3,bpcrtiscmcnts 
<• Why should I not, mother ? My impression 
is that the Government stands in greater need of 
men than money.” 
»< But not of such men as you are, James." 
“ I hope you don’t think I would make a poor 
soldier, mother ?” 
“ You could never bear the hardships of a mili¬ 
tary life.” 
“ I don’t know that. Have you forgotten my 
gymnastic training in College ? I belonged to a 
boat-club that stood as high as any in its time, 
and I don't think 1 have lost all my strength yet." 
Mrs. Blanchard was a woman, and defeated at 
one point, shifted her gronnd to another. 
••Besides, James (admire the ingenious use of 
this word, which quietly ignored her son’s refuta¬ 
tion of her former argument)—“besides, bow 
unlit you are in other ways for a common soldier. 
If you could be au officer it would be different. 
As a private you will be mixed up with all sorts 
of people, and have to mingle with them equally. 
Yon, with your education and refinement, would 
be thrown away in such a position.” 
if my education and refined tastes, as you 
call them, unfit me to serve my country, they 
will do me little credit” 
« But can’t you serve it in some other way ? 
Can't you send a substitute who would make 
your place good ?” 
“ Doubtless I could, and I can conceive of cir¬ 
cumstances which would make such a step the 
better course. But, unless absolutely necessary, 
mv d 11 tv to mv country is the Inst which 1 should 
by rev. h. boxar 
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J. Co., N V. The Fall Terra of ihl- Instatetion will com¬ 
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Biplier Blanches. !-•. Common Brandies, 523. r,i r oth’e- 
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fTue-St] Miss C. A. F.LDfUDGfe. Gatne-nlle. y y 
A GOOD JOKE, 
Bits of gladness and of sorrow, 
Strangely crowed and interlaid; 
Bits of cloud-belt and of rainbow, 
In deep alternate braid; 
Bits of storm when winds are warring, 
Bits of calm when blasts are stayed, 
Bits of silence and of uproar, 
Bits of sunlight and of shade; 
Bits of forest smothered hollow, 
And of open sunny glade; 
Strip Of garden and of moorland, 
Heath and rose together laid; 
Sereet leaf of brown October, 
April’s youngest, greenest, blade. 
Bits of day-spring and of sunset, 
Of the midnight, of the noon; 
Snow and ice of December, 
Living flush of crimson June. 
Sands of Egypt, fields of Sharon, 
Kush of Jordon, sweep of Nile; 
"Wells of Marah, shades of Klim, 
Sinai’s frown, and Canned’* smile. 
Depths of valley , peaks of mountains, 
Stretch of verdure-loving plain; 
Barren miles of ocean-shingle, 
0 Fertile straths of smiling grain. 
Broken shafts of Tyrian columns, 
Rolled and worn by wave aud time; 
Miles of colhmadc and grandeur, 
Luxor’s still majestic-prime. 
Truest music, jarring discord, 
Voice of trumpet and of lute; 
The thunder shower’s loud lashing, 
And the dew full, soft and mute. 
Now the garland, now the coffin, 
Now the wedding, now the tomb; 
Now the festal shout or thousands, 
Now the church-yard’s lonely gloom, 
Now the song above the living, 
Now the chant above- the dead; 
The smooth smile of Infant beauty, 
Age’s wan aud furrowed head. 
Sqire G-, of our county, had been a toper 
in times past, but upon the approach of the 
Maine Law excitement, reformed, and became a 
zealous advocate of that measure. Being at a 
public auction one day, soon after the law and 
excitement bad gone under, he came across a 
barrel of the ardent, which was being retailed 
by the quart. His taste was forthwith revived, 
but the memory of his late services In the tem¬ 
perance ranks would not permit him to buy a 
dram and drink it in public. But he could not 
leave, and so he occupied bis time in passing and 
re-passing the fragrant whisky barrel. Presently 
he met Josh 
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whose notions of propriety 
were not quite so strict, and lifting a dime from 
his pocket, placed it in Josh’s open hand, saying: 
“Josh, you take this dime and go down to 
that barrel and buy a quart, and when you see 
me coming, call out, ‘Squire, won’t you come 
and have something to drink?”’ 
Josh was pleased, and soon hail the quart, 
when the Squire bore down toward him, with 
head up and apparently unconscious of a drop 
being within a score of miles, when Josh, true to 
Ills orders, cried out, 
“ Squire, won't you come and have something 
to drink?” 
“ Well, I don't care if I do, replied the thirsty 
man, “being as we are old friends.” 
“Oh! stop a bit,” said Josh j “you are one of 
the cold-water fellows, and I only asked jest to 
try yon!” 
The squire left, a wiser and a dryer man. 
A NOBLE BAND, 
■fixate *L «=£ 
WHEELER, MELICK, & Co 
Proprietors, Albany, N\ Y., 
Mancfacterk Wheeler s Patent 
The Harrisburg correspondent of the Phila¬ 
delphia Press has the following account of a 
band of heroes who marched to defend that State 
from the rebel invaders: 
“ But an incident occurred here to-day that I 
wish to record : it is worthy the pen of the poet. 
I was just about to commence this letter, when I 
heard the sound of a drum and fife. Looking 
out of the windpw, I saw a small company of 
men marching up the street, and bearing three 
colors; one a small, worn and tattered silk flag, 
and the others new and fresh. As they ap¬ 
proached nearer, I discovered that they were 
very old men, and my curiosity being excited, I 
ran out and followed them to the capital, 
whither they were marching. And here is what 
I learned: 
“They were sixteen in all—members of the 
Soldiers’ Association of 1HL2, of Harrisburg. 
The oldest was seventy-six and the youngest 
sixty-eight Every man had served in the war 
of 1F12, and all belonged to a regiment com¬ 
manded by General Foster, who has lately died, 
and who is remembered with respect and affec¬ 
tion as one of the best citizens of this county. 
They were reviewed by Gen. Scott, at Baltimore, 
after bo was wounded. He rode up and down 
the ranks with his arm in a sling. The tattered 
flag was borne by a Pennsylvania regiment at the 
battle of Trenton, 1777, aud has been cherished 
in Harrisburg ever since that time. These vete¬ 
rans marched pp to the Governor’s room and 
tendered their services for the emergency. They 
wished to be put behind entrenchments, but if 
any other and harder service was required of 
them, they would cheerfully attempt it. In a few 
appropriate words they addressed the Governor, 
and he accepted them. The only favor that they 
asked was to be armed with the old flint-lock 
muskets, such as they used to carry when they 
were young. 
**It was a grand, inspiring sight! —those old 
men, scarcely hoping to live through the war, 
their locks white with the frosts of many winters, 
their frames bowed by age and long toil In the 
journey of liie, marched as briskly and accu¬ 
rately to the drum and life, as any of their grand¬ 
sons could. They seemed almost carried back 
to the olden time, so inspirit] ng was the occasion. 
When they came out of the Governor’s room they 
marched, according to the old fashion, in single 
file. They were halted on the green. It was 
curious to modern ears to Lear the order of the 
captain—so different from our tactics. It was: 
1 By sections ot two, march:’ instead of ‘ file right’ 
or ‘left,’ it- was ‘right’ or ‘left wheel;’ instead of 
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HORSE POWERS, 
FOR ONE, TWO AND THREE TIORSB8; 
PLANTATION OR LEVER HORSE POWER, 
fock horse or six mvle hear; 
RVi trier's Vatent Combined Threnher and 
Cleaner , 
No. 1, 30 inch and No. 2. 26inch Cylinder; 
Extra No. 1,3t inch Cylinder. 
Overshot Threshers and Separators, Circular and 
Cross-Cut Sawing Machines, 
Clover IlnlK-r*. Feed Cutler*), Hor*e Raker, Horse 
Porks, and other F nonius .Machines. 
Circulars, containinu list of I'lUCKS. and full descrip¬ 
tion, and 0CT3 of each machine, with statements of their 
capacities for work, will, on application, be sent by mail, 
poslaee free. 
Kjr- Liberal discounts are made to dealers. 
Responsible agents are wanted in sections where we have 
none. Address. 
WHEELER, TIE LICK A; Co., 
ALBANY, N Y 
military service. I think my parishioners win 
respect their minister none the less because he 
feels that at this time his duty to his couutry 
transcends his duty to them. I clearly under¬ 
stand that I shall meet with much that is repug¬ 
nant to my tastes, and that I could indulge them 
better at home. This is n sacrifice which I am 
ready to make for my country.” 
“ But, James, think of the peril. You may be 
shot; yon may lose your life by disease. Think 
how lonely my life would be without you.” 
This she said in a faltering voice. 
James i’0R« and took his mother's hand. 
“ We are all called upon to sacrifice ourselves 
in some way to our country. That may be your 
sacrifice. There is many a mother in our land 
who weens to-day in sore bereavement. I trust 
If the storm of adversity whistle around you, 
whistle as bravely yourself, perhaps the two 
whistles will make a melody. 
A Northern paper says an Irishman enlisted 
in the 75th regiment so as to be near his brother 
who was in the 7-ith. 
If you can’t coax a fish to bite, try your per¬ 
suasive powers upon a cross dog, and you will 
be sure to succeed. 
Facing the common, in a small inland village 
in Massachusetts, stood the residence of the 
Rev. James Blanchard. Though 
young minister, 
neither pretentious nor costly, its surroundings 
and appointments evinced a delicate and refined 
taste. Flowers in rich variety lined the walk 
that led up to the front door, or climbed the 
trellis which served as a rustic porch. 
The pleasantest room in the bouse was the 
young minister’s study. Here, again, there were 
signs of a refined aud cultivated taste. Shelves 
crowded with well-chosen books in many depart¬ 
ments of literature only left sufficient room along 
the walls for a few choice engravings and photo¬ 
graphs. Here was the l’acc of Goethe, pro¬ 
nounced In his twentieth year the handsomest 
youth in Europe; and Schiller, who divides with 
him the literary honors of the great Teutonic 
tongue. Next is a photograph of the. Coliseum 
by Moonlight, showing the exquisite softness In 
which Roman photographs excel. Beside it 
hangs a Venetian photograph- a palace rising 
out of the sea, a gondola in front into which a 
merry party are stepping. These and other pic¬ 
tures which adorned the minister’s study were 
brought by him from Europe, where he had 
passed the two years subsequent to his gradua¬ 
tion from the theological school. 
It may be asked how, with all these advan¬ 
tages, James Blanchard had been content to 
settle down in the little village of Gresham on a 
salary of five hundred dollars. Undoubtedly he 
might havo obtained other settlements more 
alluring in a worldly point of view. Indeed he 
bad received overtures from a wealthy society 
in a neighboring city since his settlement here, 
but he was little influenced by ambition, and the 
evident solicitude of his more humble parish¬ 
ioners lest he should leave them dispelled at once 
any lingering irresolution in his own mind. In 
his worldly circumstances he was independent ol 
his profession, and indeed the small stipend 
I708-U] 
TTEEETION NOTICE— SHERIFFS OFFICE, 
K CocntY "I Mojtkok.— Notice I* hereby given, pur 
Hiaut to the Statutes of thin State, raid of theanm-x-: 
notice from the Secretary of fetal*', that the GE.NhtUJ, 
FLECTION will tie held In this < mint’ on th« TIL-IU i 
Succeeding the first Monday of November. 
(3d) 1863. at which election ihe officers named in the an¬ 
nexed notice will be elected. fAMES j, WARREN 
Sheriff ot the County of Monroe. 
Dated Rochester, August 3d. 1W 
STATE OF NEW YORK, 
OFK1CK OF Tint HKCllETAUV OF STATK, , 
Albany, August 1st, 18C3. S 
To Ihe Sheriff of the Conroy tf Monro, : 
Slit—Notice i* hereby mven, Unit »t the General Elec- 
tion to he held in ti>>M State, on the Tuesday succeeding 
t he tirat Monday ol November nest, the following office: 
are to he elected, to wit: 
A Secretary efUtnte, in the idaeeof Doratio Ballard; 
A Comptroller, in Uie place of bucius Robinson; 
A Treasurer, in the place ot W ‘ limn B. Few is; 
Vu Attorney Genentl. iu ‘lie flat-; ol Darnel S. Iffi: n- 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
HISTORICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 41 letters. 
My 12, 28, 21, 30,17, 34, 10 was a battle-field of the Rev¬ 
olution. 
My 27, 2, 6, 19 captured Washington in 1814. 
My 39, 87, 22, 8, 16, 3 is a General In the present war. 
My 3&, 34, 26, 13, 22 was one of Napoleon’s Marshals. 
My 16, 20, 30, 4. IS, 4, 31,14, 15, 4, 19, 14 immortalized 
one of Cit-sara victories. 
My 39, 34. 26, 33, 39,11, 10, 6 was a Royal Family. 
My 17, 0, 7, 13, 40, 25 was one of the seven wise men. 
My 41, 34, 10, 1, 37, 41, 4, 26, 6 fouuded the Chinese re¬ 
ligion. 
In my 41, 27, 37, 6, 7, 31, 29,19 millions perished. 
My 4,17, 23, 7, 41, 7 was the dwelling place of Ulysses. 
My 88, 19,12, 39, 8, 9, 7 was captured by my 1,13, 34, 3, 
14, 31, 7 during the present war. 
My whole was the dying words of a General. 
Eddyville, N. Y., 1863. E. W. Clarke. 
t3T Answer in two weeks. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
I am eomposed of 21 letters. 
My 7 , 14, 11,15,13 is a county in Iowa. 
My 21. 0, 5, 15 is a county in Mississippi. 
My 12,1, 7 is a river lu North Carolina. 
My 18, 3, 6, 9,10 is a city in South America. 
My 2. 7, 4, 10, 19, 5 is Uie capital of a Gorman State. 
My 20, 3,17, 8 Is a county in Indiana. 
My 9, 5, 16,19,16, 5 is a lake in New York. 
My whole is an old saying. 
Jordanville, N. Y-, 1863. F. 1! 
nr Answer in two weeks. 
CANCERS CURED!-All persons hilUCTeu wun l 
C Tumors, Swellings, or old sores, no matter of how 
Inuir fctmnHiik'v ran receive, t Fkxk ok Cuargk, jSt I J 
Circular debcVibing the mode of treatment tiaed for nuiny 
vemUr th^lX^rs at their Cancer Hospital, in .New 
York City Cancel« ure removed without Pain, and with- 
out the use of the knife. , op/JrM ir A?TnHIV 
Address Drs. BABCOCK A TOBIN. 
fTliS-LD No. 27 Bond etrect. New York, A. * • 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 26 letters. 
My 21,10, 14,1C, 12 is a man’s name. 
My 1,10,15, 8,16, 5 is a musical instrument. 
My 17, 7, 20, 22 is an island east of Maine. 
My 2,11, 8,16,12, 23 is a lake in New York. 
My 19,13, 9, 9,16, 8, 25 is a girl’s name. 
My C, 9, 4, 7 is au adjective. 
My 24, 2, 4, 9 is one of the nine digits. 
My 21, 4, 3, 18,15, 11 is a county in New York. 
My whole should be considered by those liable to con¬ 
scription. 8 - e ' s - 
Elmira, N. Y'., 1863. 
Answer in two weeks. 
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY 
There is no richer, better cultivated, or more 
prosperous agricultural region in the whole 
North, than that which has been recently over¬ 
run and plundered by the rebels. The Cumber¬ 
land Valley extends from the Susquehanna to 
the Potomac, a distance or about eighty miles. 
It comprises the counties of Cumberland and 
Franklin, In Pennsylvania, and the county of 
Washington, in Maryland, containing an aggre¬ 
gate population of nearly one hundred thousand 
souls. From two and a half to three millions of 
bushels of wheat are annually produced in the 
valley, together with vast quantities of rye, oats, 
corn, hay. potatoes, and all manner of produce. 
The soil is a rich limestone, not easily affected 
by drouth, and admirably adapted for grazing, 
as well as grain-growing. The number of horses 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
If a body weigh in one pan oi an untrue balance 
lbs., and in the other 27 lbs., can the reader determii 
from these data, the true weight of the body ? 
Couvemeur, N. Y., 1863. E. A. Dodds. 
Answer in two weeks. f 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ANAGRAM. 
Oex flata cre&nbemiem—noe rosorw hatt tswroh 
Sit blake heads kleia ro’e ron sjoy dan uro sowe— 
Ot ivhlici file ginthon draerknor bigtherr acn bignr, 
Rof whhei jyti hath on lamb—dan fictional!' on girds 
Orange, N. Y-, 1863. T - 
Answer in two weeks. 
When Robert came home she communicated 
the information she had obtained Iromtlie baker. 
“ Well, mother. I'm in goodcompany,” he said, 
cheerfully. 
“You mean the minister ?” 
“ Yes, he has been drafted too.” 
•• That is all it will come to. He’ll never go.” 
*• Why won't he ?” 
“You won't catch him going. He’ll pay the 
money first.” 
“ You are mistaken about that, mother. He 
has made up his mind to go.” 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 707. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Thelove of money is 
the root of all evil. 
Answer to Riddle:—A goose quill. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma: — Thou shalt not 
steal. 
Answer to Algebraical Problem:—16 sheep. 
War- are to the body politic what drams are to 
the individual. They may sometimes prevent a 
sudden dissolution, but if frequently resorted to, 
or too long persisted in, tliety heighten the ener¬ 
gies only to hasten death. 
