NOV. 27 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Senator Matt. H. Carpenter la attending to busi¬ 
ness In Washington, although his health la preca¬ 
rious. 
Mrs. Prances Hodgson Burnett Is so 111 that she 
writes while lying on her back. She Is writing a 
new novel. 
A Liverpool paper announces that Mr. Hayes will 
visit England next year and occupy the pulpit of 
eminent Wesleyans. . 
Solon Robinson, the well-known writer on agri¬ 
cultural topics, died on Thursday week at Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla., where he had gone for his health. 
Colonel Ingersoll expects to remain In Washing¬ 
ton, which he considers as good a town to loan 
money in without collateral as any In the world. 
President-elect Garfield Is having hla house at 
Mentor painted slate color. Now he can, with a 
piece of chalk, write the names of his forthcoming 
Cabinet on it. 
Mr. Russoll Hancock, son of General Hancock, 
who, with his family, has been spending the Sum¬ 
mer on Governor’s Island, has gone home to his 
plantation. In Mississippi. 
Major Walali, of the Northwest Mounted Police, 
whose name has recently been associated with Sit¬ 
ting Bull's surrender, Is In Chicago to undergo 
treatment for an attack or erysipelas. 
Justice Swayne, of the L'nlted States Supreme 
Court, Is said to know that his place, upon his re¬ 
tirement, Is to be filled by Stanley Matthews, to 
whom It was promised three years ago. 
It seems possible to have a good many acres In 
County Kerry without much Income from them. 
Lord Lansdowne’s 9-1,544 acres are valued at .£8,042 
a year, Lord Ventry’s 91,501 at £15,283, Mr. Bland’s 
32,640 at jC 2,63S, the O’DOnoghUe’S 10,405 at £887. 
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The best people will vote for the best man every 
time. And we Judge by the number of the St, 
Jacobs Oil constituency, that It Is the best remedy 
for rheumatism known. Prof. Tice, of St. Louis, 
among others, think so. 
okT 
PERMANENTLY CURES 
KIDNEY DISEASES, 
LIVER COMPLAINTS, 
Constipation and Piles. 
I>r. R. ILfilarte, South Hero, Vt., says, “Incases 
of liiiinpj-TroaWw It has acted like a charm. It 
has cured many very hud cases of Plli«, and has 
never failed to net efficiently.” 
Nelson Fairchild, of Kt. Albans, Yt.. Ba,vs,“Itl8 
of jirlealttB value. Alter Rbrteon year* of great 
suffering from riles and Costlveness it com¬ 
pletely cured me.” 
0. 8 . Hogaboti, of Berkshire, says. “One pack¬ 
age has done wonders for mo w completely cur¬ 
ing a severe Liver and Kidney Complaint." 
wSSSSvlWHY? 
POWER. JUSAJ 
Bacansolt A:*3 cm tha LITIS, the BOWELS and 
tbs UD1IIT3 at the sama time. 
Because It cleanses the system of 
the poisonous humors that develops 
In Kidney and Urinary diseases. Bil¬ 
iousness, Jaundice, Constipation, 
Piles, orln Rheumatism, Neuralgia 
and nervous disorders. 
KIDNEY-WO KT l« u dry vegetable com- 
poundiiiui f un 1>«> by mull prepaid. 
O ne pack age will mnkextx qfa of medicine. 
THY IT NOW ! 
B’Buy it at the l>ruggl»(». I*rloe, #1.00. 
WELLS, EIOHASDSOIT £ CO., Proprietors, 
12 (Will «ond po,t paid.) Burlington, Vt, 
In response to the urgent requests of great 
numbers of people who prefer to purchase a 
Kidney-Wort already prepared, the pro¬ 
prietors of this celebrated remedy now pre¬ 
pare It In liquid form aa well as dry. It is 
very concentrated, la put up in large bottles, 
and is equally efficient as that put up dry In 
tin cans. It saves the necessity of preparing, 
is always ready, and ia more easily token by 
most people. Price, $1 per bottle. 
LIQUID AND DRY SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. 
WELLS, RICHARDSON A CO., Prop’rs, 
A Burlington. Vt. 
APCUTC MAKE QUICK SALES AND 
Mali cl I 0 % the best profits on our New 
2 U lloolts, ” (food Thoughts on 
Mother, Home and Heaven,” S82.75; ’5,000 
Curiosities ot the Bible,” *1.75; Bishop 
Haven’s** American I’rogrons.”$2; Bibles,etc. 
Sent by mail. E. B, TREAT, Pub .767 B’way.N. Y. 
Pf i k Fancy Cards 10 c, orAiNewStyleChromoCards loo 
V f with nurno postpaid. ChroinoCardCo.N asaau.N.Y 
LANDSSSHOMES 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. 
1,000,000 acres well-watered Timber 
and Prairie Lunds along t he lino of the 
St. Louis and Sun Francisco K. K.for sale 
ut from 82,50 to $8.00 per acre on 
.seven years’ time, Excellent, for Stock. 
xcellunt. for Stock, 
Fruit, and Farming. The best Tobacco 
Region in the West. Short winters, con¬ 
venient markets, superior schools, low 
taxes, healthful climate, good society. 
Free transportation from St. Louis to pur¬ 
chasers of land, Send/or maps and circulars. 
W. H. COFF11V, Land Commissioner, 
Temple Building, St. Louis, Mo, 
HOLIDAY MUSIC BOOKS. 
DITSON & CO. call attention to their elegant and 
U j 8 n Ibooks suitable for presents, and espe¬ 
cially to their 
VOLUMES OF BOUND SHEET MUSIC. 
Price of each in Cloth. *3 50; Fine Gilt, $3. 
ThejoUowino are collections of Piano Music. 
^KCUWII* OF GEM*. 43 pieces of high 
GEMS OF THE DANfiE. 79 of the best pieces 
of new dance music, by the most celebrated compos- 
ers. 
. GEMS OF STRAUSS. 80splendid and brill¬ 
iant compositions. 
I* T A NO F(IKTK G EMS. 100 select piauo pieces. 
HOME CIRCLE. Vol, I. 170 easy pieces for be¬ 
ginners. 
HOME CIRCLE. Vol. II, 142 pieces, of which 
22 are for 4-hande. 
PARLOR. MUSIC. 2 Ycls. 120 easy and popu¬ 
lar pieces. * 
CREME DK LA CREME. 2 Vols. 85 select 
places or borne difficulty, suited to advanced players. 
FOUNTAIN OF GEMS. 97 easy and popular 
pieces. 
WELCOME HOME. 70eaay and popular pieces. 
PEARLS OF MELODY. 50 pieces of moder¬ 
ate difbculty. 
PIANIST’S ALBUM. 102 pieces. Fine collec¬ 
tion. 
All the books above named are alike in size, style, 
binding and price. 
OLIVER DITSON A CO., Boston. 
C. e. Dltiei Si C*., J. K. DlUon Ss C«. 
843 Broadway. New York. 1228 OhestnutSt., Phl'a. 
FARMERS are MAKING M il IIIII LI O’O 
825 to S50 per week selling IVlHN ll I ll U O 
ILLUSTRATED STOCK BOOK 
Bccaunn every Iurrarr actually need* ir. It iB 
the latest, largest , and most complete work ever 
issued in America treating ot Horses. Cattle. Sheep, 
Swine and 1‘oullry -their breeds, breeding, training 
cure, and management; their diseases, causes. preven¬ 
tion. symptoms, and remedies. io(IO pages, -too 
ill UHtratinnu, ana l superb chart v, \mvoim* ck'Jririn* 
profitable work during the winter should send at once. 
OVR LITTLE ONER 
,AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL. 
WM. T. ADAMS, (Oliver Optic) Editor. 
ihe most elegantly Illustrated Magazine for Little 
PiscfUiwcouss. 
the 11F.8T Akiibis, and engraved on wood especially 
for this work. Original stories and Poems by the Best 
wnrrBBSfor children. Specimens free. A acute wanted. 
Monthly 15 cents n. copy; £1.50 per year. 
RUSSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
119 Tram out St . Boston. dins*. 
The Oldest Agricultural Journal 
in the South. 
ROLFE S. SAUNDERS, Editor and Proprietor. 
Office: No. 28 North Nixth St., Richmond, Va. 
Ooi,. W. C. KNIGHT, Dr. M. G. ELLZKY, 
Associate Editor. Editor Live-Stock Dept. 
For more than Forty Years the Leading Representa¬ 
tive Journal of the 
Agricultural and Industrial Inter¬ 
ests of die sSou.tli. 
Circulating among the more intelligent classes in 
every neighborhood in Virginia, and generally 
throughout all die Southern States, it affords a most 
excellent and effective medium for advertising. 
Its corps of regular contributors embrace a long 
list of the ablest and most eminently practical agri¬ 
cultural writers of this country. 
Emigrants Seeking Homes in the South 
will ttnd valuable and reliable information in its 
pages. Single subscription $2.00 a year, or $l.uo for 
six mouths. Specimen copies 15 cents. 
The Planter and Farmer with the Rural Nf.w- 
Yorker will be furnished One Year for £3.35. 
ABSOLUTELY 
FREE! 
To any ooo who sill noiol u, Six gft j&s g 
cent*, da ollvoror ponugc sum pa,) H III H « 
which vre x»k to help puy (he coil of N ■ S H— ■ W 
this oilvofli.i'mom, „•« will soinl m m “ N 
free Mul po>i|.«l<l. The Cricket on the 11 ear til, on trial, 
for Mip Once Imt month* of this y.\a.\ iochtdlug our lamcmficent 
llollffnx N inn hr r, which will contain our ii"ir iiml extensive Illus- 
tratoU Prvuium l.i>t for It 8 l. Wo make this oxtrannlitu.rv oiler to 
introdueft (ho caper Into every household In America, anil In who 
tees this uotieo anil doe, net inHe ndvantafr olit. muma thejereat- 
ext tiargaln ever offered bv a reliable jnihh.liinp home, TiiKCrcfCKRr 
o» me lIvtuTii!« a aplendi'l Id-pace Illimrsirff Story taper. Giro 
of Harper'll Weekly) and the re cul.it price of iv tinylf nnmbf.r is six 
cental therefore Die liberality oftliH niter cun borcndfly appreciated. 
Make up club* I We will rend five, it-tnonihf snlMcrlptlon* for 2a eta. 
Addrca, 7100 UK A WILSON, I'ubiihber., 240 Rroadway, Pi. ¥. 
Tlnnnwn I OOO ptriudlCJllH At Cltlb rates—StiTi 1 )- 
UnnOT*v dvts, N. 7 Tribune, Pto., Hnrjier’s 
I nllnl ll Monthly, itrioe $4.00, to agents, $3.15; 
i IIUUIU others at like low rates. List free. 
MuOUE’S AGENCY, Brockport. N. Y. 
j&totk anfl 
UKCOFEDINBURGff 
IMPORTED CLYDESDALES 
.4LSO» 
HAMBLETONIAN S, 
and other desirable strains of Trotting Stock, for 
sale, clienp, and on enay terms. All acock guaran¬ 
teed aa good as represented. Catalogues sent free. 
Correspondence solicited. Address 
POWELL BROS., 
Sprint boro, Crawford Co., Pa. 
I NSTEAD OF HUSKING AND SHELLING CORN 
fanners can save tune and fending power of their 
crops by using 
tub bnsilag-e cutter, 
made by THE NEW YORK PLOW CO., which is 
equally efficient for dry fodder or green stalks fob 
Ensilaob. The Infest fact* on this subject have 
been published by us—56 Bkekman St., Nkw York. 
4i7(j) a ’■ vee! '■ a day at home easily made. Costly 
tp 4 outfit free. Address True & Co., Augusta. Maine. 
AGENTS WAMTED.ra,V w r»r 
ting Machine over introduced. Will knit a pair of 
stockings, with HI:El, and TOE complete, in 20 
minutes. It will aluo knit a great variety of fancy- 
work for which there is always a ready markot Send 
for circular and terms to the Twombly Knitting 
Machine <!n., 4o9 Washington Bt., Boston, Alans. 
OA Gold and Silver Chromo Cards, with name, loo. 
lu t r post-paid. Geo. I. Rkkd At Oo . Nassau N. Y 
(1* PP a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit 
V”” free. Address H.Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine 
1 
OCf) A MONTH-AGENTS WANTED—75 
. 1,1 II beet selling articles in the World; 1 sample 
free. Address Jay Bronson, Detroit Mich. 
(j*r In OQjnpor day at home. Samples worth $5 free 
U” IW t^A-UAddresB Stinson &Oo„ Portland, Alaine, 
INVEST ONE CENT 
in a postal card, address it to H. A, Kenyon 
Dwhiht. Illinois, ANI> order our clulj List of 
BOO Newspiawrs & Periodicals, which we send sing¬ 
ly to any address at lowest club rate. Y‘ou will get 
uch information that we cannot give you here. 
EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY GIVEN TO AGENTS. 
ECURE TOUR READING FREE 
Please say you saw thi- ad. In the Rural. 
W E ADVISE YOU TO ENSURE YOUR 
property in the 
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CO. 
Of Watertown, N. Y., 
The largest Company in the country which insures 
only farmers’ property and residences,. Over twenty 
six years old. 
Capital. $200,000 00 
Net -Surplun, over.$235,153 SI 
Aflftets, Jan. 1, 1880..$1,137,549 73 
AAll Gold, Chromo & Lit’g, Cards, (No 2 alike,) 
JUNtme On. luc. Clinton Bros., ClintonviUe. Conn. 
SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
I wli.l receive subscriptions to the Rural New- 
Yorkkr at $2 per year. To Induce my old patrons, 
as well as my new ones, to renew with me. I will. 
In addition to the premiums already ofTered to 
each subscriber by the Publisher, give to each 
subscriber two pounds silver bulled buckwheat, 
a new and distinct variety, postpaid by me. 
Write address plainly. Forward money oy bank 
draft or P. O. money order on Jamestown, N. Y., 
except In small amounts, which, If properly folded, 
usually come safe. Address, 
H. A. WHITTEMORE, Fluvanna, NT. Y. 
flwrtj*, 
APPLE SEEDLINGS 
FOR GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 
This-past season we have grown a large stock of 
very strong and healthy Apple Seedlings which we 
offer for sale at market prices. Samples free. Address 
BAIRD & TUTTLE. Agents, 
Bloomington Nursery, Bloomington, Ill. 
GRAPE VINES. 
All leading varieties in supply. Warranted true 
to name. Prices low. Also ihe celebrated NEW 
WHITE GRAPE, PRENTISS. Also trees, small 
fruits, etc. 
T. S. HUBBARD, 
_FBEDONIa. n. y. 
C hoice lot of peach, apple, and other 
Fruit Trees and Plants at bottom irrices. Prices free. 
Mention papers Address R S. Johnston, Stocklev.Del 
fmpUmutttiSi anti Pacltinery. 
KATES flND novelties. 
_■ ■ —— Send ior Catalogue. 
R. SIMPSON, 133 Nassau St., ,Y. V. 
WELL BORING.SH 
. .. , , „ , | (NO MACHINERY 
»nd how to u»e, la fully lllostrated. explained »u,l highly n-i-oro- 
mendod in AmariaiS AgrlOBltVUt,” Nov. No., 1879, page 46S. 
9 cdu for It, PorcAblr, low priced, walked by nun, Iwirne or Pteam 
power. Needed by fnrmerH In every counfy. Ooafl botiltieB^ for 
winter or Stitnroer and very proQtAblu Mnkea welt* In onrth or 
rock Anywhere. We want the of men thnl need woila, 
Send stamp for llltieLrated price llat and term* to Agents. 
Pierco Woll Excavator Co.y 29 Scse Street, New York t U. 3. A, 
S “ S a»* 
This WondeFfnl Improved Saw Machine 
is warranted to sxw n Ino-foot lojr in fhrc«> min- 
uioit 1 Wirt wood or loc* 1 (»f any sisc In n dav 
^ an two iii4*ia can chop or f-nw thn ».ir| way. JEveru 
" d/ttmhrrtunn tiorels, one. 
C^ACiENTS >> AVf V th— 111 ti >1 n t .<1 rircuhr ami terms Frv«. 
Addre.s FARMERS' .MANTFACTTRINC ( •>.. 
1‘8 Elm Street, CtncIniiBtl. O. 
. BEST WASHER AND WRINGER 
in the. World. Guaranteed to do perfect work or 
money refunded. Warranted for 5 years. Price of 
washer. $ 8 . Sample to agents, $3 SO. Price of Wring¬ 
er, $7.50. Sample. $4.25. Circulars free. 
ERIE WASHER CO., Erie, Fh. 
Mitchell, Lewis k Co.. Racine, Wis. L.S.A. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
FARM AND FREIGHT WAGONS 
Platform Spring Wagons, Tiirec Sprln** Wagons, Four Sprl J 1 or Wagons, Ope 
and Top *iu«sle», Phit ions, Sewing Alacliine Wagons, Buekboard*. 
The MITCiTELL WAGON in Alonarcb of the Road, only the very best stock used in its c•ustmetiou and 
made bj the best wagon mechanics in the world. The Spnug IVagou and liuggx' Department is entirely seoa 
rate from the Farm Wagou shoos. And for the manufacture of this class of work we have facilities anstw 
passed. Send for Catalogue and Illustrated Price List. 1 
Mitchell, lewis a co., Raciuc, win. 
CLARK’S IMPROVED ROOT CUTTER 
\ 1 
VI 
. ■ 5 A 
PERFECTION OBTAI ED 
CUTTING ROOTS 
This Cutter has mvlivd the First Premiums at 
every Fair, and has no equal. Do uot fall 
to examine it. 
The Neatest, Strongest, Simplest, Cheapest, 
and most Perfect Root Cutter in the Market. 
This Cutter is built with a heavy oak frame, well 
bolted together ; is staunch and strong, neatly fin- 
l-hed, handsome!v striped and ornamented The cut 
ting apparatus consists of twentu-n'vt steel knives 
(Conge shaped), 60 Arranged on a wrought-iron shaft 
that they are perftotiv secure; no chance of bceounn*- 
loose nr breaking, l’he roots are neatly cut in pieces 
.. . ’ .I . . »'V-WO 4V uv. uvi O, yyu l 
iJiiJ to examine 
Wo are manufacturing three sizes, designated bv 
numbers .—1 2 and 8 . ' 
Nos. 1 and 2 designed for band use. 
No. 3is the Power Cutter, and will cut loo bushels 
per nour. 
i ^ ce - .. 
Ko ' 3 . 22.00 
HIGGANUM M'E’G CORPORATION, 
Uigganiuu, Ct. 17. s. A. 
Warehouse 38 So. Market St. Boston, Mas*. 
For sale by R. H. ALLEN A CO., General .Agents. 
189-191 Water St., New York. 
