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jWATCHISl 
. .Sntered, according to Act of Congress, in Jamiury, 
I B.4, by the Consumers Importing Tea Co., in the 
Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. 
WILBOR’S COMPOUND OP ^ 
PURE COD LIVER 
w OIL AND LIME, a 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKE 
APRIL 24 
‘Slit and Hurnq. 
8PARK8 AND SPLINTERS. 
A bear spot—The Northern Pole. 
The weight of fish must be determined by 
the Beales. 
Ice— water that stayed out In the ^eold and 
went to sleep. 
A man may be very smart, and yet never cut 
an acquaintance. 
Rabies are described as coupons attached to 
the bonds of matrimony. 
What Is that which, by losing an eye, has 
only a nose left? A noise. 
Taking time liy the forelock—The boat 
clubs are perfecting their organizations. 
It is said that Digger Iudlans are never 
known to smile. They are grave Diggers. 
Whether a Irird in the band is worth two in 
the bush depends upon the nature of the bird. 
First class in spelling stand up; spell flab¬ 
bergasted ; wrong. Next, correct; go to the 
head I 
The man w ho was hemmed in by the crowd 
lias been troubled with a stitch In his side ever 
since. 
Correctly don’t seem like a hard word ; yet 
they all go down because they can’t spell 
oorreotly. 
The children in Florida say they live on sweet 
potatoes in the summer, and on strangers In 
the winter. 
Macaulay once observed that prize sheep 
were only lit for candles, and prize essays to 
light them. 
Andrew Rates, of Hanover Mass., has 
caught 2,000 skunks, and is now as fragrant as a 
Congressman. 
A i'eki* behind the curtain—“Mother, don't 
get me mad now] llarry is coming, aiid I 
shall ho all of a flush. 
The mau who three yean ago married a New¬ 
port belle says lie begins to realize that a thing 
of beauty is a jaw forever, 
A fashion editor says: There Is something 
very pretty in ladies’ gloves this season; 
which is a handsome compliment. 
Why did she turn her back on the young 
mail? Innocent child] She wished to make 
uu exhibition of her new overskirt. 
The ghost of Noah Webster came to a spirit¬ 
ual medium In Alabama, not long since, and 
wrote on a slip of paper, “ It Is tlte times." 
A Delaware man fastened a knob on the 
bureau drawer the other duy, after a delay of 
eleven years since his wile first asked him to. 
The boy who ran away from school to ** go 
fishing all alone,’’ and caught himself iu the 
lip, says he’s got enough of fishing oil his own 
hook. 
“Meat me at the spelling match at Mueilc 
hall,” was the invitation written probably 
by one who stepped down and out on the first 
round. 
The latest Eastern slang with which to come 
down on a long-tongued boy is : “ Write the 
rest down on a piece of paper aud w r e‘ll read It 
Sunday." 
Tiie greatest feat Iu eating ever recorded. Is 
told of a man who commenced by bolting a 
door, after which he threw up a window, and 
swallowed a whole story. 
Bancroft, the historian, retains his useful 
ways and dresses himself without the aid of a 
body servant. There’s absolutely nothing 
valet-tudinarian about him. 
A foppish fellow advised a friend not to 
marry a poor girl, as ho would find matrimony 
with poverty “up-hill work.” “Good,” said 
bis friend; “ I would rather go up hill than 
down hill any time.” 
"Why, Ichabod, I thought you got married 
mor’n a year ago?” " Well, aunt Jerusba, it 
was talked of, but I found out that the girl and 
all her folks were opposed to it, aud so I jest 
give ’em all the uiliten and let the thing drop.” 
"If I had a donkey,” has undergone some 
changes since the Boston poets began to try to 
improve it. This Is the latest form In which it 
appears: 
111 hail an animal averse to speed, 
1)0 you think I’d chastise him?— uo indeed ! 
I would give him soma oats, aud observe, “ Proceed. - 
go on, Edward. 
The San Francisco Call, under the head of 
“ Personal,” publishes the following touching 
notice: 
lYTOTU’H.—I will not bo responsible foranv debts 
II contracted by uiy wife, Maria A. Charnay, she 
having put me out of the house. 
ANTOINE CHARNAY. 
Antoine is evidently determined that the 
public shall know he is not a man to be imposed 
upon with impunity. 
REESE'S ADJUSTABLE STENCIL LETTERS 
THE FORCE O'? EX 
CKND FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED 
H Circular of all Apparatus and FuruisbiugH 
for 
CHEESE and BUTTER 
Factories and MILK COSDElMtXO JCtUdMthmenU. 
Now met i.o.i of manufacture given BluHKS'i 
FHKMII ’MS at Twenty-two important Fain and Kr- 
vnsttOyns, including A m. Innt, lest of three months— 
’73 and “4 lor portable safety 
BOILERS and ENIGNES, 
French llurr Stone Grist Mills, Arc. 
jy Discounts to the trade. 
WHITMAN & BURRCLL, Little Falls, N. Y. 
Cheese 
And BUTTER-MAKING APPARATUS ami 
SUPPLIES, of every description. Address, for 
Catalogue, prices, etc. II. II. ROE A CO., 
Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. 
(CIRCULAR.) 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., ) 
No. 8 Cltureh Street. r 
I*. ©. Box A,SOO. New Fork City. ) 
This Isa combination of capitalists to supply the 
consumers of Teas throughout the United States on 
the mutual principle. 
We have experienced agents In all the best dig. 
Uriels of China and Japan to select Teas especially 
for our trade. 
We expect every consumer of Teas ’o render ns a.l 
the assl8tai.ee they can in carrying out our enter¬ 
prise, as wo make a specialty of SUPPLYING COS- 
SUMEKS ONLY (und allow no middlemen to make 
any profit on our importations), watch whl enable 
ua to supply them with Teas at prices lower than 
have ever been known, and of those fine qualities 
taut seldom reach the Interior, being sold only to 
the largo cities and among the very wealthy. 
Hoping the consumer will take an interest incur 
enterprise, and send at once for a circular with full 
explanations of how to proceed to obtain our goods, 
vie remain, 
Most respectfully yours, 
Consumers Importing Tea Co., 
No. 8 Church 8t., 
I*. O. Box 5,509. New York City. 
SIMTLE DEVICE, BY Wind! ANY NAME OK APPKUjg 
can be formod in i moment, and be as readily dlhtribuiad* 
sale Hard wit re Peltiers nnd Stationer*. Send for Circular*. 
B. E. HALL & CO., 6CandPark Plnoo, Nun Yorkf 
lo One nnd All.—Arc Yon Suffering from 
a •cough, cola, asthma, bronchitis, or any of the vaci- 
o Us pulmonary troubles, that so often "terminate in 
c onsumption? If so, use *‘ Wiliun't Cure Vad Liver 
Hit uud Lime," a safe and efiioaeious remedy. This 
is no quack preparation, hut is regul.irlv oreseribed 
b ■ r - - 
* riLBOB, Chemist, Boston. Sold by all druggists. 
U SE THE BEST-MIUER BROS. CHEMICAL PAIHT. 
MILLER BROS., 109 Wuter St,, Clev eland, Ohio. 
ULJ gM’ 
oa pi r 
Co. 0? 
Hranch office and Factory: 
506 WEST ST.NEW YORK. 
No. 21(1 South 3d St., Si. Louis, Mo. 
No. 83 West Vim Horen St,, Chicago, III, 
AND A WHOLESALE DEPOT AT 
Win. King A' Bro., No. 2 North Liberty St,, 
Baltimore, ltd. 
Any Shade from Pure W hite to Jet Black. 
A combination of the purest paint with India Rub¬ 
ber, forming a smooth, glosby, firm, dcraule, 
Ki.ASTicand beau M in. Paint, unaffected by change 
• if tomr.eri.tnre, is perfectly water-proof, and adapt¬ 
ed to all classes oj work, and Is in every way a bettor 
paint for either inside or outside pa in ting than any 
other paint in the world. Being from otto-third to 
one-fourth cheaper and lasting at least three times 
ns long us the best lead and oil paints. 
Be sure that our TRADE MARK (a t»c simile of which 
Is given above,) is on every package. 
Prepared ready for unit und sold by the gallon only. 
There has never been u paint offered the public 
tb it has become so popular (In the same tune) and 
given as perfect satisfaction as the Rubber Paint. 
THE PUBLIC 
need not be told that the old original 
Family Favorite 
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 
SEWING MACHINE, 
endorse the merit claimed for It by the manufact¬ 
urers. 
All classes of people, and every variety of stitch¬ 
ing, bear witness that It has no equal. 
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. 
Organs & Melodcons. 
The Oldest, Largest and Most Perfect Manufactory 
In the United States. 
Now in use. 
No other Musical Instrument ever obtained the 
same Popularity. 
J»T Send for Price-Lists. 
Address BUFFALO, N. Y. 
We announce that (until further notice) we will 
sell to applicants la any city or town where we have 
no agent on the name term* and at the name discount! 
as to large dealers who purchase from (TiO.OOO to S50,- 
000 annually. 
The fact of ours being the oldest and largest manu¬ 
factory In the United States, with (m.OOO Instruments 
now in use, Is a sufficient guarantee of our responsi¬ 
bility and the merits of our instruments. 
GEO. A. PRINCE & GO. 
WOLCOTT BROS 
Real Estate and Loan Brokers, 
Cor. Summit and Monroe Sts.. 
Ileal Estate purchased, managed and sold on com¬ 
mission. Large properties and manufacturing estab¬ 
lishments a specialty. Money loaned on Ileal Estate. 
All money aud papers remitted through hunks. 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 
CHEESE FACTORY 
and Creamery Apparatus. 
All Dairymen in ncod of any kind of Machinery, 
Utensils or Furnishing Goods, in the above line, 
should send for our new Illustrated Circular and 
Price List, which gives full information regarding 
all modern Improvements. 
CHARLES M) LI,A R A SON, Utica. N. Y. 
All GOOD BUTTER Makers 
Should send for Illustrated Circular to 
ORANGE CO. MIl.K PAN COMPANY, 
Prnukliu, Del. Co., N. V. 
ELGIN WATCHES. 
THE BEST for RAILROAD purposes now 
manufactured. Certificate* from over 30 
SUPERINTENDENTS of Leading Rall- 
roads iu the United States. 
Six grades of Gents’ Watches with Stem 
Winding nnd Setting Attachments. 
BUY NO MORE CHEAP SWISS WATCHES. 
ASK TO BEE 
THE NEW ELCIN WATCH, 
NAMED 
The Awards at Vienna in 1873 T. M, AVERY ; 
to the Weed Sewing Machine Company surpassed 
those to any other exhibitor of Sewing Machines. 
The Patrons ol Husbandry nudtiie Sovereigns 
of I ndust ry are among our staunchest friends. 
No one can afford to buy a Sewing Machine with¬ 
out first. examining The Favorites. 
Manufactory at Hartford, Conn. 
w 
ANTED IMMEDIATELY 
A few more young meu sad women tolea.ru Hook 
keeping. lVtimntuhlp,Ac.,to fill positions ;,t a sal 
:ny of *800 to II.Vki peryear. Salary i.alil while 
learning .Situations gimnuttoeil. Aadrmx with 
stamp it. >V. Cobb, tics, Bus. Colt, PaluesvlUe.O. 
PRE88ED TIN-WARE. 
Buu no Tin-Wart without 
this Stamp. It is the best. 
IKON CLAD CAN CO., 
23 Clirt St., Now York. 
The BEST WATCII, for the money, now made In the 
World. 
Each Watch mnu'ifactured by the Com¬ 
pany , bearing their Trade Mark., is accom¬ 
panied by n MEDAL, bearing the name 
aud number of the watch, Guaranteeing 
its quality. 
for sale by all Jeweler*. 
GREAT REDUCTION. 
TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers. 
Send for New Price Ust, 
THE 6REAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 
P. 0. Box M43. 3i & 33 Teeey Bt., New York 
