JULY 20 
r HE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
4@7 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
fmplmjeirtisi ami Padtimnj 
gwyUmcntff aad padtittfry. 
THE OLD. RELIABLE 
(£ durational 
ELASTIC 
GALVANIZED GABLE STRAND 
For Fencing. 
PROOF AGAINST CATTLE, FIRE AND RUST. 
HANDSOME AND DURABLE. 
f PHILIP 8 . JUSTICE, 
U North Fifth St., Philadelphia. 
ST. MARY’S ACADEMY. 
Notre Same, lad. 
Under the Direction of the Sisters of Holy- 
Cross, 
The course of studies is thorough in the Classical, 
Academical and Preparatory Departmeat. Xo extra 
chars?) for French or Or rerun, ihoee im miagrr enter 
into lh? rmutnr course uj utility. The Ml'SicAI. Ue- 
partmkn p la eondoct^jd en trie plan of the >«it Con- 
servntotles of Europe. In the A HT OgPARTMFNT, 
the same principles which form t.he basis for Instruc¬ 
tion In the (treat Art Senool* of Europe are embed- 
iedin the course of I > hawing- and Painting. Pu¬ 
pils lu the Schools of Painliug and Mmtic tnuT purine 
a special course. Those w o have passed creditably 
throuah the Academic and Classical course receive 
the Ontloatliut Gold Mcdul ot the D> partratnts. 
Graduation medals arc awarded to students who 
have pursued a special course In the Conservatory 
of w uslc or in the A rt. Department. Gold Medal for 
German, presented by Bt Rev Bp. Dwenflor. Fori 
Wavnp. Cold Medal for Domestic Economy. pre¬ 
sented hy Rt. It.ev. Dp. Gllreour, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Gold Medal for trench, pros,oted by Very Rev. E. 
Sprln, Ship. General of the Order Of Holy Crops Gold 
Meoal for Painting and Orawimr, presented by Dr. 
Toner, Wnslilngto , D. C Gold Medal for Christian 
Doctrlre, presented by Mrs. M. Phelan, Lancaster, 
Ohio. Number of Tuuch.us engaged In Preparatory, 
Academical and Classical Departments, 11: Modern 
Languages. 6 ; I»ra»lm/ and Panting. ft; Instru¬ 
mental Music, 1(1; Vncal Music. 3; Dress-malting, 
Plain and Fancy Needle-work, ?. 
Stmplicit u of dress enforced hv rule. For Catalogues 
address MOTHER SUPERIOR. 
8 t. Mary’s Aoadomy, Not.e Dame P. O., imlana. 
TAYLOR RAKES 
Five Different Styles, including 1 Foot, 
Hand and Self-Dump. 
rui, Gnanes dames, died, aged 37 years. 
Washington, George, died, aged 07 years. 
Mary, Queen of Scotts, died, aged 45 years. 
Thomas Nast and family sailed for Europe 
Tuesday. 
Liberal journals in England call the Premier 
Czar Benjamin. 
Brigham Young’s heirs have settled the will 
case, and got $ 21,000 each. 
Bob Ingersoll made $ 30,000 jut of his pagan,and 
generally red-hot lectures. 
Senator Withers is stumping through the North 
Intent upon attracting settlers to Virginia. 
Senator Sharon Is said to be the possessor of 
the comfortable little fortune of $ 20 , 000 , 000 . 
William H. Vanderbilt is said to control rail¬ 
road and telegraph companies having a capital of 
$233,070,479. 
Senator Burnside was seriously Injured at his 
summer home at Bristol R. I., on Saturday, by a 
window falling on him. 
Commissioner of Agriculture Le Due Is at 
Ithaca to Inspect matters In connection with the 
Cornell U nlverslty farm. 
Minister Turner from Liberia, pronounces the 
scheme ot colonizing Liberia with colored emi¬ 
grants a shameless fraud. 
B. J. Roblnson-Smlth offers a reward of $5 for 
the best treatise on “ How to Make Out-door Life 
Attractive to the MusQulto.” 
The Emperor cf BrazU Is going to Paris for the 
Exhibition, and has engaged for July the rooms 
In the Grand Hotel now occupied by the Shah of 
Persia. 
Dr. Mary Walker Is well enough to be out again 
dressed In a new gray Knickerbocker plaid, boots, 
pantaloons, long tall coat, tall Bilk hat, and white 
cotton gloves. 
Elder Orson Pratt, the Salt Lake Mormon, pre¬ 
dicts the early destruction of the earth by tire; 
and yet we predict that coal will be as dear as 
Taylor’s Self-Dumping Rake (No 4) has been great¬ 
ly inproved for 1878. Till* Knlie made a great suc¬ 
cess last season, anil is now the best Self-Dump Rake 
In the market. 
These are the only Rakes ever offered the farming 
community that have proved a Complete Success, In 
all klnes of Bakings, in the United Suites. Canadas, 
British America, and in Eutopeand Australia. 
Illustrated and Descriptive ClrcuDrs free. Ad¬ 
dress II. C- TA \ LOK, Dayton, Ohio. 
1 PL MUSK’ OilCl attheNeW£NQlAHO 
JL & KM Lesson* for '*'*■ v Conservatory, 
Music Hall; the largest music school In 
the world, Open ail ihe year. 75 eminent pr< feas¬ 
ors. 18,000 s'udents since 1867. Situations secured 
for its graduates For prospectus, address 
K. TOtTRJEE, Music Hall, Boston. 
Matthews’ Garden Seed Drill 
MaUbewt’ Hand Cultivator, 
Mimhrwa’ Drill ifc Cul- _ > 
tlvnror combined, surpass 
all others. Sand for CircuIarffS^^jSs^ 
befOTe you buy. \\CZ?“3*SssJJ 
Manufactured only by “L 
EVhltETT A SHALL, 
Boston. Man*. 
TJeinantity Is regulated with gear-wheels In a 
C.ONR, so there are no loose wheels or movable 
rood era, and it will sow any grain perfectly and ac¬ 
curately. 
It has the best Spring Hoe, and everv Drill has a 
Force-I eed Grass-Seeder, Patent Shifter 
and Surveyor tree. 
IUtutratpa Catalogues, with description, prices and 
a Full Centennial Report sent on application. 
Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. Address 
stating where you Haw this notice. 
FARMERS FRIEND MANITF’G CO., 
ffl DAYTON OHIO. 
lasell 
Boston privileges with delightful suburban home. 
Special care of health, manners and morals of grow- 
Ingglris. Unusual advantages In Music. Elocuiion, 
&c. Send for Catalogue. C. C. BRAGDON, Principal. 
DOWN WITH HIGH PAICAi 
IPigrcItatteottiS, 
THRESHER AND CLEANER 
Farmers and Gnrdencrg 
LOOK TO YuCR INTERESTS! 
THE VITAT1VE COMPOUND 
Or Seed and Plant Invigorator. 
The greatest discovery of its kind of modern times, 
for increasing the vital force and early maturity of 
Seeds aud Plants. PaHmted April 21.1874. 
Early Maturity, Sure Crops, large Yields, and 
DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. 
Guano or Plaster.at a fraction of their 
cost. Thu Compound is applied directly to the sepd 
The Ertel Economy One Horse Hay, Straw and 
Moss Press—the World’s Favorite—is the most dur.i- 
ble, the handsomest working, tin* easiest in draught, 
the llghest In weight, and lowest In price ; 10 tons of 
Rb Huy will load lu nnv nilload box cur. These 
Sr e 5^ 8 . are IhUyaold. REGARDLESS OF JEAL¬ 
OUSY shown by Eastern monopolies. The Title of 
this Press hi guaranteed to all 
Above is warranted or no sale. Address 
o. . ... „ GEO. ERTEL. 
Patentee and Manufacturer, QriNOY, Ills. 
This Machine run* iv per cent. Lighter than any 
*' r “J}SW 55 , 9 k "* ni ' r ,n 1)1,1 market, and does 
MORE and BLflEH work with tne same amount of 
power. The sizes are tri m a 22-lneh cylinder tor a 
One-Horse Railway Power to a :w inch cylinder for 
a Six-Horse Lever Power. Write you' name. Post- 
Offlee, County and mate, plain .and nddrees 
ALBANY AGhl. ULlY’HAI. WORKS, 
O. U. P. COKSItl, Proprietor. Albany, N\ Y. 
B.W, Payne & Sons, Corning,N.Y. 
rtf*, a O Established In 1310. 
rf£bt. Eureka Safety Power 
MEDAL MACHINES 
p. cyl. ht. space, wt. price. 
3_ 3t$ 4 48in 40x25 900 $150 
4 4x6 66 46x30 1600 "250 
0 5x7 72 72x42 2700 *400 
Sew York State Agricultural Works. 
Afs«, SPAES A22E3TIN3P02T- 
ABLES.and Stationary Engines for 
Plantations. Send for Circulars 
C J.ENK.wEE VALLEY FARMS FOR SALE. 
K Sumeoi thetmest residences in the Valley, near 
K. R. Inquire soon vi JOHN SHELDoN, upon the 
premises, at Moscow, Livingston Co.. N r. 
Please state where you saw this, 
OTTft'CPDFDO frr,m NE R v 'OUS DEBITITY. 
ul r P Pi n Pi im etc< can •earn of a certain and 
D. u 7 aqUe‘“co U A8T.«$g6a,^fffllg 
«|V 0 lVIB.FBKja 5 !W^i^ 
J.Bowb A SO>,136and 138 Wood 8t-. Pittsburgh,Pa. 
at Portland with three sons, two daughters, aud 
twenty-two grandchildren. It Is entirely proper 
to say that Mra. Clifford was there also. 
The ex-Confederace Major-General narry Ileth 
has been appointed a special agent of the Treas¬ 
ury Department. He was a West Point contem¬ 
porary ot Hancock and Burnside, and commanded 
a division of tbe Army of Northern Virginia. 
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia is mak¬ 
ing preparations fora vigorous canvass of his dis¬ 
trict. He has purchased a carriage and pair of 
horses and within the next ninety days proposes 
to visit every county In his district, some of which 
he has not visited for many years. 
General Rosecrans, who has just returned to 
San Francisco from a two months’ exploring ex¬ 
pedition through Arizona and Northern Mexico, 
thinks that instead of righting with Mexico, we 
should proceed to build up the vast commerce 
with our sister republic, which we can easily do. 
Walt Whitman, for the good of hta now weak 
and paralytic frame, treats himself to protracted 
sun-baths and rubbing. The gray old gentle¬ 
man seems to have been awakened into unusual 
sprightliness by the death of his friend Bryant, 
and has written some rich bits or prose about 
him. 
Kx-8ecretary Chandler Is something of a nabob, 
at his home in Detroit. On every fair evening he 
drives out In state with two footmen and a coach¬ 
man. His usual tornoutls aclosecarriage, drawn 
by an enormous pair of I’ercherons, the weight of 
tt-.i V' v •■“■I ii^uT norso rower 
T i*hnL h J ;VS Cleaners, Thm-her* and 
**ullers. Feed Vat- 
**£?: uf h ? ei Bakes. Horae 
Pitchfork*, rah Ingle Machine*, 
straw Preserving Ity,- 1 hr<-*h- 
e J 1 "* Po, '*nb , e r*tea'n-E"giues, 
Cider anil Wine MtlU and 
Presses, Ooc and Pony 
Powers, E|c., Etc. 
WHEEIiER <St 3VIELICK CO 
ALBANY, N. Y. 
trhu n<1 8tamp for CUeular and report of Centenni 
Maokie’s Illustrated Catalogue ! 10,060 New Son 
and Piano Pieces! Wholesale aid Retail prices 
Plan os, Organs, Htools, Covers, and >ma 
Musical lu»i rumenls. Birinas, Ac., mailed 
any address on receipt .if 3o stamp. 
H. b. MACKIK, Manut'r and Publisher, 
Rochester. N. Y., U. 3, A. 
For One, Two and Three Horses 
MACHINES FOR. 
Threshing and Cleaning Grain 
and Sawing Wood. 
Patented, Manufactured and Sold by 
A. W. GRAY’S 8ON8, 
Middletown Springs, Vt. 
CURED WITH¬ 
OUT THE KNIFE 
OR Pj_*N, and posi¬ 
tively guaranteed, by Prof. 
J. M. Counts, 315 Lex’n 
Av..N. Y. Book sent ft«eL 
THEDINGEE&CONAi. H 
be autiful ever-bmion: 
ROSE? 
we deliTerStron* l»ot Ro*4'^-. i -j in 
BIG PAY t 9 se)) our Rubber Printing Stamps. Sam- 
u rai pi eg f ret , Taylor. Bros A Co., Cleveland,O, 
The machines with the improvements are the re¬ 
sult of more than thirty years' careful study and 
experiment. 
The Drciprletors arj the Inventors, ever have been 
and still are the sole manufacturers. 
We have labored 1 from the first lo produce machines 
... h “ durable, tasty, compact, portable, and 
that will ruu with the least uossible friction, 
Wo believe that w« manufacture the host machine 
of the kind In the ounwy 
; a “ c),) f>u'‘ have never failed to receive the 
highest award at all competitive exhibitions. 
Circulars aud Price Usts free. Address us above. 
900.000 ier«, t»k*n la fnu; 
_ . „ rmvaibi hr S5.000 pcop.& 
Good oilman.. soil, waior. ao4 tmilillo? stone. rio.l *oo4 ,0 
ciety. Addreas, 8. J. Gilmonp-, Luo4 Com e. Saliua, Kauiap, 
Q.Fi Styles of i’nrd*. J Or., or 10 Cbromo Cards. 10.. 
with name- Oaf It 10c. .1 B. Iluested, Nassau.N.T 
Ql \ Mixed Cards. Snowtiake, Damask. Ac.. no3altka 
O V with name. 10c. J. Mitmler dtCo , Nassau, N.Y. 
JE«ta.1>lisliotl 1845. 
-WOODEN PUMPS- 
The Best is Always the Cheapest. 
MADE FROM MICHIGAN WHITE PINE. 
\VTiolesale and Retail. 
-WOODEN WATER PIPE- 
Always on hand and made to orxicr. 
Also, Chain Pump Tubinif and the Rubber Bucket 
Pumps. Send for Circulars. 
II. If. BA BCOCK A SONS. Watertown, N. Y. 
A L DEN’S IMPROVED KVaPORATOR 
ttiul Fruit Prea^rvinK Prooeaae**. Addres* 
PRKB’G OO. t m Chumbcrs St., N. Y. 
JSiotis and foulltj) 
HIGH-CLASS POULTRY. 
f for A etc Practical. Valuable Circular 
GEO. S. JOSSEI-YN. Fredonia. S. V. 
FASHIONABLE CAROS, no 2 alike, with name, 10c., 
P'-'st -paid- ©ISO. L HEED A CO., Nassau. N.Y. 
Best Mtxed Cards, with name, in case, 13c„ or 2s 
no2alikeldc. Ouifli 10e. Dowd & Co., Bristol,Ct 
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I A MONTH.—Agents wanted, 30 best 
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Address JAY BRONSON. Detroit, Mich. 
gw publications 
The farmers’ Favorite 
CIDER MILL. 
Goto PLATE I» WATCH E8. Cheapest 
jn ih ' known world. Sample Watch Free to 
Liffent*. Address, A. Coultks & Co., Chicago. 
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Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements of all 
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1 1 Is a mistake xo suppose that any depart¬ 
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ther words, to mention the paper, 
Portable Farm Engines 
_ __Using Patent Angular Driving Belt. 
Westminster, Md., U. 8. A. 
Qr U. 8. Section, Agl Dept.,Paris Exposition, France. 
