GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., 
Organs & INclodeons. 
“ A little nonsense now and then 
Is relished by the wisest men." 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS, 
The Oldest, Largest ana Most Perfect Manufactory 
in the United States. 
A Milwaukee fisherman offers a chromo to 
eveiy fish that will take the bait. 
Why is the comet like a cow's tall ? Because 
of its close proximity to the milky way. 
Would-be contributor—I wish you would 
tell me something to write about. Editor—Well, 
right about face! 
A LAZY follow, lying down on the grass, said : 
“Oh, how I do wish that this was called work, 
A^d well paid for." 
“Site has a magnificent voice for a fog 
whistle,” is a portion of a Western description 
of a local prima donna. 
A belle, upon being asked her father’s pro¬ 
fession, said he “ embalmed pork,” she believed. 
He was a bacon curer. 
li “He lias left a void that cannot easily be 
filled,” as the bank director touchingly re¬ 
marked of the absconding cashier. 
" You don’t say so 1 ” exclaimed Mrs, Smig- 
glns, atCatskill, when told the view from the 
Mountain House extended over 10,000 square 
miles; -“you don’t say so! Why, London Is 
only 3,000 miles off. Point it out, please! ” 
Now In use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
same Popularity. 
Z3T Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALiO, N. Y. 
AND 
W^' 
Our Autumn Catalogue of the above, beauti¬ 
fully illustrated with mnny'engravings and a splen¬ 
didly colored lithograph of it Group of Double 
mt.l Single Hyacinths, will be ready for distri¬ 
bution Sept, 1st. A copy will be mailed to all appli¬ 
cants inclosing Ten Cents; regular customers sup¬ 
plied gratis. Address 
B. It. BLISS 6 l SON’S, 
Seed, Plant and Bulb Warehouse, 
34 Barclay St., New York. 
P. O. Box No. 5712. 
CALKINS’ 
Champion Washer 
UPPER 
need not be told that the old original 
champTonT v? ^ 
maintains the same splendid reputation which was 
freely accorded to it when tlrst presented for criti¬ 
cism at the 
Paris Exposition of 1867. 
All who have tried this most simple, capable and 
durable 
M HlDiliMi 
Price $7.50 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY 
endorse the merit claimed for It by the manufact¬ 
urers. 
All classes of people, and every variety of stitch¬ 
ing, hear witness that it has no equal. 
The Awards at Vienna in 1873 
to the Weed Hewing Machine Company surpassed 
those to any other exhibitor of Hewing Machines. 
The Pntronw of Husbandry and (he rtovereigui. 
of Industry are among our staunchest friends. 
No «ine can atford to buy a Sowing Machine with¬ 
out first examining The Favorites. 
Manufactory at Hartford, Conn. 
SOLD IN TWO YEARS. 
Medal Awarded at N. Y. State Fair, 1874. 
First Premium at Western N. Y. Fair, 1874. 
12 State Fair Premiums taken the past year. 
We want O.lNVASSEItS and AMT’S 
lit every town and neigliborliood. in 
the Hast. 
Almost every family will buy il, 
after SGICINt; IT IN USR. 
Send for Ue*crli»llvc Circulars and 
Terms to Canviissrrs. 
CALKINS’ CHAMPION WASHER CO., 
IOO Chambers St., Now York, 
and 207 South Clurk Ht., Chicago, Ill. 
This Popular Journal, long the Standard in its Sphere, will enter upon its Twenty-Sixth Yeah 
(and second Quarter of a Century) In Jan., 1315, under such auspices as will enable Its Founder and 
Conductor and his Associates to minlfcst more fully than ever before the true spirit of its glorioun 
Motto, "Excelsior,” and laudable Objects, "Progress and Improvement.” The constant aim will be to 
more than maintain its well-earned position as the 
On all subjects pertaining to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Affairs, and kindred topics, Moohe’S 
Rural has been the Ki«oo<jnjzkd Authority Cor a score of years, during which it has become the 
Leading and Largest Circulating Rural, literary and Family Weekly on the Continent. To sus¬ 
tain and augment this pro-nmlneuce neither labor nor expense will be spared, but every proper oflort put 
forth to furnish a Model Papku for the Rural Population— one especially adapted to the wants of 
AR. - Male and Female Canvass- 
J. Eastman, '.'43 N.8th St., Phila. 
Pratt’s Astral Oil! 
(CIRCULAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., ) 
No, 8 Church Street, r 
P. O. Box 5,509. New York City. ) 
This Isa combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
Wo have experienced agents in all the best dis¬ 
tricts of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Teas -*0 render us all 
the assistance they can in carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as we make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on our Importations), which will enable 
us to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
nave ever been known, and of those fine qualities 
-hi t seldom reach the interior, being sold only to 
the largo cities and umong the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will takean interest In our 
enterprise, and send at once fora 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, WasbDlgton.D. C. 
Absolutely SAFE ! 
Perfectly Odorless ! 
always Uniform. Ilt,urinating qualities 
SUPEM.IOH. TO &/VS. 
CIIAH. 1‘RATT & CO., 
Established mil. 108 Fulton rtt., New York. 
But In addition to its attention to Practical Affairs, the RURAL Is nrtt unmindful of the Family 
Circle, for it devotes several pages of each number to Choice and High Toned Literary and Miscellaneous 
Reading, adapted to both sexes and all ages. Tills feature has given It a high reputation, all over the land, 
AS A LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER 
The moral tone of Moore’s Rural has always been pure and unexceptionable, while Its value us 
an Educator la worth many tunes Its cost to any family. During 1875 special effort will be made to 
render the whole paper brighter and l utter than ever before, so that its old friends Bhall be 
proud of It and thousands of new ones become Its urdent admirers. 
The MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., winners 
Of THREE HIGHEST MEDALS and DIPLOMA 
OF HONOR, at PARIS, 1867, and VIENNA, 1873, 
and Highest awards in America always, 
respectfully a luounoe that, having greatly increased 
their facilities for manufacture, they now offer their 
celebrated Cabinet Organs, nut only for cnalt ex¬ 
clusively, us formerly, but will also vent them 
with privilege of pnrelume, or sell tor payments 
running through one to four years. One may 
rent an organ and thoroughly test It before com¬ 
pleting Its purchase; If paid for in the ouur&o of one 
year the cost will be only five to ten per cent, 
more than the lowest price for cash on delvery. 
The following table shows amounts and times of 
payment on several plans,running through one year, 
for a FIVE OCTAVE SINGLE HERD ORGAN, style 
Y. Other styles arc at proportionate rates. 
THE RURAL’S ILLUSTRATIONS 
Will continue to be Appropriate, Varied and Beautiful. Indeed, our object Is to render the paper 
exceptionally Valuable and Acceptable in all its Departments. Its Reports of Markets. Crops, Etc., are 
alone worth double the price of the Rural. 
Each Number of the Rural New-Yorker contains Sixteen Quarto Pages, handsomely Printed and Il¬ 
lustrated. A Title Page and Index given at the oIobo of each Volume, ending with June and December. 
TER JIrt. lu Advance, Postage Prepaid:—Only $2.65 per Year —less to Clubs, and great Induce¬ 
ments to Club Agents. AIL renewals or new subscriptions sent In previous to Deo. 1, will be received 
ut $2.50 per single yearly copy, or only $2 per copy In Clubs of ten or more. Premium Lists, Specimens, 
Ac., sent to all disposed to act in behalf of the Rural and its Objects. Address 
B. 3). T. MOORE, New York Citv. 
Cash Prico, 530. Tims Price, $33. Kent per Quarter, $9.90. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers, 
rtend for New Price List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. 0. Box 5643. 3i & 33 Vesey St., New York 
Budd Dohle’s Condition Powders, 
JO. IJ. A. O. OJNK. 
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 1 a. Price, $1. 
Forwarded to any part of the country, upon the re¬ 
ceipt of $1.12. 
BUDD DOBLE, 1424 South Penn Square, Phllada, 
WOOD, TABER & MORSE 
twelve luuntlis, 
EATON, MAIMSON CO., W. Y., 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
Organs will be furnished on these plans, either 
through agents, or directly, to utmost any part of 
the country. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES with full descrip¬ 
tions of the organs made by this Company, and Cir¬ 
culars showing in detail the different plans of pay¬ 
ment on which they are now offered, sent free. 
Address 
MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 
BOsTON, NEW YORK, or CHICAGO. 
Moore's Rural New-Yorker. —With its full 
corps of editors, and a new publisher of energy and 
ability, the management propose to celebrate the 
quarter-centennial of the pioneer Rural in such a 
manner as to augment Its popularity and usefulness. 
For a flrst-elasa, lively paper, containing matter of 
interest for all classes, take the Rural New-York¬ 
er, and do so at once, for the paper never was bet¬ 
ter, and its prospects never brighter.— F, report {III.) 
Journal. 
A thorough knowledge of Telegraphing, Book¬ 
keeping, &c., taught by practical operator. Time 
unlimited. No vacation. Lady and Gentlemen Stu¬ 
dents may enter any time. Terms. &c., on entirely 
new plan. Send stamp for Circular. 
Address A. G. FOX, Manager, 
Lock Box lilt Auburn, N. Y, 
tNT Circulars sent on application, 
I'l.AN, 
. 
P.iym’t lit i In Til roe 
Auvdii&M. Months. 
III ?>IA 
Months, 
iii .Mmi 
Month*, 
Ut 1 Wei Vo 
Months. 
No. 1. 
$9,90 $9,911 
$9.90 
$9.90 
$59.40 
No. 2. 
10,80 - 
111. SO 
— 
58.91 
no. ;>. 
10.55 10.5a 
19..'.5 
19.55 
19.65 
NO, 4. 
49.60 11.3S 
11.38 
11.38 
11.38 
No. 5. 
47.27 — 
47.27 
No. 6. 
4H.33 — 
— 
48.33 
Nn. 7. 
( $0,90 in advanci 
, am! $7. 
22 each month for 
