.liitfiifjjir; ^ 
Number of Accident Poltcliyi written iu ’73. .35,! 
Gain over m2 iu N*.-w Policies written. .3, 
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS, 
MERCHANT 
Moore's Rural New-Yorker.—A s will be seen 
by un advertisement in our columns, the prospectus 
of the Rural New-Yorker for the coming yeur is 
ample evidence that the enterprising diroetlun of 
[f»Wll)Dtets.i, 
SHOULD 
literary and -nows departments are not nugleoted. 
There are sixteen pages in each number, well fur¬ 
nished with good matter und good engravings, the 
paper Is lntere»tlng Information, and we know of 
no better present to u country cousin than a year’s 
subscription to the Rural New-Yorker.— Prince¬ 
ton (N. J.) Press. 
The rural New-Yorker.—O ur old friend D. D. 
T. MooUichas happened, like a great many other*, 
to make some unfortunate speculations whereby he 
lost more money than he could afford to. This has 
emburrassed him; but has not hurt his g,.lt. sugiiclty 
or Rural. JIo still stands there at the editorial 
helm, and with the help of his old editorial assist¬ 
ants and legions of friends in all parts of the coun¬ 
try, will make the splendid paper which has been 
identified with his name and fainu fora quarter of 
a century brighter and better than ever. We pre¬ 
dict that the year 1874 will be the most prosperous 
year for the RURAL that It has ever had, and that 
Mr. Moore will come out of hi* temporary trouble 
all right, and go on prospering and to prosper.— 
DanaviUe Advert iser. 
Moore's Rural New-Yorker has issued its 
usual annual programme, designating its prospectus 
for 1874, one of the host publications of its class in 
the Union, as a family newspaper, with probably the 
largest circulation of any of Its compeers, Mr. 
Moore, the managing editor, with an able stall'of 
assistants. Is enabled to keep up every department, 
correspondence. Ac., to the highest mark, sparing 
neither labor nor expense to keep up Its former 
prestige. The paper was never lu a more prosperous 
condition, nor more steadily increasing In circula¬ 
tion. We have exchanged with the Rural for more 
than a dosen years, and heartily recommend it as one 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers. 
Hend for New Price List. 
Moore’s Rural has long been recognized as the Standard Authority 
on Agricultural, Horticultural and Domestic Adairs, 
and as a Choice and High-Toned Literary and Family Paper*, 
having ardent admirers in every State, Territory and Province on the Con- 
THE HOUSEWIFE, &c., 
as it includes, among others, the following distinct Departments:— Apia¬ 
rian, Arboriculture, Dairy Husbandry, Domestic Economy, Entomology, 
by the current, but thunks to kind friends, he Is now 
"till right, "rind has comtnenoed to build up. The 
paper deserves encouragement, fot it haB earned it. 
May it ever continue to grow and prosper.—Dela¬ 
ware Oo. (Pn.) Republican. 
THE RURAL’S ILLUSTRATIONS 
Are Numerous, Varied and Beautiful. Indeed, our object is to render 
the whole paper exceptionally Valuable and Acceutable. Its ReDorts of 
©OBE’S RURAL WE 
CITY OF lOCBEHEB 
7 Per Cent. 
WATER LOAN BONDS. 
CIRCULARS ON APPLICATION. 
ROBINSON, CHASE&CO 
Bankers, 18 Broad St., New York. 
CAUTION. 
BUY ONLY THE 
GENUINE FAIRBANKS SCALES, 
MANUFACTURED BY 
E. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO. 
^6ABIiE 
| SCREW 
|WIRE 
SILVER 
TIPPED 
SHOES 
$732 
MADE IN 
3 I DAYS 
OATH SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE 
ZU TUA VliLFltS lySlKANtl! CO.. 
Hartford, Conn., January 1, 1874. 
Real Estate owned by the Company.S 
Cash in Bank and hands of Agents... 
Loans on first Mortgage, Real Estate.1. 
Deferred Premium*... 
Aocruod Interest.. 
United State* Oovorument Bonds. 
State and Municipal Bonds. 
Railroad 9tock* and Bonds. 
Bank and Insurance Stocks. 
Total uasetc. 82,694,366 84 
LIABILITIES. 
Balms unadjusted and not duo.$173,524 74 
teserve, N. Y. standard, Life Department.1,475,329 09 
Reserve, N. Y. standard, Life Department.1,475,329 09 
Reserve for re-insurance, Aco. Departm’t. 183.C28 94 
$1,882,482 77 
Surplus as regards pollcy-holdera..... 8861,8144 07 
Statistic* of tlie Year 1873. 
Life Department, 
Number of Life Policies written tn 1873.2,461 
Gain over 1872 In New Policies written.94 
Whole number written to date. 18,1.74 
Gain In Net Premium* over 1872.859,786 26 
Whole Number Of Losses Paid to Date.226 
Whole Amount paid in Lo**u*. 8511,738 99 
Accident Department. 
LA.VISH1-ONE TOO MANY. 
Absent-Minded Man of Business .—“ Oh, Mr.- (forgets his name), will you excuse 
me one minute ? Take a seat —pray take a chair — take a-” 
Meek Client .—“Thank you, I have one-’’ 
Man of Business. —“That’s all right,—take another 1 !” 
■* ' v « * a vutiu u. * t- v. u *v>i u uui u t i . ’'rjt'ICTV > ^ V 
Gain In Net Premiums over H34*<H07 Jo 4 Al4 , m iwvm” a wt 
«sss5;:«,a„Kxrar. 4 V8:ivs 1874. BETTER THAN EVER 1874. 
Whole number of Accident Claims Paid. . I (LOIS 
Whole amount Acc’t Claims Paid Si ,890,301 53 
Total Losses Paid, both Dcp’ts_82,402.040 52 
Average Paid (both Doparttn'm), for every 
•working day, tram beginning--... $836 00 
5j|l874 
STATEMENT 
OF THE 
TRAVELERS 
Standard Scales. 
.stock scales* Coal 9oalrs» Hay Scales, Dairy 
Scales, Counter Scales, Ac. Ac. 
Scales Repaired Promptly and Reasonably. 
For sale al«o, Troemer’s Coree and Drug Mills, 
Composition Bells, all sixes Letter Presses, &e., Ac. 
THE MOST PERFECT 
ALARM CASH DRAWER 
Miles Alarm Till Co.’s. 
DRAWER 
tbeir puper better than ever during 1874. There are 
few of our weeklies which cun boast of a more 
numerous and competent corps of editors, and while 
THE GREAT NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY. 
■-M*- 
This Famous Journal entered upon its Twenty-Fifth Year Jan. 3, 
1874, and proposes to celebrate its Quarter-Centennial by furnishing a 
better paper than ever before. Its Founder and Conductor and his 
Associates have resolved that it shall more than maintain its rank as the 
_| Warranted. 
SOLD AX' 
Fairbanks’ Scale Warehouses, 
FAIRBANKS & CO., 
311 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 
338 BROADWAY, ALBANY, 
93 MAIN ST., BUFFALO, N.Y. 
FAIRBANKS, BROWN & CO., 
2 Milk Street, Boston. 
For Sale by Leading Hardware Psaiers. 
mient. maeea, n is tne nest raper tor 
THE FARMER. 
oi tne nest oi ilsciuss .—Daily Ptews, Wtiterbuy , Oonn. 
Moore’s Rural Nkw-yorker, one of the best 
agricultural Journals published In the Eastern States, 
enters upon a new volume on the first of January 
next. For many of the excellent »ud seasonable 
articles relating to field, farm and domestic econ¬ 
omy published from time to time In our ugrieuJiural 
column, we are Indebted to this excellent periodical. 
Its editor, Col- MoottE, during the financial panic 
which iwiini.lv HWirnt. ntrnr iho lund whb hnma 
Mooric's Rural New-Y’ouker.—F or twenty-five 
year* Moore's Rural New-Y*rker has been u 
welcome visitor to tons of thousands of firesides In 
the Union, it was the pioneer la the field it occu¬ 
pies, and has had many followers, but no competi¬ 
tors. The editor iu his prospectus published In an¬ 
other column, promises—and he has always per¬ 
formed more than he promlsed-to make the Rural 
for 1874 better than any preceding year. We com- 
mend to our readers the RURAL, and we think if 
they have perused it in the past they will agree with 
our commendations ; If they are unacquainted with 
U, but a brief perusal of It will be neeessury to place 
them in the list of its admirers .—Ithaca Journal. 
barm bconoiuy, Faroi Implements, Field Frops, Floriculture, Gardener, 
Herdsman, Horseman, Hygienic Information, Land Department, Natu¬ 
ralist, Pisciculture, Pomology, Poultry, Rural Architecture, Scientific 
and Useful, Sheep Husbandry. Sportsman, Swine-Herd, Vineyard,— thus 
rendering it the most complete Paper for Practical Ruralists now published. 
AS A LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER 
The Rural New-Yorker has attained an enviable reputation, as its numer¬ 
ous readers can attest. The Literary and Miscellaneous Departments will 
receive increased care and attention, while no Department will be neglected 
— our aim being to excel iu every and all features, and to furnish the 
best combined Rural, Literary and Family Newspaper obtainable. 
Markets, Crops, Etc., are alone worth double the price of the paper. 
TERMS, In Advance: —Only $2.50 per Year —less to Clubs, and great Inducements to 
Club Agents. Premium Lists, Specimens. &c., sent to all disposed to act in behalf of the 
Rural and its Objects. Address 
_ . D. D^T. MOORE, New York City. 
NATIONAL LIVE-STOCK JOURNAL. 
PUBLISHED AT CHICAGO ■ For Breeders. Farmers, etc. $2, a Year. 
Clubs of Ten with extra copy, $15. Specimens Free. ^ Geo. \V. Rust & Co., Publishers. 
- --n ■ « ■ n v w i 
P. 0. Box 56PJ. 31 & 33 Vesey St., New York. 
Boots and Shoes should be 
worn by Mechanics and all 
who are kept in-doors, as 
they are not affected by 
_ heat or dr outh. 
The strong point about 
them is simply this :—They 
add 5 cts. to the cost of a 
shoe, and from 81 to 82 to 
its wearing value. 
-g f \ Beautiful CTHJIOMOS, mounted, for only $1. 
Ill Landscape or i'Tgurex. Mulled safely any- 
X \J where. GEO. E. PEKlNE, 86 Reade St.. N. Y. 
A GIFT 
WORTHY OF A ROTHSCHILD 
IS BROWN’S SHAKSPERIAN ALMANAC 
for 1874. It fairly glows with quotations and Illus¬ 
trations from the Burd of Avon,’’ and from top to 
toe is man's life Illustrated. I shall print four million 
copies or more, and being desirous of making the dis¬ 
tribution of them us rupid as possible, I will send ten 
or fifteen copies free, pre-paid, to any one who will 
judiciously ulsposo or them iu their locality. Ad¬ 
dress Dr. 0. PHELPS BROWN. No. 21 Grand St., 
Jersey City, N. J ._ 
|By oueAu&ntseiUn# NW cer* Daunt 
Broom. Recommended by the late 
Horuce Grenier, Am. Agriculturist, 
and 100,009 Families using them. 
One county for each Agent. Success 
sun. C. A. CLEGG £ CO., 
. 1 20 Oorlbindt St., S. Y. 
Moore’s Rural NBw.YouKKR.-The advertise¬ 
ment of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, which we 
print elsewhere, will attract uttentlor,. The Rural 
is a favorite visitor to hundreds of home* In Niagara 
county. Out farmers especially value it for the 
agricultural information which It coutatns, while Its 
choice miscellany commends it to all. Ib fact, there 
are few family newspapers so complete and so well 
appreeinien as the Rural Nkw-Y'orker. Its 
founder, Mr, Moore, has placed it in the front rank 
of Journalism. We imagine that the Inducements 
offered in the advertisements will retain all old 
subscribers hereabouts, and gain many new ones,— 
Lockport (N. Y.) Daily Journal , Dec. 23,1873. 
EVERY 
EVERY 
