GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., 
Organs & Melodeons 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
In the United States. 
Now In use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
same Popularity. 
SW~ Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N, Y. 
SEED POTATOES 
“Soon tin you go awny—that's idIbbus' orders.” 
Charles Lamb Raid of one of his critic*, 
“The more I tnink of him, tho loss I think of 
him.” 
“You look as if you were beside yourself,” 
Baid a wag to a fellow who stood by the side of 
an ass. 
A suspicious wife, on being asked where her 
husband was, replied that sho was afraid he 
was miss-lug. 
“She dyed for me,” paid the young husband 
when ho beheld her dark locks gradually re¬ 
turning to their original red. 
It is tho opinion of the doctor that the law¬ 
yer gets hla living by plunder, while tho lawyer 
thinks the doctor gets Ids by pill-age. 
We are told that the smallest hair throws a 
shadow. Of course it do.es. It throwa a shadow 
over your appetite when you find it in your 
victuals. 
A oentleman asked a negro boy if he would¬ 
n't take a pinch of snuff. “No,” replied the 
boy, very respectfully, “ me tank you ; Pomp’s 
nose not hungry.” 
“What’ll you ask to warrant these horses 
good V ’ asked a buyer of a horse dealer. “Oh, 
don’t trouble yourself; T’ll warrant them good 
for nothing," was tho rather equivocal reply. 
Albant never spouks aloud on the days pre¬ 
ceding the nights when she la advertised to 
sing, and in various other respecls she is highly 
calculated to make some man happy in the do¬ 
mestic circle. 
“Why, Georgle, arc you smoking'/” exclaim¬ 
ed an amazed mother, who came upon her lit¬ 
tle boy as he was puffing away at a cigar. 
“N—no, ma; I’m only keeping it lighted for 
another boy.” 
And thus sings our Dan, after meditating on 
tho expense of the Christmas gift season : 
** 'Tis the week After Christinas, 
When all through the land 
Not a greenback Is rustling— 
Nary a cent is on hand. 
TniS is the sort of notice that an Oregon lec¬ 
turer gets from his village newspaperCol. 
Jo. Meek haB shouldered ilia Jawbone and will 
tell the people more than they ever dreamt of 
about mining.” 
Pedagogue.--” First little boy, what is your 
name?" Little boy—“Jule.” Pedagogue — 
“Oh, no; your name is Julius. Second little 
boy, what, is yours?” Second little boy—“My 
name t > llilllous." 
A stranger who was eating a piece of pie in 
a restaurant tho other day struck his teeth 
against something hard, and presently held up 
atwo-cent piece and exclaimed, “ Hero, you— 
here's two cent’s which I found in thisplel" 
“Well, I'm sorry it isn’t fifteen,” replied ihe 
waiter; “ but the fact is, times are so hard, we 
can’t do any better just now." 
MR. A. Bronson Ai-cott was once expound¬ 
ing his theory of the sin of eating flesh, and 
said;A man who eats pork becomes a little 
swinish, does he not ? and If he eats mutton he 
Is Inclined to be .sheepish.” " Perhaps so,” re¬ 
plied Dr. James Walker, “but I have noticed 
that men who live on vegetables are apt to be 
—rather small— potatoes.” 
OUR ILLUSTRATED AMI DESCRIP¬ 
TIVE CATALOGUE OF POTATOES, which 
contains a list of several new varieties to bo offered 
by us tho Cuming season, together with the many 
popular varieties heretofore introduced by us and 
others, with tho Report of the Commltteo awarding 
tho Premium* offered by us last Spring, and the 
modes of culturo adopted by tho successful com¬ 
petitors, with much other valuable information on 
tho culturo of the p .tato, is now Jn r«css, and will 
bo mailed to all applicants Inclosing stamp for re¬ 
turn postage. B. Ii. BLISS ifc f-ONS, 
31 Barclay St., New York. 
P. O. Box No. 5,712. 
PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 
and is convinced “ There are 
7th, 1874.) 
Daily Rural Life, doubtingly, visits Vermont, 
(See Daify Rural Life, Nov. 
Walking Sticks here ! 
seed:. 
ATALOCl) 
On all (subjects pertaining to Ayrtcvdt are, Horttcvlturs, Domestic Affairs, and kindred topics, Moore’s 
Rural has been the Rbcognizkd Authority for a score of years, during which It has becomo tho 
Leading ami Largest Circulating RURAL, Literary and FAMILY Whkki.y on the Continent. d' ( > sus¬ 
tain ami augraont this pre-mntneneo n»itW,,r lab .r nor expense will be spared, but every proper effort put 
forth to furnish ll MODEL PAPER FOR THE Rural POPULATlOX-one especially adapted to the want# or 
THE FARMER. THE HORTICULTURIST, 
THE STOCK GROWER, THE DAIRYMAN, 
THE HOUSEWIFE, THE GARDENER, Ac. 
Rut In addition to its attention to Practical Affairs, the Rural Is not unmindful of the Family 
Circle for it devotes several pages of each number to Choice and High Toned Literary and Miscellaneous 
ri.ndi'nn udaDtcd to both sexes and all ages. This feature lias given it a high reputation, all over the land, 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Heed for ISTblonow ready for n l w ho apply. die 
timers ot lust sen son need lotwiito tori.. In it 
will he found several valuable varieties of new veg¬ 
etables introduced for tho lint time tbla siuscn, 
huv.ng made new vegetal lean specialty fi r meny 
veurs Growing over aliundnd nod filly varieties on 
iuv several farina, 1 would i nrtuuhtrly invite!ho 
patronageot uiaitctpardi nets and all otbeiswho 
are especially lieMiOV* to have their *< rti puie un<1 
fresh, and of therm/ lest stra n. All seed sent out 
from my establishment. »ro covered by three war¬ 
rants, as given In niv catalogue. 
JAMjES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehead, Mass. 
AS A LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER 
The moral tone of Moore’s Rural has always been pure and unexceptionable, while its value as 
an Educator Is worth many times Us COM to any family. During 1876 special effort will be made to 
render the whole paper urtghter and n :tter than ever before, so that its old friends shall be 
proud of It and thousands of new ones become Its ardent admirers. 
THE RURAL'S 1LLT7HTR ATIONh will continue to be Appropriate, Varied and Beautiful. 
Indeed, our object is to render the paper exceptionally Valuable and Acceptable In all Its Departments. 
Us Reports of Markets. Crops, Etc., are alone worth double the price of the RURAL. 
Each Number of the Rural N i:\v-Y 0 RK-KR contains Sixteen Quarto Pages, handsomely Printed and Il¬ 
lustrated. A Tltlo Pago and Index given at the close of each Volume, ending with June and Doeomber. 
TERMS. In Advance. Hostage Prepaids-Ouly *2.G1 per Year, including Postage, which we 
I repay under the new law. In clubs of ten or more only *2.15 per yearly copy, including postage. 
Great Inducements to Club Agents. Premium Lists, Specimens, &c., sent to all disposed to act in 
behalf of tho RURAL and Its Objects. Address _ 
XVIOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York City. 
need not be told that the old original 
maintains the same splendid reputation which was 
freely accorded to it when first presented for criti¬ 
cism at the 
Paris Exposition of 1867. 
All who have tried this most simple, capable and 
durable 
Pratt’s Astral Oil! 
Absolutely SAFE! 
Perfectly Odorless! 
(CIRCULAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co.,) 
No. 8 Chureli Street. 
P. ©. Box 5,509. New York City. ) 
This is a combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
tho mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents In all the best dis¬ 
tricts <>f China arid Japan to select Teas especially 
fortmr trade. 
Wc expect every consumer of Teas o render us a 11 
the assistance they can in carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as wo make a specialty of SUPPLYING CON¬ 
SUMERS ONLY (and allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on our Importations), wnicli wLU enable 
us to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
have ever been known, and of those fine qualities 
.tut seldom roach the interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping tho 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., 
P. O. Box 5.509. New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, In January. 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Ten Co., in th® 
Otfioe of the Librarian of Congress, Washington. D. C 
endorse the merit claimed fer it by the manufact- 
urers. 
All classes of people, and every variety of stitch¬ 
ing. bear witness tbut It has no equal. 
The Awards at Vienna in 1873 
to the Weed Sewing Machine Company surpassed 
those to any other exhibitor of Sewing Machines. 
Tho Patrons of Husbandry ondcho Sovereign* 
of j gdustry uro among our staunchest friends. 
No one can nfford to buy a Sewing Machine with¬ 
out flrBt examining '• he Fuvorites. 
Manufactory at Hartford, Conn. 
Always Uniform. illuminating qualities 
SUPERIOR TO GrA.S. 
C1IA8. PRATT «fc CO., 
Established 1770. 108 Pulton St., New Y r ork 
JOSH BILLINGS ON “ FUNKIN PI.” 
Punkin pi Iz tho suss ov Nu England. They 
are the vtttols and drink, they are joy on the 
half shell, and are good kold or warmed up. I 
would like to be a boy agen, just for sixty min¬ 
uets, and eat myself plmll of the blessed old 
mixter. Enny man who don’t iuv punkin pi 
wants watchin' cluss, for he means ter do 
suthin' mean the fnst good chance he kan git. 
Glv me all the punkin pi I could git, when I 
wus a boy, and I did uot care whether Sunday 
school kep that day or not. Anil now that i 
hev grown up to manhood and hev run fur the 
Legislatur once, and only got 850 votes, and am 
thoroly marrid, there ain’t nothin i banker fur 
WU 38 or kan bury quicker than two-thirds ov a 
good, old-fashlnd punkin pi, an inch and a huff 
thick, and well smelt up with ginger and nut¬ 
meg. Punkin pi iz the oldest Amertkan bever¬ 
age i kno ov, and ought ter go down ter our 
posterity with the trade-mark ov our grand¬ 
mothers on it; but 1 am afrade it won't, fur It 
iz tuff even now to Und wun that tastes In the 
mouth at all az they did 40 years ago. 
facelsiQi-Do Your Own Printing 
li * <#* Q Press for curds, labels, envelopes 
PortaoiB JJiJJ ctc Larger sizes for large work. 
, * etc. Larger sizes for large work. 
Business Men do their printing and 
advertising, save money and increase 
trade. Amateur Printing, delight 
fulpastimefor Bpure hours. BOY'S 
have great fun and make money fast 
atnrinting. Seud two stamps for full 
catalogue presses type etc, to the Mfrs 
KELSEY A CO. Meriden, Conn. 
great reduction. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
increased Facllltlea to Club Organizer.. 
&end for New Prlco Lwl* 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
p o. Bo* 6643. Si fk 33 Veeey at., Hew fork 
Clarkes 
New Method 4 £ Piano-Forte . 
Endorsed by the Musical, Educational and 
general Press, and by Good Teachers, to be 
Beyond all Comparison the Best 
to be had at Booh and Music stores. 
Sent by Mail, Price, $3.75. 
LEE & WALKER, } B3 ?^rE t l 5SY 8t 
