PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Ifwplmetttsi and Parhittett) 
Among the recent arrivals at Chicago Is a son 
o t General Sheridan-a new one. 
Dr. T. De Witt Talmage tells the salt Lake Tri¬ 
bune that “ guns alone can uproot the vile weed 
Mormonlsm.” 
Ex-Minister Robert c. Schenck Is reported to be 
dangerously 111 in Vermont with Bright's disease. 
He Js seventy-one years old. 
Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, Is reported to be 
the possessor of two largo plantations In his State, 
and has a fortune also of $300,000. 
President Hayes Js receiving many Invitations 
from agricultural fair associations, and his secre¬ 
tary says that he Is seriously lnclned to accept all 
of them. 
At McKinney, Texas, a colored woman named 
Sukey Hunt, reported to bo no years old, was 
burled Sunday, She was the mother of nineteen 
children She was sensible to the last. 
August Demi was sentenced to six months’ Im¬ 
prisonment in Baltimore for drunkenness, on the 
complaint or nis mother. Before his term was 
over she died and left him by will $10,000. 
Senator conkllng has been a hard man to secure 
at agricultural fairs In his own state, but he has 
Just accepted an Invitation to appear with Gen. 
Grant at the Wisconsin state fair in September. 
Jenny Lind, who left the stage In ISCO. Is still 
hale and nearly. As Madame Otto Goldsmith 
she Is a worthy-looking and somewhat stout lady, 
wltu white hair. She will be 58 years old In Oc¬ 
tober. 
Two daughters of Gen Banks will soon cross 
the Atlantic— one as the bride of a young clergy¬ 
man, who goes to a mission in China, while the 
other is bound for Paris, where she will study for 
the stage. 
The Earl of Ilardwlcke, Master of the Buck- 
hounds under the Beaeou&fleld Administration, Is 
bankrupt. Last month even his deer and phea¬ 
sants were sold at ills seat, Wliupole, Cambridge¬ 
shire, 200 hend of the former bringing 200 guineas. 
Ex-Gov, Herschell V. Johnson of Georgia, died a 
week ago, having been U. 8. Senator, Governor of 
Ga., candidate for the vioc-presldency ou the 
Douglas ticket, an opposer of Secession at first 
and afterwards a supporter of it, a Confederate 
Senator and a Judge on the State bench. 
Hancock, Hooker and Burnside are said to have 
been the handsomest men on horseback who 
fought on the Federal side lu Virginia. McClellan 
rode, too large a horse. Custer and Farnsworth 
were splendid horsemen. Grant rode well, but 
was not graceful. Meade was not a good rider. 
Daniel O’Nell was arrested In Chicago ou a 
charge of murder, lie was not considered guilty, 
and had good reason to expect a speedy release; 
but his reason gave way under the excitement, 
and he constantly imagines that he hears the 
hammers on the scaffold which la being erected for 
his hanging. 
“Dr.” John Buchanan of Philadelphia, the bo¬ 
gus medical diploma dispenser, who was indicted 
Tor fraud and using the malls lor Illegitimate pur¬ 
poses. has drowned himself. Some suppose that 
In this too he Isa fraud j and that he got some 
good swlmmor to person ate him In Jumping from 
a ferry boat on the Delaware, between Philadel¬ 
phia and Camdeu. 
It was so common for Freeman to whip his wife 
ut Memphis, that the neighbors paid little atten¬ 
tion to the bruises which she constantly bore. 
She never complained of them and was seemingly 
resigned. But a few day ago a pistol shot was 
heard in her house, and her husband was found 
with a bulletin his head. “I concluded that I’d 
stood It long enough,” she said, “and, Lordy sakes; 
wasn’t he surprised when 1 hauled out my pistol 
and popped at lilm 
Lilian Adelaide Neilson, the celebrated actress 
who tiled suddenly in Paris, was about 30 years 
old. She was originally a bar-maid In England, 
attracted the marked attention or a wealthy gentle¬ 
man who paid for her education lor Urn stage. 
There’s a flattering account of her blrtn in Spain, 
put out after she became well known, but really 
where she was born and lier exact age are not 
known. She Is supposed to have died worth half 
a million of dollars, tor which there will, most 
likely, be a bitter legal wrangle between her first 
husband, Mr. Lee, and her last one, Mr. Compton, 
aa the English laws will hardly recognize the 
divorce she got from the former in this city. 
--♦ • ♦- 
What a Clergyman Says About the Vi¬ 
talizing power of Compound Ox¬ 
ygen. 
A clergyman, Kov. W. P. nines of Waynesboro, 
Miss., writing to the New Orleans Christian Advo¬ 
cate, says, referring to an advertisement of Com¬ 
pound Oxygen in that paper : “ Please allow me 
a few words of commendation. My wife being hi 
leeble health, and having been so tor many years, 
1 persuaded her to use It, whtcli she did. She be¬ 
gan vary soon to Improve In streugi h and con¬ 
tinued to improve, and passed through the unusu¬ 
ally hot summer of 18TS and the fall, attending to 
all her domestic duties with more strength and 
less fatigue than she had done for ten years pre¬ 
ceding ; then during the winter nursed the sick 
day and night, with more than usual loss of sleep 
and exposure and effort, and all without breaking 
down, which Hhe could not have, done at any pe¬ 
riod duriurj ten (/earn pant up to that time. In 
order to have some experimental knowledge of 
the effect of ihls Treatment, 1 used It several 
times myself. In all my life I never used anything 
that produced such a pleasant, healthful natural¬ 
ness of condition. Gave a glow or youthful buoy¬ 
ancy by Increasing the vital forces of mind and 
body, it gam a computus and power to mu voice 
that U never tuxd 0e/bre.” Drs. Stakkkv & Palkn, 
of Nos. lion and llil Girard Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa., send their Treatise on Compound Oxygen 
free to all who write for It. 
„ . ,, BI.OOMIN«TOV nursery. 
Established 1853. 600 aore»; 13 grefchousos. Wc 
2. .’*. a &r*fe stock of Tree**, Mi rubs. Hoses, 
jsuIbx, Apple t'dlinga, linage L’luntH. etc 
!Ne\v Fall Price Lmtfree. AddroPH BAIRD & TUTTLE 
Agents, Bloomington Nursery, III. 
TREESand VINES 
Plants and Bulbs 
BEST IN THE MARKET. CHEAP. 
Mailing a specialty. Safe arrival guaranteed. Gata- 
logn a free to ail. 27r,h year. 15 greenhouses. 400 acres. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
POT GROWN. BEST IN THE WORLD. 
A Catalogue, with colored plates, free. 
STORKS. HARRISON A CO.,J‘ainesvfile, Lake Co.,0. 
30 Diet it vavietloc of Strawberry Plants, for 
Acres HHx sunjuieraud fall planting. All rlie choice 
. new and old sorts In pots or layers, Ex¬ 
rip i*pipw tra slock at fair prices. Catalogues free. 
” * ‘ * ■ ' 1 G. H & J. H. Hale. So. Glastonbury, Ct. 
WIT UCPMHM Seedling Strawberry.— 
Ivl la w u ft IllJn Productive as the Crescent 
Seedling, very largo. \ery good quality. 10O other 
sorts Berries and I ruits. Catalogue free. 
J. 8 COLLINS, Moorestown, N. .1. 
THE MARVIN STRAWBERRY. 
Those wishing plants of the Marvin, please address 
MARVIN A' FRENCH, 
Ovid? Midi. 
Cabbage Seed a Specialty. 
ALL LEADING VARIETIES WARRANTED 
TRI E TO NAME AND CROP OF 1880. 
Wholesale pricelists for dealers, mailed free on ap¬ 
plication. FRANCIS BBlf.L, Seep Gkowee, 
MattitUck, Long Island, N. Y. 
riattorm HprJng \\ agous are especially designed tor the Use of Fanners and Dairymen. All work Is fully 
warranted in every respect. 
A finely Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List, furnished free upon application. Address 
CORTLYJNTD WAGON CO., 
Cortland, NT. Y. 
Or 263 & 265 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill, 
©durational. 
Hrw SuMirattuiw. 
A NEW SCHOOL SONG BOOK! 
JUST OUT. 
SONG BELLS! 
A New, Complete and most attractive 
Collection of School Son^s, 
BY L. O. EMERSON. 
Send 50 Cents for Specimen Copy. 
Books for Schools, Singiug Schools, Choirs, 
aid Gospel Temperance Meetings. 
Welcome Ohouus ($1.00). For High Schools. 
Song Bells. (60 c.te.) For Common Schools. 
Whits BoBW. (Slots.) For Sunday Schools. 
TKStrt.K. ($1.00). For Choirs and Singing Schools. 
Voice of Worship. ($1.00). Choirs and Singiug 
Schools. 
Johnson's Murnon for Singing Classes, (fillets.) 
For Singing Schools. 
TKMPK&AHok Jewels. (35cts). Gospel Temp. Work. 
Tkmveuanck Light. U2cts). “ “ •• 
OLIVER DITSON Sc CO., Boston. 
e, II. DItMl dc C«„ J. K. Dltsou Sc Co. 
843 Broadway, New York. 1228 Chestnut St, Phi'a. 
NOTICE” TO AGENTS. 
Any respectable person may become our Agent. 
Postmasters are requested to act as our Agents. 
A Cash Commission of Twenty-Five Cents will bi 
allowed Agents for each yearly subscriber. 
One name or a dozen names may be forwarded at 
any time. Credit is given the Agent for every name 
sent until canceled by Premium. 
Address 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
34 Park Row, N. V 
The New Buckeye 
VASSAR COLLEGE, 
pout* hkkjs rsrjB, -v. 
For tlie Liberal Education of Women. 
Examinations for entrance Sept. 15. Catalogues senton 
application to W. I.. DEAN, Registrar. 
LATEST IMPROVED 
HORSE- POWERS. 
IHhceltmeintA. 
J Gold, Crystal Lace, Perfumed & Chromo Cards 
name in Gold and Jet, 10c. 
CLINTON & BBO.. Olintonvifie. Ct. 
(DO rn A MONTH-AGENTS WANTED—75 
t 'll I best selling articles in the world; 1 sample 
(JJU J U fre-S. Address Jay Bkonson, Detroit, Mich 
aW AGENTS WANTEDW 
To Sell the Favorite 
CAKE AND BAKING PAN. 
Will SELL ON SIGHT TO EVERY HOUSEKEEPER. 
The success ofour agents proves it tobe the heal sell¬ 
ing article in the market. One agent made $120 in 2 
wee)«n. auothergOS in 10days, another $41 in 4days. 
Boxing and Freight Free to Agents, bend rni clscuiars 
to nearest address. KUEI’AltD A CO.. 
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W E ADVISE YOU TO INSl UK YOUR 
property in the 
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CO. 
Of Watertown, N. Y., 
The largest Company in the country which insures 
only fanners’ property and residences. Over twenty, 
six years old. 
Capital. $200,000 00 
Net Surplus, over.$235,153 81 
AeMetcn Jan, 1, 1880..$1,137,549 73 
A 1 1 n T" I ^ S.H.PARVIN&SdNS, 
A III rn I I \ K Pioneer Advertising Ageur, - 
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f 1 Kjc»nt# for *11 Papon Si Lift*. EftimaUa Fr»*. w 
THE NEW BUCKEYE 
Combined Crain and Fertilizer 
A8 IMPROVED FOR 1880. 
Over 7,000 uf tlie6t< new Drilly were Hold and thsfid in 
tbo United States last fieiLMnh,*Lul were prouounewd by 
nil to 06 the i/tust perfect ‘Seeding Machine* in the 
country. Jio Gtstiu Drill ever made tmvc such univer- 
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and hus no etiuul in tlii* country. Do sure and bead 
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P. MAST Sc CO.. 
Springfield, Onto. 
FOR ONE, TWO AND THREE HORSES. 
MACHINES FOR 
Threshing and Cleaning Grain 
AND SAWING WOOD. 
Patented, Manufactured and Sold by 
A. W. GRAY’S SONS, 
Middletown Springs, Vt. 
£2f” Will produce more income tuau many farms do. 
Do not fall to Send for Illustrated Circular 
Before Buying. 
Every (Machine guaranteed as represented. 
1 Circulars free. Address as above. 
siooo reward - 
FOR ANY WASHING MACHINE that wifi 
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tear of cloth* s than the BOBBINS P AMILY WASH ER 
AND BLEACHER, patented (Act 3, 1611 No rubbing 
required It is the best in the world, aud cannot get 
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aud Missouri Elvers, also in Kansas and Nebraska ' 
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The ‘'Centennial” Fanning Mill. S. l, FKf^ < S;”v^ T „!* e S„ 8 , l,BaCR,BERS 
K 91 
The best adll iu the 
World. It separatee 
Oats, Cockle, and all 
foul stuff from wheat 
Is also a perfect-clean¬ 
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Clover and all kinds of 
seeds. The great im¬ 
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mills is that it has two 
shoes, It is especially 
adapted for warehouse 
use. Send for Descrip¬ 
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hist. Liberal discount 
to dealers. Address, S. FItKKMA N & .SOS, 
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’THE NEW BIRDSEll.ClOVFF! SEPARATOR’' 1 
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Bubal Nkw-Youmck 
OSBORN’S SULKY PLOW, 
the only Plowing Machine that has proved a perfect 
success m all kfuds cif soil Any kind of plow can be 
attached. The Plowman rides aud bundles the plow 
watU ease, regulating the depth and width of furrow. 
7 he draft for the team is materially less, and the ordi¬ 
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comfort and ease. Sulky made for both right and 
lelt hand plows. Also, manufacturers of 
THE MEADOW KING lYIOWER, 
and other Agricultural Implements. 
S>?'" Send for circulars. 
G-KKGG & OO., 
Truinunshiirg, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
THE AMERICAN FRUIT DRIER. 
Thk request often made by publishers that readers 
will mention their journals when answering advertiso- 
mente, seems to ua a s ery reasonable <>ue. such men¬ 
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tioned and enables the advertiser to determine which 
Journals are the beat advertising mediums. Reference 
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advertisement of an exceptional or ambiguous charac¬ 
ter admitted, lu ho far as tlus Is possible we hold 
ourselves responsible for their high-standing and 
trustworthiness 
Practical! 
Portable I 
Address, 
Correct Prin¬ 
ciples, Correct¬ 
ly Applied. Il¬ 
lustrated Cata¬ 
logue giving 
much valuable 
in formation 
mailed /retc 
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Chambersburg, Pa, IT. g. A. 
TT PI fl T Ti 1 for the TRADE. Tvruu'ory given. 
K L t hX enterprise CARRIAGE CO., 
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THE F 1 uREAU N CREAMERY. 
Surpasses all others id quauuty and quality of butter made. It secures matured and ripened cream, 
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saves ttirce-fourths the ta'oor. It can be used with dr her Ice or water, ami both summer and wi a or 
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argest yield. Befor buying any other Cliu rn or Crenineri or any pans, or cans, send for large illus¬ 
trated circular to THE FERGUSON MF’fl CO., Burlliigron, Vt, Reliable Agents Wanted. 
