DEC.28 
HE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
83 
PERSONA!* ITEMS. 
Charles Lamb wondered why people made 
such a fuss about children, “ they were so com¬ 
mon.” 
The Baltimore Gazette says Mr. Stephen now 
weighs 9-2 pounds, a Democratic gain ol two 
pounds. 
Senator Jones, ot Nevada, sold 5,soo shares of 
Sierra Nevada stock, during the recent rise, at 
$208 a share, or a total of $1,106,400. 
If George I’. Marsh holds out uutll next March, 
he will have served the country aB Minister to 
Italy seven teen years, and will have drawn for 
his services $ 201 , 000 . 
Victor Hugo Is in Paris with his two grand¬ 
children, George and Jane. Ills location at the 
Avenue d'Eylau Is the rendezvous of literati and 
men of the future. 
Es-Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, baa given 
hts private library to the Historical Society of 
that State, it. contains many valuable historical 
and documentary works. 
Dr. Halley says that the total evaporation 
caused by the rays of the sun on the surface of 
the Mediterranean sea amounts to 52,* 00,000 tons 
of water In one Bummer day. 
Marcus R. Robinson, ex- president of the Amer¬ 
ican Anti-Slavery Society of the West, who pass¬ 
ed an unusually adventurous career Just before 
and during the war, died at Salem, Ohio, on 
Tuesday. 
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous litigant, 
had a claim toelgbty-flve thousand acres of land 
under an old Spanish grant. This claim has been 
considered by the House committee on private 
lands and refused, 
Lord Falmouth, during the English racing sea¬ 
son of 1818, won $193,500. He was unlucky at the 
beginning of his turf career, but his luck changed 
In 1S69, when Kingcraft won several two-year 
old vlotorles. Since then Lord Falmouth’s horses 
have won him about $ 800 , 000 . 
A lady left several thousand pounds as a per¬ 
sonal bequest to Charles Sourgeon. He Inquired 
Into the circumstances of the relatives of the 
donor, and, hading that they were needy, and 
that nothing had been bequeathed to them, di¬ 
vided the legacy among them. 
Gladstone, according to all accounts, la Just in 
the prime of his oratorical powers. He must be 
ranked among the few men who know how to 
make a statement bo dear that none can mistake 
his meaning, however abstruse the subject. It 
Is said that he can state a caso.better than any 
man In England. . 
Lord Chelmsford, who lately died, left less 
money than any Chancellor In the past century. 
It is sad, for the credit of the sex, to have to 
state that it was the remarkable extravagance 
of Lady Chelmsford which kept ills Lordship 
poor. So his real estate was but small, and his 
personal was sworn under $ 210 , 000 . 
Widow Marie Jeanette Bell is still living at 
Kankakee, Illinois. She is one hundred and nine 
years of ago. Sho was born in 1769, the yearot 
Napoleon’s birth, Bhe saw Napoleon, as the 
“Little Corporal,” knew Robespierre, was surged 
in the crowd that witnessed the execution ol 
the sixteenth I.ouls, and remembered when Ma¬ 
rie Antoinette’s blood was split. Old Mother 
Bell measures live Inches less in hlght than she 
did twenty years ago. 
The death of Captain Why to Melville, the nov¬ 
elist, Is announced to a Loodon dispatch dated 
the 6th Inst. He was born near St. Andrews, 
Scotland, In 1821, received a liberal education and 
entered the army in 1S89. He became Captain 
In the Coldstream Guards In 1846 and retired in 
1 & 19 . At the breaking out of the Crimean war, 
however, hu entered the Turkish cavalry and 
scived throughout the war, rendering distin¬ 
guished service. He has contributed quite largely 
to the GctLtlous literature of the day, his works 
having met with very large acceptance In Great 
Britain and the United states. 
Senator McDonald, of Indiana, has recently 
donned a new cloak, which gives him the ap¬ 
pearance of a Roman Senator. It is a toga, 
and he wears It as a Roman must have worn 
his. In the back it reaches below the kneeB, 
and as ho wraps It about him, throwing a cor¬ 
ner over his left shoulder, It adds grerily to 
his always fine appearance. A lady who has 
seen him with It remarked the other day, that 
“It Is so very becoming, other gentlemen of 
his Bplendld physique ought to go and do like¬ 
wise.” The senator haB always been a temper¬ 
ate man In everything, hence ills good health. 
Good, rugged, grand old Thom vs Carlyle l It Is 
refreshing to read amid the mawkish sentimen¬ 
tality of this latter day, such a healthy utter 
ance as this from bl3 Bturdy pen: “ Let waste¬ 
fulness, Idleness and Improvidence take the fate 
which God has appointed them, that their oppe- 
sltes may also have a ohanoe for their fate." As 
It is, our philanthropists try to make us believe 
that the special business or a thrifty mauls not 
in any way to enjoy the fruit of his prudence and 
enterprise, but to shield the shiftless people 
around him from the results ot their own impru¬ 
dence and Improvidence.—J. G, Holland, in Scrib¬ 
ner. 
ami tttarlmuuj. 
“Tif* -AqairtaT,” a new 
and greatly Improved F;r«« 
Extinguiiher, Gardea Engine, 
Window nud CftirUire Wei her. 
lector litmt lnocu, etc#, for 
»Urt»0|f AqoeducU. a«u! r*rlr 
ou» um wfitelimdily iiiirxvtt 
thfirutiviri. No Dwelling, 
^ Factory, Rjitlnxul Station or 
v Wooden Rjuirvnd Bridge of 
VUdurt thould be without one thcee TtlQftbjf article*. Weight, with 
hoitkS lb*,; throwi wMer 60 ietU Price, t?.u0 each, »ent by ntprr*i f 
C.O.D. Alanulectured by W. A B. DOUGLAS, Middletown, Cl., the 
oldest and most ex tensive' manufacturers of Pump* In the world. Waned 
Warehouse*, W and 67 Jobu St., New York ) w Like St^ Chicago, 111. 
gmptmjetttsf ami paclUnevy. 
£mpUmewtiS ami paritimrtj. 
£ttU, llante, dc. 
w Itri Improvoment* ro 
cenily tuadula unequal- 
ed ai a neighborhood 
mill. It ran be Too by 
either ateum or water 
power anal* especially 
Adapted to th« engine* 
used for threshing 
ra-ic? rm dRtii>»i 
LK.O€Dtft»CK*O0 I 
AUSMVC 
KT. 
so dales pjiu wee-'— * iv— *•- , -— 
Sola on trial snd gnnranterdcheaper, nt Us price, 
than nny other flay press ns a gift or no sale. Don't be 
swindled by irresponsible manufacturers of Infringing 
machines, ns the purchaser Is liable. It costs no morr 
for a good press than an Inferior or worthless one. 
Vddresa, P. K. DEDEBICK A CO., Albany. N. Y 
II makes smooth mid even lumber, leaves no stububot* 
sud Willem any sized log np to Too- fee tin diameter. It m»y 
be transported from nn-lueiiliij to another am, re-erected ready 
forsawlueia from tw; to three days, andean bem.deptoflt- 
rtMeln 1 oralllifi where [here la not ^oftlclent timber to Justify 
the erection of a Itrzc mill. Send for descriptive circular, price, 
etc., to CHANDLER A TAYLOR. Indianapolis. lad. 
Mill Manufactory 
Established 1851. 
Orifit Iklillw 
OF 
FRFSCH Ri nnSTOFE 
Portable Mill] fur Faimvc*, 
Paw Mi 1 1 Owner*, ftc. Price 
from $80 up, Complete Mill 
And Sheller $90. A buy caii 
grid ad<1 keep In order. 
Adapted to ary kind of mil ta¬ 
ble (>ower. Complete Flouring 
and Corn Mill very cheap. 
ITCmsS It MABIiOM C3. 
Indianapolis. Xnd. 
Tlio Homo Knitter! 
The most complete Fatally Knitting Machine ever 
Invented. Something entirely new in form. c->n- 
srruction and method of oporat on. Retail price 
$25. Send tor Descriptive Circular*. Agents wanted 
everywhere. HOME KNITTER CO., Canton, O. 
POUTABLK STEAM ENGINES 
With Automatic Cut-off. 
, No Commissions to Agents. 
Bottom Priocs to Purchasers. 
SEND FOB CATALOGUE. 
ARMINGTON & SIMS 
A. St S. were lately with 
THE J. C. BOADLEr COMP 
IRiiSrtUaueou!*. 
HIGH-CLASS POULTRY. 
Send far Neso Practical, Valuable Circular. 
GEO. 8. JOSSELYN. Fredania. N. V. 
CONVERTIBLE 
FARM FEED MILL. 
The Simplest and Most 
Convenient 
BURR STONE MILL 
in tne world. The best Mill in 
the market Tor grinding Corn, 
Peed, Ac. Send tor Price Lint. 
C. B. OGLESB? Jt CO., 
69 So. CaDai St., Chicago. 
OK MOST BEAUTIFUL CARDS I ever sold, nn 2 alike. 
10o.. post-paid. J. B. HOSTED, Nassau, N.Y. 
fill CHR0M0, PERFUMEO. SROWFIAKE 4 UK CAROS, "id. 
Dtuno 10c, Game Antoura Lyt&*a & Cu,, Cliulonvule, Cl, 
OK of the PRETTIEST CABB$ you ever saw.with name 
£tJ ltlc. postpaid. Geo. I. Reed & Co .Nassau, N.Y. 
fift CHR0M0 A PERFUMED CARDS Lno 3 alikej. Name in 
Gold & Jet, luo. Clinton Bros,, CHmouvtUe, Ct. 
fill PERFUMEO CARDS [no 2 alike], name In Crimson, 
Cold and Jet, 10c. DIME CO., Clintouvllie, Cl. 
THE B0REL& COURVOISIER SWISS WATCHES 
HAVE BEEN AWARDED 
Peerless Right-hand 
COEN SHELTER 
ShellB and separates easily 
one bushel or ears a minute. 
One man feed* and operates. 
Wrought shaft and heavy bal¬ 
ance wheel. It is the cheapest 
and best Cora Sheller in the 
market. 
For full particulars and De¬ 
scriptive Circular, address 
A. V. DICKEY, 
Uaclnr, WI*. 
Portable Mulay Saw Mill, 
It may be operated 
by either two or three 
men, and will out ns 
laii'ih lumber iu pro¬ 
portion to the power 
and number of bands 
employed nj mill* of 
larger capacity. 
RICHMOND CITY MILL WORKS 
IllCHItlON 
Manufacturers of 
IHILL STONES 
and 
Flouring Mill Maohlne 
(XrD and Feed Mills a specialty 
The most complete- 
Mill Furnishing es¬ 
tablishment in the 
country. 
Special estimates 
and price-lists fur¬ 
nished on applica¬ 
tion. 
State you saw tbla 
in Rural N.-Y. 
THE GOLD MEDAL 
at the Paris Exposition of this year, 
based on the greatest superiority cf 
of performance during the test mado 
manufactured of tlie beat material 
and finished by skilled hand labor 
or beyond pcradvecture. Messrs. B 
ton in prices, so as to bring their 
Great care Is taken lu the finishing 
those adjusted for railroad use. Call 
improved B. St C. Watches. The 
relative merits of SwIs*.Watches, as 
manufacture. Can a country that 
Hundred years be Ignored l Give 
and they will demonstrate to you 
you to Institute an impartial com- 
The Jury of Awards’ decision was 
workmanship and extreme accuracy 
by the Judges. These watches are 
and made with Improved machinery, 
thus losuringanaccurate ttme-keep- 
AC-have made a still further reduc- 
watches within the reach of all 
of their movements, particularly 
on your Jeweler and ask to see the 
public Is asked to investigate the 
oompared with .hose of American 
has made watches for the past Tu>o 
the Boret A Courvoisier fair play, 
that none can excel them. We ask 
parisoa before purchasing. 
MARKET GARDENERS! 
Buy Fresh Seeds of the Grower, 
BE THE FIRST IN MARKET 
And you will COIN MONEY. 
Garden Manual and Price List for 1879 sent free. 
Address J. B. ROOT, Rockford, Ills. 
Also Tveee, Small Fruits, etc. Wholesai© 
rates very low to Nurserymen, Dealers and large 
Planters. Send stamp t'or Desci iptive List.. Price 
LlatFree. T.S. U UilUAIil), Fredonin, N.Y. 
FLOWER ANP FRUIT PLANTS 
1lew §>uMic»tion£. 
PATENTS. 
In connection• rith the publication of the Scien¬ 
tific American, ve continue to act as Solicitors for 
Patents, Caveals.Trade-Marks. Copyrights, etc., for 
the United States, Canada, Cuba, England, France, 
Germany, etc. In this lineof business we have kaji 
thirty-three yenns* experience. 
Patents obtained through us are noticed to the 
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lustrated weekly paper shows the current progress 
of Science, is very interesting', and has an enor¬ 
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Can I Obtain a Patent? The quickest and 
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Row, New York. 
rj.ENE.SKB VALLEY I VKMS FOR SALK. 
VJ borne of Ike nnest lesl.iences in the Valley, near 
K. R. Inqui -esoon of JOHN SHELDON, upo.'it've 
promises, at Moscow.Hvlnastos Co.. N. Y. 
QUINCHE & KRUG-LER 
lr DlAlDEN LANE, New York, Sole Agent* or the United State*. 
Y7ALUARLI3 REAL ESTATE FOR SAI.K. 
, V Improved Farms.in traota Of from 40to MQucres, 
to Coles and Douglas Counties, Illinois, within from 
one to four miles of the Junctiun of four Railroads, 
and uear and adjoining cities of two and five thou¬ 
sand Inhabitants. Terms. H cash- deferred pay¬ 
ments. 2, 3 and 4 years. Address 
W. E. ADAMS, Charleston, ills. 
Q|)0 FARMS 
UUU pricelistwri' 
I O in the best part of MARYLAND 
1 O ut vanic prices. For Catalogue & 
write Atancba & Wllson. Ridgely, Md. 
VICTOR SEWINC MACHINE COMPANY, 
WN, CONN., and No*. 199 and SOI Waba*h Avenue, COICAGO, XU. 
WITH SSVEKAL 
Important Improvements. 
Notwithstanding tha VICTOR has long been 
the peer of any machine in the market—a fact 
supported by a host of volunteer witnesses—we 
now confidently claim for it greater 
simplicity, a wonderful reduction of 
friction, and altogether a Eure Com¬ 
bination of Desirable Qualities. For sale 
' by Merchants and others. 
_£5?*Send for Illustrated Circular and Prices. Liberal Terms to the Trade. 
Don’t buy until you hava seen the lightest running machine in 
- the World,—the Ever Reliable "VICTOR.” 
S IMPLICITY■ OUPERIORITY n I 
1MPLIFIED ■ O MAINTAINED ■ 
Improvements September, 18781 
Having regard for the demand of this 
progressive age, we now offer to the World 
the 
