AFR3L 20 
THE R 
ER. 
254 
THE MODERN CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 
To be Withdrawn the 1st of July. 
How to Secure an Elegant Time-piece without 
Cost and with very little Trouble. 
THE OFFER ALL THAT IT WAS R EPRESENTED AND MORE. 
The Cricket for T wo N ew Subscribers. 
IT COMBINES THE BEST FEATURES OF BOTH CLOCK AND WATCH, 
And May be Carried from Place to Place in a Trunk or Valise, 
Wo want the Rural Cricket Clock in the Home of Every Subscriber. 
THE MOST BRILLIANT OFFER M ADE BY ANY JOURNAL. 
To judge by its appearance many who have not seen it before, estimate its value to be ten dollars. 
We have been enabled, through the facilities afforded by our Experimental Farm (owned and 
operated exclusively for the benefit of Rural readers) to make a Free Gift to our subscribers of a 
collection of rare and valuable flower seeds which have been enthusiastioally received ; and this 
gift ou & still more liberal scale, will be repeated during the present year. Meantime, the Rural 
itself has been enriched in all its departments, by contributions from the best writers and life¬ 
like illustrations, demonstrating that onr enterprise has not been at the expense of the paper. 
ECLIPSES EVERYTHING! 
Ihe * Rural Cricket is inclosed in a beautiful circular metallic case of a single piece, and there¬ 
fore without a seam, which is nickel-plated. The face of the clock is white and has a “second” 
diiil as in watches. The works are securely inclosed so that no dust can penetrate and harm their 
movement. It is like a stem-winding watch, in that it requires. 
and the hands are regulated without being touched. It runs thirty hours, is & chronometer-balance 
lever, jeweled, and it is guaranteed to keep as accurate time as the best watch. 
IT RUNS IN ANY POSITION, 
on its face, on its back, standing up, lying down, ou its side, in short, in any position. 
SIMPLICITY 7- , ELEGANCE, DURABILITY". 
It may be secured without any more effort than is requirod to tell its merits to a friend or so, and 
a sample clock will enable anybody so inclined to dispose of hundreds in a week. 
ITEr~ Florists amt Market Gardeners aup- 
iilied with the most Reliable Reed. 
Choice Seeds 
tivo list of the rarost ns 
well as the novelties In 
both Flower and Vegeta- 
Ormninlfu aeei1 - sent on re- 
opuldliy. ™ TflRSK 
Address. 
CURTIS, COBB & WASHBURN, 
65 Tremont Sst., Boston. 
FOREST ST “ RY 
DfiCkl? PLANTS. 
IfUdE I NOW READY, 
This is the largest, most, uniform, healthiest, most 
productive bearer yet kuorrn in the world. 
Send for Catalogues. 1, 2 ,3, t. LEO WELTZ, 
Nurseryman, Wilmington, O. 
NEW & BARE ROSES. 
"sV «rmrijfr-. A We offer from our list of 
.'"k.over .500 varieties of Hoses. 
FIRST. 
Two New Subscribers 
secure the clock! The lowest price or the Rural New Yobker, except in clubs, is $2.50. There¬ 
fore upon tko receipt of $5.00 and two names the sender is entitled to One “ Rural Cricket.” 
SECOND. 
We will send the Rural New Yorker for oue year and the Cricket Clock to any one upon the re¬ 
ceipt of $3.60. 
_ RURAL NEW- YOR KER, 78 Duan e St., N. Y. 
WHAT THEY SAY OF IT. 1 “eceived the “ Cricket” Clock. I wound 
- it up and it commenced with a speed which 
SIXTH WEEK. 1 never Baw equaled. It beat the Irishman’s 
■ watch which he boasted bad beaten the big 
The Rural Oricket to be Withdrawn, posi- town clock two houra >° half a day. The regu- 
tively, the 1st of July, lator had no effect ou it, and at last, after run- 
. 1 - ning about 12 hours, it got mad and stopped. 
The mosWhiberal and Valuable Present ever I was going to the village where a mau Is noted 
before offered by any Journal. for making all time-pieces travel with bis regu- 
- lator. He took it to pieces, found out the 
AL ARE PLEASED AND THE RURAL IS HAPPY ! trouble, and now it is keeping true time. I like 
.. .tt i . , , , it and would not part with it. d. m. o. b. 
We have received several premiums from Mansi!eld rent™ conn 
n her nnonra lmt Mansfield Cenit 6, COBH. 
“ We have received several premiums from 
other papers, but never before one worth as 
much as it was set forth to bo worth.” 
A7 We offer from our list, of 
over .500 varieties of Hoses. 
Well prawn plant < from Pols 
or Field Culture. Onu-vear 
/■> faV t Plants. Hy. Perp., our selec- 
‘YEM/ Ron, at $3 per do*., $20 per too. 
Teas u ml Chinn, ?2.,50 per do?.. 
e v, NV ..Jr- \ fill per 100. Young plants per 
•• if mail. ?l per dr,*., fs per loo. 
w *y Also the rarest ami choicest 
1 Evergreen ami Ornamental 
Trees and Shrubs of all vari¬ 
eties for planting in Lawn, Yards, etc. 
MILLER t& HAYES. 
Mount aibv, philade).phxa, pa. 
S EED CORN.-EARLY CHINESE - 156 
bushels shelled per acre. Ears Id to 20 inches 
long. Send $1 a quart or $3 a pock. 
Address C. WADE, Hattie Creek, Mtch. 
G .ARPENERSJ-DO YOU WANT TO RAISE 
vegetables from two to four weeks earlier? Use 
Soluble Transplanting Pots! For parUculars, bow 
to make them. etc., address, with stamp, 
TCISCO GREINER. Naples, N. Y. 
M A 1 C I of Japanese Persimmon 
8miPls Su fl A new and delicious Fruit. 
Specialties : Magnolias, Japanese Mnplee, 
Rhododendrons, Hardy mid Chinese Aznlras, 
Roses and Camellia*. 
„*AVi*r. An immense collection of 
Ai'.\’V'iuH Fruits and Ormi men tit I 
iaW'ii.GjKviti Tree* and Shrub*. All 
THE VERY LATEST 
NOVELTIES. Price-List 
FltKK.^ Descriptive t'aia- 
^ PARSONS & SONS CO. 
• Ki«?enn Niin»ri»«, Klurlln?, N. Y. 
SEEDS. 
Garden, Flower & Field Seeds, 
Reliable, fresh and pure, at reasonable prices. 
(Established 1339.) 
STAIR & KENDEL, 
Cleveland Seed Store, Cleveland, Ohio. 
THE DINGEE&G0NARD CO’S 
beauti ful ever- iti,oom« 
.Wjp Annual Cataloffut of Vegetable and 
FlairirffttA for 1878, rich in engravings, will be 
sent FREE to all who apply. Customers of last sea¬ 
son need not write for it. I offer one of the largest 
collections of vegetable seed ever sent, out by any 
seed bouse in America, u large portion of which 
wore grown on my six sood farms. Printed, direc¬ 
tions fur cultivation an each jnteluujf. All seed war¬ 
ranted to be both fresh and D ue to name; so tur, that 
should It prove otherwise I Will refill the order gratis. 
AVu> f’etfelohlrs a Specialty. As the original 
Introducer of tile Hubbard ftquii'h, Pbinnoy’s Melon, 
Marblehead Cabbages, Mexican Corn, I offer several 
new vegetables this season, aud invite Hie patron¬ 
age Of a'l whn arc anxious to have their seed directly 
from tln grrewcr, fresh, true, and of the. v»ru best strain. 
JAMES j. H- GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
I 0VI3S Of RARE FLOWERS, It wi II astonish & please 
J Free to address. Elms Bros., Kruno, N. H. 
rriHE MILFORD BASKET CO. are now pre- 
JL pared to furnish (at Reduced Prices) the Square 
Verbena Basket, Quart, Pint and W Quart Berry 
Basket, with or without crates. -*end for price lift. 
MILFORD BASKET CO., Milford. Del. 
JOHN SAUL S 
Catalogue of New, Rare and 
Beautiful Plants, 
will he ready in February, with a colored plate. Many 
new and beautiful Plants are offered for the first 
time, with a rich collection of Ureon-lriuse and Hot¬ 
house Plants; Bedding Plants; new uad choice 
Boses; Dahlias. Welt grown and at low prices. 
Free to all my customers, to others 10 cts.—a plain 
copy free. 
JOHN SAUL, Washington I). C. 
PiSWlItttWtfttiSl* 
The Science of Life: 
OIt, J*ELF-PRESERVATION. 
Two hundredth cd tion. revised aud enlarged, Just 
published. It Is rt standard medical work, the best 
in the English language, written by a physician of 
great experience, to whom was awarded a' gold and 
leweled medal by th i National Medical Assuolation. 
It contain* beautiful and very expensive Heel plate 
engravings, and more than 30 valuable prescriptions 
for all tortus of prevailing diseases, the result of 
many years of extensive and successful practice. 
.JU0 pages, bound in French cloth : price only $1, sent 
by mall. The London Lancet saysNu person 
should be without this valuable boob. The author 
is a noble benefactor.” An illustratod sample sent 
to all on receipt of 0 cent s lor postage. Address Dlt. 
W. II. P.\ RKER, 1 Bnltincli St., Boston. The author 
may bp consulted on. all diseases requiring ?k(ll and 
experience. 
OTIPPPUPHCI ff '' m N^VOrS DEBITITY 
U11 P P n li Pi IsM •earn of a certain and 
T .Tm-o , speedy remedy, .tree. Address 
Dr. JAQULS & CO., ESI >y. Ctb 3t., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
OP! FASHIONABLE CARDS, no 2 alike, with name. 10c., 
post-paid. OKU, I. KEEP & CO., Nassau, N.Y. 
2;i F, "1 Cards, l(lc. 20CoiutuDevll do.,l3e. aOTranspa- 
u rent, 18c. Ontflt Ule. Seavy Bros., Northford, Ct. 
rr i t Large Mixed Cards, with name, 13e.; 25 no two 
* * ’ a"ke, 10c. 1. TKRPFNLNG, CoMesklU. N. Y. 
I*A BEST (ARDS, no 2 alike, printed in Crim- 
*-» W SOU or.Tet.I3c. C intnn Urns Pint,,.,rill., et 
“ Cricket” clock at baud. It is a pretty little 
affair aud ticks away as if it meant business. 
Rolling Prairie, Wla. l. l. k. 
I have receit r ed the “ Cricket ” all right, aud 
am very much pleased with it. I set it going 
with my my old clock and it has not varied oue 
minute in a week. b. m, s. 
Lodi, Wis., April 1,1878. 
I thank you—wo are pleased with the clock. 
I will try and got new subscribers in tbo future 
to uiy best ability iu return. Respectfully 
yours, Mrs. L. J. 
Bethlehem, Conn., April 8, isra. 
Tue Clock came promptly, safe and sure, aud 
a capital thing it is. We are very much pleased 
indeed with it. It is nicer than we anticipated. 
I bait** regulated it to run with a freight aud 
pcYiduluru clock precisely. Please accept our 
many thanks for the beautiful present, for the 
Rural itself is well worth the full amount seut 
to you- r. s. s. 
Lltchtleid, Conn., April Sib, ists. 
The “ Cricket Clock " arrived safely by ex¬ 
press a few days ago, and is an excellent tin u- 
keeper aud quite a novelty: am well pleased with 
it aud your paper. I am free to s.ay they are all 
yon claim, and are well worth the money. 1 
consider the “Rural New Yorker” the best 
weskly paper published ou Agriculture in the 
Umted tStates. “ ado 
Keys, N. C., April S, 1BT8. 
Dear Sir :—From the premiums I liavo re¬ 
ceived from l ho Rural. 1 had reason to expect 
the * Cricket ” Clock to be everything it is rep¬ 
resented to be, but I oonfess I whb agreeably 
surprised when I saw it. It was received a week 
ago by onei of my children who let it fall upon & 
hard board floor. It seems to have sustained no 
injury whatever—not even a clout in its solid 
nickel frame and it has ever since been keeping 
perfect time. It is certainly a thing of beauty. 
Next week I expect to get another from vou. 
Carson City, Nev. j. b. d. 
Gents— “ Cricket” arrived all safe to-day. 
All who have seen it say it is just splendid. It 
has been going four days aud keeps absolutely 
good time ; a perfoct gem in overy rejpeot. It 
now adorus the dining-room mantel. Tlease 
accept my sincere thanks for same. j. e. s 
Morrlsanla, N. Y. f April 10 ,1873, 
N.C.—My brother who has just arrived from 
Mt. Vernon pronouuced it a regular- beauty. For 
the next five minutes I was busy auswering ques¬ 
tions ho asked in regard to it’ I need uot say 
that I gave him full instructions ; he intends to 
try and get one. j. E . 8 . 
Dear Sirs : — Your splendid premium — or 
gift I prefer to call it—was received last evening. 
This is my seeoud “ Cricketthe first (which I 
haven’t thanked you for yet) I disposed of after 
I bad had it about ton days, for $2 50. I Lave 
bad an offer for this one already but aha!! not 
sell it until I am sure of getting another. Every 
one wants the Kohal, aud they say it is hard to 
get along without it, but money is so scarce in 
this section ! I can get several half-yearly sub¬ 
scribers who do not feel like laying out more 
money just now. If I send you four names at 
$1.80 for six mouths each, will that entitle me 
to a “ Cricket” clock the same as two yearly at 
$2.50 each ? Mbs. A. M. 
Selma, Ala. 
(Yes. Eds.] 
Although I am rat ber late in acknowledging 
the receipt of the “ Cricket ” sent me, it was not 
the less appreciated. It came safely, and wo 
return many thanks for it. 1 kept it a few days 
only, but in that time I round it such a pleasaiit 
little visitor my generosity nearly forsook me 
wbeu it came time to part with ir. 'l hope some¬ 
time I may ohtaiu one for myself. My nmchin- 
est brother had to see the inside of it, of course, 
and I believe he was quite satisfied with his ex¬ 
amination, finding tbo works all they arc repre¬ 
sented to be, He and his wife were much 
pleased with it. I think it well worth its price. 
All the young Rural readers should have one. 
Placed on a bracket they could not have a pret¬ 
tier or more useful ornament. m. e. i*. 
New London, Ohio, April 9,1878. 
a ■-- ’ - A ’• * ““‘Q'. j 11 'iitvru iu < riill- 
sou or Jet, 13o. Clinton Bros.,Chntonvill«, Ct. 
0/1 Mixed Cards. Snowflake. Damask, Ac., do 2alike 
OK/ with name, 10c. j. M iukler A Co . Nassau, N. Y. 
25 styles, 10c.. 01 10 Chrome Cards, 10c., 
Li*y with name. .T. K. UUSTRD. Nassau, N. Y. 
Pf A Best Mixed Cards, with name, in case. 13c., or 25 
*J AJ no2allkelUc. Outfit 10c. Dowd A- Co., Bristol,Ct 
Rose-Growers, West Grove, Chester Oo., Pa. 
Evergreen * for lawns . Cemeteries , atut 
Ornamental Q-routulS. 
mm 
Norway Spruce, S to 
4 feet high, strong and 
bushy, for shelter belts 
at very low rates by 
the ear load. Also the 
largest stock of Nur¬ 
sery grown Evergreen 
and Forest Tree Seed- 
Lings iu America. Ev- 
jj£ ergreeu seeds. Send 
for Catalogue. Rob’t 
Douglas & Sons, 
Waukegan, HL 
ROOT’S EE ™ S LE 
Send for MANUAL for 1878 . 
*'Fresh, practical and sensible.”— Am. .Igrlcun’s!. 
Address J. B. ROOT. Rockford, III. 
A WONDKDlFIJL NEW IU 8 PBEERY.- 
Tbe Navr Rochelle produo's 500 Bushels to the 
acre; 12 plants will produce two Bushels. I.COfl.000 
Strawberry plants. Crescent ^ecdlinc and Great, 
American, per ilo/,. Send for Catalogue. 5V. S. 
CAR PE NT Kit \ SON, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
SPLENDID OVER a 
lUal estate. 
TT7 VATT a FARM or HOME, 
I h I III I with independence and plenty 
* V V In your old age, 
“The Rest Thing iu the West ” 
— IS THE — 
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. 
LANDSIN KANSAS . 
11 Tears’ credit, with J per cent, interest. 
33H' PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR CASH. 
Fare oyer A., T. & s. F. R. R. refunded to purchas¬ 
ers of Land. 
Circulars, giving full information, sent FREE. 
Address A. S. JOHNSON, 
Acting Land Commissioner. Topeka. Kas. 
7? A D1M0 !" tl10 t ,est P ;lrt MARUAKD at great 
B A ti ll it ‘torgttins. For catalogue and prices ad- 
1 1HUIBJ dress Mancha ,<t Oibson.Centreville.Md. 
SPLENDID OVER k 
FLOWERS” 
All SirimK Plants, each labeled and delivered safely Q 
by mail, l.nrgcst tt-sma incut. Low prices. J 
We have been m business 2 1 yo u rs. and g uan intes fl 
satisfaction. Our stock of ^5 E 1 Ci E 
comprises alt desirable rurte-f^, Lb O u 
ties, and couhiins none bat mature plnitts. We sendB 
purchaser's choice of G icir S 1. or 13 for s?. OurS 
new Illustrated Hani-BooU, sent free, contains name 5 
and description of each plant,with instructions howl 
toeultivatesuccessfully. Hoorns, Bbo. Jt Thomas,I 
Cherry Him, Nurseries, Wf.st Chfsteu. Pa. I 
Rlfl P \ V to sell onr Rubber Printing Stamps. Sam- 
um i a I piesirec Taylor. Btos. St Co., Cleveland,O. 
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I..VK. Agents wanted. Bn sl- 
Jr a k I W ness legitimate. I’artieular* free. 
UmV V V Ad,1re;i J WOBTU i CO., St Eouu, H»._ 
xw a r.fy. /n, Sulstry. 8alt*nirn *autcU 10 .*oltour 
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XiX n Is 8 3 1 Kvpeneeepcd. I'-niiaaenieraploy- 
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4 nih « know n world, Attnpls RnfcA Free tc 
W-dgcn/je. Addreoi, A. Cul ei rb & Co., Chicago 
Tlie ilest Paper, and the Best Premiums to 
Agents, is our motto. We ignore Chromos and nil 
other cheap colored pictures, preferring to put our 
money 4ft the paper and in Premiums to Agents 
