*ubb1 
nze m London m *6a, grand prize t 
>ari8 in W ftnit prize at Ceuteanii 
A. W. Brant. Airport, N. Y. 
Joseph Moulton, Worcester, 
impUmftttsi and pachitwty. 
$fmpUmettt0 and Pactoittnij. 
CLARK S IMPROVED ROOT CUTTER 
• PERFECTION OBTAINED 
IN 
CUTTING ROOTS 
This Cutter has received the First Premiums at 
every Fair, and has do equal. Do not lall 
to examine It. 
The Neatest, Strangest, Simplest, Cheapest, 
nud most Perfect Root Ctttter in the Jlnrkel. 
This Cutter is built with a heavy oak frame, well 
bolted together; is Htauiioh and strong, neatly tin- 
ished. handfomelv striTied and urn»monted. The cut¬ 
ting' apparatus consists of intent t/-P'vr uteri knives 
(gouge shaped), so arranged on a wronght-iron shaft 
JONES 
or 
I)Pt. JOirN HALL’S I 
LESSON HELPS 
IK TBE 
SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORLD. By mail, 60c.; in 
clubs, 50c. per sear. 
AM.S.S. UNION Ol AlLTEtthY, single copy. 
6c.; aoc. per year; 5 copies and over, 15c. each. 
THE PRIMARY BESSON PAPER, 10 copies, 
per year, 75c., or ItHj comes. *7.60. 
THE SCHOLAR’S PAPER. Price same as last. 
NEW PICTURE PAPERS: 
THE PICTU <t E WOK). O, for little people, single 
copies, aof. per year; 5 :,ml over,20o. each. 
THE YOUTH’S \\ OREO, for boys and girls, one 
copy, aSc. per year; 6 and over, -Me. each. 
I American S. S. Union, 
I I 22 Ghestnut St., 
PHILADELHIA, 
NEW YORK. CHICAGO. 
Send for Specimens. 
THE BELLE CITY 
FEED CUTTER. 
The Best Feed Cutter 
In the World. 
THE ONE THAT RUNS 
LIGHT ENOUGH FOR 
WIND POWER. 
Send for circular, references, 
&e. Name this paper when 
you write- 
DAVTD LAWTON, 
Manufacturer, Racine, wls. 
SOMETHIN 3- 5i*EWy 
PULLIAM’S PATENT 
BOLSTERS SPRINGS for FARM WAGONS. 
Thlsvalua- 
ablc device 
la suited to 
wagons of 
any size — 
made of the 
beststeoland 
warranted — 
are attached 
by four bolts 
through the 
bed—can be 
put on by 
any person. 
They remain 
on the wagon 
for all uses 
and work equally well whether with empty or 
loaded wagon. There is no use for a spring seat— 
they make a comfortable spring wagon out of ft 
alarm wagon—and sat-e largely In wear and tear. 
We want Agents everv where, t-eud fbr descrip¬ 
tion and prices, and mention tills paper. ^ 
SEMPLE & BIRGE MFG-CO.,St. Loui*. Me 
MUSICAL CHRISTMAS 
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE 
SUMMIT 
Stove-Pipe Shelf '.—tub most 
convenient article ever offered to Houeo. 
ktepen. One Agent made $14-1.6? in ten 
day. So freight char get. 
Aildreu, R. 8. UART2ELL Jt CO. 
*» Death TtirtfSt..Philadelphia. 
LINCOLN PATENT 
CHANNEL CAN CREAMERY. 
Deep setting perfected. Gets all the 
cream lu loss than ten hours, with or¬ 
dinary well or running water, or in two 
hours with ice water, with less than half 
the ice called for by any other process. 
Aoxntb Wasted. Send for Circular 
to Will. E. LINCOLN, 
Warren, Mum. 
■ 
'perfected •BUTTER COLOR 
It Gives Butter the gilt-ed^ed color the roar round. The largest Putter Ravers recommend Its use. 
Thousands of Dairymen say IT IS PERFECT. Used by ollolie best c. jamefics. Awarded the Inter- 
Dotlrtnol 111 ttirtmn n t V \ I Y, Utr Vnlt, A a V ._I__, ___... . . . v . ... 
nationalDiploma at N. Y. Dairy Fair. 
It costs, who nscsl t, where to get it. 
A 5^J?' iriln, ? l ' nsto '’ iri(?r, 'l>aiitfnrlt;or wruetoask whatt; is. what 
WELl^ RtClIARP80N A CO., Proprietors* Kurilnjrton, v t. 
Most acceptable gifts to players or singers will be 
the following elegantly bound books. 
tr Any one mailed, post-free, for the price here 
mentionee. 
RODEUT FRANZ’S SONG ALBUM. 
GEAIS OF ENGLISH SONG. 
HOME CIRCLE. Three volumes. 
WuliLD OF SONG. 
PIANO AT HOME. 4-hand collection. 
SHOWER OF PEARLS. Vocal Duets. 
CREME DE LA CREME. 2 Vols. 
OPERATIC PEARLS. 
GEMS OF STRAUSS. 
GEMS OF TnE DANCE, 
CLUSTER OF GEMS. 
SUNSHINE OF SUNG. 
Each of the above in Cloth $2.50; Fine Gilt $3. 
STUDENT’S LIFE IN SONG. *1.50. 
CURIOSITIES OF MUSIC. *1.6U. 
BEETHOVEN. A Romance by Rao. *1.60. 
RHYMES AND TUNES. Christmas Off*g- *1.50. 
SULLIVAN’S VOCAL ALBUM. *1.50. 
FAIRY FINGERS- For Piano. *1.50. 
OLIVER DITSON A CO., Boston. 
C. a. DU«« H Sc C«„ J. K. OUssn & Co. 
8-13 Broadway. New York. 1228 OhestnutSt., Phl'a. 
FARMERS are M VKLVG MJIMUIUP’Q 
$25 to SoO per week selling IV! M FI ll I It U O 
ILLUSTRATED STOCK BOOK 
,: ' r " M T net mil ly needs it It iB 
the Inteef. Itirgesi. and most complete work ever 
«2S£?-l n i of Horses. Cattle, Sheep , 
S.uiu j.nd J oultry— their breeds, breeding, training, 
care, and Biauugement; their diseases, causes, preven- 
tion, symptoms, aud remedies. 11JOO pages, 400 
l r jjV l i >, ' r J > charts, .Anyone desiring 
fZ?tyi a H e during the winter should send at once, 
Sin t lu,L full particulars. Address 
HUBBARD BR08.. Pubs., 723 Cheetuut St, Phila., Pa. 
JAN. I 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Mayor stokley, of Philadelphia, when a boy, 
worked for a dollar a week and slept under a 
counter. 
Gen. Jeff. C. Davis’s widow has ordered a monu¬ 
ment for bis grave like the Wool monument at 
Troy, N. Y. 
Mrs. Emma W. Skelton observed the 103d anni¬ 
versary of her birthday at the Old Ladles’ Home 
in Boston on the lStli, 
Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, has Introduced a bill In 
the Senate for regulating appointments to office 
and the conduct of office-holders. 
Mrs. Julia Shayer, the author of delightful 
sketches of Washington life, is the daughter of a 
clergyman residing In Deerlng, Maine. 
William II. Vanderbilt Is supposed to own about 
one-fourth of the stock of the Western Union 
Telegraph Company, represent ing ten millions of 
dollars. 
General Hancock has been presented with a sll- 
ver-mouuted stick cut from the hickory tree od 
the Hancock farm In Pennsylvania, where he was 
born. 
Iiev. Dr. Talmage Is again to be “hauled over 
the coals” by his enemies In the Brooklyn Pres¬ 
bytery. who claim to have new evidence of his 
deceit and falsehood. 
General O. O Howard, who has been assigned 
to the command of the West Point Military Acad¬ 
emy, will go to California to settle up hla private 
matters preparatory to entering upon his new 
duties. 
Mrs. A. T. Stewart leads as quiet and amiable 
a lire as any rich woman in the country. Sue Is 
much att ached to the Episcopal Church, and solely 
sustains the Bishopric of Lung Island, to which 
appertain the cathedral aud schools of Garden 
City. 
The Atlanta Constitution says there Is a keener 
appreciation of Mr. Lincoln's character aud genius 
at the South tbao at the North. R. J. Burdette, 
who has been lecturing at the South, says he has 
been amazed by the applause which greeted his 
eulogy of Lincoln, 
“ Gratitude and Duty.” 
Hon. Wm. D. Kelley says In a letter to Dr. 
Starkey: “Gratitude to you and duty to those 
who may be suffering as I was from Chronic Ca¬ 
tarrh and almost dally effusions of blood, In 
greater or less quantities, Impel me to say to you, 
aud to authorize non to give any degree of publicity 
to my assertion, that the use of your Compound 
Oxygen at intervals has so far restored my health 
that 1 am not conscious cf having discharged any 
blood tor more than a year: and my cough, the 
severity of which made me a frequent object of 
sympathy, has disappeared.” Our Treatise on 
Compound Oxygen sent free. Address Drs. Stak- 
ket& Palrn, n09 and 1111 Girard Bt., Plilla. 
lonse or breaking. The roots nro neatly cut in pieces 
suitable for feeding. No coarse, ungainly pieces are 
left by this Gutter. A boy can easily cut .15 to 4n bush¬ 
els per hour, so easily does it do its work. Ei? - Don’t 
fail to examine it._^ j 
Wo are manufacturing three sizes, designated by 
numbers,—l. 2 and s. 
Nos. 1 and 2 designed for band use. 
No. 3 is the Power Cutter, and will cut 100 bushels 
per hour. 
lb-ice, No 1. *12.00 
“ No. 2,. 14.00 
“ No. 3,. 22.00 
HIGGANUM M’F’G CORPORATION, 
Higgannm, Cl. V- * A. 
Warehouse 38 So. Market St. Boston, Mass. 
For sale by R. H. ALLEN k. CO.. Goneral A vents, 
IHiMHl Water St., New York. 
CORN SHELLER, CORN MILL, 
CORN STALK CUTTER. 
EVERYTHING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CORN VVE RAKE. 
We manufacture over SIXTY patterns of CORN SHELLER3. Price from 84.50 to 830.00. You can 
buy of us, for Five Dollars, a corn mill that will 
Grind yourOo^n, Crack your Corn for Chickens, 
and make Meal for Hasty Pudding. 
CUT YOUR STALKS WITH 
Claris’s Lever Cutter, 
It will save you labor. In fact if you want anything in the Implement Line, send to 
THE HIGGANUM MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, 
Hlggaiinm, Conn., U. S. A. 
0T We are the largest manufacturer of Implements In the United States 
PEES0NAL ITEMS. 
BIBDSKLli IHF’C CO., 
South Bend, Ind. 
I®* Say you saw this in the Rural New-Yorker. 
Pays the Freight 
AND STILL SELLS ON TRIAL. 
5-TON 
HAY 
COAL 
STOCK 
WAGON 
SCALES, $ 60 . 
All Iron and Steel, Brass Beam. No money asked 
till tested. Every size Scale equally low. 
For Froi Book address 
JONES OF BINGHAMTON, 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
THE 
RIGHT SPEEDY 
CORN SHELLER 
Is cheap, Durable and Ef¬ 
fective. Can be easily 
worked by a boy; sheds 
from 12 to U bushels of ears 
per hour. It is the best 
hand Shelter made. Does 
the best work and works 
y the best. Is warranted tor 
flve years. Agents Want¬ 
ed In every Comity. For 
sample send $5 to, or for 
particulars, address, 
? CURTIS GODDARD, 
> /Alliance, Ohio. 
THE CLOVER-LEAF, a 4-page, 24-column farm, 
era' paper, containing valuable information on the 
culture and harvesting of clover for seed. Sent free 
to every farmer sending us his name. 
WATCH BUYERS, ATTENTION 
The celebrated Bornl and Courvoi- 
sier Watches were awarded the first 
at Fans in ’78, Theae watches hate 
stood the test for the past 20 years, 
and pronounced by best judges equal 
to any made. They all have Nickel 
Movements. 1 emperod and Hardened 
Breguet Hair Springs. Isohronisod 
for ruilroad use in Key and stem 
Winders, with all modern improve¬ 
ments in the art of watch making-. 
Large numbers are in use on the prin¬ 
cipal railroads in the country. As a 
guarantee that they ate what we claim 
lor them, we refer by permission to 
the dealers named below who have 
E. B. Booth V Hon, Rochester, N. Y 
1- -K E. Dickinson, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Julius Walker, Buffalo. N. Y. 
A. M. Edwards, Buffalo, N. Y. 
T. V. Dickinson, Buffalo, N. Y. 
O. B. Itudd, Ilion, N Y. 
W. 3. Taylor, Utica, N. Y. 
A. Lawtons ager, Albany, N. Y. 
H ul L, Huekins, UWevo, N. Y. 
L. G, Blake, Farmington, Me. 
J. J- Luther. I'rov lUtiuc. H. I. 
J. B. Cueron, New Milford, Conn. ' 
3. Silverthuud & Nun, New Haven, Ct. 
Hyde is lietf.ys, Auinu-u, N. Y. 
J. A. i lark, Batavia, N. Y. 
1 Ny» ©x-- js ‘ 1L G. Hudson is Co., AruL'-ihury.Maaa 
\ ft' G. Hills. Canandaigua. 21. Y. 
' ^ a °’ va -v Co.. Syracuse. N. \ T . 
> LeGrandS. strange. Amsterdam,N. Y. 
, Hill H. Lyon, Newburgh. N. Y. 
C. W. Fairchild, Bridgeport, Conn- Wm. Kirk, West Winsted, Conn. 
iter. Mass. Gverge Krnbrey, Morrow. Ohio. 
Q.IJ ITSOTIIl; &c.. KRIIGLlhR, 
17 MAIDEN LANE, N, Y., Wholesale Agents tor the United States. 
ALBANY CORN AND SEED PLANTERS. 
Will Plant equally well Corn, Beans, Peas, or Small Garden Seeds. 
AWARDED THE HIGHEST MEDAL AT THE CENTENNIAL AS BEING THE BEST PLANTER. 
SATES ITS COST IN PLANTING FIFTEEN ACHES OF CORN. 
One man and a horse can plant from soven to ten acres of corn in one day with the Planter at a cost of from 
$J.o 0 to $5.00. 
COST TO PLANT FIFTEEN ACRES BY HAND. 
Marking both ways, one man and horse, three days, at *3. 09 
Planting, twelve men at *1.. 12,10 
Board for teu extra men, two meals each, at 25 cents.... 11.!..’I . s'oo 
\\ asted one bushel or corn....11 . J ” I" "! I! lxo 
Total cost by hand.....$27.00 
Price of Plain Planter,.. tlO 
‘‘ wlili either Horse Hoe or Fertilizer, ...... 23*00 
with both Hor.se Hoe and Fertilizer) ...... 25.00 
For cash -with order will deliver on board cars in Albany, N. Y., at 15 per cent, off of above prices. Send for 
circular. Address with care. O. H. P. CORNELL, Albany, N. Y. 
t3y ~ 1 a 1 * 0 manufacture the most approved Corn Cultivator extant. Patent just allowed. 
NONPAREIL 
FARM & FEED MILLS 
The Cheapest and Best. 
Will Crush and Grind Any thing. 
Illustrated Catalogue FREE. 
Address L. J.MILLER, Cincinnati, ft 
, . IN 1LAG E. 
Lnfset fuel*-How to build and dll Siloi, 73 Pricpji niuntrated, 
wilii uoliiirt’a Tnam#?. Mulled for 10 Ore?n Stomps* 
T Mi8lln?o Cullers far H/md «r Power, Dry or Green Fodder. 
ITHiKIWVOijKPLOW CH., 65 BEEKMAN ST., HEW YORK. 
BEST WASHER AND WRINGER 
in the World. Guaranteed to do perfect work or 
money refunded. Warranted for 5 years. Price of 
rmam 
