MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
NOV. 2 
liV ELIZABETH C. PIERCE. 
If in the eyes of my heart's friend 
My eyes could look, 
And 1 could read, as twerc within u book, 
The measure of his love for me, 
And all his secret thought* could see, 
Love’s sweatest part were lost. 
If from the future I could draw 
The clouds that hide it now from me. 
And I could know the thinks that soon will bo 
A fulness of great Joy or weariness of woo ; 
if I could guess the pifts fate will bestow, 
For me all hope were dead. 
If I could sec the LORD, 
And in Ills face 
Might trembling look, and by Ilia grace 
Might touch His hand with mine. 
Of His great love that sign 
I would hold less than signs which now I have. 
I would not know the. unknown ; 
Well content I bo 
To leave all things l cannot see. 
Assured 'twere only saddest woe 
If my weak, human heart could know 
What Goi) hath pitying hid. 
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EVERY-DAY LIFE. 
BY LEAD PENCIL, ESQ. 
Profit from Social Parties. 
A young gentleman writes me“ Would you 
advise a young man to mix freely in society 
during the coining Winter, attending social par¬ 
ties, balls, sociables, etc. devoting his evenings 
to such plea-dires? 1 confess I have found little 
pleasure and less profit heretofore In such in¬ 
dulgences." Thu young man or woman who 
has no other resources for pleasure Hum t hose 
derived from social “ pleasures " such as he re¬ 
fers to, is very poorly oil' indeed. Out I would 
not reeonunend either a young innn or woman 
to altogether Ignore society. Mingle enough in 
it to keep posted as to its demands and tenden¬ 
cies, its customs and exactions, so that, when it 
is necessary us il sometimes is—to enter If, you 
may do it without embarrassment and awk¬ 
wardness. But L do not recommend any one to 
devote all of ids or her leisure to what Is called 
“ society ; " and so far as he or she bus iniluence 
one should strive to make society yield himself 
or herself and others profit. There are always, 
in all kinds of society, some people who only 
tolerate Its frivolities and hollowness. Kind 
such people out and get from (hem the substan¬ 
tial profit which almost any circle will afford il 
one has the tact to develop It. But lot society 
be sought only us a pleasant ami profitable 
recreation—for the suggestions and stiniulanls 
it will yield tu directing mental acquirements. 
No young man or woman can afford to waste 
the best years of Ids or her life in frivolous 
pleasure. One or two evenings in a week are 
enough to give lo fsueh demand. Let the rest 
of one’s leisure be devoted to study or to the 
disciplining himself or herself in something Mint 
will be of material use to him und his in life. 
The seclusion from society to I ill* extent will 
not lose one any lntluenoein society, hut rather 
increase It, If right Use of knowledge Is made, 
Sally Teazle’s Letter. 
A Farmer’s W i fe, at Florence, 111., asks where 
Sally Teazle spent the Bummer—whether in 
thrifty New England or Pennsylvania, both so 
noted for their good housewives, protesting that 
she fails to recognize the picture In Illinois, 
where people of every nation are to be found. 
I may say, without betraying confidence, that 
the postmark on Sally Teazle's letter was that 
of a New England town. The farmer's wife 
further writes ine that Bally had no business 
to bo visiting farmers in July and August, the 
busiest and hottest season; and I again agree 
with her. Then she adds that Sally had no 
business to write menu exaggerated account of 
her visit, to be printed in the Rural. Probably 
Sally will agree to that, but assert that it was 
not exaggerated. And l remember I happened 
to hear a lady, who was reading the letter, say 
she had seen many such homes—that “ It was a 
perfect picture." By the way, this woman had 
been a school teacher, and “boarded round," in 
a country district. I will add my own testi¬ 
mony—I, Lead Pencil, Esq., who was born and 
bred on a farm, and lived there a quarter of a 
century, and have known every day life on the 
farm, and every phase of it, more or less inti¬ 
mately, neurly a half century—which is, that 
while Sally Teazle's picture may be excep¬ 
tional, it was so nearly like what J myself have 
seen and realized in more tliau one farm house, 
that 1 i bought it well to hold the mirror up to 
nature, hoping that thereby some people might 
see themselves as others see them, and with 
prollt. 
I have remarked, during my visits to hen 
roosts at night, that no sleepy pullet makes a 
noise until she Is caught ; nor, during my Au¬ 
tumn squirrel hunts, did 1 ever know a gray 
squirrel to full at. my feet until 1 had hit him; 
nor cguld I ever make a rat squeal until I got. 
him in a tight place. These are homely but 
striking Illustrations of the moral 1 wish to 
convey. 
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Tim famous Mrs. O’Leary, who owned the 
cow which destroyed Chicago, is to have a pub- 
lio ball. 
WHY TIM JONES DON’T FIND A WIFE. 
As I am a constant reader of the Rural New- 
Yorker, 1 could not but notice the “ Every- 
Day Life,” by Lead Pencil. I am aware that 
a great many of the young ladles are ns Ti m 
Jones represents them to be; but why are wo¬ 
men in general averse to farm life? It is bo- 
eause so many farmer husbands arc uneducated; 
and they cannot see why a woman should en¬ 
deavor to cultivate her mental powers. They 
see no reason why there should bo any (lowers in 
a H'liman’* life. They expect to see naught i here 
but vegetables. 
Too many runners have very poor libraries, 
and really think it very foolish to purchase 
books, us though the growth of the mind was 
not equally as import/! at as the growth of the 
body. How many farmers’ wives to-day are 
stretching their weary hands heavenward, and 
praying for more st reugtta ! How many, grop¬ 
ing for the light Of knowledge not to be found 
in their own cheerless household, m e crying for 
the glorious sunlight that illuminates other 
homes! How many are looking for some of t he 
heavenly manna to feed I Heir hungry souls! 
But laying aside the gloomy picture, remem¬ 
bering it only as a thing of the past, wo turn to 
a more endearing prospect of farm life. (Re¬ 
member, wo look from a woman's standpoint.) 
We cannot, always have a cloudless sky; neither 
do wo expect it. We are not always “ wishing to 
be what wo cannot be; " but we are wishing to 
be wbut we can be—more pore, more heavenly, 
more noble. We wish to dwell in Pa rad iso, and 
that. Paradise must be home - not adorned with 
costly furniture and magnificent paintings, blit 
ornamented with trim love anil cheerfulness. 
That home must contain so much ol real happi¬ 
ness, that the husband need not resort to the 
grog-sliop to obtain the pleasure derived in the 
family circle. A Peoria Girl. 
Peoria, 111. 
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WOMAN PERSONALS. 
Fanny Fkiln was a woman of remnrkablo 
spirit. She endured her long suffering with 
great fortitude. When her right hand was dis¬ 
abled by rheumatism, she insisted upon writing 
her Ledger articles with her left hand, nml she 
continued to perform this task almost to the 
day of her death. It is said Mr. Bonner has 
paid her $150,000 for her writings, she was 
very fund Of children, and they delighted in 
her. in domestic life she was fastidiously neat, 
and could not write if her tabic or room was in 
the least out of order. Though very egotistic 
in her writings, alio disliked to appear before 
the world in public. She mod to be seen nearly 
every aficvuoou. about four o'clock, walking 
on Broadway, or in the vicinity of 11 nion Square, 
wit li her Ho lland. She usually spent the Sum¬ 
mer In New England, each year in sumo new 
retreat, but for tlm last two Summers she re¬ 
sided in a cottage at Newport. Naht and 
“ Doesticks" were both rotated to her. 
Mtm. Harriet Prescott Sporroiut, and tier 
husband, the Hon. Richard S. Spoekorii, live 
hi Newbury port, Mass. They spend their win¬ 
ters in Washington. The house they live in 
during the Summer Isa hundred and llfty years 
old. It is quaint and odd filled with books, 
pictures and antiquities. Botli Spoffords and 
Pukhcottk are literary. Miss Mary Prescott, 
the sister of Mrs. Bpoeford, and who lives 
with tier, writes stories lor the magazines and 
Harper's Weekly. Mrs. Spofeord’s books, 
stories and poems have a world-wide celebrity. 
Last Summer Mrs. Spoi i’ORP wrote for Old and 
New an elaborate review of Joaquin Mil¬ 
ler's volume of poems. She and her husband 
aro ardent admirers of those poems, and speak 
highly of the man hitnsoir, in spite of his oddi¬ 
ties and eccentricities. He was their guest for 
a month. 
In 18*19, Ur. Bigg of Dundee amputated the 
Whole of the extremities of a young woman 
named Robertson, as they were In a gangre¬ 
nous condition. After the operation the girl 
went to London, where Mr. Heat u br Bigg con¬ 
structed for her a pair of automatic hands, 
opening and shutting at the will of the patient. 
This permitted her to grasp oven so small an 
object as a crochet-needle, so Unit she hug boon 
enabled to support herself comfortably by mak¬ 
ing shawls, el c. The artificial legs allow her to 
walk with tho aid ol' crutches. She now writes 
an excellent hand, besides knitting, feeding and 
dressing herself. One of her shawls has been 
presented to the Queen, who sent her £5. 
VrNNIK Ream lias been at work for a week 
or two, at Mie Industrial Exposition in Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y., modeling in clay the bust of a promi¬ 
nent citizen. She performed the same service 
last year for the American Institute Fair in 
New York, miikingu bust of Peter Cooper. A 
lady in Philadelphia whs so pleased with Miss 
Ream’s statue of “Miriam," recently arrived 
from Rome, that she purchased It for $8,IKK). 
The women have almost taken I he New York 
public by storm, delivering innumerable lec¬ 
tures. After the great Grant meeting held by 
tho women, at which Mrs. Isabella Beecher 
Hooker, Rev. Miss Olympia Brown, Mrs. Lilly 
Devereaiix Blake, Miss Matilda Josiyn Gage and 
Susan B. Anthony made speeches, the gates of 
the Garden of Eden were opened, and Mrs, 
Leonowens lectured on “Siam Olive Logan, on 
“Successful Men ;" Mrs. Variderpoel, on “ How 
Women Live in New York;" Miss Emily Faith¬ 
ful, on “ Queen Victoria and the Royal Family,” 
and Miss Swazey and Miss Anna Dickinson on 
polities. That is very good for one month. 
fading foi[ the J|oiurg. 
RUTH, 
What slnilI ho tho baby’s name ? 
Shall wo ealuh from sounding fame 
Some far-echoed w ord of praise 
Out of other climes or days? 
Put upon her brow s new-born 
Crowns that uther brows have worn ? 
Shall wo take some dearer word. 
Once within our circle heard, 
Cherished yet. though spoken loss 
Shall we lay Its tenderness 
On the baby’s little head. 
So to call again our dead l 
Shall wo choose a name of grace 
That, bents the baby’s face, 
Something l ull of childish glee. 
To be spoken joyously ? 
Something sweeter, softer yet. 
That Khali say, “ iteliold our pel!” 
Nay ; tins history of the great 
Muse not weigh our baby’s fate; 
Nay ; the dear ones disenthralled 
Must not he by us recalled; 
We shall meet thorn soon again— 
Let us keep their names till then ! 
Nay ; we (to not seek a word 
For a kitten or a bird ; 
Not to suit this baby-ways, 
But to wear In after days,— 
Kit for uses grave and good, 
Wrapped in future womanhood— 
For tho molher’s loving tongue 
While our daughter still is young; 
For the manly lips Unit may 
Call Hie maiden heart away; 
For the time, yot tenderer, 
When her children think of her; 
Let us choose a Bible name, 
One that always bides tbe sumo, 
Sacred, sweet In every land 
All men’s reverence, to command : 
For our earthly uses given, 
Nuthloss, musical In heaven 1 
One I know, these names amid 
“ Beauty" Is Its meaning hid ; 
Stic who wore It made it good 
With her gracious womanhood. 
Name for virtue, love and truth ! 
Lot us call tho baby Hulk. 
[ChrUtiim Union. 
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A HINT TO YOUNG MEN. 
Every Young Man who has a Bister, Cousin, 
or particular Friend, will flint our Stool-Plate 
Engraving (Birth-Day Morning, or Tin: Oar- 
il< ir, r icy rat) a wry appropriate gift to cither. 
Krona the wording of loiters received, wo infer 
that many copies of tho Engraving have al¬ 
ready been sent to suoh parties; and as our 
stool-plate printers arc working day and night, 
wo hope to be enabled to Supply the future de¬ 
mand promptly our ruin being to till all orders 
on the day of their reception. But let, it be notod 
that, the early copies arc the best, and hence 
those who apply soon will obtain the most beau¬ 
tiful impressions. “ A word to tho wise,” etc. 
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OUR LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS- 
About a Fish Pond. 
I gave been spending tho Summer at my 
grandfather’s, on a farm. My papu lives in tho 
city, but I like tho count ry so much better, than 
to bo shut up in the city all tho time. My uncle 
hasatlsh pond; there arc nearly two hundred 
trout, in it. I feed them grasshoppers. It is real 
fun to Sec the fish jump out of the water for 
them. 1 have been getting u nice collection of 
butterflies, and have a great many different 
kinds and colors. I like to chase through tho 
fields after them. I am eight years old, and at¬ 
tend the Normal School in Cortland, which is 
about two miles from here. I like it very much. 
My grandpa takes your paper and I am very 
much interested in the girl’s and boy’s letters. 
—Edie M. P. 
A Soap-Box Pet. 
I am a little girl fourteen years of age, and 
my father wus killed in tho war. My step-father 
is a well-to-do farmorund dairyman, and as you 
have so many pets 1 will tell you about mine. It 
Is a rabbit, and It is Just as tamo as a kitten. 
One day my brother came home (he works out) 
and brought my “Jenny." us I call her, in a 
soap-box. We shut the barn door and lot her 
out and fed her before we went to the house, 
and we didn’t tell mother anything about it for 
awhile, and alter awhile we told her wo had a 
soap-box and we wanted her to come and see it, 
and so we nicknamed it “ Soap-Box.”- -e. m. m. 
A Horn Basket, 
I AM making a horn basket which I think is 
very pretty, und should like very much to tell 
my little friends how it is made. 1 have scraped 
tho horn, and colored it different shades. Boil 
the dyo, and lot it stand until cold, and then dip 
in your horn. Have your basket pasteboard, 
cut in any style to suit, the fancy; put the 
scraped horn on the basket with glue, in flow¬ 
ers, or in any way to suit tho taste of the per¬ 
son. Cora E. P., Uonliav, Eric Co,, N. Y. 
To Wild Rose. 
Thanks to “ Wild Rose ” for her kindness in 
giving me her real name; and if she will pub¬ 
lish her name and post-otllee address in the 
Rural, or forward it to me through Mr. Moore 
—and wouldn’t I like to receive it in her own 
IIS'" Answer in two weeks. 
handwriting!—I will gladly send her the string 
of beads, as I promised, and as “ Wild Rose " re¬ 
quested. With much regal’d Harry Hector. 
MOSS SAUCERS. 
I want to tell you about some pretty tilings 
my sister Alice makes for parlor ornaments, 
every Autumn; and if you live iri tlie country, 
whore there is neither gas nor heated air, you 
can go and do likewise. In tho first place she 
takes an earthen (lower put saucer, about \y t 
inches high and :.’S inches in circumference; into 
this she pours some leaf mold and sand, taking 
care to heap it up in l ho middle so I hut t lie moss 
may lie nicely rounded. Over the earth she 
arranges thick green moss, both light and dark, 
and delicate little cltjinpsof fern, which we find 
hidden away among the rucks. Now, with a 
pointed slick, site makes holes in tho moss and 
gives the finishing touch to it by covering it all 
over with scarlet partridge berries. With their 
stems In tin: wot moss they keep fresh and 
bright from October milil April. We give it a 
thorough wetting once a week and arc always 
careful to place It In a cooler room when a tiro 
is made in the stove. If you can Und no par¬ 
tridge berries, you can gather a few white peb¬ 
bles and some tiny shells and place thorn among 
the moss and ferns. Grace. 
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EVERYBODY BUT BOB. 
Here is something which shows how honest a 
young heart may bo, and illustrates what may 
not be exceptional praying among older people 
than children; A very little boy, after giving 
everybody a good night kiss, kneeled itt bis 
mother’s side to say his evening prayer. He re¬ 
peated, “Now 1 lay me down lo sleep," e to., and 
continued, “Uoil Mess pupa and mamma and 
makotheui good Christians; God bless little Jim¬ 
mie and make him a good boy.” Ilis mamma ad¬ 
ded, “God bless everybody." 
At this last sentence ho whs silent. His moth¬ 
er repeated it a second and third lime; when ho 
raised Ids head, opened his beautiful eyes, and 
said: 
“ Everybody l nit Bob, mamma. Bob drowned 
my cat to-day.” 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 15. 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. No. 6. 
My first is in pride but, not in loft, 
My second is in baril but not in soft; 
My third is in iro but not in wrath, 
My fourth is in lane but not in path ; 
My fifth is in oats but not in wheat, 
My sixth is in song but not in greet; 
My seventh is ift own but not, in gain, 
My eighth is In praise but not in vain ; 
My ninth is In high but not in low. 
My tenth is in eat but not lu grow; 
My eleventh is in run but not in tan, 
My whole is truly a very wise man. m. s. 
JAY" Answer in two weeks. 
ANAGRAM.—No. 5. 
“ ’1st treu bet. alpnt drupoa’r ni hoist, 
Chlwh tuahey howss, dan hessd reptnufe ; 
Eth woelfra hlwch oldly teh smot fo tobh 
Ni Turnue’s dvvil ruxluclnae moblo ” 
IW~ Answer in two weeks. m. o. c. 
PROBLEM. No. 6. 
A man having a square field of wheat found 
that by cutting eighteen times around it with a 
reaping machine, he cut Just 9-25 of the entire 
field. Width of each swath ft feet 6 inches. Re¬ 
quired, the area of tho fluid. Ned. 
' Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLE. No. 7. 
Whole, lam to deceive, beheaded, I am to 
excite warmth; again, and I am to perform a 
vory essential act; again, and I am two-thirds 
Ol’ tar. B. 
{3!?" Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Oct. 10. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 13. — You are 
Euchuristieal. 
Miscellaneous Enigma No. 4.— 
Would you rlohor treasure find. 
Wrapt in LcurnlnK’s ample mind y 
Earnest knock at Wisdom’s door— 
Only seekers find her store. 
Cross-Word Enigma No. ft.—Radish el arad. 
