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THE RURAL HEW-YORKER 
SEPT. 24 
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TERMS FOR 1878 
the subscription price of The Rural New- 
Yorker Is 
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» “ Six Months. 1 25 
Five Copies or more, per Year. 2 00 
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Anyone sending a club of ten Is entitled to one 
copy, one year, free. 
Agents will be supplied with canvassing outfit on 
application. _ 
« Our minstrel boy to the West has gone, 
In the City of Pork you'll ilnd him; 
His classical pearls ho has girded on, 
With his orchestra slung behind him. 
• Gothamites !' said the. irate bard, 
•1 leave thy halls forever: 
My musical steed 1 have ridden npon, 
Bat you would not stand and deliver.' " 
[ if Y. Commercial Advertiser. 
The mosquito, like charity begins to hum. 
A standing choler—that of Gale Hamilton.— 
Rockland Courier. 
“ Can storied urn or animated bust" exceed 
in eloquence, “ No Trust ?” 
Dennis Kearney is rapidly becoming the 
horny jaw-boned son of chin.— Baltimore Ga¬ 
zelle. 
The worst thing about a mosquito is its long 
soliloquy as to where and when it had better 
settle dawn and bite. —New Haven Register. 
Mary had s little iHinp, 
'Twus tilled with kerosene, 
She blew right down the chimney 
And vanished from the scene. 
What ntraitsu.ro the most perilous ? asked the 
Sunday school superintendent, and a little boy 
spoke up promptly, “ whisky straights !” And 
the boy was right.— Gin. Bat. Night. 
A correspondent of a New York daily sug¬ 
gests tho use of donkeys in polo playing instead 
of ponies. We had supposed that donkeys took 
part in the game all along— Turner's Falls Re¬ 
porter. 
Subscriber wrote to a journal to make some 
inquiries abont the next world's fair, whereupon 
the wicked editor replied that he was under the 
impression that the next world wouldn’t have 
any fair. 
“ Speaking of bathing,” says Mrs. Partington, 
" some can bathe with perfect impurity in water 
as cold as Greenland’s icy mountains and India's 
coral strands ; but, for my part, I prefer to have 
the water a little torpid.” 
The Him rises in the east,” explained the 
teacher. “Yes, an’ there’s southiu rises in the 
west, too,” chimed in one of the smaller boys. 
“Well, what Is it?” asked the sohool-ma’am. 
“ Injuns!” shouted the urchin. 
Said an Irishman, in the course of an eloquent 
speech, “ Mr. Chairman, tho gals is tho boys to 
do it.” 
There Is no picnic ant,.however lowly, 
That for a livelihood must toll and beg¬ 
un t lifts the largest man up. grandly, slowly, * 
When It goes browsing up his trouser’s leg. 
There I* no little bee, however humble, 
That gathers summer’s sweets for winter's 
store. 
But has, by prodding with his tiny bumble, 
Made grout men writhe and bowl, and groan 
and swore. 
We mot. a farmer, a day or two ago, who was so 
hard pushed that he was ou his way to pawn his 
hoe. We told him we were sorry to see his 
case so hopeless. “Hopeless!" he exclaimed; 
“far from it! You know the old motto, ‘hoe- 
pawn, hope ever .’”—Yonkers Osteite. 
A magazine writer Hays there is a language of 
the hair. Don't doubt it in the least. At any 
rate, wo have heard of tolerably well authenti¬ 
cated cases whore a single auburn hair on a dark 
coat-collar, could talk plainer than a guide-board, 
and furnish the material for a whole course of 
lectures.— 1 - The Nation. 
An irascible old gentleman who formerly 
held the position of Justice of the Peace, was 
recently accosted iu the street in a manner that 
did not come up to his honor’s idea of the re¬ 
spect due to him. "Young man,” said he, 
“Iline you twenty shillings for contempt of 
court." "Why, Judge," said tho offender 
“you are not in session. “This court," re¬ 
plied the Judge, “is always in session, and 
consequently always an object of contempt," 
Like all Home urchins, a I,iborty-street youth, 
just ready for his first trousers, is familiar with 
Bible history and careful of his playthings. 
The other day he asked his motbor whether 
David, who killed Goliath, had taken good care 
of his playthings. “ Oh, certainly," responded 
the encouraging parent. “ Well, said the am¬ 
bitions youth, “the reason why I asked was, 
I would like to borrow David’s sling, if his folks 
are willing.”— Ron if Sentinel. 
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Sylvia._ “There go Uncle George, and Aunt Mary, ana tne mny i wnat a 
about that Baby, to be Biire!" 
Daisy.—" People always make a fuss about their first-born, and always have over since the 
world began.” 
Sylvia._“ I don’t BuppoBO Adam and Eve made much fuss about Gain. 
Daisy.— “Why not?” 
Sylvia.—“ Well, they’d never seen a Baby before, and must have thought him quite an idiot! 
ST. MARY’S ACADEMY, 
Notre Dame, Ind. 
Direction of the Misters of Holy 
Under the 
Gross- - 
The course of studies Is thorough in the Classical 
Academical and ! J nH>iirntorjf Department. A« extra 
charge* Jar French or Herman, tie those tavguaget etiter 
into the regular course of study. The MEkical De¬ 
partment Is conducted cn the plan of ihe best Con 
Servat oriu* of Europe. Ill the ART DEPARTMENT 
the same principles which form the basis for Instruct 
tlon In tho groat Art honools of Europe are embod 
led in the course of Drawing and Painting. Pu¬ 
pils in the School* of Painting and Music may pursue 
a special course. Those wito have passed creditably 
through thn Academic and Classical course receive 
the Graduating Gold Medal of tho Departments. 
Graduating medals arc awarded to students who 
have pursued a special course In the Conservatory 
of Music or in tho Art Department. Gold Medal for 
German, presented by Kt Rev Bp. Dwongcr. Fort 
Wavnn. Gold Medal for Domestic Economy, pro 
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Oentlemen :All of our customers who nave used 
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pr* SEND FOB CIRCULAR, ETC. _AEl 
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itlvcr. For catalog nos address. . 
PROF. D. S. BABCOCK. 
& TOOLS. THE BEST. THE CHEAPEST. 
Thousands In use. Bend 8 coots for Circular 
to KM PIKE FOHQB CO., COHOKS, N. Y. 
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For the Higher Education of Women. 
Fall Besslon opens Kept. IS, 1678. Entrance Exam¬ 
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particulars may bfl had of the undersigned. 
W. L, DEAN, „ — 
REGISTRAR VABBARCoi l.icon, Poughkeepsie,N. Y. 
The only Wind Mill awarded 
TWO BIEDAIiS 
and 
TWO DIPLOMAS 
by the 
CENTENNIAL JTJDGE8. 
Every machine warranted to 
be well made of good material; 
to do good Work in any kind 
of wind; to bo perfectly nelf- 
regulatlng; to pointed* more 
power and to b« more irelia¬ 
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made. 
Each piece Is fitted and num¬ 
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Special care or health, manner* and morals of grow¬ 
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Ac. Send for Catalogue. C.C. BRAG DON, Principal 
WITH 
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BOOMER A BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
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CIDER PRESERVATIVE. »«u"kbme«t 
keep* Cider *woet,or sparkling and bright. Ii imme¬ 
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where it la wanted. Perfectly h'nnleea unit lantetens. 
and the unpleasant odor of Sulphite of Lime is 
avoided. One package(siiflK’luni ror40gallons)sent 
by malt for 84 ets. Six jmckageh for f I 76 Bend for 
Circular. H. A J. BREWER, Springfield, Mass. 
Scroll Saw. 
The Best and most Practical of 
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(Umplty Cfleet ft, i.itchf ft ten- 
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With adjustable table for Inlay¬ 
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Every machine fully warrant¬ 
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and full particulars. Address 
ft the manufacturers, 
Ui LEWIS BROS., 
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GRAPE VINES 
The very earliest hardy vine* for Immediate bear¬ 
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of the very bn*t Dairymen. It 
gives it perfect June color, and 
)s harmless as salt. A25-cent 
1 bottle colors SJU pounds, and 
C adds ft cents per pound to its 
I value. A*k ymlr Druggist or 
Merchant for It,or send for rte- 
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The Largest and Finest Stock of 
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PEARS, PLUMS k CHERRIES 
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Also 8T.APPI.IC8 GRAPES, Rosies, and all varieties 
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AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE, 
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Photograph* of Horses ana Cattle sent to parties 
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a medicine accredited by physicians, pronounced 
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drugs and uiisancttoneil nostrums. The nation 
at large assuredly think so, Judging by tho un¬ 
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o the Pacino, a demand now supplemented by Im¬ 
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possessions, and elsewhere. Both at homo and 
abroad R Is recognized as a standard remedy and 
preventive, the decisiveness or IW effects recom¬ 
mending It ovury where. 
This I* a combination of 
capitalists to *upplycow- 
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the I 'nite J State» with 
throughout 
PURE TEAH ou the 
mutual principle, by getting up club*. Bend for 
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It grinds all klud* Of grain 
" \ rapidly, and I* adapted to all 
fizI 'H-j- kind* of bOrso-powers. Bend 
y for Descriptive Circular. 
S Will. L. MOYER Ac ItKO., 
2101 Gei niMnt’n Av., Phtla.,Pa. 
Also the celebrated Unton Horse-Power. 
Another Great Reduction 
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New Rochelle. Produoe* 500 bushel* to the acre; 
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by Dealers. Rbvkusiiilu COLLAR Co., Boston, Mas*. 
to sell our Rubber Printing Stamps. Bam 
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