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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
©lit ant) fnmor. 
SPARKS AND SPLINTERS. 
Autumn leaves —and doesn’t carry her trank 
with her. 
The drop-curtain is so called because the gen¬ 
tlemen go out for a drop while it is down. 
Among the items in a plumber’s bill are : to 
searching gas leakage, 50 cents ; to having found 
it, $1. 
“Ido not ask thee for thy hand,” as the child 
said, when gazing earthward o’er its parent’s 
knee. 
The ltev. Mr. Tooth, the English ritualist, has 
a beautiful set of twins, who are commonly 
known as his “ little double teeth." 
It is asserted of a Philadelphian that he died 
“ worn out. by too severe mental effort in the 
Btudy of how to live without work.” 
Eveby Turkish commander in the field has a 
crescent over the door of his marquee. Can 
this be termed a symbol of diac-on-tent ? 
May be they did “ have giants in those days,” 
but they oouldn’t have looked any bigger than a 
free-born American citizen feels when he’s in a 
procession. 
Now does suffering humanity eagerly scan the 
report of patents granted for the week ending, 
to see if somebody hasn’t invented a nose that 
will stayblowed. 
“ Tbuth lies at the bottom of a well.” We 
have often verified this by looking down into a 
well and seeing Truth's honest countenance in 
the smooth water. 
A politician who escaped from a burning 
hotel, clad only in an undershirt and a pair of 
Bocks, said it was the nearest he had ever come 
to taking a nude departure. 
Said a gentleman (?) to a Professor who was 
expounding the Sanscrit : “ What makes your 
breath so offensive ?" “ Guess it must be the 
dead language," replied the Professor. 
The coal combination has already put up the 
price of coal. This will make no difference to 
the poet Whittier, however. He has received 
odes enough diming the past two months to 
keep him in fuel for at least two years 
I'm waiting ’neath the window, love, upon the 
porch’s seat; I'm wailing there till you come down 
your own true love to greet. Don’t be too long 
a-fixin’ up ; for if I may make bold, I ain’t a-go- 
in’ to wait here long, a-slttiu’ in the cold. 
A Cincinnati music publisher lias issued three 
new songs which are entitled: “Tickle Me Softly, 
Mother Mine." “Touch Me Gently, Father 
Time,” and “ Darling Pussy, Why ho Sad ?” 
They are said to be very touching lnelodies. 
THE AMERICAN HAY ELEVATOR. 
Tnemusi portent, siiuple’tuiU only bievaior mat 
raises tile lmy from wagon and carries it in barn any 
required distance. Economical, duruble, lubor-sav- 
ing. Send for Illustrated Circulars and prices to 
J. a. FUZHUGH, 
nils Barker St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Branch Office : 55 Beckman St., New York. 
GUNS and Revolvers. Illustrated Price Listfroe. 
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1 Great- Western Gun I Porks, Pittsburg, Pa 
IDElt PRESSES A NO GRATERS. 
Boomer & Boscubkt Press < o„ Syracuse. N.Y 
HENDERSON’S 
COMBINED CATALOGUE OP 
EVERYTHING 
FOR THE 
GARDEN 
Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, 
sent free to customers of past years, and to all 
pu rc h ns era of on r hook s.el the r Ga r detune far 
ProfitPractical I'loricvilure nr Gardening for 
Pleasure ( price .50 ear h, prepa 1 d, bv tnal 1). 
To othera, on receipt of S!5c. Plain Planter 
Seed Catalogues, without Plan:, free to all, 
PETER HENDERSON A CO. 
Seedsmen > Market Gardeners % ana Florists. 
35 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
TEAS 
mutual principle, 
New Price-List. 
Tms is a combination 
capitalists to supply co 
earners only througho 
the United States wli 
PUKE TEAS on tl 
by getting up clubs. 8end f 
P.0 
£ 
CONSUMERS’ IMPORTING TEA CO., 
. Box 5509. No. 8 Church St., New York City. 
TURNING THE TABLES. 
“ Young Person" (applicant for Housemaid’s “ Situation.”) “ May I aBk Sir, if you keep a Boy ?" 
Old Gent.—" A Boy ! No ! Why ?” 
Young Person .—“ Oh, to clean Boots and Knives, carry up Coals and-” 
Old Gent .—“ Ah, may T ask- can you piny the Piano ?” 
Young Person (dubiously.) “ N—no. Sir-” 
Old Gent .—“ All, then, I’m afraid yon won’t—that is. we shall not suit you. I and my Wife 
always carry up tho Coals, and wash the Dishes, and all that sort of Thing. All we want is some 
one to play the Piano !” 
SRAMER 6l RANDALL’S 
PULVERIZING HARROW. 
A ROTARY, VERTICAL PLAT 13 WHEEL HARROW. 
Its Value Established by Abortive Imitations. 
IT HAS 1ST O EQUAL! 
ECONOMIZING TIME! SAVING LABOR AND MONEY! 
SECURING THE LARGEST CROPS! 
No wonder there are over 
10,000 ijst ursE! • 
To meet the growing demand and various wants of the Farmers throughout the country, 10 dif¬ 
ferent sizes and styles of tills unequaled Implement for thoroughly pulverizing the soil are made. 
IT IS THE ONLY PRACTICAL JOINT WHEEL HARROW 
made. Can be changed from a Jointed to a stiff harrow at the pleasure of the operator, in a mo¬ 
ment’s time, and does not Involve a lawsuit for Infringement of Patents to the seller or pur¬ 
chaser, as la the case with its Imitators. Agents wanted. 
Send for Descriptive Circular to WARRIOR MOWER CO., 
Z-iittle Falla, N- "V". 
TO PUBLISHERS. 
The Rural New-Yorker has accumulated a very large number of desirable Wood Cuts, 
Electrotypes, etc., representing Illustrations that have appeared in this Journal from time to 
time. We have had numberless Inquiries from publishers, asking our terms for such cuts as 
were ueslrable to them; but we have never, until the present time, had them arranged In a 
manner that made them easy of access tor reference. 
We are now prepared to fill orders for these Cuts, and as we do not care to do more than 
secure a part of the first cost of Uie pictures (having used them once), we shall make the prices 
very low. Similar Cuts cannot be bought In New York for less than 20 cents per square Inch, 
and from that price ranging up tn 50 cents, according to the quality of the work. 
We now offer any Illustration appearing In the Rural New-Yorker, at the following price, 
delivered in New York: 
TEN CENTS PER SQUARE INCH. 
All expenses of postage or expressage must be borne by the purchaser. 
This rate is so low that we cannot undertake to furnish proofs of Cuts, or do anything that 
will cause extra expenditure of time, labor and postage on our part. Intending purchasers should 
Indicate the Cuts and data of papers in which they appeared. On receipt of this Information and 
the cost of the Cuts (where the parties are not knowB), we will Immediately All order. 
Address orders 
RURAL PUBLISHING CO., 
78 Duane St., New York. 
THE CORTLAND 
Platform Wagon. 
To the Farmer and Dairyman, to whom a light- 
draft, eusy-riding Wagon, capable of carrying from 
ten to fifteen i undred pounds, is a necessity, tbis is 
the 
CHEAPEST AND BEST 
Platform Spring Wagon made. 
Every Wagon fully warranted. 
If there is no agent, or dealer in your town, send 
for Circular and Price List to tho 
CORTLAND WAGON MF’G CO., 
Agents wanted. Cortland. N.Y. 
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CHEESEVATT 
Wo continue to manufacture Steam Boilers and 
Engines and all kinds of Cheese and Butter-mak¬ 
ing Apparatus, combining the latest improvements. 
Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List. 
CHARLES MILLAR & SON, Utica, N. Y. 
SANDWICH 
Manufact’g Company, 
Sandwich, DeKalb Co., Ills. 
Adams’ P.-uetu Hell-Feeding Power Corn 
Hbellei'M (widely known as the Sandwich Shellers), 
of sizes and capacities to Bull all wnnts. 
GREATLY IMPROVED THIS SEASON. 
FARM HORSE POWERS of nil sizes and most 
advantageous forms. HAND SHELLERS of high¬ 
est grade of excellence in material and manufacture. 
Send for Illustrated Circulars. 
J. P. ADAMS, Secretary. 
SEEDS. 
All the leading and most desirable kinds of 
Vegetable, Field, 
AND 
Flower Seeds, 
will be found In my new priced lists. Mailed free. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 
Broadway, cor. 18tU St., New York. 
J.M.THORBURN&COS 
SEED WAREHOUSE 
IS JOHN ST, NEW-YORK. 
NEW DEPARTURE. 
At the solicitation of many of our friends, wn 
this season publish our Calnlugue ol Vege¬ 
table, Agricultural, Flower ami Tree 
Heed*. together with nil the Novel tie* oi 
tlie Henson, under one Cover, tree to nil on 
application by mall. 
SEED 3 . B U LBS. SEEDS. 
TEAS REDUCED 
OUR TERMS ARE THE BEST. 
Send for our New Reduced Price List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TKA COMPANY, 
P. O. Box 5M3. 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
