nER §, BEAD A FEW REASONS FOR IJSIACJ THE | 
9RT,1BEE STE.Eli /i.V(»7.V/i, | 
Which we Manufacture for Agricultural Purposes. , 
to drive the cows to the pasture, and seemed 
to be in deep thought. “ Scott,” said he, at 
length, “ do you think it was as dark in the 
dark ages as it is now ?” 
About (.’rowing.— A little four-year old 
boy was so delighted with a little baby 
cousin that he wanted to take her out sleigh¬ 
riding on his hand-sled. “ But, said his 
father, “ What, if you should tip her over in 
the snow V” “ Oh," said lie, “ 1 would get a 
crow-bar and crow her up.” 
Ok thic Heathen.—Charley, who had 
been present at a missionary meeting, where 
a collection was taken to send billies to the 
heathen, surprised his admiring parent on 
the way home by inquiring,—“ W hen the 
heathens get rich won't they make us a pres¬ 
ent*” 
Breakage.— A little three-year old, seeing 
his mother putting up a bottle of molasses 
for her wagoner to take* with his lunch as 
he was going to market, said 1 Mother, Ike 
wagon will stump its toe and break that bot¬ 
tle.” 
Good Reasonings.— The same little boy 
being told at the table, he must not hand his 
plate before his older brothers and sisters 
were helped, replied, “ Mother, when Moixy 
goes to milk, she always turns the littlest 
calf to the cow first.” 
Rain in the Winter. — Four year old 
gets up on a rainy morning In January and 
comes from his bedroom rubbing his eyes, 
and says, “ Papa, what does God make it. 
rain in the winter for, when there's milling 
in the garden to grow ? ” 
nmor 
A MUSS-TAKE IN MY GRAMMAR 
LESSIN’. 
BOYISH AMBITION 
BV .JARVIS WILTON. 
“ Wnr do you not attend the day instead 
of evening schools V” was asked of a bright- 
eyed Norwegian hoy, who appeared more 
studious than most, of the otlicrs. 
“ I can’t get time through the day,” was 
the prompt reply _ 
“ Pray, what prevents a boy like you lrom 
attending school every day ?” 
“ Because there’s only mother and T, and I 
must learn a trade. I’m learning to be a 
printer. I’d rather boa printer than any¬ 
thing else; for there’s more of a chance lor 
learning something and being somebody 
t han in most other trades. I can’t spell very 
well, and so 1 attend the evening school. 1 
want to learn all 1 can, for I don’t mean to 
be just a printer. When I get to he a man, 
if I can learn enough, I will he an editor or 
a publisher. I learn ft great deal in a print- 
First.—*Bocnu*« they wo aaapwsa jw 
doing so much of the hard work on the 
farm. Mich a* Sawing Wood or Lumber, 
TmiKsm.Na, CORN giiltuiNO, Grind¬ 
ing. cniKK Makino. Cutting and 
Steaming Fred, pumping, Churning, 
CHP.ESK MAKING, Ac., Ac. 
Second. — Bochum! wherever applied 
their nro 1* more ECONOMICAL than the 
use ol lior,•*08, the CO*t of the fuel being 
but a fraction of the coat of the feed 
needed for horse* that can do their work. 
Are ready early )n the morning, untired 
late at night do not stop to eat or drink. 
Third. —Because the Engine furnishes 
help at that season of the year when the 
horses are most needed to take the crops 
to market, or to prepare the soil for the 
(BY OUR ILLITERATE ARTIST.) 
Fourth. — Because the Engine, put,* tno jk 
harvest more at the command of the tar- 
mer, enabling him, with its untiring power, 
to CLEAN Til« CROPS QUICK sit than with ■_ 
horses, thereby getting the grain from the 
weather, and, If desirable, to an early 
market. _3 
Fifth. — Because the Engine's cost Is - 
scarcely one-half the value of the, horses that 
can do its work; and well cared for, will Iasi 
oats while not at work. 
81 sth.—Because with its use in grinding or 
the food is better economized, and the animals fed, better thrived. 
Seventh -Because that, most especially on the farm, away from good mechanics or a repair shop, 
a machine that is reliable, made of good materials, of good workmanship, Is the machine to buy. 
the ordinary life of horses, while it eats no 
Positive* BE! 
zirB - .Grows £ 
BECAUSE 
ITS STEAM UTILIZES THE GRAINS, HAY, HOOTS, Ac., FED 
IT PAYS FOR ITSELF 
over again every season, and is just as necessary on the farm as the. Mower or Draper. 
ich wo have abundant evidence in our own experience, and also from those to whom w 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.-No. 9 
I am composed of twenty-live letters. 
My 12, II, 10, IS, 20 is one of the digits. 
My 1, H, S3, 3,25 Is a girl's name. 
My 4,11, I t. JO, IT is »o Instruct. 
My 2,!), :t, 16 is worn by men. 
My 2;!, 6,«, 25 is where gold is found. 
My 19,21,20, T means a poem. 
My 13, II, 22. 23, 24 is laughable. 
My whole is an old saying. 
Frank fort. HI. 
An over in two weeks. 
hicli shows that one of our engines, in three months’ 
and set up at over eighty different places. 
N. V.. Feb. 4th, lfW>. 
facts and figures in regard to 
in reply, would say that we 
— ■■ average of nearly 
* coirs were 
1 per day, 
\ve think 
- —: as 
^ __ I |,r the 
uur experience **i .-even 
. .. rine-hrtlf as much ns we 
how t^e 1 farmers like*? the steam-pewe». would 
Id"notTtXresh ter all tluit wanted us : but wo can s* ml you 
rv man f*.r whom we did thresh. . The farmers imu:ll rather 
:i needed for ton horses, because it is much cheaper. 
respectfully, LEONA1VD VANmViE. 
MERIDIAN, Cayuga Co. 
i; You ask for some 
ar has done for UP, _ . - 
Ivc w*‘i"ks. earning (1.027*44. ut an 
IipiI bushel-, each. The vxpoitMai for re 
Wo used about two curds ol store-weed pci 
ru to fourteen barrels of water per day. ■ ■ 
,iigb lli> season as ten horses or u swt op-powij 
capacity of the Engine Is only limit' d 
We base our jndumont. on .—. 
■r earning 
Messrs. A, N. Wood A Go.. Eaton. N. Y.—Graft 
• ,n (pi,rk 1 1 1 <• Engine wu pm* luiseil *>1 ynu hurt '*••' 
i an‘shod with the Engine, .‘i 1,490 bushel* grain * n . t ’ v ”l 
nee cents per bushel. Thn jobs averaged four huml 
one ilollar, ami that was througl. *mr * mOlWWie^. 
i,Hi- .lays los/, never mori'; and we used from twav 
vmir 'I'hresiling Engine Will earn tw ee as mm. n> 
lino,' is no wailing tor horses to cat m rest, wh h• tii 
amount that ran he got to and from the separator. 
years’ threshing, and we have not heard of any lon-h'Ms 1 
ih,I during the same time —throe months. In regard to 
env (he only trouble was that wo com..- ---• 
id. bent word of recommendation of every man for wh 
furnish the wood aud water Mian the grain needed for ti 
ORNITHOLOGICAL ENIGMA. No. 1 
I am composed of thirty letters. 
My 1,12,21,11 if* a web-footed water fowl. 
My 2,13,25,19,17 is it bird that lives on fish. 
My 20,20, 8,14 is a migratory aquatic fowl. 
My 25,21, 5, 11 is a bird that, inhabits marshy 
places. 
My 7, 5, 29, 3 is a rapacious bird. 
My 2d, 2, 25, 5, V, 3 is a bird that feeds on living 
prey. 
My 4, 25,2fi. 18 is a small insessorial bird. 
M \ 9, 24, B, 7 is a water fowl mtlch used lor food. 
My 20,17,5,23, 28*is a bird noted lor its long, 
Blender bill. . ,. 
My 10,21,11, it, 19,22 is a bird usually trained to 
fowling. , ,, , 
My 1,15, 25. 27,20,30 Is a dent irosf nil sniffing hird. 
My 20, 4, 21, 18 is it large, elegant aquatic fowl. 
My whole is u saying of t he wisest man. 
Hemlock Lake, J?. Y. Henri • 
Answer in two weeks. 
7 EG ETA 1ILE PLANTS FOR EARLY 
/ CROPS. , „ u 
Now ready. True Burly Wakefield Cab- — — 
i 11 .... i o i 1 , l t r.» nt i *1 
fxtlRREIJVCf OIL 
j\o\u rcaay. i wh h " , ./v ^ « inrm 
Imsre Flnntj* (uuld 1 ni mo). *10.00 v 1UUU 
Dtirly Krfoi Cauliflower 
Pl.int- icrold liittm*).. K00? 1000 
** “ Horseradish Sot*. .••• i.ouriixw 
May. .-»» M „ „ 
■■ ■■ •aJStSSl&SSSf.tS: »«» m 
“ “ New Vurk Improved Kgg 
Plant* (grown In pota)... S.liu t* aw 
“ “ Black Pekin and barge 
White Kgg Plains (grown 
in pots) .. • m-tw.u 100 
’ ' ppiTKlt HENDERSON, 
Soerir-nmii and Market Gardener, 
Gardens, Bergen City, N. .1. In Nassau bt.. N. \ ■ 
PROBLEM. No. 7 
^ / t tl A N 0« No. I PICRl vnn. 
\ X s>irtlu's “ Soluble l'hospho-Vcruyi «u• , 
Do ” AmmoiiUitOl Soluble PntAfh'." Also, Curohnet 
■me Phosphate, and Oround Lnm/ P/asIrr. 
! hu u-*' "1 the above Kolutile Pbosphu-I ei uv Inn, 
vt Aimuonlatod Soluble i’aeltluGnknoj.in parUcvi- 
rlv rcciumemiod. being compound** ot the ncbcsi 
acliic Phohidiatle Guuoo*:, rendered soluble, tno 
■riuur containing pur ccut. of „«', U ,n"l- 
jd i lie latter highly amim.mated wl t ha 11 mal m * l 
... -milking tin- most concentrated and protitaoie 
rtihzi r- in urc for Cotton, Cbrn. >Vheut. 
id all other crops. For pilws ami full particular*. 
;nd for pamphlet. ForwdS In Bu»* and Bfttv 
iv'o! WJxtm* l,y B8 wall 8®, NOW York. 
“ i* i*i*iI vnur iniid and It will food you. ’ S06-4too 
l» good for Rheumatism^ ChllMains^ corns, nit- 
lows, Caked Breast, Sore Nipples, Cramps, bolls. 
Bites of Animals. Weakness of the Joints, contrac¬ 
tions of the Muscle*. Bui ns and Scalds, Frost Bites, 
Painful Nervous Affections, Chapped Hands, Lame 
Back, Pain in the Side. Swellings, Tumors, Tooth 
Ache. Old Sores. Hemorrhoids nr Piles. Galls of all 
kind*' Flesh Wounds, Sprains. Bruises. Ring Bono, 
Cracked Heel*.Poll Evil, WindgulKCallous. Spavin. 
Sweeney. Fistula, Sitfast. External Poisons. Stnng- 
linit Scratches or Grease, Sunil Cracks, Lameness, 
strains, Foundered Kent, Mange. Horn Distemper. 
Garget in Cows. Cracked Teats. Foot Rot w Sheep, 
and mauv other disease* Incident to Man and Beast. 
Always inquire for MERCHANT SGKLLBRA LKD 
GARGLING OIL, and take no other. 
RETAIL PRICE, $1, 50 AND 25 CENTS. 
Shake well before using, and rub on thoroughly 
before the Urn or some warm substance. 
Tito Gargling Oil has been in use a* u liniment for 
thirty-six years. All wo ask is a fair tetal, but be 
suro and follow directions. 
Ask your nearest druggist or dealer in Patent Medi¬ 
cines for one Of our Almanacs and Vade Mocums, 
and read what the people say about the Oil. 
At the commencement of the year 1888, A let 
out eleven sheep to double onoo in every four 
years, and If lot out five, to double once in every 
three years. On what day in the future will B s 
sheep and their increase equal A's and their in- 
oroosc ? 
Munnsvillo, N. Y. n - F * R - 
gv/~ Answer in two weeks. 
GLIMPSES OF GENIUS, 
WARNING TO YOUNG MEN. 
Charles Lamb told his sad experience, 
is a warning to young men, in the following 
language; “ The waters have gone over me. 
But out of the black dept hs, com Id 1 he 
heard, 1 would cry outto all those who have 
set a foot in the perilous Hood. Could the 
youth to whom the flavor of the first nine 
‘is as delicious as the opening scenes of life 
or the entering upon some newly discovered 
paradise, look into my desolation, and he 
made to understand how drear it is when he 
shall feci himself going down a precipice, 
with open eyes and a passive will to his de¬ 
struction, and have no human power to stop 
it, and yet feci it all the. way emanating from 
himself; to see all godliness emptied out of 
him and yet not able to forget a time when 
it was otherwise; to hear the piteous spectacle 
of his own ruin; could he see my fevered 
eye, fevered with last night’s drinking, and 
feverishly looking for to-night s repealing <>i 
t he folly; could he but feel the body of death 
out of which I cry hourly wit h feebler outcry 
to be delivered, it were enough to make him 
dash the sparkling beverage to the earth, in 
all the pride of its mantling temptation.” 
---- 
THE RURAL FOUR-YEAR OLDS. 
[Mothers of Smart Children are invited io 
L contribute to tins Department.] 
Cbarlky’s Drscription of Broadway.— 
“ You walk along and walk along; and oh! 
you see beautiful things in the windows; and 
o]i! they ain’t yours 1” 
Tile Dark Aoks.—A n intelligent lad of 
about twelve years was one day reading 
h thing in relation to the dark ages, and 
a little brother of four years heard him. 
That evening wa very dark and stormy. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS-No. 8 
A white boy mot a colored lad the other day 
and asked him wha t lie laid such a short nose 
tor. “ I spool's so it won't poke itsolt into othu 
people’s business.” 
Elderly and Anxious Traveler.- Do you 
think the 12;50 train will bo punctual, sir?. 
Party »ddrossud. Well, 1 really can't say. It 
will be 10 to I il it is. 
A gentleman, on taking n volume to be 
bound, was asked if ho would have i| bound to 
Russia. “ Oh. no." he replied, “ Russia is loo far 
M(M0] 
IELYTRA EXIIUIA— A RARE AND 
bountiful spiiides, blntmiine profusely nil simi- 
K* 'Imre andfhnvcr are v cry pretty and neat ; por- 
y hardy. Good plants, par mull, fide. ; W per doz. 
tITOM A IJ VARIA—One r.r the most showy flow- 
* plants, with spikes of orange colored flower*, 
e to hvo feet hitdi, blooming from June to Oeto- 
A siicht eoverinp of straw protects tho roots 
uKh winter in this lulltudo. Fluuts mailed free 
. each , f3 '*p^\K'Yticiunonfl, Indiana. 
VIPGE BI T EFFECT!) A I*. — THE 
entire freedom from all deleterious ingredients 
Lers “Drown'* DrnncMM Troches , or 
■o Lozfmpos. n safe remedy tor the most dkdicate 
sale or younyrst cnild, and has caused them to be 
i in the hoflo-ri esteem py Singers and Puhdc 
jbpr> ireneritllv. Ln Couplis, iiTiuitioo ot thu 
out cnusutl by fold or Unusual Exertiqn of the 
d organs, in Hponklng ln public, or singing, they 
luce the most beneficial results. 
Lyndonvillo, N. Y. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ANAGRAM.-No. 7, 
Fi yerve e’son lantirne tohutgh, 
Re wo wintter no sih wrob, 
Who namy douwl uro tlpy vome, 
How weka oru vony won! 
Enon, Pa. A * 1 
;37" Answer in two weeks. 
Gold Hunt'-ng Watches. Ladies’ Size. 70 
Event Watch warranted by special certificate from 
thelrnencan Watch Company. We will send these 
Watches hv Express to any place, with bill to collect 
on delivery, and nine the purclMnfi r the irnffiligi lo open 
the naekdai anil LXumine-the Watch he fob paying, and 
inv Watch that doe* not give siitisfiouiqi; may Im 
exehn ogeii **•' the mum y will tv n ti 'invl, Kvery ono 
isrequnstod to writo fur our DeseriiiLtve I ncc-I.ist, 
which explain* the different kuidl* with prle*- i.feucti. 
Please stole that you stain tlrii in ft neat j' 1 w-\ orltcr. 
Address in full, llO W V ItA « <L, 
Jewelers ami Silversmiths, 
iw> ti’ No. 019 Broadway, N. Y. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
HIOOVEK SK\VIN(* MAOHINEtrpiJ'" 
class ..ill lieeiiseil. t * “ 1 "■ 
ms, uiUlrcss Cinool'KE 8. M. < *>., Boston, Mass. 
DON’T TOI1 II IT, UNLESS 
In .11 1 Wole.ott. e I ai n 
uilatiik, lorOatan h. 
cheated. Sold by all 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Cross-Word Enigma No. 2.—Persia. 
Problem No. 5. - 209.07238 square feet. 
Charade No. 8. - Captain. 
Anagram No. 
Then poets their raptures may tell, 
Who never wore put to tho test: 
A first love is nil very well; 
Hut, believe mo. the last is the best. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 0.- Woodman spare 
that t too. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 7. — Y) enlth may 
take to itself wings and Ilyaway. 
Zoological Enigma No. 1. — Abstain from all 
appearance of evil. 
L ook out. 
in outo while wrapp 
Paint. f»r pain,and ins A 
Take none oilier, or you 
druggists. 
I )OHT \ Rl.E STIC VIH ENGINES— FO.H 
I FA KM. Ml XIN it C»V .MwnANirAl* IMIVIMih-.s. 
TIu's** mneliitn!!* reipilre no brick work • n: !’ u, ' l A‘' 1l “ n 
logs they are e>pi*. i:iily 
^itnlN I. ol' NO' UtL* or PlUNlIM* UOtlMs. * 
lie mined on iv bools they are wlaptert 
wort,, tioci.su lx*;. Wood m«imi,4c. sen Rural 
New Yorker of August 15tli. lkW. tlrst page. 
"■j— ( i reals is w l th dcacriptlon and prices furnish* 
ed on application t*.» A. N, WOOD A CO., Luton. 
Mudtson CO.. N. V. 
sale, with 
997-21 
