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| 348 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. OCT. 24. 
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AUTUMN SONG. 
BT KMII.V 0. HUA'TIKGTOJT. 
Yestf.rmgtit across my sleep 
Crept tlie roico of singing, 
And the echoes in my heart 
Full and clear are ringing. 
Tender as a mother’s song, 
Sweet as waters chiming. 
Flowed the melody along, 
To a silver rhyming. 
Overhead the shining stars 
Looked like soft eyes beaming, 
Underneath tho weary earth 
Breathless lay a-dreaming. 
Through the silence went a voice, 
With a mournful crying, 
“ Lady Summer, fair and young, 
Lietb faint and dying. 
“ Long ago we fairies sang 
In the spring-time tender, 
How the budding child would grow 
To the woman’s splendor. 
“ All the long lightsome days, 
Grew the maiden fairer. 
And her radiant beauty changed 
To a glory rarer. 
“ Lady Summer lieth now 
Whiter than a lily, 
Gleaming in the golden noon 
When the waves are stilly. 
“ O'er her crimson mouth the breath 
Floweth low and faintly, 
And her forehead day by day 
Growcth pure and saintly. 
“ When the corn is golden ripe, 
Ready for the reaping, 
When across the meadows brown 
Sadder windB are sweeping, 
“ All the lonesome woods will ring 
With one mournful crying— 
Lady Summer, young and fair, 
Pale and dead is lying.” 
* [National Era. 
i h’s tarn 
TIIE COTTAGE OUT OF TOWN. 
BY B. I>. SHILLAEER. 
The firm of Wilkins & WatkiDS were very smart 
and enterprising—none better in tbe town where 
they were located. They were both fine fellows— 
one married and one single. They were very much 
alike in size, and in taste regarding dress one was 
the counterpart of the other. They had been to¬ 
gether so long, too, that their manners assimilated. 
Did a customer coma in and address Watkins as 
Wilkins, or Wilkins as Watkins, the answer was an 
exact fac Bimile of what the one for whom the 
question was intended would have given. And so 
things were when the scene to which onr story re¬ 
lates transpired. 
It was a chilly October afternoon that Wilkins 
& Watkins, having transacted a good forenoon’s 
work, went their respective ways to their respec¬ 
tive dinners—Wilains to his hotel, and Watkins to 
the bosom of his family. Watkins was a happy 
man in this regard. He had a pretty little wi"e 
and everything around him as snug as snug could 
be. He was as sore of a warm welcome as be was 
of a warm dinner, which he had ordered of the 
provision man as he came along. He knew as well 
as he wanted to that a pair of white arms would 
be thrown around his neck as he opened the front 
door, and, perhaps, he thought, Julia’s—that was 
his wife's name—sister might be there to take d inner 
with, them or, perhaps, Julia's father and mother 
had dropped in to take pot lack with them, in either 
case a groat pleasure. Bo he went along humming 
to himself the new air— 
“ The dearest spot on earth to me 
Is home, sweet home.” 
Mr. Wilkins was a single m&n, and rather prided 
himself on being so. He went to his hotel with a 
swinging gait, bowing occasionally as some fa¬ 
miliar face met his view, and smiling very sweet¬ 
ly upon such young ladies of the number as he 
chanced to know. He was a very gallant young 
man, and bad the reputation of being a very great 
favorite among the lair young ladies of the place, 
by whom he was regarded as a very eligible match. 
He indulged iu no dreams of a welcome beyond 
that which a landlord extends to his boarders, no 
comfort beyond his after dinner cigar. But he 
thought he was happy, and who else had a right to 
say anything about it? 
Watkins was not disappointed. On arriving at 
the home he was singing about, he was met at the 
door by the bright face that had met him for the 
year that had transpired since their housekeeping 
days, and the warm arms enclosed his neck like a 
parenthsis, and tbe warm lips—well, the warm lips 
had some pretty word of welcome to give him that 
had a peculiar smack to it in the little dark entry¬ 
way where he hung his top-coat. 
They were alone, and she told him all the little 
domestic incidents that had transpired doringtbc 
day around home, of which there are always so 
many—about the maiden aunt who had come into 
town to do some shopping, and what a grand laugh 
she had about her heating down tho Bhopkeeper, 
and giving him twice as much, after- all, sb the 
purchase was worth, and how a Wind beggar wo¬ 
man came to the door with a little girl leading 
her, poor and cold, and bow she couldn’t help cry¬ 
ing over the little she had given her, and how the 
poor woman invoked a blessing on her, which Bhe 
really believed had been answered in the happi¬ 
ness she had received, and about the organgrind¬ 
er, and the little podler girl with the buttons, and 
the new servant at the parsonage who threw the 
potato parings into the well. What a Btory there 
was to tell about everything; and how pleasantly 
Watkins sat and listened, all the while the dinner 
was being eaten, with the keenistrelish. WatkinB 
never had achieved a meal that was more cheer¬ 
ful, and after dinner, as ho kissed his little rosy 
wife for a dessert, he averred that, he did not be¬ 
lieve a happier dog than himself existed within a 
good many days’ journey. He even ventured to 
say that he thought Wilkins was standing fear¬ 
fully in his own light, in not getting married, 
and hinted gravely that he must give him a talk¬ 
ing to. 
: “Julia,” said he, “one of my gloves has a rent 
in it, which I wish yon would repair; you don’t 
want your husband to look shabby, you know.— 
You will find it in the light pocket of my coat.” 
She, like a very dutiful, beautiful, sweet little 
wife as she was, went to the coat as it hung on its 
peg in the entry, and reaching down into the 
pocket to find the glove, she touched something 
of a paper kind that decidedly to her touch re¬ 
sembled a letter. She took it out with the glove, 
and as her work baket was upstairs, she thought 
she would mend the rent there, while Watkins was 
enjoying his newspaper. It was curiosity—a pas¬ 
sion that ha3 clung around poor humanity with a 
pertinacious strength from the beginning—that 
prompted her to take the letter, but when alone 
by herself she reflected before she opened it, and 
laid it on tbe table, She proceeded to mend the 
glove, still thinking of the letter, asking herself 
should she open it?—fearing it would be wrong to 
do bo, and at last determining that 6he would. It 
was a letter of which the envelope had been de¬ 
stroyed, and a glance at the firBt page assured ber 
it was in a female hand. At that instant her hus¬ 
band’s foot was beard upon the stair, and placing 
the letter under her basket, she gave him his glove, 
and he went away, bidding her good bye. 
“ He is o dear, good soul,” said she “ and It is 
almost like doubting him to read this letter. Butof 
course it can't be anything he would not want me 
to see—of course not,” and with this reflection she 
took the letter in ber hand again. 
The first glance caused her to turn deadly pale, 
and in an instant the mere suggestion of idle cu¬ 
riosity had become transformed into intense anxi¬ 
ety, Her lips were apart, here eyes were fixed 
with a stony glare upon the paper, her form trem¬ 
bled violently, and the poor, little thing came nigh 
swooning under the pressure of feeling that over 
powered her. There was a letter, written in a fe¬ 
male hand to her husband, beginning wilh“My 
dear, dear, dear W.,” and ending, “yours, alone, 
Anna.” The letter was of the most tender char¬ 
acter, burning all up with its own fervor, glowing 
with loving intensity, and proposing a meeting at 
a little cottage just outside of tbe town, the next 
day —the evening of the Jay following that on 
which she had made the discovery. She wasfran- 
tic with the passion the discovery awakened. She 
patted her little foot on the carpet, she c impled 
the letter in her hand, she cried like a child, and 
would have screamed, probably, had she not been 
restrained by a latent idea of the absurdity of such 
a course. She clenched her little hands till the 
nails almost cut her palms, and at length resolved, 
as any other woman of spirit would have done, to 
be a third party at the interview in the cottage, 
whose location she well knew, from the fact that 
Mr. Watkins had admired it once as they were 
riding by it. 
Mr. WatkinB walked back to the store in a mood 
of mind the most complacent, little dreaming of 
the tempest that was raging around his pleasant 
home, Bmashing his household gods into irreme¬ 
diable rain. “ Insatiate Watkins, would not one 
suffice ?” Wilkins came back to the store, and, 
after idling around for ahout, an hour, said he had 
an engagement, and went away Again. The after¬ 
noon passed, and Watkins left an hour earlier than 
UBual, giving the clerk to understand that he was 
going home. Ah, Watkins! perhaps, if we were to 
look into that heart, throbbing beneath its encase¬ 
ment of broadcloth, we should find it black with 
duplicity—perhaps, Watkins, the vows and protes¬ 
tations thou host made to that pretty little wife at 
home may be at this time as far below par as Pe- 
wabic shares or Ogdensborg second mortgage 
bonds—perhaps, even now the object nearest thy 
heart is this perfidious meeting with " yours aione” 
iu the little cottage outside the town—and perhaps 
not 
Mr. WatkinB went out 
Towards the close of the afternoon, a little wo¬ 
man, hooded and veiled, might have been Been 
hastily walking through the streets of the town 
where the house of Wilkins & Watkins was located, 
and her steps were evidently directed towards the 
outer limits of the town. Could the disguise which 
concealed her have been penetrated, and the pur¬ 
pose which filled the brain of that hooded little 
figure been read, a certain pretty cottage in the 
outskirts wonld have been found to be ita stimu¬ 
lant, and a certain James Watkins, whose earn 
were to ring with the voice oi her reproaches.— 
It was Mrs. Watkins — that much outraged wo¬ 
man,—and her indignation was earnest and 
complete. The distance, however, from her home 
— her rained home, the scene of her blasted 
hopes and expectations—to the cottage was very 
long, and fatigue of body, whatever novelists may 
say to the contrary, exerts a controlling influence 
over all feelings of tho human mind—except love, 
which nothing can change. I have consulted 
proper authorities on this point, and am sustained 
in Baying that love—the real article, I mean, as 
diii'erent from the spurious sort as the bottled ci¬ 
der they sell at, tho shops is from real apple j nice 
—never changes. Fatigue worked a change in 
the temper of her anger, and by the time she had 
arrived in sight of the cottage, she felt more like 
crying than scolding, and sitting down upon a 
stone, in the gathering dust, she indulged in a few 
tears, deeming hmelf at that moment about as 
wretched a little woman as could be imagined.— 
She felt very lonely, and any one seeing her thus ( 
who would not be disposed to cowhide the perfid¬ 
ious Watkins, must be devoid of chivalry iudeed. 
A light gleamed from the window of the cottage 
for a moment, and a beautiful figure was seen to 
draw down the curtain. Mrs. Watkins—the quasi 
widow, who felt as if she had already embarked on 
her solitary voyage over the stormy waves of time, 
looking back to a pleasant hay brim full of light 
houses, from which ber bark had been swept by 
the rath less gale of man’s falsehood—started up, 
and felt new resolution steal into her little heart 
as she gazed upon the form of the one she was 
convinced was her rival. Bhe dried her tears with 
her renewing strength, and stood looking at the 
house—at the window—where the light still shone 
upon the curtain. A moment after and a chaise 
drove past where she stood and stopped before the 
door. She saw the man get out and secure the 
horse to a post, and, the door opening on the in- 
Btant, a flood of light from within revealed to her 
gaze the false man whose heart she had deemed 
her own exclusive property. Ah, Watkins! She 
saw him trip up the steps that led to the front 
door, an ’ in a moment more her ears were assailed 
by a volley of sounds denoting a welcome more 
warm than platonic feeling would prompt. 
She was concealed from their view by thesurub- 
bery, and the suprise was such that she was irres¬ 
olute for a moment as to how she should act. She 
had failed to provide herself with a dagger or any 
other murderous weapon, and hence a tragedy 
was out of the question. There was, amid the 
whirl of emotion that filled her, Btrange to say, no 
feeling of hatred for the false Watkins. The re¬ 
proach intended for him she had already trans¬ 
ferred to the woman whom she felt had drawn him 
from his allegiance, but she could not be brought 
to hate the man she had loved so well—that she 
felt she still loved maugre all Lis duplicity. The 
closing door left ber standing in the shadow—in 
mind as well as body. 
Mrs. WatkinB brought her body from out tbe 
shadow, but, she thought, tbe shadow from her 
heart, like the beak of the Raven in Mr. Poe’s 
poem, would he lifted nevermore. As she Btood 
gazing upon the wiudow, where she supposed her 
infamous lord was sitting in guilty dalliance with 
his Dalilah, a white hand reached outside tho cur- 
taiu and raised the Bash. As the bee pounces upon 
a rose in June, as a hen-hawk dasttes among a flock 
of chickens, as a homily darts upon his prey, as a 
mosquito with angry importunity thrusts in his 
bill, so did Mrs, Watkins avail herself of the oppor- 
nity of listening, afforded by that open sash, and 
she crouched by it as a cat might be supposed to 
watch by a mouse hole. There was a sound of 
tinkling glasses within, and other indications of an 
agreeable evening, while soft voices modulated to 
a whisper, Baid many tender and unintelligible 
things, a word here and there of which alone she 
was able to make out. 
“What if my partner knew of this!” she heard 
him sav. 
Now that •* partner ” she knew meant her, and 
that moment she would have given all the world 
not to know what she did, and all the world to have 
known it provided she had not. 
“No matter ahout your partner," she heard the 
female voice say, a little pettishly; “think of me 
now.” 
'-Think of jou?” he replied; “you are always 
present in my thoughts by night and day. 
“ Do you 1 ve me better than anybody else ?” the 
female voice asked. 
“By those lipe I vow you are the one of all oth¬ 
ers that I can love.” 
And then followed sounds as though, to seal the 
vow he had made, ho had kissed the hook he 
swore by. This was too much for the nerves of 
the Widow Watkins. She went to the front door, 
turned the handle, which made no noise, and stood 
in the entry. The light streamed through the key 
hole of the door in which the guilty ones were 
seated. She hesitated not a moment, but bursting 
open the door violently she stood in the snug little 
illuminated parlor. 
“Oh, James! James!” cried she in a tone of an¬ 
guish as she saw the two sitting on a sofa, he with 
his arm around the woman’s waist and a table be¬ 
fore them set with a luxurious regard for good 
cheer. She sunk into a chair, buried her face in 
her hands and indulged in another meal of grief. 
“Mrs. Watkins!” :ried the gentleman starting 
to his feet. 
At the sound of his voice, Mrs.-Watkins lifted 
np ber face, illuminated with a glad aurprise, and 
met the gaze of Mr. Wilkins, who with a perplex¬ 
ed air stood gazing upon her. 
“To what are we indebted for this visit, Mrs. 
Watkins?” asked he in a manner far from delight¬ 
ed, and turning to the lady, he introduced “Sirs. 
Green to Mrs. Watkins” very formally. 
At once the shame of her position broke in on 
the mind of Mrs. WatkinB. How could she account 
satisfactorily for her being there? bow for the vio¬ 
lence of ber entrance? how for her excitement? 
Bat the honesty of her nature would not allow her 
to excuse herself by a falsehood, and she told them 
with many tears the whole story, not concealing 
even the fact of the letter that she had fonnd in 
her husband's pocket. A light at this seemed to 
break upon Wilkins, who stepped to the corner 
where his coat reposed, and holding it, up to the 
light felt in its pockets and drew out several 
papers, on opening one of which it proved to he a 
bill of groceries against James Watkins, and the 
others of a kindred character against that peace¬ 
ful individual. 
“A slight mistake here,” said he, smiling; “Wat¬ 
kins and I have changed coats, by which means 
you have become possessed of my letter, and I of 
his bills; and ainco you have become acquainted 
with pint of my secret, I may as well tell you the 
whole, that on Tuesday next I am to become the 
proprietor of this little cottage and its charming 
occupant—the widow.” 
The widow blushed, but did not deny the state¬ 
ment. 
Poor little Mrs. Watkins! overjoyed at finding 
all her surmises blown to atoms, now seriously 
thought of her deserted home, and wondered what 
Watkins would think on coming home and finding 
her absent. Wilkins’ horae was at the door, and 
Wilkins, good natured soul, left the widow with a 
promise of coming hack soon, and placing Mrs. 
Watkins iu the chaise, he drove away towards the 
Watkina home. 
“ What ie«7? he say? what will he say?” sobbed 
tbe poor little woman as they drew near. 
“Be easy, my dear madam,” said be, “ahout 
that; he shall never learn from me the secret. 
Allow me to put you down here, when you can go 
home, and things may go on as before, and he be 
none the wiser for it.” 
She got out of the chaise and moved towards 
her own door, wondering whether her husband 
had come home, and whether he wouldn't be 
alarmed at her absence, or scold ber for her deser¬ 
tion. Bhe trembled violently as Bhe placed her little 
hand on the bell handle, and the thought, “Shall 
1 tell him?” passed like lightning through her 
mind, and the responao caine as quickly. 
The bell rang, and tripping lightly down the 
stairs she heard her husband’s feet, who, opening 
tho door, received her in his arms. 
“Where has my little wife been?” he asked, as, 
weaving his arm around her, he led her into the 
parlor. 
A cheerful fire burned upon the hearth, and sit¬ 
ting down by his side, she looked np in his face, 
and told him the whole story—of her curiosity 
that had prompted her to read a letter which was 
not her own, and the consequent jealousy, her reso¬ 
lution and its result—keeping nothing back, ex¬ 
cept the secret which Wilkins had confided to her. 
Watkins listened gravely, but kindly, and when 
she had concluded, he drew her towards him with 
a fonder love than he had lelt for her before she 
was tempted, for he felt how much she needed his 
aid in her weakness. 
And this should be the manner of receiving the 
confidence reposed in us. We should not receive 
it in a spirit of harshness, and repel the loving 
impulse that draws the erring spirit towards onr 
own. Did we properly understand and practice 
this, there would be far less double dealing in the 
world, and more candor. Mrs. Watkins decided 
rightly, and he, like a true man, received the con¬ 
fession rightfully. 
Next morning he entered his counting room 
with a letter in his hand, addressed to his partner. 
It ooatfriuedthe mischievous letter, and the words, 
“My dear sir, your secret is safe, but mine has be¬ 
come my husband’s.” Wilkins showed the lines 
to Watkins, and in order to remove the impression 
of mystery that environed the matter in the mind 
of his partner, he confessed the widow, aud re¬ 
ceived tho congratulations of the happy Watkins. 
The nextweek'3 “Watch-Tower of Freedom and 
Palladium of Liberty” made the following an- 
uouDcemeut:—“Married, on Tuesday last, at Elm 
Cottage, G. W. Wilkins, Esq., of the firm of Wil¬ 
kins & Watkinp, to Mrs. Anna Green, relict of the 
late Capt, Invisible GreeD, U. S. N. The happy 
couple immediately started onabridaltonr.”— Bos¬ 
ton Sat, Eve, Gazette. 
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HISTORICAL ENIGMA. 
I am oomposed of thirty-two letters. 
My 18,13, 5, 5, <i, 23, 20, S, 32, 8, 22, 30 was an emi¬ 
nent New England Divine. 
My 22,10, 15, 27, 32, 3, 6, 30,13, 13, 28 was Gover¬ 
nor of the State of New York. 
My 30,10,14, 22, 30, 12, S, 22, 30, 25, 9,2 was a sign¬ 
er of the Declaration of Independence. 
My 21, 9, 30, 9, 3, 8, 15, 23 waB a decisive battle, 
fought 400 B. C. 
My 11, 22, 25, 4, 27, 3, 6, 22, 2, 22,27 was a celebrat¬ 
ed Grecian orator and philosopher. 
My 28, 7, 32, 8, 9,14,15, 30,9, 27 was a distinguish¬ 
ed mathematician. 
My 25, 29, 32, 0, 30, 1, 16, 9, 5, 22, 27 was king of 
Pontus, who was defeated by Pompey on the 
banks of the Euphrates. 
My 24, 30, 2G, 16, 22,10 was an English, poet, who 
flourished in the latter part of the 17th century. 
My 12,3, 22, 28, 8, 22, 23,14, 17, 30, 9, 30,10 was the 
great Philadelphia banker. 
My 3, 6,19, 25, 9, 27, 28, 9, 29, 10, 22 was a noted 
infidel. 
My 6, 9, 27, 5, 2, 14, 27 was a battle fought, in Eng¬ 
land, in 1066. 
My whole were the last words of Mary, Queen 
of Seotts. b. w. h. 
Pleasant Grove, Min. Ter., 1S57. 
Answer next week. 
Poetical answer to Miscellaneous Enigma in 
the Rural of the 3d inst. 
TO H. I. S-. 
Your one, four, three spell air 
Which does the earth surround; 
And one, four, five spell ail 
That proves the health unsound. 
Two, one, and three I’m snre, 
Rise to no more than par; 
/, Btands for figure four; 
From speaker 'tis not far. 
Two, one, four, five, spell pail, 
Two, one, four, three, spell pair; 
Three, one, four, five, spell rail 
’Neath Locomotive car. 
Two, four, live, five, spell pill, 
A nunseating ball; 
Three, four, five, five, spell rill 
That climbs not rail or wall. 
Three four and two, spell rip, 
That’s ever gaping wide, 
In hapless Fellow’s coat 
That oannot win a bride. 
Three, one and two, spell rap, 
That makes our knuckles sore; 
Five, one and two, spell lap. 
Five, four, two, Np—no more. 
Five, one, four, three, spell lair 
To which the wild beasts flee; 
And five, four, one, three— liar. 
Detested wretch, is he! 
Now, H. I. S., own np, 
Have I not guessed it, say? 
Is not April the word, 
Midway ’twixt March and May? 
Astoria, Oct. 8, 1867. S. N. 
Answers to Enigmas, &e„ in No. 406. 
Answer to Grammatical Enigma:—Obey yonr 
father and mother. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Live and 
learn. 
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St., New Orleans. I will pack the plants In packages of one 
Dozen, and one ihmJrr.l. each, In earth and mow, <o that they 
can have olr, and rhlp thorn by Express to my agent. twice a 
week, thereby Insuring a continued fresh supply, and put the 
plant* at tho following rales—For a package ot llJd, $10; for a 
package one dor.en, $2. Orders accorapetdnd with lire cash will 
receive prompt attention from either Messrs J M. 'njorbura, 
IS John St, New York ; Pomeroy A M arihalJ, Mobile, or J. A. 
Morton, New Orleans. I will *ond single dor.cn* to any part ot 
the United State*, by Mail, on tho reception of $11; and wilt send 
package* or 1 , 000 , by Railroad or Express, for $80. Packages 
of 1,000 may bo ordered through my agents, giving them tuna 
to notify tno to forward thorn Jn sending the pisuts by mall, 1 
shall take care to obtain only tho runner* of tho ptetont season, 
and although they may not bo a* largo us two year old runners, 
S ot they will bear transportation baiter and bo more certain to 
ve. CHAS. A. PEABODY, 
Colnmbn9, On., August 1.1857 WwSeow 
SABEY & BUCHAN, 
Dxaliks ix Hats, Caps and Funs, at the "Old Premium Hat 
Store,” No- 23 State street., Rochester, N. T. 387 
COLE, ADAMS <fc CO., 
(SnocJtssotts to William N. Sag*.) Bookseller*, Rial loners, aud 
Dealer* Iu Printers’ Stock, No <0 Buffalo St, Rochester, N. Y. 
A H COLS _ W. A APHIS. _ O. r ADAMS . 
JOSEPH IP. SHAW, 
Musto Publish*!* axd i»*al*b ix Piaxo Forma Molodeonx, 
and other Musical Instruments, at manufacturers' prices, No. 
ItH State St, Rochester, N. Y. 396tf 
RAPALJE & CO'S 
Gams** .Snco ahd Ageucoltpual SVah*uovsx, 65 Buflalo 
St., Rochester, N. Y., and Port Hope, O. VV Agricultural 
Implements, Machines, Ac., at Wholesale and Retail. Import¬ 
ed and homo grown Garden, Field and Flower Seeds. 887 
BRIGGS & BROTHER, 
Importers an o Grow* ns, mid Wholesale And Retail Dealers 
in Garden. Field aud Flower freed,l, an d H ortlcnitmal Imple¬ 
ments. 85 State St.. Rochester, A. Y. UT" Soods furrdshed on 
commission. Oholee Peas and Boons at Wholesale 387 
J. E. CHENEY & CO., 
Man vt actor*R 8 or Rtrusia'8 Water Filters, Thermometers, 
Refrigerators.Stoves, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Wore—and 
Dualcrs In Mouse Fnndalilug Goods of every doicription, 
No*. 59 and 61 State S>L, Rochester, N. Y. 387 
ADAMS, HASTINGS & JIcVEAN, 
Gxxxssi Papxr Mills, Manufacturers of Book, Printing and 
Wrapping Paper, and Dealers In Kino Paper, Printer*' Stock, 
Inks, Stra w Board, Ac Warehouse, No oU State 8t., Roches¬ 
ter. iy Cash paid for Rags, Slseing, Repo Ac- 387 
ERASTUS DARROW & BROTHER, 
Boo* htt.LXItS, PUBUSUKHS AND STATIONERS, Orttint Honso 
Block. Rochester. N. Y., Wholoaale and Retail Dealers In 
School, Medical, Religions, Sunday School, Miscellaneous 
and Now Books, Writing Paper. Slate*, Nlaio Pencils, Print¬ 
ing Ink, Ac. Orders from Dealers solicited 387 
BOGAKDU8 Sz LEWIS, 
OPERATIVE LITHOGRAPHERS & ENGRAVERS, 
«t« MAIN ST., BUFFALO, N. Y. 
J P. Uouardus | [336wc| [Josxrn Lewis. 
S. t. Kll/lH’ 
W HIP AND GLOVE STORK, 1H STATE STREET. 
Rochester, N. Y Having purchased tho Retail trade of 
what has long boon known ns Stroftg's Whip and Glove Store, I 
intend to make It tho most destreblo place for tbe purchase of 
WHIPS. GLOVES, PANES AN11 UMBRELLAS, 
In tho city. I shall keep a larger and bettor assortment of these 
goods than has ever before beeu kept here. 
Wile* will find tt to tbelr advantage to call and look at my 
assortment of Eld Glover _ 
K.m mzxidrs 
LAKE, RAIN AND RIVER IV A TER FILTERS. 
H ave been in use for sixteen years, and in 
all parts ot tho United StatcB and tbe Canadas, have given 
the highest satisfaction. They are scientific In their construc¬ 
tion, Portable, Durable aud Cheap. Fortfitcnlnrs with particu¬ 
lars. address £ CHENEY A OO, 
Slloowlf Rochester, N. Y 
JIOKK18’ I'JiRKKGT ( MAIN PUMP. 
1 3HJH PUMP, JUST PATENTED, IS ENTIRELY SUO- 
. ckSirUL tt works without friction, never freere*, and does 
not lose a drop of water. The water Hows the Instant the crank 
Is turned. This Improvement can bo atm. bed to the common 
chain pump, and then It Is a perfect machine, with which a 
small child can raise water from any depth. Attachments, Pnmps, 
and Rights for Halo Full description by addressing 
S96oo7 J B BROWN. Propriet or, iih7 Market St., Phlla., Pa. 
NOTICK li.YTKAOKI»iNIKY. 
To Earmerswho Consult their Interest and Comfort. 
rii It K CELEBRATED EXCELSIOR nORSE POWER, 
JL Thresher ami Separator, tnannractnivd by the Snbaeribcr, 
has been awarded the first Premium, by the United Stales Agri¬ 
cultural Society at their great exhibition, held iu Louisville, 
Ky. Sept. 1. ”, 3, 1 and 6. It was thoroughly tested lu compe¬ 
tition with all the first Power* made in till*country,In presence 
of the judges, and was pninonuccd rho best, a* its name indi¬ 
cates. Those wishing these machines will please apply soon as 
tho demand Is largo and the supply limited. Oct tho best which 
is always tho cheapest. Agent* wanted where none are estab¬ 
lished. and if well ii'Comiucndod, a liberal commission will bo 
given them. Descriptive Catalogues with prices, Ac., funiished 
by mall free. For lurther particular*, address 
ll)2wlonw RIl'IlARI) H. PEASE, Albany, N. Y. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
tit* I.KimXCi WKEKLT 
Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper, 
is pvwusnEO mvmtiT satukdat 
BY D. I>. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Office, Union BuHdinge, Ojepoiitc the Court Houte. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Two Dollars a V*ar—$ 1 for six mouths. To Clubs and 
Agents aa follows:—Thrco Copies one year, for $5 ; Six Copies 
(aud one to Agent or getter up of Clnb.lfor $10; Ton Copies (and 
ono'to Agent,) for $15, arid any additional unmber at tho same 
rate, ($1,61) per copy ) As wo are obliged to pro-pay tho Ameri¬ 
can postngo on papont xout to the British Province*, our Cana¬ 
dian agonte and frteuds must add 12>£ cents per copy to the 
club rate* ol tho RvtUL. 
ry Subscriber* wishing their paprrs changed from one Post 
Ofllco to another, should be particular tn specifying tho offices 
at whlob thny are now received. 
AnvruriMxa— Brief and appropriate advertisement* will bo 
Inserted at S6 cents a lino, oaoh Inser tion, payable In advance. 
Onr rnlo Is to give no advertisement, unless very brief, more 
than four eonaeentlve Insertions Patent Medicines, Ao., are 
not advert 1 1 ml lu tho Rural on any conditions 
