Tommy asked hia mother if the school 
teacher’s ferrule was a piece of the board of 
education. 
A woman cannot become a successful 
lawyer. She is too fond of giving her opinion 
without pay. 
A COLLECTOR of antique furniture was 
looking through the auction shops the other 
day for a “signal service bureau.” 
An ignorant lady was asked by a minister 
visiting her if she had religion. She replied: 
“ I have slight touches of it occasionally. 
It is said a worn young man can cure him¬ 
self of nervousness by playing on the violin. 
What is to become of the other boarders in 
the house the man does not say. 
Proud mama: “Don’t you think dear baby 
is the image of bis papa?”—Well-meaning but 
dull friend; “Well, yes, perhaps he is, but I 
daresay he’ll outgrow it in time.” 
“ Did I understand you sir, to say, that 
Senator Voorhees is in the habit of tripping 
the light fantastic?” “Oh, no; not at all. I 
only spoke of him as the famous Dan, sir.” 
A mother advised her daughter, who was 
going to a party, to oil her hair, and fainted 
away when that candid damsel replied: “Oh, 
no, Ma; it is so apt to spoil the gentlemen’s 
vests.” 
“ I call that very rare," said Jones to a 
workman who had done some work for him - 
“Ah V* answered the workman, highly tickled 
—“Yes,’’went on Jones, “rare—very rare— 
not half done.” That was too much for the 
workman, and he retired. 
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THE BRADLEY 
REAPERS, MOWERS, AND RAKES 
Indulgent parents who allow their children 
to eat heartily of high-gpasonedfood, rich pies, 
cake, &c., will have to use Hop Bitters to pre¬ 
vent indigestion,sleepless nights,sickness, pain, 
and, perhaps, death. Ho family is safe with¬ 
out them in the house. 
Pittsford, Mass., Sept. 28, 1878. 
Snts—I have taken Hop Bitters and recom¬ 
mend them to others, as I found them very 
bsneflcial. MRS. J. W. TULLER, 
Sjc. Ifoman’s Christian Temperance Union. 
Aclv. 
PYRAMID 
OP ASSETS OF THE 
f Jan.'65.$ l&3.077.00 \ 
O / Jan. 06. $2DOjm:oo\ *** 
/ Jan. 1.'67.830 2.036.00 
V / Jan^l.^08. SUna,076.00Y 
Dal Jan. 1, 1889. 8*06,060.00 
t^/ jan. 1 . 1670, *487,764.00 \C 
- / As sets J an.'Tl, $54 1.357.00 \l* 
/ Assets Jan. "72, $623,055,CX) \ v 
N / Assets Jan. 1,'73, $7167450.001' 
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(ESTABLISHED 1832.) 
Send, for Illustrated Catalo 
Assets Jan. 1, 1880, $1,137,549.00 
No equal array of most excellent and imperatively needed qualities can be found in any other GRAIN DRILL, 
in its change of quantity. The most uniform and continuous distributor of Fertilizers. Light Dratt. Positively 1 
material used in its manufacture first quality. The only drill with core continuous 6olid steel Lx.e. Manufactured by 
Capital, f300,000. Net Surplus, $214,692.47 
given iorine protection or Policy Holcers. 
Twenty-eight venrsof patient toil Rug ma de this 
the strongest and largest Company doing an exclu¬ 
sive Dwelling Business in the V ni'ted Suites, if not 
In the world. It now issues 55.000 polices a year. No 
other like Company can show such growth and in¬ 
crease. 
The history of this Company proves that a large 
business, well scattered* managed with prudence, 
can be done with a very email prqfit- from each "iek, 
and afford perfect security, which will grow stronger 
every year. 
While nine-tenths of the “Mutual ” Are insurance 
companies, and many of Hie Stock companies, have 
failed on account of reckless or extravagant man¬ 
agement, or doing too small a business, the OLD 
AGRICULTURAL, by economy, energy and pru¬ 
dence. has every year added a substantial amount to 
its Assets, for the indemnity of its patrons, and it 
now occupies a position in the confidence of the 
public second to no other Company. 
From year to year it spreads the base of its Pyra¬ 
mid and gains strength. 
Extract kikim Charter.—' "Articles. ThisCom- 
pany is formed for the purpose of insuring Farmers’ 
Dwellings. Private Residences. Bams andT Outbuild¬ 
ings, with their contents, and other property not 
more hazardous,” and is strictly confined to this 
class of property. 
I. MUNSON. President. 
H M. STEVKKS Secretary. 
C Patterson. 6' Liberty Ft, N V., General Agent 
Eastern N-w York, Connecticut. New Jersey and 
Eastern Pennsylvania D A Clark, Baltimore, State 
Agent Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania. Geo. 
D. Pleasants & son, Richmond. State Agents Vir¬ 
ginia and'North Carolina. A. H. Darrow, Chicago, 
General Manager Western Department. J. Flynn, 
Cobourg, Ont., Chief Agent for Canada. 
OLDEST DRILL HOUSE IN AMERICA, 
i educated to the business. Finished with careand tastefully painted, it stands to-day w kerefor in ..... . T FKS 
t Merit, First in Quality of Manufacture and Finish; First in the Es tim ation of Farmers and ^ , 
end for circular. Examine them before you buy. We mean all we say, and our Warranty covers it all. 
s. 3V. Gallttp, GENERAL AGENT, MACEDON, N. Y. 
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