®it anil fnmor. 
Mrs. Partington says Ike has bought a 
horse so spirituous that it always goes off ou a 
decanter. 
“ That’s what beats me," as the boy said 
when he saw his father take the skate strap 
down from its accustomed nail. 
Mamma— “ Why, Poppetl, all these apples 
are bitten. Have you touched them ?” Pop¬ 
pet—“No, mu- But it froze last night, and 
p’r’aps—p'r’aps they’re frost-bitten !” 
Jane (under nine) to her governess : “ Miss 
Blunt, when ina asks you to have some more 
wine to-day at dinner, do, please, say yes.” 
Governess: “Why? What do wish me to 
take more wine for?" Jaue: "Oh, I only 
want to see ma’s face." 
Little Master Roddy has been it) the habit 
of putting his pennies into the box at Sunday- 
school till last Sunday, when he came running 
into the house in a breathless hurry and 
shouted: “Mamma. I shan’t save up my pen¬ 
nies any more. The money don’t go up to 
God! I saw -Mr. Kelly take it and put it in 
bis pocket!” 
“On, yes, wait till Christmas,” snarled the 
youthful scion, “that’s always the way, If 
i want a new sled, wait till Christmas ; a pair 
of skates, wait till Christinas. I waited last 
year, and l didn’t get sled or skates either. 
Nothiug hut a book with a red cover aud a 
little baby card with verses onto it. Christ¬ 
mas is a fraud. BoyB never got uothiug they 
want." 
A young man, dressed in the hight of fash¬ 
ion, aud with a poetic turn of iniud, was driv¬ 
ing along a country road, aud, upon gazing at 
the pond which skirted the highway, said : 
“ Oh, how I would like to lave my heated head 
in those cooling waters!” An Irishman, over¬ 
hearing the exclamation, immediately replied: 
" Bodad, you might lave it there and it would 
not sink.” 
A Ready Answer. —“Mr. Brown, couldn’t 
you give me a positiou of some kind with 
you ?’’ 
“Very sorry—don’t think there is auy va¬ 
cancy iu my establishment.” 
“if you have nothing else employ me as 
your adviser.” 
" Very well; you may commence by advis¬ 
ing me how I uau best get rid of you.” 
Yes, Fitn, Lots or it. —“Do animals have 
fim?” asked some, uuohserviug individual. Of 
course they do. When a cow switches her tail 
across the face ol the man who is milking her, 
steps along jusL two yards, and turns to see 
him pick up his stool and follow, she has the 
most amused expression ou her face possible, 
aud if she cau kick ovei the milk-pail she 
grows positively hilarious. 
Tiik inhabitants of the Bordelais country are 
prone to exaggeration, but one of them recently 
met his match, lie was dining with a Japanese 
friend ou the Boulevard, and mushrooms came 
under discussion, "In my country,” said the 
Bordelais. " the mushrooms under the trees are 
larger than these plates.” “ What of that?” 
exclaimed the Jap." “ In my eouutry it is the 
trees that grow under the mush rooms." 
A certain old gentleman, Very rich aud still 
more slingv, is iu the habit of wearing his 
clothes lo the last thread. One of his friends, 
meeting him, exclaimed : “They told me that 
you had a uew hat, and I’ll l>e hauged if you 
haven’t!" " Oil, yes," said the miser, lookiug 
as if he were a trifle ashamed of himself, “ you 
see, my wife kept telling me that the old one 
was a good deal worn out. Well, yesterday 
was my wife’s birthday, aud 1 got myself a new 
hat for her birthday present." 
THE FEBRUARY ATLANTIC 
Will contain, iu addition to Its full quota of read- 
lug, (144 pages, Including an Installment of Mr. 
Howell's New serial story, which has already 
attracted great attention,) a supplement giving a 
full and authentic report of 
THE HOLMES’ BREAKFAST, 
including all the Speeches and Poems, with such 
description as Is necessary to give an adequate 
idea of this memorable occasion, 
THE ATLAUTIO POft 1880 
Is enlarged to contain 14* pages In each number, 
Is printed in beautiful large type, and will embrace 
a great variety of the best Serial and short sio « 
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J’aper* oh hieing; ami fratlieal Topic* , by 
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Whittier, Bryant, or Longfellow, $5.00; with 
two portraits, $6 00; three portraits, $T.oo; four 
portraits, $s.oo ; with all five portraits, $9.00. 
Remittances should be made by money-order, 
draft, or registered letter, to 
HOUGHTON, OSGOOD & 00.. BOSTON, 
CHARGE ON THE “ RAZOR-BACKS.” 
Hunting Straying Tenderloin and Spare-Rib. 
Jim —“ Gully, Bill; what a jumper 
Bill (in flat admiration)—“ Save him for dinner, Jim !” 
TO NURSERYMEN. 
l.ooo bushels of Southern Peach-pits for planting for 
sale by _ C. It. KOLKKS, 
V. It. KOliKKSS 
No. 133 Market St.. Philadelphia. 
piPBR PRESSES AND GRATKBS. 
\J Boons A Borohkbt Pun Oo.. Brrocnhc. H. T, 
» 7 Ij/ .iitnual Calntog-ue of V'eyetable and 
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photograph*, of the original; will be sent FllKK. to 
all who aimly. My old customer* nerd not write 
for it. I offerone of the tnvgeu collection? of veg¬ 
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seed farms, Fall directions for tulHoalintl on each 
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to name r 80 far, that should it prove otherwise, I ■»«ill 
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1 invite the patronage of nil who art anxious to have 
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tp i i l Address P. O. VICKEltY, Augusta, Maine. 
THE IT.OV KU-l.EAF, a 4-page, 24-column farm¬ 
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culture and harvesting of clover, for seed. Sent free 
to every farmer sending us his name. 
BIKII.SKfX .VIFHJ CO., South Bend, Ind. 
Say you saw this in Rural New-Yorker. 
N ELEGANT PRESENT.-The New Floral Auto- 
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Stores, Hotels. 
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consumers will find 
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dress, and get the 
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Boarding Houses 
Agents, and lure 
it to their in teres 
to the above ad 
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,aid, stamps taken. Agta. wauted. Bocenisdes & Co., 
»t Haven, Ct. 
CHALLENGE FEED MILLS. 
Griuds three times as fast as any 
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_ Over 600 First Premiums aud Med- 
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clog or heat; grinds 60 bushels per 
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HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
25 head to be sold at public auction on Wednesday, 
February 4th, 1880. by WM. R. WILLETTS, Skane- 
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I ^1|P Feed'Mill 
ALL IRON BUT THE HOPPER 
Cheap, Effective 
aud Durable. 
0AN BE BlrN BY ANY 
Capacity from 6 to 30 bushels per hour, acoordlng to 
size. Send for Catalogue “ B," *c. 
U. S. WIND ENGINE k PUMP CO., 
Batavia, Kane Co., III. 
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HAVE BEEN AWARDED 
THE GOLD MEDAL 
at the Paris Exposition of last year, 
based on the greatest superiority of 
of performance during the test made 
manufactured of tlio best material 
and finished by skilled hand labor 
er beyond peradventure. Messrs. B. 
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Great care is taken In the finishing 
those adjusted for railroad use. Call 
Improved B. A C. Watches. The 
relative merits of Swiss Watches, as 
manufacture. Can a country that 
Hundred years be Ignored 1 Give 
nd they will demonstrate to you 
The Jury of Awards’ decision was 
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by the Judges. These watches are 
and made with improved machinery, 
t hus insuring an accurate time-keep- 
AC.have made a still further reduc- 
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of their movements, particularly 
on your Jeweler and ask to see the 
public is asked to investigate the 
compared with those of American 
has made watches for the past Two 
the Borel A Courvolsler fair play, 
that none cau excel them. We aak 
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you to institute an tuioartlaloomparl- son before purchasing. 
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