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ears o!d, strong, $70.00 
, 4 to 6 feet. 3 yearn, $' 
Apple TreeB, 6 to 8 feet, 3 y 
1 ,«io. Cherry. E. Richmond 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
FAIR NO. 
BRIC-A-BRAC. 
I thank the Lord that there la one thing In this 
world that money kant buy, and that lz the wag 
uv a dog’s tall.—Josh Billings. 
A Cynical exchange remarks that “ lies go by 
telegraph, while the truth comes In by mail three 
hours late." _ 
“ Alcohol will clean silver." Yes, alcohol well 
stuck to, will clean all the sliver you have—out of 
your pocket. __ 
A correspondbnt wishes to know If the “ Lay 
on MacDuff” was one of Shakspeare’s earlier 
poems. 
“ Beautiful lives have grown up from the 
darkest places, as pure white lilies full of fra¬ 
grance have blossomed on slimy, stagnant wa¬ 
ters.” _ 
Never tell a grlrl you love her 
'Till you think her pa is willin'; 
Never tell a man lie's honest, 
When you think ho is a villain; 
Never think you are so funny 
That your wit, will livo forever; 
Never use that old expression, 
Weak and weary: " Hardly ever." 
—Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
No, Cleopatra-s needle was not Imported for 
any of the sewing schools of New York, It was 
simply sent with an eye to holding the thread of 
a story. _ 
The flowing reporter who wrote, with reference 
to a well knownhelle; “Her dainty feet were In¬ 
cased in Bhoes that might be taken for fairy boots,” 
tied his wardrobe up In a handkerchief and left for 
parts unknown when It appeared the next morn¬ 
ing : “ Her dirty feet were Incased In shoes that 
might bo taken for ferry-boats.” 
2 lovers sat beneath the shade. 
And 1 nn3 the other said: 
'* How 14 8 that you bc9 
Have smiled upon this suit of mine; 
If 6 a heart, it palps for you— 
Thy voice is mu« melody— 
'Tis 7 to be thy loved 1, 2- 
8ay, Oynymph, wilt marry mo ?” 
fhen lisped shosoft: " Why 131y!” 
“ Yes,” observed a friend the other evening, “she 
certainly Is very highly cultivated, she is very 
stylish, plays well, sings well, talks well, danoes 
well, and rides well, and succeeds admirably In 
private theatricals. In fact,” he added, “Bho la 
Just one of the kind of girls you’d like one of your 
friends to marry.” “Then you wouldn’t care to 
marry her?” "By no means, my dear fellow. 
What I am looking for Is a real nice girl.” 
transposition. 
Bo pleased my worthy friend, to name 
A word of letters five, 
Without the aid of which, I guess. 
We none of ns should thrive; 
Transpose the same, nnd thou you’ll see 
Tin black, and brown, and gray, 
And I am brushed and duly cut 
By thousands every day. 
If a man have love In his heart, he may talk In 
broken language, but It will be eloquence to those 
who listen. 
It a man Is determined to do the best ho can, 
whether he drives a cart, conducts a business of 
a million dollars, or preaches the gospel, he can¬ 
not fall. 
Frivol lty under whatever form It appears, takes 
from attention its strength, from thought Its 
originality, from feeling Its earnestness. 
I’ve searched my Worcester through and 
through, 
I've hunted In my WebBter, too, 
Apart and both together; 
Yet I can’t And why men should speak 
Of broiling days, which last a week. 
As a long npcll of weather. 
Thou* books, as far as I can see, 
In spelling weather do agree 
Quito well with ono another; 
And though I've Bought, aud am not blind, 
The only spells that I can find 
Are whether, wether, weather. 
Hannkmann, the founder of tho homoeopathic 
school, was one day consulted by a wealthy Eng¬ 
lish lord. The doctor listened patiently to the 
statement which the patient made to him. Ho 
took a small phial, opened It, and held It under 
his lordship's noso. “ Suiell t Well, you are 
cured.” The lord asked In surprise, “ How much 
do I owe you?” “A thousand francs,” was the 
reply. The lord immediately pulled out a bank¬ 
note, and held It under the doctor’s nose. “ Smell! 
Well, you are paid.” 
THE Fill VOLOUS GIRL. 
Her eyes were bright and merry, 
She danced in the mazy whirl; 
She took the world in its sunshine. 
For she was a frivolous girl. 
She dressed like a royal princess, 
i She wore her hair In a curl; 
Tho goastps said: “ What a pity 
That she’s bucU a frivolous girl." 
—Steubenville Herald. 
TWENTY YEABS LATEU. 
She’s a wife, mother, a woman, 
Grand, noble, aud pure as a pearl. 
While the gossips say, “ Would you think it, 
Of only a frivolous girl." 
A man lost a bag of potatoes olf his wagon as he 
came Into the city ono mortdug, and as he did not 
become aware of his loss till he reached the war- 
kpc, he felt that it was useless to search for it. 
Ho felt tho loss very keenly tlU suddenly realizing 
that, there was a bright aide to.lt. Then his face 
put on a amllc, and he chuckled; “ Come to think 
of It, It was one of those two-bushel bags which 
didn’t have but a bushel and a half In, and the 
tinder will get swindled out of half a bushel at 
least 1” 
A WISK LANDLORD. 
One night, a Judge, a military officer, and a 
minister, all applied for lodging at an Inn where 
there was hut one spare bed, and the landlord was 
called upon to decide which had the best claim of 
the three. 
“ I have laid fifteen years In the garrison at B.,” 
said the officer. 
“ l have sat as Judge twenty years in it.,” said 
tbe Judge. 
“ With your leave, gentlemen, I have stood In 
tho ministry twenty-live years at N.,” said the 
minister. 
" That settles the dispute,” said the landlord. 
“ You, Mr. Captain have lain tlfteen years—you, 
Mr. Judge, have sat twenty years—but the aged 
pastor has stood 11 ve and twenty years, so he cer¬ 
tainly has the best right to the bed."—Charleston 
Mercury. _ 
A CHILD’S IDEA OF THE SEA. 
A Family going north from Raleigh recently, 
took the boat at Norfolk after dark. Next morn¬ 
ing tho little girl awoke and scrambled up to the 
window and looking out on the broad Atlantic ex¬ 
claimed, “ oil mamma, do get up here and eee, the 
front yard is full of water.”—Raleigh <N. c,) News. 
« « «- 
For close confinement, want of air, sedentary 
habits and brain and nerve-tire, trust In Hop 
Bitters. 
§csoici[^ nvrTT ' >LANTS 
SMALL JUUlM I FRUITS 
LITTLE SILVER, MONMOUTH CO. NEW JERSEY. 
Of this incomparable Raspberry I have much the largest 
I and best stock in the U. S. It is extremely large, im- 
ra ■ mensely prolific, beautiful red color, surpassingly firm, of 
* \ ^ K/ exquisite quality, a strong, vigorous grower, most enduring 
|c_ 1 in summer and entirely hardy everywhere in winter. A 
v m superior stock also of other raspberries, such as Gregg 1 , 
Herstine, Brandywine, Turner, Belle da 
BJ % Fontenay, Franconia, Mammoth Cluster, 
IY Caroline, Reliance, &c. 
AT STRAWBERRIES. 
^ My collection of Strawberries is the largest in America. 
It embraces over one hundred and fifty varieties*,, including all novcllicsll^ havebevnolTcred w date, 
especially grown for transplanting. Particular attention is invited to the merits of The Marvin and JiirK 
wood- All the good old and choice new varieties of 
Blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries and Grapes. 
My Illustrated Catalogue gives accurate, honest descriptions of the different varieties, complete instructions for 
planting, cultural noi-s. &c., and prices, both for the plants by mail and by express, that cannot fail to please. It 
will be mailed all applicants free of charg e. Ad dress _ _ ,, _ __ 
J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. 
? ^ L pT t| • 
B Our Seed Catalogue, 
Containing womploto lists of all the 
leading VEGETABLE, FIELD 
amt FA K >I SF.RDS, especially of 
Hoods for HOOT AND FODDER 
CHOPS, aud of WINTER GRAINS, will be sent 
to all who apply. Inclosing stamp for postage. 
R. H. AIXEN & CO., 
189 and 191 Water St., 
P. O. Box 376. New York. 
ellwancer^barrT 
ROCHESTER, UV. Y. 
Offer the largest nnd most complete Slock nt 
Kruirnnri OrnameuialTrees In ihcC.S. Priced 
Catalogues sent n. follows; No. I. Fruits with 
■ r • ..I.in I ft „ru Vn *> nnnninontol 
W. B. JONES & SONS, 
HERNDON, GA., 
PRODUCERS AMO DEALERS IH 
Best Southern Acclimated Field and Garden Seed 
Extra Early Prolific Herlomc Cotton, best va¬ 
rieties of stock and table Corn, Sweet 
Potatoes, Melons. Field and Garden 
Peas, with our specialties ef 
Millets, Sorghums and 
other Forage Plants. 
Correspondence Invited. 
Price List furnished on application. 
SMALL FRUITS. 
Sharp’oss. Marvin, Harts, Glendale, and all tho 
choice Strawberries. Cuthbert, Gregg, Caroline and 
other Knsoberries. Snyder Blackberry, Downing 
Goo“eborry, Currants, Grapes, Peaches sncl Aspara¬ 
gus Roots. $3 per 1,000. Write us if you want anything 
in the N ornery line, as we have an immense stock ana 
can quote some very low prices. Catalogues free. 
G. H. & J. H. HALE, 
South Glasconburv, Conn. 
E. & J. G. WILLIAMS, 
MONTCLAIR, N. .1., 
Will supply you with all the new and leading 
rj EEIK, KEEFES. 
AND OTHER FRUITS AT MODERATE PRICES. 
GOLD MEDALWHEAT FOR SEED 
A white wheat, hardy', productive and of the high- 
PriUiHuiMfruRmL'uiui iiL'csiii iiilij.u, * mru n wmin n i" i pauuuv.i. v ~ “*=*■ 
Catalogues eent u*» follows: Vo, i* Fruits with ef»fcqualit 3 r . Price ftl.fiO per ba&ket Samplen tree to 
plate, id cts.; plain, 10 cts. No. 2. Ornamental all applicant*.. Address .... .. 
Trees, etc., with plate, 2.» cts.: plain, l J cts. No. !i, .TOHi PH HARRIS, Moreton Farm. Rochester, N. Y. 
Greenhouse, Free. No. 4, Wholesale, Free. No. 
5 , Catalogue of Hoses, with beautiful colored plate, 
ID cts.: plain. Free, No. 7, Catalogue of Strawber¬ 
ries und Small Fruits, Free. 
ESTABLISHED 1838. 
r- 
The subscriber begs leave to offer a strain of 
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, 
wbioh in point of parity, vitality and superior 
quailt v, shall not he equalled by any. Special efforts 
are made to furnish Market Gardener* and Ama¬ 
teurs who appreciate the value of good seeds and 
wlio>e trade remains steadfast. A trial is invited, and 
as a guide will mail Dreer's Garden Calendar, 
containing complete lists of Vegetable ami Flower 
Seeds anil Plants, to the address of any ono inter¬ 
ested In Horticulture. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
SEEDSMAN ifc FLORIST, 
No. 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pn. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO.’S 
CATALOGUE OF 
VEG TABLE, 
FLO WEB, 
FIELD and 
TREE SEEDS, 
mailed free to applicants. 
15 John St., New York. 
GET your VINES and BERRY PLANTS of 
E. & J. C. WILLIAMS, 
Montclair, N. J. 
Catalogues free, 
ROOTS. 
till kln<1* put up to order nt low rato«~ Write for 
prices to IEdPaCLAHK, Daimvllle, N. V. 
Ko&ers’ State Peach, 1 "Wheatland,” 
$1 per loo buds by mail. Wager Peach and others, 
60c. per loo. Treatise on Small Fruit Culture free. 
C. A. Green’s Fruit Farm, 
most productive—Mt. Vernon seeming ana 
Kirkwood, each yielded In lsso at tho rate of 10,000 
quarts per acre, and averaged in market We. per quart, 
•to anv* Strawberrieo aud Raspberries. Rlctier’s 
Hybrid Hlighi-proof Pear. ’* Forty years’ Exro- 
rlelice In Po*r Growing,” telling how to avoid the 
BUvht. Forty Years among Small Fruits." telling 
what and how to plant Either sent by mail for 16c.; 
both for Catalogues of fruits and Flowers free, 
fill. PARRY, Clnuumlnsou, N. J. 
A. D. COWAN. 
Clifton, N. Y. 
T. V. W. BERGEN 
A. D. COWAN & CO., 
THE AMERICAN SEED WAREHOUSE, 
ill Chu inborn St.. New York. P. O. Box, 2541. 
Our Largo I Hast rak'd Catalogue of Chaleo Flower, 
Farm and Vegetable Seeds, Flowering Plants, Garden 
aud Field implements, etc., etc., ready 1st of January, 
will be mailed free to applicants. Our Popular Price 
List of Uyaciuths, Tulips, Crocuses, etc., ready now. 
The New White Grape “PRENTISS.” 
Earlv, vigorous grower, hardy. Very productive, 
best quality. Sena for circular. The above is from 
an exact photograph of a branch by Godfrey, Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y. Also tho largest and best stuck of Grnpo 
Vine* la the country. Prices very low to dealers 
and large planters. Also tree* aud stur.il fruits. 
Send stamp for descriptivo catalogue. Price list f ree. 
T. S. HI BBARD, Fredonla, N. Y. 
BEFORE BUYING 
Send for my prices and descriptive catalogue full of 
information of 
Strawberries, Raspberries, Seed Polatoes, etc., etc. 
Sent Gratis. Send Now. 
GEO. S. WALES, Rochester, N. Y. 
CUTHBERT ftSE 
E l > ■) / \ T,1 has the largest and cheapest 
. 1 • IVY / Ij stock in the country of this 
celelcated Raspberry. Also all the new and standard 
Raspberries. st raw berries, Grave Vines and 
other small fruits. Plants first-class. Prices reason- 
able. Must liberal offers are made in kali cata¬ 
logue. which is sent free. Address E. P. RO b, Lorn- 
wull-.in-lludsoii. N.Y. 
BLOOMINGTON NURSERY, 
Established 1853. 600 acres; 13 greehouses. Wo 
offer ,i lunta stock of Treea* Whrubs. Kose*« 
Bulbs, Apple * e tilings, Osage Plants,.eta 
New Fall f'nee^Liet Tree. Address BAIRD & TUTTLE, 
Agents, Bloomington Nursery, Ill. 
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THE FLOWER AM) KITC HEN GARDEN nmt: 
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book.. Our lUt. onmnn.n. 2,016 variolic* Flower Seeds, 1,000 
variolic' rolstoe,. etOi 3to par.'s, over 000 lUnstincionk, 2 double- 
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bound In mu.lln, ft.00. 
BLISS’ ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATALOGUE. 
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all the principal variolic orowu. Profu.elv Illustrated. Price 
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THE DINGEE & CQNARD CO’S 
BEAUTIFUL EVER-BLOOMING 
Descriptive Priced Catalogues of our new importa¬ 
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J. M. THORBURN & CO., 
15 John btreet, New Y'ork. 
STRAWBERRIES largest and 
We deliver STRONG POT ROSES for Winter 
Bloom and Fall Planting, fa My by mail, at all 
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THE PIN GEE &, CONARD^CO., 
Roae-Orower'.W est UROvi:, Cil cn Co..FA. 
O largest and 
Seedling and 
rata of lo.ooo 
one-year-old peaidi trees, 3 to 5 ft. This 
New Seedling, originated by T. Davidson, has fruited 
three years BUo-essrillly 25 days earlier than Hale on 
same soil iu same row. It is the earb.wt neai;h known. 
l^*n.'o (i‘'.une samples luoasureri 3 inchsMlu diameter), 
hteo-owtei, quality excellent, freestone, hangs well 
on tree, keeps well (nav« kept them 5 days after pick¬ 
ing i: tree a strong, rapid grower. Will sell the entire 
.took with the axel naive right of propagation. Address 
T. DAVIDSON, Palnesv tile, lotko Co., Ohio. 
rATAIiOGUE FREE TO ALtli 
WHO APPLY BY LETTER, 
oj CORTLANDT ST. NEW YORK. 
