years, and is kept in perfect order for three 
years without cost. It is furnished in a gutta¬ 
percha case and gold-mounted, chased tops. It 
retails at $5.00, but we give it for a club of six 
subscribers at $2.00 each. The Telescopic 
Pen and Pencil is of fine rolled gold plate; a 
useful article. The premiums given for 
eight subscribers are all especially desirable, 
the Hand Hoe and Plow, and the grindstone 
being just what every young gardener wants. 
The Rogers saw for scroll work, sawing out 
brackets and the like, is one of the most com¬ 
plete and best saws for the price on the mar¬ 
ket. The frame-work is made of iron, painted 
and japanned black, and ornamented with red 
and gilt stripes. It is in every’way durable, 
and cannot fail to give satisfaction. The 
Magnet clock is a beauty. It is of new de¬ 
sign, nickel-plated, glaBB sides, showing the 
works, and has an alarm bell. It is something 
entirely new. We come now to the watches. 
from papa’s seedling trees; we have some of 
the finest looking peaches this year that I ever 
saw but they are so sour. I am helping to dry 
peaches and like the business very well, only 
I do not like to help gather them from the 
trees for I have to keep one eye on the ground 
to watch for rattlesnakes, so I only have one 
eye to look for ripe peaches and there is now 
and then a hornet’s nest in the trees, too, so I 
think I would rather sit in the house and peel 
peaches than to gather them from the trees. 
Please accept my thanks for the melon seeds 
which I planted very carefully but they never 
came up. I also planted the Rural Holly-bock 
seed and it came up nicely, but I was sick in 
time of the drouth and there was no one who 
had time to take care of them and nearly all 
of them died. You may be sure I shall take 
the best of care of what there is left. We 
have some some sorghum growing that looks 
to be 10 or 11 feet high (I did not measure it) 
and the heads do not show yet, and I notice 
shoots are growing from all the lower joints. 
The Rural never fails to come every week 
and never fails to receive a hearty welcome. 
I think Uncle Mark must be a very happy 
man, if good wishes avail anything. 
Coryelle Co., Texas. Lois Wurtz. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I live on a farm and I 
plow and help tend the truck patch. I have a 
small garden in which I have some pinks, ver¬ 
benas, zinnias, and several other kindB of flow¬ 
ers. I planted my melon seed in three hills, 
but only one plant came up and that one died. 
I am going to sow some turnip seed. I have 
a horse and six sheep, and some chickens. 
We planted the Rural Dent corn in a nice, 
rich place. There were one hundred and si xty 
grains, and one hundred and twenty grew. 
Your nephew, George H. Driskell. 
Edgar Co., III. 
JfmpUwftttjei and partotunj 
ESTABLISHED 1851 
MEMBERS OF THE RURAL NEW- 
YORKER 
HORTICULTURAL CLUB! 
Grist Mills of French Bulir Stone 
An Attractive List of Premiums offered 
to Members who will send in Clubs 
for the Rural. Your Choice from the 
List given below. Read it Care¬ 
fully ; there is Something for 
All! How many will claim 
a W atch ? 
We receive many letters from the members 
of the Rural Horticultural Club, saj ing how 
highly they prize the Rural and how much 
they wish it continued success, so now we pro¬ 
pose to give one and all a chance to help in the 
work which they, and we, desire to see go for¬ 
ward, until every farmer’s home in the land 
shall have for its weekly guest the Rural 
New-Yorker. 
The premiums offered are all useful ones, 
aud especially so are the watches, the clock, 
the Garden Hoe and Plow, the pens aud pen¬ 
cils, tbe scales, the pruning knife—well, if we 
keep on weshall mention every one! But here is 
THE LIST. 
For two subscribers—A Nut-Pick. 
For three subscribers { 
For four subscribers—A “ family’’ scale. 
| A beautiful Drinking 
I Cup, 
For FIVE subscribers, -j Silver-plated Fruit 
| Knife, 
i Pickle Castor, 
f A Mackinnon Reser¬ 
voir Pen, 
A Peerless 
W ringer. 
_ ... I A Telescopic Pen 
For SEVEN subscribers, j and Pencil. 
( Set of Flower Vases(2) 
I QnliC 1 Bsskdt 
For eight subscribers Q. ar( j en Hoe and Plow, 
[ Family Grindstone. 
For nine subscribers—A Rogers Scroll Saw. 
_ . .. I The “ Magnet” Clock. 
For ten subscribers, -j ip^ e aterbury Watch. 
„ . IA Silver Hunting 
For twenty-five subs. - ^ Watch. 
Of some of these we will give brief descrip- 
ons: The Pruning Knife has three blades, 
Portable Kills for Fanners, Saw Mill owners, etc. 
1S sizics a.nd Stylus. Over 2.00(1 in Us*. $100 
ami upwards. Complete Mill and Shelter, $115. A 
boy can grind and keep In order. Adapted to any kind 
of suitable power. Complete Flouring and Corn 
Mill, ALL SIZES. S >nd for Pamphlet-. 
NORDYKE & MARMON CO., 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
WROUGHT IRON 
PiisreUsttconfii 
For six subscribers, 
Clothes- 
The Waterbury Watch.—Fig. 397. 
(Given for 10 subscribers.) 
Where lives the girl or boy w ho does not want 
a watch 1 The fine Waterbury watch is shown at 
Fig. 3W7 in exact size; is a sten>winier (though 
it takes time to go through tbe operation) 
aud the case is made of nickel plated silvt r 
which always wears white. Over 100,000, of 
these watches have been sold, and every one 
is tested at the factory for six days before it 
is sent out. It is a good time keeper and sure 
to please; it is certainly very beautiful, and 
yet any boy or girl who will “stir around” 
and get 10 subscribers for the Rural may 
have the watch. But who will take the ! prize 
by getting 25 subscribers and so win the Silver 
Hunting Case Watch ? This is made by the 
Hampden Watch Co. of Springfield, Mas®., 
who have an established reputation for mak¬ 
ing accurate time-keepers. This watch re¬ 
tails for $23, but we give it for 25 subscribers 
at $2 each. 
rules and regulations. 
(1.) Only those whose names are enrolled on 
the Horticultural Club list are entitled to the 
premiums under this offer. 
(2) With each name and address sent in 
there must be $2.00 enclosed, the only sub¬ 
scription price. 
(S.) Where there are two or more premiums 
named in the above list enclosed in brackets a 
choice is given between them, but of course 
only one will be awarded. 
(4.) Give your full name and address when 
you write as well as those which you s w nd iu 
your club. 
(5.) Mark “ For Horticultural Club Pre¬ 
mium,” at head of your letter. 
(6.) Direct to the “ Rural New-Yorker,” 
34 Park Row, N. Y. 
PROFESSOR 
jM?know!edc»v5. to b* lb* Rent Iron Fence now 
la use SaiUblu for Private? RcxM-’tirv*, Park-*, Court Housed) 
Cemeteries or Public Ground*—tuailc cither Plata or Ornament' 
ill. Also, manufacturers of the 1 rnn Turbine Wind Enffl lien* 
Buckeye Force Pumps* Buckeye Law n Mower*, Kto- 
fiend for Illustrated Catalogues and Prices to 
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 
^ 0 SPHA 77 c 
Made from Professor Horsford’s Acid 
Phosphate. 
Recommended by leading physicians. 
Makes lighter biscuit, cakes, etc., and 
is healthier than ordinary Baking Pow¬ 
der. 
In cans. Sold at a reasonable price. 
The Horsford Almanac and Cook Book 
sent free. 
ltumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I. 
H. M. ANTHONY, Ag’t 100 and 102 Reade St., N V 
The Sedgwick Steel Wire Fence 
Is the only (wneral purpose wire fence in. use. Being 
a strong net-work without barbs, n win turn dogs, 
pigs, poultry as well as t ho most vicious stock, with¬ 
out danger to either fence or stock. It is lust the 
fence for fanners, gardeners, stock-raisers, and raH. 
loads; very dcs.ir.»i>3is lor lawns, parks or cemeteries. 
As it is covered with rust-proof puint it wall last a life¬ 
time. It is superior to Uiurdu in every repect, and far 
better than barbed wire. We ask for Jtn fair trial, 
knowing it will w ear Usulf into favor. The Sedg¬ 
wick. Gates, made of wrought iron pipe and steel 
wire, defy all competition iu neatness, UvhtnesB, 
strength and durabhify. Wealso make iheBEST and 
0HEAPE8T ALL JIU1N Automatic or Kem-open- 
iso Gate. Ask hardware dealers, or for price list and 
particulars address 
Sedgwick Bros., Richmond, Ind. 1 
AYER’S 
AGUE CURE 
IS WARRANTED to cure all cases of malarial 
disease, such as Fever aud Ague, Intermittent or Chill 
Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague, HlUous Fever 
and Liver Complaint. In case of failure, after due 
trial, dealers are authorized by our eiruulur of July 
1 st, 1882, to refuud (he money. 
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass. 
Sold by all Druggists. 
COMMON SENSE ENGINE 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Bronchitis, Asthma, 
and Bealnees rural at 
your home. Great improve- 
8 <j | Corn Mill 845, 
tills I 
Dear Uncle Mark:—You tell us to write 
whenever we have anything of interest to 
write about. Well, I have something inter¬ 
esting to me, and 1 hope it will prove so to 
the Cousins also, so 1 will tell you about it. 
When I was planting some seeds very early in 
Spring near the peach orchard, wanting some 
sticks to mark the rows I cut some suckers 
from the trees that had never been trimmed 
(as they should have been) and used them for 
stakes, and to my great surprise they are 
growing finely, and although we had a drouth 
of six weeks that killed out our English peas 
and some of our beans and other thiugs, they 
are yet in good growing order: now these 
trees will bear fruit of the same kind as the 
parent tree will they not, provided they have 
never been budded? (and these have not.) 
Now I suppose that Uncle Mark and all the 
wise old gentlemen knew before that slips 
from peach trees would grow but I did not, 
and I dare say the Cousins did not all know it. 
I should think it would be a good way to get 
fruit trees as they would come sooner than 
from seed. I intend to try a number next year 
1 ^* I *111 B meats made in past three 
years,and wonderful cures after others failed. Bad 
eases wanted. IIOHIU Tit E A Till ENT sent 
on trial. Head for circulars. Advice Fit K 1C. 
J. PRICE MILLER, M. D .,15 N. nLh St., Phila. Pa. 
§3 £, 2 6 H.P.* 600 
l2 K « 8 II. P. 650 
^ =3 10 H. P. 850 
w 12 II. p. 1000 
15 n. P. 8 850 (Send fordes- 
20 11. I*. 1050 \crlpllve cat- 
25 11. P. 1250 (alogue._ifc$ 
Queen the South 
w A T3T .-F-: 
FARM MILLS 
Mackinnon Reservoir Pen.— Fig. 396. 
one short one, one long one and one with a 
hooked point; a fine knife. The “family” 
scale has a capacity of from a half to 25 pounds; 
is neatly gotten up and durable. The cup, 
fruit-knife aBd pickle-castor are of elegant 
design and will be useful in every family. 
The Mackinnon Reservoir Pen is probably 
without an equal of its kind. An illustration 
of this pen is given at Fig. 396. It does away 
with the use of ink bottles, as the ink is poured 
into an inner tube which may be seen in the 
cut. The point is made of iridium, and is 
guaranteed by the manufacturers to last 4) 
ftnCMTQ U/MtlTCn EVERYWUEIH! to sell 
AUCN I O II nil I LU thebest Family It nit- 
tine Machine ever Invented. Will tint a pair of 
stockings with 11 FLIT, nml TOP, complete, In 20 
minutes. Jt will also knit a great variety of fancy- 
work for which there Is nlwnvs a Trarty market. Fend 
for circular ami terms to the Twombly Knitting 
Machine Co., 1CJ Treinont Street, liosiou. Mass. 
For Stork Fet'd or Meal for 
Family use. 
10,000 TXT -CTSE. 
Write for Pamphlet. 
Simpson St Gault M’fg Co. 
Sucocbaon* to MtKAUU MILL CO. 
CINCINNATI. 0. 
Ty I^OdM> elegant newi hromoCartW 10c. 14 pk*.$l 
1 HrAgl*. make 60 pereenL Hein? »vud 206 foi*A gent'* 
KAIhun of umblek. J'rewlwm Mil Ae. fslaulc Unit at 
hoipKale. NORTH HHU) < 4IU IW • H UM, Northf»rd,li>np. 
PORTABLE FEED MILL 
Latest out, and best adapted for the 
farmer In America. 
Write for testimonials and Circular. 
LEW 18 STHAYER, York, Pa. 
per day at home. Samples worth 
Address Stinson A Oo , Portland, 
$5to20 
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