THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PERSONALS. 
PtellaittattKJ 9Mvfrti0itt0 
J?*£ite and 
Prksidknt W illkts of the Michigan State 
Normal School has been elected President of 
the State Agricultural College at Lansing. 
The sculptor, Story, is to make a statue of 
Ezra Cornell, founder of the University, It 
will be erected on the college grounds at 
Ithaca. 
For the first time in the memory of men 
now living, the next Congress will not contain 
any member of the historic Washburne fam¬ 
ily, William D., of Minnesota, having declined 
a re-election. 
Mr. B. F. Jones, Chairman of the Repub¬ 
lican National Committee, will become pres¬ 
ident of the American Iron and Steel Associ¬ 
ation, of which he has been vice-president for 
twelve years. 
Although the King of Bavaria’s lavish ex¬ 
penditure in building has crippled him of late, 
he has a splendid income. It is computed to 
be nearly $2,500 a day. Bavaria is a very 
cheap country. 
Ex-Gov. Orb way of Dakota and his son in¬ 
law, Col. Whitford, formerly pension agent 
at Concord, N. H., are to form a big mortgage 
loan company with head-quarters at Bismarck, 
and Easteru offices at Washington and iu 
Boston. 
Zola’s new novel, “Germinal,’’ is published 
as a serial in the Paris Gil Bias. He has agreed 
to furnish 80,000 lines at 20 cents a line. When 
George Augustus Sala wrote the Thanksgiving 
supplement to the London Graphic he was 
glad of one cent a word. 
Grandmother Roggs has lived, in spite of 
her name, one hundred and one years. Her 
home is in the house of her daughter, at Mil- 
ton. Ind. The old lady Is piecing a block of 
patchwork, containing one hundred aud one 
pieces, for each of her grand daughters. 
Dr. Moorkuouse, Bishop of Melbourne, 
has refused to oiler prayers for rain in his 
diocese. His lordship gives as his reason 
that, before complaining, people should do 
something themselves toward storiug up the 
superfluity in the wet seasou against the 
drought. 
The correspondents have it that Mrs. Julia 
Ward Howe, the head of the Woman’s De¬ 
partment, of the New Orleans Exhibition, is 
on the point of throwing up her commission 
on account of the jealousy of the Southern 
women. The trouble is that her little cabinet 
of assistants was taken exclusively from the 
North, aud largely from New England 
Lord Tollemacbe is a landlord whom 
many of his countrymen among the landed 
gentry of England might be inclined to envy 
nowaday s. He has not a farm on hand, nor 
is there a shilling of reut in arrear on bis es¬ 
tate. He has expended $750,000 in building 
between sixty and seventy model dairy farm 
homesteads. He ha3 also built several hun¬ 
dreds of model cottages for the laborers, and 
most of them have a few acres of land at¬ 
tached, which is let at a very low rent, so that 
the men are enabled to keep cows. 
I RARE w® 
v linilh *n'SEEDS 
MONK BETTER. None Cheaper. 
V. Pottage paid; 
SLTS I*"' H'or example' 
—— 15 splendid nver- 
aiftoeut. Camati.ina. 14 
ipackets choice Flower 
'kets choice Vegetable 
.vf ■ and all the old reliable sorts. NONE BETTER. 
fcw&'S':' ‘ r Plants, Trees. Vines. Heeds, Ac... b<j a special! 
guaranteed 64 CHOICE CHE ‘ 
blooming Kum-*. IS sorts, our Choice, 
sorts,Ml; 1 1 Chrysanthemums, 14 sor 
Ash nr > V w9B Heed:,, Ml. or 17 tV.rSOc., or H for 2, 
WUlIP V iTTNB Seeds. Ml, or I I for uOCe nr 7 for 26 
— -- W S packet.* choice Flower Seeds, .>Oe 
Apricot,and 1 Champion Quince,M f , 12 Grape Vi mw, 4 sorts.,« 
6 sorts, early to late, Ml. 7."» Hardy Catalpa, M I. IO Sweet f 
English and White, S I. For the other 54 $'1 sets, ami I.Onlltliirii 
pages, Fit EE. Everything kept in the Nursery line, from \y 
Grape Vines and Emit and Ornamental Trees of all sizes. 31s 
PROFESSOR 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. Painesville, Lake Co,, Ohio- 
?U0SPKA77c 
RANI I I THE NIAGARA WHITE 44IIAPE < ’O. having decided to offer for sale to 
uu kfl fl fl bi tbegeneml public, without restriction, a limited number of t wo-jWtr-iAd vines of 
■ V,l fl ■ ■ their Celebrated \\ bill* Grape N lAGA ICA. orders will ncy* l>e received and 
entered in rotation for vines to be deli venal in the spring of 1 -Xt. qotU their gtodk of 
vines is exhausted. Its merited popularity has induced nnscrupuloiia persona to attempt a ERA U I) in of- 
feringto furnish them to their customers at a reduced price, claiming that they are genuine Niagaras. • This Co. 
desires, therefore, to inform the public that it now tins, and nl wave Inis Imd, the absolute control and 
I os-oesioii of jilt the vines grown from the wood or cutting* of the Niiuururn up to this time. 
m*. ■■ ■■ mb ■■ amm Out)- Imv. 
A n Q J®* 1 *-II Ul ‘A flfl inu 11 rertilirnte of 
■Htlfl H B “ JW am & autliorit Irmu the 
Isfl B MJk 8. ■ Mm iu 
m ^ ™ m m ™ ■ Wkm »fOT or (lie ability to 
supply the vines of the Niagara, and that crer?/ vine furnished by the Co.. direct •irthmugh. 
their authorized agents, ml/ hare securely attached to it a SEAL plainly stamped with our 
IteKbtrrrd Tradr-tnnrk. Reliable dealers and nurserymen will be supplied on liberal 
terms, and furnished with nntbority to take orders, making satisfactory arrange¬ 
ments with the Company. Local agents wanted in every town throughout the United 
States and Canada to sell our N i agora vines from sample og 2 mm MX* 
grapes. Gut lit for canvassing furnished to agents. Address AJ ■ a ■ 
NIAGARA WHITE GRAPE CO. ClK Al^fc 
Made from Professor Qorsford’s Acid 
Phosphate. 
Recommended by leading physicians. 
Makes lighter biscuit, cakes, etc., and 
is healthier than ordinary Baking Pow¬ 
der. 
In bottles. Hold at a reasonable price. 
Tlie llorsford s A Imnuac and Cook Boo 
sent tree. 
RumfordChemlcnl Works, Providence, R. I. 
Q. M. ANTIION Y Ag't 100 and 102 Reade 8L, N. V 
TRADE 
MARK 
a opr D Warranted to Crow. 
er refilled gratis. 1 have sold vegetable and Mower 
:>ver a million farmers ami gardeners in the 
ed States, perhaps some are your neighbors, if so ask 
•rn whether they are reliable. Mr. Thom a- Henshall of 
Tr..y. Kansas, writer me: “For 26 year. I have dealt with 
you. I have lived ia Iowa. Missouri, Colorado, and Kan¬ 
sas, and no matter what the soli or climate, the result 
v*:i> always th>' saute, to Wit rrlljloaxly honest 
od.“ This is the kind of seed I raise and sell. The 
ard and Marblehead Si[uash, Marblehead 
larblehead Calibages, Ohio Potato, Eclipse 
-• • ui >f theveget ihlcsof which 1 was tht original in- 
Fair with *500 in premiums. See my catalogue,free to all. 
jajUES j, Jtl. GREGOKV, (Seed Grower). Marblehead. Mass 
Kmplmeudte and gtehinmj 
^ riEADQUAKTEKSMS I 
B HI for f «• M fl 
oaer.st without rmirl.-- 
Kg ■ tutor* for tir-t ^0 - 
® •!' III.til mM 
W #2 trAPh. None Keuuiue 
without -cal “MaifUftt 1 
■ W It It 4* 6 rape lo.” 
| Spfflil IVrmn io .4grnts« H 
General A*ent tor ibe \E Vf WHITE GRAPE 
Also other Small Fruits, and all 
old and new varietier* of 
Grapes. Extra Quality. War¬ 
ranted true. Cheap by mail. Low 
rate to dealers. Agents wanted. 
THE LARGEST STOCK IN 
AMERICA. Price* Reduced. 
Illuntruted Catalogue FREE. 
T.S.HUBBARD Swl 
NIAGARA 
Implcnfctti.* aud Pachittety 
SIBLEY’S 
Hasnoetptul. Warranted togrind faster, do better work, 
and to Ire more serviceable than nnv feed milt made. 
The inner grinding bur> makes three revolution.- while 
the outer burr ana team make one. which greatly in 
creases its grinding capacity over old style ungear d 
mill. Send tor Illustrated descriptive circular Addre 9 
STOVER MFG, CO., TJZS.Y: 
tW~ SEND for our ILLUSTR ATED and I)E- 
8CRIPTIVE CATALOGTE oferenc 
Vegetable, Flower, and Field tfttUg 
Dl ANTQ BULB'*, florists* sup. 
rJUHIl 1 O PLIES and IMPLEMENTS 
of ALL KINDS, mulled FREE on nppltcutlon. 
WOOD, TABER & MORSE, 
EATON. Madiaou Co., N. Y. 
MASCFACTCllKRS OT 
PORTABLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
STEAM ENGIVES 
Of the HIGHEST STANDARD. In every respect of 
materials and workmanship. Were pio¬ 
neers In the manufacture of 
Practically Portable Stetiui Engines, 
Anti with determined policy to build only the best 
xacnikkkv from the best ma s rials, and In the 
best MsN.NEKoF eoxsTtu i-rioN, and with continued 
Improvements, have attained the Hid best standard 
in rxeellenceof workmanship, simplicity of design 
and capa- lty of power. For a ijnarter or a eentury 
have maintuLnrd their manufacture, the 
Standard Portable and Atxricuitural Engines 
of the world. Desertptlve circulars sent on applica¬ 
tion. Mention this paper. 
Especially adapted for purposes 
requiring light power. Wrought 
Iron boilers tented. Inspect¬ 
ed and Insured payable to 
the pnrcbaser. Guaranteed 
as repreeeuled. Ready to run 
as soon as received. 
:t Hottstc Power, . kiMl.oa. 
5 •• *• 9AXI0. 
I 7 “ “ 37500. 
10 “ “ 510.00. 
Write to PAIGE MF’G TO., 
2lltliV004 JncUson Street, 
PAINESVILLE, «. 
HOC11ESTEK, N. Y, 
322.820 E. Main St. 
CHICAGO. ILL. 
200*206 Randolph St* 
APPLE SEEDLINGS 
ROOTCRAFTS 
Largest Stock In the United States. Prices on appli 
cation Address 
Bloomington Nursery Company, 
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINO S. 
fk and 
JMtSKV It Ell, I'Ol.A Mi-III IVA, 
( botvi Mblu. Ilrrt.lilre A York- 
.lilre rig-. Nuulhilrmn, tm.-nli) 
iimi tlifnril Iiui,n Slii’rpmet l.nnitH 
Hrnlrll fnllny Shr|ihrril llo,. anil 
E «nr) t'uullry. Sen it Uir t .-ilalimu# 
VI .A I I.EE la'IU'KE A C«JP hn*. e* 
NEW PLUM 
I N THE 
WORLD 
REGISTERED SWINE 
SHIPPERS* pride now offered without re¬ 
strictions. Send at once for description nnd testi¬ 
monials, and hear wlitit Plum Authorities say of It. 
I also have 50,000 Ohio Black Cups , strong 
plants. Send for prices. Address 
APPARATUS; SUPPLIES 
FOR CHEESE factories 
'll < henter White*. l*o- 
'T- Utg 1 land. Chilian. A luipatUd lierUnhlre* 
I rue pc-Mgr**' slvou wllh every animal *oUl. Strnug, heullby 
juwk only. Purity guaranteed. Send Hla-mp for iipw Catii* 
V>icuo- C. li. n flrrlngtoiii Box Wwl C liuwU r, Bb. 
CREAMERIES AND DAIRIES. 
Munnfaf-tiiring OI TFITm , t SPECIALTY'. 
Send for IUuatnted Circular of Impiumd Apparatus 
for MAKING CHEESE \N1> BUTTER. 
ACME M F G C0.!TualiSl*3l% 
[I D Long Island grown 
IIA Cubbnge Seed* are 
, UOi tlie liest by all odds 
ree. Address 
Brill. UiTcrhrnd, N Y. 
Combining the Idood of Rtoter-Alpheu, Vlctor-Hugo. 
Pansey Albert. I.adv Mary. Jersey llello of Sellunte, 
and oth'T riwhionablt' atniins. Hotilcb RiULmntocd. 
Send for cnfatOKUe. 
RICHARDSON BROS., 
HAVEN PORT. IOWA. 
c o.n’t GIY E mo yottr p; ( 
U o.nJ. would’nt gi Te t ^' 
,_. 9 l over saw. I to; ,. 
ERSPY HERD BOOK CATTLE for .Sale. 
one by ear ohl Heifer, due to calve Feb 7, 1S8V 
lirif ’jd* 1 ' r ’ l " y, ’ ftr 0|J Yrbnwiy next, due to calve 
Addo’** K. H.IWYKR. 
_ Myernburg, Bradford Co., Pn. 
LN VALUABLE ’ 
Will bo mailed 
to all applicants 
HIGHLAND DUCK YARDS 
We have a few trios or our especial strain of 
PEKIN DUCKS. 
and to customer* of lo*l year witEout 
ordcringit It contain* illustrations, prices, 
descriptions and directions tbr planting all 
Vegetable and Flower seeds, bulbs, eto. 
D. M. FERRY&CO* OI Ju2' T 
With OlAf-.N.vW (irituliny onrie, 
Steel Cob Crusher . and" Sieve 
for Meul. 7'hey take LESS 
’TtIWKR, do More Work, 
JOiu axv inura dwr> *A/<* tliiiu any 
Other mill. Senrl for Jtescriru it* 
Cattitoone. AtflAhiun'trMfJ tba 
npiUM' -Pu'Keepme. Red 
I fl 1 Ulster,Prelitic. N lAUARA 
1 BW MM and others Strawberries 
I 9 —Blackberries,MARLBORO 
L5—5H and other lU»iKirriei,. Cats 
JUKI. tUlK.MiU a SON, MvrchaatvIlH', 5.4 
Bo* tl ft" «»ACK, Sunt . 
l»ox .11 U, ^ _ Boston, illiui, 
CH^NTED.-Live Partridges, Quail, and Prairie 
LzIuCki Us, lu pliirri foi* brt*iMllu>r f 
price, to 
J. now A ill itUSllM O R E, Manager, 
AUiimanchy, W» n. ,, (■„..>! j. 
I THE BEST CATTLE FASTENING 1 
SMITH'S 
SELF-ADJUSTING SWING STANCHION I 
ed by BROOKSAPARSONS.AddUon, Steuben Co., N. Y 
* P. S. CABBAGE. The Best SEEDS iu the 
world supplied by Isaac F.Tiuunuu ast, La Plume, Pa. 
^ A I A Paid I.oral or Traveling 
3UI_JLX fx w Salesmen to sell our 
»■ » ■ Kitchtu Specialtie* 
to (he trade, state milnry wanted and address 
The Clipper Mfg. Co. Limited, Cincinnati, O. 
jjucueR.Gibbs cSr Go 
Monufaclurers of ' J ' 
Address, TAYLOR MFQ. CO.% 
W Mention this Paper.) Chambersburg, Pa, 
