3KOCLAMATION 
BY THK 
muor 
owner", wre offer for sale, on the must liberal terms, 
from 100 to 200 improved Farms, containing from SO 
to 000 acres. Price from #5 to Slo per acre. Houses, 
stables, fences. Ac., all in good order. Also, 1,000,000 
acres rich mineral, timber and mountain land, at 
from $1 to $0 per acre, 
bend for Catalogues. Address 
NORTH CAROLINA LAND COMPANY, 
Raleigh, North Carolina. 
R. KINGSt AXn. Secretary. 
None* to CoNTinai’TOftfi to this D*pa rtvrnt. Correct 
answers nuiBi aoomimry *11 problem*, Powle*, Rebti.«», Knigm**, 
Ac, When Enigma* glrsn not only die answer to the whole 
but lo **rli iwrlloo oi the Entrain must be furnished. Pnin* O' 11*1 he 
taken to so arrange contribution, that the Editor mo verify their 
accuracy with the least lost of time. Preference will be given 
always, to those which best meet these requirement*. 
HOT WEATHEE SOLILOQUY 
On for a lodge Itt a garden of cucumbers! 
Oh for an Iceberg or two at control! 
Oh fora vale which at midday the dew cumbers 1 
Oh for a pleasure trip up to the Pole! 
Oh for a little, one.story thermometer, 
With nothing but Zeros all ranged in a row! 
Oh for a big, double-barreled hydrometer, 
To measure this moisture that rolls from my brow 
Oh that this cold world were twenty times colder! 
(That’s irony reel hot it seeraeth to me;) 
Oh for a turn of its dreaded cold shoulder! 
Oh what a comfort an ague would be! 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No, 4 
I am composed of eight letters. 
My 1, 6, 8, 3 is used to make horses fast, New 
York polities slow. 
My 2, 4, 3, 8 tamo, are a source, of much anx¬ 
iety to Rural correspondents; wild are 
ditto to city mothers. 
My 3, 6.1,8, in the field of my whole, are only 
useful green; in the parlor, they are a 
nuisance—of any color. 
My 4, 3 a Cockney wears on his'ead, a gnat at his 
tail, and a Cockatrice 'between the two. 
My 5, 3, 4, 8, 3 is a temperate diet in the sick 
room, a terror to teetotalers in the ban¬ 
quet hall. 
My C, I, 8 Englishmen consider plebian at New¬ 
port, but quite the thing in h’ale. 
My 7, 4, 8, 5 is u puzzle lo modern Atlas makers; 
it was once over I lie Atlantic, it is now 
across Ihe Pacific. 
My 8,6, 4,1 is used, when soi l, by venders of cos¬ 
metics; when hard, by their victims. 
My whole, when small, is his late “Aecideney 
when large, is advertised in the Rural. 
Morrison, Ill. Worthington. 
{2ff~ Answer in two weeks. 
SAM LAWSON ON COURTIN 
We extract the following from " Miss El- 
derkin’s Pitcher" in the Atlantic Monthly; 
“ I ’member 1 used to leml the singin' in 
them days, and Miry, she used to sing coun¬ 
ter, so we sot putty near together in the 
singers’ scats, and 1 used to think Sunday 
mornin’s, when she come to rneelin’ in her 
white dress and her red cheeks and her bon¬ 
net all tipped off with laylock, that’I was for 
all the world just like a June sunrise to have 
her come into the singers’ scats. Them was 
the days that I didn’t improve my privi¬ 
leges, boys,” said Sam, sighing deeply. 
“ There was times that ef I’d a spoke, there’s 
no knowin’ what mightn’t’a happened,’cause 
you see, hoys, I was better lookin’ in them 
days thau I be now. Now you mind, boys, 
when you grow up, ef you get to waitin’ oil 
a nice gal, and you’re ’most a mind to speak 
up to her, don’t you go and put olf, ‘cause ef 
you do, you may live to repent it. 
“ Wall, you see from the time Bill El- 
perkin come and took the academy I could 
see plain enough that it was time for me to 
hang up my fiddle. Bill lie used to set in 
the singers’ seats, too, and he would have it 
that he sung tenor, lie no more sung tenor 
than a skunk blackbird, but he made b’lieve 
lie did, jest to get next to Miiiy in the 
singers’ seats, and then they used to be 
wiltin’ backward and forward to each other 
till they torn out all the leaves of the hymn- 
books and singin’-books besides. 
“Wal, 1 never thought that the house o’ 
the Lord was jest the place to he courtin’ 
in, and J used to get consid’ahlc shocked at 
the way things went on atween ’em. Why, 
they’d he a wrltiu’ all sermon-time; and I’ve 
seen him a-lookin’ at her all through the 
long prayer in a way that w.Vn’t right, con¬ 
siderin’ I hey was both professors of religion. 
But then the fact was, old Black I loss John 
was to blame for it., ’cause lie never let ’em 
have no chance to home. Ye see old Black 
lions he was sot ng’iu Elderion ’cause lie 
was poor. You see his mother, the old 
Widdab Elderion, she was jest about the 
poorest, peak odes t Old body over to Sher¬ 
burne, ami went out to days’ work, and Bill 
Eldeukin, he was all for books and lamin’, 
and old Black lloss John, lie thought, it was 
just shiftlcssness; but Miry, she thought he 
was a genius, and she got it sot on her mind 
that he was goin’ to be President o’ the Uni¬ 
ted States, or some sieli. 
“Wal, ef folks wants to get a gal set on 
havin’ a man, that are’s the way to go to 
work. Miry had a consid’able still will of 
her own, and ef she didn’t care about Tom 
Beacon before, she bated him now; and ef 
she liked Bill Eldkkktn before, she was 
clean gone over to him now; and so she 
took to goin’ to the Wednesday evening lec- 
lure, and the Friday evening prayer meetin’, 
and the singin’ school, jest as regular as a 
clock, and so did lie; and afterwards they 
always walked home ihe longest way. 
Fathers may jest as well let their gals be 
courted in the house, peaceable, ’cause if 
they can’t be courted there they’ll find places 
where they can be; it’s just human natur’." 
“ MAPLE SHADE FLOCK.” 
Thorough-bred Cotswold Sheep 
PROPRIETOR, 
LUCIUS A. CHASE, >245 Krontlwny, N Y. 
This justly celebrated flock was selected front the 
flocks of the most noted breeders in England, by John 
D. Wing, Esq., of Washington Hollow, N. Y., who 
gave personal attention to its collection, with refer¬ 
ence to the best wool-producing and mutton quali¬ 
ties. It Is pronounced by competent judges to be the 
finest Hock In America; and the present leader, 
“Champion of England,'' and sonic of the ewes, are 
believed to be equal to any that can be shown in any 
country. 
The wool Is long. One and lustrous, yielding from 
eight to twenty pounds per head. They are full and 
square-bodied, very strong In the loins, and weigh 
from 200 to 300 pounds at maturity -sometimes ex¬ 
ceeding even this weight. They ttre hardy and 
vigorous, and for breeding pure or crossing with 
other breeds, ore believed to promise more profit 
than any other sheep. The wool Is in good dpmnnd 
at remunerative prices, and the thorough-tie.il rams 
crossed with any other slteep, even Merinos, will 
produce a good combing wool, and lambs ctf such 
slit* n* will bring a large price early in the season In 
market. 
Every sheep at present in the “ Maple Shade Flock” 
was either imported or bred direct from imported 
sire arui flam, and lias a perfect pedigree. 
This flock took the first prizes In the long wool 
classes at the New York State and Dutchess Co. 
Fairs. In WS7 and 1869. 
It will he the aim of the present proprietor to sus¬ 
tain the reputation of the “ Maple Shade Flock.” and, 
if possible, udd to it; also to show the good results 
of different crosses with other sheep. 
Having purchased Of Mr. Wing hi* 
Entire Flock of Import ml Sheep, 
i ■ : >r for sale CllOlCC ISWEiJ, RAMS and LAMBS. 
'.0dress,a* . -e, LUCIUS A. CHASE. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 5 
“THE PATERFAMILIAS”-A PATENTED HAT AND UMBRELLA COMBINATION 
Dedicated to tlve Central Fark Commissioners. 
up base ball and devote our undivided at¬ 
tention to moral and intellectual games.” 
A Hopeliil Eineruldcr. 
Two Emeralders working on a new build¬ 
ing were dry, and ore bet the other a pint 
of whisky that lie could not carry hint to 
the top in bis liod. No sooner said than 
done; Mike shouldered Pat, and after siow 
and painful tugging dumped the precious 
burden on ihe roof. “ Ah, Mickey, me boy,” 
said Pat., rather crestfallen, “ye’ve won the 
bet; but mind ycz, as ycz was pnssin’ the 
fourth story ycz stumbled, an* 1 hnd hopes I” 
Where tin* Stain (kune From, 
During a fine starlight evening lately, a 
three-year old philosopher, after a silent 
and apparent,tv profound scrutiny of the 
heavens, asked his mother abruptly where 
the stars came from. Mamma r('lllied, “ 1 
don’t know, Willie.” “Yes you do, too.” 
“ No, Willie, T don’t know where the stars 
came from.’’ “ Well, you bet 1 do- the moon 
laid ’em.” That was a “ settler ” for 
mamma, _ 
A New Hunger in Railroad Sleeping Cars. 
A Cincinnati correspondent, returning 
from the east, was about to file himself away 
in one of the railway pigeon-holes of a sleep¬ 
ing-car, when the somnolent passengers 
was roused by ihe voice of a huge Ken¬ 
tuckian, who, holding up ft pillow between 
bis thumb and linger, roared out lo the at¬ 
tendant ; 
“ 1 say, you boy, come back and take this 
away !’’ 
“ What for, sab?” 
“ Because I’m afraid this thing will get in 
my ear.” 
An Eloquent Defence of Woman. 
“ Dry may rail against women as much as 
dey like,” said a darkey, lately, “ dey can’t 
set me against dem. I hah always in my 
life found dem to be fust in lub, fust in a 
quarrel, fust in de dance, lust in de ice 
cream saloon, and de fust, best and last in 
de sick room. What would wc do widoul 
dem ? Let us be born ns young, as ugly, as 
helpless as we please, and a woman’s arm 
am ready to receive us. She it am that guv 
us our fust dose ob castor oil, and puis 
clothes on our helpless, naked limbs, and 
cubbera up our foots ami noses in long flan¬ 
nel petticoats; and it am she, as we grow 
up, dat fills our dinner-bushel wid dough¬ 
nuts and apples as wo start for school, and 
licks us when we tear our trowsers.” 
out enny good old Jamaica rum, and sum 
say that pudding-sass, without enny speerits 
in it, iz no healthier than common goose 
grease. 
But all of theze argys are furnished, free 
ov cost by the devil himself, and enny man 
who advances them iz telling (without 
knowing it, perhaps) lies that will weigh, at 
a ruff estimate, at least a pound a piece. 
Contented lo Do Well. 
A Young lady contemplating matrimony, 
was one morning handed a Testament by 
her father, with the leaf turned down at the 
following passage; — “He who giveth in 
marriage doclh well; but he who giveth not 
in marriage doclh better.” She immediately 
returned it with the following reply written 
underneath »*-“ Dear father, 1 am contented 
to do well; let those do better who can.” 
Rustic. 
659“ Answer in two weeks. 
RIDDLE NO. 1 
Mtntwood writes from the nue us follows: 
“ A lady at tnv elbow says she b,r irlvon the bel¬ 
lowing riddle to ‘everybody.’ h -ping to find a 
solution of it, fissile does not knu’.. tin 
herself. It Is possible ibereisnont Gulin 1 . 
so very riddle-lsh, that I fancy there is, rid u< r 
Imps some R mu list cun solve the mystery ' 
“ A headless man a letter did write. 
It. was read by one who had lost his sight; 
Deaf was the man who listened and heard. 
And the dumb repeated it word for word.” 
BUY A 
A Yankee Peddlev on Mirrors. 
A notion seller was offering a Yankee 
clock, finely varnished and colored, with a 
looking-glass in front, to a lady not remark¬ 
able for her personal beauty. “ Why, it is 
beautiful,” said the vender. “ Beautiful, in¬ 
dited ! A look at it almost frightens me,” 
said the lady. “ Then, inarm,” said Jona¬ 
than, “ 1 think you had better take one that 
liain’t got no looking-glass.” 
PtlM a b\ 1. IT. LLOYD & GO.. No. 21 John St., 
. ■ .Urtwlm 1st, THE COUNTRY BETWEEN 
i in R) IN; 2d. MAP OF EUROPE: 3d, 
t . of KING WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA 
and SAPOLIy.N -.and Uh. give* valuable STATIS¬ 
TICAL MATTER. All on Sheet. 8* bySo. PUK E, 
50 i ENTS. TEN COPIES, to one address. »•!. 
TWENTY-FIVE COPIES, 8S. Get. up a Club. 
A i; ENTS W A N'L'EI). and great, Inducements offered. 
TV IIE OLDEST, LARGEST AND 
1 Most Perfect Manufactory in Hie United Mates. 
43,000 NOW I IV USE. 
CEO. A. PRINCE A CO.’S 
ORGANS <&. MBLODBONS 
will be delivered In uuy part of the United States 
reached by Express (where they have no agent,) 
FHEK or i'll Altaic, on receipt of li*t print. 
Send lor Price Elat, and ( Ironlain. Address 
GKO. A. PRINCE & CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., Chicago, III. 
A QiH'Htion of Competency, 
Two grave mem bet's of the bar once en¬ 
countered a dead pig lying on the sidewalk, 
and a few moments after met the coroner, 
whereupon one of them remarked that his 
services would be required to sit upon the 
body. “ Do you make the suggestion,” in¬ 
quired the coroner, “ in order that you may 
pocket the juryman’s fee?” “Oh, no!” in¬ 
terposed the third party; “ II-here could 
not serve, for the law precludes the relative* 
of (he deceased from acting upon the jury.” 
Regal'd for Reputation. 
“ Were you in the fight ?” said an officer 
to an elderly negro on a steamer after taking 
a fort. “ Had a little taste of it, sab.” 
“ Stood your ground, did you ?” “ No, sub, 
1 runs,” “Bun at the first tire, did you?” 
“ Yes, sail; would liab run sooner if I had 
known it was cornin’.” “ Why, that’s not 
very creditable to your courage.” “ Dat isn’t 
my line, sah; Cookin’ is my perfesslon.” 
“ Well, but have you no regard for your 
reputation?” “Reputation’s nothing tome 
by the side ob life.” “ Do you consider your 
life worth more than other people’s?” “It’s 
worth more to me, sah.” 
PUZZLE.—NO. 4, 
A man having a square farm, reserves one- 
quarter for himself, und wishes to divide the re¬ 
mainder among four sons,so that, they will each 
have farms alike in shape and size. How shall 
he divide It?. C. A. Merkxman. 
tSTAuawer in two weeks. 
EDWARD SEARS' 
ENGRAVING ESTABLISHMENT 
AND 
E LE CTK0TYPING, PR T NT I NG 
PROBLEM.—No. 5 
I go to a store witli a sum of money and spend 
$ 5.00 less than one-half of it; I go to a second 
store with the remainder and spend $5.00 more 
than one-half of it; 1 go to a third store with 
what still remains and spend a sum equal to 
one-lift it of $5.00 less than the original sum, and 
have $5.00 left, liow much had 1 at first. 
6 S 5 f " Answer in two weeks. Obscure. 
■ II a I a §“> HOW MADE FROM 
VIN EGAR. SS&TSMS: 
GHUM, in Ton Hours, without using drugs, 
For Circulars, address F. I. SAGE, Vinegar Maker, 
Cromwell, Conn. 
W ANTED.— 500 Alm'iiI*. to sell Cnpr. Cla- 
tier's new bonk. “The Capture. I ri*>ou- 
Pi-u iiutl Escape.’’ Expenses imid until delivery. 
Gull or address R. H. FKRltUSON & CO.. 1 ubllshers. 
GOOD-NATURED PARAGRAPHS, 
A FOOT SQUARE AND A SQUARE FOOT 
Til for Tat. 
An elderly lady, telling her age, remarked 
that she was born on the 23d of April. Her 
husband, who was present, observed, “ I al¬ 
ways thought you were born on the 1st of 
April?” “People might well judge so,” 
responded the lady, “ in the choice 1 made 
of a husband.” 
A subscriber in Now Mexico asks:—“What 
is the difference between a foot square and a 
square loot ?” If there is any difference—which 
we doubt—the weather is too torrid to figure it 
out just at present. 
PRESS OPINIONS OF THE RURAL, 
Tiif: Rural Nkw-YorkkR, published by D. D. T. 
MoORX, 11 Park Row, New Y,.rk, to which we are 
indebted for very frequent articles, is hereafter, on 
account of its large size, tube divided Into two vol¬ 
umes yearly, instead of one, as heretofore, the cur¬ 
rent volume beginning with the first number in July. 
The last number )n June contained indices of sub¬ 
jects, illustrations and adverliaujuenls. which will 
be very convenient for those Who preserve, the pa¬ 
pers for binding, a* every one should. Tl%> RURAL 
sustains it* high rcpnintlou as one of the very best 
papers In the world, it would not he too much to 
say that Mr. Moure is without u rival In enterprise 
in'making in agricultural paper. The price of the 
linn al is $1.5(1 a volume.— i nmont Farmer a Uecnrd, 
PUZZLER ANSWERS, 
A High Moral Position on ItnNC Hall. 
After noting the fact that the famous 
White Stockings of Chicago, were beaten 
at base ball by the New York Mutuals wilh- 
oul scoring a single run, the Chicago Post 
urges the adoption of the following policy 
by Chicagoans:—“ Now let us give up base 
ball. Let us take a high moral position, and 
denounce it. This is our policy. Let us 
consign it to tlie limbo of disrepute with old 
sledge, keno, thimble-rig, and such degrad¬ 
ing games. There are enough strictly moral 
and refining games that we can play as well 
as anybody on earth. In the intricacies of 
croquet we can take the champion’s belt.. 
We can show some lively play also in the 
line of cat’s cradle, in the complications of 
Copenhagen, the oscillations of ring-around- 
rosy, and the sprightly and humorous re¬ 
mark, which Simon makes respecting the 
attitude of the human thumbs. Let us give 
T ub universal sharpener 
An indispensable houBj&hOld helper; sharp 1 
all SHEARS and SCISSORS a* well as TAB! 
CUTLERY. So simple anyone can use it, Nuvei < 
of repair. Makes aperfectiy sharp e\enclKe. U( 
not wear the blade. Laata a lifetime- Simple, cue 
we. Convenient and durable. Sold by Hardware a 
House Furnishing Stores. 1 nee (I. Send lui • 
pie. A. C. IVES, Bole Proprietor, 45 Beekman '(re 
New York. _ 
PUZZLER No. 3.—Goat Sucker. 
Illustrated Rebus No. 4.—Beer fills many a 
bottle and the boitle fills many a bier. 
Miscui.bAN’Eors ENIGMA No. 3.—Major-General 
Quincy Adams Gilmore. 
Charade No. 4 .—Rhododendron. (Row-do-den 
Uron.) 
CROSS-WORD KXTOMA No. 3.-€urpet. 
Decapitation No. 3.—Fred. 
A Promising Son. 
Satd a distinguished politician to his son : 
“ Look at me! 1 began as an alderman, and 
here I am at the top of the tree, and what 
is my reward? Why, when 1 die, my son 
will be the greatest rascal in the United 
States.” 
To this the young hopeful replied :—“ Yes, 
dad, when you die; but not till then.” 
KNITTING 
RUR al i» $1.5(1 a volume 
Moore’s rurae New-Yorker is the best Agri- 
cuIU i ml paper which we see- Every uumhnr con¬ 
tain* illustrations of object* uf Internet and utility, 
and It* pages urn tilled with discussion* of Agricul¬ 
tural subjects and information useful tuthe Fanner, 
tli e Gat'd oner und Hie Fruit Grower. It Is wideawake 
und progressive .—Eastern Argus, Portland, Me. 
Moore's rural Nkw-Yohxkr is now the bright- 
esliiiul best 1 lurttculturul aud AgrleUlUlrul Weekly 
in the United States, Reside* dealitit' with all touios 
relation to the farm, Harden und orchurtl, it l* a 
perfect ru< vclopiedla of domestic loro, and Rives a 
choice budget of <>rigluul family reading in each 
number. Not ope of It,* sixteen shining pages Unit 
cannot be read with delight aud profit.—Advocate, 
lim ine, I Tie. 
We must again call the attention of our patrons to 
the Rural Nkw-Yorkf.k, For two decades it has 
gone forth (ever improving Itself as well as Its read¬ 
ers) to gladden uml enlighten the farmers and people 
generally ot our broad land. It is, par excellence, the 
head and front of the Agricultural papers of the 
couulry,—Jo a mat, Tideoute, Pa, 
T) TING MACHINE, families are enabled to pro. 
vide everything In knit goods, BUpornir m qualltJ 
and at half the cast of coum.ua bnughtfin goods 
The machine knits a pair of socks in 30 minmtes 
shape* them perfectly, making Ms work » c » ‘u - a 
that produced »y hand. Any ■I'JS.J.Xcan nrocur” 
their own exorttous for tholr ;1 vc I« in «V »5 
if more easily by the use ol “L” [ f 
other way. For Circular mid & c6’ 
dress, inoWng(““Jf . RoXstei . N Y. 
Lamb s I .lufi itll u ,iy jjr*,t-clii»» sewer—like tin. 
Singe?, h'ow^'G rover A feuker. and other*. 
W ANTED-50 Experienced Sewing Ma¬ 
chine Salesmen. Liberal salaries and ootuml* 
■dons uuid. Address, with i u)l particulars and refer 
8ions pain. PETERSON .* CARPENTER, 
’ *J14 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
miscellaneous QVbucrtisements 
d UCiAli AND COTTON ESTATES 
I Josh Hillings on Alcohol. 
Wno it was that invented alcohol I am 
■l unable tew toll without being; but it would 
i have bin a fust-class blessing for the rest ov 
r us if he and the lielcor had never been burn. 
q A grate many, with dyspeptlek morals, 
argy that lickor is indispcnsibel lor manu- 
|) v faktring and doktor purposes, and also for 
5^. mekanikal uses, and they hold that yu 
"(v kouldn’t raize a barn that would stand with¬ 
AND 
SEND FOR CIRCULARS. 
MOORE, WALLACE & CAVANNA, 
l 2‘i Rrond St.. New York. 
40 Cni-omlt'lei St., New Orleans, l.n. 
[3AHINO, CORING AND SLICING MA- 
l CHINE.—Four turns to an apple. Sold at stores. 
li. U. \VHLTTEMORE, M’f’r, Worcester, Mass. 
Ci--- See Rural of March IS, outside page. 
