
lookin’ for another girl, for what with tendin’ to 
them two brats and waitin’ on that stuck up nursin’ 
woman, ’twas more’n she could stan’, so if he’d just 
pay her the last month’s wages she’d be off.” 
To coax Hannah into good humor by paying her 
five dollars was the work of a moment, and the 
really good-natured Irish girl went back to the 
kitchen, invoking innumerable blessings upon the 
head of her employer, who counted and recounted 
the remaining contents of his purse, in the vain 
hope that some coin might have been overlooked. 
But no; ten dollars was the sum total, count as 
often as he might, and this was a small sum with 
which to meet the payment of his debts. It is not 
strange, then, that he looked pale and haggard that 
night when he went down to meet the ladies, who, 
on their way home from the Sewing Society, called 
at the parsonage, nor is it very wonderful if for a 
moment he almost failed to understand why he was 
to he congratulated. But every cloud, we are told, 
has its silver lining, and so had the one hanging so 
darkly around the young minister’s pathway. He 
had taken too strong a hold upon the affections of 
a few of his people for them te forsake him now in 
his sorest need, and on the morning succeeding the 
Sewing Society, a slender, middle-aged woman was 
seen threading the narrow streets of C--, enter¬ 
ing first one house and then another, while the 
expression of her face indicated the degree of suc¬ 
cess with which her efforts were crowned. 
The heart of Widow Brown, for she it was, 
had been touched by the weary, dejected look 
which the face of her minister had worn on the 
previous night, and with woman’s ready tact she 
had in a measure divined the cause, and, at the 
same time, devised a plan by which his immediate 
wants might be relieved, and the people of C- 
be not greatly impoverished by the act. Widow 
Brown was far from being rich in worldly goods, 
and the little cottage, which she called hers, was 
very plain and unpretending in its appearance, and 
yet in her quiet, unobtrusive way, she exerted far 
more influence among her neighbors than did the 
purse-proud Mrs. Howland, who sometimes sneered 
at the Church for being ruled, as she said, by a 
woman. It was quite natural, theu, that she (Mrs. 
Howland) should turn a deaf ear to the widow’s 
plan, giving, however, as an excuse, that on the 
evening of the 31st she should he at a wedding in 
an adjoining town. 
“ But you can ,give, if you are not present,” per 
sisted Mrs. Brown, “and out of your abundant 
means you have surely something for your min¬ 
ister.” 
Yes, she had something,—a whole half dollar, 
which she held in her hand a long, long time, while 
she enlightened the widow as to the many ways 
and means by which ministers could retrench if they 
chose. Fortunately for the future prospects of Mr. 
Campbell there were not in the village of C- 
many individuals as weathy or as selfish as Mrs. 
Howland, and on the morning of the 31st, more 
than one bright face looked in at the parsonage “to 
see if it would do.” 
“An sure it’ll do,” said Hannah, of whom a con¬ 
fident was necessarily made, “And it’s glad I am 
ye’re thinking of him, poor man;” then, with the 
generosity natural to her race, she took from her 
old wallet a dollar bill, which had been paid her 
five weeks before by her employer, and placing it 
under a teacup, proceeded to put the house in order 
for the expected visit 
******** 
The old nurse was gone, and in her warm delaine 
double-gown, her face whiter than the snow which 
lay piled upon the window sill, and her shining hair 
combed hack beneath her muslin cap, Nellie 
Campbell sat by her nursery fire, holding one 
infant upon her lap, while the other lay sleeping in 
the erib at her side. Two years ago that night and 
she was a bride, a happy bride, knowing nothing of 
the many trials through which it had been her lot 
to pass, and from which her husband would fain 
have shielded her, but he could not With a heavy 
heart ho looked upon her pale, thin face, and 
thought of the rosy-c.heeked girl who had left a 
home of plenty, that she might he with him; then, 
feeling how worse than useless were such hitter 
memories, he forced a cheerful smile, and tenderly 
smoothing her silken hair, said, “To-night is the 
anniversary of our wedding, Nellie, and I shall 
spend the entire evening with you and our two 
babies, one for each year!” 
Ere Nellie could reply there was a ring at the 
door and a note was handed in requesting Mr. 
Campbell to officiate that evening at a wedding in 
the adjoining town of B-. The clergyman, 
upon whose services they had depended, was sud¬ 
denly taken ill, and Mr. Campbell was their next 
choice. 
“It’s too bad,” said he, as he finished reading the 
note. “I was anticipating such a nice time with 
you. I have half a mind to decline.” 
“ But the bridegroom is very wealthy,” suggested 
Nellie,— just home from California. Mrs. Judge 
Howland, who is an invited guest, has done noth¬ 
ing hut talk of the splendid preparations for weeks, 
and I remember of her saying she should not be 
surprised if Mr. Alison paid the minister twenty 
dollars or more,—only think of it, Harry, twenty 
dollars for saying a few words. Maybe we could 
have some oysters for to-morrow’s dinner, and it’s 
so long since I tasted any.” 
This was sufficient for Mr. Campbell to deter¬ 
mine upon going, and just after dark he started, 
thinking to himself how far the expected fee would 
go towards paying to-morrow’s hill, and wishing,— 
oh, how he did wish he could afford to buy the 
oysters, the wine and the grapes, for which poor, fee¬ 
ble Nellie longed and which might do her so 
much good. But alas for his hopes! The returned 
Californian, who counted his money by thousands, 
was miserly almost to meanness, and if at the com¬ 
mencement of the wedding ceremony there was a 
tremulousness in the tones of Mr. Campbell’s 
voice, 'twas not as some supposed, owing to a feel¬ 
ing of bashfulness, but rather to the feeling of the 
coin, which one of the groomsmen had handed 
him as the bridal party swept by to their places.— 
Although unused of late to the handling of gold, 
he knew full well that ’twas not twenty dollars, nor 
yet a golden eagle, which uas dropped into his 
hand, and if, for a moment, his heart grew faint, 
while a blur came between him and the brilliant 
scene around, we cannot deem him unmanly, nor 
chide him for his weakness. Ministers are but hu¬ 
man, their people’s opinion to the contrary not¬ 
withstanding, and are quite as susceptible to hun¬ 
ger and cold as other men, while their wives, we 
have sometimes thought, feel privation and want 
even more keenly than their fellow-sisters. But to 
our story. 
The ceremony was ended, the congratulations 
over, and excusing himself from supper on the 
plea of his wife’s ill health, Mr. Campbell started 
for home, hearing with him a feeling of bitter dis¬ 
appointment. A slice of frosted cake and a five 
dollar gold piece, the united proceeds of his re¬ 
ward for riding five miles on a cold wintry night 
with a livery horse, for which he knew he must 
pay an exorbitant price. Not for himself, how¬ 
ever, did he grieve, so much as for Nellie, who he 
knew would he terribly disappointed when she 
learned the truth. 
“ But she shall have the oysters,” he said aloud, 
“I will buy them to-morrow morning.” 
Then, as he remembered his unpaid bills, he 
added trustingly, “I have done what I can and God 
will do the rest” 
Yes, God would do the rest,—was doing it even 
then, and as the young man drew nearer and nearer 
to his home he was sensible of a calmer, happier 
frame of mind than he had experienced for many 
a day. At last as he turned the corner of a street 
and the many bright lights which shone from the 
parsonage windows flashed upon him, ho started 
hack, rubbing his eyes as if to clear away the 
mist which he thought had obscured his vision, 
hut no amount of rubbing could remove what lie 
had at first supposed to he a mere hallucination.— 
The lights still looked cheeringly out upon the 
darkness, while his ear caught the sounds of mirth 
from within. Perfectly astonished he entered the 
house where he stood for a moment bewildered as 
one after another of his parishioners gathered ney, 
grasping his hand and bidding him welcome, as if 
they were the hosts and he an honored guest At 
last as his eye fell upon an ornamental box on 
which was inscribed in large letters, “A New Year’s 
gift to our minister,” the truth burst upon him, and 
wiping from his pale lips the heavy drops of per¬ 
spiration, he asked to be excused for a moment, 
while he hastened to his chamber, where alone he 
could recover his composure, 
’Twas a most joyful suiy, ise,—joyful first to 
Nellie, who in the gathering twilight had sat alone 
musing sadly on what the future might bring her 
and quite unmindful of the vigilant Hannah, who. 
unknown to her, had kindiqa fires both up stairs 
and down, using for fuel a portion of the wood 
which a kind-hearted farmer, belonging to another 
denomination, had sent to the Parsonage just after 
Mr. Campbell had left it. In and out of the nur¬ 
sery she went smoothing the pillows, fixing the 
curtains, arranging the chairs, and with whatever 
else she did, watching her young mistress careful¬ 
ly to see that she did not leave the room. But this 
Nellie had no intention of doing, for her thoughts 
were busy elsewhere, and she failed to hear the 
outer door which was several times carefully 
opened and shut, while basket after basket of pro¬ 
visions was handed in and other feet than Han¬ 
nah’s trod softly from dining room to pantry, 
bringing forth dishes which ere long were taste¬ 
fully arranged upon a most inviting-looking sup¬ 
per table. 
“Bring me a light, Hannah,” Nellie said at last 
and in reply to her call appeared the Widow ; 
Brown, neatly attired in her dark calico and spot¬ 
less linen collar. 
She had been almost a second mother to Nellie, 
who now at sight of her sprang eagerly forward, 
kissing her hard brown hand as lovingly as if she 
knew that it had just dropped into the “New 
Year’s Box” the five dollars, all in change, which, 
piece by piece, had been carefully saved for a far 
different purpose. Heaven’s choicest blessings 
rest on Widow Brown, whose calm, placid face 
took a still more angelic expression, as through 
the winter Sabbaths it looked out from beneath the 
old fashioned bonnet, which from choice she wore 
that her pastor miglit be warmed and fed. 
“ She had come,” she said, “ to spend the evening 
sociably,” and drawing her knitting work from 
the depths of her capacious pocket, she sat down 
in the little willow rocking chair, listening or pre¬ 
tending to listen to Nellie’s praises of her babies, 
while in reality her ear was turned towards the 
street to catch the first sound of approaching 
footsteps. 
They came at last,—the footsteps, and a loud 
ring at the door,—while Hannah’s clear voice was 
heard bidding them “ Walk in, as her misthress was 
at home.” 
“ Oh, I am so sorry,” said Nellie, “ I wanted to 
be alone with you,” and the expression of her face 
grew still more blank as the bell continued to ring, 
while the noisy sounds from the hall and stairs be¬ 
tokened the assembling of a promiscuous crowd. 
“What does it mean?” she asked, turning slight¬ 
ly pale, hut when told what it meant the whole ex¬ 
pression of her countenance changed, and hiding 
her face in Mrs. Brown’s lap, she sobbed out, “I 
am so glad,—so glad,— Harry said relief would 
come if we only trusted aright, but I did not be¬ 
lieve ’twould come to-night,” and in the exuber¬ 
ance of her joy she awoke koth of her babies, 
whose united cries brought to the nursery several 
of the visitors, who vied with each other in tossing, 
shaking, kissing and annoying generally the fright¬ 
ened infants. 
And now all was pleasant confusion, in the midst 
of which Nellie, with a bright bloom on her 
cheeks, received the greeting of her friends, who, 
while making themselves pei fectly at home, watch¬ 
ed anxiously for the letnrn of him without whom 
the party would not be complete. It is strange 
how generous comparatively penurious men will 
become when the right chord is touched. On this 
occasion some, who, had they been presented with 
a subscription paper at their place of business, 
would have turned away with the stereotyped reply 
that “they talked of having a donation them¬ 
selves,” gave freely and hill after hill was dropped 
into the box, which, when Mr. Campbell at last 
returned, was nearly filled. 
Seeing this, Hannah, who had secretly added to 
the sum her mite, brought in from the dining room 
a fanciful, gilt-edged coffee cup, which the year be¬ 
fore had been presented to her master as a Christ¬ 
mas Gift. This, she said, should be the “babies’ 
box.” The idea was a taking one and by the time 
Mr. Campbell emerged from his chamber and re¬ 
joined liis self-invited guests, feeling that his cup 
was indeed full of mercies, the babies' cup was full 
of silver coin, on the top of which lay the half 
dollar given by Mrs. Judge Howland and handed 
in by Widow Brown. 
The re-appearance of their pastor was a signal 
for supper, and never, we are sure, was sumptuous 
feast served up in princely halls more enjoyed than 
were those hastily prepared refr-shments, which 
graced the humble dining room of the parsonage 
on that never-to-be-forgotten night. With the first 
stroke of midnight the last visitor departed, and 
just as a New Year was ushered in, the young min¬ 
ister and his wife knelt down together by the cra¬ 
dle of their children, thanking the Great Giver, 
who had so signally fulfilled his promise that “ the 
dark, deep waters should not overflow.” 
After this, their next act was the very natural 
one of counting the money, which amounted in all 
to $140, twenty-five of which was found in the 
“ babies’ cup” and set aside for their use. Nellie 
could scarcely believe the evidence of her own 
eyes and if that night neither herself nor her hus¬ 
band were visited by refreshing slumber, it was joy 
and not sorrow which kept them awake, talking 
over the events of the evening and wondering who 
could have devised the party. With one consent 
ihey ascribed it to Widow Brown, whose benevo¬ 
lent disposition and exceeding popularity they well 
understood. And when next morning she came 
early to assist in righting up the disorderly rooms, 
they felt sure that her’s had been the ruling mind, 
though they did not know that for them she had 
done what few women would do, viz.: denied her¬ 
self a mao bonnet when the old one was unbecom¬ 
ing and unfashionable, too! 
But they knew enough of her to know that what¬ 
ever she had given had been at a sacrifice, and 
when at last she came to say good-bye, wishing 
them many a happy New Year, the man of God 
blessed her as his good angel, without whose 
kindly influence he would perhaps have fainted in 
his work. Dear Widow Brown, fortunate indeed 
is the minister, who, amoDg his people, can num¬ 
ber one like her. And again we say, Heaven’s 
choicest blessings rest on her and hers, and if in 
future years a flock on the far western prairies shall 
call her only daughter their pastor’s wife, may there 
be found among them one like her to smooth the 
rugged pathway which a minister is too often 
doomed to dread. 
One more remark and our story is done. Against 
Surprise Parties much has been said, it being gen¬ 
erally conceded that people are better pleased to 
invite whom they please and when they please, but 
we wot of a few clergymen, scattered over the 
length and breadth of the land, who would not ob¬ 
ject to the receipts, at least, of just such a Surprise 
Party as that given at the Parsonage of C-on 
the evening of Dec. 31st, no matter what year. 
Brockport, N. Y., Feb , 1858. 
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ROCHESTER AND LAKE AVENUE 
COMMERCIAL ISTURSERIES, 
Ily .1. I>I»NN 1.1.1.AN A CO., Rochester, V. 
rpiIE Proprietors have on hand for Spring trade, at tVhotesole and 
JL Itetait, an extensive Stock of the choicest kinds of Fruit Trees 
of ail varieties, from one to four years old. 
Evergreens, Ornamental, I leciWions and Climbing Shrubs. A select 
assortment of French and Domestic Roses, Paeonies, Phloxes, Hardy 
Herbaceous and Hedge Plants, Buibous Roots, ftc., ftc. 
Descriptive and Priced Catalogues furnished on application. All 
orders promptly filled and forwarded with despatch. 422eowlt 
HOUSES, FARMS AND WESTERN LANDS, 
For Sale or Exclmn;;e. 
rpiIE UNDERSIGNED have now on hand, for Side or Exchange 
L a huge assortment of Houses, I'arms and Western Land*. We 
do a systematized Commission business, which cannot fail to prove 
satisfactory to all parties Hence persons wishing to buy, sell or ex¬ 
change Rea) Estate, will find it to their advantage to cali upon us. 
Our Commissions on all Sales or Exchanges are as follows:—Cn 
$1,0 it) and under, 8 per cent; from one to four thousand, 2 per cent; 
$<,000 and upwards, one per cent, invariably to be paid at the matu¬ 
rity of business One dollar is required in advance on eacli Estate 
registered here, but nothing more, unless the sale is effected A 
schedule, or description of property with directions, ei closing $1, 
from any part of the country, will receive prompt auiention. 
P. R—Communications by mail will receive prompt attention. 
J. GUNNISON & (X)., Rea! Estate Brokers. 
426©owtf No. 14 Arcade Hal), Rochester, N. Y. 
J. Gunnison. Dr. A Maniievillr 
references: 
Hon. T. Kempshall, Hon. Sam') G. Andrews, J. B. Bennett, Esq 
" A. Champion, “ J. Emerson, Eagie Bank. 
ELMIRA MUSIC SCHOOL. 
rpHIS INSTITUTION, for Instruction on die Piano, Organ, Melo- 
_L deon, Guitar, Violin, and in Vocal Music and Harmony, is sliea- 
ated in a beautiful valley—healthful, quiet and pleasant—and pro¬ 
vides a more thorough course of Musical Instruction than has 1«- 
fore been offered on tliis Continent Pupils enjoy superior advantage* 
in many respects, being under die supervision of Teachers who have 
spent several years with die best masters, and graduated widi tho 
highest honors. Terms for 1858, commence as follows: 
March 3d, June 2d, Srjit. 1st, Dec. 1st Pupils can enter at any time 
during die term. Pupils can lie accommodated in the family of tho 
Principal, at die rate of $60 per Term—including board, tuition, use 
of piano, washing, fuel and light For further particulars, and all 
necessary information, address Miss C. G. SCOT!’, Principal. 
Elmira, N. Y., .Jan. 20, 1858. 421eowtf 
^lSTOR. HOUSE. 
3 a 50 PER DAY. 
rnHE FOURTH "SEVEN YEARS’ LEASE,” COMMENCED 
JL in May, 1857. will end May 1st, 1864. This House is conducted 
ui>ou die same system dim has distinguished its hitherto. 
A Restaurant has been added for Merchants doing business in its 
vicinity. The Itestaurant is entirety independent of the Astor House. 
Especial care taken of the sick 
Families wifi find this one of the coolest Hotels in New York during 
die summer, and die Ladies’ Department perfect in all that pro¬ 
duces real comfort 
The City Railroad Cars starting from die doors, enable guests to 
reach the upper part of die City with facility. The small Cars bring 
passengers from die New Haven and Boston Station, 27th Street to 
die immediate front of the Hotel 
Grateful for die past I intend to deserve future favors. Patrons are 
respectfully requested to give notice of their intended visit 
403y C. A STETSON. 
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. 
O FFER FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES SELECTED 
Farming and Wood Lands in Tracts of Forty acres and upwards, 
to suit purchasers, on 
Long Credits and at I row Hate* of Interest. 
Pamphlets, containing Maps, description of Lands, and other infor¬ 
mation valuable to the Western Emigrant w ill lie sent free of postage 
by addressing JOHN CORNING, 
General Agent Buflaio, N. Y 
JOHN WILSON, Land Com’r I. C It R-, Chicago, III 358tf 
LYON’S 
COPPER LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR. 
Patented July 11, 1852. 
r pHE SUBSCRIBERS, successors to Brittain ft Edmunds, are 
I Froprietors of tliis Patent for die ten Western counties of New 
York, the States of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ken¬ 
tucky, Tennessee, and Minnesota Territory. 
They are manufacturers of diese celebrated Conductors, and nre 
prepared to furnish them widi the appropriate apparatus, to all parties 
holding the right to territory, in any quantity, and on short uotice 
Tile rods are put up hi cases convenient for transportation, with the 
full complement of fixtures inclosed Each case contains twenty-five 
Conductors; each Conductor comprises forty feet of copper, one 
electro-plated or gilded branch point, seven insulators, and fastenings. 
They are furnished to agents by the case ; widi die exclusive right 
to dispose of them to be used in certain described territory, on very 
advantageous terms. 
Applications for Agency, orders for stock or models, and all commu¬ 
nications relating to thia’business wifi receive immediate attention, if 
addressed to BRITTAIN ft MARSH, 
40-4tf Lockport, Niagara Co, N. Y. 
Circulars sent on application. 
HAY AND CATTLE SCALES. 
C N REAT REDUCTION OF PRICES !! THESE “STANDARi 
X Scales” are now within the reach of even'Farmer. For $10 
we w-il! furnish a 3 tun scale, platform, 7 by 12 feel Every scale is 
seated by die V. S. Standard weights, and warranted. A full descrip¬ 
tion will be sent to any part of the countrv, free of postage, upon ap¬ 
plication DURYEE ft FORSYTH, 
372-lamtf Manufacturing Co, Rochester, N.Y. 
£ 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
THE LEADING WEEKLY 
Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper, 
IS EUBUSHED EVERY SATURDAY 
BY ». I>. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Office, Union Buildings, Opposite the Court House. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Two Dollars a Year— $1 for bix months. To Clubs and 
Agents as follows .'—Three Copies one year, for $5 ; Six Copies (and 
one to Agent or getter up of Club,) for $10 ; Teu Copies (and one to 
Agent,) for $15, and any additional number at the same rate, t$l,50 per 
copy.) As we are obliged to pre-pay the American postage on papers 
sent to the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and friends must 
add 12 hi cents per copy to the club rates for the Rural The lowest 
price of copies sent to Europe, ftc, is $2 60,— including postage. 
Advertising — Brief and appropriate advertisements wifi be 
inserted at 25 cents a line, each insertion, payable in advance. Our 
role is to give no advertisement, unless very brief, more than tour con 
secudve insertions Patent Medicines, ftc. are not advertised in tbo 
Rural on any conditions 
