GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., 
Organs & Melodeons 
DRY CGOD'S 
UOceris: 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS, 
The Oldest, Largest ana Most Perfect Manufactory 
In the United States. 
Made Id vein-gold. 
BEES are a stingy set. 
Men of scents—perfumers. 
High tlme-u church clock. 
A MOVING tall—a hungry dog’s. 
In time of peas prepare for lamb. 
TnR origin of Easter eggs—a hen. 
A CO-OPERATIVE mill—a free flgbt. 
A CHILD of the sea—a harbor buoy. 
Mateulized spirit—frozen whisky. 
A patient-waiter— A young docter. 
The place to make sails—rigging lofts. 
A rare flower-the pink of politeness. 
Hibernian gema—potatoes ami cuuosh. 
Keep your feet dry and warm—If you can. 
Fuel dealers were never In better spirits. 
How to “ repel boarders ’’—give ’em bash. 
Cheap drapery—the curtains of the night. 
St. PaUL on Inflation- “ Re not puffed up.’ 
Popular rum with congressmen—quo-run 
Brigham Young s favorite wire-Blg-Amy 
Bound to come out write in the end—a pen 
Now In use. 
So other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
same Populauty. 
%ST Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y. 
In the waistcoat 
My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower 
Seed for 187b la now ready for all who apply. Cus- 
tomort of last need jot write forU* In it 
will be found several valuable varieties of new veg- 
etables introduced for the first time this season, 
having made new vegetables « specialty for many 
years. Growing <mr u luuulinl and fifty varirtin on 
my several farms. I would , articular y invitejhe 
patronage of market giirdeum *“2 
are especially desirous to hare .^elr see* pure and 
fresh, and of thr very lo( strain. All seed sent .out 
from my establishment nre covered by three war¬ 
rants. r.s given In my CatalOBue. 
JAMES J H. GREGORY. MarbleheuJ, Mass. 
India 
COLD COMFORT. 
'C “Hho! This ain’t nothin’!” “Nothing' Why it’s 
ro is nothin' ain’t it V 
VIRGINIA FARMS AND LANDS 
' for. saije. 
VVe have u largo number of very fine Agricultural 
Mineral and Wood Laud* for sale, ta the Stataol 
Virginia, at figures greaWv below tii^r real value 
Adaretuk for particulars. OEO. C. WBDpEKHyjp 
A CO„ Second NntluniU Bank, Waahlogton. U. t. 
ur pitimu i 
below theii rea 
imrtlCnlars, GKO. C. WEDDK 
d National Bank, Washington 
189 acres of superb land, l.k miles from I . O., In 
the beuutiiul city or Monroe. Mich. The buildings 
and fences are unworthy the location —It being one 
of the moat beautiful In the suburbs of any City. 1 he 
tmet is mostly in wood pasture. Price #“0 uu eeie. 
on easy terms of payment. Apply to LUt K « laci- 
DON, of Monroe, or to the Subscriber at Ann A rbor, 
Michigan. ISRAEL HALL. 
fn iv. DomettIc Affairs, and kindred topics. MOORE 3 
» score of years, during which U has become the 
and Family Weekly on the Continent. To sus- 
expanse will be spared, but every proper eBort put 
rptTLATio.v— one especially adapted to the wants of 
THE HORTICULTURIST, 
THE DAIRYMAN, 
THE GARDENER, &.C. 
Practical Affairs, the Ritbal Is not unmindful of the Family 
uiuue. ChwiwO and High Toned Literary and Miscellaneous 
Thl* feature haagiven It a Uigh reputation, all nvor the land. 
On all subjects pertaining to Agriculture, lie 
RURAL lias been the Itr.COONDtYI* AUTHOR*’! 
Leading and Largest Circulating Rural, I.iilh 
tain and augment this pre-eminence neither lab 
forth to furnish a Model Paper for the Uur 
THE PARMER, 
THE STOCK GROWER, 
THE HOUSEWIFE, 
But In addition to Its attention to J 
Circle, for It devotes several pages of each number to Choice 
Reading, adapted to both sexes and all ages. -"_L u “" 
ueeu 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 »» d 
durable 
AS A LITERARY AND FAMILY PAPER 
The mo™, ton, of *OOE«'« R.'.ai “™, »”« ”‘L“ £ ££ M 
,rr;» 1 rrr» , rs*. ramu...»». 
>ud of it and thousands of new ones become Its ardent admirers. 
.,, q 1 usTR ATION8 will continue to be Appropriate, Varied and Beautifu . 
iSour ^ Valuable and Acceptable In all its Departments. 
Reports of Markets. Crops, Etc., are alone worth double the price of the Rural, 
TEUIVIH. tn Advance. PnMB xn^oSf $2.15 peTyelri^ci? 1 y. ‘lnclSdlng^JlSage 8 . 
repay under the new law ® Specimens. Ac., sent to all disposed to act In 
CHEESE FACTORY 
PRESSED TIN-WARE, 
Buy no Tin-Ware without 
this Stamp. It is the best. 
IKON CLAD CAN CO., 
23 Cliff St., Now York. 
This Is a combination oi capitalists 10 supply me 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents tn all the best dis¬ 
tricts of China aud Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Teas *o render us all 
the assistance they can tn 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), wnich will enable 
us to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
ha w e ever been known, aud of those fine qualities 
.hit seldom reach the Interior, being sold only to 
the large cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take un 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 3,509. New York City. 
Entered, according to Act of Congress, Id January, 
1874, by the Consumers Importing Tea Co., In the 
Officeof the Librarian of Congress, Wushingt on. U. o 
79 more young men to learn Tele 
graphy. Good situations guaian 
teed. Address, with stamp. 
Apparatus, Implements & Supplies 
The Best and the Cheapest. 
Send for Descriptlae Circular and Price List. 
Will. RALPH, Utica. N. Y. 
If the RURAL PURCHASING 
AGENCY cannot huy goods 
for less and sell goods 
for more money than 
you can yourselves, we 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers. 
Send for New Price List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. O. Box 5643- 3i & 33 Yesey St., New York 
don’t ask you to deal 
with it. TRY IT! 
RURAL PURCHASING AGENCY, 
78 Duane St., Wew York. 
Moore’s Rural New-Yorker is one of the best 
agricultural and family newspapers published, and 
for many years has been an estaolished luvorlte. It 
has a moat competent corps of writers, aud while 
matters of agricultural Interest receive especial at¬ 
tention, the literary and news departments are not 
Degleeted. The conducting editor and publisher. 
H I), t. Moons, assures his patrons that his paper 
for 1875 will present even greater attractions than 
before, and he is sure to fulfill bln promise.— Penn 
Tun Express. 
Onr New Premium List, Illustrated, together 
with show-bill, specimens, etc., sent free and pre¬ 
paid to ail disposed to form clubs lorthe Rural. 
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