PEESONAL ITEMS. 
agdd Beveniy-flvc yours, 
it higham Young is said to bo anxious to 
establish a colony in Honora, bis great desire 
being to get away from the influence of the 
public school system of the United States. 
Prof. Simon Nkwcomii who has jsut retired 
from the United States Naval Observatory, was 
given the title of Doctor by the Leyden Uni¬ 
versity of Holland, at ItB recent celebration of 
an d 
Patent method tor conveying liay to unv put of 
Mow or on Stack, full description given to those 
who apply for Pamphlet. Men who have experience 
in farming prcioireil. Equipments iurnisheri and 
libeml salary paid. Reliable refer.nee required. 
Address A, J. NELLIS & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Automatic Pumps 
Water raised to any hlght and distance by 
Compressed Air, 
Cheaply and certainly. 
HAHTFOKI) PUMP ( O 
Lightest of its capacity in use. Manufactured by 
the PHELPS STEAM ENGINE CO., 
Address 
WITH 
MOORg’S RURAL MEW-YORKEB. 
implement?' anti Mt&cluncni 
Lady Franklin is dangerously ill In Loudon. 
Gov. Smith of Georgia Is said to be seriously 
ML . 
Secretary Bristow’s family have sailed for 
Europe. 
Father Tom Hctike, the Dominican preach¬ 
er, la in very poor health. 
Lieut-Gov. Sisson of Rhode Island has so 
far recovered his health as to be considered out 
of danger. 
Attorney General Pikrrepont declines v 
dinner tendered by gentlemen of the bar of 
New York. 
President Cummings of the Wesleyan Uni¬ 
versity, Middletown, Conn., lias tendered his 
resignation. 
Mu. Timothy G. Phelps, Republican can¬ 
didate for Governor of California, Ib a native 
of New York City. 
Ex-V ick Prrsi dent Colfax announces that 
the net profits on his lecturing tour just finish¬ 
ed, amount to $10,1X10. 
Col. John’S. Mushy of Virginia has been in¬ 
vited by a committee of Boston citizens to 
deliver one of a series of addresses in Tremont 
Temple. 
Geo. P. Lathrop, the well known contrib¬ 
utor to the Atlantic, Scribner ’s and the Nation, 
lias accepted t he position of assistant editor on 
the Atlantic. 
SENATOR .Iones of Nevada denies the report 
that lie lost $70!),iXK) in stock speculation in 
Wall St., n few weeks ago, lie says he made 
about $1(0,000. 
M. W. Mason, inventor of the locomotive 
headlight and other useful railway appliances, 
died at Rochester, N. Y., on the 26th iDst„ at 
the age of 70 years. 
M r. Am klips Dwight Parker, formerly 
member of the Massachusetts Legislature, and 
a nrnminent la wear. died in It istnn the 18th nit 
its 300th anniversary. 
Mu. George Bancroft, the historian, and 
ex-Miniatyr to Berlin, has received a very high 
honor from the Prussian court. The Prussian 
Order pour In vurilc , for science and art, has 
been conferred upon him by royal decree. 
President Orton of the Western Union Tel¬ 
egraph Company celebrated his silver wedding 
a few days ago. The Directors presented him 
with a handsome sliver dinner service as a testi¬ 
monial of their appreciation of his labors as 
President. 
Colonel D. F. Boyd, Huporintondcnt of the 
Louisiana State University, has received the 
appointment of Superintendent of the Govern¬ 
ment Military College near Cairo, Egypt, with 
flie rank and pay of a Brigadier General in the 
regular army of the Khedive. 
implement? and Machinery. 
Perfection at last Obtained! 
TRAVIS PATENT 
POTATO DIGGER! 
/Send for a Circular . 
It a ill do the work 01 ten men. R clears away the 
vines, turns out the potatoes an,I clears them of ad¬ 
hering curt.ii at one operation, without outti ng, bruis¬ 
ing or loss from covering out ol sight. 
It works well In till kinds of soil, among plants with 
green or dry lops, and In clean or needy mud. 
The beam is made of wrought iror, j t he blades or 
plows are of tan best, steel. Re sure and see it before 
buying. Manufactured only by 
THE HIGGANUM MANUF’G CO., 
ifigguiiiiiu, Conn. 
ATTENTION, OWNERS OF HORSES 
ft, Ask your harness maker 
BiK /'Sa forthe /.inc Collar pas, 
E « They are warranted to cure 
ml ll ; ,ny sore neck, or money re- 
WAV fc \ i-#|f linded, It printed iliree- 
Nft'v V,—» f-m tioii:i ru e follnwed. Si lid 75 
,tx - o,cto the zinc 
COLLAR PAI» CO., Sole 
Manuf'rs lluchuuuu, Mich. 
J^PY WILLARD’S 
PRACTICAL BUTTER BOOK. 
Now Kosuly. Price SI. 
Address MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
TO Duane St., .New York. 
WANTKIL-600 RELIABLE MEN to roll 
H the NELLIS- HARPOON FORK, nbo Nellis’ 
SENIOR BUCKEYE TABLE-RAKE. 
Owingr to its Great Eurability, I-igrht Draft, Simplicity of Construction and Ease of JVSanag^ment, 
the Buckeye is the IVEost Reliable Machine Built. 
THE MACHINE BEST SUITED TO THE FARMER’S WANTS. 
With Improved Table-Rake, the Buckeye has met with Unprecedented Success, and given unlimited 
sa. isfactlon to all who have Operated it. 
in ul-and’dcilvc^ ’iUn’a straight 2d SpH^givnif 8 Gar^ XT' hy a , nv ,{fjel I U , k ° 
platform while another in gathering, and delivered wherever the micritor w-mts it * lfi.k-o .••.o ! e lo tiie Hike on the rear of the 
is a derided advantage over all other Self-Rakes. U0 p al " ,mte iU H,lkc ’ ^ bo stopped and started at any point, which 
With the Buckeye fire furnished two bars, one for mowing and one for reaping, two knives and one sickle 
farmers will And it to their interest to examine the Buckeve FROAT-f'IlT' Mower and T:.hl. i»’i,J , . . , 
before purchasing for the coming season, For Circulars and^'urtherinformation,addre^ d b H Reaper, as improved for 18,5, 
* CRAWFORDS 
t < hu rui vuvuiaie. 
j iirijis, 3. j . 
AULTRDAN, MILLER & CO., 
Manufacturers, AKKD.>, ©. 
ra.;wm=e^ow E rs WALTER A. WOOD’S 
Blorsol’ower fjJovernors. 
GET THE BEST. LIGHT AND STRONG. 
SECOND TO NONE IN THE MARKET 
ynowT cut. 
Manufactured by the 
REMINGTON AG»L CO., 
Ilion, N. Y. 
5??" Send for Illustrated Circular. 
Horses’ Peel siuud Level on Floor of Power. 
Labor and fatigue of the horse diminished, Power 
increased, Money saved. Smooth horses work on 
them better than rough ones on thcold-stvle powers. 
On wliut f Why. on Hkihini’.r’s JmphovkdFatknt 
Level-Tufa i) lioiisK-puwiuttt. single or double- 
geared, (witli the only successful Governor t-r Speed 
Regulator in America,) for one or two horses. Also 
Threshers. Separators and Cleaners. These machines 
will do more work, u ith less lulior for the horse and 
those that operate the. machine, than an) other— 
cutitrqut nllu fin-nil lilinKt’ strongly intreuehed in 
publle f.ivftr, pronounced MT'Kiciou hr every pnr- 
oluiser! Tins is the host evident e <if pet fectlou. Was 
awarded four Grand First Prize Silver Medals out ol 
live at the National Threshing Machine Trial, at 
West, Chester, Pu.. In 171, and at all uLlicr trials ex¬ 
hibited. 
IlKF.BNER'H PATENT HOK.HK-POWFIt GOVERNOR. 
ok SPEED Rt.iliTI.ATou,—This Is a perfect regulator 
of speed, unit is a safeguard to man ami horee. even 
if a band-wheel breaks or becomes loose. These 
Governors are put on all our powers, or can be at¬ 
tached to other powers. (Those mticliliiea are only 
Tuunutaetured t>y us.) 
i V~ Send lor Circular, and leurn of the great suc¬ 
cess of these machines. (Please state that you no¬ 
ticed this tn Rfrai, N it tv-Y orker.) Address 
IlF.iCBNF.IL tY SONS. Lnustlule, Pu. 
DE. NICHOLS 9 
Wrought 
Sron 
Furnace. 
INVENTED BY 
De. Jas. IL. Nichols, 
Editor tif Hu■ J lout on Jour¬ 
nal of ClUHnisIry, 
Valuable information 
upon tho subject of heat¬ 
ing contained in mil' new 
Pamphlet, sent to any 
address upon application. 
LE BOSQUET BROS., 
Haverhill, Mass,, and 
- - - 11 Rodford St., Boston. 
' ' m ' 'o' i&sKk 
THOROUGHLY' ESTABLISHED. 
TWENTY - OiYE YEARS IiY SI CCKSSH L USE. 
210,618 
OF THESE .MACHINES HAVE BEEN MADE 
AND SOLD. 
20,430 
WERE MADE AND SOLD IN ISM. 
i heir immense sale and unprecedented success 11 
practical Held work fully established their superi¬ 
ority over all other machines In merit and public 
luv or. 
Manufactured exclusively by 
WALTER A. WOOD 
Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., 
HOOSI CK FALLS. N. Y. 
AME S A «' « 1 C l' L I! H A L i 
PLOW co.J « !S:S±e 
IMPORTAMVTQ FARMERS. 
ALT. in: A Pi: US and MOW PUS should have the 
^ LINED KN11E HEA D 
-1 I IA i ItMEET. 
it dimitfishes their limit at least tmr-thfnl and adds 
greatly to their dumbUUu. It almost entirely obvi¬ 
ates ull wr n .iricunn or jar, causing the machine to 
run with out noise, hr,■akin q of knlvca or cUming. Send 
for Descriptive Circular to 
HAKK130N MANFFD CO., Lansing, Mich. 
