MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Ritual. 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
DREAMINGS. 
I sat beside tlie kitchen hearth, 
The fire was blazing bright, 
The shadows danced upon the wall, 
In wavy flickering light. 
The kettle hung upon the crane, 
And sung a pleasant song; 
But which, unlike our modern tunes. 
Was neither loud nor long. 
I watched the airy silv’ry steam 
Before it passed away, 
And pictured to myself the joy 
Of many a future day; 
In that room then was cast around 
The shade of coming years ; 
It was a scene of bright Bunshine, 
Of misery and tears. 
I saw not then with mortal eyes 
The shadow o’er me cast, 
Life seemed to me a fitful dream. 
And one that could not last. 
I did not lack for company, 
For phantoms flitted past, 
And in the chambers of the heart 
The guests were gath’ring fast. 
I saw my mother’s deep blue eyes 
Rest fondly on her child; 
I heard my father’s manly tones, 
In accents soft and mild. 
I longed to speak, but yet I knew 
It was an idle dream, 
And all would vanish like the dew, 
Beneath the sun’s first beam. 
At last the fire upon the hearth, 
Sent forth its dying gleams, 
The kettle's cheerful song was hushed, 
Then vanished all my dreams. 
I cast aside the golden chains 
• That bound with magi c pow’r, 
Resolving then to live ,—not dream, 
Till life’s last solemn hour. 
“Our Hattie.” 
Jtral Hitctdj §rr!i. 
[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
SOCIETY O F LO NE MEN. 
BY EDWARD WEBSTER, ESQ. 
Students in colleges resort to many expedi¬ 
ents for amusement during the four long years 
they are probationers within the walls of their 
so-called Alma Mater. Some of their expedi¬ 
ents are not always innocent, although, as a 
general thing, they are harmless to all except 
the [actors themselves. Occasionally, indeed, 
mad pranks are played off upon others, more 
in thoughtlessness than a spirit of malicious 
mischief, and injury results therefrom; but such 
acts are always condemned by nine-tenths of 
the young men, however much they may all 
enjoy a good joke, or a successful practical 
“8611” Thrown together in large numbers 
without the restraints of home and kindred, or 
the genial influences of female society, and feel¬ 
ing that it makes very little difference what 
may be thought of them in that locality of 
their temporary sojourn, no wonder that many 
of the college students grow rude, and some of 
them reckless. 
College is' an admirable institution for the 
young man whose principles are fixed, whose 
desire for learning is earnest, whose pecuniary 
means are limited, and who feels that a reck¬ 
less expenditure of either time or money is a 
crime against his father’s household and his 
own soul,—such an one will always profit by a 
college course: but the individual who goes 
there merely to graduate, just because his 
father graduated before him, or because it 
might seem discreditable in him not to do so, 
—who has abundant supplies of cash, and 
makes it a point of honor to spend it profuse¬ 
ly, who haunts the liver}' stable and the billiard 
saloon more than the laboratory or the recita¬ 
tion-room, who cares enough for rules and 
requirements just to escape degradation or ex¬ 
pulsion and nothing more,—had infinitely bet¬ 
ter stay away. The four years of the course 
are worse than thrown aw'ay on such a student, 
and he comes out unfitted rather than fitted to 
take an honorable position on life’s great stage. 
His subsequent career, if not criminal, is usual¬ 
ly at least obscure. 
Secret Societies in college have been made 
a mooted question among grave professors and 
college faculties, as to their good or bad influ¬ 
ences upon students. In some institutions they 
have been formally interdicted, and in many 
others just barely tolerated, if not actually con¬ 
demned; but in all such cases they continue to 
flourish, and will undoubtedly continue to do 
so. Under certain aspects they are no doubt 
harmless, while under others they cannot be 
otherwise than fraught with evil, and that con¬ 
tinually. There is no harm, for instance, but 
great good resulting from a select number of 
students of congenial tastes and sentiments 
meeting together in an elegant room fitted up 
for the purpose, and enjoying an intellectual 
treat—a debate, a critical disquisition, or an 
unrestrained conversation; but a meeting in an 
exclusive club-room for card-playing, for drink¬ 
ing, for plotting the w'ays and means of mis¬ 
chief and mad pranks, has been the means of 
ruining many an ingenuous and unsophisticated 
youth. 
There are all shades of these societies, es¬ 
pecially in large institutions, from the honorable 
Pm Beta Kappa, down to the Death’s Head, 
and with objects as varied as the character of 
the members. One of these (now'it is believed 
defunct) which existed in-college, was 
known as the “ Society of Lone Men.” Its ob¬ 
ject was ostensibly mutual improvement, in¬ 
tellectually and morally; but its real one was 
social and convivial enjoyment, and wild fun. 
Care was taken by the members, most of whom 
were good students, and generally conscientious 
young men, that the pursuits of the association 
should not degenerate into vice, or go beyond 
the point where innocent amusement passes in¬ 
to criminal indulgence: but the practical jokes 
that were now and then played off, and the 
fiery ordeals through which the neophyte mem¬ 
bers w’ere made to pass, were enough to turn 
a man’s hair grey. The descent of aEneas 
to Acheron w r as scarcely more terrible. The 
candidate w'as led blindfolded, in the night, 
from the village out into the open fields, over 
fences, through quagmires and bushes, until 
quite flagged out, and then brought back to 
the identical place from whence he started, ta¬ 
ken up three flights of stairs to a room enclosed 
with double doors and partition walls, burning 
with blue lights and hung around with the in¬ 
signia of Pandemonium. Here he was made 
to go through certain forms and ceremonies, 
after which the bandage w'as removed from 
his eyes for the first time,—and such a sight 
as then presented itself is not often to be seen. 
Queen Victoria’s Court in masquerade dress 
and lackey costume couid not be mentioned 
in the same day. Horns and hoofs, winged 
spirits and wizard forms, hideous human faces 
such as leer at us in the midst of horrid dreams, 
dresses of uncouth patterns that rarely greet 
the eye of civilized humanity, bore a conspicu¬ 
ous part. A successful school of design was 
kept up, in order to supply the proper para¬ 
phernalia of these important occasions, and no 
effort spared to render the ceremony as impos¬ 
ing as possible. More than one candidate un¬ 
der the process of initiation would have given 
the society leg-bail for his future appearance, 
if he could only have been brought out on a 
writ of habeas corpus; but the Marshall ot the 
« Lone Men ” had executed a capias, and made 
a return thereon, aud the unfortunate wught 
was a prisoner under double lock and bar, and 
was constrained to submit with as good grace 
as possible to whatsoever the “ powers that be ’’ 
were pleased to inflict. It was always noticeable 
that the latest received were the most active 
in the initiation of their immediate successors. 
One of the first and indispensable qualifica¬ 
tions, besides those of a companionable charac¬ 
ter, was that the candidate must have been 
crossed in love; and in the evening meeting 
next succeeding his initiation, he was required 
to narrate the story of his heart-sorrows and 
trials, many of which brought tears to the eyes 
of the audience; more frequently, it must be 
confessed, they were tears of excessive merri¬ 
ment, rather than sympathy or grief. It may 
be considered strange, but so it was, that near¬ 
ly every individual who was deemed desirable 
in other respects, never lacked the all-impor¬ 
tant requisite of heart-desolation, and was 
therefore prepared with a tale of woe. Wheth¬ 
er these narratives were apocryphal, or other¬ 
wise, it is not necessary for me to state, nor am 
I able to do so; but this is true, that time and 
change of scene had proved wonderful restora¬ 
tives to the heart-diseases, and one would have 
sworn, seeing the society together, that sorrow 
and sighing had been strangers to them from 
the hour of their birth. A name was given to 
each novice suggestive of some peculiar trait 
or idiosyncrasy of character: for instance, the 
monitor of one class, who had the name among 
the faculty of being one of the most sedate of 
men, and was really so except when he unbent 
in genial society, was christened Argus; anoth¬ 
er, who could drink more cider than any two 
other members, was dignified by the name of 
Bibo, and a third, who in a row with a squad 
of the town boys, had fought and conquered 
three of them successively, was honored with 
the name of Knookemstief — and so on to the 
end of the chapter. 
Whenever a member, after he had graduated 
and gone forth from College into the world, fell 
from his high estate—that is to say, took unto 
himself a wife, as in fact usually was the case— 
his name was stricken from the roll of living 
members, a eulogy pronounced upon his mem¬ 
ory, and his surviving associates spoke of him 
tenderly as their poor dead brother. 
Some of the autobiographies of the members, 
or rather that chapter which entitled them to 
enrollment into the Society of Lone Men, it is 
our purpose to narrate briefly, one of which is 
inserted here : 
“ 1 never was in love but once,” observed one 
of the Seniors, in a melancholy voice, placing 
his hand upon his heart, “ and I shall never be 
again. The fountain of my affections is dried 
up, and ashes are sprinkled over the urn from 
which the bright and sparkling waters erst did 
flow. The funeral shadows over my buried 
hopes, too plainly tell that for them there can 
be no resurrection.” (By-the-by, the fellow 
was married within six months after he left 
ILLDSTRATED REBUS, NO. S3. 
College, and had an oration delivered in the if * * /rff 
Society to his memory.) UAIUJ J V. Avl Ml ♦ and spring in Kentucky, has selected from the choicest 
J .' 0 , r herds of blooded cattle, upon the different plantations of 
“ Did she die? inquired a Sophomore, pym- that country, upwards of one hundred head of the be-'t 
, ,. ,, ■>./*,,i.o./ w specimens of the Durham blood, a part of which are from 
pathetically. TTTMTR ITT?!! RUTH'S! Mil the old Ashland Estate of the Hon. Henry Clav. 
she died to me! that is to say, she ILI/LM it A LD ULDta, He has alsoselected abm.tone hundred fatcattle eighty- 
1 J - five of which are spayed heifers; also about live hundred 
turned her back upon me, and married a young t H k following symbolical correspondence sheep, most t f which are coarse wooled, about one lmn- 
TT , , j . a J iii- di ed ewes and lambs, the balance are fat wethers, weighing 
blacksmith in our yillage. lie was elevated in passed between a gentleman and h:s business f rom one to two hundred pounds each: also a few pairs 
. Jay to Mahomet's third heaven, and I was agent in the city: 
cast down to the lowest depth of misery and tion, Qa the form of Hicham. I’kck, two mil,. of Lima 
A village, Livingston county, N. x .. on brulaij Juve'Z, 1554. 
WOe!” The sale will commence at 10 o’clock,jA. M., and contin- 
o rr v y-a. i _ow a ft lie until through. Carriages will run to the place of sale, 
tl How did it happen. llow aid it happen. fjjs sjfiV gv f ,om the cars J *t West Bloomfield and Honeo^c Falls, on 
rejoined the sympathetic Sophomore. %€* f ^TlmsSrlberls c“nt that this stock is fully equal, 
«It happened in this way. AVe were rivals Pj&fi i Ifjft if not superior, to any former importation into Western 
11 (QfiJ JV New York. lie is also of the opinion, that, with the va- 
for the girl s love. I was a handsome man, as _ <TT> , ,— -—* riety of climate, and the abundant resources and facilities 
, , . t ® I—rT- ^ of this vast country for the improvement of stock, we are 
yOU See, and he was as Stalwart and glim a tivL no longer under the necessity of subjecting ourselves to 
«nn of Vnlcm at PVPr wielded a slrnW We the enormous expense and hardships of resorting to 
son ot v uican as e\ or wiuutu a sieu & t. ltl 1wn w . the “Dtmity Fraternity” of Eng. nd; for, after having re¬ 
hated and despised each other, and the bright «3? 1 ‘ ’ ccived from otir old “ Matron,” her best Hooded stock and 
1 . , 1 ---> ■ » i 4-— most scientific crosses, we can soon teach her what she al- 
girl wllO had turned our heads, and caused our ready fears, that her feminine majesty** will soon be 
i i a ii im._ f nlwiaoQ frvnl- rL.lifrht [Written for Moore s Rural New-iorker.J obliged to exchange her treasures, for a selection from our 
hearts to melt like toasted cheese, took 1 0 l rifftPfl ADTTTP AT own stock, paying equally as liberal for the privilege as 
in pitting us against each other. She balanced ULUblbll IIIIAIj LAHjiUA. we have formerly done. 
i i pine aj 0 o -• A liberal credit will he given at the above sale, hoping 
her favors and her smiles, adroitly keeping the j comp osed of 31 letters. lhat aU , wil1 avail themselves of this opportunity to im- 
. •iie 1 • prove the stock in tins country. JOHN W. TAX LOK, 
scale in trembling vibration, without, lor a jfy 10, 24,17, 2,12, 3 is a county in Virginia. May, 1854. [227-Jt] East Bloomfield, N. Y. 
single moment, coming to rest. Now it was My 8, 11, 24, 6, 23, 29, 5 is one of the II. S. THE PEOPLES PATENT OEECE 
my star that was in the ascendant, and'then My 4, 10, 24, 30, 3, 17 is a town in Prussia. This well known establishment is still carried on under 
the blacksmith’s; how my scale would sudden- My 8,28,25,11, 9, 1. 15 is a gulf in Europe. 
ly preponderate, and anon, by some untoward My 26, 27, 17,16, 18, 31,10, 22 is a capital .» 
event, it would as suddenly kick the beam.— Europe. . . moderate tenns. , . . „ 
’ .. . * . . . Mv 19 6 7, 4, 17, 20 is a City in Bohemia. Persons wishing for information or advice relative to Pa- 
At last the crisis came that was to decide our / ’ ’ - . tents or Inventions, may at all times consult the under- 
. . c , . My 29, 20, 6, 21 20 IS a town ill Atrica. signed without charge, cither personally at his office, or by 
fate. I had ol late been more favorably re- 20 is a river in Africa. letter. To those living at a distance, he would state, that 
• . i a _.1 „„,i /Ir,tor.,v>;nr>d trr " ' **’ 1 ’ ’ ~ ' ‘ ‘ ’ all the needful steps Decessary to secure a Patent, can he 
ceived than my uval, and bem 0 it Mv whole are two great curiosities in close arranged by letter, just as well as if the party were pres- 
«IT ow did it happen? How did it happen?” M lyit 
rejoined the sympathetic Sophomore. MsfW'&ky) If 
“ It happened in this way. We were rivals > ''f}} 
for the girl’s love. I was a handsome man, as ksmA _ 
you see, and he was as stalwart aud grim a 
son of Vulcan as ever wielded a sledge. We *- 
hated and despised each other, and the bright C3 T Explanation in two weeks. 
girl who had turned our heads, and caused our ~ , ~ 
, „ ... , , j i . . j v i i [Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
hearts to melt like toasted cheese, took delight 
in pitting us against each other. Sliebalanced GEOGRAPHICAL EMGAIA. 
her favors and her smiles, adroitly keeping the j am C0m p 0pe d of 31 letters. 
scale in trembling vibration, without, for a jjy jp, 24, 17, 2, 12, 3 is a county in Virginia, 
single moment, coming to rest. Now it was My 8, 11, 24, 6, 23, 29, 5 is one of the U. S. 
my star that was in the ascendant, and ’then My 4, 10, 24, 30, 3, 17 is a town in Prussia. 
I am composed of 31 letters. 
• . . « i i iwy ez\j y u, wnu *** siu;neu wiuwui c/iargc, cituer perNunauy him omc«, uruy 
fate. I had ol late been more favorably ic- ^ 20 is a river in Africa letter. To those living at a distance, he would state, that 
ceived than m, rival, and being determined to * two grelt cliri „ silies close 
take advantage of the tide, was unremitting in „ Mtura] , a „ d Ure other artificial. 
my attentions. I was striking while the iron Wilson, mag. Co., N. Y. K. O. F. enabled to obtain Putents, it will he necessary for them to 
* „ ,, , • _ ’. ° At. forward by mail a rough outline sketch and description of 
Was hot, as well as the blacksmith speaking Answer next week. the inventions. No fee or charge is made for such exam- 
figuratitely in regal d to Ul] self, and liteiall} in Private consultations held daily with Inventors from 9 
regard to him. He endured it with a, good [For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] A. M to 5 P. M. All consultations and business strictly 
&t „ , e . irmt private and confidential, 
deal of equanimity I must confess, for he was Question FOR the JSOYS. rlOtt large a < b Models from a distance may be sent by express or other- 
forward by mail a rough outline sketch and description of 
the inventions. No fee or charge is made for such exam¬ 
inations. 
Private consultations held daily with Inventors from 9 
A. M to 5 I’. M. All consultations and business strictly 
private and confidential. 
Models from a distance may be sent by express or other- 
not at that time see anything either good or , , , ,, 10 J ‘ 86 Nassau-street, New York. 22M3t 
, , , bricks tn the wall ? - 
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He could double around his finger two like Anstt er nex . _ chanics, Invention and Agriculture. Published Monthly.- 
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with my lady love, aud had been making great 
inroads upon the fortress of her heart; I was 
sure a breach had been effected in the hereto¬ 
fore impregnable stronghold, and consequently 
intended, on the next convenient occasion, 
to take the place by storm. Feeling perfectly 
secure of my conquest, I led her, on the way 
home from our ramble, through the street on 
which the shop fronted where the young black¬ 
smith wrought at his trade. I did it in order 
to give him the opportunity of witnessing my 
triumph; and in the red light of the forge that 
w’as blazing within, I pointed at the swarthy 
and dust-begrimmed figure of my rival. 
“ That is a haudsome figure for a woman to 
fall in love with,” said I triumphantly. She 
turned upon me sharply in reply: 
“ He is a noble fellow, notwithstanding, and 
supports a poor old mother with the labor of 
his hands. He is sober, honest aud industrious, 
and is sure to become a rising man in our vil- 
f“ Answer next week. 
IMPORTED HORSE “CONSTERNATION.” 
This well known thorough-bred horse, will stand the 
present season, as heretofore, at the farm of the subscriber, 
1 mile west of Syracuse. For full pedigree see Derby & 
Miller’s edition of Youatt. 
TitRMS— $10 the season, $15 to insure, pay able in advance 
in all cases. Good pasturage furnished at filly cents pec 
week. Mares at the risk of owners in all respects. No 
mare will be served that is either ring-boned, spavined, or 
blind. J. B. BURNET. 
Syracuse, N. Y., May 1, 1854- 226-8tw-3tm 
HALL0CKS AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE 
AND SEED STORE. 
Emery's Horse Powers, Threshing Machines and Sep¬ 
arators, Circular and Crosscut Saw Mills, Clover Hulleis, 
Hay Cutters, Corn Shellers, together «ith other Machines 
fitted for Horse Power. Also, Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, 
Reaping Machines, Seymour's Grain Drills, &c. Hay Cut¬ 
ters of various sizes, for hand-use — Road Scrapers, Horse 
Rakes, Ox Yokes and Bows, Agricultural and Horticultural 
Implements generally. Also— Grain, Field and Garden 
Seeds, of the best Imported and Shaker growth. 
E. I). HALLOCK. 
Warehouse and Sale Rooms No. 24 Exchange Stieet, 
Rochester. N. Y. 226-1 f 
EDWARD HARRISON’S PA 1 ENT GRIST MILL 
S Received the highest premium at the 
World's Fair; and more tlian 250 of them 
have been sold within two years. The stones 
are Frencli Burr; the frames aud hoipers, 
cast iron ; and the spindles, cast steel. They 
will work hot’' for flouring and on all kinds 
of grain, and will keep in repair longer than 
ny other mill. Having just completed my 
new buildings, for manufacturing and running them, I am 
■i • u.. n mo a ricintw man ; n rmr vil ! Answer to Illustrated RebllS IS O. 21. 11 ash- "'ll work hot', for Uouring and on all kinds 
and is sure to become a lioing* man in our vil- j ^ . n _ ;y ar , first in Peace, first vn the ^J|3|5pL of grain, and will keep in repair longer than 
lage; well educated and intelligent, he has been j i/ carts „f his Countrymen. ' ?> other mill. Having just completed my 
elevated already, only six months out ot his! Answer to Acrostic Geographical J^nigma m now prepared to supply all orders for all the sizes, from 20 
apprenticeship, to the position of foreman of No. 21. John Caldwell Calhoun. 
the shop, with the promise of a junior partner- lour Themed 
ship next year. It would be an improvement throvahout 9U miles per hour. Required distance with cuts, sent to post-paid apphctitions. 
, . . ..... n n ,1 . 2*25-71* bfiWAKU wakkicu.n, isew naven, ti., 
Oil their present condition, ll a tew Ot tile smart 1 1 % miles. ^ Sole, manufacturer, and Proprietor of the Patent. 
young men about town, who live on their -—-PREMIUM FOWLS. 
parents, and do nothing themselves, were even CjGtf’i V *, rmfrr J 
half as respectable.” VAl vil llHU JvJUUlU V ♦ —also Monroe Co. Fair at Rochester. I now have 23 vari- 
1 (O y eties for sale—and eggs for hatching. My fowls are second 
“ I Was UOt exactly sure that the remark was _ ^ ^ ^ to none in America. AU warranted to be pure in every 
not aimed at me, and hesitated to reply; when rpjjg B\CHEL0R. pa Roches'ter! n.'y^ f ° T ' d.p.newell. 
just at that moment a din was heard coming -- LAND PLASTER 
down the street — a strange bellowing sound, A Bachelor sat by his blazing grate At Canandaigua, Victor, and Fisher’s Railroad Depots. 
n -i . m And he fell into a snooze. The subscriber has on hand at each of the above Railroad 
mingled with the cry ol human voices. 1 urn- a, earned that o'er his wrinkled pate Stations, 500 tons of pure, fresh ground land Piaster— 
• i i, nn u oonnufnln A , Farmei*s can depend upon getting their Fluster at the above 
ing around in SOlllG llclstG, to ascertain tilt Had been thrown the nuptial noose. places, of a superior quality and not kiln dried. 
cause, I saw with a good deal of — I will not And a ro8y boy came to his side 2I7 - 4m - __‘.. J1R . KH R ? ZI£L_ 
say terror — an infuriated animal rushing di- And bounded on his knee, BONE DUST.-We barrels of genuine 
rectlv towards us, followed by the butcher and And back from his beamin s face he 81100)4 b ° ne n.' c. white & co , ButVaio Ag’i Warehouse. 
„ fin , , , , Fair curls in childish glee. 
his boy, from whom he had escaped, and who —-- 
were Shouting at the top of their voices, for all Th “ MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
pedestrians to clear the way. I declare to I don’t love any body else is published evkky SATURDAY, 
you, gentlemen, upon my honor, there was no But you and dear Mamai” BY D. D. T. MO ORE, RO CHESTER, N. Y. 
intention on my part of deserting my compan- Oh! the father’s heart o'erran with joy, TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
ion in such a time of peril. I just left her side So 10,1(5 b - lo ' eunlit > Subscription —$2 a year—SI for six months. To 
. , „ , . And from its unseen depths poured out , . . , „ ,, . , 
a moment, and jumped over the. fence, to look Affection infinite Clubs and Agents as follows:-Three Copies one year, for 
fi / , . 41 ’ Auecuon mnnite. $5; Six Copies (and one to Agent or getter up of club,) 
up a place of safety JOt hei, as tnc laving Outstretching arms of strength unshorn, for $10; Ten Copies (and one to Agent,) for $15; Twenty 
beast came down the side-walk like an ava- He hugged —the old house-cat. Copies for S25, and any additional number, directed to 
luuche At this moment the youn"' black- Which as ’twas wont, when master slept, individuals at the same rate. Six months subscriptions in 
, „ , , Had leaped upon his lap. proportion. As we are obliged to pre-pay the American 
Smith rushed out ot tile shop, and __, , ^ ,- postage on papers sent to the British Provinces, our Cana- 
“ Took the bull by the horns!” chimed in the Smart _“Why Mr B ” said a tall youth dian agents and friends must add 25 cents per copy to the 
s ophomore . to a little person in company with haU a dozen ^ 8utecribeK $1>50 yPar . 
“No, Sir !” responded the Senior, indignant- huge men, “ I protest you are so^ small 1 did Subscription money, properly enclosed, may be sent 
]y, 14 took the girl around the wnist with his not see you betoie. * or\ likelj, replied tht by mail at the risk of the Publisher, 
hutre dirty arms, and set her in a second inside little gentleman, “ I am like a sixpence among « . The postaK e on the Rural is but 3X cent* per quar- 
to shop door, while he stood guard at it, sledge “Lh'TACS.K i, * 7 ^ in ^“»««—« 
U . , , • Worth the whole Ot them. cents to any part of the United States,— except Monroe 
in hand, until the animal and his pursuers -. — — - County, where it goes free. 
went by like a whirlwind, turning neither to the Some Credit to the Czar.— The Czar may AdvertiS]N0 . _ Brief ^T^ropriate advertisements 
rio-ht nor to the left. boast of the 3,000,000 soldiere at his command win ^ in9prted at $1>50 per square, (ten lines, or 100 
nn ,, ! •,, +mt,r>vrtltorl rronilomon ” but, although SUlTOlinded with SO many forces,. WO rds,) or 15 cents per line — in ad ranee. Tho circulation 
“Jhe blacksmith triumphed, gentlemen, nevertheless> considering the shifts by which of the Rural New-Yorker is several thousand greater 
the narrator concluded in a melancholy voice: j ie obliged to raise money, it must be than that of any other Agricultural or similar journal in 
“ she gave me a summary dismissal, and smiled confessed that he is a loanly man.— Punch. America. Patent medicines, Ac., will not be advertised in 
on the blacksmith irom that day. He married , • ^ f n 0 ] t ’ s i ar<Te gj^.q jJAii communications, and business letters, should 
her within six mouths, and I, in despair, came ^ w j „,f thot „ d bo add.s^ed to D. p. T. m.ork, Ruchcts r, it. Y. 
here to College, being now one ol the most Aorw pistol?” “No,” was his reply, it’s a The Wool Grower and Stock Register i* the only 
Solitary and unhappy Ot the ‘.Lone Men. (Jolt's. American journal devoted to the Wool and Stock Grow- 
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THE BACHELOR. 
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And he fell into a snooze, 
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Had been thrown tho nuptial noose. 
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And bounded on his knee, 
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But you and dear Mamai” 
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