for such a purpose, but with the plea of great 
attachment to the cat as an excuse. The youDg 
physician did not need any apology, hastened to 
the aid of the feline patient, and cured it. This 
is one instance of the eclectic character of his 
practice. His fame is noised abroad through 
the neighborhood; his readiness to apply his 
skill and give his service in any form when It 
can be made of use, is widely advertised, and 
the dignified old fogies who sneer at him as a 
“ oat doctor," etc.,arc finding tlielr occupations 
pone! This young physician exhibits a kind of 
practical philosophy which will win him success. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC, 
“Tho shortest line that can be drawn on the 
earth’s surface, one end of which line is at tho 
mouth of the lilo Grande, on the Gulf of Mexi¬ 
co, and the other end at Pokin, in China, will 
cross Behring's Strait." 
Let any doubter take a good terrestrial globe 
—the larger the better —and he cau with a 
thread at once convince himself of the truth of 
the statement -a truth that mar be of far great¬ 
er value than wc now know. 
When Alaska cornea to be scientifically ex¬ 
plored wo may find teeming obstacles to fade 
away under the application of the englneer’3 
level, as t hey have In so many other cases. One 
such instance we are tempted to relate. When 
JACKSON was President he proposed to make an 
aqueduct from the Great Falls of the Potomac 
to Washington. Now, tho canal which follows 
the Potomac had been made from the Great 
Falls to Georgetown, at enormous cost of blast¬ 
ing out rock, and it was assumed that an enor¬ 
mous expense of the same kind would be neces¬ 
sary to make room for the aqueduct; and so tho 
matter rested until, in President Fillmore's 
time, somebody had the good sense to say, 
“Suppose we try the Level upon it"—and t hen 
the level was tried. The result was that an ex¬ 
ceedingly favorable route was found, high 
above and fur away from tho dreaded rooks. 
Within a few short years we have seen Asa 
Whitney ridiculed for proposing nnd advocat¬ 
ing a railway to tho Pacific—have seen such a 
railway built—and, sad to say. have seen Whit¬ 
ney almost utterly forgotten by the public. We 
do not. expect to see a railway from some point 
on our Pacific Road to Behring’s Strait, but 
such a road will in time bo needed, as time be¬ 
comes tnoro valuable to commercial men; and 
this value must increase in « like ratio to the 
increase of commerce—each urging the other. 
We Justly feel proud of achieving the Pacific 
Road. Considering the cost of labor by Ameri¬ 
cans, it was a huge undertaking'. But when 
compared with works constructed thousands of 
years ago. In South America and China, with 
cheap labor, the Pacific Itoad is a mere cow- 
path. 
What say you, Gentlemen ?—shall wo begin 
tho Pekin and Denver Road at its Asiatic ter¬ 
minus—and so let the road bring along the la¬ 
bor which is to build It? 
Tonica, La galle Co,, Ill., Nov. 8.— Corn Is 
worth but 15c. per bushel, and oats only 1254c. 
It will not do to take many newspapers with 
grain bringing such prices.— j. w. t. 
Bailey, Riley Co., Kansas, Nov. 10.— Wo nro 
having nice weather to gather corn, which is a 
heavy crop. Spring wheat, oats and barley, 
average crop. Tali wheal was n failure; there 
is a large breadth grown this fall; looks well. 
Homesteads can bo bought from $500 to $2,000 
per 100 acres. This is a good oountry.— j. a. c. 
BuDlap, Iona, \ov. 8.— We have had a very 
fine Autumn, so far; one week of rain, lately ; 
the ground is wet down for five feet. Corn is 
good, and other crops usually good. Wheat is 
75e.; oats, 15c.; corn, 22c.; barley, S5o.; potatoes, 
30c.; hired help, $20 to $25, and scarce; can 
hardly find any help: can't you send out some 
of those people In your city who have no busi¬ 
ness (or next to none) to come here and help 
us, and so help themselves? There is plenty of 
good land lying Idle for want of plows; land at 
from $250 to $10.—n. b. n. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
CHAB. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
yAaaooiatf* XCdltorn. 
H8KRY 8 . RANDALL, LL. D., Cortland Village, N. Y., 
Kvttob or n> Dir*»nim Of 8a»r lipusiwnBT. 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M„ Little Falls, N. Y., 
Jt*nro« Of TUI DarAurMBirr <>» D*i*y Un»»rsrBT. 
Col, S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
CnaunroKDiM* Rdito*. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
Canning Fruit at Benton Harbor, Mich.— This 
place is right across Lake Michigan from Chi¬ 
cago. and forms a portion of what is known as 
the St. Joseph fruit region, being occupied with 
as live a lot of men as can bo found in any fruit 
growing district on the continent. It is excel¬ 
lently adapted to the growth of all fruita, near¬ 
ly, native to the temperate zone. It has, until 
the past year, had no means of utilizing its sur¬ 
plus fruits; now we find tho following state¬ 
ment concerning its canning experiments: 
“The Benton Harbor Packing Company, in the 
first year of Its existence, baa put up the aston¬ 
ishing amount of 400,000 cans of fruit. Of these 
30,000 are strawberries, 175,000 peaches, 120,000 
tomatoes, 75,000 corn. But 05 cans of raspber¬ 
ries were put up, and no blackberries. The 
company have already disposed of nearly the 
whole amount at high figures. Next year they 
intend to triple their force and drive the busi¬ 
ness to tho utmost extent. The Kxeelsior Com¬ 
pany, also located here, has about half the ca¬ 
pacity of the above." 
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postage on papers mailed to foreign conn trios, Twenty 
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copy mailed to Canada, and One Dollar per copy to 
Enrupo. Drafts, Post-Ofllce Money Orders and Regis¬ 
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Premiums to all Clnb Agents who do not take free 
copies. Specimen Numbers. Show-Bills, 4fco., sent free. 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
A “Rural Rearer "asks some one to tell 
how to remove hair from the neck without in¬ 
juring tho skin. 
Boston agents are buying bay in Maine, and 
chopping it before pressing nnd shipping it. 
They pay $13 to $15 per ton for It. 
Wasking dirty linen is legitimate business, 
always; but washing it in the public's drawing 
room is not legitimate. 
A State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry 
has boon organized iu South Carolina, at which 
eighty-two subordinate G ranges were repre¬ 
sented. 
Italians are in California to purchase silk 
cocoons, the silk of which they propose to reel 
and send home. They do not offer large prices. 
GbokOK Merritt is Informed that we know 
nothing more of the enterprise ho speaks of 
than ho does himself. 
Tm University of Vermont admits young 
women to all the courses in Iho Academic and 
Scientific departments of the University upon 
ilie same conditions as young men. 
Chas. 8. Sargent, whose butter brings the 
highest price of any sold in America, and who 
is equally successful in growing azaleas, has 
been appointed Professor of Horticulture in 
Hussy Institution, the "farm school” of Har¬ 
vard University. 
ADVERTISING RATES. 
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“ 6th. 7th. and IS pages...... 1.00 “ 
Outside or hurt page..... L60 
Fifty per oem. oxt.ni for xnusual display. 
Special Notion*, leaded, y count).5.00 
Business “ 2.50 « 
Reading “ 3.00 
tar No advertisement inserted for less than $3. 
Improvements iu Central Park. — Wm. Rob- 
in 60N, editor of the London Garden, says, in 
his Journal:—We are sorry to learn from the 
Now York Tribune that “ Professor Demker," 
who appears to have charge of the landscape 
gardening in »He Central Park, has Improved 
upon the Parisian style of contrasting colors in 
flowers, by restoring those whimsically-shaped 
parterres which were 8o greatly ihe fashion a 
hundred years ago. There are parterres shaped 
like butterflies, Maltese crosses, truo-lovers' 
knots, baskets, dragons, lizards, and others of 
nondescript appearance. From what we saw 
of the magnificent public parks in America, wo 
bad been led to hope that they at least would 
not be violated by barbarous puerilities. 
EFFECTS OF THE HORSE DISEASE, 
SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1872. 
One of the effects of the horse epizootic is to 
attract, the attention of owners and breeders of 
domcsticanimals to the importance of a knowl¬ 
edge of veterinary science —or to the fact that 
specialist* having tills knowledge and know¬ 
ing how to apply It aud save property thus en¬ 
dangered, arn necessary. Tills department of 
science will attract Ibe attention of both the 
managers of and pupils attending our agricul¬ 
tural schools. With the advance of civilization 
and the demands upon, and for, the services, in 
one form or another, of our domestic animals, 
appear to come new and increasing and mmV 
complex diseases. These seem to correspond 
in no small degree to those which prevail fn ihe 
human system—for to a considerable extent the 
habits and daily treatment of animals corre¬ 
spond to the artificial life of our population. 
We have before suggested, In these columns, 
that in tho rural districts the physician should 
combine a knowledge of tho diseases of ani¬ 
mals, and their scientific treatment, with his 
knowledge of and skill In treating the diseases 
of men and women. The young physician who 
acts upon this hint and qualifies himself for 
such service and mokes known his ability and 
disposition to save the lives of all animals, will 
thank us for this suggestion. As we have said 
before, tbo times are ripe for the recognition of 
such ability to do such service. 
One other effect of this sweeping affliction of 
horseflesh nnd depreciation of this class of 
property, la to cause charlatans to 6pring up 
into notloe like mushrooms in a meadow; 
quacks of all sorts and degrees of pretension 
and dishonesty now eoo opportunity to “leather 
their nests.’’ Nostrums of all sorts adapted 
(said to be) to the prevention aud cure of all 
the ills of the whole animal creation will be ad¬ 
vertised and forced upon the attention of the 
brooder and owner of animals. His own ignor¬ 
ance of the nature of the diseases afflicting his 
studs aud herds, together with Iris desire to save 
bis property, will make him the more credulous 
and enable the medicine-maker to pluck his 
purse from his pocket with the greater facility. 
Here, then, Is the need of caution. Here, again, 
he hud better apply to bis family physician for 
advice, both as to tho medicine he should buy 
nnd the mode of applying It, even to Ills horse, 
cow, or pig. 
We caution our readers against the sharks 
who will thus seek to swallow their substance. 
We urge the purchase and study of the boat 
books relating to animal diseases. It Is better 
than talkmg polities these Winter evenings. An 
hour a day during the three Winter months, six 
days In a week, or say twenty-four days lu a 
month, will give you twelve days’ study of six 
hours each, In which a vast deal of information 
can be obtained to guide you in this work of 
protecting yourself both from loss of property 
aud the impositions of pretenders, 
Since writing the foregoing we have talked 
with “Dally Rural Life" on the subject, aud 
be gives us an example so pertinently illustrat¬ 
ing what we have said above, that we give It 
here. A young physician who has recently 
moved into his neighborhood, was sent for by 
a family to attend a sick pet cat — one that was 
a groat favorite in the family. The summons 
camo with an apology for seeking his services i 
PUBLISHER'S NOTICES 
PUBLICATION OFFICES! 
■o. i Beekman Street, Now York City, and No. 82 
Buffalo Street, Rochetter, N. Y. 
WESTERN BRANCH OFFICE! 
Bo. 76 North Side of Park, Cleveland, Ohio. 
The Rural New-Yorker's new Colored Show- 
Bill, Prospectus for Names, Specimen Numbers, Ac., 
nro now ready for delivery to actual and intending 
Club Agents, at oaoh of the above Offices. 
The American Instil ale Fair closed Nov. 20. 
Jt is reported that It has not been so successful 
as previous years. It was certainly not so good 
an exhibition of the products of industry as wo 
have seen at previous Fairs. Various causes 
are assigned, to ue, for this depreciation— some 
of them not complimentary to the management. 
We apprehend, however, that it is due to the 
fact that pceple are satiated with Fail's, and that 
exhibitors do not find it pays them to contribute 
to a show which puts money In the American 
Institute’s treasury. We wish they did fiud that 
it pays; for fairs are educators. 
HINTS, REQUESTS, SUGGESTIONS, ETC 
JortN G. Williams, who has been connected 
with the Rural NiSW-Y orkeu for nearly fifteen 
years past, departed this life, in Rochester, on 
Sunday morning, Nov. 10, (after a protracted 
Illness of fever.) aged 67 years. 
This announcement will cause pain to thou¬ 
sands or Rural readers, and especially those 
who have been wont to transact business at its 
Rochester Office, nnd thus came to know and 
esteem the genial, kind, true and faithful man 
whoso death so many now sincerely mourn. 
Our own relations with deceased were 6uch 
that we feel the loss keenly— for, knowing him 
long and well, we could but regard him with 
esteem and veneration. He was not only “an 
honest man, the noblest work of God," but 
faithful and exemplary in all the relations of 
life. May he rest in peace, and may we meet 
“over there." 
Deceased was born in Deerfield, Mass., Aug. 
13, 1805, where bis remains were consigned to 
the grave, surrounded by relatives and friends, 
on Tuesday week. He was the father of Samuel 
B. and J. B. Williams ot Rochester, Mrs. Dr. 
Barnes (known to our readers as “ Kate 
Cameron") of Chicago, and Miss Laura H. 
“Progress nnd Improvement.” — Moore’s 
Rural for 187,1 will be better that! ever before, In 
both contexts and Style. It win appear in a 
NEW Dnr.ss of Clear and Beautiful Copper-Faced 
I ype, and presc at Other Derided Improvements. 
Agents und subscribers will please note this, and If 
they tell their friends, so much the better. 
The Premium Picture I* sent to All who 
pny $2.50 lor a copy of the Ritual one year, and 
not to those who only pay the club rote. Club subscrib¬ 
ers can secure the Engraving, however, by adding 50 
cts. to tho usual club price ($2.) Don’t forget this. 
Begin Clubs Now !—And to all who want the 
paper from date, or either one year (at $2,50) or 15 
months (at $3) from Oct. 1, we will send the paper 
accordingly, with Premium Engraving post-paid. 
The whole dub can start at one time, or part Jan. 1st 
and part earlier. Note this fact. 
Chinese Forming In Arkansas.— The Mem¬ 
phis Appeal gives an account ol' the success of 
five Chi ob men who hired one hundred acres of 
land near that city in Arkansas, of which sixty 
were cultivated in cotton, and forty in corn. 
They plowed tho ground seven times before 
planting, and their crops and fence corners are 
ns clear of weeds and grass as the best kept gar¬ 
den. Any amount of land is now nt the service 
of these people for roru, if they desire It. They 
have enjoyed excellent health In districts where 
white laborers would be sick from swamp mias¬ 
ma. Their clean cotton is admired in Memphis 
by dealers. 
The Land Sales of the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company for the month of October. 1872, were 
20.057 acres—amounting to $92,879, at an average 
of $4.50 per acre. The total sales from July 28, 
1869, to the present dale aro 649,051 acres, 
amounting to $2,757,309, at an average of $4.25 
per acre. Thore were 140 purchasers in October, 
1872—average to each 148 acres. So reports Mr. 
Land Commissioner Davis. 
The Campaign Opened !—Many Agents have 
already opened the Rural Catnpulgn for 1873, while 
hosts aro sending for Specimens, &c., probably with 
the view of starting on Election Day (a good time, 
by the way.) or soon after. All right, friends!—That’s 
the way to win Premiums easy. 
Attention, Officers of (he Rural Brigade! 
—All Rural Recruiters are Richly Rewarded—vide 
offer to Club Agents—and there is " ample room and 
verge enough ’’ for thousands of new recruiters (club 
agents) to aid in swelling the ranks of the good old 
RURAL Brigade. Our bounties to both officers 
(Agents) and privates (Subscribers) aro most liberal— 
for every one of the former who gets up a club re¬ 
ceives a Valuable Premium, and each of tbo latter a 
$5 Picture! Recruiting and Enlisting Papers sent 
free to all appbeants. Why not send for them at 
once and open the Campaign? 
BUSINESS INTORMATION, 
It >Vtn be Scan by their advertisement in our 
columns that the great music store of Oliver 
Dttson & Co., Boston, although exactly on the 
edge of the burnt district, entirely escaped In¬ 
jury. This is good news, ns their books are used 
everywhere, and thomuslcal and reading public 
would quickly miss t hem if the issue were de¬ 
layed. It is also a periodical pleasure to read 
O. D. & Co’s rapidly shifting advertisements, 
which keep us well posted as to what Is the 
standard music of the day. 
A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY 
In conversation with a friend, recently, Iho 
subject of teaching geography came up. Our 
friend had been a school teacher in his earlier 
days, and afterward a civil engineer; and lie 
had thus boon In positions to know how ditfionlt 
a thing ills to make people old or young-un- 
den-iund, by a mere map. tho relat ive positions 
of points on the earth's surface when those points 
ate far apart. He said that, to dozens of well- 
ciiue^Hd men—one of them President of a Geo¬ 
graphical Society, and two of them Presidents 
of Colleges—he bad made a statement involving 
such relative positions, which seemed to them 
so Incredible that he had sometimes to verify It 
on ihe spot. Wo naturally felt much curiosity 
to know what the statement was, and confess 
ourselves much surprised on hearing it made; 
and upon finding it verified, wc quite agree with 
our triend that do school in which geography 
is taught, and no public or private li brary, should 
be without a good terrestrial globe. And now 
for the statement: 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
HORSE EPIDEMIC. 
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.—The latest 
advices from ihe track-laying forces of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co., stato that 
there remain loss than thirty-four miles to be 
laid to close tho gap between the Eastern and 
Western sections. The whole line from Rich¬ 
mond to the Ohio will, without doubt, be ready 
for the passage of the trains by tho opening of 
the new year. 
A physician in a communication to a Buffalo 
paper about the Horse Epidemic, says“ Exter¬ 
nally I used and would recommend Dr. Trask’s Mag¬ 
netic Ointment to the throat, around the ears and cn 
the forehead. This ointment contains tobacco and 
lobelia, and operates upon the mucous glands of the 
bead and throat by causing an Increased flow of secre¬ 
tion from thorn, at the same time by iu relaxing effect 
removing the stricture and giving almost instant re¬ 
lief to tho cough and breathing." It is kept by all 
Druggists. 
Sale of Poultry.—We call attention to notice of 
sale of Poultry, by John S. Clark, iu another 
column. 
THE WAKEFIELD EARTH CLOSET. 
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