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MOOKE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
.APRIL 24. 
SCATTER THE GERMS OF THE BEAUTIFUL. 
Scatter the germs of the beautiful, 
By the wayside let them fall, 
That the rose may spring by the cottage gate, 
And the vine on the garden wall; 
Cover the rough and the rude of earth 
With a veil of leaves and flowers, 
And mark with the opening bud and cup 
The march of summer hours. 
Scatter the germs of the beautiful 
In the holy shrine of home; 
Let the pure, and the fair, and the graceful there, 
In their loveliest lustre come; 
Leave not a trace of deformity 
In the temple of the heart, 
But gather about its hearth the gems 
Of Nature and of Art. 
Scatter the germs of the beautiful 
In the temple of our God— 
The God who starred the uplifted sky, 
And flowered the trampled sod; 
When he built a temple for himself, 
And a home for his priestly race, 
He reared each arch in symmetry, 
And curved each line in grace. 
Scatter the germs of the beautiful 
In the depths of the human soul; 
They shall bud and blossom, and bear the fruit. 
While the endless ages roll; 
Plant with the flowers of charity 
The portals of the tomb, 
And the fair and the pure about thy path 
In paradise shall bloom! 
discussion of a subject which, from the sharpness 
of the prominent parts of her physiognomy it 
might be inferred that she was in the habit of 
practicing as well as preaching, i. e., “Woman’s 
Rights.” 
“It was her opinion,” Bhe said, “that a wife's 
position should be a free one. There were alto¬ 
gether too many instances in which wives were in 
reality no more free in thought, speech or action 
than veritable slaves, and for her part, she took it 
as some credit to herself that she had too much 
spirit to bow to the dictatorship of a man, husband 
or no husband!” 
Mr. Grey was somewhat troubled to “get his 
tongue off” in answer, from the fact that his wife 
had the audacity to look him straight in the face, 
and also from his knowledge that she had more 
than “circumstantial evidence” with which to 
meet an assertion that “ such had always been his 
opinion,” (his usual reply to Mrs. G’s remarks,) but 
he contrived to satisfy the lady by ejaculations of 
“perfectly right,”—“just so,”—Ac., when she ap¬ 
pealed to him for confirmation of the laws she laid 
down, and they separated at the close of the 
evening, mutually satisfied as to the superiority of 
each over the “ common herd,” mutually impress¬ 
ed as to the good fortune of their near neighbor¬ 
ship, and on the part of Mr. Grey with a strongly 
expressed wish, made verbal to his wife on their 
arrival at home, that there were “ more such wo¬ 
men in the world.” 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
“RINGING METAL” 
BY ELLEN C. LAKE. 
" Well, wife, I’ve been calling on our new 
neighbors.” 
“ Have you, how do you like them?” 
“First rate. You see I went down on the hill 
road to drive Smith’s oxen home; coming back I 
met Mrs. Gaines just outside their gate and she 
urged me to go in, so I did. Gaines is a dull- 
looking sort of chap, but she is a real smart woman 
according to my mind, isn’t afraid to say what she 
thinks, and is made of a kind of metal that’s apt 
to ring when you ‘ hit it a lick.’ You must call on 
her as soon as you can.” 
Poor little Mrs. Grey! Something very like a 
sigh was the breath that stopped just inside your 
lips that next moment, for if you hadn’t learned 
the “smart woman” theory of the gentleman 
stretching his feet over your lounge-cushions, it 
wasn’t because you had failed to hear it demonstra¬ 
ted, and if you didn’t know that you, slight-formed 
aud grey-eyed, meek and sparing of speech, were as 
far from his perfection point as the North Pole 
from the Equator, it was not because he had failed 
o “ define your position.” 
- Just look at this Mr. Grey through our medium- 
ship a moment Tall, broad-shouldered, keen eyed, 
altogether a pretty fair specimen of the “ genus” 
to which he belongs, as to bone, sinew, and smart¬ 
ness, and if you don’t happen to catch the eye- 
gleam and lip-curve which elderly matrons w r ould 
tell you are characteristics of a “ hen-huzzy,”—we 
are ignorant as to the derivation of the term,—you 
may conclude that he is a very agreeable man, and 
wonder, marking Mrs. Grey’s melancholy appear¬ 
ance, if she has not an “unhappy disposition?” 
But to let you into a secret, Mr. Grey is of the 
opinion that he made a mistake in drawing his 
matrimonial prize, and often finds himself wonder¬ 
ing what luckless stars controlled his fate, that he, 
a man of such undoubted mental powers, invested 
with such undisputed popularity, should be united 
to a slender, spiritless woman, who never seems to 
have any opinion of her own, much less any lan¬ 
guage to express it, who always yield a contested 
point, and goes through life minding her work and 
her children, but never makes any noise, never 
stands upon the dignity which, as his wife she has a 
right to assume. 
To be sure, when they were first married he had 
a theory to the effect that a woman should have no 
opinions which clashed with her husband’s, should 
never interrupt him in conversation, even to con¬ 
tradict a wrong assertion, in short, should take for 
her life-text:—“ What thou lovest I will love, what 
thou believest I will believe, thy will shall be my 
will, and may your curse fall heavy upon me, if in 
any point I depart from following after your 
wisdom.” 
But that the strict carrying out of this theory, 
and its inculcation by means of “thou shalt” and 
“ thou shalt not,” had anything to do with produ¬ 
cing the spiritless manner which made her such an 
unfit companion for him and such a nobody in so¬ 
ciety, was an idea that never entered his head, as he 
gave her up as of a naturally passive mind, deliver¬ 
ing his opinions and drawing comparisons as to 
other and more “ go-ahead” characters, with about 
as much regard for her feelings as a cat might have 
for the pains of a mouse, while her thoughts, like 
her sighs, came into life and died, or were buried 
without passing the threshold of her lips. 
Some two or three days after the conversation 
we have repeated, Mr. Grey informed his wife that 
he would call with her on Mrs. Gaines. “ It was a 
thing he didn't often do, for he did detest the shal¬ 
low conversation of women who thought of noth¬ 
ing higher than the pantry or dairy-house, but 
according to his mind, Mrs. Gaines was an excep¬ 
tion to the general rule.” 
So they called, found Mrs. G.—who was unblessed 
by “troublesome comforts”—alias children—sit¬ 
ting in a scrupulously clean parlor, clad in an un¬ 
wrinkled robe, and her husband, who was some¬ 
thing of an invalid, occupying a corner whose 
boundaries, for some unknown reason, he seemed 
particularly fearful of passing. 
Mrs. Gaines had very black eyes and cast a very 
sharp look at Mrs. Grey when introduced, after 
which she seemed to be entirely forgetful of her 
presence, entering with very apparent zest into a 
conversation with Air. Grey, firstly as to the mer¬ 
its of a mowing machine which he had recently 
purchased, from that to an investigation of the 
“ arts and sciences” in general, and finally to the 
“Time changeth all things,” and in the five years 
of his reign succeeding the above point in the his¬ 
tory of the families of Grey and Gaines, he pur¬ 
sued his avocation as usual, having at the end of 
that time worked out the last change for the weak¬ 
er members of each, viz., Mrs. Grey and Air. 
Gaines. Whether either of the survivors were 
haunted by thoughts of duties unfulfilled after “the 
last breath was breathed away” by their respective 
companions, we know not, but at the end of a year 
from Airs. Grey’s death the widower was impressed 
with a sense of the lonely condition of widow 
Gaines, and in due time came to consider it as a 
duty not to be put aside that he procure for his 
children a mother, for his house a keeper, and for 
Airs. Gaines and himself a home. 
We have no means of knowing the precise terms 
of his declaration, but from the high opinion en¬ 
tertained by each for self and the other, presume 
that “congenial spirits,” — “social natures,” — 
“ lonely lives,” &c., were some of the phrases used, 
and that the “yes,” which after circumstances made 
apparent as her answer, was spoken with the free¬ 
dom of opinion which was one of the articles of 
her “ Woman’s Rights” creed. 
In due time they were “joined in the everlasting 
bonds.” Airs. Grey’s goods and chattels were re¬ 
moved to Air. Grey’s newly painted and furnished 
house, while the younger Grey’s were gathered 
once more under the parent wing from the differ¬ 
ent abiding places which they had found during 
the period of their father’s widowership. 
Things had gone on smoothly after the new or¬ 
der was fairly under way for about a week, when 
one morning Air. Grey, returning from his barn, 
found his youngest boy sobbing in a most perfect 
abandonment to that line of business at the back 
door. 
“ Why Georgie, what is the matter, have you hurt 
you?” 
A few convulsive attempts at swallowing his 
grief, and, Georgie managed to articulate that 
“ that woman had whipped him with a great bi—big 
stick and then sent him off out do—ors.” 
“ What were you doing?” asked his father. 
“ I didn’t do nothing bad at all, she told me to 
keep off the floor when she was mopping, and I 
only just stepped on a little place to get my ball, 
then she licked me just as hard as she could. I wish 
the bears would eat her up, any way.” 
Now Mr. Grey was very fond of his children— 
he flattered himself and told his neighbors that 
they were just like him—and was, besides, as be 
expressed it, “ dead-set” against corporeal punish¬ 
ment; so we may imagine that there was some 
rising of angry spirits within as he entered the 
kitchen. 
“ Why Julia, how came you to whip Georgie so, 
he never was struck in his life before. I thought 
you knew that I do not approve of such extreme 
measures.” 
“ He disobeyed me." Not a muscle of the lady’s 
face changed. 
“Well, do you think he will be apt to improve in 
the matter of obeying if you pound him as you 
would a dumb beast for his misconduct?” 
“I came here as much for your interest as ray 
own, Air. Grey, one item of that interest was that 
I should take care of your bouse and children; I 
intend to do it in my sense of the word care, not 
yours. Your children will not run over me in a 
figurative, nor my wet floors in a literal sense, and 
jt may be as well for you to understand that their 
father will not either.” 
She had stood by the stove, very coolly dusting 
the oven during the deliverance of this speech, 
and as she finished went by Air. Grey into another 
room, closing the door behind her. 
As to that worthy gentleman’s thoughts and ap¬ 
pearance, his optics could not well have been dis¬ 
tended further than they were at that moment, 
while somewhere in the “ secret chambers,” who 
knows but through the agency of the wife “ not in 
the flesh but of the spirit,” he received an impress- 
sion that he had been “hitting a lick” at “ringing 
metal.” 
But wisely, perhaps, under the circumstances, 
he concluded not to try its calibre a second time 
that day, and bethought him of some very urgent 
business which would require his attention ’till 
night. Georgie, with the tear-stains still on his 
cheeks, looked up at him wonderingly as he went 
out, inquiring innocently “if she'd been licking 
him too?” 
He did not return to the house ’till late in the 
evening, when he found Airs. Grey seated by a com¬ 
fortable fire, reading, and was greeted only by the 
remark that “it would be a favor if he could plan 
his business to be at the house at tlieir ordinary 
meal-time.” He said nothing, but “bolted” the 
toast and teawliich'she placed before him with all 
speed, kicked his boots into a corner of the room 
and went to bed. 
After a day or two, however, this first cloud in 
the domestic sky passed out of sight, though, per¬ 
haps, not out of mind. Air. Grey gave lira children 
secret, but very earnest injunctions to “ walk in 
the straight way;” and they, awed by a power 
which they had never seen vested in a woman be¬ 
fore, gave Mrs. Grey no occasion to use the rod.— 
But she had the “reins of government,” used them, 
and took no pains to keep them out of sight, 
either. Did she wish to visit? Mr. Grey had 
no choice but to reverence the mandate which 
said, “I am going to call on Mrs. B. this af¬ 
ternoon, you will have the carriage ready at two” 
—did she fancy a new silk? his purse-strings were 
loosened by “I wish for a new dress, you can leave 
a bill when you go out,” and if suffering from a 
slight indisposition it was, “you will have to assist 
me this morning, you can skim that milk in the 
pantry, and pare the potatoes for breakfast” 
To be sure, his submission was not graceful at 
first, it had a great many sharp angles and obtuse 
curves in it; the carriage was driven to the door 
over all the stones its wheels could be made to rest 
on, the “bill” was handed out with a jerk that 
threatened demolition to its frailty, the milk was 
poured in the swill-tub, cream and all, the potatoes 
boiled without washing, etc.; but in time he began 
to find that the cost was all on his side, and amend¬ 
ed his constitution to suit the rule of the “ presi¬ 
ding officer.” 
But he was learning a lesson—such a lesson, 
mankind, as we hope you have the sense to learn 
without the experience, i. e., that a man does not 
often “ lord it,” to the full extent of masculine 
power, over two wives, during the “period of his 
natural life.” He grew to see, too, that he had 
earned it all, and many were the thoughts that drew 
mental comparisons between the “old love and 
new,” now, not as formerly, in favor of the one to 
whom, under the grave-sods, he had no power to 
give the praise for true womanhood which he felt 
was hers so perfectly until his selfish and pompous 
will degraded it by bearing too strongly on the 
weak point of its submission. He was a coward, 
too, and perhaps in his clearer sight was cognizant 
of the fact. However much his sorrows as a “ hen¬ 
pecked” husband might be pitied, as one bearing 
the title of man, his character was to be most thor¬ 
oughly despised, for the signet that his life had set 
upon it was that of a hard, stern rule over the 
weaker, a cringing, cowardly submission to the 
stronger of the natures which had come into the 
province of his married life. 
So you who boast of having your wives com¬ 
pletely under your control, just make up your minds 
to loosen the chains a little, unless you are willing 
to run the risk of getting, with your second wife, 
compound interest for the meanness of subduing 
heart and mind through your stronger will and 
power, or expect to be content with shame and a 
back seat in the “ coming kingdom.” 
Charlotte Centre, Chaut. Co., N. Y., 1858. 
SUPERIOR LAND PLASTER! 
TrtRENCH A CHAPPELL 69 Exchange St, (Successors to 
Jj Shurtuff & Smith, at old Stand,) keep on hand for r arraera 
use, Gar butt's Celebrated Land Plaster. One Dollar invested 
Plaster returns Fifty to the Farmer. _ 
SEEDS! SEEDS!! SEEDS!!! 
GOOD Bnpply of Choice Field and Garden Seeds will he 
j.. fonnd at Mullock’* Agricultural Warehouse ana 
Seed Store, Ne. 1U8 Buffalo steed, opposite tha new Saving s Bank, 
west of the Court House. Rochester, N. Y. 432 
A 1 
5(50 AGENTS WANTED! 
,X> TRAVEL and solicit Orders for I»r. ME LARNE’S Cele- 
_L bratcd French Kinetic Shoulder Brace*. Salary, 
$35 per month, with expenses paid. Address, with stamp, *32-4t; 
C. K. BOWEN As I5KOTIIER, Atkinson Depot N- H. 
NANSEMOND SWEET POTATO PLANTS, 
tOK NORTHERN PLANTING —Sent far and near by Express, 
at $2 per 1,000. To dealers and others ordering 10,0b0 or more 
a time, $1,50 per 1,000. Plants ready after May 1st 
O. S. MURRAY A SON., 
432-4t Twenty Miles Stand, Warren Co., Ohio. 
CHOICE GRAPE VINES. 
A HA ONE YEAR OLD DIANA GRAPE VINES.—Also, Dela- 
4* R " ware, Rebecca, Early Northern Muscadine A Concord Vines 
at lowest cash prices—and 21 varieties of th. choicest hardy native 
GrapeYines under cultivation. T he choicest sorts of Biackbciries, 
Raspberries and other fruits—41 finest sorts of Lancashire Goose¬ 
berries just imported, in first rate condition, from England, by 
J C. P. BISSELL * SALTER, 
432-2t . East Avenue Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
WAKEFIELD’S HAND CORN PLANTER, 
I AS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED in toe last four years, by 
probably Three Hundred Thousand Farmers who concur in pro¬ 
nouncing it a valuable labor-saving implement—the rest and cheap¬ 
est Planter yet introduced. It is warranted to plant in the most sat¬ 
isfactory manner lrom four to eight acres of com in a day, if used as 
directed ; and for planting beans, in the judgment of many, it has no 
superior. Persons in this State desiring further information in regard 
to it, will please apply immediately for a Circular, containing a list of 
Agents, Recommendations, Ac. Address 
432-2t M. W. SIMMONS, Brockport, II. Y. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
BIOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA, 
I am composed of 56 letters. 
My 53,1, 21, 28, 53, 8, 40 was a Justice of the Su¬ 
preme Court. * 
My 22, 25, 7, 39, 0, 2, 12 , i'j, 21, 64, 3 was Secretary 
of the Navy. 
My 47, 21, 21, 20, 9, 2, 47, 43, 14 was Secretary of 
the Interior. 
My 4, 21, 39, 6, 10 was a signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 
My 53, 39, 38, 29, 48, 21, 8, 38, 11, 8, 42, 1G, 18, 52 
was Speaker of the 4th Congress. 
My 53, 37, 21, 52, 21, 24, 22, 10, 1, 30 was Secretary 
of War. 
My 53, 47, 20, 13,45, 21, 21, 24, 32, 2G, 31 was a signer 
of the Declaration of Independence. 
My 53, 37, 33, 39, 4, 45, 37, 15, 19, 20, 35, 14, 16 was 
Secretary of War. 
My 36, 8, 19, 17, 44, 39, 32, 46, 41, 31, 1C, 49, 55 was 
Secretary of State. 
My 53, 37, 20, 19, G, 27, 28, 28 was a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. 
My 12, 21, 51, 39, 51, 6, 45, 41, 22, 34, 41, 1, 54, 3 was 
Speaker of the 17th Congress. 
My 50, 8,19, 51, 49, 39, 41, 1,1, 30, 2G is a celebrated 
rifleman. 
My 47, 52, 9, 21, 1, 30, 56, 32, 22, 5G, 28, 10 was 
Brigadier General of the Revolution. 
My 53,1, 21, 28, 32, 36, 22, 23, 15, 20 was Speaker of 
tbe 29th Congress. 
My whole is a clause in the Declaration of In 
dependence. Milton S— 
Hopedale, Har. Co., Ohio, 1858. 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
POETICAL ENIGMA. 
Long, long years ago, near the time of St. Pan). 
A prisoner lay in a white marble hall,— 
The structure was oval and arched over head, 
Not a door nor a gate to his lone prison led; 
A white silken canopy hung on the wall, 
And his soft pulpy bed was as round as a ball. 
A full score of days our hero lay there, 
When he felt much in need of a little fresh air— 
An All-Wise Creator had provided a way 
For him to enjoy the pure light of day. 
Prompted by instinct an effort lie made, 
Freed himself from confinement without any aid— 
He was admired for his beauty, regarded as wise, 
In teaching the nations the time to arise, 
And scripture affirms ’tis the identical creature 
That once did great wonders in the way of a preacher, 
For when Peter, his Lord and Master denied, 
A short sermon from him soon humbled his pride, 
The sharp stings of conscience through his darkened soul 
crept, 
He turned away in deep anguish and bitterly wept. 
Honeoye Falls, N. Y., 1858. J. C., JR. 
Answer in two weeks. 
A Curiosity.— We find in an exchange the fol¬ 
lowing singular couplet, in which a part of the 
letters do double service: 
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ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac., IN NO. 431. 
,000 
AGENTS WANTED ! Send stamp for particulars. 
O. P. WHITTEN, Lowell, Mass. 
432-4t 
SOMBRERO GUANO. 
Imported and for sale by WOOD & GRANT, 
90 Front St., New -York. 
T HE several analyses of this Guano, made by the most eminent 
Chemists of this county, viz.:—Profs. Hayes of Boston, J. R. 
Chilton and Isaiah Deck of New York, Booth of Philadelphia, Pig- 
got of Baltimore, Maupin and Tuttle of University of Virginia, M. P. 
Scott of Richmond, Va, and Gilliam of the Military Institute of 
Iexington, Va, all show it to contain over SO per cent of tbe Bone 
Phosphate of Lime. “ Prof Booth says your article is a Phosphatic 
Guano of superior quality.” 
To Farmers desirous of testing its qualities, we will forward our 
Pamphlet when requested, containing a full statement of its merits, 
value and manner of application. The Planters and Farmers of 
Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia, 
highly appreciate such fertilizers, having used them with profit for 
the last five years. Price $32(2)36 for tun—in bags 160 lbs. each. 
The attention of Dealers and Country Storekeepers is called to this 
article. 430-6t 
LIME KILN I 
Page’s Perpetual Kiln, Patented, .Inly, 1857. 
1HIS is unquestionably the most economical Kiln in use, and is 
_ adapted to either Wood or Coal for fuel. The furnaces are so 
arranged that the heat is directly applied to the stone and without 
loss, and yet the fuel does not come in contact with the lime »i the 
least degree Of course, toe lime produced by cat heat is equal lo 
woodhurnt lime. 
Its superiority over any other Kiln ean be seen at a glanee by ex¬ 
amination of a kiln or a model. I am prepared to sell Town, County, 
or State Rights. Address C. D. PAGE, Patentee, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
IMPROVED STOCK AT PUBLIC SALE! 
Short-Horned Cattle, Horses, South-Down and Cots- 
wold Sheep and Suffolk Pigs. 
rpHF, SUBSCRIBERS will offer at Public Sale, at 12 o'clock, on 
I Wednespay, June rath, at their farm at Elizabeth, New Jersey, 
Twenty-live head of Shokt-Horned Cattle, comprising one-half oi 
their herd. They will consist of one of the stock bulls Marmion 
(18-13,) or Lord Vane Tehbest 2d (669,)—10 yonng bulls and bull 
calves, the get of Marmion, Lord Vane Tempest 2d, Grand Duke 2d, 
(12961,) and Duke of Gloster, (11382,1 and 16 cows and heifers. Also, 
Horses, Brood Mares and Colts,—South-Down Sheep, hred 
from Jonas Webb stock, Cotswold Sheep, and -40 head of Sur- 
roLK Pigs. ... , , 
An illustrated Catalogue, containing a hst of animals to be sold, 
will bo ready toe first of May, and will lie sent to all applicants. 
B. A C. S. HAINES, 
Fonrteen miles from New York by New Jersey Railroad, Trains ar¬ 
riving every hour._432-4t 
GOOSEBERRY 
“MOUNTAIN SEEDLING OF LEBANON” 
H AS never been known to blast or mildew. Its berry is of good 
size, and it is very productive, being a strong and healthy 
grower. Price, from 50 cents to $1 per root. Also, 
Tbe Northern Muscadine Grape, 
Of which a correspondent (Prof. J. P. Kirtland, M. D„ Cleveland 
Medical College,) of the Ohio Fanner, of Cleveland, Ohio, Nov.7,1857, 
makes the following remarks: 
“ During the last three weeks we have amused ourselves in treating 
perhaps a hundred individuals to specimens of toe Northern Musca¬ 
dine, Catawba, Diana, Clinton, Isabella and Winslow’s seedling. Four 
out of five of these persons have decided the Northern Muscadine to 
be the best grape in that list” 
We have produced this Grape from the seed in our own Society, and 
will only warrant such genuine as are ordered to our address. Gross 
impositions are now extensively practiced in selling worthless Grape 
Roots for the Muscadine. Those wishing to order had better send 
soon, money to accompany toe orders, whn b are booked and filled in 
rotation as received. Price from $1 to $3 per root, and a few larger 
ones if required. 
Circulars sent gratis on apnV -ation. Orders promptly attended to 
by addressing JESSIE LEWIS, (Agents. 
y D. C. BRALVARD, ( AKents - 
New Lebanon, Shaker Village, Columbia Co., N. Y. 432 
GROVER & BAKER’S 
Celebrated. 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 
495 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
T HESE MACHINES are now justly admitted to be the best in 
use for Family Sewing, making a new, strong, and elastic stitch, 
which will not rip, even if every fourth stitch be cut Circulars seDt 
on application by letter. 428-8t 
JEFFERSON COUNTY SEED STORE, 
Watertown, TV. Y. 
T HE SUBSCRIBERS are prepared to fill orders from any part of 
the State at toe lowest market ratea For Choice Timothy Seed, 
China and Fife Wheat Barley. White and Black-eyed Marrowfat 
Peas, Ac., Ac. Merchants’ and Farmers orders are solicited. 
H. COOPER A CO. 
Reference—B. P. Johnson, Sec’y N. Y. State Agricultural 
428-8t Society, Albany, N. Y. 
5 AA/I AGENTS WANTED—To sell four new inventions. 
, UUU Agents have made over $25,000 on one,—better than all 
other similar agencies together. I give away, what fonrteen other 
agencies sed. Only send address and get 80 pages of particulars, 
gratis. [427-6t] EPHRAIM BROWN, Lowell, Mass. 
ISABELLA AND CATAWBA GRAPE VINES, 
O F PROPER AGE FOR FORMING VINEYARDS, cultivated 
from, and containing all toe good qualities which toe most iro- 
iroved cultivation for over eighteen years has conferred on the Croton 
toint Vineyards, are offered to the public. Those who may purchase 
will receive such instructions tor four years, as will enable them to 
cultivate the Grape with entire success, provided toeir locality is not 
too far north. _ 
All communications addressed to R. T. UNDERHILL, M. D, 
New York, or Croton Point, Westchester Co, N. 1 T , will receive 
attention. „ ,, „ 
The past season, though tbe coolest and most unfavorable for grape 
maturing we have had in twenty years, be ripened bis whole crop, 
proving his Isabellas and Catawbas have become perfectly acclima¬ 
ted. This gives him full assurance that by improved cultivation, 
pruning, Ac, a crop of good fruit can be obtained every year, in 
most of toe Northern, all of toe Middle, Western and Southern States. 
N. B —To those who take sufficient to plant six acres, as he directs, 
he will, when they commence bearing, furnish toe owner with one of 
his Vinedressers, whom he hns instructed in his mode of cultivation, 
and he will do all the labor of the vineyard, and insure the most per¬ 
fect success. The only charge, a reasonable compensation for the la¬ 
bor. When the purchase is large and approved paper or other secu¬ 
rity can be given, a liberal credit on most of the purchase will be 
givea Also, , , 
APPLE-QUINCE TREES, (which are sometimes called the 
range Quince,) for sale as above. [427w7] R. T. U. 
B LACK IIAWK, Jr., 1st., 
M AY BE FOUND at the Stable of toe Subscriber, two miles 
east of Lockport, the coming season for toe improvement of 
horses. Sire, Black Hawk; g. sire, Sherman; g. g, Justin Morgan.— 
Dam, by young Hamiltonian, by Bishop Hamiltonian, by Imported 
Messenger. Dam of Young Hamiltonian by Leonidas; g. dam by 
Bellfounder. Black Hawk, Jr. 1st is jet black, 15 hands liigh, 
weight 1,000 lbs. closely resembling his sire in style and action. He 
Y. State Fair in 1857, beating Billy McCracken of Oshkosh, Wis.— 
His stock are good size, weighing from 1,000 to 1,200 lbs. In speed, 
style and docility they excel 
I have a number of young horses, stallions, mares and geldings ot 
his sire, for sale on reasonable terms. Persons in pursuit of choice 
stock are invited to call and examine them, or address me by letter. 
426wctf N. FARNUM, Lockport, Niagara Co. N. Y. 
FI. AX SEED. 
rptHE ATTENTION OF FARMERS in this and the adjoining 
I Counties, is invited to toe subject of raising Flax for the Seed.— 
For that purpose I am prepared to supply the Feed lor sowing upen 
favorable terms. M. V. REYNOLDS, 
Manufacturer of Linseed Oil—White Lead and Zinc in Ofl—Sash, 
Doors sad Blinds, Ac. No’s. 5 ard 7 Buffalo St, Rod ester. N. Y. 
HUDSON RIVER INSTITUTE, 
A T CLAVE RACK, Columbia Co., N. Y. Male and Female. 
The very best and cheapest Boarding School in toe land—$40 
pays board, washing and Tuition in common English branches per 
term. Special advantages in French, Painting, and Piano Music.— 
Ladies who complete toe Course are furnished situations to teach at 
salaries from $200 to 500 ft year. Experienced gentlemen Instructors 
at the head of each of the nine departments. Summer Term, April 
16th. Write for a Catalogue. Address 
421tf Rev ALONZO FIACK, A. M., Pnncipal 
THE NEW YORK SELF-RAKING REAPER, 
WITH MOWER COMBINED. 
SEYMOUR & MORCAN’S PATENT, 
Improved for fhe Harvest of 1S58. 
A S A REAPER it is more simple, and less liable to get out of 
repair than any other Self Raker,—is easier lor tire team than 
any hand-raker of equal width of cut—leaves a clean Btubble of any 
desirable height. Rakes off toe grain better than is ordinarily done 
by the best hand rakes. Tbe size of toe bundle is easily regulated by 
a slight pressure of toe driver's foot, and is operated with the least 
possible amount of manual labor. 
The Self-Raker was awarded toe First Premium at toe National 
Trial in July last 
Asa Mower, it is lighter in dranght than many machines which 
cut leas width of swath;—leaves the cut grass in good condition, and 
starts at any point without backing to get up motion of the knife before 
coming to toe grass. The motion of toe knife is changed from slow, 
for reaping, to fast, for mowing, by using different sized pinions,—se¬ 
curing a high motion when necessary, and avoiding it and tire conse¬ 
quent loss of power and wear of toe gearing, when unnecessary. The 
same cutter bar is used for both reaping and mowing, aud toe machine 
is easily and quickly converted to serve either purpose. 
For quality of material and workmanship, strength, durability and 
efficiency, it is, as manufactured by us, not excelled as a combined 
machine. „ , , ... 
We manufacture two sizes,—one cutting five feet designed for two 
horses ; the other cutting six feet or more, designed ior four horses, 
(may be used with two) Circulars containing price, terms, testimo¬ 
nials, blank orders, Ac, will be sent on application to us. 
SEYMOUR, MORGAN A: ALLEN, 
432tf Brockport N. Y. 
LITTELL’S LIVING AGE. 
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The Best and Chen pest Periodical In the World. 
Tiffs work has received toe universal approval of the press, religious 
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Jared Sparks. 
Complete sets, or single volumes, handsomely bound, packed in neat 
boxes, and delivered in all the principal cities, free ot expense ei 
freight, are for sale at Two Dollars a Volume 
Any Number may be had for 12)4 cents; and it may be worth 
while for Subscribers or Purchasers to complete any Broken Volumes 
they may have, and thus greatly enhance tlieir value. 
STANFORD A DELISSER, Publishers, 
432-2t Church Book Establishment, New York. 
Answer to Historical Enigma:—Rollin's Ancient 
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THE EEST LIST USE! 
W HEELER AND WILSON MANUF’G CO.’S 
SBWIWfSr MACHI3VES. 
Highest premiums for 1857 awarded by the American Institute at 
the Crystal Palace, New York ; Maryland Institute, Baltimore ; and 
at the Maine, Connecticut, Micliigan, and Illinois State Fairs. 
Office 343 Broadway, N. Y. Send for a Circular. 
OPINIONS OF THE NEW YORK PRESS. 
We prefer them for family use.—Tribune. 
They are the favorites for families. — Times. 
Equal to nine seamstresses .—Home Journal 
2he machine for family use .—Advocate and Journal 
Most honorable to American genius —Independent 
We cannot imagine anything more perfect —Evangelist 
Will give entire satisfaction.— Observer. 
The best ever invented.— Christian Inquirer. 
Indispensable in every family .—Vie Preacher. 
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A benefaction of toe age.— J’utnamJ Magazine. 
Magical in operation.— Mrs. Stephen's Monthly. 
Beyond all question, the machines .—Life Illustrated. 
The stitch cannot be unravelled.—Ant. Agriculturist 
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Our household is in ecstacies with it— Porter’s Spirit 
One of our household gods.— V. S. Journal^ 
Have no equal for family use .—Musical World. 
A triumph of mechanical genius.—A) Y. Journal. 430 
THE CASSV1LLE SEMINARY. 
M. McN. WALSH, Principal 
rpms SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AN1) GENTLEMF.N 
1 Is probably the cheapest one of the kind in the country. The 
expenses per year for Board, Room rent Furniture, Fuel and Tuition 
in Common English, are only $8& Piano Music is only $5 per quar¬ 
ter. All the Languages and too Ornamentals are proportionally cheap 
For other information, Address JOHN D. WALSH, 
419 tf Cassville, Huntington Co. Pa 
EOE. SaXEE. 
A FARM OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ACRES 
delightfully situated one and a half miles from Seneca Like, 
commanding a view of the same equal to anything on the North river. 
First quality of soil and well improved, with thirty acres of timber. 
This farm is twelve miles from Geneva and four from Penn Yan with 
daily communication with both places. For convenience of location, 
beauty of situation and every advantage to be desired in a country 
residence, it cannot be surpassed. The subscriber being atiout to 
change his residence, will sell seventy, one hundred, or one hundred 
and seventy acres, being the entire farm, to suit the purchaser. I or 
farther particulars, inquire of D. D. T. Mgoke, Esq., of the Rural 
New-Y’orker ; K. H. Hurp, Esq., Geneva, or of the subscriber oil the 
premises. [419] _JOHN C. NICHOLAS. 
G RAFTING PAPER.—a first rate article of Grafting Paper 
—just the thing for Nurserymen, Ac—for sale cheap in small or 
large quantities, by ADAMS, HASTINGS A McVEAN 
418tf 
69 State St, Rochester, N. Y 
A man too busy to tike care of bis bealtb, is like 
a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. 
H. WORCESTER’S 
P IANO MANUFACTORY WARE ROOMS—Comer of Four¬ 
teenth Street and Third Avenue, New York. H. WORCESTER 
offers for sale a large assortment of Choice Piano Fortes, from 6 to 
7% octaves, in elegant Rosewood Cases, all of which are manufac¬ 
tured muler his own supervision, and are for sale on reasonable terms. 
Bv devoting his personal attention to the tone and touch of his instru¬ 
ments, which have hitherto been considered unrivalled, lie will en¬ 
deavor to maintain their previous reputation. 425w6eow 
Joseph Lxwtj 
T he WASHINGTON MEDALLION PENS are sold by 
all Wholesale dealers in Boston, New Y’ork and Philadelphia, and 
at the Office of toe Company, 293 Broadway, New York 420tf 
LYON’S 
COPPER LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR. 
Patented July 1 1, 1852. 
rpiHE SUBSCRIBERS, successors to Brittain A Edmunds, are 
1 Proprietors of this Patent for the ten Western counties of New 
York, the States of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ken¬ 
tucky, Tennessee, and Minnesota Territory. 
They are manufacturers of these celebrated Conductors, and are 
prepared to furnish them with the appropriate apparatus, to all parties 
holding the right to territory, in any quantity, and on short notice. 
The rods are put up in cases convenient for transportation, with toe 
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 toe case ; with the exclusive rignt 
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 this'business will receive immediate attention, If 
addressed to BRITTAIN A MARSH, 
404tf Lockport, Niagara Co. N. Y. 
ry Circulars sent on application. _ 
ASTO HI HOUSE. 
8 2 5 0 PER DAY. 
riMlE FOURTH “SEVEN YEARS’ LEASE,” COMMENCED 
J. in May, 1857, will end May 1st, 1864. This House is conducted 
upon the same system that has distinguished its hitherto. 
A Restaurant has been added for Merchants doing business In its 
vicinity. The Restaurant is entirety independent of the Astor House 
Especial care taken ef toe sick. 
Families will find this one of toe coolest Hotels In New York during 
the summer, and toe Ladies’ Department perfect in all that pro¬ 
duces real comfort 
The City Railroad Cars starting from the doors, enable guests to 
reach the upper part of the City with facility. Tire small Cars bring 
passengers from the New Haven and Boston Station, 27th Street, to 
the immediate front of the Hotel. 
Grateful for toe past I intend to deserve future favors. Patrons on 
respectfully requested to give notice of their intended visit 
403 y C. A. STETSON. 
BOGARDUS & LEWIS, 
Operative Lithographers and Engravers, No. 230 Main St, 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
J. D. BogarduS. [386wc| 
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