THE GENUINE 
THEGREAT 
REID’S 
SIMPLEST iKST. 
Agents Wanted 
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THE RURAL. NEW-YORKER. 
GET THE BEST 
ffllrai 
We are now ready to offer to Dairymen and to the 
Trade, a II AND It UTTER WORKER, Operating on 
the principle of direct and powerful jiressurs, Instead 
of rolling, grinding or sliding upon the butter. 
We claim that It la the only Butter-Worker which 
will certainly, quickly and easily take out all the 
buttermilk, nnd which docs not and cannot Injure 
the grain of the butter. It works in the salt as easily 
and as icell. 
Five sizes made for family Dairies. Five sizes for 
Factory use. All our goods are of perfect Stock and 
the best workmanship. They arc strong, simple, effi¬ 
cient. convenient and durable. They continue to be 
The Standard Ohituvs ok tub Covntry. 
Inquire of the nearest dealer ID sueh goods for a 
“ Blanchard UUTTKK WORKER.” or a pentane "Bi.an- 
CHAnn CrifR-v," and If he has none on hand, send pos¬ 
tal for Prices and Descriptive Circulars to 
TUB INVENTORS AND SO 1.1- MANCKACTURERS, 
PORTElt BLANCHARD'S BONK, Concord, N. H. 
RECTANGULAR &. 
Sqxiars Ho* < hnrns. 
Cheapest because the heat. No 
inside fixtures, and always 
reliable. 7 sires of each kind 
made. We make Curtis’ Im- 
>roved Factory Churn and 
Hason's Power Butter work¬ 
er. Unquestioned proof giv¬ 
en of their superior qualities 
In material and construction 
not dreamed of by other ma¬ 
kers. Send for Dairyman 
free. CORNISH A CURTIS, 
Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
PATENT 
CHANNEL CAN CREAHERY. 
FOR 
Has the best, refrigerator box In tile mar¬ 
ket for deep setting. Cans sold without 
boxes. Glass gauges furnished when re¬ 
quested. Sperm/ attention given to fitting 
Oft larae Creuvwrics. Spring or well water 
will give you all the cream. Z) Its. of lee 
will do the work of 100 Jbs.of Ice In any other 
Creamery. Agents wanted. Send for circu¬ 
lar. 
W. E. LINCOLN, Wnrren, Mnss. 
BUTTER WORKER £ 
Most Effective and Convenient 
Also Power Workers, & 
Cap’dty10,000 lb*.per DAY 'n 
Butler Printers, Shipping, ill 
BoxtlK, fffo, Jgth ft for rirr.ii.ftsr, 
A. K. REID 
26 S. 16th Street, Phila., Pa. ^ 
RHEUMATISM, 
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, 
Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, 
Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and 
Sprains, Burns and Scalds, 
General Bodily Pains, 
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet 
and Ears, and all other Pains 
and Aches. 
No Preparation on earth equals St. Jacobs Oil as 
ft safe, sure, simple and cheap External Remedy. 
A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay 
of 50 Fonts, and every one suffering with pain 
can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. 
Directions in Eleven Languages. 
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN 
MEDICINE. 
A. VOGEJLER &, CO., 
Baltimore, Md., XT. 8. As 
COOLEY OREAMEBS. 
Greatly IITIPROVKO. 
In dally use In over 15,(Mi fac¬ 
tories and dairies. For securing 
CLEAN'D SK8S, PDR1TY and QKKAT- 
ItST POSSIBLE AMOUNT Or CREAM, 
HAVE NO KOUAL 
Made in FOUR STYLES, 
TEN SIZK-H each. Durable and 
ornamental. Skim automatic¬ 
ally without UrtUtg the can*. Moat popular In the 
CREAM -OATH ICIUNU plan. FOMT liOl.l) 51 I.S 
and MX MIAKK .Medal* For SUPERIORITY. 
Also Davis Swing Churns, Butter Worker*. 1‘rluts, 
&c., Ac. Send postal for circulars, 
VERMONT fARM MACHINE CO. Btillows Fulls, Vermont 
TIIE WESTERN 
Farm Mortgage Go. pj 
Lawrence, Kansas. - 
Made from Profei 
FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS product! Ve f aims I ^ 
in the best localities in the West negotiated for banks, Kecommena™ uy 
colleges, estates and private individuals. Coupon Bonds. Makes lighter bis 
Interest and principal mid on day of nialurity at the it* healthier than or 
Third Nstlonnl Jituik in IVexv York I lty, der. 
Fundi promptly Disced. Largo expert™*. No losses. In cans. Sold at a 
Investors ewnp-U-dto take no land. No delays In pay- The Horn ford Ainu 
ment Of n!» test, only tlic very choicest Ioann accepted. . , » 
lull hi formation given to those seeking More, mid * p ? Vo . , -m 
prof!tniilr- invmlment % . Send for circular, ref- Romford Chemical W 
erences and sample document*. ——- 
F. M. PERKINS.PtM. l . H PERKINS Sec. ifefifi a w ” okIn yourowu 
J,T. WARNE, Vice Pres. C. W. GILLETT, Treas. •P wv free. Address Hall 
N.F. HART, Auditor. _ _ . . 
_good wheat, gras 
— — — 4C*J\r Bestclimuie; go 
■fSK |_ II A K I IC A best markets. For catalog 
B j IMS I HHB lltU I address MANCHA & HEL 
I5«^ W2=^ AHEAD OF ALL 
AND GRAZING LANDS 
..Northern Pacific b.r. 
in MINNESOTA, DAKOTA. zz^ ***** 
and MONTANA. | 
BIG CROP AGAIN IN 1881 Lawn mower. 
•*T m,**® 
PROFESSOR 
Made from Professor HorBford’a Add 
Phosphate. 
Recommended by leading; physicians. 
Makes lighter biscuit, cakes, etc., and 
is healthier than ordinary ISoIiincr ’ > ® w " 
der. 
In cans. Sold at a reasonable price. 
The Horsford Almanac and Cock Book 
sent free. 
Knmford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I. 
a week In your own town. Terms and $5 outfit 
JpUUfree. Addres s Hal lett & C o.. Po r tland. Maine. 
n CZn good wheat, grass ami fruit farms cheap. 
Bestcllnuue; good society; convenient to 
best markets. For catalogue, prices and county paper 
address MANCHA ft HELLER. Ridgely. M.1 _ 
AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITION 
t « t 'Pmiamrj>nTr% _ 
LOW PRICES; LONGTIME; REBATE FOR IMPROVE¬ 
MENT; Reduced Fare and Freight to Settlers. 
For Full Information, address 
R. M. Newport, gen.land agt 
M r noN this Paper. St. Paul, Minn. 
0 DIITU Don’t locate before seeing our James River 
uUU I ll Settlement. Illustrated Catalogue free. 
J F. MANCHA, Claremont, S urry Co., Va. 
F OR SALE.—Elegant, largo farm of 230 acres, situa¬ 
ted In New Jersey, convenient to the City, one of 
the finest in the State for u Stock Farm, very level 
and convenient for a mile track. For particulars call 
or address HARVEY SMITH, 
58 Cedar Street, N. Y. 
TXt'K J. I'll 8 IXJS 8 / O « //.f.VW VSK. 
IFfljE/iliir from 21 to 51 Hounds. 
THREE SIZES FOR HORSE POWER. 
GEAHAM, EMLEN & PASSMOBE, 
Patentees and Manuikcturers, 
631 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
f i norJT thrashing" m achTnes 
HL DLOI Aud Engines in the World 
F ARMS IN MICHIGAN. Send for list and descrip¬ 
tion with nrices. GEO. W. SNOVER, 
Real Estate and Loan Agent, Detroit, Mleh. 
IMAA A Month for 
9JLW TEACHERS 
Students, Men and Ladies, in a light business at home. 
Send for Circular to F. W. ZIEGLER A CO., 
915 Arch St,, Pldladelplda, Pa. 
C|A SAMPLE CARDS, ALL New. name on 10c. Agt* 
oU Outfit to. CARD WOKKH Birmingham, Ot 
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULARS T° 
KHINEHAKT, BALLARD & Co. 
Springfield, Ohio. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE 
GOING TO HOUSEKEEPING. 
I will suppose it the first time. You two 
are building your first home, and isn’t it 
delightful! Just to think that almost every 
married couple have had this same sweet ex¬ 
perience, unless indeed they Lad spoiled it by 
discords and selfishness. It is to he hoped that 
you can live by yourselves, but if not, there 
will be all the more opportunity to cultivate 
the graces of patience and self-sacrifice. Your 
household goods are mostly new. How your 
eyes will hold revelry among the beautiful 
new woods, the pretty, bright tin, shining like 
silver, your table, truly splendid with crystal 
glass and radiant silver, and bits of color 
everywhere ! And, first, about the buying. 
You are a young farmer and bride. You have 
a good occupation: I had almost said the best. 
Certainly nothing promotes good digestion 
and consequently good nature so much as 
manual labor and early hours, and nothing 
leads the heart of man upward so much as life 
in the free air and companionship with the 
birds, the sky and Mother Earth. But every 
vocation has its dangers to be avoided. Your 
danger is of neglecting your mind and your 
manners; so you will need to fortify your¬ 
selves on that side. Do not think that because 
you are farmers you need nothing, or can 
afford nothing but a farm. The days when 
farmers made benches and tables of rough 
boards and washed with their guests in an 
iron kettle happily are ended, but I fear the 
farmers are still few who consider it as im¬ 
portant to have a convenient, tasteful home 
as to have plenty of improved farming tools. 
They do not hesitate long over two or three 
hundred dollars for farming machinery, but 
two or three hundred dollars for house fur¬ 
nishing—preposterous extravagance! yet for 
this amount you can have a beautiful home to 
which you need feel no scruples about inviting 
your city friends. Set down the house-fur¬ 
nishing as a necessary item as much as the 
land or the larder. We shall all advise you 
about buying, and after considering the con¬ 
flicting advices you will use such judgment as 
you two can agree upon, and I trust that 
neither one will forego that sweetest pleas¬ 
ure of giving up in some things to the other. 
If you go over your mother’s house with a 
notebook and pencil and make a memorandum 
of such things as you cannot keep house with¬ 
out, you will be less likely to forget important 
minor matters. Do nut buy anything ugly or 
that you do not like, because it is cheap. It 
will always be an eyesore and usually some¬ 
thing pretty may be bought or improvised or 
substituted for the same amount, often for 
less. Make a point to have pretty things, 
especially because .i you are farmers and re¬ 
moved from the centers of culture. If you 
are like the most of us, gifted with little 
taste, wait for some things till you can study 
effects and advise with friends whose houses 
you admire. Certain goods come in sets, 
and you will find it pays to buy complete sets. 
A bedroom suit with springs and mattress 
costs little more than several necessary pieces 
without any bedding. Have at least one suit; 
plain woods are pretty, paint looks cheap. 
Then your table: that is the center-piece in 
your house and best repays attention. Let it 
be an extension, say of twelve feet, which will 
certainly be sufficient for your whole life¬ 
time. 
The new wares in crockery are captivating, 
but you can get more dishes by taking good 
whit© ware and filling in with colored pieces. 
Pretty glass, what lovely glass we And now! 
and plated forks you must have as well as 
napkins for every day. Do not allow your¬ 
selves to fall into slovenly habit of eating 
hurriedly and with a knife, at an untidy table. 
Plated knives are not very expensive, while 
they save sconring, and give an air of gentility 
to your table. A castor is very ornamental, 
though rather unfashionable just now. Red 
napkins are good for common use and high ten 
the effect of the table-furnishing. Did you 
think to bring papers for the pantry shelves? 
They (papers) can be bought neatly cut for a 
few cents. If you have showy' dishes, nail a 
cleat to one shelf, and set the dishes up after 
the fashion of our grandmothers, and put 
your glass near-by. You ought to have boxes 
for spices so as not to keep anything in papers 
to draw vermin. Glass cans will answer 
nicely till you need to use them for fruit. 
Many other things might bo mentioned. A 
procelain kettle, one or two yellow dishes for 
mixing cake, and baking puddings, two or 
three old or cheap knives, forks and spoons for 
cooking to save your good ones, a small, sharp 
knife for paring potatoes and at least half a 
dozen basins of different sizes. Have dishes 
enough to set table for a dozen; it will save 
you endless trouble when surprised by com¬ 
pany. Quantity is more than quality in 
dishes, lamps, chairs and towels. 
As for the rest of the house; have a good 
cook stove: not the largest necessarily, but 
surely not the smallest, aud let everything 
which must be lifted, be as light as possible; 
it will make a wondrous difference with your 
work. Get what else you absolutely must 
have, leaving the filling in for future study 
and indulgence. New or clean rag carpets 
make a good foundation, and the forest will 
always supply some decoration which to our 
city friends would be luxury'. After supplying 
the dining-room with chairs, put in others of 
different patterns. You do not need to have 
any two alike. Old fashioned chairs and 
lounges can be made very inviting by means 
of a little paint or staining and plenty of 
comfortable cushions. Cheese cloth at six¬ 
pence per yard makes pretty curtains by add¬ 
ing a nice edging; chintz will do, cretonne is 
handsome, and plain shades always look well; 
but if you have shutters you can make your 
curtains after y r ou see what will look well 
with paint, carpet, and furniture: but I beg 
you will not shut out the sun—uot for carpets 
nor flies, nor any other creature—except per¬ 
haps for a part of the day in hot weather to 
render your rooms simply comfortable. 
When you move do not bo too ambitious, 
unless you value the order of your house above 
the odor of cheerfulness in it Clothing which 
must be unpacked can be put where it belongs 
at first and you can fix up your dining-room 
and a couple of sleeping rooms to look home¬ 
like, remove any unsightliness from the other 
rooms and let time do the rest, better than to 
worry and tug and strain till the last tack is 
in the carpet, the last picture in pluee, and the 
last book in its niche. By the way, have some 
books, some good books for immediate use, if 
you have to buy two or three. Subscribe for 
one good agricultural paper, and as many 
other papers as you can afford. The wife will 
find many helpful bints about cooking, furnish¬ 
ing, and economizing. Build on the corner¬ 
stone of a family Bible, and group history 
poetry and good fiction around it. 
Country Cousin. 
ECHOES FROM EVERY-DAY HOUSE. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
I think I have said before that the months 
of March and April seem to me the most 
meagre of all the year in material for the 
make-up of our meals. I think Lent was placed 
at the proper end of the year, and that fresh 
eggs are a treasure to be appreciated. Noth¬ 
ing has been of so much use to me in a quan¬ 
dary of this sort, as the “ Dinner Year-book’’ 
giving the come-at-able food for the different 
seasons in their proper course. In this book 
are delicate soups made in various ways, and 
the remnants of yesterday’s dinner are made 
to go into that for to-day, with little changes 
and devices. For instance, in the second 
week of March we have roast beef for a Sun¬ 
day dinner. On Monday the trimmings cf 
said beef remaining are made into a palata¬ 
ble soup, and the beef, smoothly shaved 
from scraggy ends, is used up as follows : 
“ Make incisions quite through the meat and 
thrust in larcloons of pork. Rub the meat 
all over with vinegar and then with melted 
butter, rubbing both in well. Take the fat 
from the top of yesterday’s gravy, thin it 
with a little hot water; strain this into the 
dripping-pan and baste the meat with it. If 
your oven is good it should be ready' in 45 
minutes.” It is a regular washing-day dinner, 
but shows the thrift and economy used in the 
book. It is a great want in many cook books 
that things are uot classified as in the one I 
have mentioned, reducing to a routine the 
housekeeper’s question, " What shall we have 
for dinner ?” and I think that one of the chief 
puzzles is the article of soup, especially to 
the inexperienced. The material for April in 
the country is often of such a sameness that 
one is thankful when the tender shoots of 
asparagus and spinach come to vary the 
monotony of the ever useful potato. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
PREPARING SALSIFY. 
My wife says:—“ Do not scrape salsify, for 
it decidedly' spoils the flavor of it.” M. Rice. 
Sick-room Cookery. 
OAT-MEAL GRUEL. 
Fill a tumbler two-thirds full of coarse oat¬ 
meal, then fill with cold water; mix well, and 
pour off the liquor; fill again with cold water 
and pour off the liquor, and do this again, 
making three times in all. Put the liquor into 
a saucepan and boil for 20 minutes; add salt, 
and milk if patient is able to bear it. The oat¬ 
meal is good for family use, as much of its 
strength is left. 
CORN-MEAL GRUEL. 
Wet two tablespoonfuls of corn-meal and 
one of flour with cold water, then stir into a 
quart of boiling water; add a teaspoonful of 
