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“PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT." 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. XttOORE, 
Conduotln* Kclitor and p'u'bliaKer. 
CHAB. D. BBAGDON, ANDREW 8. FULLER, 
Associate Kditors. 
HENRY S. RANDALL. LU D., Cortland Village, N. 
.Edito* ow m Dcpaktmxxt or fix ext Hobbakdby. 
X. A. WILLARD. A. M., Little Falls, II. Y. t 
Ebitob or tub DuriRTuitNT ov Piiky Uukbaxdsly. 
Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
CottBRpro.imxo Editor. 
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 
No. 5 Beekman Street, New York City, and No. 82 
Buffalo Street. Rochester, N. Y. 
WESTERN BRANCH OFFICE: 
No. 75 North Side of Park, Cleveland' Ohio. 
The Rural New-Yorker's new Colored Show- 
Bill, Prop pectus lor Names, Specimen Numbers, &a., 
ere now ready lor delivery to actual »ad intending 
Club Agent*, at each ot the above Office*. 
SATURDAY, DEC. 14, 1872. 
; RICH HOLIDAY PRESENTS 
FOE OUK AGENTS AND SUBSORIBEES! 
WORK AND WIN! 
All Actual and (Mending Agents of Moit*R’S 
Rural who wish (o make themselves or their 
friends Handsome and Useful HOLIDAY PRESENTS 
should send in Clubs <or parts of large Clubs) soon 
as possible, and select the Presents from our Pre¬ 
mium List on preceding page. Most articles can 
be sent promptly—by first return Mail or Express. 
We desire to aid in making a host of people happy 
during the Holiday Season—so, Agents, please hurry 
up your Clubs in order to secure Premiums for 
yourselves, and also copies of “Birth-Day Morn¬ 
ing ” for all Subscribers who pay $2.50. We are 
already sending our Christmas and New Year 
Gifts. An Indiana Lady to-day (Dee. 9J sends a 
Club, selects a pair of Gold Sleeve Buttons (with the 
initial of a friend) and requests her Premium “ by 
the 30lh of Dec., without fail.” And ft will be 
forwarded at once—ahead of lime. 
GOODNESS IS GREATNESS. 
The lesson of Horace Greeley's life is one 
worthy of stftidy by every young man. He was 
the servant of all. Ho did not servo himself. 
He had his personal ambitions; but they were 
Horn more or ft desire to know that the people 
whom he had so long and unselfishly served, 
and to promote whoso welfare and prosperity 
he had so faithfully labored, recognised his 
unselfish efforts in their behalf, and were will¬ 
ing to indorse him as their servant, t han ol per¬ 
sonal egotism aDd vanity. No one know.bettor 
than Horace Greeley himself, what his alle¬ 
giance to the interests of the people and his 
fidelity to his own convictions of right had cost 
him, estimating that cost as the world calcu¬ 
lates 6uoh expenditures. Few knew how he 
yearned for the recognition which such a life 
of self-abnegation entitled him to; nor can 
men know how grievous was the wound made 
in his heart when he found that the arduous 
labors of a long and busy Jife its the People's 
Tribune, seemed to count lor naught in the 
political balance. 
But how grievously was he mistaken! How 
wrongly he interpreted the verdict of the peo¬ 
ple given in November! How little he dreamed 
that baok of that verdict Bowed the strong 
nnder-eurrent of love, respect, honor and hom¬ 
age to his personal purity, honesty and philan¬ 
thropy'. How he underestimated the fidelity 
ol the popular heart to a life and work such as 
few Americans had lived and wrought! Wit¬ 
ness the mourning and sadness throughout the 
land to-day, that Horace Gheelky’s work is 
ended 1 Witness the tearful tributes to his 
worth, his greatness, his goodness, which flow 
from the pens and a: e uttered by the lips of all 
men, without distinction of sect or party 1 Is 
not goodness, greatness? Is not a life of unsel¬ 
fish serving the best, the highest and the no¬ 
blest life to live ? Let him who would be great¬ 
est become the servant of all 1 Build your own 
monument, young man! Build it as Horace 
Greeley haB his—In the hearts of the people, 
by honestly and unflinchingly striving to im¬ 
prove and elevate your fellow men, regard let* 
of all projeots or possibilities of personal ag 
grandlzement. America—nay, the world 
MOORE’S RUBAI. NEW-YORKER. 
better to-day because Horace Greeley has 
lived. No civic honor that could have been 
conferred on him in his life could equal the 
glory and respect and reverence which attaches 
all American hearts to the memory of his bwsy 
life and the great work he has wrought for his 
country and countrymen. 
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WOMEN WANTING WORK. 
"la there anything a well educated woman 
can do in the city that will yield her an inde¬ 
pendent and comfortable Jiving? If so, what 
is it ?” So writes a woman in the country to one 
of the Editors of this journal. It is best this 
question should b« answered here and now; for 
it is only one among scores of simitar questions 
wii^h Journalists are constantly receiving from 
women (as well as men) in the country. 
In response, wo flirt ask, Is Ihero anything a 
woman can do in the country, that will yield 
her an Independent and comfortable Jiving ? If 
so, by all means stay there* Only yesterday an 
intelligent farmer from one of the central coun¬ 
ties of New York, and living fn * populous dis¬ 
trict settled by intelligent, well-to-do farmers, 
told us that the greatest need felt among them, 
and the most dliHcuJt one they found to supply, 
is that of intelligent, industrious female help. 
He said it was almost impossible to find an 
American girl willing to work in a fanner's 
homo at any price; that they have to pay poor 
help, in (he shape of ignorant Irish and German 
girt;-, four dollars per week, beside t heir board 
and “ privileges." And yet there arc hundreds 
of “well educated women” in this city who 
only earn from £4 to $10 per wrek, and have to 
pay I heir board and provide themselves with 
clothing out of U—paying from i?3 to §8 per 
week for board, the price being governed ! y Its 
quality, and the comfort and conveniences re¬ 
quired. 
These- women, thousands of them, have 
come hither from the country filled with 
the hope of finding a “career” in literature. 
Tney travel from the office of one paper to 
another, peddling insipid “ pocma,” or point¬ 
less “stories," or namby-pamby “essays," 
and weary with waiting for (ho editors to 
examine and pronounce upon their fate. 
Meantime the money in their purses dwin¬ 
dles away; they must do something; they 
haunt lawyers’ offices for copying to do; job 
printing and newspaper offices for proof-read¬ 
ing; manufactories for light jobs of embroid¬ 
ery, bow-making, etc., etc. But a small per 
cent, of them ever find employment that will 
pay tor reepoctable board and such com forts as 
they Jeft at home. The anxiety and effort ex¬ 
pended for subsistence wears lines in their laces 
from which all bloom and brightness g«* The 
llfehero loses forthem not only faith hi human 
nature, but, too of I cn, faith In themselves. 
And yet, would these women go Into the city 
kitchens and work for better wages, more real 
leisure and the security and comfort of home, 
relying upon their own self-poise, merit and 
womanly dignity Intake the &ting out of what 
are now regarded menial duties? Not one of 
them 1 Gould they doit it they would? Weflrmly 
believe so! Wo believe that if 1 he young Ameri¬ 
can women in this city who now scarcely know 
where to lay their heads, and yet seem to think 
themselves amply qualified to instruct the world 
with their pens, were to attempt It. they could 
quickly control the city kitchens and dictate 
terms to their employers—in Other words, lhey 
could make themselves so much a necessity in 
our households that we would be glad to pay 
them double the amount they now earn In any 
vocation, beside giving (hem good homes and 
our respect. Or, better still, if they would stay 
at home and expend the same amount of vital 
force in making themselves useful there, (hey 
do hero in being almost utterly useless, they 
would be far happier, healthier, and more re¬ 
spected. 
So we do not advise any young woman to 
come to the city, os a venture, to make her liv¬ 
ing, unless she has a trade and is willing to work 
at It; even then the chances are she can do 
better in the country where she will find less 
competition. If she has a position assured tier 
before-hand, it is a different matter; we aie 
only advising those who have not; and we have 
not roferred to the temptations which such a 
life hero involves nor the dangers which swift¬ 
ly follow. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
“(Should a Yonng Farmer Loom Drawing!” 
—So asks a young farmer of the Rural New- 
Yorker, which responds, Yes!—.lust as cer¬ 
tainly as wo would advise you to learn to write. 
The young or old fanner who eau sketch well 
can secure new ideas for practical use, or give 
them to those In his employ to work out, which 
he otherwise might lose or nould only secure at 
great cost. Every child, male or female, should 
learn practical drawing from natural objects. 
It is the short-hand to the practical man that 
the phonetic system is to a newspaper man, or 
man of words. It euables him to tell what 
words will not describe. By all means, spend 
these Winter evenings learning to sketch, if you 
have the time to give to it. You can afford to 
take some time for it, n® matter what your vo¬ 
cation. 
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The Iowa State Agricultural College has 
graduated its first class. We reoord the names 
of its members as followsJohn L. Stevens, 
Benton County; C. L. Suksdorf, Soott Co.; H. 
. Page, Boone Co.; C. H. Tiilotson, Story Co.; 
P. S. Brown, Fayette Co.; J. C. Arthur, Floyd 
Co.; C. P. Wellman, Winnebago Co.; H. Fuller, 
Wapello Co.; G. W. Ramsey, Buchanan Co.; 
E. M. Hunger ford, Wapello Co.; F. L. Harvey, 
Humboldt Co.; Fannie n. Richards, Hamilton 
Co.; L. W. Noyes, Linn Co.; 8. A. Churchill, 
Scott Co.; J. M. Wells, Story Co.; I. W. Smith, 
Floyd Co.; L. Foster, Wnpelio Co.; T. L. Thomp¬ 
son, Fayette Co.; C. A. Smith, Clinton Co.; C. N. 
Doitz, Jodc* Co.; O. Cessna, Story Co.; H. C. 
Stpenoer, Poweshiek Co.; Mattie A. Locke, Ben¬ 
ton Co.; E. W. Stanton, Story Co.; S. H. Diokey, 
Henry Co.; J. It. Maeomber. Cass Co. 
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Cot Exhibition*?.—Are we sufficiently civilized, 
or are we not ? Is a cat exhibition in this coun¬ 
try necessary to establiah our enlightenment, 
our refinement and progress in aesthetics and 
material development? If so, lot there he a cat 
show, somewhere, very soon. England is get-, 
ting so far the lead of us in this 1h.n» tt is be¬ 
coming exceedingly humiliating to the Ameri¬ 
can Eagle! We don’t liko the roar and grin of 
Relf-eomplatency with which the British Lton 
looks down upon us because we are deprived of 
eat shows. It is cruel to American oats, Mr. 
Berur, that in this free country they should 
have no show at all, at all! Let the Managers of 
the Philadelphia Centennial call out American 
patriotism fn regard to oats. We shall then be 
able to make more noise in the world 1 
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The BnglLh Employer* or Fnrm Laborer*, 
with whom they have had trouble the past sea¬ 
son, on acoount of houre and prices of labor, 
said (rouble having been st imulated by Unions 
whoso object is to control the laboring man 
more autocratically and exactlngly than the 
employer can, aro now paying back these la¬ 
borers in kind by dismissing all of them that 
they can spare and turning them out on the 
mercies of the world, for the Winter, without 
work—especially all such as Joiued the Labor¬ 
ers' Union. Now these Unions will have oppor¬ 
tunity to provide a livelihood for the men they 
aontrol. So the strire is not yet ended. 
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Patron* »>r Ilnubnnrfry and Politic*,—While 
political topics are said to be prohibited from 
discussion In Granges, it is becoming about as 
difficult to avoid mixing in political matters as 
to make mince pie without meat, and appeals 
arc being made to Patrons to vote against par¬ 
tisans who represent and serve monopolies and 
middlemen. Good! say we. But just us soon 
as it is known Ihero is to be united action 
ifl this direction, the effort will bo made by 
each party to win Patrons’ votes by proving 
that their respective candidates are the men to 
v ate for! How easy it will be for somebody to 
“sell out” somebody then ! 
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Award* on Live Stock at Fairs.—Our South¬ 
ern friends are wonderfully progressive. They 
nre encouraging the production of a kind of 
stock much needed everywhere. We hope they 
may be imitated. For instance:—At the late 
fair of the Mecllaniealand Agricultural Society, 
heM at Montgomery, Ala., Miss Sophie Bar¬ 
ney received the award as the young woman 
who would make the hesi wile for a poor man; 
Miss Emma McCoy received the award as the 
best cook. There W:m also a lively competition 
in babies, but at last roper is the distracted com¬ 
mittee were consulting. 
Helping » Mroiher.-in Mississippi, we see it 
useerted, the organization of Granges of Patrons 
of Husbandry is meeting with strenuous oppo¬ 
sition from commission men and merchants, 
who have applied the screws by foreclosing 
mortgages on the property of those known lo 
have beeomo Patrons. This has resulted in the 
Brethren helping each other out. Whut folly 
uucli merchants perpetrate! The surest way io 
build up an organization is to persecute if* 
members. 
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The Illinois Stock Law, “to protect domes¬ 
tic animals from running at large,” was sub¬ 
mitted to the people, each county haviDg the 
privilege of voting for or against it. Buttwon- 
ty-nine counties voted on the question at all; 
of these twenty-one voted against it, and are 
thus reliove>d from its requirements. It is, 
therefore, in force in eighty counties—those 
not voting being compelled to submit to its 
provisions. 
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The Praise of our Premium Picture is very 
warm and general. See the poem about it on 
page 387. The ladies aro especially delighted 
with it, and we hope thousands will rcceivo 
copies as presents from their relatives and 
friends during the Holidays. Many have al¬ 
ready subscribed for 1873, in order to secure 
copies of “ Bh-ih-Day Morning ” as Christmas or 
New Year’s presents. 
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Catalogue? Keeelved.— From Wm. Ealpit, 
Utica, N. Y., catalogue of Cheese Factory and 
Dairy Apparatus and Furnishing Goods.... 
From Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, Westches¬ 
ter, Pa., Semi-Annual Trade Ligf... From F. C. 
Johnson, New Albany, Ind., Price Js of limit 
trees, stocks, etc....From A. Bryant, Jr., 
'preliminary list, of tree seeds for fall of 1872. 
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Over Issue of Currency.—The correspondent 
who sends us a circular received from a Arm in 
Connecticut, professing to sell United States 
currency ®f an over issue at a large discount. Is 
informed that it is a swindle which has been 
again and again exposed. 
DEC. U 
BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Accident Insurance has come to be almost a 
science in this country, and chief among its 
professors is Tns Travelers, of Hartford, 
Conn. Old, well-established, thoroughly reli¬ 
able, no wonder their business growB —though 
we do wonder, sometimes, that so many neglect 
so cheap and effective a precaution as a policy 
in a reliable Accident Insurance Company. 
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Ladles’ Furs are now in demand—fashionable 
ttnd comfortable—and our fair friends, in both 
city and country, will of course make a note of 
the announcement of C. G. Gunther’s Sons, 
Now Y orlc, on our last page. Their large estab¬ 
lishment, 502 and 504 Broadway, is an attractive 
and thronged plaoe “about these days.” 
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ito”) is highly commended by many of our 
Agents who have obtained it as a Premium. 
The “ F. F.” is again in our list, ns will more 
particularly appear by reference to our enu¬ 
meration of “Good Pay for Doing Goed" on 
preceding page. 
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SURAL BREVITIES. 
, A r ’ Br , KK c '°r er . oan bo "Gained of any seeds¬ 
man advertising In our columns. 
The correspondent who asks us to send him 
the blacking recipe is Informed that it is not 
accessible to us. 
informed that the documents he 
Chief of Pohoo >0Cn UUt lD the hanfis of the 
a^ n , 8 ^T'i r toso V ral inquiries we state that 
n v know who manufactures the best ap- 
paiatua for condensing milk. H 
A OOHHEHPONnEjrr at Murfreesboro, Tenn.. 
asks where he can buy a stono-crUshing ma¬ 
chine, price, etc. We do not know. 
♦m\^F, B i Cn y BER ’ U , ock Co ” wl8 -< »» informed 
tii.it the book mimed Is sold by sutweription onlv 
l y the Hanford Publishing Go., Hartford, Ct! 
'Die Kansas Legislature Is urged to establish 
‘'o/ 11 1 hat fitate, us Nebraska has 
f.vnrapl(' LOr StatPB m, * hl Profitably follow the 
vlmi M no?L.mj S , lnfom <?d that wo do not know 
i hay-press is meat used here- 
a m its, but we refer him to an advertisement 
yf^au excellent one in Rural of Nov. 23, page 
nsks wliat we think 
tL Caroline Co., Mo., is informed that 
v e know nothing about that localfl v ; and he is 
retoroi nlrTv l, V'ref 0,1 ( -°rnntl»s:onor, Illinois 
).is od,erinqZ ! k ff °' ,U ” Ior ,inswers to 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES, 
TO EVERY READER! 
Rend Our Premium List, on preoeding page 
and then try for u slice of the “ Good Pay for Doina 
Good” 
hiend for the Docn iih-iiIm t-Our now Show¬ 
bill, Supplement, Prospectus, Ac., are now ready and 
will he sent free mid port-paid to all applicants dis¬ 
posed to form clubs. Send for and use th e documents! 
The Premium Picture In sent to All who 
puj #2.50 for a copy of the Rural one year, und 
not to thane who nidy pay the club rate. Club snbscrib- 
iTB cun Becure the Engraving, however, by adding 50 
cts. to the usual club price (»2.) Don’t forget this. 
Begin Cluba Now I—And to all who want the 
paper from dute, or either one year (at f2.50) or 15 
months (at *3) from Oct. 1. wo will send the paper 
accordingly, with Premium Engraving post-paid. 
The whole club cun ctart at one time, or part Jan. 1st 
and part earlier. Note this fact. 
Premium Picture Now Ready !—Agents and 
Bubscrlbera will please note that our Premium En¬ 
graving is Atilt? Ready, uod that copies lire promptly 
mailed, post-paid, to all entitled. We are now tilling 
ail orders on day of reception, and think we shall be 
enulled to do this through the season,so that noono 
will have to wait weary days or week* for the Beau¬ 
tiful Premium Plettire. 
“Progress und Improvement.” - Moore’s 
Rural for 1S73 will t>e better than ever before, In 
both Contents axi> Style. K will appear in a 
New Dress of Clear and Beautiful Copper-Faced 
1 rpo, and present other Decided Improvements. 
Agente and subscribers will please note this, and if 
they tell their friends, so much the better. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
AGENTS 
May learn something greatly to their advantage and 
obtain specimens and full particulars free, by ad¬ 
dressing WOOD’S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY 
Newburgh, N, Y. 
HORSE EPIDEMIC. 
A physician tg a communication to a Buffalo 
jr-^per aoout the Horse itpldemic, say* ;—•* Exter¬ 
nally I used and would recommend Dr. Trask’s Mag¬ 
netic Ointment to the throat, atound the ears and cn 
the forehead. This ointment contains tobacco and 
lobelia, and operates upon the mucous glands of the 
head and throat by causing an increased flow of secre¬ 
tion from them, at the same time by 1 ta relaxing effect 
removing the stricture and glvlug almost Instant re¬ 
lief to the cough and breathing.” it is kept by all 
Druggists. 
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