THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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"JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS ." 
I havk been told of a certain quack 
doctor who had quite a reputation in his 
day for curing- and killing his patients. 
When he killed them, he was generally 
able to convince their friends that death 
resulted from not following his direc¬ 
tions. When he cured them, he managed 
to claim all the credit. Of course his 
patients were mostly ignorant and super¬ 
stitious people who could be easily 
frightened or made to beUeve that they 
were better. This man had a colored 
man to assist him, and this assistant 
Just read this note from a “ prize win¬ 
ner ” way up in Nova Scotia : 
I must tell you how much I have enjoyed my 
canvass for The R. N.-Y., and I feel so confident 
of its ability to please, that I can urge its claims 
more strongly than if I had not faith in it. 
Only a few days since, I met a person whom I 
had, after a good deal of urging, persuaded to 
subscribe. Almost the first thing he said was, 
“ That is a splendid paper ! ” I told him that was 
the way I liked to hear a man talk, when he was 
pleased, to say so; and it is such a satisfaction to 
have a person pleased with anything that you 
have been the means of supplying. I shall enjoy 
working for The R. N.-Y. better than ever, for in 
the mower I shall have something to remind me 
of the generous way in which you pay your 
workers. You may send me a good package of 
sample copies from time to time. I shall make 
good use of them; also some envelopes and 
blanks for subscriptions. X feel very “ buggy,” 
and if nothing happens to prevent, you will 
probably hear from me again in the near future. 
fully in order to learn all his methods. 
One day they called on a sick man who 
lay groaning with a terrible stomach 
ache. 
“ Your life’s in great danger,” said the 
quack. “ You’ve been eating oysters in a 
month without any R in it. You may 
die anyway, but if you take this drink 
right off it may save your life.” 
The man gulped down the drink, and 
was quickly relieved. This “ cure ” had 
a great effect on Sam. 
“ liow’d you know he’d been eating 
oysters ? ” he asked. 
“ Why,” said the “ doctor,” “ didn’t I 
see the oyster shells under the bed ? ” 
One night, shortly after, a little girl 
came running to say that her father was 
very sick. Here was Sam’s chance. 
Without waking the “ doctor,” he caught 
up a bottle of medicine and started on 
the run for the patient. It was evidently 
another case of stomach ache. 
“ Youse a berry sick man ! ” said Sam. 
“ Youse ben eating hoss you has ! Youse 
ben eating hoss! Youse got only five 
minutes to lib unless you drinks dis right 
down, because hoss is pizen !” 
The medicine had the desired effect, 
and Sam went proudly back to report 
progress. 
“Rut why,” asked the quack, “did 
you tell him he’d been eating lwrse 
meat ? ” 
“ Why,” said Sam wisely, “ didn't I see 
do harness under de bed ? ’ ’ 
Now, there is a case of jumping at a ca ptur 
conclusion. May be you think we are farme] 
now going on to draw some great moral a t a ti: 
and educational lesson showing how 
. , , like to 
teachers who are untrue are sure to yourse 
rear a class of pupils who will mag- down 
nify and render more harmful the un- .Y ou > a 
truths they have studied. We would 
ST)i ri i 
like to go on and show how the bac- about 
teria of falsehood grow and develop N. Y., 
as they are spread ; but just now other advant 
things are on hand. The time has come The ss 
to consider the next subscription season. find DO 
Next week, you will find on this page, fd,ling 1 
the opening shot of the campaign, and ^ ow 
we want you to read and consider it well. same t 
Many persons who have never really Or, t 
tried it, have an idea that it is hard shire : 
work to interest a neighbor or friend 
in a paper like The R. N.-Y. The 
trouble with the most of such people 
is that they “ jump at a conclusion.” 
Of course, it’s not quite so wide a jump 
as the one made by Sam; but it’s a jump, 
nevertheless. Here they see a farmer with 
an ache on his farm that they know 
The R. N.-Y. can help. Do they go and 
explain, and argue, and get him to take 
the true remedy ? No ! As likely as 
not, they will give some quack political 
remedy, or some short-cut to wealth and 
ease that never cuts anything but a hole 
in your pocket. These men are just like 
Sam. They “looked under the bed” and 
saw the harness of slavery to old-time 
notions and ideas, and just simply gave 
him quack medicine in the shape of false 
hopes that he can get well without 
changing his methods of work and 
thought. 
* 
Not all of them do that by a good deal. 
I have been making inquiries for two years 
past, to find out where The R. N.-Y. was printed; 
but no one could give ine the address. I have 
seen the paper mentioned in other papers, and 
have just learned the address. Inclosed find $1 
for a subscription for one year. a. l. cokey. 
And while we are at it, let us consider 
this one from the State of Georgia : 
As long as life is spared me, I desire to try to 
get the pleasant weekly visits of this pleasant, 
crisp, and sparkling periodical. When I pass 
away, I wish my boys to be so in love with it, that 
they, too, will have it and prize it, and reap benefit 
from its perusal. K. a. clayton. 
Now, the chances are that right in 
your town, are farmers who would say 
similar nice things about The R. N.-Y., 
if they were only acquainted with it. 
We don't “jump at conclusions” when 
we say that. We know that down at 
the bed rock of their troubles is a har¬ 
ness that fastens them to stagnant old 
notions that have long been rejected by 
the busy world. They have eaten the 
hx/rsc of conservatism too long. We pre¬ 
sent The R. N.-Y. as the proper antidote. 
Give them a dose. 
Keep an SawS on page 512 of 
next week ! 
Results prove conclusively that by the use of fertilizers 
rich in potash the crops of 
Wheat and Rye 
and all winter crops are largely increased and the soil is positively enriched. 
We will cheerfully mail our pamphlets on Potash, its Use and Abuse on the 
Farm,free of cost 1 hey will cost you nothing to read, and will save you dollars. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. 
wanted to be a “ doctor ” himself. He, w. f. newcomb. 
therefore, watched the quack very care- Now there’s a man who doesn’t follow 
Wheat Maker." 
Sam’s method of doctoring. He has 
tested the medicine himself, and knows 
what it is made of, and what it will do. 
Why, he actually enjoys canvassing for 
the paper ! What an answer that bit of 
personal experience is to the hundreds 
of theories from those who think they 
can't get subscriptions when they have 
never really tried. Mr. Newcomb says 
that he is glad he won the mower. Cer¬ 
tainly. How did he win it? He went 
out and made hay while the sun was 
shining, and gathered in the subscrip¬ 
tions while yet it was day. He didn’t 
go sneaking around to see if there was 
a harness under the bed, but he walked 
boldly up, and presented The R. N.-Y. 
as sound and reliable medicine for a bad 
farm ache ! 
One more point and we shall leave your 
mind in good condition for the shock it 
will receive next week. There was once 
a hen sitting quietly on 13 eggs. She 
had every hope of a successful hatch 
until her master put within sight of her 
nest, a big crate of eggs which he had 
made ready for shipment. Then a fool 
bacterium got into that hen's head. 
“ Why,” she said, “should I waste my 
energies trying to hatch out only 13 
eggs, when here are over 300 in this 
crate ? I'll do a big job while I’m about 
it!” 
So she crawled off her comfortable 
nest, and tried to spread herself over the 
crate. In the morning, the farmer came 
and drove the old fool back to her nest; 
but the 13 eggs were ruined. Thus all 
her labor was wasted because she didn’t 
have sense enough to stick to her nest 
and do well what came within her reach. 
Now then, you, sir, when you read 
next week’s announcement, will prob¬ 
ably want to start out and get a lot of 
subscriptions. Don't be like the foolish 
hen and think that you are going to 
capture a whole picnic, or Grange, or 
farmers’ club at once. Go at them one 
at a time, Don’t run over into the next 
county to canvass, because you don’t 
like to do it at home. Don’t try to spread 
yourself like the old hen ; but get right 
down on every farmer within range of 
you, and tell him what The R. N.-Y. is. 
If you go right at them in the proper 
spirit, there won’t be so much work 
about it. Why, here’s a man in Albany, 
N. Y., who sends $5 for five years in 
advance. See what he says : 
The sample copy sent me Is so good, that I can 
find no other way of expressing my regret for 
failing to make yonr acquaintance earlier, j.w. c. 
How do you know there are not a dozen 
men in your town who will do the 
same thing ? 
Or, take this man up in New Ilamp- 
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And Only. 
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of Grapes a - __ 
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Send for free sample, and our literature on “ The 
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wholesale prices, 
e $ 12.00 per ton and upwards; 
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Fruit Packages. 
A description of the current styles of baskets 
boxes, crates and barrels used in marketing 
fruits in all parts of the country. How to 
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Fruit Culture, and the Laying Out 
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By W. C. Strong. Illustrated. A guide to the 
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Considers the choice of location, preparation 
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the amateur. Cloth, $1, postpaid. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
