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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
APRIL 3 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
TOR GLAI) SPRING-TIME. 
Oh, how I love the sunny spring— 
The merry babbling brook— 
The birds that wild their rnusi# fling 
In every shady nook. 
I love the winter’s fleecy snow— 
The sleigh-bells ringing chime— 
But oh, I love by far the glow 
That hails the glad spring-time. 
From withered turf the blades of green. 
By magic seem to rise, 
Until a carpet rich is seen 
To floor the bending skies. 
Unnumbered flowers of brightest line, 
With incenBe fill the air, 
And gems of Nature's diamond dew, 
Are sparkling everywhere. 
The stars with milder radiance beam, 
The moon with warmer glow. 
And oh, now like a blissful dream, 
The shadows come and go. 
The groves and forest, cool with shade, 
Are filled with happy song, 
While echoes hid, as half afraid. 
The joyous notes prolong. 
Fair Iris spreads upon the cloud. 
Her bright and dazzling sheen, 
And through the rents in vapor’s shroud, 
The sun is smiling seen. 
Oh, yes, I love the cheerful spring, 
With all its birds and flowers, 
The sun, and shade, and everything 
That glads the circling hours. 
Somerset, N. Y., 1.8f.8. W. G. W. 
Written for Moore'n Rural New-Yorker. 
MARIE LANG’S LESSON. 
BY JENNY MARSH PARKER. 
Chapter L 
Marie was half in a pet. Her foot patted the 
velvet rug rather too nervously for an indication 
of good temper, and her lip curled although she 
gave no utterance to her displeasure. Her husband 
stood before her twirling bis watch-key and study¬ 
ing her with evident emotion. 
“ I think it is too bad, Arthur,” came at last half 
pettishly, half coaxingly from the pretty pouting 
lips. “You know how much I have doated upon 
going, and now at the very last to disappoint me— 
I would not miss being there to-night for all the 
world.” 
“ Not even for your husband’s wishes?” and the 
deep, manly voice was tremulous. 
Marie blushed and dropped her eyes, and began 
picking the delicate embroidery of her handker¬ 
chief. Arthur studying her countenance went on: 
“You know, Marie, I would spare you every un¬ 
necessary disappointment, but in this matter I can¬ 
not feel that my wishes are unjust or unkind. I 
am Borrythe information did not reach me sooner; 
I did not suppose you would care to be a guest at 
the house of those who have given insult to your 
husband’s family.” 
“ Who told you Col. Clyde is the son of the old 
General? I don’t believe it, and think it is a 
very trifling thing to keep us at home,”—and the 
little foot began to pat the rug again. 
“ Tue news came from a reliable source,” said 
Arthur, “ and I have too much self-respect, to say 
nothing of family pride, to keep up the acquaint¬ 
ance any longer. Yon can do as you think best”— 
and delving his hands deep into his pockets he 
walked to the window with no satisfied air. 
Marie was a young and happy wife, but we can¬ 
not say that Arthur was a happy husband. He 
loved her devotedly and doubted not the full re¬ 
turn of liis affections, but she could not supply 
him with the happiness Blie selfishly, and blind in 
her selfishness, obtained for herself. She was fond 
of gay society; the making ready for a grand en¬ 
tertainment, the shopping, dress-making and gos¬ 
sip, filled her heart with overflowing delight, to say 
nanght of the intoxicating flattery, she, as reigning 
belle of the large circle in which she moved, never 
failed to have lavished upon her. When Arthur 
Lang married his rustic bride, and carried the pure 
unsophisticated country girl to his home in the 
great metropolis, he little foresaw all this. He had 
hoped for a home to himself, and a wife to himself, 
luxuries that fashion and society too often encroach 
upon. Marie had been the blooming belle among 
the country lasses, and she was not long in finding 
out that a prouder sceptre and throne awaited her, 
and those not simply in her husband’s lore. At first 
be was proud of the admiration sbe received, and, in¬ 
stead of restraining, encouraged her; but it was not 
long before he felt the thorns pricking his heart, 
too late, however, to uproot them. He withdrew 
to his home again, but Marie did not, and although 
she rebelled at first, because obliged to go to par¬ 
ties alone if at all, she soon became accustomed, 
nay, we think, pleased with the change, for it is dif¬ 
ficult for flattering admirers to pay their addresses 
or for bewitching coquetry to act well her part, 
with a watchful husband in the back-ground. So 
while Marik thought she loved her husband per¬ 
fectly, and was making him as happy as sbe could, 
his heart was aching nigh to bitterness as he sat 
oftentimes in his library alone, with his book up¬ 
side down perhaps, until two o'clock, three o’clock, 
waiting for his weary, pleasure-surfeited wife to 
return. 
Col. Clyde’s grand party at his splendid country 
seat at Blooming Heath—some five miles from the 
city—had been the exciting topic of conversation 
in the fashionable world ever since the select and 
purely aristocratic cards of invitation had been 
issued. To have been invited was an unmistakable 
certificate of aristocracy; to have been neglected, 
a woeful disgrace that augured of banishment from 
the upper circles for a long time to come. Mr. 
and Mrs. Lang had received cards, and Arthur 
had even thought of accepting; his wife had with 
an ecstacy of delight the instant she saw the col¬ 
ored footman that distributed them, ascending 
their steps, and had therefore employed the interim 
in cogitations and labors, devices and imagina¬ 
tions, that would have done credit to the head mil¬ 
liners of Eugenie. But an obstacle was cast in 
the hitherto smooth and pleasant way by Arthur's 
discovering Col. Clyde to be the son of a gentle¬ 
man who bad given deep and irreparable insult to 
his father's family. There was no wavering nor 
hesitation in his resolution, and he little expected 
any from Marie, but don’t you think he poorly un¬ 
derstood the hold a most complete party outfit— 
laces, jewelry, flowers, etc., etc.—approved by the 
fashionable taste of half the French dress makers in 
in town, and the opportunity of displaying it in 
addition to the beauty it can render more charm¬ 
ing, has upon a thoughtless woman’s mind? What 
were family insults, and Arthur’s whims, com¬ 
pared to an absence from Mrs. Clyue’s party, thus 
giving some rival belle the chance of reigning 
undisputed queen? He had told her to do as she 
thought best. She had intended to all the while, 
yet she would not leave Arthur feeling unpleas¬ 
antly, they never parted in a whiff in the world, so 
she jumped up, after patting her foot, and picking 
her handkerchief for awhile, and ran to him as he 
stood before the window, looking out and seeing 
nothing although a military company were para¬ 
ding by. She put her arms around his neck and 
drew him down to her lips, and kissing him ardent¬ 
ly, asked if he did not think he was a little too pre¬ 
cise, and a little too particular when it would dis¬ 
appoint her so very much. She did not believe 
Col. Clyde knew a word about the disagreeable 
affair between the two families, and as long as he 
did not, what difference did it make? It was all 
fol-de-rol, these family quarrels anyway—she never 
meant to let them interfere with her happiness.— 
There was not a person in the world she really ha¬ 
ted, and she didn’t believe any one really bated 
her. She thought she had better go,—it was a lit¬ 
tle different with Arthur; she did not blame him j 
for staying away. 
“ And it is time,” said sbe, taking out her watch, 
“that I call Margy to dress my hair; it takes so 
long to braid in those pearls. Come up Arthur, 
and see her do it She can make me look beauti¬ 
fully when she tries. How I wish you could go to¬ 
night,” and she looked pityi gly upon him, little 
interpreting his sad thoughtful face, as he briefly j 
said he could not go up to see her dress as he must! 
hasten down town. 
“ How provoking!”—and she held te his arm, as ■ 
he went into the hall—“you don’t know how love- j 
ly my dress is, and so perfectly becoming. You J 
won’t be up when I get home, I’m afraid, and then j 
I shall be tired and rumpled. You are terribly | 
provoking, Arthur, not to wait.” 
Oh, that a woman’s warm, loving heart, can be 
made so cold and heartless. Marie was uncon¬ 
scious of the cruel part she was acting, and the 
anguish she gave her husband. ’Tis true bis face 
was somewhat paler than was wont, liis mouth 
more firmly set, and his eyes restless and sad, but 
could she have looked into his breast as be closed 
the door upon her gay chattering, and rushed 
hastily down the street, she would have trembled 
at the danger they both were in. 
Marie was languidly undergoing tlie operations 
of Margy, who was brushing and perfuming the 
rippling mass of her soft brown hair, when there 
was a light tap at the door, immediately followed 
by tlie entrance of a young and beautiful girl, 
elegantly dressed, and who, evidently, from the 
joyous exclamation of welcome that was given 
her, and the kisses exchanged, was the most inti¬ 
mate friend, the most confidential companion of 
Mrs. Lang, namely Miss Florentine Nambsy. — 
Sbe had “run in,” in her unceremonious way, to 
see what “dear Marie” was to wear that night, 
to tell her own outfit, to prophecy the dress of 
others, to discuss bits of scandal, and, more than 
all, to impart a great secret, which was prefaced, 
by so much mystery, that Margy was despatched 
for the present. 
“Well,” said Florry, taking a long breath, and 
sparkling her wicked grey eyes, “ do you know 
what this great party is given for?” Marie im¬ 
patiently declared she did not, and begged her to 
be quick as possible. “Well,”—another long 
breath,—“ there is a M r. Mortimer here, lately re¬ 
turned from some European University, a splendid 
fellow, a great catch, and Col. Clyde is trying to 
make a match between him and bis adorable 
Ai.lie, and to-night the anxious papa, and ambi¬ 
tious mama, and the whole family generally, are 
to give battle, and carry Mr. Mortimer off captive 
if possible.” 
“And you are in ambush for the poor fellow’s 
defence, I suppose,” said Marie, laughing, and 
evidently entering into the petty intrigue. “Allie 
Clyde is a stupid ignoramus. She bored me one 
night at Hartwells, about her reading Scott’s 
Pickwick Papers. But what are you going to do, 
my dear?” 
“Nothing, myself, but I want you to do some-j 
thing,” and Florry smiled archly. “Allie has a j 
terribly jealous disposition, and cannot control ! 
herself when miffed, but boil3 over, no matter | 
where nor when; and now I’ll tell you what you | 
must do,” and the pretty intriguer drew close to j 
her friend, laid her hand on her shoulder, and look- i 
ed up in the most winning manner. “Y.iu know ! 
you can captivate any man, and hold him sure as a 
chained, charmed lion, as long as you please.” 
"Oh, Florry! you are fibbing, you know you 
are!” 
“No, I am not,” and Florry saw her coming 
triumph. “1 want you to monopolize this European 
star to-night, never giving Ai.lie a chance to dance 
or chat with him. They say all the girls are break¬ 
ing their hearts for him, and its too provoking for 
Allie Clyde to win.” 
“What did you call his name?” asked Marie, 
flattered by wbat Florry had said, and stealing a 
glance towards the mirror meanwhile. 
“Morton, here is his card.” 
“ Why, I know him very well!” exclaimed Marie, 
when she looked at the card, and the loud merry 
laugh she gave had a hollow ring. “George 
Morton! indeed I know him,” then studying the 
card again, she added in a musing manner, “Don’t 
tell, Florry, but he is an old lover of mine.” 
“So.much the better!” and the enthusiastic girl 
wildly clapped her hands. “ Then you can surely 
make the conquest! Has he been to see you yet? 
Were you ever engaged? How did it break off?— 
oh, tell me all about it.” 
She did not tell Florry all about it, but I will 
tell you by-and-by. She said he had not called on 
her, as he doubtless did not know she was married 
and living in town. 
“The idea of George Morton marrying Allie 
Clyde!” said she, playing with the loose long hair 
that fell over her shoulders. "It is nearly ten 
years since I saw him, and he must have changed 
very much indeed, if he takes a fancy to her—I 
have no faith that he will,” then fearing Florry 
would ask again to know the particulars of their 
old love affair,—a sacred subject hidden long in 
her heart,—she rang for Margy to come back, and 
Florry, elated with her success, hurried home to 
make ready for the evening. 
And while Margy talks to her mistress, who 
hears nothing she says, I will tell you something of 
that old love affair, the plowshare of time had again 
turned up. When Marie was a wild, romping girl 
at the village school, she fell in love—as all school¬ 
girls, when once in their teens, must and will do — 
with George Morton, a young college Btudent, 
who was as much in love with her. After a moon- 
shiney affair of six months, in which scores of 
burning vows were plighted, daguerreotypes taken, 
rings exchanged, these young lovers had a serious 
falling out, arising from Marie’s coquettish pro¬ 
pensities, and that was the end of the matter.— 
Neither were heart-brokeD, though both tried to 
think they were, and doubtless made terrible vows, 
on moonlight nights, of eternal celibacy. That 
old love had long since died out of Marie’s heart, 
but the spot where it once nestled, and where it 
died, still remained, and she ever felt sad when 
dwelling upon it. 
Margy performed her task, and Marie took but 
little interest in it She was fascinated with im¬ 
agining George Morton’s surprise at meeting her 
where he would, and arrayed as she would be; how 
she would feign not to know or notice him, and 
how she would flutter around him until his heart 
was athrob and aquiver. He would eagerly seek 
an introduction, and she could rivet the old chain 
around him again she doubted not, and he would 
be at her side the evening long; and how envious 
such and such a belle would be, particularly Miss 
Ai.lie Clyde, whom she vowed to supplant, with 
a feeling not altogether dependent upon Florry’s 
wishes. 
[Concluded in next number.] 
WINTER AND SPRING. 
An old man was sitting in his lodge, by the side j 
of a frozen stream. It was the close of winter, and 
his fire was almost out. He appeared very old and 
very desolate. His locks were white with age, and 
he trembled in every joint. Day after day passed 
in solitude, and he beard nothing but the sounds of 
the tempest, sweeping before it the new-fallen snow. 
One day, as bis fire was just dying, a handsome 
young man approached, and entered his dwelling. 
His cheeks were red with the blood of youth, his 
eyes sparkled with animation, and a smile played 
upon his lips. He walked with a light and quick 
step. His forehead was bound with a wreath of 
sweet grass in place of a warrior’s frontlet, and he 
carried a bunch of flowers in liis hand. 
“Ah, my son,” said the old man, “I am happy 
to see you. Come in. Come, tell me of yiftir ad¬ 
ventures, and what strange lands you have been.to 
see. I.et us pass the night together. I will tell you 
of my prowess and exploits, and what I can per¬ 
form. You shall do the same, and we will amuse 
ourselves.” 
He then drew from his sack a curiously wrought 
antique pipe, and, having filled it with tobacco, 
rendered mild by an admixture of certain leaves, 
banded it to bis guest. When this ceremony was 
concluded, they began to speak. 
“I blow my breath,” said the old man, “ and the 
streams stand still. The water becomes stiff and 
hard as clear stone.” 
“ I breathe,” said the young man, “ and flowers 
spring up all over the plains.” 
“I shake my locks,” retorted the old man, “and 
snow covers the land. The leaves fall from the 
trees at my command, and my breath blows them 
away. The birds get up from the water, and fly to 
a distant land. The animals hide themselves from 
my breath, and the very ground becomes as hard 
as flint” 
“I shake my ringlets,” rejoined the young man, 
“ and warm showers of soft rain fall upon the earth. 
The plants lift up their heads out of the earth, like 
the eyes of children glistening with delight My 
voice recalls the birds. The warmth of my breath 
unlocks the streams. Music fills the groves when¬ 
ever I walk, and all nature rejoices.” 
At length the sun began to rise. A gentle 
warmth came over the place. The tongue of the 
old man became silent The robin and tbe blue¬ 
bird began to sing on the top of the lodge. The 
stream began to murmur by the door, and the fra¬ 
grance of growing herbs and flowers came softly 
on the vernal breeze. 
Daylight fully revealed to the young man the 
character of his entertainer. When he looked 
upon him, he had the visage of Peboan, [Winter.] 
Streams began to flow from his eyes. As the sun 
increased, he grew less and less in stature, and 
anon had melted completely away. Nothing re¬ 
mained on the place of his lodge-fire but tbe mis- 
kodeed, a small white flower with a pink border.— 
Henry Ii~ Schoolcmft. 
The Passions. —The passions are at once tempters 
and chastisers. As tempters they come with gar¬ 
lands of flowers, on brows of youth; as chastisers, 
they appear with wreaths of snakes on the forehead 
of deformity. They are angels of light in their 
delusions; they are fiends of torment in their inflic¬ 
tions; they mislead only to recriminate; they flat¬ 
ter that they may deride; they show us a false 
glory but to mock us; they raise us in the cloud- 
capped pinnacle, to dash us fiercely to the stony 
ground. Like the daughters of Lear, they first 
beguile their victim of his sovereignty and power; 
and when their dupe is enfeebled and dependent, 
robbed of every friendly support, of every pleasant 
companion, a beggar in consolation and hope, 
they cast him out upon the desert to the darkness 
of the night, and the fury of the tempest— Giles. 
In the height of your prosperity, expect adver¬ 
sity, but fear it not; if it come not you are the 
more sweetly possessed of the happiness you have, 
and the more strongly confirmed; if it come, you 
are the more gently disposed, and the more firmly 
prepared. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 15 letters. 
My 5, 2, 8, 7 is a weight 
My 14, 9, 13, 6, 12 is a river in the United States. 
My 15, 6, 7, 3 is an algebraic quantity. 
My 9, 14, 2, 7, 8,12 is a man’s name. 
My 1, 8, 7, 4 is a reputation. 
My 10, 14, 5, 0 is a fowl of the gallinaceous order. 
My 5, 11, 12 is a color. 
My whole is the true honor of a nation. 
Newark, N. Y., 1858. «. W. 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New Yorket 
CHARADE. 
Jkhoyaii call’d and I awoke, 
His thunders on my slumbers broke, 
And from that long dark night I sprang, 
Before the stars together sang. 
In silent power I’ve mov’d along, 
Regardless of the gathering throng. 
Through desolations drifting plow, 
Like years across the youthful brow. 
My locks are grey, and round my head 
Bear marks of the departed dead, 
That long have moulder’d in the grave, 
Or sunk beneath the mighty wave. 
Schuyler, N. Y., 1858. F. K. Piercb. 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
A man, 6 feet high from his feet to his eye, 
stands on a globe 100 feet in diameter. Suppose 
the globe is suspended in the air £ mile from its 
centre to the earth, how many acres of land are 
hid from his view. j. a. a 
Clay, Onon. Co., 1858. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac., IN NO. 428. 
Answer to Grammatical Enigma:—Honor thy 
father and mother. 
Answer to Problem:—Horse, £30; chaise, £15; 
harness, £15. 
Answer to Charade:—Love. 
Answer to Puzzle: 
Two nines, ’tis plain, are ninety-nine. 
To which we add another, 
But place its just above a line, 
A nd then below the other. 
Here is another well-expressed answer: 
Ninety-nine (99) lacks one of a hundred, 
And nine-ninths (9-9) are one, or I have blundered, 
The four figures nine 1 have thus arranged, 
Which is easily done when two are changed, 
And thus you will see, if you look at the fact. 
Ninety-nine and nine-ninths (99 9-9) are 100 exact. 
gutartissemrute. 
A 
6 11/ W t GRAPE VINES for Sale—Isabella,Catawba, Diana, 
Ac. By LINCOLN FAY, Portland, Chant Co., N. V. 
DANSV1LLK SEMINARY. 
Rev. SCHUYLER HI'.AG Kit, II. !»., Principal 
rpilK FIRST TERM of Ibis Institution will commence April 2J>t, 
I 1858. Tuition in Common English limi cIick, per Term, $ > 50. — 
In Higher Branches, per Term, $8 60. Board can be obtained at 
moderate prices. For further particulars, address tlie Principal. 
Dansvilie, March 20, lts58. 429-4t 
SHORT-HORNS FOR SALE. 
T HAVE A VERY FINE Roan bull calf 1 year old In April next 
1 A h o 5 or 6 young cows, with heifer and bull calves now on hand, 
and to la) drop’t this spring. Tlie young hull and the calves are got by 
tlie celebrated Imported Pull Marquis of Carrabas, which won the 1st 
Prize as tlie Best 2 year old at N. V. State F’alr at Saratoga, which I 
will sell cheap for cash or approved credit The animals are milking 
stock. A Iso, a few pairs of selected Suflblk Pips now drop’t, to he de¬ 
livered in June, at from $2u to $25 per pair, as to quality. 
Rome. N. Y. |429-4t] JONATHAN TALCOTT. 
FAIRFIELD SEMINARY. 
rpHE NEXT TERM BEGINS APRIL 14tli.— Us pleasant Wn- 
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Principal, or J. M atiier, Secretary. 
Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Miuvh, 1858. 42P-3t 
THE KltsT STI.HI’ MALI!INI-*. 
rpilK CELEBRATED ONE-HORSE CYLINDER STUMP 
1 Extractor, took the premium at tlie Po’keepsie, Auburn and 
Elmira State F'airs, and meets with universal approbation wherever it 
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Compound Putty .Machines are also kept on hand for Sale. All 
machines are mude of tlie best material, mid of superior workmanship, 
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NORTHERN MUSCADINE CRAPE. 
CORRESPONDENT (Prof. J. 1'. Kiktianii, M. I).,Cleveland 
Medical College,) of tlie Ohio Fanner, of Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 
7,1857, makes tlie following remarks: 
“ During tlie last three weeks we have ninnscd ourselves in treating 
perhaps a hundred individuals to specimens of tlie Northern Musca¬ 
dine, Catawba, Diana, Clinton, Isabella and Winslow’s seedling. F’our 
out of five of these persons have decided the Northern Muscadine to 
be tlie best grape in that list” . 
We have produced this Grape from tlie seed in our own Society, mid 
will only warrant such genuine as are ordered to our address. Gross 
impositions are now extensively practiced in soiling vvortlilcss Grape 
Roots for tho Muscadine, Those wishing to order had bettor send 
soon, money to accompany the orders, which aro booked and filled in 
rotation as received. 
Orders promptly attended to by addressing 
JESSIE LEWIS, or ) . . 
D. C. HRAINARD, \ Aeenta 
New Lebanon, Shaker Village, Columbia Co., N. Y. 429-2t 
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from prize jlou'ers only. 
The attention of Amateur Florists, Gardeners, and all engaged in 
Agricultural pursuits, is paricularly invited to the 
SIXTH EIHTIOv OF III8 CATALOGUE 
of Flower, N egetablb and Agricultural Seeds just issued* 
which will be iorwarded, postr^dd, to all applicants enclosing a 
ihreo-cent stamp. 
FLOWER REE>s BY MAIL. 
For the accommodation of those wm love the cultivation of How- 
erg, but who reside a distance from wh r e they can Vie procured, he 
hag selected, from his large assortment 0 f Flower Seed, the most 
showy varieties, and those of easy cultmv Rn d put them up in as¬ 
sortments, which will be sent, post-paid, to s,y address in tlie Union, 
at tlie following prices: 
Assortment 
No. 1.—consists of twenty choice varieties of Ainu^. 00 
Na 2—consists of twenty choice varieties of Aienniaia and 
Perennials,.. 1 qq 
Na 3—consists of ten extra fine varieties of AnnnsV and Pe¬ 
rennials, embracing many of tlie new and Ooicest in 
cultivation,..j 00 
Na 4—consists of five very choice varieties, selected frob Prize 
Flowers of English Pansies, German Cnniatkh and 
Picotee Pinks, Verbenas, Truffaut's French Asters < in( j 
Double Hollyhocks, each of which sold at 26 eta sinjiy ( i 00 
Persons in ordering will please give the number of the AssoVment 
Any person remitting Three Dollars will receive tub pour 
Assortments, postage trek. .Remittances can be made insank 
bills or postage stamps. 
It is now four years since he commenced putting up the above***. 
Fortments, during which time they have been sent to every State aid 
Territory in the Union—and notwithstanding the unfavorable weathe* 
to which they have been exposed in many localities, have given uni¬ 
versal satisfaction. Those who have given them a trial, recommend 
them freely to their friends, and tlie most flattering testimonials are 
daily received of their pood quality. 
The following additional assortments will be sent, free of post¬ 
age. at the prices annexed: 
Assortment 
Na 5—contain* fifteen very select varieties of Greenhouse Reeds.$3 00 
No. 6—contains one hundred varieties of Annuals, Biennials and 
Perennials, including many new and choice varieties,.. 5 00 
Na 7—contains fifty varieties of Annuals, Biennials and 
Perennials.....2 50 
No. 8—contains twenty varieties of hardy Annuals, Biennial* 
and Perennials, for sowing in the antumn. 1 00 
The seeds contained in all o' tlie assortments are of his selection. 
Purchasers who prefer to make their own selections from tlie Cata¬ 
logue, will be entitled to a discount proportionate to tlie quantity 
ordered. 
In addition to the above he offers a large and well selected assort¬ 
ment of Dahlias, Verbenas, Hoses, English Carnation and 
Picotee Pinks, Double Hollyhocks, Petunias. Herbaceous 
and Bedding Plants of every’description, a Catalogue of which 
will be published in April and ser.t to all applicant* enclosing a 
postage stamp. 
All orders must be accompanied witli tlie Cash or a satisfactory 
reference, and addressed to 15. K- KLISS, 
42tf Springfield, Massachusetts. 
A VAIjUAHIjE FARM! 
l^OR SALE—A Farm near the beautiful village of Victor, in On- 
.1 tario Co., containing about 110 acres. It is the Seymour farm, 
and is one of the finest in Western, N. Y., for location, health, richness 
of soil, Ac. It is well stocked witli clioice fruit, and lias good build¬ 
ings, and is well fenced. To any one w ho wants a desirable farm, 
near good market*, and the Railroad, here is a rare chance. 
Terms easy: and for further particulars.applv immedintelv to 
42rieowif E. SCRANTOM, 25 Buffalo St 
THE FARMERS’ PRACTICAL HORSE FARRIER. 
N ()TICP]S OF THE PRESS,—“The book will lie worth ten times 
its cost to almost any farmer.”— Vie Nor. Indcjiendad. “ Every 
owner of a horse wants such a book.”— Ambassodt/r. “ It covers tlie 
entire range of Horse economy; written in a clear and simple style, 
and w orth many times it* cost to any man who keeps a horse.”— N. 
C. Advocate. 
Sent free to any address on receipt of price, 50 cents. Agents 
wanted. [428eow6t] K. NASH, Publisher, Auburn, N. Y. 
HIGHLAND NURSERIES, NEWBURGH, N. Y. 
Formerly A- .!. Downing A- Co 
tpHK SUBSCRIBERS would respectfully inform the old friends 
A and tlie public in general, that they are prepared, the present 
Spring to famish every article in their line of business of tlie best 
quality at reasonable rates, and warranter.! true to name. 
A descriptive priced Catalogue will be sent to all applicants on 
enclosing a three ceut I’. O. stamp to prepay the same. 
Match 10,1858. |428eow4t] A. HALT. A CO. 
THE ALLEN ltASIMSKJMtY. 
O UR SPARE STOCK of this approved, tried, ar.d thoroughly 
hardy fridt will 1st ready for filling orders as soon as tlie ground 
is free from frost Its superiority is now so well established, that 
several distant Raspberry growers. Rfier a satisfactory trial witli a 
few plants, have taken five hundred to a thousand each for their own 
cultivation. Descriptions of the fruit and the mode of cultivation will 
be sent to all applicants, and with every package 
Prices:—10 plants $1. Two dozen plants and upwards, $1 per 
doz-en- 100 plants $7 per 100. 
Orders, enclosing money, may la 1 addressed to the subscriber, care 
of Lewis F. Allen, Esq, Black Rock, N. Y. THOMAS DUFF. 
March, 1858. 42Beow2t 
WOODEN WATE It FIFE, 
M ANUFACTURED at Olcan, N. Y., by the Cattaraugus Water 
Pipe Manufacturing Co. 'l itis Pipe is made of tlie best pine 
timber, and after la-ing thoroughly tested is proved to be the best and 
cheapest in use for Chain Pumps, for supplying Railroad Tanks, 
Farm Houses and Bams, Dry Fields, and for Water Courses of every 
description. It is durable, easily laid down, not liable to choke or get 
out of order, and leaves water pure and sweet and perfectly healthy. 
The usual size is 3)£ inches, with 1 % bore; each piece 8 feet long, 
w ith joints, so that w hen laid down the entire distance is water-tight 
A larger size with larger bore can be furnished if desired. A con¬ 
stant supply is kept oil hand iu this city, and orders can be filled im¬ 
mediately. I. S, IIOBBIK & CO., 
428wc No. 44 Arcade, Rochester, N. Y. 
THE LARGEST AG’L WAREHOUSE 
AND 8EJED STOKE IN NEW YORK. 
Established, in l©d:3. 
riMIK SUBSCRIBER keeps constantly on hand tlie greatest variety 
1 of PLOWS, Harrows, Rollers, Seed Sowers, Cultivators and all 
other Agricultural Implements, of tlie newest and most improved kind. 
HORTICULTURAL Lawn and Ornamental Shrubbery Tools, a 
very large and varied assortment 
SEEDS of every variety for the Farm, Plantation, Lawn, Kitchen 
and Flower Garden. 
PERUVIAN GUANO, Bone-dust, Superphosnhate of Lime, Pou- 
drette. Land Plaster, FISH GUANO and other Fertilizers. 
HEAPING AND MOWING MACHINES. 
Tlie Subscriber thinks it useless to enumerate, hut will send a print¬ 
ed Catalogue of over 100 pRges of the above, per mail, on receipt of a 
stamp for the same. R. L. ALLEN, 
428eow3t Nos. 180 and 191 Water St, Now York. 
FEAR WEEDS AND SEEDLINGS. 
f 'r OOD healthy Pear Seedlings, 1 year, $8 per 1,000; $75 per 10,000. 
VT do do do do 2yrs.,$l5perl,000;$140perl0,000. 
New England Pear Seeds in prime order for Spring sowing $5 per 
quart Norway Sprnce, Scotch Fir and Larch, Pines, Ac.; Apple, 
Mazzard, Plum. Angers Quince, Mahaleb, Paradise and Doucain 
Stocks of the best quality. Catalogues to any address. Carriage paid 
to New York or Bostoa. B. M. WATSON, 
I21wi2 Old Colony Nnrscries, Plymouth, Mass. 
HOUSES, FARMS AND WESTERN LANDS, 
For Sale or Exchange. 
rpilK UNDERSIGNED have now on hand, for Side or Exchange 
1 a huge assortment of Houses, Eamis and Western Lands. Ws 
do a systematized Commission business, wiiich cannot fail to prove 
satisfactory to all parties. Hence persons wishing to buy, sell or ex¬ 
change Real Estate, will find it to their advantage to call upon ua 
Our Commissions on all Sales or Exchanges are as follows.—On 
$1,0:H) and under, 3 per cent.; from one to four thousand, 2 per cent; 
$<,000 and upwards, one per cent, invariably to lie paid at tlie matu¬ 
rity of business. One dollar is required in advance on each Estate 
registered here, but nothing more, unless the sale is effected A 
schedule, or description of property with directions, enclosing $1, 
from any part of the country, will receive prompt attiention. 
P. S.—Communications by mail will receive prompt attention. 
J. GUNNISON A CO., Real Estate Brokers, 
42(5eowtf .No. 14 Arcade Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 
J. Gdnnboji. Dr. A. Mandevilld 
references: 
Hoa T. KempshaD, Hon. Sam’l G. Andrews, J. B. Bennett, Esq 
“ A. Champion, “ J. Emerson, Eagle Bank. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
THE LEADING WEEKLY 
Agricultural, EUertiry and Family Newspaper, 
IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY 
BY D. D. T. MOORE, KOCHESTEK, N. Y. 
Office, Union Buildings, Opposite the Court House. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Tyro Dollars A Year—$1 for six months To flubs and 
Agents as follows:—Three Copies one year, lor $5; Six Copies (and 
one to Agent or getter np of Club,) for $10 ; Ten Copies (and one to 
Agent,) for $15, and any additional number at the game rate, ($1,60 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% cents per copy to the club rates for the Rural The lowest 
price of copies sent to Europe, Ac., is $2 50,— including postage. 
Advertising — Brief and appropriate advertisements will be 
inserted at 25 cents a line, each insertion, payable in advance. Our 
rule is to gi y ® no advertisement, unless very brief, more than four con 
secutive insertions. Patent Medicines, Ac. are not advertised in tie 
Rural on any conditions. 
