JAN.40 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
feints. 
BRIEFLETS. 
Get in your ice. . • Feed the sheep well 
give them fresh, pure water and keep them out 
of the wet . - Pigs need dry beds as well as 
other animals. . - A great deal of celery Is 
rotting owing to the continued damp, wet 
weather. The covering material must be re¬ 
moved and, if possible, dried during sunshine. 
. . We understood that Mr. Reall threatened 
to resign as Secretary of the A. A. A. We are 
sorry, very, very, to hear that; not that we are 
confident that he will, or even fear thathe will, 
but because it indicates there has already been 
a squabble or something of the kind. If Reall 
resigns it will require a big cord to hold the 
three A’s together. . . Next to railroad 
monopolies, perhapB farmers suffer most from 
the impositions which patent-rights legalize. . . 
Here’s something to talk about Hr. Hager 
says that one part lupine seed and two parts 
rye make an excellent substitute for coffee 
and they are more nutritious. . . One of 
the beBt and “ cheapest ” implements for stir¬ 
ring the soil of flower pots >s an old four-tined 
table fork. . . Spring catalogues will soon 
be issued. Compare them—select the plants 
and seeds—then consult the Rural's Index 
which will aid in determining which are the 
best varieties. . . We do not propose to ex¬ 
tend our notices of catalogues through several 
mouths. Seedsmen aud nurserymen are re¬ 
quested to forward catalogues as soon as pub¬ 
lished . . Pres. Wilder is opposed to grass 
in orchards. . . Jean Sisley says that stan¬ 
dard Roses present the ugly sight of a nosegay 
on a broom-stick. . - A Peoria woman 
Bueezed her jaw out of place lately, and the 
married men of the place have been buying 
snuff ever since.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. 
We have given the Dentaphone to two 
deaf friends for trial. They were as deaf with 
it as without it. . . Mr. Loomis shows us 
the largest Japan Persimmon we have yet seen, 
says the Pacific Rural Press; it was grown at 
St. Raphael, Cal., measures 10i inches in cir¬ 
cumference aud weighs 8* ounces. The va¬ 
riety is the “ Mikado". . - If we could have 
three finely-endowed and strictly-regulated 
medical schools—one at Sau Francisco, one at 
St. Louis and one at New York—and do away 
with the balance of these “ hot-beds for 
sprouting ready-made “M. P.V it would be 
an immense boon to the people of this country. 
So says a writer iu the National Live-Stock 
Journal. . - The request often made by 
publishers that readers will mention their 
journals when answering advertisements, 
seems to ua a very reasonable one. Such men¬ 
tion is a helpful and friendly act to the journal 
mentioned and enables the advertiser to de¬ 
termine which journals arc the best advertls- 
tai ISdiuuil. Reference to our advertising 
columns will show there is not one advertise¬ 
ment of an exceptional or ambiguous charac¬ 
ter admitted. In so far as this is possible we 
hold ourselves responsible for their high-stand¬ 
ing and trustworthiness. _ 
RICHMOND CITY MILL WORKS, 
RICHMOND, IND. ffs=-^ 
Manufacturers of 
miLI* 3TONB3 
and 
Flouring ail til Maohlnory. 
We manufacture 
he beat French Burr 
:0RN AND mo MILLS 
,u the country. Send 
for description and 
prices. 
State yon saw this 
I RtnaL N.-Y. 
AMATEUR DAIRYING—(First Experience.) 
Oh, Charles! The man who sold you the cow must have deceived you ! He said her butter 
would be yellow as gold; but see. the milk is white as chalk 
Stottr ieSpi'&jTlSwiS cow that E»ve the butters.,!!. 
STARCHES 
WE mado V B E nch E a V ^i®f of°(?a E rden Wheel Ho^ and Seed-Sowers. 
WP HAVE NEVER BEFORE 
offered tools so well made, boantif ull^uiahed. and gufootm 
combined so, well 
€ nrn U HV. „ ^ Bold *ay ho popular. 
desci Fa ., Mira. M .ANFT ■) it. Goods . 
1832 ] MERIDEN CUTLERY COMPANY [1879 
^ w . 32ND 
SEMI-ANNUAL 
“'mi HI HIT 
OF THE 
TRAVELERS 
INSURANCE CO ; 
Hartford^ Conn. , January 1, 1880. 
Assets. 
Real estate...* £35,911 
Cash on band and In bank.®} 
Loans on bond and mortgage on real estate. 2,016,528 91 
Interest on loans, accrued but not due. ol k Ul;> «w 
Loaus on collateral security... . MjM w 
Deferred Lifepremiums .... •....■ • 49,.L0 41 
Premiums due and uureported on Life 1 ol- 
....... «*> 
United States government bauds . . 2/7.150 00 
State. County and municipal bonds. W) 
Kailroad stocks and bonds. 90 
T> nil lr atOOkR . ... . Oll7,DOJ OU 
Hartford City Gas Light Co., Stock. W 90 
Adame Kxpivhr Co. block . . 62,&oo oo 
Total Assets. §4,955,990 42 
Liabilities. 
Reserve, four per cent.. Life Department. ..$3,193.438 80 
Reserve for re-insurance, Accident Dep t... 268,694 bo 
Claims unadjusted aud not due, and aU 
other liabilities. . 198,400 oo 
Total Liabilities. §3,059.539 40 
Surplus as regards Policy-holders—§ 1,290,450 90 
Statistics for the Year 1879. 
Life Department. 
Number of Life Policies written in 1879,. 
Whole number of Life Policies iu force 11,3a- 
Amount Life Insurance in torco $18,182,13-.00 
Total claims paid in Life Department.1,39 j,51<.9- 
Aooidknt Department. 
Number of Accident Policies written in 1879 ......64.540 
Cash Premiums received tor saute..$99*2,033.90 
Gain in Policies over 1878....,.. , 11,422 
Gain iu Premiums over i878 ... .$31o,4ob39 
Whole number Accideut Policies written. 672,a2o 
N umber Accident Claims paid In 1859. 7,546 
Total Losses paid, both Department, 4,833,148.10 
JAS. (i. BATTERS©N, President. 
G. F. DAVIS, Vice-President. 
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. 
JOHN E. MORRIS. Assistant Secretary. 
GEORGE ELLIS, Actuary. 
Edward V. Preston. Sup’t of Agencies 
G. P. Davis, M. D., Medical Examiner. 
J. B. Lewis M. D., Surgeon and Adjuster. 
NEW YORK OFFICE. 
Tribune Building, 
It. NX. JOHNSON, Manager. 
BRBIDXS CUTLXBT 
COM PANT. 
MA.N VF ACTC R WB £J™ ujffJtta'Sto'tor 'H Ob IDA Y \Pl F tSP" wSPantld 
MBKll»*N C UTLERY CO,. 49 Chamber* Htreet, New In 
r oek. 
A GOOD SAW MILL 
Our No. l Plantation Saw Mill Is designed to be 
run by 8 .10 or 1‘2 horse-power Agricultural Engines. 
With this power from 
1,500 to 4,000 Feet 
of lumber can be cut In a day. A. product 
Tier cent greater than can be cut with any recip¬ 
rocating saw mill. The mills are completeD&cept 
saw. and will be put on the cars in Cincinnati for 
the low price of f*90, and warranted In every 
particular. Saw MU*H of all sizes, Engines and 
Boilers, shafting. Gearing, etc. 
Illustrated ciieulans sent free. 
LANE & BODLEY CO., 
JOHN AND WATER STS., 
Cincinnati, O. 
BOOKWALTER ENGINE 
__ _ A Pr.. LnL, n $4 <A f fl/v/t 
Correct in Principle. Perfect In Operaitl««_ 
Awarded IstonatttMl Ciplomi it the t 1 ® 7 |‘ 
It maintains a perfectly uu ?rm ternpernltm 
BHsBtrtaggiagag rsK w, 
labor of any system. . 
It wlfl Li twice as long aH any “^rapparatm 
It is a perfect. Refrigerator for iaearn and DUlter. 
“ d “*4‘i,rS-KB«ESoN , .«F</. COMPANY 
Agents Wanted.^ _ Bui bus ton, n 
Mill Manufactory 
EiUbliihed 1851* 
GrrAAiUn 
OF 
FRENCH RUHR STOYE 
Eortuhto Mill* tor Farmer*. 
Saw Mill Owner., i/l*. Price 
from 680 up. Compl«U Mill 
and 8 toller *96. A U>r c»o 
grind and keep ta order. 
Adapted to any kind of Suita¬ 
ble power. Complete Flouring 
and Corn Mill very cheap. 
110EEYEE b KAW10N CO. 
p | ^l..«pnia. lid. 
Compact, substantial, eco¬ 
nomical and easily managed. 
Guaranteed to work well and 
give full power claimed. 
Engine and boiler complete, 
including governor, feed¬ 
pump. drive-pulley, etc., etc. 
at the low price of 
8 Horae power... .$215 
©$ " “ .... 246 
6X “ ” .... 315 
Manufactured at Springfield, 
Ohio. Send for Descriptive 
Pamphlet. 
Jtlu Jnnual Catalog-"* of Vtg-tlabl* and 
Flower Seed for 18T9 rich In engravings, from 
photographs, of the originals, will be sent FREE, to 
all who apply. My Old customers need not write 
for It. I offer one of tne largest collections olveg- 
stable woO ever Bent out toy nil* MWI houae fU Ameri- 
ca. a large portion of which were grown on rny sl* 
seed farms. Pull directiong for cultln ,«•-.«« on each 
vackaot. All seed warranted iu lv both Uvth and triu 
totiaine; so far, that should It prove otherwise, In VI 
refill the order tira(U. The original Introducer of the 
Hut*>ard Squash, Phlnney’s Melon, Marblehead Cab- 
hages. Mexican doni.and scares of older vegetables. 
1 Invite the patronage of till who art av trio tin to hair 
their need direct lv from the grower, fresh, true, and of 
the very best strain. _ v 
NE OT Skl§ORY.^Aterbleli’eud. ! 
Stores, Hotels. 
Restaurants. Club 
consumers will find 
to send Postal Card 
dress, and get the 
N. B.-Be- 
waro of imi¬ 
tators. 
Mass. 
On the Kansas Pacific 
Railway. 3.000,000 
Acres for Sale in the 
GOLDEN BELT. 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO., Springfield, 0. 
Or, I IQ Libe rty Ht,, New York City. 
METALLIC SHINGLES. 
Gold Medal Awarded at Paris Exposition, 1878. 
oh i h o.r* 
,si acre. 11 
Wheat 
Make the best roof In tho world. 
Superior to Tin. Reaper than 
Slate, and less than ii the w<dgbt 
Cannot OrucV. L Ire 1 roof. CanW* 
put on by any Car;>enter. 
75 pw cent, saved In freight, with 
no breakage In carriage or putting 
on. I will last a life time. H«ud 
W for full doMcripttnn and prices to Uio 
IRON-CLAD IWANUFACTURINC CO. 
22 CLIFF ST.. New York City. 
P‘ e«5J g33S£1.f gSJ’&iaSEiL a. J. 
SO to 50 bushel* I Corn 
40 to 100 bush, per acri*. 
No Uanure ueeded. I 
Good climate, pur* water J 
iud good°*oc»ety^ U RaU* o'ad and market fac, I die. «»!• 
bfnt 6 Map. and full information FREE. Address 
Ms 4ilUIlOfi£, Lwid Couumaeioner, SaliuA, Kadsaa. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
26 head to be sold at public auction on Wednesday, 
February 4th. 1880, by WM. R. WILLETTS, Skane- 
ateles, Onondaga, Co.. N. Y. Send for sale catalogue. 
HO! FOR OREGON!!! 
b AND THE NORTHWEST 
W HERE THEBE ARE nOMKS FOR ALL. 
ffii 
^RE TIIKimAURKO COLDWl'NTERS. 
HERE THERE ABR NO HOT * k ^ IE ^, S ' 
.isaifsasg^ 
BIG GIANT CORN MILL. 
Every Man His Own Miller. 
The only MID that will 
grind Corn with Shuck on 
wlthuu t extra ex pease. The 
only Mill grinding Corn and 
Cob succossi till? that will 
grind Shelled Corn tine 
enough for family use. 
Grinds t wire ae fast as any 
other Mill of same Btie and 
price. Manufactured by 
J. A. FIELD, SON & CO. 
022 N. 2d St.. St. LOUIS> 
SUBS 
l*asrPUIITSS£SqS 
new varieties—including the CUTH- 
BERT Raspberry, Glendale Straw¬ 
berry and Ducheas Grape. Mycat- 
alogue (free to all) gives instructiona 
for culture, honest descriptions and 
_ . fair prices. J.T.LOVETli 
liittle Silver, Monmouth Co., it. J. 
SEEDS? 
Western Seeds beats the world, tf 
Mine takes the lead. Frean, pure 
cheap and warranted. Prices be¬ 
low every firm. 1 give more extra 
as presents than all Arms. 1 hav# 
Issued JO OH) prettiest bookson gardening 
ever printed. Every vegetable and flower 
pictured and described. Worth many dollars^ 
Ui any one. Bend for free Garden-Guide and 
Beed Catalogue and see thatl beat them al l. 
a. IL 8 HUM WAY, BOOJUTORD, IiL 
cun lint 
tttee veryTow'toN uwen meaf Deal ers a nd^rg® 
tontersf r ?end 
rates 
Planters, 
List Free 
