ittisccllaneons QUiucrtiscmcnts 
THE ftl.DIiST, LARGEST AND 
JL Most I’erfcci Manufactory in the I nito.l States. 
-3= S , (> O O XV O XV IN XJSE. 
CEO. A. PRINCE & CO.’S 
ORGANS &. IUEEX.ODBONS 
will lie delivered In any part nf the United States 
reached by Express (where they hnve no atient,) 
FKEK oP i IIAIKI K. On receipt nf list price. 
£*md lnr Price List mid Cirenlnrs. Address 
l.Kd. A. PRINCE A GfLABiiffalo. N, Y. 
CEO. A. PRINCE A CGuc Chicago, 111. 
SWINGING ON A BIRCH TREE 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 2, 
BwingiXG on a birch tree 
Tun sleepy tune, 
Hummed by all Die breezes 
In the mouth of June > 
Little leaven a-flutter 
Sound like (lancing drops 
of a brook on pebbles— 
Hong that never stops. 
Up and down we see-saw. 
Up into the sky; 
Ilow it opens on us. 
Like a wide blue eye! 
Vou and I are sailors 
Hocking on h mast; 
And the world's our vessel— 
IIo! she sails so last! 
I am composed of six letters. 
My 4, 2,3 is a inctal. 
My 1, 2, 3, 5 is a drink. 
My 4,2, 6, 5 is a part of a wagon. 
My 3, 2, 4, 6,5 is a salt. 
My 3,2. 4 is the egg or a small insect. 
My 1, 5, <5, 4, 5 ,0 was a man of sorrows. 
My 4,3, 3, 5 is a part of a fork. 
My G, 5, 3, 4 ii( what many housekeepers dread. 
My 2, 3, i, 6, G, 4,1,2, 3,5 Is what most vines do. 
My 4, 5,3, 4 is seen with most armies. 
My 1,2,6,5 is manufactured from various metals. 
My 1, 5, 3, 4 is a part of the verb Go. 
M y 1, G, 2,4, 5,6 is ft “ Scribe,” but not a “ Phar¬ 
isee.” 
My 3, 2, 3,5 is a number. 
My 3,2, 3, 5,4, 5, 5, 3 is another number. 
My 1, 5, 3 js a tumor. 
My 3, 5, 4 is used by fishermen. 
My 4, 5,3 is another number. 
My 4, 1,5,5, G is a part of a furnace. 
M.v i, 6,5, 3, 4 Is a river In England. 
My 1,5 Is n pronoun. 
My 1, 5, 2, 0 is a fish dam. 
My 1,2,3 is a purl of the verb Won, 
My 1,2, 4 is a product of the wiud. 
My I, G, 5, 3 Is a small bird. 
M.v 1, G, 2,4 is a sheriff’s paper. 
My 4,5,3, 5,4 is a doctrine. 
My 4, 5, G, G, 2, 5, (J is a small dog. 
My 4, G, 5, 4 is an allowance. 
My 4,6,2,4, 5 means worn out or stale. 
My 1, C, 2, 4, 1, 5,3 is it part of t lie verb Wrote. 
My whole is u. pari of I he year, 
t-•?/“ Answer in two weeks. J. D. Scott. 
TX ANTED AGENTS To sell the HOME 
\\ SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. Price *25. 
ItiMiikestho "Lock Stieh '• (alike on both sides) and 
is the only licenced under-feed Hunt), Machine sold 
for lrvi than $00. I.lennaeil t,r Wheeler A Wilson, 
Grover A Hiker, niul ,-Mngi i .V Co. All other under¬ 
feed shuttle Machines sold fm less thrill are in¬ 
fringements. nnd t he seller and user liable to prose¬ 
cution. Address JOHNSON. CLA HK .v CO.. Boston, 
Mass., Pittsburgh, Pa,. Chicago, III., or SI. Louis, Mo. 
j ) O It T A It I, E S T A T 1 O N A It Y 
AND 
AGRICULTURAL 
STEiLM EKTGUKTES. 
Equaled by none in Combined Merits of Ca¬ 
pacity* Economy, liunihility, Sim¬ 
plicity and Perfection. 
Our PORTABLE ENGINE, mounted on Imtirmo- 
tive Boiler, having fire-box und ash-pit entirely sur¬ 
rounded by water space, is set upon legs and tim¬ 
bers; occupies little room ; needs no brick work; is 
suitable lor use in any place where a power Is re¬ 
quired—in Mills. Simps, Poh mirh's, or i'rintlull liimnis, 
or in Stuck Hunts, for grinding, cutting ami steam¬ 
ing food for stock. 
The STATIONARY ENGINE is complete, with 
Govern,ir Hump and IleaUr, with connections fitted. 
The AGRIiT' l.Tli H A L K.NGI N K, supplied with 
Locumotlc i Holler, is mounted on wheels, with pole 
for attaching horses tor moving from place f,, place ; 
is suitable fur Crain 7 hreslilng, Coi n Shi t/flcy, Wood 
and Shingle Sawing, &c. 
Circulars, with description and prices, furnished 
on application to 
WOOD, TAItKI! & MOUSE, 
Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. 
Hlue, blue sea around us, 
Not u ship in sight! 
They will hung out lanterns 
t\ r non 11101 pass, to-night. 
We, with ours, will follow 
Through the midnight deep 
Not a thought of danger. 
Though the crew’s asleep. 
O, how st io the uir is! 
There an oriole flew ; 
What t. jolly whistle ! 
He’s a suunr, too. 
Yonder Is Ills hammock, 
in the elm-top high; 
One more ballad, messmate I 
Sing It ns you fly! 
Up and down we see-saw; 
Down Into the grass, 
Scented fern, and rosebuds. 
All a woven mass. 
That’s the sort of carpet 
Pitted for our feet; 
Tapestry nor velvet 
la so rich ami neat. 
Swinging on a Idrch tree! 
Tills Is summer joy ; 
Knn for all vacation 
Don't yon think so, boy '< 
Up and down to see-saw, 
Merry and at ease. 
Careless as a brook is, 
Idle as the breeze. 
PLOWING, 
ITT IK 
line, it 1 icing superior to any other; Lim¬ 
erick hooks iire lhe best, as they do not dull 
up on the roeks; it "requires good, sharp 
hooks, and two on the line—the upper hook 
attached to a six-inch line one loot above 
the lower hook. 
You now have the requisite tackle, which 
is handsome, too, compared with what most 
boys fish with; and Ido believe that bass 
make a distinction in regard to tackle. 
Next, is tlie bait. Bass will bite almost 
any kind ol insects; hut the bail is min¬ 
nows, craw fish and small toads that you 
find in the sand bars along the stream. The 
minnows must be hooked through the gill, 
so that the hook will not kill them, and they 
will float around in the stream with your 
hooks, and a big bass or a little one is sure 
to gobble them up. II they will not bite at 
minnows, try craw-fish ; if they fail, try Hie 
load, nnd do not he afraid ol wai ls origin¬ 
ating from them. The idea iH all balderdash. 
One of these three baits bass will always 
bite at ; and itV.be ] f ~t u” plenty you will 
catch more than you em (Virry home. 
Patience lias a great deal to do with fish 
mg. Some hoys throw in their lines, and if 
they do not get a bite right away tiny get 
discouraged and try some place else. It is 
not necessary to change your place more 
than once or twice in a day. Eugene. 
New Creek Valley, West Va. 
Braided or knit rugs made of carpet rags 
can be made quite pretty if of good colors 
well arranged. Pasteboard what-nots cov¬ 
ered with pretty paper and bordered with 
gill or a bright color, arc useful for holding 
small articles. 
Pincushions can he made of almost 
nothing, and of course are indispensable. A. 
good style for a toilet table is to lake plain 
cloth of any desirable color, cut t wo pieces 
six inches square and sew up, leaving-a 
small place in one side; to till it. Stuff with 
bran as full as you can, then sew up; plait 
or gather a narrow ribbon through the cen¬ 
ter and sew around the edge. Puffs ofturle- 
ton or fringes look very well. Take a strong 
thread and tack through tbe center of the 
cushion, draw tightly, and place aver it a 
knot of ribbon or rosette to correspond with 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS. -No. 2, 
A Book of 13 puses, contain t n list of the be*t American 
Advilt-i. u McOmtn . sirW tilr' n, rri—, rirrnbitimi UII'I full 
particular, concerning tTic Irmfitis Only nint Weekly I’ulitieal 
and I’*truly Kv«(paper*, together with nil tlnvc h»vins largo 
eirmOationr, pnlilirlp fl in the inter, .f of Ifeli/I,,n, V.'tm ;.1!,m-, 
Literature. Ac., &c. Every advertin',, und every pert on who 
contain pltitvr beouminc stick, will find tin* hook of goal value. 
Mailed live to tuiv nflilten on r„,-. ipf nf nfl. i'h cent*. GUO. 
T. HOWI 1 . 1 , & Co.. !'ul)lHlicr*,40» , <nk R-.tr, New York. 
The I'ittsburgh (Pit > Leader. In its lexue of May Z9,1W0, 
-ay*: " The firm wtlieli i- 10 -- liti- interesting nml vutiuildn 
brink, h the largert and beet Advertising- Agency in the United 
State . and we can cheerfully recommend it to the attention of 
tboae win, de-ire to mlvertiae their Inisineaa scientijledttu and 
snelemalirnllji In Mieh n way: thot is, to secure the lurgest 
amount nfpublicity for the Intuit expenditure of money 
[Lucy Larcom, 
GIRLS’ LETTERS 
Iionlia V, F. to Edith. 
Loulia V. P. writes to Editii :—“ I read 
your sprightly letter in the Rural New- 
Yorker, and cannot tell you how pleased I 
was. I hope your friend Annie will tell us 
about her room — how it is furnished. J 
have a room, too. We have two stairs, and 
mother has given me “ the old stairs,” which 
lias only two rooms. The largest is a good- 
sized chamber, built after the old style, with 
dormer windows and low ceiling. This is 
my world; here 1 read, study, dream, and 
1 hope will write many a letter in future, to 
yon. There are four windows, two east and 
two west.. In these I have morning glories, 
•balsams, ahronia and thunhergia. My man¬ 
tle-piece holds my school books, and a few 
other works of instruction, among which are 
Byron and Mrs. 1 Homans. They hold the 
most conspicuous places there, and in my 
affection. My table consists of an old flour 
barrel, with a top about three feet square; 
Hi is is covered with a white toilet, which 
conceals the barrel. A stone in the barrel 
prevents its lipping over. I have an hour¬ 
glass stand under my western window, where 
my port folio and ink-stand reign supreme. 
My chair is made of an old goods box, w ith 
a part of one side taken out, and is cushioned. 
'This is not yet finished. I intend putting a 
curtain all around it,,so that the box maybe 
hid. I have another box, with a cushion on 
top and curtain all around. The interior is 
lined with nice paper, and as you raise the 
lid, a group of ladies, pasted in tho top, 
meets your eye. 1 have a good many pic¬ 
tures hanging around. Some of the frames 
are made of gilt, sonic of wood, and some of 
sweet gum burs. 1 will tell you about my 
oth'T furniture at some future time. 
“ i expect you will laugh at. this letter, hut 
if you do you must laugh, for J want to do 
mv part towards making onr Rural New- 
Yohkeu more interesting, j wish I knew 
you and your friend Annie. I hope we will 
become acquainted through the Rural. I 
had a teacher once, who said the acquaint¬ 
ance of one of her most intimate friends 
originated by a correspondence through 
some paper. Who knows hut we may lie 
friends in the great hereafter? I hope you 
will answer this through the Rural.” 
Answer in two weeks. 
A MAGIC TABLE 
[A correspondent sends us the following, 
which we published some years ago in the Rural 
New-Yorker, with a request that we print it. 
There may tie many of one readers who have 
never seen it; lienee we re-publish it. — Kt.s. 
Hi’ttAi.,] r ■* 
lty ilits table the ago of any person from 1 Inf;, 
can bo told. Let the person whose age is to be 
found, tell in which columns of figures flic num¬ 
ber representing his age is found; then add the 
first nnmliersof each of said columns, and you 
have tho age. 
I) ERKINS & HOUSE'S NON • EXPLOSIVE 
I KEROSENE LAMP will 
Save your Lives, Glass Lames Explode, 
Save vour Houses, Glass Lumps Break, 
Save your Muncy, Glass Lumps Waste Oil, 
Save your Eyes. Glass Lumps Wear Out. 
i’p.f. W. 8. Clark. Pres't Mass. As. College, says: 
11 Is perfectly lioil-cxplrinivc. The light Is belt.a* Ilian 
<s | rut I it,led by any other Itimiii. 1 believe it hue 
errmiwiy. itt view ol (he safety, the qualify and quan¬ 
tity of the light. und the duialtliltv of this I, amp, to 
tlir-ov away all o/Arr kind* and use lids only.” 
Go.mI Canvassers wanted lor city and c*uiairy. 
Tty a Lamp. We will gladly refund the money if 
you do not like it. 
VOTAW, MONTGOMERY ,V CO., 
42 Bure.lny ft., New York, or Cleveland, Ohio. 
Thick while cloth, braided with crimson 
and crimson ribbon plaited around the edge, 
makes it handsome pincushion. Still pret¬ 
tier is one of green merino, with a vine of 
leaves in transparent and opoqife white 
beads, ail inch and a-half from the edge, with 
while ribbon around it ; hut, this would need 
to l»e larger than the proportions T men¬ 
tioned. Those Indian absurdities called pin¬ 
cushions may be handsome, but I can’t see 
how they can he used. 
Lamp-mats can be made to correspond 
with the pincushions. If braided, work the 
pattern, draw this cloth over pasteboard, 
line, and finish with an edging of fringe or 
ribbon, plaited on the edge, instead of 
through the center. They are very nice 
crocheted of crimson zephyr and white cot¬ 
ton. Whole sets of toilet mats and tidies are 
made in this way. 
1 fear I am exceeding the limits of nn ac¬ 
ceptable piece of this kind, so I will leave 
the description of ottomans, hassocks, letter 
cases, card receivers, fancy baskets, (which 
are my especial pets,) watch pockets, picture 
frames, ike., &c., till some other time. 
Edith spoke of having made vases; I 
should like to know how they are made. 
North Fairfield, O. ‘ LORETTA. 
RURAL FOUR-YEAR-OLDS 
PATENTED JUNE 1, 1869. 
Superior to any yet, Invented, combining all the 
ad van I age* of tho French patents, with wonderful 
siMPucrri, 
IH R 4 III JL IXV, 
nml XMISAIVAESS. 
Lovers of Goon ('off ter; are unanimous in its praise. 
Sir FOR SALIC BY ALL DEALERS. I 
SIMPSON, NALL, MILLER & CO., 
,01.1 *mi i t(li ki.ics. 
Wallin” ford. 4 Jo nil. 
SAMPLE AND SALESROOM, 
fiIP .lolin S(., A(!W Vo■*If. 
Mom Hits of Smart. Children arc invited to contri¬ 
bute to tit i» Department.) 
Morn) Rrqpnnwthllby,- l<\iur-Y rar-OhVx Mother 
—Fannie, don’t let me see you go out of the 
gate again. 
EDWARD SEARS’ 
ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT 
ELECT ROT TP I NG, PR I NTISG 
BOYS’ LETTERS. 
%/lft.ir-^An HOW MADE FROM 
V I l\! f" 1 0 K CIDER, WINE, MO- 
w 1 11 VA I \ I 1 a LASSES, OR SOR¬ 
GHUM, in Ten Hour;, without using drugs. 
For Circulars, address F. I. SAGE, Vinegar Maker, 
Cromwell, Conn. 
GRAMMATICAL ENIGMA.—No. 1 
A Western Roy auks Questions, 
“A Western Boy” (in Missouri) writes: 
“ I would like to travel and see all the pleas¬ 
ant sights, such as New York, Boston, Phila¬ 
delphia, Niagara Falls, Washington, St. 
Louis, and Chicago; also the great plains 
and the ‘ Noble Red Man.’ Now can’t.some 
of the young folks who have had the pleas¬ 
ure of seeing all these pleasant sights, write 
and tell all about them ? 1 like to read dear 
little girls letters, such as Edith's. They 
read so much nicer than so many old dry 
letters that are sent old folks.” The West¬ 
ern boy should remember that the way to 
get information is to give it. What can he 
tell about his own country? 
ILiss Fishing. 
Dear Editor ;—For the benefit of Master 
Sam Carter and other inexpert anglers, I 
am induced to pen all 1 know in regard to 
the finny tribe, Bass are very difficult to 
catch'. In the first place, Sam’s alder pole 
was inadequate. If that big black bass had 
layed hold he would have left Sam with a 
stump of his alder, admitting that hemp 
lines are good ; but Japanese silk lines are 
much belter. Lead sinkers are of no use 
When fishing for bass, as the bass are all the 
time moving. 
In the first place, you want to purchase a 
reed pole like Hie city chaps cany; and if 
the bass in your stream weigh from four to 
five pounds it is also necessary to have a 
reel attached to your pole, with sixty fed of 
line. 1 would recommend Japanese silk 
I am composed of forty-tliroe lcttei's. 
My 2, 43, 20, 23, 31 is a noun. 
My 1, 2K, 12, 4, it, 30,10 is a compound personal 
pronoun. 
My fi, ft, 30 is an article. 
M.v 7. 0,10 is an adverb of negation. 
My 23, 38, 3,13,84 is a verb. 
My 35,17, 10 is an adjective. 
My 9,25, 37 is an adverb of time. 
M.v 4fi, 22, 43 is a personal pronoun. 
Mj 24, 20, 5 is a noun. 
My 33. 21 is a preposition. 
My 41,35,39 is an nil verb of affirmation. 
My 15, 14, 5 is a verb. 
My 32, 42 is an adverb of negation. 
My whole is a wise injunction. 
Young America. 
ifpf Answer In two weeks. 
\\ T A NT ED.— 300 AzciiIh lit sell t'niil. 4Iln- 
11 zier's new book, “TIN* Cnpliire, I’rison- 
I’eti noil Escape." JSxaensos paid uttUIAelivery, 
cull orttililress K II . FERGUSON & CO., Publishers, 
138 HI cocker St.., New York CUy. 
DAItING, CIO It INI- AND SLR I.VU tl\- 
L CHINE. —Four turns to mi apple. Sold sH stores. 
D. II. WIIITTEMORK. MTr, Worcester, Muss, 
ffjy* Sec Ul'JtAL of March 19, outside page. 
M»Jt SALE,-A Tillllilll GlI-liliKD At 
. DERN KV COW for sale, inquire of 
J. S. BUKHANS, Westfield, N. J. 
Nanylilii tilth' dmnjhh’r— Then, mamma, don't 
Sit whore you can see mu, and it won't matter if 
I do. 
Removing Temptation.—Ror,.three years old, 
was very fond of gelling matches to play with, 
which so frightened his mother I hat she road 
him a long leot.ure, hardly expecting any good 
to resit 1 1 from it- That lie remembered it, how¬ 
ever, was manifest, for being in his aunt’s room 
one day when site was packing up to nmvo, the 
match safe, as usual, attracted Ids longing eye. 
lie hovered around it a long while, ii being with¬ 
in reach of his ohubby hand all the while. At 
last he said: 
“Cuddy (for cousin) Ratkl, you hud hotter 
put that match-box up. I feel j ust as if I should 
lie getting to work with ii pretty soon.” 
It is needless to any that the brave little fel¬ 
low’s temptation wsis instantly removed beyond 
Ids reach. 
What nrc Roosters for.—“ Pa." said n lilile fel¬ 
low the ot her day, “ What are roosters for?" 
“I know," said ltisjjl.tieSister; “loerow.” 
Wauls in sec Mr. Hod. — A mother writes; 
Riding through the oak openings, we passed a 
field that had been cleared and permit ted to grow 
small trees again. My little boy asked who 
made those trees. I said Goo marie them. Af¬ 
ter thinking a moment, he said, “1 want to see 
God!” 
A WEEK paid Agents In a new business 
Address SACO NOVELTY CO„ Saco, Me. 
Onmineut lor Room*. 
If I knew il would suit you, I would tell 
you of a few things 1 know for ornaments to 
rooms. Home of my acquaintances claim 
me as “lilile girl” yet, though I am very 
considerably on the shady side of “ sweet 
sixteen.” I always like things I make my¬ 
self better than those I buy. 
A very pretty toilet, table can lie made by 
having a rough frame of any desirable shape 
and size, put wadding on the top and draw 
a piece of some pretty cloth, whatever you 
may have, over it. Gather or plait some of 
the same around the sides, for a curtain. 
Pockets may be added, if desired. 
A set of hanging shelves can be made of 
black walnut, varnished, and an edge of 
pasteboard tacked on and covered with cones 
or shells. We have one with a curtain of 
crimson velvet braided with gilt; this about 
four inches wide, with a frame of gilt on the 
edge. This could he reproduced with what¬ 
ever material you may have. 
PRESS OPINIONS OF THE RURAL 
moohk’s Ruhal New-Yorker, since its size was 
doubled at the opening of this year, is the largest 
and Inndsoniost Agricultural Weekly in America, it 
wax always one Of t lie best. We bear, without sur¬ 
prise, lliat its subscript ions me double those Of any 
former year.— X, V. Tribune. 
Excellent and pure in Its literary contents, 
abounding lu Uinely information on all matters per¬ 
taining to Agricultural and Rural A Hairs, and taste¬ 
ful to iii'-udtuuMiL'-s m its arrangement and letter 
press, Us unrivaled success is assured.—.V w l orl: 
K cult yi( iet. 
ALWAYS fresh and varied, and suited to almost 
every phase and period of life. It now stands, pre¬ 
eminently. the largest, most benubtiiJ and popular 
weekly of its class published any where.—N. ,S. 1 < tutor. 
Moore’s ruralIb not merely an r/nM«Wooking 
paper; it is realty lieuutif til. Us illustrations of lural 
architecture, rriilis. movers, etc., tire worthy ot a 
handsome book .—Huctfoni Daily Times. 
The Rural is tin* most elegantly printed, ably 
edited, widelv circulated and heartily welcomed 
paper, as a whole, which now finds its way among 
the people. lUrst HrilWh (/*«•' Jiullrltn. 
Tn»: Rural is. not only a farm Journal of the 
highest authority and usefulness, Init ail almost iu- 
coiniiaruble family uew.-paper. Lit Dortt (Inn.11 man 
anil Herald. 
Moore’s rural New-Yorker is decidedly tho 
best newspaper in America.— Texas Dally lianchcro• 
The Rural is, to our miud, unequaled. — lie, 
formed DrmbytcrUin, (S. C.) 
PROBLEM. No. 3 
A "wooden cone eight times lighter than its 
bulk of water, is thrown into a pond; what part 
of its length will be immersed, the vertex being 
downwards? 8. G. c. 
Ca/' Answer in two weeks. 
DECAPITATION. No. 2, 
I am what you do in winter; behead me, 1 am 
a girl’s name; again, I am what you did at 
dinner. 
Answer in two weeks. Franz. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
Charade No. l.— Cataract, (Cat- Aar-net.) 
Cross-Word enigma no. i.—D iamond. 
Biblical Enigma No. 1.—The Heavens declare 
the glory of God. 
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