PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
Spring Catalogue and Amateur's Guide to the 
Flower and Kitchen Garden for 1870, is a “big 
thing.” It is very complete, splendidly illustrat¬ 
ed by E. Sears, and contains a large amount of 
useful information. — Address of Hon. Mar¬ 
shall P. Wilder, President of the New Eng¬ 
land Historic, Geneaological Society, at the An¬ 
nual Meeting, Jan. 5,1870, which embraces,(with 
the proceedings of the meeting) much of great 
interest to every New .Englander. 
tinguish themselves from the poor by self-indul¬ 
gence. See, also, the wanton riot of unpunished 
crime of every name and degree, engendered 
and winked at by corrupt and unscrupulous 
political organizations which employ such agen¬ 
cies, —villains of every grade, name and charac¬ 
ter,—to do iheir dirty, damning work, securing 
to such immunity from proper punishment un¬ 
der the law. This, too, is a part of the picture 
and not so far in the background as not to he 
cleaily defined and repulsive beyond expression. 
We arc aware that, aa a rule, we do not need 
to preach retrenchment and economy to farm¬ 
ers. We know that these grand, primitive words 
are not forgotten, altogether, in the policy of 
Rural Life. But we would like to stir up the at¬ 
mosphere of Public Opinion to such an extent 
as to drive those-who man the Ship of State to 
take tn sail and stand by the helm, watchful and 
vigilant, lost i he really sea-worthy craft bo shiv¬ 
ered to splinters upon the rocks of Ambition 
and Extravagance toward which she seems now 
to be rapidly driving with all sails set. 
If is our duty fts public journalists to raisethls 
alarm—to shout from our lookout, “ Breakers 
ahead ['• It is the duty of the people who are 
passengers In this Ship to look out for their own 
safety. It the crew Is cowardly, or imbecile, or 
drunken, let another be organized. Wo mean 
by this, let the honest tnen ol' the country com¬ 
bine to save it and its Industrial Interests from 
the enemies of both—from the schemes of men 
who seek only personal aggrandizement and po¬ 
litical power, and are willing to sell the liberties 
of the people and cripple their prosperity there¬ 
for. Compel retrenchment. Demand the eco¬ 
nomical use of public money, the - legislation 
which tends to develop and render available our 
national wealth, whtch encourages and protects 
home industry, which secures the producer 
against other than fair competition In his homo 
markets, and which provides, beyond question, 
for the speedy and adequate punishment of 
crime, no matter by whom committed. 
Ije JJttbUsIjcr s P*sh 
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 
From Carroll Co., Team, Mr. John K Gwin 
writesInclosed find $3. Please send me your 
RURAL New-Yorker. I think you are certainly 
not an extremist, or else I could not read your paper 
with so much zest. 1 like it, and hope you will live 
long to conduct it.” 
From Ohio, the editor of n prominent journal 
writes us:—"I shall he pleased to publish your Pros¬ 
pectus for 1870. as much, perhaps, for the reason that 
I consider the Rural the best and most desirable 
Agricultural paper in the country as for any other, 
and it ought to be ip the hands of every farmer.” 
From Clinton Co., III.. Mr. T. C. Bartle, after 
suiting that he hns procured several subscribers for 
the Rural, and thut many want It hut have not the 
money, adds—“if thepeopte would take the Rural 
only one year, they would. (If they value it as highly 
as I do,) sell wheat at 25 cents a bushel before they 
would be without it.” 
From Napa Co., Californio, Mr. A. Y. Taylor 
writes:-”I cannot get along without the Rural, 
consequently you will find enclused $3 for Vol. XXI. 
Please send it ‘right along.’ Always a welcome vis¬ 
itor, your paper now reaches us (since the completion 
of the IT. P. RR.) in about one week's time, tlmscom- 
iDg almost as fresh as though we renehed out our 
hands and took It from the press, Instead of calling 
It across the Continent.” 
From Kosciusko Co, Ind., a subscriber (J. L. 
McL ) writes:—"I want your grand and good paper, 
the Rural, it Is the best Agricultural and Literary 
paper I have ever read. Times are hard here. The 
crops (except wheat, which ts not worth much,) were 
Dexl to a failure. I write this much by the way of 
apology for the amount of money I remit. I send 
you half the subscription price, hoping that times 
will be easier by the first of June. 1 would have got 
up a club, but none of t hose that would take It have 
money, i eM apples that tve saved tor onr eating to 
raUe the money. I prefer to cat lets and read more." 
From Bate* Co., Mo., a lady Agent-Friend 
(Mary J. Pratt) remits for six subscribers and 
adds:—“I am doing my best, and think I will bo able 
to send you n club of ten. 1 have given my late Ru- 
kals to neighbors to read, and think I will get their 
names, My subscribers are, except one, from West¬ 
ern New York, and loved and appreciated the RURAL 
before coming to Missouri. There is another Club 
being made up here for the Ritual. The agent told 
me she sent seven names, with t he money, last week. 
God bless you in your nohlo work 1 In our home we 
feel that wo are better Christians, better parents and 
better neighbors tor reading the RURAL.” (Such 
letters as this pay us better tJmn any amount of 
money could—for they assure us of the good the 
Rural is accomplishing In families and communi¬ 
ties. And surely while wo have Mothers, Wives and 
Daughters acting as agents for the Rural, (and wo 
have scores of such, who uro very successful,) it 
must gain rapidly in popularity and usefulness.) 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES, 
Secure All the Old Subscribers ! —In their 
anxiety to procure new subscribers we fear snany of 
our Agent-Friends neglect the old one*, or don’t 
aguin ask those who at first thought they ” must get 
along without the Rural, on account of the scarcity 
of money.” But we assureourclubbing frlendsthat 
old subscribers arc the very ones to strifes—for those 
who have had the Rural lu their families appreciate 
It the most. As evidence tn point read this note 
from an Agent-Friend in Krle Co., Pa. He keeps 
adding to his club,and In his last letter says:—''Hero 
are two more old Rural readers who thought they 
could get along without the Rural this year, be¬ 
cause money Is tight,—but they say they cannot 
stand It any longer. They would prefer to go to bed 
without any supper for four weeks rather than not 
have the KUUAL.” And an old subscriber In Like 
Co., Ind.. writes thus:—“ Wehad decided not to send 
for the Rural for 1870, hut it's no go. We perhaps 
did not fully appreciate It until we wore deprived of 
its visits. Inclosed Is $3 for one yexr. Send back 
numbers from Jan. 1st,” As the bard times »ro 
“letting up,”and money becoming easier, wo hope 
those forming or adding to club* will bo sure to in¬ 
vite ull the old subscribers to renew, and secure as 
many new recruits as possible. We can still supply 
back numbers of this volume—from Jau. 1st. 
D. D. T. ZVIOGRX2, 
Conducting; Kditor and i’roprietor. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription -Three Dollars a Year. To Clubs 
and Agents, Five Copies for $11; Steven, and one free 
to club agent, for $11); Ten, and one free, for $25 only 
$2.50 per copy. As we pre-pay American postage, $2,70 
Is the lowest Club tale to Canada und $3.50 to Europe. 
The best way to remit is by Draft or Fost-Oihce 
Money Order.—and all Drafts nnd Orders made pny- 
able to the Publisher jiaviis mailed at ms risk. 
AtivunnsiNG — Inside. 75 cents per line, Agate 
snnee; Outside. $1 per line. For Extra Displny and 
Cuts, ii urlceaml u half. Special and Business Notices 
Charged according to position. No advertisement in- 
sorted for less than $3. 
Norway Oau. —S. N. R., Pittsfield, Wig. The 
oats you send US look like Norways; we have 
never seen any white Norway oats. The first 
time we ever saw (ho Norways we pronounced 
them Identical with the old black “Poland” 
oats wc grew twenty years ago. And that they 
are not identical with them we dare not assert 
to-day. Wo used to grow largo crops of the 
black Poland, but they did not prove as good an 
oat to feed as the common white, and they pro¬ 
duce more smut to the acre than any other 
variety wc ever grow. 
0mm 
Very Fnt Cnitle,—Four of the (said to be) fat¬ 
test cattle ever seen in iliis country are, at this 
writing, en route to this (N. Y.) city from Pough¬ 
keepsie, N. Y. They were fed by Gko. Ayrault, 
and will be on exhibition al thefcorner of Broad¬ 
way and Eighteenth Street from February 1st to 
the 14th. Mr. Ayrault informs us that the 
lightest of t he four weighs thirty-three hundred 
pounds. They are each six years old and were 
bred by the feeder. They are, from the accounts 
given of them, well worth seeing 
Bacli Numbers of this Volume will be sup¬ 
plied to al) new subscribers, or renewals, for some 
weeks to come, unless wo are otlrarwl-o ordered, so 
that ull may have the complete volume for reference 
and binding. Hence those who hum delayed to send 
early—on account of the temporary scarcity of 
money in their respective localities, or for other 
causes—can still be supplied. Anticipating a largo 
Increase of circulation -which Is being realized—we 
have thus far printed a heavy extra edition, and cun 
therefore promptly respond to all orders until It Is 
exhausted. Agents uad Intending subscribers will 
please note thlfi. and send on their orders according, 
iy—but tlm sooner the safer. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1870. 
THE RAILROADS: 
Proposed Reforms for the Benefit of Pro 
tUicers und Consumers. 
Merino Buckwheat was Introduced into this 
section about thirty years ago; was cultivated 
l'or a short time and was then discarded. It has 
spread so that nearly every farm is now Infected 
with it. It has proved itself to be a pest to the 
farmers, as it comes up in their summer crops so 
as to very materially injure the saleof any grain 
that has it in. Let unceasing warfare be waged 
against it, the same as against white daisy or any 
other pestiferous plant.— W. It. Brewster, An¬ 
dover, AT. V. 
There are men who urge that the General 
Government should take the direction und con¬ 
trol of railroads. The evils resulting from the 
organization of powerful monopolies arc urged 
as reasons why this step should be taken. These 
powerful combinations are controlling State and 
National legislation, preying upon the industries 
of the people, enriching their officers and de¬ 
frauding the mass of stockholders. They suck 
the vitality from producers und add to the bur¬ 
thens of consumers by exorbitant freight tariffs. 
They make invidious distinctions in freight and 
passenger rate* between intermediate places 
along their linos anti the extreme termini, a 
policy which tends to concentrate and build up 
trade ami industrial entcrprlsesin a few localities 
and crush them out In the many. 
There cun be no doubt «* to these facts. 
Nor can there be any question as to the 
tendency of the present policy of the great, 
railroad combinations. We do not ignore the 
agency of railways in the material develop¬ 
ment. of the country. But like all other good 
things they require regulating. And now - that 
they have become Continental In their ramifica¬ 
tions, and uro almost entirely Independent of 
the control of the State governments, 11 seems 
to us to be tlrno that National legislation should 
dearly define the lino over which they shall not 
step in their exactions from the people. 
We are not prepared to advocate that the Gov¬ 
ernment shall assume the management of the 
roads; but we do urge that the franchises ob¬ 
tained through legislation were granted in con¬ 
sideration of the benefits that were to accrue to 
the people from the building und running such 
roads; and that it is the duty of Congress to 
bring them under the strictest legislative con¬ 
trol. The limits of freight and passenger tariff 
exactions should be marked. The power to ex¬ 
act, absolutely, more money from a shipper for 
transporting freight fifteen than a hundred miles 
should be abolished. The rate per mile for mov¬ 
ing a hundred pounds ol' freight should be fixed, 
and should be uniform for all distances. To 
tills rate should be added a per cent, to cover 
the extra expense for handling freight moved 
short distances. And it may be urged that only 
this distinction is now made. liu I wc have good 
reason to know better. Our legislators may 
learn something from the rules regulating the 
management of German roads in tills respect. 
There should be no distinction whatever in 
passenger tariffs in favor of through passengers. 
The rates per mile should be uniform. If any 
distinction is made, the percent, less on every 
added one hundred miles traveled, should be 
fixed by law. And us lit 1 1c discrimination against 
local travel as possible should be made. 
This whole railroad business demands atten¬ 
tion, and the Rural N i:\v-Yofikek proposes to 
give it a good deal. To this end we invito con¬ 
tributions of facts from our readers which may 
help us to give legislators some notion of the re¬ 
forms required. 
A Special Reqtiefit. — Wo frankly n»k nil its 
friends to aid in extending the circulation and use¬ 
fulness of tho RURAL. Thousands of its old sub- 
Bcribors are already doing this, and we trust the 
hosts who uro joining its standard In nil parts of the 
country will do us and their neighbors tin* favor to 
introduce the paper to uoHeo and support tn their 
respective localities. Friends, please show your 
neighbors nnd acquaintances the Model Rural, Lite¬ 
rary and Family Newspaper, nod Invite them to sub¬ 
scribe. Though our daily receipts probably largely 
exceed those of any other Weekly in America there 
Is .still room on our books for more —and Note (s the 
Time to make Additions. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Industry and Thrin.—During our recent, trip 
South, Commissioner Delano told us of the 
wonderful thrift of a settlement of Friends at 
Forest Hill, Md., saying the atmosphere of the 
place and I ho home life of the people contrasted 
so strongly and strangely with t hat of l he neigh¬ 
borhood outside Of its immediate influence, that 
it deserved public mention. We have from n 
Maryland correspondent the following concern¬ 
ing this settlement:—“A band of people, mostly 
Quakers, from near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., came 
here about twenty years ago,and settled around 
Forest Hill. There Is thrift and enterprise and 
no whisky thoro. There is an entirely different 
atmosphere about the plaoe than obtains In most 
Maryland towns. It hag but one fair-sized coun¬ 
try store, with a tailor's shop in thesumc build¬ 
ing, aud one shoe shop; there is not another 
house within forty rods of these, yet l do thltilt 
as much mall matter stops at this little Quaker 
town as at Belair, which is the county seal, bus 
thrco country stores, one hardware store, one 
grocery, two one-horse ba keries, five taverns and 
ten places where whisky is sold, four doctors and 
about twenty lawyers.” 
American Herd Book.— H. T., Bozetta, O.- 
Write LEwrs F. Allen, Buffalo, N. Y., the au 
thor, who can answer your inquiries. 
Glasgow Giinno.—A Memphis, Tenn., corre¬ 
spondent asks us our opinion of this guano. We 
have never used it, and cannot, therefore, ex¬ 
press an opinion. 
THE SEASON, 
No. 4 1 Park Row, New York City, is the 
locution of the principal Publication Office of the 
Rural N'MV-YoiutKR.and all Business Letters, &c. 
should bo addressed to 
X>. D. T. MOORE, 
No. 41 Ihtvlc Row, Now York. 
Agents and Olliers will please note this address. 
Tennessee Mamin I Labor University.— We have 
received the following note from Murfreesboro, 
Tenn., which explains itself: 
Editor Moore's Rural New-Yorker:— The 
colored people have never hud a greater swindle 
practiced upon them than the humbug called the 
‘•Tennessee Manual Labor University,” near this 
place, of which Peter Lawnv Is President and 
Samuel, of this place, Is Secretary and traveling 
agent—both colored men, Not a dollar contributed 
has ever beeu preperly used, and llio swindle Is 
widening by increased efforts to got money. For the 
truth of what I say t refer you to J. D. Wilson, 
County Clerk, Rutherford Co., of this place; Cnpt. 
Dowdy. Vice-President First National Bunk, Mur¬ 
freesboro: Sam. Brown, Assessor Internal Rev¬ 
enue; Jesse Ferres, Collector Internal Revenue. 
Murfreesboro. Tenn. —all friends of the colOTea 
race. You will confer a favor on a generous public 
and the colored race by publishing the above.—J. C. 
Porter. 
[The details a, regards Season and Crops nrn now of minor hnport- 
nnrp. hut it is of importance lo farmers to know the prices paid for 
farm produce nil over the Uehal Parish. Olvu us briefly, then, lids 
wiutcr, such items concerning Ihe a,,neon Olid temperature as inuv ho 
of iiUcTft, and especially tl.v prices paid for all kinds of ,arm pro- 
rlnce, nnd eueb facto as to the stock on hand aa may be reliaolo. 
—Ena. Ruitat.,1 
Middletown, Orange Co„ N. Y„ Jan. 17.— 
Weal her warm, rainy aud foggy; snow all gone; 
milk plenty and very dull.— d. w. b. 
Omaha, Neb., Jau. I •!.—Corn Is worth 35@40c.; 
wheat, Sue.; oats, 35e.; potatoes, 75c.; wheat 
flour is worth $2.50&-.*3 per owl.; corn meal, 2c. 
per lb.— e. a. 
Bear Lake, Manistee Go., Mich., Jail. lO.— 
8now two feet deep on a level. Potatoes sell at 
60@65c. per buslud, und t here ii.ro thousands of 
bushel? buried beneath the snow that have not 
been dug. Oats bring 50c,; butter 35@40o. per lb. 
—m. e. a. 
Napa <'ity, Col. Jan. 8.—The weather here is 
beautiful, although for u week past we have had 
heavy frosts each night. No rain of consequence 
ha* fallen for some time, and grain suffers in 
some localities. Many persons beglu to prophesy 
u dry season.— a. v. T. 
Palo, Linn Co., Iowa, .Ian, 11. —Wheat Is sell¬ 
ing in our market this week l'or 30 to 60c. per 
bush.; corn, 25©30o.; potatoes, 30c.: live hogs, 
7<S-8c.; dressed hogs, fS>j@8o. Matty of the farm¬ 
ers here are grinding tin ir wheat and feeding to 
their hogs. AU the farm products are yet going 
doivn. Butler has also declined from 28@30c. to 
18322c. per lb.—H enry Whiting. 
Eusl Florence, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 10.— 
Hay, $12 per ton; outs, 00e.; corn £1.12; buck¬ 
wheat, 80c.; potatoes. I07b60c.; pork, $12@15 per 
cwt.; butter. 35c,; cows, $40&55; land, $40 per 
acre, of good quality. Our leading productions 
are caille. hay. oat sand potatoes; the last named 
crops wore never better than they were the past 
season. Did not have sleighing of auy account 
until the first of the month.—M. 
Mexico, Oswego Co., X. Y„ Jau, 15.—Wc have 
eight iltchesof stiowuudice, making good sleigh¬ 
ing. The corn, rye and buckwheat crops were 
medium ; oafs excellent; potatoes fair yield, but 
rotting some on lowland. Still we have ft sur¬ 
plus for market. The hay crop Is abundant. 
Corn sells at $1. rye, $1; oats, 60e.; buckwheat, 
95c,; potatoes. 65&G0c. per bushel; hay, $10 per 
ton; cheese, 18c. per lb.; hutier,35c. Farm lands 
are selling at > to@80 per aero, the hitter price lor 
natural grass lands.—w. H. 
Vergcnites, Mich., Jau. 15.—January thus far 
mild. Coldest A. M. Qih, (l 3 above zero. White 
wheat, 90u.; corn, 5Uc.; oats, 45c., not many sown 
last spring. Potatoes dull, 20c.; apples dull, 50c.; 
barley, very little grown, aud is worth $1.10 per 
bushel; rye and peas, ignored; garden vege¬ 
tables, ditto. Hay is worth from $10 to $12 per 
ton. Horses dull, sell from $250 to $500 a span ; 
oxen are wurlli from $100 to $.200 the yoke; cows 
from $30 lo $50 each: heel' cal tie 4 to (ic. per lb. 
live weight; hogs very scarce. Pork, $10 to $11 
per 100 lbs- Farms $30 to $75 per acre. Money 
scarce. Farmers are disappointed in the price of 
wheat, which is our staple product. Wool is our 
next staple in importance, but the price offered 
Is below the cost of production, hence a falling 
off in these products is inevitable in Michigan.— 
Pioneer. 
Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., Jail. 19.— We 
have had a most delightful winter s6 far—almost 
like spring weather. Wheat is growing finely, 
and looks well. Some of the farmers in this 
section have already commenced plowing for 
corn. Since the completion of tho Dorchester 
and Delaware Bailroad to this place real estate 
agents have been quite active, and have sold 
many farms along the road to Northern fanners. 
The price of farm lauds in this county varies 
lrom $20 to $80 per acre, according to locution 
and improvements. First-rate land situated 
three or four miles from the railroad, can be 
bought at $3<) to $30 per acre; but the sumo 
kind of land immediately on tho road com¬ 
mands a higher price. The revere drouth last 
summer caused the corn crop in tins county to 
“ fall short ” about one-fourth; it is selling at 85 
to 95c.; wheat, $1.30 to $1.60; oats, 70c.; pota¬ 
toes, 75c.; hay, $25 to $30.—J. e. b. 
New suinteril»ern.— By tlio term new subscribers 
In our Promlutu List, we menu, os therein stated, per¬ 
sons who did not take tho Rural during the year 
lsffl. A change of Initials, or to the numo of some 
Other member of an old subscriber's faintly, does not 
constltuta a new subscriber by any means, and can¬ 
not be so counted. _ 
Form Clubs Now J—And If you. Render, cannot 
form one, join with or help a neighbor or friend to 
accomplish the laudable object* Don't wait until 
other Hnd Inferior papers occupy the field. “The 
early bird ’’—you know the rest. 
A Wotld'M Fair in fit. Louts.—We cannot 
count on our fingers the number of “World's 
Horse Fairs ” which u distinguished member of 
the Smith family triumphantly held in various 
Paris of the United Slates. Smith and Ins 
“World's Fairs” are likely to be rivaled. We 
announced lately that Washington proposes a 
World's Fair in 1871; capital stock, $1,000,000 und 
the good will of Congress. St. Louis wants tho 
National Capitol, and is bound to rival Wash¬ 
ington. She has resolved, therefore, that a 
World’s Fair in that city In 1871 “is not only 
feasible, but practicable and desirable;'' and on 
the 27t b ull. a committee was appointed to draft 
articles of incorporation for u World's Fair As¬ 
sociation, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to 
be submitted to a mass meeting to be Ueld Jan. 
3()tli, at which tho inauguration aud perfection 
of the arrangements for holding such Fair will 
be made. 
Flow lo Remit.— Tho best way to remit for clubs, 
as we have often stated. 1* by DrnJL If $20 or over, 
send by draft, as there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It Is best to send by P. O. Money Order,-but 
If you cannot do that, send in Registered letters, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOORE. 11 Park Bow. New York. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
iinusntnnlc, Mas*., Ag. Soc.—At the annual 
meeting the following officers were elected for 
the current year:- lye*.—V. a. Russell, Great 
Barrington. Vice^-l‘res' t «—Th os. H. Curt is, Great 
Barrington nnd Z. Can dee, Sheffield. Sec.— H. 
T. Bobbins, Great Barrington, i'mm.- J. Dewey, 
Great Barrington. Ki. Com. —A. Hyde. Leo; E. 
B. Garfield, Monterey: H. Dresser, Stockbridge; 
H. \V. Smith, Alford; H. Dewey, Egreiuont. 
Del. Board—Richard Goodman, Lenox. 
Hamden ( n„ Mans., En*t Ag. Soc.—Officers 
chosen l'or 1870:— Pres.— Dr. Wu, Holbrook, 
Palmer. Directors—Samuel Haines, David Knox, 
Palmer; J. S. Blair, Brlmtteld; A. J. Northrup, 
Monson; 811ns Billing-'. Ludlow; J. B. Foster, 
E. N. Fay ami O. M. Graves, Monson. See. and 
Tmui.—O. P. Allen, Palmer. Delegate (o Slate 
Boani -Hiratn Converse, Palmer. 
The K ii nil nun I’roMenl.— Our readers arc re¬ 
minded that In all oases where a Subscriber sends tlio 
Rural New-York i. it to a relative or friend, us a 
present, we only charge the lowest club rule $2.60 a 
year. The lowest price for copies thus sent to Cana¬ 
da is $2.70 and to Europe $3.50. 
Additions to Clnbs are always in ordor, whether 
In ones, twos, lives, tens, or uny other number. A 
host of people ure dropping other papers about those 
days, and our Agent-Friends should Improve evory 
occasion to secure such as recruits for the Rural. 
Revenue Tax on Sales of Lumber.— The Com¬ 
missioner of Internal Revenue has decided that 
where a lumber dealer has a planing mill and 
dresses and sells lumber, ho Is held liable for a 
taxon such sales under section four of the Act 
of March 31st, 1808, aud the denier who litres lum¬ 
ber planed, and sells the sumo. Is equally liable 
to tho suite tux. A dealer in l urn her who furn¬ 
ishes lumber to ft planing mill to have it planed, 
tonguod, grooved, sided, or otherwise dressed or 
prepared, and Sells ihe same when dressed, and 
who also sells undressed lumber, should be re¬ 
quired to make quarterly returns of his sales of 
dressed lumber and pay thereon the tax imposed 
by the section above referred to, ami should be 
held liable for special tax as dealer, wholesale or 
retail, as the case may be, lor his sales ol' un¬ 
dressed lumber. 
Hoxvto Help I lie Rural. There arc numerous 
ways in which its friends cun aid In circulating the 
Rural. Ki ret, show the paper, or talk to your 
friends about It, or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend to do so —or induce your P. M. lo act as agent. 
Franklin Co., Mass., Ag. Roc., at the recent 
annual meeting, made choice of officers for cur¬ 
rent year as follows Pres. IVm. Keith, Green¬ 
field, Vfce-Pres'ts—J olin M. Smith, Sunderland; 
David Aiken, Greenfield, aild au elfective force 
ol‘ twenty-fiVC trustees located in the different 
towns ol the couuty. 
Hliow Bills, Specimen Nu in beys, Jr., sent 
free to all applicants. If you want such documents, 
let us know and they will be forwurded. 
Chicago Aendrniy of Sciences.— The following 
are the officers elected for 1880:—i-Yes.—iJr. Ed¬ 
mund Andrews. First F (ee-Frcs. — Ool. J. W. 
Foster. See— Prof. \V. Stioipson. Lib .—Charles 
Keonieott. Be©.—Dr. Norman Bridge. Cam. mi 
Membership —Dr. Andrews, Dr. Wood aud Mr. 
EUatchlonl. 
No Traveling Agents are employed by us, but 
any person so disposed can act as Local Agent, on 
his or her own authority, and secure premiums, etc. 
“Come ntitl Subscribe.” — Under this heading, 
the Auburn News (an excellent paper which 
clubs with tho Rural— offering both papers for 
$3.75,) makes the following pertinent appeal to 
Its readers—ti production worthy the poet- 
laureate or “ Auburn, the loyelioet village [city] 
of the plain": 
Come all you good farmers who live b.v hard work. 
And have laid up your thousands with butter und 
pork, 
Come give us your names for the Rra.4L and News, 
The very beet papers a farmer can choose, 
Tho Rural will tell yon Just how to raise wheat. 
Good barley and oats that cannot be beat, 
And potatoes so large that one will subdue 
The worst, pangs of hunger that Pat ever knew. 
'Twill tell you to ditch and fence up your farm, 
Repair all your buildings with stables so warm; 
To feed ull your stock quite rog’lar and well, 
And get the hrst price for whatever you sell; 
Teach you how to grow carrots, turnips and cabbage. 
To destroy ull the Insects your fruit trees now ravage; 
In truth, it will show you tho leaks and the stops 
That weaken your soil and lessen your crops. 
The News is the paper for the facts of the times. 
All political changes and schedules of crimes; 
Also the markets, correct ns tho sun. 
Direct from headquarters, you may depend on. 
It gives the adventures of burglars and thieves, 
With the length of the sentence each criminal re¬ 
ceives ; 
Also the record of church and of courts, 
The price of exchange and commercial reports. 
In fact.it will give you things just ns they arc, 
From a family quarrel to a national Jar; 
So tlio two cheapest papers that you cun peruse 
Arc the in: ra i. New-Yorker ana our own A ubvtrn 
N KWS. 
Washtenaw Co„ Midi., Ag. Soc.—The follow¬ 
ing are tho office re elect for 1871): -Piv*.—L yman 
('. Wood. Vice-Prr/;ts Sampson Parker, David 
M. Uhl, John C. Koch, Joshua G. Loluiid and 
Robert McCall, liec. Sec .—DensirtOru Cramer. 
Cor. See .—EliliU B. Pond. I'leas— Stephen M. 
Webster. _ 
A W estern Fruit Growers' Convention will be 
held at. Spring Lake, Ottawa Co., Michigan, 
commencing on Tuesday, Fob. 8. Free enter¬ 
tainment will be given to all from a distance. 
So writes Nathan E. Fish, Secretary of tlio 
Committee of Arrangements. 
Gold Medal fur Kansas.— At the recent meet¬ 
ing of the Kansas Hort. Soc. at Ottawu, Dr. W. 
M. Ilows ley. Chairman of t.be Committee that 
exhibited Kansas fruits at the American pomo- 
logical meeting at, Philadelphia, formally pre¬ 
sented the large Gold Medal received from tho 
Pennsylvania Hort. Sue. to the home Society 
through its President, who responded in a fitting 
manner in accepting the same. Our Kansas 
friends may justly feel proud of their position 
and medal, and are making the most of it. They 
will do well to remember that others may strive 
to rival them, rendering continued labor und 
core In fruit growing necessary if they would 
maiutalu their high reputation. 
RETRENCHMENT AND ECONOMY, 
These words should be written upon, nay, 
burned Into, the doorposts of every public and 
private building, engraved upon every coin, 
printed upon every ballot and greenback, be¬ 
come a text in every pulpit nnd a standing head¬ 
ing in every paper in Die country, until every 
public officer, private citizen, woman and child 
shall have learned their importance aud signifi¬ 
cance, and the agency such public and personal 
policy may exert to redeem both government 
and people from the proverbial venality and 
low standard of morality to which both seem to 
have fallen. 
It makes one shiver with apprehension for the 
future of the country to read the current daily 
record of events—the revelations of extrava¬ 
gance aud fraud; the details of the defalcations 
of men in places of trust and power; the evi¬ 
dences of the almost Unbridled license of crime 
aud of the steadily increasing skepticism con¬ 
cerning the existence of virtue and honesty; to 
witness the aggressions and oppressions of greed 
and the unscrupulous struggle for galu. 
What a hideous background has this picture! 
Thousands of ineu and women arc out of employ¬ 
ment— stf rving, stealing from aud preying upon 
each other and upon society; imitating, when¬ 
ever a dollar is obtained, the extravagant follies 
of those whose wealth gives them power to dis- 
Kniisuis Siute Hurt. Sue.—At their recent an¬ 
nual meeting ro-cleoted the following officers: 
Pics.—\\ T Ml. Tanner, Leavenworth. utce-Pres, 
—Ci. B. Linos, Wabaunsee. Sec.—Geo. C. Brack¬ 
ett, Lawrence, 'ireas..— 6.T. Kelsey, Ottawa. 
Jefferson Co. Mo,, Mori. Soc.—Officers for 1870: 
Pres— Thomas Walker. Vicc-Pres.— B. Honey. 
See.—D. B. Vcozey. 'I'leas, —H. P. Bates. Ex. 
Com.—Dr. L. James, J. A. Graff, J. L. Symonds, 
A. Mitchell, U. P. Bates. 
“ Important, if True.”—c. H. C. Pottem, Cort¬ 
land Co., N. Y., informs us that “next summer 
is to be the dryest summer we ever have had— 
not a famine, but the next thing to it; and the 
third and fourth days of June next a great many 
people are to be killed who will be buried on the 
seventh of June.” 
Kfrtliind, A. Y., Ag. Soc.—Officers for 1870:— 
Pre*-— Geo.Griffin. Vice-Pres'ts— C. w. Eells, 
T. II. Brock way. Treos.—T. T. Thompson. See. 
-G. L. Miller. E.c. Com— E. Stanton, H. N. 
Gleason, li. Ferris. 
Indiana Stale Ag. Soc.— The receipts of this 
Society for 1869 were $34,789.81; disbursements, 
$22,446.61, showing a balance in the treasury of 
11,345.20. _ 
West Winlcrporl, Me., Farmers’ Club.—Officers 
for 1870:— Pres.— B. Plummbil Vieo-Pres.— W. 
Thompson. See.—J. York Jr. Lib— J. C. Nealy. 
Trccts-F. W. Ritchie. 
Catalogues Etc., Received. —The Democratic 
Almanac and Political Compendium for 1870 
(Van EvatE, Horton & Co., 162 Nassau street, 
N. Y„) contains a vast amount of valuable mat¬ 
ter for reference.—Monthly Report of the Depu¬ 
ty Special Commissioner of the Revenue.—Re¬ 
tail Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds 
fur 1870, from James J. H. Gregory, Marble- 
bead, Mass.—The Horse Shocr’s Manual, a prac¬ 
tical guide to horse shoeing in all nineties, 
(Jesse Haney & Co., H9 Nassau street, N. Y.,) 
a little work fully illustrated.—B. K. Bliss & 
Sons’ (41 Park Row, New York City,) Illustrated 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
North Auburn (Me.) Farmers’ Club,—HARVEY 
Dialing RAM, Pres. Dr. Becde aud O. D. Bailey, 
V. Prts'ts. Ausel Briggs, Sec. 
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE 
of J)ce, lttli, 1869, in answor to a correspondent, says: 
“ Of Washers there is nothing to be compared with 
Doty's .” 
Fryeburg, Mo., Farmers’ Club.— Officers 1870 
Pres.— Andrew Buzzell. Vfce-Fres.—Josiah W 
Davis. Sec. and Trtas.—D. Lowell Lamson. 
