CORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT. 26 
tSstit and 'ihtmor. 
“ A little nonsense now and then, 
la rdished by the wisest men.” 
TAKING TOLL. 
The road was now. and pleasant, too, 
By stream and forest winding j 
The sky was fair, nnd everywhere 
Surprises we were flndinjr. 
Said I, “ ’Tis queer ! the toll-gafe’s near, 
And you cannot go by it 
Without a kiss, my pretty miss.” 
Said she, *’ You’d better try it !’* 
I took the loll—a generous dole— 
Despite her stout resistance. 
She said, “ The rate Is very great 
For Buch n trifling distance.” 
“ If so you say, take buck the pay 
To each minutest (Taction : 
For your sweet sake I’ll gladly take 
A lesson In subtraction. ’ 
She whispered, Nny; your taking way 
Has robbed me of a dozen ; 
But you’re no kin, so don’t begin 
To prove yoorseira cozen.” 
We journey on through shade and sun. 
Regardless of the distance, 
And every day the toil we pay 
That sweetens our existence. 
— ♦ — 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS. 
Wry are ladies thieves? Because they steal 
gentlemen's hearts and hook each other’s 
dressos. 
What are the most unsociable things in the 
world ? Milestones. You never see two of them 
together. 
Marriage Is often said to be a lottery; but 
Caleb declares his belief that It is a game of 
crlbbago. 
Out In Alontuna, when they start a man down 
hill in a barrel, they speak of him as appearing 
in a new roll. 
The fool seeketh to pick a fly from a mule’s 
hind leg. The wise man letteth out the job to 
the lowest bidder. 
“Mohicy makes the mayor go,” does it? 
Well, Haveineyer has got plenty of money, so 
why doesn't he go ? 
The most serious charge yet made against 
Mr. Boeclior la, that he was the first man to offer 
a ohromo to subscribers. 
Truth may contrive to live at the bottom of 
a well, but it Is about the only thing that can 
make a living In such obscurity. 
On a weather-beaten sign in East Broadway, 
New York, Is the following legend, " Footed 
and seoond-hand boots made to order.” 
The following amusing petition is addressed 
to the Inhabitants of England : 
*' Whereas by you I have been driven 
From ’onse, from ’ome. from ’ope, from ’oaven, 
And pluced by your most learned society 
In lifer lie, Hanguisb and H anxiety j 
Nay, charged, without one JuBt pretence 
With Harrogance and Hlmpudenoe— 
I hero demand full restitution, 
And beg you'll mend your Helocution.” 
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The following table shows amounts and times of 
puyment on several plans, running through ono year, 
for a FIVE OCTAVE SINGLE REED ORGAN, style 
Y. Other styles are ut proportionate rates. 
Cash Price, $30. Time Price. 539. Sent per Suarter, 59.90. 
Pl.Ai*. 
PnyrnH iu 
Atlviuici*. 
Iu Three 
Month,. 
Lr> Six 
Month*. 
In Mum : 
Muutb*. 
J ii i'Weivv 
Mouths. 
No. 1. 
*9.90 
*9.90 
*9.90 
*9.90 
*59.4(1 
No. 2. 
19.80 
— 
19.80 
58.91 
No. 3. 
19.55 
19.55 
19.55 
19.55 
19.55 
NO. 4 
49.50 
11.38 
11.38 
11.38 
11.38 
No. o. 
47 27 
— 
47.27 
— 
No. 6. 
48.33 
— 
— 
— 
48.33 
No. 7. 
) $L‘.yu in advance, and $7.22 each manth fur 
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