GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., 
Organs & II Hod eons 
“A little nonsense now and then 
Ts relished by the wisest men." 
A MODEL MARRIAGE SERVICE 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
in the United States. 
MINISTER. 
This woman wilt thou have 
And cherish her for life, 
Wilt love and comfort her 
And seek no other wife 7 
HE. 
This woman I will take 
That stands beside me now; 
I’ll find her board and clothes 
And have no other " Xrow.” 
MINISTER. 
And for your husband wilt 
You take this nice young man 
Obey his slightest wish 
And love him all you can ? 
SUE. 
I’ll love him all I can, 
Obey him all I choose. 
And when 1 ask for funds 
He never must refuse. 
MINISTER. 
Then you uro man and wife, 
And bappy may you be: 
As many he your years 
A s dollars In m y fee 1 
Now In use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
same Popularity. 
liT Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y. 
(CIRCULAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co.,) 
No. 8 Church Street. f 
P. O. Box 5,500. New York City. ) 
This Is a combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents in all the best dis¬ 
tricts Of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
Wn expoct every consumer of Teas ‘o render us all 
the assistance they can in carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as wo make, a specialty of SUPPLYING CON- 
Sl'M Kits ONLY (uml allow no middlemen to make 
any protlt on our importations), wntoh will enable 
us to supply thorn with Teas at prices lower than 
have ever bouu known, and of those line qualities 
.■hi t seldom reach the interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an interest in our 
enterprise, and send at once for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our goods, 
we remain, 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Church St,, 
I*. O. Box 5,509. New York City. 
.Entered, according to Act of Congress, In January, 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Tea Co., in the 
Office of the Librarian of Congress, Wushnlgtcn, D.C. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS, 
HOME Rule—Birch. 
Natural wit—Humors of the blood. 
A Chicago man is to start a condensed eg g 
factory. 
Consistency 1 Thou art a new Postmaster- 
General ! 
To cure the toothache—Stand on a dentist’s 
doorstop. 
To prevent lish from smelling In summer, cut 
their noses off. 
Why is a peacock like a figure 0 ? It is nothing 
without its tail. 
Why is there never a whole day ? Because it 
begins by breaking. 
Pond lilies are only a cent apiece, and many 
buy them for a scent. 
No professional man lives so much from hand 
to mouth as a dentist. 
Mr. Rapier is a Congressman from Alabama. 
He ought to be a sharp biade. 
Why was there never an honest red-breast? 
Because he is always a robin’. 
AVhy do we ripeaic of the silence of sleep, 
when most of us sleep sound ? 
We hear of the rain coming down; does it 
ever go up? Yes, in dew-time. 
Francis Snowball ia a defaulting cashier 
from Montreal. He is a cool hand. 
What nation is the surest of success in a 
difficult enterprise? Determination. 
Don’t tell an editor bow to run a newspaper. 
Let the poor i'ool find it out himself. 
An Iowa snloon has for its sign the simple 
and appropriate word, ” Nosepalnt." 
Why is a beefsteak like a locomotive?—It's 
mil of much account without its tender. 
M ur should a spider bo a good correspon¬ 
dent? Because ho drops aline by every post. 
Dobbs thinks that Instead of giving credit 
where credit Is due, the cash had bettor be paid. 
And Mount Aitna Is erupting. We know this 
Brooklyn business would break out somewhere. 
Excuse me, Sir. You’re not the gentleman I was looking for f 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY 
W Circulars sent on application 
A thorough kaowledge of Telegraphing, Book¬ 
keeping, 4c., taught by practical operator. Time 
unlimited. No vacation. Lady and Gentlemen Stu¬ 
dents may enter any tltre. Terms. 4c., on entirely 
new plan. Send stamp for Circular. 
Address A. G. FOX, Manager, 
Lock Box lly Auburn, N. T. 
£>. H. A. C.-OJVE. 
INVALUABLE FOR HORSES OUT OF CONDITION, 
and when in condition will Invariably keep them so, 
Farmers and Stock-breeders look to your interests. 
Put up In packages of I it. Price, tl. 
Forwarded to any part of the country, upon the re¬ 
ceipt of $1J2. 
BUDD GOBLE, 1121 South Pena Square, Philada, 
AS A LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER 
The MASON 4 HAMLIN ORGAN CO., winners 
Of THREE HIGHEST MEDALS and DIPLOMA 
OF HONOR, ut PARIS, IStf?. and VIENNA, 1873, 
and H. GUEST AWARDS IN AMERICA ALWAYS, 
respectfully announce that, having greatly Increased 
thoir tacnitlesXoruiiinufaeturo, they now offer their 
celebrated Cabinet Organs, not only for cask ex¬ 
clusively, us formerly, but will nlext rent them 
with privilege of purchase, or sell toi payments 
running through one to four years, one may 
reut an Organ and thoroughly test it before com¬ 
puting its purchase: ix paid for in the course of one 
year the cost will bo ouly live to leu per cent, 
more thau the lowest price lor cash on dclvery. 
The following table shows amounts and times of 
payment on several clans,running through one year, 
for a FIVE OCTAVE SINGLE REED ORGAN, style 
Y. other styles are at proportionate rates. 
an Educator u. . , “ tWRAL al ™ *>een pure and unexceptionable, while its value as 
ti 1 , t . th maDy timeS ts CC,Hl t0 aDy famlly - During 1875 special effort will be made to 
uroud of^u atm ?i PaPer ® nT ® HT * R AN '“ better than ever before, so that its old friends shall be 
pioud of it and tliousaud# of ucw ones become Its nrdeut admirers. 
THE RURAL’S ILLUSTRATIONS 
«SntmniHvV.l,a?if' PP u 0P i rl,lt0 ’ Varlea Beautlful - lndee ‘ 1 . «w object is to render the paper 
akme worth d oubkTthe 'prlco^of^he^lto kalI * Depart “ euts - Its ° f “**•*•• Crops, Etc., are 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
increased Fucilllie* to Club Organizers. 
Send lor New Price List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. 0. Box 6043. 3i St 33 Vesey St., New York 
RANDALL’S 
Practi cal She pherd 
Cash Trice, S30. Tims Pries, $39. Kent per Quarter, $9.90, 
ll» SIX 
Month*. 
Mvliths. Month*. 
0 *9.00 $9.90 $59 40 ' 
19.80 - 58.91 
» 19.55 19.55 19.55 
9 11.38 U.38 11.88 
— — 48.38 
nee, an 1 $7.22 each manth for 
twelve months. 
A COMPLETE TREATISE 
ON THE BREEDING, MANAGEMENT 
AND DISEASES OP SHEEP. 
Organs will be furnished on these plans, either 
through agents, or directly, to almost any part of 
the couutry. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES with full descrip¬ 
tions of the organs made by this Cumpuny, and Cir¬ 
culars showing in detail the different plans of pay¬ 
ment on which they are now offered, bcui free. 
Address 
MASON Sc HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 
BOsTON, NEW YORK, or CHICAGO. 
. Work < by the Hen. Henry b. Randall, 
BL. D., (author of “ Sheep Husbandry in the South,’’ 
Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry,” 4 „.,) i» the Stand¬ 
ard Authority on the Subject. It is the most com¬ 
plete and reliable Treatise on American Sheep Hus¬ 
bandry ever published, and (as the New England 
Farmer »ay») "should be In the hand and head of 
every person owning sheep.” 
The Practical shepherd contains 452 pages, and 
is illustrated, printed and bound In superior stria. 
Twenty-seventh Edition new ready. Sent by mail 
post-paid, on receipt of price—*2. Address _ 
RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
?S JDuuue St., New York. 
