The Patent 
Sheathing* and Roofing* Board, 
Manufactured by the Bock River Paper Co., 13 La 
Salle 8t., Chicago, is used with universal success to 
make houses warm and dry, as follows: —On the 
studs Instead of sheeting : between the sheeting and 
siding ; under shingles or slate; on the inside,under 
floors; and Instead of plastering. Ordinary houses 
may be covered on the outside for the trilling sum 
of Ten to Thirty Dollars, according to size. 
f3f Samples and descriptive circulars sent free to 
any address. 
BOCK RIVER PAPER CO., CHICAGO. 
A BOY’S ODE TO SPRING, 
I think I love you, 8pricg, — I ain’t quite sure. 
You see I miss my coasting ; and the Ice 
Your rather touch lag smile* could not endure. 
And eo I cannot skate, which Isn’t nice. 
My skating with the girls was awful Jolly; 
I bad such fun, — especially with molly ! 
She never seemed afraid. She’d let me go 
As fust us Dexter, and she'd never scream; 
And I — 1 Uked a lively pace, you know, 
To keep away from little billy Gukemk. 
He liked to bold on MOLLY’S other hand, 
Which wasn't nice In him —you understand. 
But, now I’ve put my skates and sled away. 
I find the noonings rather dull and dry : 
Tho other* at their'* snap un'catch ’em ’’ play,— 
A silly game I never Join,— for why.— 
That BILLY GRBKME Is alius snappin’ MOLLY, 
And she runs after him us though 'twus Jolly ! 
They call you balmy and delightful, Spring — 
These pilot chaps who write and talk In rhyme. 
And tell of bud* and beauties that you bring, 
And make you out the sweetest child of Time, 
I think I’ve hotter children of Ills seen, 
But then,— you're vory young, and very green I 
You’ll grow to something pretty nice, mayhup. 
And then I’ll love you more than now, I hopes 
And If 1‘see you holding in y.mr lap 
A lot of flowers to scatter on the slopes, 
I’ll beg a few for MOLLY, and may be 
She’ll keep a heartsease, after that, for me ! 
An Illustrated description of tho Watches made by 
the Aninrlcun Watch Company of Waltham will be 
sent to any address on application. 
In addition to a description of the Watches, the 
pamphlet contains much other useful information 
to wateb-buyers. ROBBINS A APPLETON, 
General Agent*. No. 1S2 Broadway, N. Y. 
pORTABLE STEAM ENGINES, 
For Farm, Mining, ox* 
MECHANICAL PURPOSES. 
These Machines require no brick work; mounted 
on logs, they are especially adapted for use In Mills, 
Shops, Foundries, or Printing Rooms; or mounted 
on wheels, they are adapted for out-door work, 
Threshing, Wood-sawing, ecc. 
Circulars, with description and prices, furnished on 
application to A. N. WOOD & CO., 
1UW-l.it Eaton, Madison county, N. Y. 
) ALPH'S “ONEIDA” CHEESE VAT 
THE BEST IN THE WORLD. 
Complete and ready far use. -Vo pipe* that fit with 
scale and render it useless. Lc>» labor and, fuel; more 
amt letter cheese ure its merits. Send for Circular and 
prices. WM. RALPH ,v CO.. Utica, N. Y. 
BOYS WANTED, 
If young Rural readers ever perusvi the 
advertising columns of various journals, they 
must be impressed with the great number of 
“Wants.” Everybody “wants” something; 
almost everything is “ wanted.” This is a 
very wide country, and hardly anyone place 
or locality contains the whole that the people 
therein desire. We never saw but one place 
that seemed to have a little of everything in 
it. That was, and is,— because the good 
people near couldn’t spare it,—an immense 
building in Montreal called the Bonsecour 
Market. And that is kept there just to sup 
ply the needs of the many thousands who 
visit it from day to day. 
If a Montreal housekeeper wants a loaf of 
bread, she goes there for it; if she requires 
some meat, or fish, or eggs, or flour, a 
clothesline, a paper of needles, or a skein of 
silk, she gets it there. If a boy wishes a pet 
rabbit, or squirrel, or a pair of doves, he can 
get either there. Or if the nurse-girl, or any 
other girl, desires a pair of ear-rings, there 
she can find them. 
Boys and girls everywhere have then* little 
wants. Men and women have then- larger 
ones. And the wide world has its great ones, 
that are hard to satisfy. In the Rural a few 
weeks ago we said Men were wanted. So 
they are. But Boys are also wanted,—honest, 
noble, manly boys. Such boys will make 
the desired men. Some one has declared, 
and truly, that these boys should possess ten 
points, which are thus given : 
1. Honest. 2. Pure. 3. Intelligent. 4. 
Active. A Industrious. 0. Obedient. 7. 
Steady. 8. Obliging. 9. Polite. 10. Neat. 
One thousand first-rate places are open for 
one thousand boys who corao up to the 
standard. Each boy can suit his taste a9 to 
the kind of business be would prefer. The 
places are ready in every kind of occupa¬ 
tion. Many of them are already filled by 
bays who lack some of the most important 
points, but they M ill soon be vacant. 
One is in an office not far from where we 
write. The lad who has the situation is 
losing his first point. He likes to attend the 
circus and the theater. This costs more 
money than he can afford, but somehow he 
manages to be there frequently. His em¬ 
ployers are quietly •watching to learn how 
he gets so much extra spending money; 
they will soon discover a leak in the money- 
drawer, detect the dishonest boy, and his 
place will be ready for some one who is now 
getting ready for it by observing point No. 1 
and being truthful in all his ways. 
Some situations will soon be vacant, be¬ 
cause the boys have been poisoned by read¬ 
ing bad books, such as they would not dare 
to show to their father?, and would bo 
ashamed to have their mothers see. The 
impure thoughts suggested by these books 
will lead to vicious acts; the boys will be 
ruined, and their places must be filled. Who 
will be ready for one of these vacancies? 
Distinguished lawyers, useful ministers, skill¬ 
ful physicians, successful merchants, must 
all soon leave their places for somebody else 
to fill. One by one they are removed by 
death. Miiul your ten points, boys; they 
will prepare you to step into vacancies in 
the front rank. Every man who is worthy 
to employ a boy is looking for you, if you 
have the points. Do not fear that you will 
be overlooked. A young person having 
these qualities will shine as plainly as a star 
at night. 
We have named ten points that go toward 
making up the character of a successful boy, 
so that they can be easily remembered. 
You can imagine one on each finger, and so 
keep them in mind; they will be worth more 
than diamond rings, and you will then never 
be ashamed to “ show your hand.” 
1 WKW.YV 
grain, and Hint, too, from whatever direction It 
was approached. I am con Aden t that, for gather¬ 
ing laid grain, and for facility of handling to 
adapt it to lodgedatid standing spots, where such 
alternate in afield, your Harvester has no equal. 
J liko it, also, forits simplicity, its light draft, its 
adaptability to the various kinds of work it 
should perform, its strengt h, wide cut, safe and 
easy driver's seat, and for having the best self- 
rake yet. invented." 
The Cycloid Mower, manufactured by the 
same firm, ts unique, compact, strong, and a fit 
machine to accompany the Harvester. Parties 
desiring information respecting terms, agencies, 
&c., should address Johnston, Huntley & Co., 60 
West Lake 8t„ Chicago, 111., or Brockport, N. Y. 
It often perplexes the farmer to make a selec¬ 
tion. which be thinks will best satisfy his needs, 
from the many excellent harvesters now offered 
by manufacturers. The sharp rivalry between 
agents of different machines, the praise and the 
detraction he hears, do not tend to diminish 
his embarrassment, and he oftentimes regrets, 
after purchasing, not heeding tho advice of well 
Informed and disinterested parties. 
“ Johnston's Self-Raking Reaper," illustrated 
above, has been before the public long enough 
to giilii u Hue reputation, win several prizes at 
State Trials and Fairs, and, in competition with 
all the machines working in the broad grain 
fields of the West, shows itself a rival from which 
they have the most to fear, and farmers the most 
to gain. It is built expressly for harvesting, its 
manufacturers asserting(wlial. indeed may not 
be controverted) that machines combined for 
mowing and reaping cannot equal it in ease of 
draft, durability, and quality of work, and that, 
though the first coat of a reaper and mower sepa¬ 
rate is a trifle greater than of a combined ma¬ 
chine, yet, when the relative durability and 
other points are considered, the separate ma¬ 
chines are 1 he most economical. 
Mr. G. F. Wilcox of Monroe county, N. Y., 
(one of the Associate Editors of the Rural.) 
havirigpurchaaed one of these Harvesters and 
used it last season, expressed his opinion of it in 
a letter ns follows: — “ In all places the machine 
gave satisfaction; It picked up the worst laid 
Tin: sref ess of the dodge 
JL SELF It A KRIt during tho ,uu»un Ims hoen 
boyond alt nrccTilent. Its superior merits have Leon 
fully estahiimad oy the Uniterm antivtaction it has 
given, ami hr tho erithu«in»tlc roporta of the thou¬ 
sands of purchaser*. Tho great artvnntago of this 
linker over all other* 1*, Hint. It requires no adjust¬ 
ment, hut Is always ready for work it) any kind of 
crop, short or long, lodged •** otherwise, and the 
driver can make envois will) either of the Rakes, 
arid whenever he chooses, in perfect order for bind¬ 
ing. The Machine is also a splendid Mower. For 
further information, please write for a pamphlet. 
A reliable time-keeper Is now an article, 
of necessity to every one, and as such the 
Genuine Waltham Watches, v/ithtlje late 
Improvenjenis, tiro succrior to ETTother 6 , 
We send [single jA/aitlVcs jt) Exm 2S6, with 
bill to collect c* dJilvei/ -o aFy part of 
the ccunilry. at dreatjl/ ri&uc ed price?, and 
Q Li O IS K 
GOLD AND SILVER 
reriNINO COMPANY 
CAPITAL $650,000 J\ SHARES OF $10 
EACH. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 
Si. I'NAsihEHSAULE. 
xxnxox 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS,-No. 12 
PUNNING ON A GRAVE SUBJECT 
The following souiiVt is copied from the tomb 
Stone of a youth who died from too much 
fruit pie: 
Currants have check'd the current of my blood, 
And berries brought mo to be buried here; 
Pear* have par'd off roy body’s hardihood, 
Aud plums and plumbers spave not one so spare. 
Fain would I feign tny fall; so lair it faro 
Lessens not hate, yet 'tlsa lesson good. 
Gilt Will not long hide guilt, such thin washed waro 
Wear* quickly, and it* rudo touch soon ts mod. 
Grave on my grave some sentence grave andterso, 
That lies not as St lies npon my clay, 
But in o gentle strain of unstrained verse, 
Prays all to pity a poor putty's prey, 
Rehearses I was fruitful to my hearso, 
Tells that my days ore told, and soon I’m toll’d away! 
The property of this Company is situated in Moni¬ 
tor District, A Iplue Co., California, on Monitor Creek, 
one mile east of ttie main Carson River, forty miles 
south of Carson City, capital of Nevada. It consists 
of ‘J,000 feet of the HERCULES Lode, a massive 
vein of Gold and Silver-bearing Quart* more than 
100 feet-in width ana 600 feet on the Abe Lincoln 
L ode, parallel to and adjoining the HmtCUUts. The 
developments already made and In progress on the 
GLOBE MINIS (the new tunnel, now In over 150 feet, 
having cut several small but valuable veins of ore) 
prove, beyond doubt, that it ts one of the richest as it 
is the most extensive lady of mineral anywhere to be 
found on the Pacific Coast. The 
ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT 
In the stock of this Company are of a peculiarly 
FAVORABLE CHARACTER, Vi* t 
1. The location unsurpassed by any other tor easy 
development and profitable working, the abruptness 
of Globe Mountain presenting most t it.ran,a;nary 
facilities for opening the Mini to a great depth by a 
short tunnel of only 6GU foot, 
2. The HJJRCCLKS t* the Central or Mother Lode In 
a Mineral Belt two mile* wide, the richness of which 
in silver, j/oltt and eavptr has no parallel in California 
or Nevada, when tho abundance of the ores is con¬ 
sidered. 
3. Tlie Sharp* are full paid and FOREVER UN AS¬ 
SESS A Kl.K; thereforo the holder of ten shares is as 
thoroughly protected us Is the owner of ten thousand 
from any possibility or “ freezing out,” 
J. Tim President anil Managing Director Is Uiebold- 
rr of a CONTROLLING INTEREST In the Company; 
therefore the operations arc under the ABSOLUTE 
DIRECTION of a single competent and energetic head, 
Insuring all the EFFICIENCY of an INDIVIDUAL 
WOULDN’T STIR A STEP 
In the goodly town of Hackensack, New Jer¬ 
sey, there once lived (and died) one of the 
famous Smith family,—a man with strong per¬ 
sonal opinions and prejudices, which he encr- 
ishod with wonderful tenacity until the very 
last. He was stretched upon Ills death-bed, 
finally, as even one of Ihe Immortal Smiths 
must eventually be. Weeping friends were 
gathered round ; and when tho dying man was 
no longer conscious, as was supposed, they began 
consulting about the funeral, even proceeding 
so l'ur as to name the bearers. In this connection 
old Snip was spohsm of. a neighbor against 
whom departing Smith held especial antipathy, 
as was clearly ev inced when tho soon-to-be- 
lamented straightened up, with a gasp and a 
groan, and distinctly and emphatically as¬ 
serted,— 
“ I f old Snip Js going to be a bearer I won't 
stir a step!" 
CHURCH and PARLOR 
C5T*Answer in two weeks, 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 15 
I am composed of nineteen letters. 
My 8, 0, 3,15,1 is what, sonic men are. 
My 11,14,18, Id is a small, well known animal. 
My lf>, 16, 6, 17 is what people Should abhor. 
My 8,15,0,12,13 is an article used for food. 
My 2,H, 4, f>, 6, 7 isa noun in the plural. 
My 10,12, Id, 2 is what wc often sec on steel 
My whole is an interesting department of the 
Rural. a. n. 
Deerfield, N. Y., 1809. 
Answer in two weeks. 
tF* A portion of tbe Stock ( unasscssahle ) is now 
offered to capitalists and tho public fit *3 per share, 
vnih a discount of from five to twenty-five percent. 
when 100 to 100 shares are taken. Prospectus will be 
sent free to all who desire to make a safe and profit 
able in vestment. 
All orders for Share* must be addressed to the 
undersigned, President of the Company. 
J. WINCHESTER, 
36 John St., New York. 
*a>: 
M ELODEONS 
Anecdote or Sidney Smith.—I t was at the 
same dinner (at the Foundling Hospital) that, the 
great wit met with a retort that lie was never 
tired of referring to afterward. He had been 
conversing in the half bantering manner in 
which he was inimitable, with his vis-a-vis at the 
table, a Swiss gentleman of education connected 
with liis country’s embassy at the Court of St. 
James, upon tbe relative merits of Swiss and 
English soldiers, and urged the superiority of the 
latter, inasmuch as they fought for honor, while 
the Swiss fought (or money. “The fact is," an¬ 
swered t he Sw iss gen Homan, “U’t each of us fight 
for what each most wants." 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.-No. 5 
My first Is in learn but not in know, 
My second's in strike but not in blow, 
My third is in morn but not in day, 
My fourth’s in remain but not in stay, 
My fifth is in iron but not in ore, 
My sixth is In wound but not in sore, 
My seventh’s in wealth but not in worth, 
My eighth is in soil but not in earth. 
My whole is the name of a Spartan hero. 
E. M. F. 
Answer in two weeks. 
TrrF HAVE MANUFACTURED 
' ’ Melodeons and Organs twenty-two years, and 
will not risk our well-earned reputation by making 
cheap instruments. 
we have not made a great reduction in priees, and 
cannot, until a reduction in the price of labor and 
material will warrant us in doing so. Organs are ad¬ 
vertised at ?50, Gold Watches at $U>, etc-, etc. Sensi¬ 
ble people can Judge of their value. 
Instrument* of our own make (twenty yettrB old) 
are now valued by their owners as highly us the day 
they \veri: bought, and it Is our Intention to sustain 
our old reputation. 
Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists sent free 
to any address. A liberal discount to Churches and 
Clergymen. _ 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 
Agent In New York.8. T. GORDON. 
Agent In Philadelphia.JAMES BJSLLAK. 
C.O. D. W*TtUES?C. O. D. 
LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. 
FULLER A CO., (late M. E. Chapman & Co.,) 
Removed to No. 26 John St., N. Y. 
We will send, on order, single Waltham Watches. 
In solid Gold und Silver- cases only, bv express, to any 
part of the United States, to be paid for on delivery, 
after examination, at wholesale prices. The buyer 
to pav all express charges. 
pT* Send for Illustrated Circulars, gtving full in¬ 
formation. 1001-tf 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
J^ON’T U S12 SALERATUS! 
It corrodes the lining of the stomach ! 
HOHSFORD’8 SELF-RAISING 
BREAD PREPARATION, 
Prepared by Prof. ffi. N. HORS FORD of Harvard 
University, contains no Saleratua. Broad, Biscuit, 
Mullins, Ac., made with this Preparation. Can be 
eaten hot hy Invalids and Dyspeptics. 
Send for the printed opinions of Baron LIEBEG 
of Germany, Prof. DQKBMU0 of New York, Dr. 0. 
T. JACKSON A CO- of Boston, fee. 
WILSON. LOCKWOOD. EVERETT & CO., 
201 Fulton 8t„ New York, General Agents. 
METAGRAM.-No. 5 
WALTHAM WATCHES. 
These watches are all of the well known V plate 
stylo, and warranted to satisfy the most exacting de¬ 
mand for beauty, tluish and accuracy. 
In this country the manufacture of these 
fine crude watches is not even attempted ex¬ 
cept ut Waltham. 
h or sale by all leading jewelers. 1001-tf 
With my five feet I gently glide 
By vineyards purpling peaceful vales, 
By castled steeps, bold barons' pride, 
Or near the sea, upon my tide 
I bear a hundred snowy sails. 
Change my third foot, I am the twin 
Of what at first I sang to thee. 
One mountain saw our lives begin, 
We grew apart; each tried to win 
The race to Us own destined sea. 
Denio 
iST" Answer in two weeks. 
--- ANTED - AGISNTS — 
$75 to $200 per mouth, every- 
where, main and female, to 
Inlrod ueo the G KN 01 NfE IM- 
PHO V ISD CO 11 MON SENSE 
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE This Machine will 
stitch, hem, fell, tuck, quilt, cord, biud. braid and em¬ 
broider in a most superior maimer. Frioe only $18. 
Fully warranted for live year*. We will fair f 1,000 
forany machine that will sew a stronger, more beau¬ 
tiful or more clastic seam than ours. It makes the 
“ Elastic Lock Siiteh.' Every second stitch can be 
cut, and still the doth cannot be pulled apart with¬ 
out tearing It. Wo pay Agents from $75 to $800 per 
mouth ana expenses, or a commission from which 
twice that amount can be made. Address HECOMB 
A CO., Pittsburg, pa.; Boston, Miss., or Sx. 
Lotus, Mil. 
CAUTION.—Ek> not be imposed upon by other par¬ 
ties palming off worthies* cast-iron machines, under 
the same name or otherwise. Our* Is t ho only genu¬ 
ine and really practical cheap machine manufactured. 
B rick machine.-lafler’s 
NEW IRON-CLAD has more advantages com¬ 
bined in one machine thau any other ever invented. 
Three kinds ol Brtek are made from same machine, 
vi*., Common, Stock and Pressed. Received first 
premium at N. V. 8tato Fair, 1865,1867, 1868. Can make 
1,000 Pressed Brick per hour of better quality than can 
be produced by any other machine. Common and Stock 
Brick are made with rapidity unsurpassed. For De¬ 
scriptive Circular.address J. A. LAFLKR A CO., 
Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. 
IJSE JOHN DWI GHT & CO.’S 
BEST Saleratns or their SUPER CARB. S0DA 1 
No others are equal to these for cooking purposes, 
Established 1846. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS 
WHO SAYS NO, IT CANNOT BE DONE? 
Tt 1 tell you it is false. Catarrh Can bo radically 
cured. Use Wolcott's anxihilator. Pint bottles, 
$1, in white wrappers, or send to Dr. Wolcott, 170 
Chatham Square, N. Y , $5, for six pints, sent free 
of expense charges ; or one pint of Wolcott’s Pain 
Paint, if you suffer any pain. 
Geographical Enigma No. 1.—Faint heart 
never won fair lady. 
Metagram No. 4.—Clock—lock. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 11.— Ail the virtues 
of mankind can be counted upon a few lingers, 
but their vioes are Innumerable. 
Does not affect the Patent Hard Rubber Handle 
Sold by all dealers in Cutlery, and made ex¬ 
clusively by the 
MERIDEN CUTLERY CO., 
45 Beekumu Street, New York, 
riHICOPEE SEWING MACHINE.— First¬ 
ly ctass and fully licensed. Agents !1'« nted. For 
terms, address CKtCOPtsk S. M. Co., Boston, Msbs. 
