JAN.22 
THE BUBAL. 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
General Hawley, the new United States Senator 
from Connecticut, was born In North Carolina. 
Ex-Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana, will get 
from his plantation a million pounds of sugar this 
year—It is said. 
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour Is In 111 health 
and says that he “ will have to nurse himself un- 
tlll Spring.’* 
President-elect Garfield Is said to be fond of 
horseback exercise and at Mentor rides every day 
several miles. 
The late Dr. Chapin was very much worried 
during the last years of his life by the rattle of 
his false teeth while he was preaching. 
“ R. B. Hayes, President of the U. S.” Is flanked 
on one side In the Washington directory by “R. 
H. Hayes, bather,"’ and on the other by “T. J. 
Hayes, Bhoemaker.” 
President Hayes and the White House during 
18S0 cost the government $119 964, $50,000 of which 
Mr. Hayes received a3 his salary, the other $89,- 
964 being for White House expenses. 
Queen Victoria has placed Osborne Cottage at 
the disposal of the Empress Eugenie for a few 
weeks. The Empress will take up her abode at 
her new residence In North Hants In the Spring. 
Ex-Confederate Generals are, many of them 
achieving lame and fortune In rosier paths than 
of old. Major General Marmaduke la a Missouri 
railway commissioner, and, aa a bachelor, lives 
comfortably In St. Louis on a salary of $5,000 a 
year. General J. B, Gordon, as counsel for the 
Louisville and Nashville road, gets a salary of 
$14,000. Major General F. B. Cheatham has a 
handsome farm in Tennessee. General Toombs 
practises law, and Is very rich. General Basil 
Duke Is a lawyer In Louisville, and has a good 
Income; General Bradley Johnston la also gutting 
rich In the same profession In Baltimore. All the 
sons of Robert E Lee, except one, are moderately 
successful farmers in Virginia. The exception, 
Custls Lee, succeeded hla father a3 president of 
Washington-Lee U Diversity. General .Jubal Early 
Is living quietly at Lynchburg In comfortable cir¬ 
cumstances. General J o. Pemberton Los be¬ 
come a resident of Philadelphia, is an Invalid, and 
has written a book on Vicksburg. 
[Cairo (III) Radical Republican.] 
What We Know About It. 
<* what do you know aboutst. Jacob's OH 7” said 
one of our oldest subscribers. This was a fair 
question, and we answer that we are reliably In¬ 
formed that a gent leman of this city who has suf¬ 
fered untold agony, and spent a mint of money to 
get relief from Rheumatism. In desperation bought 
some and trlPd It, and declares that It Is the best 
remedy for Rheumatism he ever heard of. 
fExttm, Hantis, sc. 
THORBURN’S SEEDS. 
Our General Catalogue of 
VEGETABLE, 
FLOWER, 
FIELD and 
TREE SEEDS 
for 1881 will be ready for mailing in Jan¬ 
uary. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO, 
15 JOHN ST., NEW YORK. 
^Umllancflusi. 
Hew ^tttrticatiflttKi. 
Sterling Music Books. 
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY 
METHOD FOR THE PIANOFORTE. 
In 3 parts: each $1,50. or complete. $3.26. This ia a 
method of established reputation, which has been in 
constant u se in the great Conservatory and is getting 
to be everywhere known and valued. Has received 
decided commendations from the beat teachers. 
DICTIONARY OF MUSICAL INFORMATION. 
($1.25.) Vory convenient book of reference. 
GROVE’S DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSI¬ 
CIANS. Vol.l ($ 6 . 1*0 ) A grand encyclopedia. 
STAINER AND BARRETT’S DICTIONARY OF 
MUSICAL TERMS. (Complete$ 5 . 01 ).) Afsmousand 
useful work. 
RICHTER’S COUNTERPOINT. ($2.00.) RICH¬ 
TER’S FUGUE, ($2.00.> Two standard works on 
Composition 
THE WELCOME OT1QRUS, ($1) for HtOh Schools 
and SONG HELLS (60 eta.) for Common Schools, 
should oe in the mind of every teacher iu need of new 
books. 
.JOHNSON’S NEW M ETHOD FOR HARMONY. ($1) 
By A. ".Johnson, la unexcelled for ease, rimplidlty 
and thoroughness, 
TEMPERA ' CE LIGHT (12 Cts.), TEMPERANCE 
JEWELS (35 cts.).and HULL ’8 TEMPERANCE GLEE 
BUCK (4* eta.) are opr three best Temperance Books. 
Tnv them! 
Any book mailed, post-free, for above prices.) 
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 
C. H. Dltuon At Co.. J. K. Dltson iV Co. 
843 Broadway, New York. 1223 ChesfcnutSt.. Phi’a. 
ACENTS WANTED to Sell the NEW BOOK, 
mm a u m m mi 
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, 
Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, 
Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and 
Sprains, Burns and Scalds, 
General Bodily Pains, 
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet 
and Ears, and all other Pains 
and Aches. 
No Preparation on earth equals St. Jacobs Oil as 
a safe, surf, simple and cheap External Remedy. 
A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay 
of BO Cents, and every one suffering with pam 
can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. 
Directions in Eleven Languages. 
SOLD BY ALL DBUGGI8T8 AND DEALERS IN 
MEDICINE. 
A. VOGELER <fc CO., 
Baltimore, Mil., XT. S. A 
d> ri(Vi a week, $12 a day at home easily made. Costly 
cp li outfit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine. 
Groat Sale of Imported 
JERSEY CATTLE. 
E. A. Lawrence A Hon. Auctioneers will sell on the 
“ Degraw Farm.” Vill 8 ire of Jamaica, Long Island, N. 
Y., on Wednesday. February 9th, at 11.30 A. VI. 
Forty-Five Head of Choice Imported 
J JBRBBY O AI’TX.E, 
havii ik been selected On the Island of Jersey expressly 
for their Milk and Butter qualities. Catalogues fnru- 
ished by mall on application to 
AARON A. DEGRAW, Jr., Jamaica, Queens Co.. N. Y 
W HY not try the Champion Lock-Lever W IGON 
JACK la your own neighborhood ? Addre-s for 
terms, 
r own neigl 
I. dayTs. 
Box 58, Warren, Ohio. 
tpUu free. Address H. Hoilett & Co.. Portland, Maine 
1 FLORIDA- For reliable Information regarding 
A Florida, its Climate. Production and Resources, 
subscribe for the Florida Agriculturist, a large 8 
page Weekly; $2 nor annum. 
O tioDlil NOTON * CO., DeLond. Florida. 
$5 to 
iper day at home. Samples worth $5 free 
'Address Stinson & Co.. Portland, Maine, 
r ■. . . '* 
Livlngsion’i* Perfection 
TOMATO, 
Itnltcd I), the ui-lpliintur of ami It supe¬ 
rior to the Aemr ami ruinoon Tomatoc,. 
Hlooil-rt-tl, nniooth, -n]M itutl proilurthe. 
Orltdnsl Pnrkvt-, 25 rvitU; fin- for $1.00. 
DiwrV Gnrtli'ii t nlcndar for 1881 mallei) 
free. Valuable to the market gardener, ama¬ 
teur and farmer. 
HENRY A. DEEEE, Seedsman, 
714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
BEST VARIETIES 
Grape Vines. Strawberry. Raspberry, Blackberry. 
Currant and Gooseberry Plants. 
Also the Largest Establishment in the world for 
Thorough-bred Poultry. 
Send for catalogues. 
GEO. JOSHELVN. 
Fredonin, N. Y. 
SEEDSiiij 
I will give you the 
for the least money of auv firm 
in America or refund. Western 
Seeds are best. Mine takotbe ^ ^ 
lead. Gardeners say they never VMC •’Rest 
fall, r used6000Iba paper to print Vtiioo TOM (seeds 
pretty Catalogues tllubtrateo with $2 WO I cheap 
worth of engravings, 11 beats the world. \, kEf pretty 
wotth many dollars, FREE. Prices below Book 
all. It. II SHUMNVaY, Rockford, Ill. f Free. 
CHOICEST 
Best 
|seeds 
Jcheap 
(pretty 
Book 
Free. 
S ir* B * 1 ttl 9 PHIAL Ol r feut urn Jy i* 6 c. 
B ■ I 9 V in stumps, we will mail our ne ir Box 
1 ■ ■ ■ I of 8 packets choice Vegetables, or 10 
■ packets Flower Seeds, Huruec’s 
Jfiirm Auniinl fur 1 fiSJ I, henuti- 
nr5» 1 n’I5S a t' 3d i s <‘ ,,t Write forjt. \V. ATI,EE 
At CO., 2D and 221 Church St., Phitada., Pa. 
TELLS HOW TO 
Coltivato all the Farm Crops ia the Best Manner; 
Breed. Feed and Caro for Stock jOrow Fruit; Manage 
Farm Business; Make Happy Homes, and 
How to Make Money on the Farm, 
♦lEverv Farmer should have a copy. 800 Pages, 
140 Illustrations. Send for circulars to 
J. C. McCURDY & CO.» Philadelphia, Pa. 
FARMERS are .MAKING M A M ftl H M P ’ C 
823 to 851 ) per week -filing If! H II W I H U O 
ILLUSTRATED STOCK BOOK 
Because cverv innner actually needs if. It is 
the latest, largest, and most complete work ever 
issued In America treating of Homes, Cattle, Sheep, 
Swine and poultry —their breeds, breeding, training, 
care, and management; their diseases causes, preven¬ 
tion, symptoms, and remedies. 1UOO page-, 400 
illustrations, ana isutwrb charts, Anyone desiring 
profitable work during the winter should send at once. 
f.Ytfiia.vr 
HUBBARD BROS., Pubs., 723 Chestnut St., Phlla.. Pa. 
AGENTS! AGENTS’ AGENTS! 
JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE 
NEW BOOK. 
4 My Wayward Pardner.’ 
AGENT 8 WANT D iu every Town, Don’t miss it but 
send fur Circular at once, and secure territory. Address 
AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO , Hautfobp, Conn. 
OF” Mention Rural New-Iorker. 
;g«®M'DAWN 
or Etour on the Great Future intbia Life through 
the Dark Valley and in the Life Eternal. Sella fust. 
Pays over 
fWfcA month 
Send for mrcular and terms. Also Bend address of 
two or more book agents and 10 cents for cost of mail¬ 
ing, and receive the People’s Magazine of choice liter¬ 
ature tree for 6 mom hs. P- Vi. ZIEGLER & CO., 
Philadelphia, Pa.; or Chicago, III. 
NORTHERN TEXAS 
Offers greater attractions iu way of good, cheap lands, 
healthy country, mild climate, abundance of timber 
and water than anv other section now open to settle¬ 
ment. In itthoTEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY 
is now being extended westward over one mite per 
day, and is now off ering for sate at low prices and on 
easy terms over 4,000,<M)U acres of land. 
For descriptive circulars and maps giving truthful 
Information, address \V, H. AIHt.UIS, 
Laud Commissioner T. A P. Ry., Marshall, Texas. 
HEEBNER’S 
LEVEL TREAD 
HORSE POWER. 
WITH 
Speed Regulator. 
Heebuer’a Improved 
Little Ciant 
Threshing Machines. 
“UNION” FEED CUTTER. CIRCULAR AND 
DRAG 8 AW MAOH1NE8, Jtfl 
Bend for Catalogue. 
HEKBXER <fc SO NS, Lnimdale. i>tont_Co., Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE 
SUMMIT 
Stove-Pipe, Shelf .—tub most 
convenient article ever offered to Houee* 
keeper «. One Agent made $144.67 in ten 
day. No freight chargee. 
Addreti, B. 8, JUAKTZELL ,fc CO. 
_ Ui Stalk Third 8 L, Pkhtdelpbla. 
J S~7 FARM CRIST MILLS 
AND CORN Sll l l.I.ldtS. 
?g£A\ Over Bo,OOO Notv iii I'sc. 
[I wi'l Every JJuc hi no is lully Wnr- 
’•nntotf. ITlce of Mills, $15 to $35. 
1 hellers, $5. Don’t buy a Mill or 
i If WI -liellcr until you have seen our terms 
: 1 nd Illustrsted CircnlBr. Ad ’ress, with 
>>^ -tamp. LIVINGSTON A- CO-- 
Iron Foil- tiers, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY,, 
METAL TIP LAMP WIC K. _/ 
Gives a Brilliant, White And Steady Light, requirsa 
No TVS milling, and la-ite fur ramitlis. 
Circular and bamnlo Wick sent, for 10 cents. 
Jfetul TSf» J.nmp Wick Co., 
Ayente Wanted. Ju Gortlandt St., Now York. 
'. - -‘ ■nf THE VICTOBY 
CORN MILL 
c-j f R -/1 _ The only Mill that is a 
j comolete success In grind- 
Si^aVwsiv* Ing corn and cob together. 
J'c j AIM We defy competition on this 
la \4tJJ kind of grinding. It also 
jcft prj grinds shelled corn and all 
M V 'll other kinds of gram, coarre 
JyA —_ plr* or fine, as desired Capac. 
K ity, to to 20 bushels per 
j ■ ?■ hour. Bel/.eha rpening 
. .-T Aiap. gt/Jife plates, and warranted in 
11 W r Wi , riy respect. Address 
THOMAS ROBERTS, 
Springfield, Ohio. 
80STWICIC& 
bi GIANT 
H, t>LNG SPV* 
This Wonderful Improved Saw Machine 
is warranted to saw a two-foot loc In throe min¬ 
ute*. and more cord wood or Iocs of any size in a day 
than two men can chop or aw the old way. Every 
Farmer nntl Kumberman needs ntie. 
<P7*AGE?fT8 w l .vnfl».-I|l>iM 7 Ued circular md larins Free- 
Addre.. FARMERS’ MANUFACTURING CO., 
178 Elm Street, Cincinnati, O. • 
For Sale 
COOLEY CREAMER, 6 can size, with 3 extra cans 
and strainer; Davis Swing Churu, No. 5, and rolling 
Pressure Butter Worker. In perfect order. Cost $7o 
last summer. Price $ 60 , boxed at depot, or S45 at the 
farm. RICHARD GOODMAN, JR, 
Yokun Farm, Lenox, Mass. 
A nice Country Home and Fruit Farm, 37 acres; 
splendid fruit land; large bearing orchard of best 
apples; plenty of smalt fruit; large aud splendidly ar¬ 
ranged house: large barn. Ac , Ate. Prico $4 sue. Ad¬ 
dress H. .11. STAKlt, Adiuluisifulor, 
>lfdum, ttrlenua Co., N. Y. 
F REE. lileoant niuminated Book Marks, sen 1 
to all for *-wo 3 cent stamps. 
BURT At PRENTICE,4d Beckman St., N Y. FOR. SALT! 
50 A nice Country Home and Fruit Farm. 37 acres 
yjlf Agts. outtit,,U>c. Globe CARP Co., Northtoul.Ct splendid fruit land; large bearing orchard of besl 
" apples; plenty of smalt fruit; large aud splendidly ar 
F AR.TIER.—First-class man and wife wish a sPua- ranged house: large barn, so, Ac. Price $4 sue. Ad 
tion to oversee or drive a farm, Wages must be drees II. .11, fiTAKIt, A dtnliiisi nilor, 
good. Address Box U20, Nkwion, Sussex Co.. N. J, Medina, iirlenua N. Y, 
•gag g AGENT8 WANTED fur “The Ladies of ttn While House or 
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11 (j LdU ECO WASHINGTON LIFE ever published. A History of every Ad- 
1 MU " —OF THE *= 1111 • t fig 
ministration from Washinc.ton to the presenttime. Includes much 9M9 gtltft U AlinA 
Personal and Private hiatorv never before published. Address Wl III (R I lUlluS 
BRADLEY & CO., 66 N. Fourth St., Phila., Pa. 
Mitchell, Lewis & Co., ltacine, Wis. I S A. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
FARM AND FREIGHT WAGONS 
Mild Climate. Productive Soil. Low Prices. 
Easy Terms. Special inducements to actual 
settlers. For Maps, Circulars, &c,, giving par¬ 
ticulars free, address 
THOMAS ESSEX. W. A. KENDALL, 
Land Commissioner, Ass't Land Commissioner, 
Llttl* Knelt, Vrli. olli & llsrlict St«.,SuLuuU, Jla, 
f|1HE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION OF VIRGINIA 
A will givo important information to all wanting 
REAL ESTATE aud HOMES iu Virginia. 
lUCU’D IRBY, General Agent. 
Richmond, Va. 
PA All Gold, Chromo A Llt'g, Cards, (No 2 alike,) 
i) U Name On, loo. Clinton Bros., OUntonviilo. Conn. 
platform.SprIug; Wagons, Three spring Wagons, four Spring Wagons, Opeu 
and Top Buggies, Phielons, Sewing ITXachine Wagons, Backboards, 
The MITCHELL WAGON Is Monarch of tlio Road, only the very Lest stock used in its construction and 
made by the best wagon mechanics iu the world. The Spring Wagon and 3iiggy Department is entirely sepa¬ 
rate from the Farm Wagon shops. And for the manufacture of this class oi work we have facilities unsur¬ 
passed. Send for Catalogue and Illustrated Price list. 
MITCHELL, LEWIS A CO., Baeine, wU. 
