SMITH S AMERICAN ORGANS 
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TWENTY YEARS AGO 
Xlow wondrous are the changes, Jim, 
Since twenty years ago. 
When gals worn woolen dresses, Jim. 
And hoys wore punt* of tow; 
When si: os were made of culf-akin 
And sock* of home-spun wool, 
And children did n half-day's work 
Before the hour for school. 
A THOROUGH COMPARISON INVITED 
Ski? Never to rent satisfied with mediocre success has been the 
motto of this house. Aral with every year's experience they expect not 
only to maintain their present position , but to produce instruments of 
greater and more varied power , thus anticipating the increasing demands 
of the most cultivated taste. 
Tnr. rcXCKT-.LF.Ncrc ttif.y have attained ts not ttttc result of citance, but follows 
1 heir well-devised system, so that eac h Organ is perfect of its kind, and there is no 
more chance for inferior work that! In the Armory at Springfield, 
Among the many flattering testimonials they have received, lliey desire to call atten¬ 
tion to 1 he following letter from CARL ZERIiA tIN, Esq., the eminent Conductor of the 
Handel and Haydn Society, of the Boston Symphony Concerts, and principal Conductor 
of the Monster Chorus and Orchestra of the late PEACE JUBILEE. 
Messrs. S. D. & II. W. Smith : 
Gentlemen :—My attention was particularly called to your American Organs by one 
which was used in the public performance recently of the oratorio of the “ Creation,” 
under my conductorship. It rendered valuable service in the support of the choruses and 
accompaniments of t he recitatives. 
The purity and sweetness of tone were excellent, and I was especially slruck with 
the great, power of the sub bass notes. This has led me to make a careful examination of 
your different styles of organs and the interior workmanship, at your manufactory. 
The quality of tone bears the closest resemblance to the pipe organ ; and I cheerfully 
testily to their great superiority in this respect, as well us in the finish of the mechanical 
parts. Respectfu 1 lyyours, CARL ZEIiRA 1IN. 
The girl* took music lesson*, Jim, 
Upon the spinning wheel, 
And practised laic and early, Jim, 
On the xplndle, swift, ami reel; 
The boys would ride bare-backed to mill, 
A do/.cn uiilcti or no, 
And hurry off before 'twas day. 
Some tweiity years ago. 
The people rode to meeting, Jim, 
In *led» instead of sleighs, 
And wagons rode as easy, Jim, 
As buggies now-a-days; 
And oxen answered well for teams, 
Though now they’d be too slow, 
For people lived not half so fast 
Some twenty years ago. 
O. well do 1 remember, Jim, 
Thai Wilson’s patent stove 
That father bought, and paid for, Jim, 
In cloth our gala had wove; 
And how the neighbors wondered 
When ire got the thing to go; 
They Mild 'twould bust and kill us all 
Some twenty years ago 
TOO INTK ATt THE a'RTJM’H. 
Mr. Out-a-dash —Did think I would go, aw, to the Spwings, aw, or to Long Bwancli 
aw ; but concluded 1 wouldn’t. 
Bright Eyed Girl —Don’t you spell that wouldn’t with a cl 
Air. Cut-a dash thinks the girls of the period arc altogether too sharp. 
Ye*. everything I* different, Jim, 
Frnm what it used to was, 
For men arc al way* tampering, Jim, 
With God’s great, natural laws; 
But what on earth we’re coming to— 
Does anybody know? 
For everything has changed so much 
Since twenty years ago. 
street, New York, where a countryman was 
clamorously besieged by a shopkeeper. 
“ Have you any fine shirts?" said the coun¬ 
tryman. 
“ A splendid assortment. Step in, sir. 
Every price and every style. The cheapest 
in the market, sir." • 
“ Are they clean ?” 
“ To lie sure, sir.” 
“ Then,” said the countryman, with great 
gravity, “you had better put on one, for you 
need it.” 
moment’s pause a small hand went up will) 1 re- 
meiulouB energy. “Well, Johnny, wniit is it?" 
“Their stomachs are good for tripe," shouted 
the young Havant,. 
Mtss Wtr.KLNK was a beautiful blonde, and die 
wanted I- go bo xi• w port bo she told berinothi r 
to look lor something particular for her den 
papa. “And what I* it, pruy," risked her mother, 
“that yon wish no mwh to find for your dear 
pupu?" “A son-in-law," was the gentle reply 
of the blushing maiden. 
“ f Wish," said the alight, and elegant Mrs. 
Fit/.holi lo her friend, Mrs. Twigg, whose tmhou- 
point was strikingly handsome—■** I wish I hud 
some of your fat, and you had sorneof my loan,” 
“I’ll (ell you what is the origin of that wl«h," 
replied the lair wit,:—“you flunk too much of 
me, and too little of yourseJI.” 
CENSUS TAKING, 
Besides a large variety of sweet-toned instruments for the Parlor, the manufacturers 
• a series of powerful instruments with 
Got any children?” the marshal said 
To the lucly from over the Rhine; 
The lucly shook her Haven curls, 
And clvlly answered "Nein.” 
PEDAL BASS AND DOUBLE MANUALS 
Husband, of course?” the marshal said 
To the Indy from Over the Rhine 
The Indy shook her Saxon curls. 
And civily unsworeil, “ Nein.” 
[J. Q. 8axe, In N. V. Ledger. 
rot' CHURCHES, MUSICAL SOCIETIES, and other public uses, 
as well as or ORGAN STUDENTS, 
Although the superiority of the large Pipe Organ is incontestible, still it. is and must 
remain an expensive instrument, and its distinctive excellences are not found in those of 
low cost. It is certainly true that unless a Society spends at least $ 2,000 for a 
Pipe Organ, 
t Mi: AMERICAN ORGAN FOR $1,000 OR IdESS WII,I, G1YE 
fa ic i(i:tti:r sat isi autioa. 
Circulars, with full descriptions, elegant photographic engravings and prices, will be 
sent, post-paid, on application. As the Manufacturers oiler no second-class work for 
sale, distant purchasers cun order by mail, with the certainly of receiving the best Instru¬ 
ment lor the price. And to any place in which there is no agent, Organs 11111 be sent by 
Express, free of charge, at the published rates. 
S. D. & H. W. SMITH, BOSTON, MASS. 
WATTS' INFALLIBILITY, 
A story is told of an old clergyman who 
bad the most unbounded faith in Watts’ 
h v Min-hook. lie was fond of saying that he 
coni.I never open to any page without find¬ 
ing ' ' appropriate “ mih A mi cliievous 
son on.is thought it would be a good joke lo 
test liis talkers faith. So lie took an old 
song and pasted it on one of the pages of the 
book, over a hymn, so nicely t hat it could 
not be easily detected, Al church, on Sab¬ 
bath morning, the minister happened to open 
at that very page, and commenced to read: 
“ Old Grimes Is dead.” 
There was a sensation in the audience. He 
looked at tiie choir and they looked at. him; 
but such was his faith in Walts’ hymns that 
lie undertook it again, commencing with the 
same line. There was another sensation in 
the audience. Looking at it again, and then 
at the congregation, and then at the choir, 
said lie, “ Brethren, it. is here in the regular 
order in Watts’ hymn-book, and wc will sing 
it,, anyhow.” 
LITER AT ANSWERS 
A lady noticed a hoy sprinkling sail on 
the sidewalk to t i.l^e o!T the ice, and re¬ 
marked to a friend, pointing to ute salt: 
“ Now, that’s benevolence.” 
“ No it ain’t," said the boy, somewhat in¬ 
dignantly, “ it’s salt.” 
Bo, when a lady asked her servant girl if 
the hired man cleaned off the snow with 
alacrity, she replied: 
“ No, ma’am, he used a shovel.” 
The same literal turn of mind which we 
have been illustrating is sometimes used in¬ 
tentionally, and perhaps a little maliciously, 
and thus becomes the property of wit in¬ 
stead of blunder. Thus we hear of a very 
polite and impressive gentleman who said 
to a youth in the street: 
“ Roy, may 1 inquire where Robinson’s 
drug store is V” 
“ Certainly, sir,” replied the boy, very re¬ 
spectfully. 
“ Well, sir,” said the gentleman, after 
waiting awhile, “ where is it?” 
“ I have not the least idea, j T cr honor,” 
said the urchin. 
There was another boy who was accosted 
by an ascetic middle-aged lady with : 
“ Boy, I want to go to Dover street.” 
“ Well, ma’am,” said the boy, “ why don’t 
you go then ?” 
One day, at Lake Oeorgc, a party of gen¬ 
tlemen trolling among the beautiful islands 
on tlie lake, with bad luck, espied a little 
fellow with a red shirt and a straw hat, 
dangling a line over the side of a boat. 
“Hallo, boy," said one of them, “what 
are you doing ?” 
“ Fishing,” came the answer. 
“ Well, of course,” said the gentleman ; 
“ but what do you catch ?” 
“ Pish, you fool! What do you s’pose ?” 
“ Did any of you ever see an elephant’s 
skin ?” inquired a teacher of an infant class. 
“ 1 have," exclaimed one. 
“Where?” asked the teacher. 
“ On the elephant ” said the buy, laughing. 
Sometimes this sort of wit degenerates or 
rises, as the case may be, into punning, as 
when Flora pointed pensively to the heavy 
masses of clouds in the sky, saying: 
“ 1 wonder where those clouds are going?” 
and her brother replied; 
“ 1 think they are going to thunder.” 
Also the following dialogue: 
“Hello, there 1 how do you sell your 
wood ?” 
“ By the cord.” 
“ How long has it been cut?” 
“ Four feet.” 
“ 1 mean how long has it been since you 
cut it?” 
“ No longer than it is now.” 
{ And also when Patrick O’Flynn was seen 
with his collar and his bosom sadly begrimed, 
^ and was indignantly asked by his officer: 
A “ Patrick O’Flynn I how long do you wear 
& a shirt?” 
“ Twenty-eight inches, sir." 
w This reminds one of an instance which is 
k said to have occurred recently in Chatham 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Mi.-r'u.i t'.Roi’M Emciu No. IT. They that seek 
Hit curly !, III HtKl 1/1.• 
ii i i i. .! Enigma No. 8.—Poverty unit shame 
sliiiil lii) to him Unit refuseth instruction; but lie 
that regardeth reproof shall be honored. 
CliAIf A HI! NO. U.—Ilcnry (Hen-rye). 
l’aOlH.liM No. 14. 48.04228, 86,01228 and 23.(11544 rods. 
1 i.i.pstkatkii Hunt's No. 18. —Canadian inhab¬ 
itants are at present in a state of fearful alarm. 
IHteceUitncoito Abuevtiscmemo 
GREAT REDUCTION 
\\7ANTIC® A012NT*— To mil the HOME 
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It makes I he " Iick Stirli " (alike on bo I li rddi •land 
is t he only licensed under-feed Shuttle Machine fold 
for less than flit). Lionised hv Wheeler A. Wilson, 
Grover & Bilker, and Singer \ Co. All otliei under¬ 
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IX PRICE OP 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
TO CONFORM TO 
Tjmi IT PAIUI FOB I4ALF AT A KAURI- 
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Two (Tups will |my tor H. Niatr town, railroads, 
schools mid chuii lies. Climate mild, iicuRliy, de¬ 
lightful. W N. Mi: icph V, Carhomlnle, ill. 
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GLIMPSES OF GENIUS, 
By the Missouri Railroad Accident, 
nineteen were killed , and twenty-live 
injured. Not one was insured in the 
TRAVELERS INSURANCE COM¬ 
PANY. 
By the Richmond Disaster, fifty- 
seven men were killed , and one hun¬ 
dred and fifty-three injured. Not one 
was insured in the TRAVELERS 
INSUII ANCE COM PAN V. 
By the Rutland Railroad Accident, 
six men were killed , and eighteen seri¬ 
ously injured. Of these, three held 
accident policies in the TRAVELERS 
INSURANCE COMPANY of Hart¬ 
ford, as follows: 
T. R. Abbott of Lowell, #5,000, 
A. R. Field of Greenfield, #2,000, 
M. M. Crooker of Rutland, #5,000, 
(Also. *1,000 Life, raid June 14,) 
Making a total of Twelve Thousand 
Dollars realized, for only #77.50 paid 
in premiums. 
The TRAVELERS INSURANCE 
COMPANY of Hartford issues Gen¬ 
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or year. Every man should have one. 
The TRAVELERS lias paid over 
Twelve Thousand losses, averaging 
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A 
DAY for the past six years. Agents 
in all cities and large towns. 
The Travelers also grants full 
Life and Endowment Policies, of all 
approved forms, at low rates. 
NEAV YORK OFFICE, 207 Broadway. 
M A N U FA (rr U UK Its O F 
Hardships of flic ocean—Tlie iron-chuls. 
Titk Union Pacific—A quiet marriage. 
A regular old sn It—Salt-pet re. 
The end of everything—The letter G. 
A lone man The pawnbroker. 
A flourishing business— Ornamental pen¬ 
manship. 
An overworked Imrse is like tin umbrella—Be¬ 
cause it’s used up. 
Motto lorn modern fashionable young lady— 
Never too late to bend. 
Goon resolutions are like crying babies at a 
concert; they ought to be carried out. 
Wiiy was Nuali never hungry in llicark? Be¬ 
cause lie always hud a Ham with him. 
When a man runs for office, whai kind of a 
sweetmeat does he become ? A candidate. 
V hy is the earth liken black-board V Because 
the children of man multiply upon the face of it. 
“Darling, it’s lied lime. All the chickens 
have gone to bed." “Yes, mamma, so has the 
old lien!" 
The difference between a baby and a coat is 
lliis:—The coat.is what you wear and the baby 
is what you were. 
Chickens cannot reasonably expect to have 
auy future existence. Don’t they have their 
necks twirl'd in this? 
The only mention of paper money in the 
Bilile is in the passage where it says that the 
dove brought the green back to Noah. 
An old bachelor says, “It is all nonsense to 
pretend that love is Mind. I never yet knew a 
man in love that did not see ten times us much 
in his sweetheart ns 1 could." 
“ I say," said a Yankee to an Irishman who 
was digging in u garden, "are yon digging our u 
hole in that onion bed r” “ No," said Pat, " I’m 
digging out the dirt and leaving the hole. 
PhilOsoph’v says that shutting the eyes makes 
the sense of hearing more acute. A wag sug¬ 
gests tha t this accounts for the many closed eyes 
which are seen in our churches every Sunday. 
A stump speaker exclaimed, “I know no 
North, no South, no East, no West, fellow-citi¬ 
zens.'' •“ Then," exclaimed an old farmer in the 
crowd, "its time you went to school and larnt 
jography." 
A wag, reading In one of Brigham Young’s 
manifestoes that “The great resources of Utah 
arc her women," exclaimed:—“ It is very evi¬ 
dent that the Prophet is disposed to husband his 
resources." 
Charles Mathews, the elder, being asked 
what he was going to do with his son, (the young 
man's profession was to bean architect ,) “ Why,” 
answered the comedian, “ he ts going to draw 
houses, like his father." 
At a New Bedford school examination, tlie 
other day, tlie teacher sought to develop the 
“general intelligence” of an infant class by 
asking, “What are cows good for?” After a 
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PRESS OPINIONS OF THE RURAL, 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. Through the 
past year nor reader* have been, from time to time, 
vastly hcmdlled we doubt not. by reason of the many 
ext Met* wv have published from tills truly able Agri¬ 
cultural weekly paper. It is not bio lenuh to ray that 
it i- (be best paper ot its class lo all tlie land. At 
every flierlde in Lincoln county wo should he glad 
to ktinw d would go every week lb 1W0. Vex, In every 
count v of our State, we Humid feel gratilted In see 
many heart Iisand homes gladdened by it* ever usclnl 
presence. Our people would tic wiser and belter for 
it. Dispatch, Stanford, Kg. 
Tin; Briutr, 1* now a mammoth sheet, gotten tip 
in elegant style, very neatly printed, and filled with 
a variety of useful Information on ulninst all sub¬ 
jects*—Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Life, New*, 
L i t <t rntu re, Set ei i ee and the Arts. The RURAL, under 
tin? mantigmiient of friend Moults, Ims bi-en an im- 
lueime sucres*. This success is owing to the filet 
tli ii t lie make* a paper which the people want, and 
one they will have.—American, .1 /Won, A‘. 1\ 
Muohk's Rural New-Yorker commenced the 
new year, double in si?e, without increasing the 
price. It Is the largest Rural, Literary and Family 
Newspaper now published, and, if we may be con¬ 
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New I J all ‘ Vlm<*. 
The best Weekly Agricultural and Family News¬ 
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lias seven Editors, all men of reputation, besides 
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country. Jfi nhtckji Statesman. 
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every phase and period of life. It now sliiod*, pre¬ 
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weekly of its class published anywhere.—S. S. i isitor. 
Tnt: Rural l* not only a farm journal of tho 
highest authority and useruinous, but an almost In¬ 
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a nd lit raid, 
Tuk Hun At, New-Yorker has won a position 
where if need not ask commendation, and need not 
fear criticism. It has no equal in its own depart¬ 
ment in tlie country.—Standard, Chicago. 
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VINEGAR 
• ■ * M L-V^ni la LASSES, OR SOR- 
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For Circulars, address F. I. SAGE, Vinegar Maker, 
Cromwell, Conn. 
