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FOR A SUCCESSIONTKE ENTIRE SEASON 
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[ B. K. BLISS & SONS, :U Itarrlay stmt, H 
rv ^ WFMWMQUbkvy. i51 •»*' 
Now on hand. All SUllloni finarn; 
Catalogue free. Aoores*, M. W. Bl 
Braden. 
M, Wayne, 
uftbcAifi'! s»vw »0 per cent, of labor. Double* 
ihe vnlue of the Muuore- Kpreudi*, evenly all 
biudri of manure, broadouet or in (lnUjli) one-tenth 
Ume retiuiri’d by hand. m.istratedCaUlOKueu lree. 
EEMF* HUKPKE Utr*i C4K, Hjw-eJU. 
jtjmttunms 
“A dream of fair women”—Rich men. 
Why is love like a potato?—Because it springs 
from the eye. 
A wife is to a man what an egg is to coffee. 
She settles him. 
A relic hunter—A fellow endeavoring to 
capture a widow. 
Dobbs says tailors would make splendid dra¬ 
goons, they charge so. 
Some men are so lazy that “the spur of the 
moment” cannot quicken them into activity. 
Scene lu a car. Seats all occupied. Enters 
a person dressed as a lady. Bright little boj 
rises and offers bis seat. Lady drops into it 
with an air of disdain. Boy: “Oh, T beg your 
pardon; did you speak?” Lady: “No, 1 didn’t 
say anything.” Boy: "Oh, excuse me I 
thought you said ‘thank you.’ ” Lady (in high 
dudgeon): “You may have your seat.” Boy 
(resuming it): “Well, I’ll thank yon." Passen¬ 
gers convulsed. Lady disappears at next 
street crossing. 
Pea, Bliss’ Abmulaiicc.- 00 poda counted on 
a single plant. Very productive. IS to inches 
lillih. Second ricirly- Kxccllcbt quality. *J5 oents per 
packet: 5 packets, li.oo. 
Pe& ? Bliss* Ever-b^nHl»^.-A perpetual bearer, 
yielding a full crop until frost; :>;> cv •silent late 
v. iriety, »8 1094 in. high. Peaal 1-3 Inches in cir¬ 
cumference. Veryi>»»4ucii*e. *S'■ perjikt.; 5 pkts., *1 
Pen, Bliss’ American IVonilcr. 1 hr best ami 
earliest variety grown. V<iv dwarf, eseellcut flavor. 
w, cts. pet rat. els. pet pint; 75 ctx. par qi., post-paid. 
N. B, The.no three varieties will Rive you 
Pons the entire season until frost. Require no 
brushing. American Champion water- 
inelon—Tit* l*aieating anil best shipping melon grown. 
More productive than any Otliei tort; v; . • pet packet; 
5 packets, CisullfluWW, Sea t'nnni. -The 
heat carlv variety, surd to heart. 50 cts. per packet. 
Hliubtub, Early Paragon. A new English 
variety. The <uj<l most productive. Never runs 
to seed. Roots onlv ("t salt-, 75. ct*.- ouch, post-paid, 
rausy, Bli&ft* l’dJ’fiPCtldlL Ihu chon rst strain 
I vet pTddUCQci. Our it.tnterKfS' for 1884 , 
I contains a btJautilhTly eolofed plntc ot this magnificent 
variety. cts. prr of 50 seeds. Carnation 
Shakenpereau* TK finest ever introduced. Con¬ 
tinue in flower the whole seasim. 5f>ct&. Tlants, 
50 ets. each. $4.00 for the set of ? varieties. Oar- 
cleil Seeds.—A mixture of ICO varieties of Flower 
Seeds. A packet will plant a square rod of ground, vs 
Us. per packet; s jxickets, For other N .velties see 
Bliss’ Illustrated Novelty List, which describes 
the newest and choicest Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Cere- 
a Is, Flams, etc. Mailc rt/rcc. 160 Pages. 
Jp k. 300 Illustrations. 
BntullfUl colored plate. It 
in ganleuing or farming. 
bmiveA, Muilofl for 0 Cents. 
f jig Hand BqokT fu 
V)- IWIT -vs' 
^sGt^stPumitg, 
PROMISING! , . , , . . 
New Proprietor.—“ I find shooting’s a slow business, Jarvxss so think of having a spin 
KataSS over fence and nearly drowned htweU a-trymg « the Avon 
mfh fihp Warwiukshires.” L _- .—1 
inijsneUanrau.5! 
WHAT IT DID FOR AN OLD LADY. 
Coshocton Station. N. Y.. Dec. 28, 1878. 
Gents—A number uf people had been using your 
Bitters here, and with marked effect. In one case, a 
lady of over 70 years had been sick for years, and for 
the past ton years has not been able to be around half 
the Time. About six months ago she got so feeble she 
was Wplctt i. Her old remedies, or physicians, being 
of no avail, I sent to Deposit, to miles away, and got 
H bottle of bop Bitters. It. Improved her so she was 
able to dress herself and walk about tl *ehouse.When 
she bad token the wcand bottle she *as la £ e 
eare of her own room and walkout to her neighbor s 
ami lias Improved all the time since. My wife and 
children also have derived great ,h 
use - ' Agt U7S. Kx. Co. 
DelkvaS, WlS . Sent, 21. 1878. 
Gents— 1 have taken not Quite oue bottle of Hon 
Bitters. I was a feeble old man of 78 when 1 got It. 
To dav I am as active and feel fts well as I did at 80. 
I see a great many that need such a medtelue^^ 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
First Prize Herd at New York State Fair, 1879, 1881, 
1832, 1883. 
LARGEST HERD, 
BEST QUALITY, 
MOST NOTED FAMILIES. 
At bead of Herd are the Fotir Best Bred Milk 
Bulls living. 
We now oiler for sale tbe best bred lot of Young 
Bui Is ever collected In one herd, as their pedigree, 
show, aud all backed by wonderful records. 
FINE CLYDESDALE 
AND 
HAMBLETONIAN STALLIONS, 
At Low Figures. 
Catalogues on application. Correspondence aud 
personal Inspection solicited. 
SMITHS & POWELL, 
Lakeaide Stock Farm, SYRACUSE, N. \ . 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
mTw. id tJZNr 
HAS 1 UPOKTED 
90 PER CENT OF ALL HORSES 
Ever Imported 
From France to America, 
Whose Purity of Blood is established by lljeir 
Recorded Pedigree* In the Perehe 
ron Stud Book of France, which 
is the only Droit Horse Record of 
that country. • 
A CM E I 
Pulverizing H® rbow 
r CWD CRUSHMBahoMSIE^ 
" ^ee advertisement on PAGE I 
Pearl of Savoy Potato. |f{l|^ 
pianofortes. 
Tone .Toucli, V ortmanstip and Doraliility. 
’ WILLIAM KM ABE A CO. 
Mot. 304 and aof West Baltimore Street, 
Baltimore. No. ixa Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 
EMPIRE GRAIN DRILL. 
Early Vermont. B reta^s the iwtdqnidltteoof bo . and A •^rtlful pearl white, and very mealy, and Its 
tubers are oblong, fair, and of large sire . the neshi is ox a most rnaui i ‘ ,. cuni j,. it is from ttftccu to twenty- 
bard'-. vigorous hnbll exempts it ’ r “ 1 J l iYw v'Jlr nri'i i et t vt?' \U-1 • 11 n g from 150 to 000 bushels per acre, under favor- 
daysaarller than the Early Rose, and vrr> IJfPjJJfVht*'.nnerlof newsort, and would ad v ise early orders from 
able conditions. We have but a IlnUled auantltarof thl*»uper or new sort^ nna * « h6jf wU , pern ; lu vrioe per 
PREMIUMS -THE BOWKEH FERTILIZING CO. ««!S»“>irii'r»V43V , R 
BRECK & SONS. _ _ _ m m 
JOSEPH BRECK & SONS, 
51 , 52, and 53 Worth Market St., Boston. 
WiMoirce Feed Vertiliur MlMtaenL 
Information, to EMPIRE DR1 LI. to*, 
Box II. Hhoi-tsville, N. 1. 
fIrtilizers, 
$75 PREMIUM. 
a,50 to tbe farmer raising the largest crop of pota¬ 
toes this veav upon oue-half acre manured with 
SARDY’Si ERTILl/kRS; *Z.5 for the second largest. 
41 OH bushels good notatoes raised ou one-half 
acre In 1888 bv Alfred Rose, Penn \an N. V., with 
SARD Y S PHOSVHO PERU Vi AN GOANO, adapted to 
all crops. 
Standard guaroutertl. Prices renaonaliie 
Send for Pamphlet. 
J. B. SARIJY & SON, 141 Water St., N. Y. 
lUftUVuaauj - 
Mr DnjiluiuihnsJnst 
published u 26,000 
edition of bis hand- 
,on e| y Illustrated 
140 page catalogue 
fur 1884. containing 
description* and ped¬ 
igrees i many for 10 
gent rati ohm) of 
450 
STALLIONS & MARES 
CIBLEY’STESTEDCEEDS TIE DM (EOTECIOE. 
I^For all Climates, | For all Soils,All Plants. H P 
>u Pag-eCo., Illinois* (35 miles westoitmcRgo, uuv>. 
t K.-W. R’y. 
Percheron Stud Book of Franco. 
Published ttndi'r Authority of thefrrnnhGovernment. 
Contaaus rnucli (Lran^latod) valuable mutter rafttJveto 
thix Miu-i. nt iiml pv'pUlAT riU‘4*. Alho the records of 
breeding of uh puto percUeron StulUutis Mares, 
whotie Pej-chce ..11 hirt.lt and origin ht-v • 
before 20 controllers of efit-riej. 29o l,,r 
will buy a French HtalllOO that l* l , e |l li LKook 
Percheron Stud Book or France. Send #2 for tills book 
to Thjc Bubkdeks GaZettac, CJiieago 4 ma. 
KEMP'S IVIflNIIRF~SMEr 
ft PULVERIZER 
Mw ifv JOand CART COMBINED. 
All tested for vitality, and in Gardens for purity and value. 
AT LOWEST PRICES. 
following are some of our tested specialties. 
• la i In . L ..«4 .-.T .,11 r> i 
ciKW’c Pride of the North Corn.—Ripened in all Northern sections in '82 and, ’ 83 ^ahead of all com- 
7 “red yfl^Ses mlolo .00 dava from planting. Yellow dent : 6 rowed sm<tlleob S , very productive, 
r XTo .^ bushels per acre. T 1.11 Suhhhtto R..m Send for Catalogue. 
W? Com.—Yellow flint. The must strictly pedigree corn extant. Uniform, handsmne. tar v . 
W S flfcavy 6 l lbs. per bushel. Has yielded 123 bushels shelled corn per acre. Send for Catalogue. 
s ft; rj nperial Barley—Pioduccd 900 lbs. fniin 1 of seed ; at rate of 236 bushels per acre. 
<SV, Triumph Oat.—Has the largest, longest and cleanest straw we have seen ; 6 ft. high, Y\ >neh 
cSL,"” with no sign of rust. Many yieldsof tod bushels per acre are on record. 
Oat—Very prolific, with remarkably heavy grain, which keeps its white color when the straw 
. ^7 ^'discolored by rust. Skno 1 'ok C aTA to r.utt. 
-/H'^chewan Spring Wheat—Selected from the Fife; highly productive. Millers give it the hig 
^ .min,• rul..: I'.'ii. Send for Catalogue. 
Ata Rod Potato. - Best of i* 5 varieties m Test Garden. Freb fkom Rot ^ Superior 
> Cy quality. Yield 725 bnaheU per acre inordinary cultivation. '1 he Comini. Markki Iota >. 
' all’s Orange Potato—One of the best new sorts ; a great yieldcr ; of fine quality. Send for t ata ogue. 
Mayflower Potato. -Early, excellent. Hural Blush, and all tested sorts. Send for Catalogue. 
Pacey’s Ray Grass—Will make a fine thick sod, superior for grazing or lawn, in 30 days. 
Sibley’S First and Best Pea—The first of all early market so rts Ci«rigj»“'l together; hig y 
productive, of fine quality. The Very Best for EahLv Markut. Low Prices. 
Choice Peas of all standard varieties, true, clean, free from weevil, at Umestjruts. Send for Catalogue. 
Early Etampes Cabbage.— Claimed to be the earliest of alt varieties. Forms fine, solid heac s, u 
rxci-Rriit quality. A fine market sort. Send for Catalogue. 
Jersey Wakefield Cabbage, of the finest strain ; also Winningstadt, Fottior’s Brunswick, Excelsior 
Flat Dutch, and many others ; all remarkably pure and uniform, at lowest price . 
Early French Mammoth Asparagus— The largest, earliest and finest yet introduced. 
White Flume Celery—Self bleaching ; requires no banking!; very beautiful; of fine flavor ; solid. 
Rochester Tomato-The largest smooth tomato The earliest large tomato. 1 he most productive. 
Does not rot; is solid, coreieia and of unexcelled llavor. 
Livingston’s Favorite Tomato, Golden Trophy, and all tested sorts. Send vor Catalogue. 
Extra Early Purple Top Munich Turnip— The earliest of all varieties; of medium size, white flesh 
fine flavor. No. 1 for market cnlture. 
Floral Novsltias— Several scores of all tbe tested new varieties. A superb coBeef on. 
Alltheabove and many morearc described in our CATALOCU E AN D PRICE LI 0 
Vegetable, Flower and Field Seeds of all Tested Valuable Varieties : sent Fkee on application. 
Mail Orders promptly filled, thus making a great Seed Store at your own door. 
Reduced Prices to Clubs. send for catalogue. 
HIRAM SIBLEY & CO., Rochester, N.Y., Chicago, III. 
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Pat. Aug. 7, ’83. 
TO PROTECT MILK II 
FROM STABLE IMPURITIES. 
Not one particle Of hair, dust, daudruff, dried ex. 
crement, or dirt of any kind can enter the pall, while 
the milk Is being drawn from the cow. All foul odors 
are effectually excluded. Iron Clad Pall. Nickel 
Tubes, substantial Rubber Teats, perforated Rubber 
Difcs ou the Cover, all complete for $2.50.—Also, 
Thatcher’s Orange Butter Color, 
TIIE BEST ON EARTH. 
DOES NOT COLOR THE BUTTERMILK. 
IS AN EXACT JUNE SHADE. 
Dairymen and the proprietors of large Creameries 
all over the land, are duliubted to iluti a Biittci 
Color so NfcAT. Tidt, and WiiuLKsonn. E very mall 
brings kind words from prominent men, praising 
both the Pail ami the Color. 
lion. K, S, Crupser, Stockholm Depot, N. Y.,owner 
Of 24 Creameries, <uiy* that ills skilled foremen pro¬ 
duce butter of excellent shade, most of **ie yem. 
without color; but when, from any camm, tuey 1 
not, Thatcher’* Orunge Bnttrr C ol*r 1* tn 
most satisfactory substitute. 
Hon. Austin Belknup, Boston, Mass., ex P **^’* 1 
of the National Butter, Cheese and hgg A»sot lau>-i‘ 
aud owner of large creameries ludllTereut lociiUD'»• 
was pressed at a Dairymen's AmotdaUau at Burling 
ton, Vt., to name the Heat Butter Color. H*>mOdeiuy 
stated that when the fee*! failed, they used Thatch 
or’ft In his creameries. 
Send for descriptive Catalogue, to 
jj., l). THATCHER & Co., Fotaduui, N. *• 
