I broke up a piece 
of prairie sod with the 
“ACME” Pulverizing 
Harrow, Clod Crusher 
& Leveler, and worked 
it down so that a person 
could not tell whether it 
was old or new ground.” 
r See page61 this paper. 
When Adolphus placed his arms around 
the neck of Angelina, he said it was for a 
neck’s press purpose. 
“When my cousin was married,” said Mrs. 
Ramsbotham, “ I gave her a handsome water 
giraffe and two goblins.”— Punch. 
It tabes eight hundred full-blown roses to 
make a teaspoonful of perfume, while a shil¬ 
ling’s worth of onions will scent a whole neigh¬ 
borhood. 
Gold is judged of its fineness by compari¬ 
son with a carat, the human heart is measured 
by the beat, and some heads are suggsstive of 
the gentle cabbage. 
We are informed that a man’s body is three- 
fourths composed of water: but it is hard to 
believe this while looking at the noses of some 
of our public officials. 
He was asked if he knew the difference be¬ 
tween “starboard” and “ port,” and, with a 
knowing leer, slowly replied, “ Hem, well, 
rather, and 1 prefer port.” 
“All the world’s a stage, Sam, and the 
men and women merely players.” “ Yes, 
massa; but if dat’s so, where you goin’ for to 
get your audience and orchistry ?” 
It having been announced that a cashier 
had absconded, leaving a large deficit, an old 
lady wondered why he dida’t take it with 
him, so as to have something to live on during 
his exile. 
“Julius, why didn’t you oblong your Btay 
at the Springs?” “Klase, Mr. Snow, dey 
charge too much.” “ How so, Julius ?” “Why, 
de landlard charged dis individual wid steal¬ 
ing de spoons.” 
A gentleman who was about to marry a 
plain girl, said to a friend, “It is not for her 
exterior but her inward beauty that I marry 
her.” “Then for goodness sake,” replied the 
friend, “turn her inside out.” 
A celebrated tragedian had a broken 
nose. A lady once remarked to him: “I like 
your acting; but to be frank with you, I can’t 
get over your no«e.” “No wonder, madam,” 
replied the tragedian; “the bridge is gone.” 
The Scranton Republican relates that as a 
Wilbesbarre man took his seat in the barber’s 
chair he asked the barber if he had the same 
razor he had used two days before. Being 
answered affirmatively, the patient man said: 
“Then give me chloroform.” 
BETTER THAN PILLS 
or other purgative medi¬ 
cine THE LOSE IS 
SM^LL. THE ACTION IS 
FROMPT. THE TASTE IS 
(DELICIOUS. LADIES 
AND CHILDREN LIKE IT 
One trial proves Its 
extraordinary curative 
value. 
TRV A 25 CENT BOX. 
Sold by all Druggists. 
Reading the Rural Corn Prize Reports. 
THE SUGAR MAKER’S RilEND 
SIX MILLIONS SOLD, 
To REPLACE 6,000 000 various other kinds 
THROWN AWAY. Why So i It is because 
ffl iSrsrr- - No. 1 $150 per hundred. 
* twenty 
: five per ct. 
allr rt every 
2 ? 1 yeni' and a 
= better quali- 
-e ti/from POST'S Galvanized 
1 fit Eureka Sap Sp uts than 
o III from anv others, Is the verdict 
55 of over 20.1WO Maple Sugar Ma¬ 
kers that use them. 
rjy- Their perfect working with the utmost 
satiefuri ou i* guaranteed. Only a_ 'Hal is 
needed to conviu e one ot their superiority over 
ail others. f every Sugar Maser not having 
tested them will tap hair his sugar with the Eure¬ 
ka* the coming se .son a rull supply the following 
season will be ilie result, if you tall to secure a sup¬ 
ply of a Hardware dea'er orJtgynt. i will deliver at 
anv RaP road station lb theU.S east of the Missis¬ 
sippi River not I. ss than H0 Spouts on iceelpt of 
these prices. I will send you saroptesof my No. 1 and 
S spout postpaid, on receipt of three U S S-cent 
Stamps Descriptive circulars sent free. Address 
order* at once to C- C. PO??T, Burlxugton* V t. 
For 1SS3 is an Elegant Book ol 150 I’age*. 
3 Colored lMnten ol C lowers and Vegetables, 
and more than 1.000 Illustrations oi tne 
chulcesl Flowers. Hauls and Vegetables, and Dlree 
tions ior growing. It Is handsome enough for the 
Center Table or a Holiday Present. Send on your 
name and Post Oitloe address, with 10 cents, aud 1 
will send you a copy, postage paid. This 1* not a 
quarter of Its cost, ft Is printed In both English and 
German. If you afterwuids order seeds deduct the 
Ili cents. 
Vick’s Seeds are the Best in the World! 
Th* Klorai. UU1DB will tell bow to get uud grow tin m. 
Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Carden, 175 
Pages, U colored Plates, oo.. Eugii\vln R *. F\.r50e. In 
pager covers; $1 Inelegant cloth. In German or Eng- 
11 VICK’S ILLUSTRATKP MONTHLY M ahazine—32 Pages, 
a Colored plate In every number aud many fine En¬ 
gravings. Price $1.25 a year, live copies for $5. Bpect 
men Numbers sent for HI-.; 8 trial copies for 25 cts. 
JAMES VICK, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Htattoco 
1 ht. DflAULEY 
ROAD CART 
Gentlemen buy them for their Road Driving. 
Business Men use them for Running About. 
Physicians Drive them In their Practice. 
For Jogging Trotters they excel all other Vehicles. 
They are Easily Drawm when the Roads are Bad. 
Their Use Saves High-priced Vehicles greatly. 
No other Vehicle Is so Safe for Ladles and Children 
tu Use. 
Three Styles, weighing from 90 lbs. to 180 lbs. 
Prices from $55.00 to $80 00. 
First-class in every respect, and 
everybody likes them. 
Send for Illus'rated Price List. 
BRADLEY & COMPANY, 
(Established 1 b 3<!.) Syracuse, N. Y. 
A WORD OF CAUTION 
THE SYRACUSE CHILLER PLOW 
The fact that the great demand for my Patent 
Eureka Sap Spouts a 
is driving the sale f - ' 
of all other kinds _ 63 
out of the market 
and out of use, has 
influenced some . 
lawless persons to No % $1 50 per hundred . 
Imitate by unlawfully usluv my parents. I here 
fore wii'ti ail such persons, and the pub I : generally, 
against the manufacture, sale and use of a sap spout 
with Its inner end provided with longitudinal edges, 
fins or flange*. whereby the spout is secured to the 
surface of lie <np or bore, and between the name are 
chambers f r the free flow of sap without obstruo- 
tlon Trom the entire length of the boro; a u»p sp-Ut 
with It* Inner cud provided with achnmbor of small 
or Aim-unions nr -und Us neck for the Ire- n- w of 
sail hot wren the outer packing and Inner beating: a 
wire bucket hanger oetachablu: or one pkkma vesti.y 
attached to.or a Uoo cast urrBOR il wlth « sup snout: 
a s pspout with Its extreme outer end provided with 
adroiellp ornlb u its under side l' r facilluiilng the 
quick discharge of sap from out the M'"u' into the 
buexet o'l ot which are some of tb•• essential points 
listen ted or owned ny me, and thep infringement 
by manufacture sale or use will rtcelve me fill pen¬ 
alties Of the LAW. Sul ft for damages have already 
be-n brought against leading Iufringers, and ollieiH 
will surely follow unless voiunia ily settled. 
Bay the Eureka* and you escape all Infringe¬ 
ments. 
CALL FOR THEM AT YOUR HARDWARE STORES. 
Ligbtust Draft Plow in ibrYNorld. 
Steel Beam*. Jointer* and Wheel Stand' 
urdn; cannot he broken. Indestructible 
by exposure to wenther. 
steel beam. 
other Plow. 
Address SYRACUSE CHILL PLOW CO ..Syracuse, N.Y 
Huuibn&eed Again. 
1 saw so much suid about the merits of Hop Hitters, 
and uiv wife w .owns always docioring and never 
well, teased me so urgent 1, to get her some. I con¬ 
cluded to be humbugged again and I am glad I did, 
fnrlri less than t»o mn-ths‘usp "f the Bitters, my 
wire was cured.aii'i she baa remained so for eighteen 
months slnee. 1 like such humbugging.—H.T., St. 
Paul .—Pioneer Press. 
Kalamazoo, Mich , Feb. 2, 188J. 
I tuow Hop Bitters will hoar recommendation 
bone;-tiy. All who use them confer mum them he 
blgh- st eneemiums- and give them credit for making 
cures—ah the pr pnetor-t claim f r them. I have 
kept them since they were first offered tothe public. 
They to khlgtl rank from th-* Ar-t, and maintained 
it, and are inure called for than all others romblned. 
So long as they keep up their high re ntstlon for 
purlry «nd us fu oe.s, l shall contiuue to recommend 
them—something I have nevrr before d--ue with any 
other patent mediciue .1. J. BABCOCK, M.D. Adv. 
500,000 Manchester 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
By tub OaioiXATon. at Rt dared Fri e* Tor Spring 
of ’83. Buy at the Fou - tain Hkau aud gectheruRK 
Averages twice as large as the Wilson and yields fully 
double the uumber of quarts per acre; is on excel 
lent shipper, very attractive in nripeara. ce, or kx 
cel e t flavor, ano retalus Ite color and flavor to a 
remarkable degree after beiug picked. Free eireu 
lars at an early date. 
J. BATTEY, Manchester, N. J. 
AUSTRIAN or 
TO LEASE, 
a limited number of pure AUSTRIAN oi GERM 'N 
CARP.rorst cklnr private po ids, will be ready for 
pale and delivery on "r before April 1st. Sent to any 
part of the Uuited States by express. Persons >o 
secure a supply for Soring 8 h uld send 'helre rders 
without delay Write f. r price list. Address 
(HAS. S>. MED A It Y, Little F'alls.Passalc CO..N.J, 
A BONANZA STOCK FARM. 
A Fine 2,(> 0 acre Ftock Farm In t'»ebest 8 t<»ckcmm- 
ty In Minnesota First-cl ss buildings. stalls lor .511 
head of sto k. pens for 1 " breeding sows, meadow for 
1 (>Ki tons of buy, 50> acres tread v for clover and n ine 
gr ss and more for g aln. high stale of eiiltiva- 
Vion For 1> ase f->r term of years at low price. t\ t.l 
sell all or any part of f" 11 ’'■'VVReSnV' 1 
dress for particulars. G F. JACKSON. Real Estate 
Agent. Minneapolis. Mina. 
MILL MANUFAOTOKY. 
Established 1851. 
V2.r " X FRENCH BUHR STONE 
CMITH’S PET-F ADJUSTING SWING 
O CATTLE STANCHIONS! 
Is ’he most practical, u.nt ful and best fastening in- 
ven ed alj srs itselk when opened so th anlinui 
cannot turn itwheu bucking out. and locks i self 
when closed. M dal awarded rt New York State Fair, 
Elmira N Y , 1881 Send for Illustrated Circular 
Manufactured by O. U. BROOKS, 
Addison, Stcubrn Co., N. Y. 
Embraces every de'inhlo novelty of MANUAL 
the season, fully described in their I’l nnunu 
Warranted absolutely purs 
Cocoa, ffotn which the excess of 
Oil has been removed. It has three 
times the strength of Cocoa mixed 
with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, 
aud is therefore far more economi¬ 
cal. It Is delicious, nourishing, 
Strengthening, easily digested, and 
admirably ndapted for Invalids as 
well ns for persons lu health. 
Sold by Grocers everywhere. 
of EVERYTHING forje 
CRIST MILLS 
TENTS TO RENT for Fair purposes, o Cbas 
M Gibbs 1U6 Sycamore St., (Tn’tl, O., M W. R 
8 t. 8 rraou»o. N Y. and 458 River Bt.. Tror N V 
m JXLllle, 1 IDfllKIBiUYQI IU uerr 
Price from $80 up. Complete 
Mill and Shelter,$95 A boy can 
grind and keep In order. Adapted 
o any kind of suitable power. 
Complete Flooring and Oorn Mills. 
Nordyke & Marmon Co., Indianapolis, Ind 
PETER HENDERSON'S 
•which for 1R8S. ccmtains l... 
Revised /w cfiutc/iartr ott VtyitahU anH F/*wtr Cul¬ 
ture," making U a condensed G.xrdeniiv Bm having 
all the latest informal ion known to the author of “txar- 
dentng for Profit-** Mailed free on ftpphcation. 
{PUaxe state tn ivhat you srtxv thin). 
Peter Henderson & Co., 
« & vi Cortlandt St., New York. 
Guaranteed at home, 
SHEPARD HR OK, Cin¬ 
cinnati untl K uniM City. 
The CORNELL is the 
only Sheller that uses 
spiral springs on the 
pressure bar. 
BEEIUIG, FEONEPIELD & CO.’S 
VEGETABLE 
Cattle Powder 
AND 
700 Bushels 
PER DAY, 
Claims to be the seldom failing cure tor all sicknesses 
of Horses, Cattle, Swine or Poultry Furthermore, It 
will INCRKASC Tint YtKLD oF 51 ilk aNI> Buttkk In quan 
tlty and quality over 25 per cent.; fattens on one- 
fourth i.kss Ki-.Kr/. If Hi j /ears of iiopulartty. many 
hundreds of gross yearlv sales, with thousands of 
written testlnioniuls volunteered us, are sufflcienl 
endorsements in behalf of this Powder to rank It at 
thk bkst, such honors we really possess. Apply foi 
our book of particulars, free 
Try one pack. Price, 2*j cents, postage paid. 
F. A. MILLER. Philadelphia. Pa Proprietor. 
In writing please mention Rural Nkw-Yorkeb. 
This rig, with sacking elevator, makes 
a. the cheapest and best in the market. 
The Sheller can be used by hand or 
power. 
The pulley on Jack makes 
3°° revolutions per minute. 
Ten different kinds of 
.jy ,S11 f.llfrs, I .ir.HT and 
IMPROVED EVAPORATORS 
Evaporate MAPT.E SAP taster and with 
less fuel than any apparatus known, conse¬ 
quently make lighter colored and higher 
flavored sugar.— — v 
Send postal" for 
Address for Circulars, 
circular* and tes¬ 
timonials. 
VERMONT 
FARM MACHINE 
. COMPANY, 
Be Hows Falls, Vt, 
Cent Ml’MC. 500 PIECE'*- M( H 
send stamp for onstage and Catalogue to 
\VM BURNET, 
F. O. Box 1 70, New York City. 
$5 to$20 
per day at home. Samples worth $5 free. 
Address S-tissos ,v i n., Portland, Me, 
