“A little nonsense now and then, 
Ts relished by the wisest men,” 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS 
Do others as they 
ho dark and yet so light, as the man said 
when he looked at his ton ol coal. 
The dentist profession must be a lucrative 
one he make his money by achers. 
are *° ,az y ^ a certain city in Kansas 
that they will spell the city “11-worth." 
Of all cheap solaces done Into verse 
The cheapest Is this: " it might have been worse." 
A IIukfalo father has persuaded his bad bov 
o stay in o'nights. The chain cost $1,80 and 
the padlock 750 . 
Omt advanced scholar comes In with the sug¬ 
gestion that the title-page of Webster is like 
« hanty because it begins a tome. 
A Mifisomu Judge has Just decided that a 
v. oman is not an old maid until she Is 85. The 
Judge has since become very popular. 
“ Flow long will my chop he, waiter ?" angrily 
, * 11 hungry man In a restaurant. “About 
LIFE AND ACCIDENT 
INSURANCE CO., HARTFORD 
Casb Assets, $3,000,000 
General Accident Policies for the year o r 
month, written by Agents. 
Life and Endowment Insurance of the best 
forms at Low Cash Rates. 
Buffalo the other day tied crape 
to the door-knob to see if the carriage would 
come and take them out riding, as it did the 
family across the way. 
At a recent wedding, according to theLondon 
Globe, the bride walked on the arm of her 
rather. We fancy the bridegroom must have 
been u little alarmed to see such acrobatic 
exercise. 
An old picture represents a king sitting in 
state, with a label, “ l govern nil; " « bishop, 
with a legend, “ I pray for all; ” and a farmer, 
drawing forth reluctantly a purse, with the in¬ 
scription, “ I pay for all.” 
THE TRAVELERS 
-A- CONSERVATIVE 
„ Heke, Grandma, is the last new Pear | Prefctv nice ain't i 
I w.„ S ! r '“ r ’ bu ‘ '' oU ‘ i ' , ’ UJ wh “ we used ' 
Table Krt 
«ves and Forks of 
AND EXCLUSIVE MAKERS OF 
CALKINS’ 
Champion Washer 
CEO, A, PRINCE & CO., 
Organs & lleloileoiis, 
The Oldest, Largest ana Most Perfect Manufactor, 
in the United States. 
(circular.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co,, ) 
No. 8 Church Street. > 
P- O. Box 5,509. New York City. ) 
This lan combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United State on 
the mutual principle. 
Wc have experienced agents in all the best dis- 
- ..—* to select Teas especially 
The MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO winners 
TWO HIGHEST MEDALS and DIPLOMA OF 
ION OR. n ( PARIS, 18(17, VIENNA, 1873, respectfully 
announce thnt. they now offer thoir celebrated Cabi¬ 
net Organs not only exclusively for cask, as formerly 
it U |Vbeu ° D ? ffe i enl pl,lns 01 easv hayments which’ 
t Is believed afford purchasers unprecedented in¬ 
ducements. Characteristics of these plans ure : 
t0 tru a ” or M n month* or longer 
before concluding to purchase it. This may be done at 
is used y a rea80nal>,e rent for time the organ 
Time to make payments, varying to nut the con. 
vcrlenee of purchasers, An organ maybe obtained 
by a first payment of less than ten dollars, with pay¬ 
ments monthly, quarterly or at other Intervals e* 
tending through ono to Tour years. 
3. The affording these accommodations at the lowest 
possible remunerative rate to the Company. A n organ 
though taken with privilege of return, if purchased 
and the payment for it made within one year, costs 
the purchaser only five to ten per eont. more than 
! c l w l:! ol ^ su f ,, aa com* hc 
Now In use. 
No other Musloal Instrument over obtained the 
sixmo Popularity. 
£5^" Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y. 
SOLD IN TWO YEA US. 
Fnir, IS 7 i _if> I n - State 
K ar.ftsasirw « 
CALKINS' CHAMPION WASHER CO., 
- -- m 
Irlete of China and Japan 
for onr trade. 
We expect every consum 
the assistance they can ii 
prise, as we make a speefa 
8UMERS ONLY (and alio 
any profit on our Importations), wnieh will enabli 
us to supply them with Teas at prices lower tha. 
have ever been known, a D d of those line quulitie! 
.hit seldom reach the Interior, being sold only u 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the oousumer will take an Interest In oui 
enterprise, and send at onoe for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our goods 
we remain, 
Most respectfully your*, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co,, 
» /, .. No. 8 Church St„ 
I. O. Box 5,509. Nt w York City. 
sSs&HHESl 
WHEELER & WILSON’S 
Celebrated Rotary-Hook Lock-Stitch 
I OU FAMILY USE, 
AXD 
need not be told that the old original 
maintains the same splendid reputation which 
srs'Kr*" u " b “"«■»■« ““ 
Paris Exposition of 1867 
dwabT e h ° haVG tri6d th ' S m ° St Slmple ’ capab,e 
Pratt’s Astral Oil! 
SEWING MACHINE 
For Leather Work & Heavy Tailoring, 
* HAMLIN ORGAN CO. 
liO TON, NEW YORK, or CHICAGO. 
WOOth TABER & MORSE 
MAuison co., nr. 
___manufacturers or 
endorse the merit claimed for It bv t 
urers. 3 
All classes of people, and every vari 
ing, bear witness that it has no equal. 
The Awards at Vienna 
to the Weed Sewing Machine 
those to any other exhibitor 
The Patrons of Jlusbn 
of Industry are 
Absolutely SAFE ! 
Perfec tly Odorless! 
ALWAV^tUNIFORM. ILLUMINATING QUALITIES 
A E *«onTo gas. 
C’HAS. PRATT ifc CO 
mtamshed 1770. 108 Fulton Sl Now York. 
\\ heeler & Wilson 9 Family Sewing Machine was 
«e u?d , ?S°£» d #> ,nt0 . lhB househ ™ for general 
SEJS* 1 “* ““ W “*'<* 
Wheeler & Wilson’s New No. fl Sewing Machine Is 
of w !ik d tim tl0 lD ! ‘ auperior manner a wider range 
rinnlrt V, , UUy Sl ‘ vv,1a F machine heretofore pro¬ 
duced. It IS especially adapted to the stitching of 
hoots and shoes, harness, carriage trimmings, gloves, 
fabr" Tr" ' Jen,ra ’ lv ‘ bttas ’ tosUry.etorhin,, and heavy 
fabi ics of every description. It Is Intended to be 
opeiatod either by foot, or at a higher rate of speed 
than other machines by steam or other power, and Is 
rapidly gaining that pre-eminence for mauufactur- 
ing purposes which their family machine has long 
maintained in the household. Send for Circular 
giving testimonials and description of the maohine' 
Company surpassed 
of Sewing Machines, 
ndry and the Sovereigns 
„ among our staunchest friends 
No one can afford to buy a 8ewlng Mac 
out first examining The Favorites. 
Manufactory at Hartf ord, Conn. 
Mocwe's Rural new- 
©On* of edit.,re, ,-ukI a ne 
ability, the managetaont 
quarter-centennial 
a Portable, Stationary 
Hiid Agricultural. 
rn?„ Q ,? ,3re .? 8 ln U8e ln Shops, 
'‘"K^ms.MlHs, MinUs 
and on farms and fclanta. 
MOPS, for Grain Threshing 
f"°bd Cooking for Stock, Cot- 
-ton Ginning, sawing, Ac 
sent on application. K> 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
incensed Facilities to Club Organiser, 
»«.nd for New Price Lint. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO 
p. 0. Box 5643. 3 a & 33 Vesey St., New Yor] 
flUBURN TELEGRAPH SCHOOL! 
With its full 
of energy and 
i.t- v»5»IN oolebratu the 
' 1>‘ C Plonner Rural In such a 
f popularity and usefulness. 
‘ “ * 7 matter of 
LW-YORK- 
'***■ never was bet- 
F apart (III.) 
•This king of Ag- 
upon its twenty-fifth 
swsanA'SSSa.ftasS 
than ever. I a style, type, matter 
’ « no paper of lu kind 
-- - .le—TrsmptaUau ( Wit.) 
rtr Circulars 
ve C a U r U n' ^Td "u, 
year, under the most favorable 
agKiK”' 
SSSsaastHB-K: 
wumnuM. jyo vacation. Ladv fV^V. • 1 
deuts may enter aav^ time^ Bt 
Plan/ Scud s^pf^ciroubu-' iC " C "‘ rntir ‘ 
Address A. a. FOX, Manaeer 
Lock Box lie Auburn N. V, 
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