JAN .\7 
Dario us. 
V eteran Corn Sheller 
FOR HAND OR POWER. 
Just the Thing for Mill, Farm or Plan¬ 
tation. 
Power and Hand Corn Sliellera of all sizes 
and to Halt nil wants*. 
HORSE i J O WK U S. JACKS, dco. 
Write for Descriptive Circulars and prices. Ad¬ 
dress SANDWICH MANUK’G CO., 
Snndwlcli, lllinoU. 
THE CLOVER-LEAF, a 4-page, 24-column farm¬ 
ers’ paper. coutaiuiug valuable information on the 
culture and harvesting of clover, for seed. Sent free 
to every farmer sending us his name. 
BIRD.SELL MF'C CO., Sontli Wend, Ind. 
Say you saw this in Rural New-Yorker. 
N. B.-Be- 
ware of imi¬ 
tators. 
BRIEFLETS. 
Mr. Meehan says that lumps of tow dipped 
in gas tar and placed in the ruus, will drive 
moles away. . . We request our readers to 
send us by postal, or otherwise, any change in 
crop prospects, or any items of agricultural or 
horticultural news which may occur in their 
sections of couutry. We shall thus be enabled 
to add to the value of our “Everywhere" De¬ 
partment- . . T. H. Hoskins, M. D., of 
Newport, Vermont, pays the Rural a valued 
compliment. It is as follows : “ I congratu¬ 
late you on the prosperity of the Rural New- 
Yorker. It deserves it and more, aud if you 
go on with your work, you will make it 
the best paper of its class in the world. I 
think it is about that now—yet no doubt you 
can advance it even beyond where it now 
stands.”—We 6hall certainly try. 
Speaking of sweet potatoes, a correspondent 
of the London Garden says : " When good, it 
turns out something between a sweetmeat aud 
a vegetable. I do not know if their price is 
high in America, but it would be a great boon 
if they could bo sent here in such quantities as 
would allow of their being used us food. At 
present they are merely Covcnt Garden curi¬ 
osities.” . • . We cannot find the slightest 
real evidence that the use of iron will prevent 
the cracking of pears. . . Our crop reports 
have shown that corn has ripened very im¬ 
perfectly over large areas of the country, 
owing to various causes. Nevertheless, the 
yield seems to be upwards of 150,000,000 
of bushels greater than ever before. . - 
Domestic Economy.—If you are ble6t with a 
large family, aud have, besides, numerous 
relations whom you don't wish to disoblige, 
always dress yourself and household in black ; 
and thus you will escape the expense of 
mourning —Bunch. . . The prosperity of 
agriculture is inseparable from the prosperity 
of other great Industries of the country. . . 
A thorn iu the bush is worth two in the hand. 
Punch. . - Too many broths spoil the cook. 
. . One good kiss deserves another. . . 
Confidentially to our lady readers—Lace in 
haste and lament at leisure. 
The Duchess of Oldcuburgh and Red Astra- 
chan Apples for Illinois, .... When 
the printed address on the Rural has no 
number attached, the subscription expires 
at the end of the year. . . Thanks to a Cal¬ 
ifornia friend for the little box of S. Ameri¬ 
can corn. . , Remarkable specimens of 
fruits, roots, tubers, corn, wheat—grain of any 
kind—arc thankfully received. They some¬ 
times furnish us with the subjects for engrav¬ 
ings. Wc are always glad to bear the expense 
of postage on such articles if notilied by postal 
card or otherwise. . . The mistaken notion 
prevails with some sportsmen that the sign¬ 
boards forbidding huutiog, fishing or trespass¬ 
ing on private lauds are of no aceouut, aud 
that they can be disregarded with impunity.— 
Center Democrat.—They are very often re¬ 
garded as excellent lor target practice. . . 
Alonzo Sessions says: “If animals become 
diseased, I should prefer to see them slaugh¬ 
tered promptly rather than tortured to death 
with drugs" . . tJays the N. Y. Tribuae in 
a thoughtful editorial: “ Much of the misfor¬ 
tune of all classes comes from inability to hold 
a level head iu a season of sudden prosperity. 
Farmers, go steady 1 and prove, as usual, the 
balance-wheel of the world’s industrial ma¬ 
chine. . . People with eorns should never 
kick. . . When the wine comes in, the la¬ 
dies walk ont. . . “Did the Dairy Fair pay?” 
N. Y. Tribune. The International? Why, 
yes—certainly, of course—that is—but why do 
you ask the question? . . In preparing 
ground for vegetables as the season permits, 
Bpare not the manure. It is penny wise and 
pound foolish. Remember that the excel¬ 
lence of vegetables depends upon their rapid 
Everywhere known and prized for 
Skill and fidelity In manufacture, 
Tasteful and excellent lm prove meats, 
Elegant variety of de3lgn3, 
Y telding unrivaled Panes. 
Illustrated Catalogues sent Free. 
J. fiSTEY & CO., 
Brattleboro, Vt. 
31 k 33 
P. O. Box 4235, 
Stores, Hotels. 
Restaurants, C J u b 
consumers will find 
to send Postal Card 
dress, and get the 
NEW YORK* 
Boarding Houses 
Agents, aud larg 
it to their interes 
to the above ad 
latest terms. 
EET-NO ' 
HUMBUG . 1 
PIGGY, PIGGIER, PIGGIEST. 
Poking Fun at Darwin’s Origin of Man. 
A Medicine Should not be Guaged 
By the suddenness aud violence of Its effects. Self- 
evident as this proposition would seem, there, are 
many foolish persons who are content only with a 
remedy which acts abruptly. The pill and other 
nostrum-vendors who trade upon the credulity of 
this class, find their “best holt,” as poor Artemus 
Ward termed It, In the sale of violent purgatives, 
so long as they wrench the bowels of their dupes 
sufficiently, they are pretty sure of a certain 
measure of success. If Instead or such perni¬ 
cious rubbish, llostetter’s stomach Bitters Is used, 
the results are widely different. The bowels are 
relieved, but always gently, by ibis pleasant laxa¬ 
tive. which does not weaken but luvlgorares them, 
and endows the co-operative organa of digestion 
and bllloiiH secretion with activity and regularity, 
strengthens the const itutlon and physique, and 
while It Is sure In Us eoustltueats, Is sufficiently 
prompt In operation. 
THE 
Special Inducements to Agricultural Implement Dealers. 
Before oontrncfclngfor graln Drills for 1880 DO NOT FAIL 
to send price aild terms on the Champion Grain I>i*Ill to 
JOHNSON, GERE & TRUMAN, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
\\ VVE HAVE NEVER BEFORE . , r , , „ 
V U made Bueu a variety of Garden Wheel Hoes and Seed-Sowers. Mmas 
k- v IwwgI we have never before 
offered tools so well made, beautifully finished, and perfect In practice. | \K 
we have never before 
—tf eomhinod so well variety of work with ease of operation. These W 
»_ ft L aj machines quiekly save first cost. They are prominent Agricultural at J A 
z? itfe.ituuMH, and JAM. VICK says lie has never sold any so popular, - 1 
Correspondence is particularly solicited, aud descriptive catalog non with numerous engravings are seut free 
«. L, A 1.1.1. N *&, CO.. Market St., Philadelphia, Ha., Ultra, ol PLANET Jit. Goods 
Printing Press 
cards lnlwls &c, (Self-inker $6) 1 li larger sizt* 
bmlnesA or p!« t ure, young or old. Do your own uil- 
J^HwLl'tnr ttl1 ^ P rl, »tine, Calalotrue of l»rewus, typo, card?, 
Xor u nUuiips. Kelnuy & Co* M«rldco, Conn 
Mill Manufactory 
EfUhlisbf.l 11-SI, 
Ox-iot Miliu 
OF 
FltESCll Bl unt STONE 
IWtablu AJillfrfor FaiiDcrd, 
8 ow fcitll Owners, etc. Prio'.* 
from up. Complete L'lll 
otul Shuler £ 96 . A boy can 
grind *nd Beep la order. 
> duj tttl Lo any kind of sinin- 
bl- > power. Complete Flouring 
and Corn Mill very cheap. 
Rems!: & marmoit co. 
ndia»»DoUB *T>n 
Correct In Principle. Perfect In Operation. 
Awarded Intorsatiosal Diploma at the Dairy Fair, 1879. 
It maintains a perfectly uniform temperature at 60°. 
It increases the production of Butter fully 10 percent. 
It malms Butler unexcelled in texture, flavor and 
keeping-qualities. 
1 1 require* the least labor of any system. 
It will last tvnee as Sony as any other apparatus. 
It is a perfect Kef rlgv.rator for t’.reatii aud Butter. 
It can be used with either ice or water. 
laTBend for large circulars giving full particulars 
aud many other testimonials. 
THE FERGUSON MFG. COMPANY, 
A (vents Wanted. Burlington, Vt. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
I. X. L. 
Feed Mill 
Sg. CHALLENGE FEED MILLS. 
ffflX Grinds three times as fast as any 
I /<k\ other mills. Always successful. 
tail 1 AL Over SOU i'iret Premiums aud Med- 
1 <T \lh mir als. (Aer lo.uoii in use. They do uot 
clog- or heat; griudg 60 bushels per 
'I ff]r -jhuur. All Miioccssful Iron Deed 
v jSr i Mills infringing our •patents. Be¬ 
lla sUil ware: Buy none but the best. Ke- 
Ptp,\ member the Courts have sustained 
| * our Patents. Also, the beet Wind 
Mills, Coru Shellcrs. Horse Power Wood Saws, Fann¬ 
ing Mills aud Pumps. Address „ , , ... 
B CHALLENGE MILL CO.. Batavia. DL 
25 head to be sold at public auction on Wednesday, 
February 4th, 1880, by WM. K. WILLETTS. Skane- 
ateles, Onondaga, Co., N. Y. Bend for sale catalogue. 
IIDELL PRESSES AND GRATERS. 
) Boomkb te Bomohkbt Press Co.. Syracuse. N Y, 
Cheap, Effective 
and Durable. 
CAN BE RUN BY ANY 
POWER. 
Capacity from 6 to 30 bushelB per hour, according to 
size. Bend for Catalogue “ B.” so. 
U. S. WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO., 
Batavia, Kune Co., Ill. 
AlllRON BUT THE HOPPER. 
and luxuriant growth. . . No just reason 
has been assigned why the Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment should uot have u representative in the 
Cabinet. Journal of Agriculture. . . Mrs. Ma¬ 
ple, who is very stout, says there is no waste 
(waist) in her kitchen. . . Virtus semper 
virhlis —A young man from the couutry. . . 
There is no happiness which will compare 
with that which comes to a man whose bills 
are all honesllv paid. . . The little girl was 
quite right who said she had been converted, 
and knew it because she felt ail the time like 
giving the best things she had to her sister. A 
little more of that kind of conversion would do 
older people no harm. . . “The Loudon 
Garden of Dee. 0 contains a very excellent 
portrait of Hou. Marshall I 3 . Wilder.” Mass. 
Ploughman. Why not have said, friend 
Ploughman, that it was copied from the Rural 
New-Yorkkk with due credit? . . We beg 
to thank our subscribers for their efforts and 
good words iu our behalf. In a great measure 
we owe our increase in circulation over last 
year to them. . . Trouble is as easily bor¬ 
rowed as an umbrella ; but not so easily lost. 
Never be a borrower of either. 
To the RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
78 Duane St., New York. 
Please find, the names and addresses of 
I inclose $ . 
subscribers , at $. each 
{Signed) 
