thing  lacking  ia  aldllin  tiirnuigmit  a  first- 
claas  article  anrl  the  truth  of  this  ia  shown 
as  our  contemporary  adds,  that  while  j\Iin- 
neaota  butter  will  not  average  14c.  per 
pound,  St.  Albans  (Yt.  )  averages  35c. 
PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 
A  NATIONAL  rniiUSTRATKI) 
Tlic  liritish  <Jmin  Tracle. — The 
following  diajmtch  to  the  N.  Y.  Herald 
has  a  strong  bearing  ni)ou  the  grain  ques¬ 
tion  “  London,  .1  luie  9. — A  leading  grain 
circular  says  that  ■wheat  has  been  rather 
dearer  in  a  few  country  markets  but  is 
generally  unclinnged,  with  an  almost  uni¬ 
form  iiitictivily  in  eouseipienco  of'  the 
Whitsuntide  holidays.  In  om*  immediate 
ilistriet  the  demand  for  consumption  is 
increasing  and  the  drain  would  speedily 
make  considerjdjle  impression  on  our 
warehouses  but  that  the  arrivals  about 
equal  the  cf)nHumption.  \  number  of  car¬ 
goes  have  been  tuketi  off  the  coast  for  the 
Cfintinent.  There  was  a  good  attendance 
of  local  and  etjuutry  millers  at  this  market 
to-day,  who  purchased  both  red  and  whibi 
wlieats  to  a  cfuisidcrable  extent  at  Tues¬ 
day’s  extreme  rates  hut  httlc,  if  any,  has 
Ijcou  taken  on  si)eculation.  Flour  was 
steady  with  little  doing.  Corn  was  in  fair 
rG(pie.st  and  quotations  fully  maintained.” 
ANDREW  S.  FULLER,  Editor 
Associate  Editor, 
ELBERT  S.  CARMAN 
X.  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Lillie  Falls,  N.  Y., 
KuiToa  OF  TIIM  DSPAILTMItNT  OF  UaIKV  HuHHAN  OUY, 
TERMS  FOR  (870,  IN  ADVANCE, 
INCLUDING  POSTAGE,  WHICH  1‘OKLISHEa.S  PREPAT. 
SiiiKlo  Copy,  52.0,5  per  Vear.  To  •■iiib8:-fc’ive  Cop¬ 
ies,  and  ono  copy  free  Aireiil  or  getter  up  of  Club. 
for513.10!  Sovmi  Copies. Hii'1  one  (roe.  for  517.20:  Ton 
Copies. and  one  free,  5,21.50-oiily  52.15  pur  copy.  'Ptn: 
above  niloii  include  puxtu'jr  (uodcr  tUo  now  li»w,)(<) 
any  part  of  Uio  L’nltcd  StatcA,  ainl  llie  Anierletin 
poHtaBeonall  eopleM  inallod  toCunndn.  On  paper* 
mailed  to  Kuroue.  Oy  steamer.  Die  poBtimc  will  bo  I'S 
centsextru  -or5.".5Din  all.  Drufta.  I’oHt-UlUee  MoUoy 
Orders  and  Hettlalorod  IjCttera  may  ho  mailed  at  our 
risk.  SIT"  Liberal  I’reiuiuniM  to  all  Cluli  Apents  who 
do  not  take  free  coploa.  Specliuon  Nuiubere,  Show- 
Bills.  Ac.,  sent  free. 
Tsikc  a  Look  iittlio  Wild  rriiits. 
— While  the  various  wild  fruits  lU'e  in  sea¬ 
son  every  one  having  the  opportunity 
should  Ijc  on  the  look  out  for  choice  \Tirie- 
ties.  As  the  gn^nter  part  of  all  our  hlack- 
herries,  r<’d  and  hlnek  rasphenii's,  wei'e 
found  growing  wUd,  there  are  gootl  rea¬ 
sons  for  helieving  that  others  eipially  as 
good,  if  not  better,  can  he  diKcovered  by 
a  careful  search  through  the  native  habi- 
tiits  of  the  phmLs.  We  would  lik(>  to  re- 
oiml  the  ihscovery  of  new  an^l  sujierior 
varieties  of  the  iliffereiit  snnill  fruits  this 
summer,  also  ehoice  sorts  of  wild  idIuius, 
pershnmoiis,  crab  apples,  as  well  as  chest¬ 
nuts,  hickory,  ha^ii  and  similar  nuts. 
ADVERTISING  RATES: 
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••  mh  piiirc . ..<0  “ 
Ontslde  orlniu  piwc  . .......  ...l.ltO 
Kiftv  piTccni.oxi.rnforunuBiuildlBplay. 
Specfiil  Notiui-M,  leiided,  by  count . 1.25 
liuBineBH  .1.M 
Discount  on  4  inidU  tlonB.  10  por  ct.;  H  Ins..  1.5  per  ct.; 
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Address 
RURAL  PUBLISHING  CO., 
78  Duane  Street,  New  York  City 
Hard  Work  fVu'  Hoy.s. — There  are 
parents,  mothers  ospeciiiUy,  who  are  al¬ 
ways  afraid  that  the  hoys  are  being  over¬ 
worked,  There  is,  however,  little  tliuiger 
of  tlii.s  in  a  coiiutrv  like  onr  owm,  wliere 
the  boys  partake  largely  of  the  spirit  of 
freedom  wliieh  pervades  all  fdiusses  from 
childhood  to  old  age.  Besides  this,  we 
ffud  that  the  boys  who  worked  harde.Ht  in 
youth  not  only  leanud  t<j  sav(>,  hut  reached 
the  highest  itositions  in  society  and  are 
even  more  likely  to  live  to  a  goi  h1  old  age. 
Hard  work  iujure.s  no  one  nidess  carried 
to  great  extremes. 
S.VrUllDAY,  JUNE  17,  187G, 
THE  SICK  MAN’S  INFLUENOE  UPON 
AMERICAN  GRAIN. 
EXTREMES  MEET, 
“Wars  and  rumors  of  tvars”  are 
things  ■which  interest  evei'yone  because 
they  diri'ctly  or  remotely  affect  all.  .Just 
uow’  the  (treat  I’owcrs  of  Huriqio  are 
placi'd  iu  sucli  positions  relatively  to  eswh 
other,  that  few  syonld  hesuriiristvl  shoixld 
the  (!!:d)le  Hash  tliroiif^h  iJiC  waters  the 
news  of  tlie  Iteginning  of  hostilities.  We 
think  jt  would  h«i  dillicult  for  tliese  Great 
L*owers,  mnv'  alternately  glui'ing  and  smil¬ 
ing  at  eacli  other,  to  tell  just  exactly  how 
and  liptween  whom  tlie  contest  would  he, 
shonld  it  oeciir;  but  one  thing  Giey  all 
know  and  we.  our.s(>lves  cannot  fail  to  see. 
Tlie  poor  uijfoiiunute  Sick  "Man  tif  the 
East  will  not  be  the  “innocent  eausii” 
of  Imt  the  “guilty  excuse”  for  it  uU, 
Turkt'y’s  days  as  a  ualioii  seem  to  he 
miudicred  and  if  this  could  he  accom¬ 
plished  without  -w'ar  i^id  its  uttendiint  hor¬ 
rors,  we  are  not  ixi'ciiared  to  say  that  the 
result  would  be  uudesh'jil.ile  on  the  score 
of  ci^rilization  and  progress.  But  Avar  <n' 
no  Avar,  the  jiriee  of  hreadstnll's  has  ad¬ 
vanced  and  Avill  advance  and  there  is  onr 
gain  ns  well  as  the  proof  of  the.  old  ailage 
that  “  it  is  !iu  ill  Avind  ”  Au;.  The  rumors 
are  sufficient  in  themseh  es  to  iuduee  the 
linreliasers  to  hoard  grain  AA'hieh  iu  turn 
neci'ssarily  prodnees  tJiat  demand  upon 
which  a  soliilly  risuig  market  is  absolutely 
deiieudent,  '.L’his  state  of  things  cannot 
ho  ejihemei-al.  It  must  last  long  enough 
to  enable  the  producers  of  tliis  country  to 
reacli  the  market  at  a  good  price.  Don't 
keep  your  grain  to  catch  the  hip  of  the 
market ;  but  Ixy  all  means  don’t  hun-y  to 
part  with  it  at  a  disadA'antage. 
RURAL  BREVITIES, 
and  set'Uig  them  tumble  in  ruins  uiiou 
the  ground.  Wi’  are  a  sort  of  ricydim-jar 
Avhich  Ave  delight  in  charging  lieyond  iin 
capacity  until  it  is  self-tlischarged  anti  all 
is  lost.  In  medicine  one  school  for  the 
time  is  omuijjolcnt — all  others  are  Avorth- 
lesR.  In  politics,  there  is  never  a  middle 
course.  The  extremes  of  lAOi-fwIion  and 
corruption  alone  satisfy  the  paiiisan  in 
his  appreciation  t)f  his  own — in  his  de¬ 
preciation  of  his  opponent’s  p:u’ty.  In 
agriculture  a  new-  and  promising  theory 
is  lauded  to  the  skies  and  becomes  in  a 
tAvuikling  a  contagion  thnt  sprtbuls  like 
Avildfij’O.  Eeally  valuable,  possiVily.  as  a 
specific,  it  is  paraded  as  a  universality, 
and  fixHing  in  this,  is  east  into  darlcnoss 
among  a  multitude  of  s,>Tupathi2:ing  rel:i- 
tiA'es,' there  to  remain  until  a  more  or  less 
distant  future  shall  bring  it  again  to  light 
—shall  cut  off'  tlie  extremes  and  join  b>- 
gether  and  utilize  a  liappy  juedium. 
Thus  science  and  progress  arc  thumped 
about  from  pillar  to  post,— noAV  submerged 
and  gasping  for  breath— now-  gi'as])iug  at 
a  straw — now  tossed  mountain  high,  hut 
reaching  a  calm,  unniflled  surface  at  last. 
We  talk  of  progress,  AA'e  believe  iu  pro¬ 
gress — W'e  strut  and  eongi-atulato  oiu- 
selves  in  the  anogance  of  our  progress, 
and  then  AA’e  comp.aro  to-day  AAnth  a  hun¬ 
dred  years  ago  (Ah !  mark  the  incredible 
changes)  and  proudlj’^  march  on.  But 
our  march  of  progress  is  ofttimes  just  a 
little  curved — so  little  as  to  escape  the 
detection  of  our  high  heads  that  can  not 
bend  for  trifles,  until,  haAring  reached 
what  in  the  rosy  distance  wo  conclude  to 
be  the  pinnacle,  is  found  upon  n  closer 
scrutiny  to  be  sometlnug  that  wears  a 
suspiciously  familiar  look — indeed,  an  old 
friend,  our  starting  point.  Gur  progress 
has  been  marching  in  a  chcle  and  extremes 
have  met. 
Mr.  Fowi.kr  (W.  J.)  am-iUir  iik  frera  rittsford 
that  they  lire  having  jilcnty  of  jiotato  hcetle,'!, 
hut  lire  uheiid  of  thorn  and  intend  to  keep  ahe:id. 
The  l''owLER  family  always  liave  hoiei  a  “  lectio’’ 
ahoad  and  wc  aro  glad  to  woo  that  they  intend  to 
keep  tlicro. 
Dmrathen  should  c-irefully  re.ad  the  ollicial 
regulations  for  tho  Dairy  Exhibition  at  the  (Cen¬ 
tennial.  fiM  another  page  of  this  isHuo.  fb’eat 
care  seems  to  have  been  taken  liy  tlio  inaiiiigcrB 
to  make  it  a  Bueccss  and  it  is  to  bo  ho])ed  (h:it 
the  display  will  be  in  every  \v;iy  creditable  to 
this  growing  dahy  counhy. 
TidchE  Avill  be  a  grand  field  trial  of  harvesting 
machines  June  27th  under  tlie  auspico.s  of  tlio 
Indiana  Agricultural  (Jollegc  near  Labavetfo, 
Ind.  No  limit,  is  set  for  tlio  time  in  which  tlio 
test  shall  he  completed.  The  awards  range  from 
.$100  to  iJ-oO.  The  highest  to  Ire  given  to  the 
best  combincil  mower  and  reaper. 
Ciri’KiiiEs  eooked  Avith  the  Ktf.ineH  in  bid  fair  to 
become  a  tiling  of  tliO  ■jjast  since  Goodeli.  A 
Co.  have  placed  upon  tlie  market  tlicir  ‘‘  Family 
(.’iierry  Stoner,”  a  ni.:at  and  effective  little  piece 
of  ineclianism  wliidi  should  be  iu  every -houKe. 
The  Goodell  Ctr.  can  bo  addressed  at  Antrim, 
N.  lb,  or  83  Itciide  St.,  Netv  i'ork. 
Those  who  contemplate  pru'chasing  milling 
property  or  farms  would  do  well  to  jnit  tlicm- 
sclvcs  in  communication  with  Geo.  E.  Pomf.uov 
A  Sox  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  who  advertise  in  this 
issue  quite  a  f5clcction  for  sale.  Information  on 
the  subject  Avoiild  be  like  the  old  lady’s  pills— it 
would  do  no  hann  if  it  did  uo  good. 
S.  B.  JER031E  A  Co.  of  New  Haven,  Conn., 
advertise  in  another  colnran  small  clocks  for 
from  (52  to  83.50  each.  How  they  can  manufac¬ 
ture  good  ones  at  that  price  is  a  mystery ;  hut 
they  have  been  well  indorsed  by  many  who  have 
tried  them  and  who  assure  B.  J.'  A  Co.  that 
they  are  in  every  Avay  equal  to  more  expensive 
clocks. 
Now  that  small  fruits  are  abundant  and  likely 
to  hicrease  rapidly  ou  the  face  of  the  earth  it’be- 
comes  a  leaoing  question,  as  to  what  kind  of 
basket  to  put  them  in.  We  shall  not  attempt  to 
answer  this  conundrum,  but  that  sturdy  garden¬ 
er  Mr.  R.  H.  Haines,  Malden-on-thc<-Hudson,  N. 
Y.,  has  ideas  ou  the  siibjech  and  what  ia  more 
to  the  purijoso  he  makes  a  basket  that  looks  as 
if  it  must  be  nearly  perfection.  Inquh-ies  are 
sure  to  receive  a  prompt  and  coui’teous  reply. 
WHAT’S  THE  USE  OF  IT  ? 
Once  upon  a  time  avc  had  a  very  excel¬ 
lent  iieighliur  whose  ever-rcady  answer  l.o 
regrets  that  Ids  eln'ldreii  should  be  sent 
to  school  w.as,  “What’s  the  goml  of  it? 
Haven’t  I  got  as  big  a  farm  and  as  much 
monev  ns  nu.Y  <■'!  y'ni  and  all  without  any 
school  learning?”"  _  But  Ave  ai-e  pleased  to 
add  that  some  of  bis  children  tliought  dif¬ 
ferently  and  one  sou  heouine  an  emuient 
and  honored  member  of  a  learned  ijrot'es- 
siou.  ThoiX'  is,  hoAVCA’cr,  a  lingering  rem- 
imnt  of  this  feeling  of  autiigouism  to  a 
thorough  or  even  moderately  good  ednea- 
tion  among  certain  classes  of  onr  peoide. 
It  is  difiieult  to  make  some  fanners  see 
that  a  kuoAvleflge  of  clxemistry,  geology, 
botany,  or  any  of  the  kindred  sciences  can 
be  of  any  possible  benefit  to  their  sons 
who  contemplate  pursuing  iigricxxlturo  a.s 
a  profession. 
The  perceptive  faculties,  which  are  the 
first  to  be  called  into  play  and  manifest 
themselves  in  eveiy  action  of  tlic  child,  are 
frequently  and  by"  slow  degi'ees  suppress¬ 
ed,  until  "the  mind’s  natixral  and  strongest 
function,  Avhich  would  lead  it  to  perceive, 
seek  after  and  grasp  a  knowledge  of  things 
in  general  brought  within  Anew,  Avithdi-aAvs 
as  it  were  from  the  contest,  accepting  only 
that  Avhich  is  tlmxst  upon  its  attention. 
The  girls  or  boys  who  may  show  a  disposi¬ 
tion  to  know  sdmetliiixg  of  the  natural  his¬ 
tory  of  the  stone,  shells,  plants  or  perhaixs 
Indian  relics  plowed  up  on  their  father’s 
farm,  often  find  the  channels  for  investi¬ 
gation  closed  to  them  ;  and  if  they  seek  a 
RUEAL  NOTES  AND  GUERIES 
]>Iinixesota  Butter. — The  Farmers’ 
Union  has  been  telling  its  readers  some 
Avholesome  tniths  about  tho  quality  of 
jMimiesota  butter.  There  are  uo  good 
reasons  why  butter  and  cheese  made  in 
the  North-AA'estem  States  should  not  com¬ 
mand  as  good  prices  as  that  made  in  the 
Nortli -eastern  and  if  it  does  not  it  is  be¬ 
cause  thei'e  is  something  lacking  in  quali¬ 
ty.  When  Minnesota  and  tho  fai'mers  of 
other  Westei'n  States  learn  hoAv  to  txim 
their  suxplus  grass  and  grain  into  first- 
class  butter  and  cheese  and  other  similai' 
condensed  px'oducts,  aa'o  bIxhII  hear  less 
eixmxdaint  about  high  rates  of  freight,  ex¬ 
tortionate  middlemen  and  hard  times. 
Western  farmers  have  a  great  advantage 
over  their  brethren  of  the  East,  even  with 
distance  to  market  against  them ;  the  only 
BUSINESS  NOTICES 
Paint  your  bouse  with  the  best.  Every  keg 
“  PhoEuix  Pure  While  Eeail”  warranted  flue, 
white,  good  body,  and  the  most  durable  palut. 
