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PROGRESS  AND  IMPROVEMENT 
of  celebrating  the  hundredth  birthday  of 
tbc  nation  in  so  befitting  a  manner. 
The  Centennial  Exhibition  has  been  a 
grand  school  for  comparison,  and  the  lmn> 
dreds  of  thousands  of  our  people  who 
visited  it  have,  without  doubt,  been  greats 
ly  benefited  by  the  opjiort.unity  of  seeing 
the  products  of  other  nations  placetl  in 
competition  with  those  of  our  own.  Rea^l- 
ing  descriptions  of  the  products  of  a 
country  generally  foils  to  convey  as  dis¬ 
tinct  an  idea  of  their  nature  and  character 
as  is  obtained  in  seeing  them  j  for,  with  a 
majority,  the  percei^tive  facultitts  are  far 
more  active  and  powerful  than  the  imagi¬ 
native,  and  b)  see  is  to  kn<jw,  or  at  least 
the  conception  of  things  not  seen  is  very 
unsatisfactory.  Such  an  exhibition  also 
tends  to  malte  us  less  conceited,  for  we 
can  learn  from  it  that  we  are  not  the  only 
people  who  are  making  jjrogress  in  the  arts 
and  sciences ;  and  some  of  tliose  far-dis 
taut  nations  u2)on  whom  we  are  wont  to 
look  as  heathen,  or  low  in  the  scahi  of 
intelligence,  Jiave  challenged  our  admira¬ 
tion  in  many  of  tlicir  works  of  art,  science 
and  literature. 
A  few  day.H  sijice  we  were  sliown  a  largo 
volume  on  tlio  .Arboriculture  of  Japan. 
Each  2>age  containe<l  a  thin  section  of  the 
wood  of  the  tree  referred  to,  and  at  the 
top  the  Japjiucse  name  was  given,  fol¬ 
lowed  by  the  Latin  or  scientific  name,  as 
given  in  our  botanies — all  of  which  con¬ 
vinced  us  that  the  Jajis  know  more  of  us 
than  we  do  of  them,  and  are  no  higgards 
in  obtaining  and  putting  to  use  good 
scientific  knowledge.  Tliis  is  but  ouo  of 
the  straws  which  indicate  what  must  re¬ 
sult  from  such  great  international  exhibi¬ 
tions  in  the  way  of  learning  what  the 
nations  of  the  oartli  are  doing ;  but  a  still 
greater  result  must  come  from  the  inter¬ 
change  of  ideas  and  friendly  intercourse. 
These  are  instructive  schools  for  tlie 
your  pains  be  satisfied  with  the  conscious¬ 
ness  of  having  done  a  public  good  ?  At 
a  crossing  or  forking  of  roads  travelers 
often  stojj  perj)lexed,  not  knowing  whether 
this  or  tbe  other  is  the  ju'oper  one  to  take  in 
order  to  reach  their  destination.  A  gitide- 
board,  no  matter  if  roughly  execute<l, 
would  be  of  much  servioe  to  them  and  of 
but  little  cost  to  you. 
But  why  stop* to  enumerate?  There 
are  many  ways  that  will  readily  occur  to 
all  in  which  we  may  be  of  service  to  those 
about  us,  if  we  only  have  the  will  to  be  so, 
and  we  hope  that  by  whtiug  these  lines 
we  may  be  instrumental  in  awakening 
tlitmght  that  will  result  in  profitable  ac¬ 
tion.  There  are  none  who  cannot  con¬ 
tribute  the  good  work  ;  a  child  can 
tlirow  from  the  road  a  rolling  stone  that 
might  lame  and  ruin  a  valuable  horse. 
Who  will  l>e  first  to  do  sometliing  for  the 
iniblic  good  ? 
Y.,  our  common  sense  occupied  with  the 
solid  apiiearance  of  Mr.  O.  F.  Board,  of 
Rushford,  in  the  same  County,  our  labors 
lightened  by  the  recreative  conversation 
of  IVIr,  John  1).  Wueks,  of  Alt.  Morris, 
Livingston  County,  X.  Y.,  and  our  atten¬ 
tion  chained  by  tlie  quick,  energetic  man 
ner  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Coose,  of  Mayfield,  Ful¬ 
ton  Co.,  X.  Y.  All  of  these  are  old-time 
friends  of  the  Rurati  and  nothing  has 
given  ns  more  pleasure  this  year  than 
their  congratulations  ui>on  our  success 
and  their  wishes  for  the  future  prosperity 
of  their  fireside  companion,  the  RuRAii. 
What  is  better  than  all,  is  the  expression 
of  their  intentions  to  increase  the  size  of 
their  clubs  this  year,  aud  extend  the  use¬ 
fulness  of  our  efforts  to  their  friends  and 
neighbors.  Go  ahead,  gentlemen  !  We 
can  stand  it  if  you  can  !  !  But  we  must 
not  omit  the  ladies — yea,  the  girls  a<lded 
-—for  Ave  Mere  agreeably  surjuised  by  a 
visit  from  Mr.s.  Annie  L.  Jack  and  her 
two  rosy  -  cheeked  daughters,  who  had 
been  doing  the  Centeuuial.  Mrs.  Jack’s 
“  Whiffs  from  Canada”  are  familiar  to  our 
readers. 
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THE  FARMER. 
When  a  farmer  can  so  manage  his  farm 
as  to  make  “  both  ends  of  the  year  meet,” 
even  if  it  be  with  tlie  most  rigid  economy, 
he  should  be  conbrnted  with’  bis  lot.  If 
we  take  a  survey  of  the  business  men  of 
our  villages  and  cities,  we  find  that  only 
three  or  four  in  a  hundred  realize  a  com¬ 
petence  for  old  age.  Then  imagine  the 
unhaiijnuess  of  those  who,  sooner  or  later, 
fail  to  support  themselves  and  families 
respectably — tbe  cares  and  anxieties  that 
coustautly  produce  pangs  aud  tortures 
that  uo  farmer  ever  felt.  Tliese  men  may 
apjiarcntly  leatl  pleasant  lives,  as  the  out- 
siile  worlii  cannot  witness  tlie  emotions  of 
a  man  who  daily  strains  every  financial 
tu!rve  to  meet  his  notes  falling  due  at  the 
bank.  The  time  between  one  and  three 
o’clock  every  day,  in  the  city  of  New 
Yorlc,  brings  more  anxiety  to  business 
men  than  all  the  farmers  of  the  United 
States  realize  in  a  lifetime. 
Xo,  farmers,  yonr  lot  is  not  a  hard  one. 
Your  food  may  be  plaiu  aud  the  cuts  of 
your  coats  may  not  be  as  fashionable  as 
those  of  the  merchants  of  the  day  ;  but 
when  you  lie  upon  your  pillows  your  re¬ 
pose  is  sound  aud  sweet.  The  horrors  of 
protested  notes  seldom  keej)  you  awake  at 
night  j  aud  in  tho  morning,  as  you  go 
around  to  feed  your  Hocks  and  view  your 
crojjs  that  have  visibly  grown  while  you 
were  in  the  arms  of  Morpheus,  you  may 
take  more  real  enjoyment  of  life  in  one  hour 
than  many  city  merehauts  aud  manufac¬ 
turers  do  in  a  year.  Our  advice  there¬ 
fore,  is,  be  not  discouraged.  The  times 
may  now  be  hard  ;  but  you  are  promised 
“  seed-time  and  harvest”  to  the  end  and, 
with  hard  labor  and  judicious  manage¬ 
ment,  you  come  out  in  the  end  victorious. 
A  Heavy  Loatl  of  I'ritle. — “An 
Old  Farmer,”  writing  to  the  Eastern 
Daily  Press  (Eng.),  tells  a  complaining 
correspondent  that  what  weighs  down  the 
farmer  of  England  is  pride,  and  that  the 
names  of  those  who  train  their  sons  to 
plow  and  to  sow  and  their  daughtei-s  to 
milk  and  make  butter  and  cheese,  are  not 
found  ill  the  list  of  bankrupts.  Nowa¬ 
days,  he  says,  “shooting,  yachting  aud 
racing  are  the  glorj'  of  farmers’  sons,  aud 
the  drawing-room  and  ball-room  the  pride 
of  their  daughters.”  We  would  not  be 
surprised  if  some  of  these  accusations 
were  ui)2)licable  to  farmers  in  this  coun¬ 
try'.  The  annual  influx  of  country'  boys 
and  girls— we  beg  pardon,  young  gentle¬ 
men  aud  ladies — into  our  cities,  is  an 
indication  that  farm  life  is  distasteful  to 
many  who,  through  some  defect  of  educa¬ 
tion,  arc  burdened  with  a  heavy  load  of 
pride. 
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Address 
RURAL  PUBLISHING  GO., 
78  Duane  Street,  New  York  GIty 
SATURDAY,  NOV.  11,  1876. 
The  Time  to  Pay  Taxe.s.— We 
notice  that  one  of  our  Western  contempo¬ 
raries  is  discussing  the  subject  of  a  time 
to  2isy  tuxes.  In  our  own  private  opinion 
the  right  time  is  wlieu  they  are  due,  and 
the  mau  who  hmls  it  difficult  to  2i^iy  them 
in  December  would  not  bo  any  better  off 
in  February  or  :Murch.  Jilvety  man  with 
the  least  ey'o  to  business,  knowing  a  year 
in  advance  that  a  certain  sura  of  money 
will  be  required  at  a  certain  date,  can 
make  the  necessary  ijroparations  for  meet¬ 
ing  the  obligation  by  lay'ing  it  aside  when¬ 
ever  it  conies  into  his  hands,  whether  it 
bo  in  J  tine  or  J  auuary'.  What  troubles 
most  persons  is  the  keeping  of  money — 
not  the  making  or  earning  of  it. 
mass¬ 
es  aud  peace-makers  between  nations,  and 
while  we  bid  lulieu  to  our  first  Oenteunia] 
with  the  ho2)e  that  our  hi-Oenteuary  may 
find  tho  nation  2)ro82)erous  and  tlio  2>eo2)le 
hai)2iy,  we  would  bespeak  a  good  word  for 
all  such  exhibitions  whenever  and  wlier- 
ever  held,  as  one  of  the  most  available 
means  of  insuring  the  peace,  progress  aud 
ha2)2Jiiie8S  of  the  nations  of  the  earth. 
EXIT  CENTENNIAL  EXHIBITION, 
Before  this  number  of  the  Rural 
New-Yorker  reaches  many  of  its  readers, 
the  great  Coutenuial  Exhibition  —  and, 
perha2)s,  we  may  trutbf'ully'  say,  the  great¬ 
est  indiislrial  show  the  world  has  ever 
2)r<)duced — -will  have  become  one  of  the 
things  of  the  2>a8t.  It  will  2H'obably'  re¬ 
quire  months  to  remove  all  the  articles  on 
exliibition,  but  iu  this  the  general  2JRhlic 
have  little  or  uo  interest,  for  the  battle  of 
tbe  trades  is  over  aud  the  interested 
spectators  departed.  As  Americans,  we 
may  "well  be  2>roud  of  ^‘Our  Centennial,” 
wliich  all  the  world  were  invited  to,  and 
nearly  all  came  or  sent  representatives, 
who  became  our  guests ;  aud  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  w'e  have  given  them  such  a 
welcome,  and  performed  our  2mrt  so  fully 
and  agreeably,  that  each  and  every  one 
will  go  home  with  the  kindest  feelings 
and  wishes  for  tlie  future  pro82Jerity  of 
the  United  States  of  America. 
It  is  certainly  no  time  for  regrets 
over  any  failure  to  sliow  our  greatest 
strengtli  in  certain  de}iartmentB.  which 
it  must,  in  all  fairness,  be  acknowl 
edged  were  meager  if  not  di.sgr,acel'al, 
where  there  might  have  been,  under 
proper  management,  a  grand  (lia2>lay  and  ' 
one  worthy  of  the  milustry  represented.  ' 
But  we  may  console  ourselves  for  the 
short  -  comings  of  exhibitor.s  in  seme 
branches  of  onv  national  industries,  with 
the  fact — which  is  well  known  to  all  na¬ 
tions  having  any  commercial  dealings  with 
us — that  iu  those  branches  wliere  ive  were 
weakest  at  the  Ceutennial  Exhibition,  ive 
are  tbe  strongest  in  the  field  or  maim-  * 
factory’. 
U2>on  the  whole,  the  Exhibition  has  ; 
been  a  grand  success.  Financially,  it 
may  not  prove  to  be  a  very  2n’ofitable  in¬ 
vestment  to  the  States  and  National  Gov¬ 
ernment,  who  have  furnished  the  greater  I 
part  of  the  funds  for  erecting  the  neces¬ 
sary  buildings  aud  2ire2)armg  the  gi-ouuds  ;  ^ 
but  tills  was  scarcely  expected,  aud  we  I 
think  uo  one  wiU  regret  a  deficit  of  a  few  : 
hundred  thousand  dollars  for  the  pur2)08e  i 
FOR  THE  PUBLIC  GOOD, 
AGRIOULTURE-POLITIOS. 
BUBAL  BEEVITIES, 
“It  is  a  startling  fact  that  there  are 
more  than  three  million  farmers  who 
neither  take  nor  read  a,  |)a2)cr  representing 
their  interests,  and  it  shows  that  although 
agriculture  has  recently  made  more  than 
its  usual  progi-ess,  there  is  yet  a  vast  be¬ 
nighted  domain  waiting  for  the  advent  of 
these  journals,  and  sadly  needing  the 
kind  of  instruction  which  they  alone  can 
siiiqily.” 
Assuming  that  the  above  statement 
made  by  tlie  Cbristiau  Uuion  is  correct, 
the  fact  is  not  only  “startling”  but  one 
greatly  to  be  deplored,  viz.,  that  there  are 
three  millions  of  farmers  who  neither  take 
nor  read  agricultural  journals.  Can  the 
same  be  said  as  to  23olitioal  journals? 
We  o23iue  not.  Perha2i8  it  is  with  farmers 
as  with  editors  ivlio  are  said  rarely  to  read 
their  own  papers  after  publication— they 
tire  of  their  daily  occupation  and  seek  a 
change.  Still,  we  are  impressed  that  if 
farmers  were  to  read  agricultural  liter¬ 
ature  more  and  pulideal  less,  a  more  satis¬ 
factory  state  of  things  would  be  found  to 
exist  at  the  end  of  every  year  whether 
morally,  physically,  intellectually,  social¬ 
ly  or  pecuniarily  considered. 
OuE  agents  are  all  iirodicting  a  large  increase 
of  Rcral  Bubscribera  this  year  and  the  numer¬ 
ous  early  clubs  now  daily  received  are  verifying 
their  prophecies. 
Thkke  is  one  more  bee-keeper  who  has  be¬ 
come  convinced  that  tbe  Iviiig-bird  sometimes 
eats  honey  bees.  Ihe  suspected  birdw  were  killed 
in  the  act,  and  working  bees  found  in  their  crops , 
Again  we  call  the  attention  of  all  our  Ladt 
SunscRiBEHH  to  tlio  Ht'.rcial  Offer  of  plants 
and  seeds  on  another  page.  Look  at  it  before 
you  renew  your  snbBcriijtione  and  you  will  prob¬ 
ably  act  upon  it. 
If  there  are  any  game  laws  it  is  now  time  to 
put  them  in  force,  for  the  crop  of  loafers  who 
own  or  can  borrow  a  gun,  is  very  large  this  year. 
They  swarm  over  the  country,  killing  the  useful 
birds  in  great  numbers. 
Those  who  are  looking  for  a  amall.  profitable 
faim  under  high  cultivation,  would  do  well  to 
communicate  with  T.  R.  Proctor,  at  Utica,  N.  Y, 
He  has  42  acres  of  excellent  land,  with  new 
buildings,  which  be  advertises  for  sale  oheajy. 
Thu  war-cloud  that  a  few  weeks  since  threat¬ 
ened  to  overspread  all  Em-ope,  seems  to  be  dis¬ 
appearing,  an  event  over  which  humanity  should 
rejoice.  We  might  gam  something  for  a  brief 
period  from  such  a  war.  hut  it  would  he  a  loss  in 
the  end. 
The  (Jentoimial  lualnria  still  contiuues.  and 
hundreds  find  themselves  sufl'eriag  from  disease 
contracted  at  the  great  show,  in  spite  of  Dr. 
Pepper's  protest  against  attributing  it  to  the 
uuhealthfulnoss  of  Philadelphia  or  its  suburban 
surroundings. 
Anv  one  having  a  full  set  of  the  Rckal  Nf.w- 
Yosksu  from  the  first  number  to  1868— either 
bound  or  unhoiiud — which  they  desire  to  sell, 
•will  pleaxe  communicate  with  this  office,  naming 
price.  Wo  have  some  cuKtomers  whom  we  can¬ 
not  supply. 
E.  N.  Freshman  A  Bros.,  the  enterprising 
firm  of  Advoitisiug  Agents  of  Uiuciunati,  O.. 
have  opened  a  branch  office  at  Room  No.  1,  First 
National  Bank  Building  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa,  It  is 
to  be  hoped  tliat  tho  Freshman  Bros.,  when 
they  have  covered  the  whole  area  of  the  United 
States,  will  give  tbe  other  ageuts  a  chance. 
I  tried  to  imagine  Low  many  nns2ioken 
1  “thank  yon’s”  ■would  be  given  to  him 
j  who  so  iJionghtfnlly  2>rovidt'd  for  tho 
23ublic.  And  then  it  occurred  to  ns  in 
how  many  ways  everybody  could  do  little 
th'.ngs  tlwii  would  be  of  real  service  to 
tiu'ir  neighbors,  with  but  little  cost  of 
troul.ile,  labor  or  money  themselves. 
Occasionally  may  be  seen,  by  a  counti’y 
wayside,  a  trough  into  which  the  water  of 
a  ueighlioring  spiring  is  conveyed,  fui-nish- 
ing  a  convenient  place  where  both  man 
uutl  beast  may  quench  their  thirst,  but 
there  is  not  one  where  there  should  be 
many. 
A  country  doctor  of  our  aequaiutauce 
spent  a  piortion  of  his  leisure  time  one 
summer,  some  years  ago,  in  planting  trees 
on  the  village  green  aud  laying  stones  in 
places  where  every  spring  aud  fall  the 
deep  mud  in  i  he  roads  made  cros-sing  very 
inconvenient  and  unpileasant ;  and  now 
the  whole  community  rise  np  aud  call 
him  “  blessed."  A  heavy  show’er  washes 
a  gully  iu  the  road,  to  cross  w'hieli,  even 
if  it  be  small,  worries  a  toam,  vexes  the 
driver,  annoys  the  riders,  aud  endangers 
th©  vehicle.  Ten  minutes'  labor  would 
have  prevented  this.  Will  you  give  it  ? 
Coustaut  travel  has  worn  the  dirt  away 
from  a  rock  on  the  path  and  leaves  it,  first 
an  inch,  then  two,  then  more,  above  the 
surface.  Will  you  piut  a  load  of  gravel 
about  it  or,  still  better,  remove  the  rock 
or  the  projecting  portion  thereof,  and  for 
RURAL  NOTES 
Sanctum  Personals. — Among  the 
lileasant  visitations  of  tliis  Centennial, 
none  are  more  so  than  the  meetings,  face 
to  face,  with  oui'  various  iigeuts  from  dif¬ 
ferent  parts  of  the  country,  many  of  w'hom 
we  have  corresponded  with,  tmt  never 
seen.  And  let  ns  say  right  here  that  to 
them  we  are  always  at  Jiome,  and  never 
too  busy  to  be  seen.  During  the  last 
week  our  Sanctum  has  been  illuminated 
by  the  bright  countenance  of  Mr.  W.  A, 
Hart,  of  Friendship,  AUegauey  Co.,  xi 
