THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Many of our respected contemporaries 
are now offered at 25 cents or less for 
the rest of 1885, with a view to obtain 
trial subscribers, many of whom, it is 
expected, will renew for 1886. But it 
strikes us that such reduced prices to 
new subscribers are unjust to old sub¬ 
scribers. The offer which the Rural 
makes to it6 readers is far more just and 
liberal. It enables them to send the 
Rural to any friend for the rest of this 
year, without cost either to the subscri¬ 
ber or the one to whom it is sent. In 
other words, we ask our readers to pre¬ 
sent the Rural for the rest of 1885 to 
their friends at our expense. 
tymiwxous. 
Bobby said to the minister at dinner: “Can 
a church whistle, Mr Longprayer?” “Why 
do you ask?” “ ’Cos Pa owes $12 back pew 
rent, aud he says he’s going to let the church 
whistle for it.” 
Music Teacher: “Your daughter, Mrs. 
Jones, has real musical taient; she ought to be 
thoroughly trained." Mother: “That is just 
what i told Mr. Jones to day, and we agreed 
to get her a competent teacher just as soon as 
your quarter is through." 
“My dear," remonstrated a wife, peering 
out from under the bedclothes, “1 do wish you 
would use the word ’sheol,' it sounds better." 
“It may souud better at times,” replied her 
husband, who was noisely nursing his heel, 
“but when a man steps on a tack he wants the 
old version.” 
“Weak, but Willin’.”— Woman: “If 1 
give you something to eat, will you saw a lit¬ 
tle wood?’’ Tramp: “No, mum, I’m too weak 
to saw wood. I’m not lazy, jest weak; but I’m 
willin’ to do what I cau. You give me a good 
dinner, an’ I’ll sit out in the cornfield for a 
scarecrow while I’m eatin’ it.” 
“That’S a rather unique looking paper¬ 
weight you have there," said Alpha, indicating 
a curiously shaped article lying on the table of 
his friend Omega. “Yes,” said the latter, 
picking up the object and eyeing it critically. 
“You know they have begun to teach cooking 
in the public schools, and this is a doughnut 
hiked by my sister Clio after taking only six 
lessons in the domestic art." 
“You see,” said the farmer to the lightning 
rod agent, “it ain’t lightnin’ that I’m afeared 
of, it’s thunder. Tnunder allers paralyzes me. 
1 don’t want no lightniu’ rods.” “Well,” ad¬ 
mitted the agent, "1 think myself that thunder 
is the more dangerous of the two. W hat you 
want is thunder rods.” “Have you got 
thunder rod.-“Oh yes; the brass tipped are 
for lightning and the nickel-tipped for thunder, 
bnt the latter cost a little more,” “I guess 
you can put up a few of them thunder rods,” 
said the farmer. “I don’t mind payin’ a 
little extry so long as I feel safe.” 
gftteUanm.s gJwrtising. 
CHANGE OF MIND. 
I lifeline*I to Insert your advertisement of Hop Bit¬ 
ters last year, because I then thought they might not 
be promotive of the cause of Temperance, but find 
they are, and a very valuable medicine, myself and 
wife bavin* sready benefited by them, and I take 
great pleasure lu waking torn known. 
REV .TORN SEAMAN, ■/. 
Editor Home Sentinel! Alton', N. Y. 
Hay City Mich . Feb. a, 1880 
I think It my duly to send you a recommend for 
the benefit or any person wishing to know wether 
Hop Bitters are any good or not I know they are 
good for general debility and indigestion, strengthen 
the nervous system and make new life. I recom¬ 
mend my patients to use them, DR. A PRA TT. 
GOOD 
xa lad 
NEWS 
■Eg. 
Greatest inducements ever of¬ 
fered. Now’s joar time to getnp 
orders for our celebrated Tea* 
And Coflees,and secure a beauti¬ 
ful Gold Band orMosa Rose China 
Tea Set, orHaudnome Decorated 
F inner Set, or Gold Band Mom 
or full particulars addreea 
$ 15 
1m 
xfirinfl your own Bone, 
\\UI HIM out. f li/afcM Khpllh. 
Meal, Oyster Shell*, 
lOKAIIAM Flour and Corn 
fin the *3 HAN D MILL. 
_ _ r iF. Wilson's Patent). IO© per 
vent, more made la keeping poul¬ 
try. Also POWER MILLS uiwl' FAItM 
FEED MILLS. Circulars and Testimonials Bent 
on application. WILSON >* ««s.. Fusion, Pu. 
CORN MILL. 
F’-f.t < orn and Cob 
Ciiimlfr tu (hr 
ENC1NES 
A NR 
BOILERS 
or ALL HUM. 
Send for Catalogue 
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POETRY AND PROSE. 
Angelina—(given to poetry) : 
“ Oh the sea, the beautiful sea ! The earth and the sky are as nothing to me. 
Only the rise and the fall of the tide seems fittest to think of with Thee at my side. 
For when thou dost smile, my hope, like the flow of the incoming tide, ever onward doth go; 
But when for the sinile you give me a frown, like the outgoing tide my hope hurries down.” 
Toiler of the Sea—(given to prose): 
“Beg yer pardon, mum, but that flow aint nuthin’ but the town drain that runs in here.” 
— Punch. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE! 
ALL A<iKS AND DOTH SEXES. HOME-BRED AMI 
IMPORTED. 
('own and lleilrre Bred to Iii-bI Net liorland uml 
Antrim* Bulls. 
The average Records* of a Herd are tlie true lent ol 
ilM merit. 
The following Milk and Butter Records have all been made by 
animals now In our Herd: 
MILK HBCOHD8, 
Five*•■ vrs have averaged over iH.UtAl lbs. In a year. Ten Cow. 
have averaged over IS.ub) lb*. In n year. 
UY know of about 3i) Cotes that ho tv made yearly records exceeding 
IS, 1 00 lbs., and II of them are now in our Herd uml have averaged, 
over L7,S (I Jbs 
Twenty-five hnve averaged over 16,000 lbs. in u year. Slxty-tliree, the entire number In (he Herd that 
have made yearly records, Including fourteen S-yonr olds tin) twenty-one 2-year olds, have averaged 12,7x5 lbs. 
5 ozs. In a year. 
BUTTER. RECORDS. 
Five Cows have averaged lbs*. 1 o*8. in a week. Nine Cows have averaged 19 lbs. !« oz. in u week. Fit - 
teen Cows haw averaged 17 lbs. Cozs. in a week, six A year old* have averaged 14 ll.s, :i ozs. in a week. 
Kieveu 3-year olds! the entire number tested, have averaged 13 lb . 7 In a week. Six 2-year olds have aver¬ 
aged 11 ibs. l>^ ozs. in a week. Fifteen l year old- .entire number tested I Uave averaged 10 lbs. 8 3-10 ozs iu a 
week. The entire original Imported Netherland family of »lx eows.two being but three years old liavo 
averaged Ibs. in a week. This is the Hero from which to get toundatlon stock. Prices low tor duality of 
*“*• SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, 
LAKESIDE STOCK FARM, SYKAClsfc, N. Y. 
MAPLEWOOD STOCKFABM 
HERD Of HOLSTEINS. 
1S.l20‘v lbs. from March 9U. l-x,‘, to March tfi. ix«t3. 
2H,77T>ifr Ibs. „ Slay IH, UK!, to May 28, 1X84. 
Nol the largest bill the finest herd 111 America, In 
which will he found representatives of nearly all the 
noted fnmille* in this country, prize winners aud 
their direct descendants. The largest record* have 
been made by members of this Derd. Prince if 
Wu.vne ‘2(1 ?3£, the great butter hull, anil Coustantyn 
2b4i), .vice Cop stiii. tyn Jlfy N H. Ik d-*ju Bel Jr <43 N. H. 
B.. trecord 86 lbs. i. granddam Oude Betje (record 89 
lbs.I, at bead of herd. Fifty calves, of superior 
breeding nud grout, merit, released from quarantine 
December 17th, F-t; STKVENS, Attica, N. Y. 
•inn L'ugiI* ew. 
str^otA'rio and 
dk Valve, 
"ortnblc ami 
ft t H 
tioi 
b all 
if M»K *04 
irqubsr 
i 104. Khw 
i £ Mnu.lumn 
ntl Implements 
*5? Ainerj gem-rally. 
lllus’d 4 'atalogue 
5 Farquhar, 
3 i’ork, Vti. 
;ider 
IB 
MAKERS 
Should send fcr our IfXW 
1B85 CATALOGUE msllM 
Boomer ft Boecturt Frew C». S/rscaa, 
ROLLERS—^; 
, Road,Lawn,all 
-i'lAl'fl. Cheaveet and 
bent. Circulars. The United Stales 
Hard Steel Plow, better than any 
chi led iron. Apex Harrow, Corn 
Drill, Cyclone cutter. THE NEW 
YORK Plow CO.. 55 Beekman 8t 
"Ensilage Congress,”96 Pages, 30c 
FOR SALE. 
A HERD OF 
ABERDEEN- 
ANGUS 
CATTLE. 
This entire herd Is of the highest possible breed, 
lng, aud the members arc Indiv idually as good ns 
their pedigrees. Nearly every prize winning Abcr- 
dccn-Angu8 of note is among the ancestors or the 
near kin of this herd. K>>r particular*, address 
E.W. PERRY, »6q E. Jackson St..Chicago. 
Refer to Rtiu.vl. Nkw-Youkku. 
M. W. DUOTIAM 
Wayne, Du Page Co., Illinois, 
HAS IMPORTED FROM FRANCE 
Pereberon Horses valued at IS,ufl(M)liO, 
whleh Includes about 
TO PER CENT OF ALL HORSES 
Whose utility of blood Is ♦■Mtublifhed by jii'diKioeH re¬ 
corded in (In peroh^ron Stud Book of Franoe. tin* only 
(Stud Hook ever put dished in Umt country, 
EVER IMPORTED TO AMERICA. 
STOCK ON HAND: 
140 
liiiporled Brood Mart's 
aoo 
Imported Stallions, 
Old enough for 
Service, 
126 COLTS 
Two ysjirs old and 
younger. 
, Keeog ilzlne the prin¬ 
ciple accepted bvnil Intel 11. 
gent breeders tin,t, how- 
ever well bred onunnls may be 
. sow to lie.tf U»lr pedlgpoe* ape not 
rocouleil, they should bn valued only on grades I will 
sell/ill Imported stock at gn.de price* when 1 cannot 
furnish with the ntiiitm) sold, pi-durr.-e verified by the 
“f 1 SfcSjJEreneh cerntlnde ofjt, number anil iveonl in 
the 1 erehemn stud Book ol Prance. I OO-tmg. III,., 
tinted < aislogur sent free Wuynn, Ills., IsBS m(h-« 
west of ( hiragu, on the Chicago & North-Western lty 
IMPROVED 
hydraulic hams. 
Send for Circular » nil Price List. Address 
A. GAWTHltOP & HON, 
Wilmington, Del. 
Awarded Medal aud Diploma at the Cen 
tennlal Exhibition, Philadelphia,; 
INVALIDS AND OTHERS SEEKING 
STRENGTH AND KNEKflV WITHOUT THE USE OF 
DRUGS, 
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vigor and bodily energy. 
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Silk. Satin and Velvet No¬ 
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We Challenge the World to Produce Its Kqual. 
Sample Pair sent postpaid on receipt of price. 
Top-Snap Action, Phial drip, Ruhmimtinir I.ock. Patent 
ptir«-“U'l Pi* •tuning ^ V i f n i •kivr h’;.. r» mch »f 
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The ChflHipiou is by fur the be**I single Broeoh-Lojuliug Gun 
in the world 
COLT 15-Shot REPEATING RIFLE. 
812.50. 
This price i» juat one-bulf the 
fketory price* 1th the boat repeat¬ 
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before they are *U *-»hl. These ilfleA ufe nil new. having ju>t 
been received from Coir* rttctnrv uv Hartford, Ct., and are 
warranted In wver.v rewpert. Thin U puaUlvely tbo greatest 
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Wo have n lew FLOBI RT RIKLKH which nro usually 
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lot. They shoot the Hubert Cartridge, which tnakea no noise, 
Flobort III tie*, RoinbiKtoti 4yataut, which ■hoot either the 
Kjobert or tho l&f Itlfle Cartridge*. $d.0»l each. 
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Uoller SkutcK, Ami SpoitiiiK Gmula, to h«* iMHieit about Oct. o. 
JOHN P. LOVELL S SONS, Boston, Mass. 
EBlabliBlitMl 1840. 
Cuts Corn 
7o4dir, Eiy 
sod 8tr&w I 
U Katrier dr fast r than any other Cut¬ 
ter made. dV <r. (prove thu if you ad- 
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DO/LESTOWN hUtiiit POrtEt, 
With either regular incline or level tread track, 1ms 
Ihe fimpleKt un*l most efilelcnt governor made. The 
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Heebner’s Patent Level-Tread Horse-Powers. 
Heebnern'Improved’I'brealiliiB Hnrliine. t’ut 
lu ioai ranted. Catnli-KUce with valuable Information 
Free Bole owners of Level-treatl patent*. All other* 
frlttgementa lln-bner Jfc Hons, Lausdale, l’a. 
GENUINE FRENCH BUHR 
CORN and FEED MILLS 
and POWER CORN SHELLERS. 
Beat In the 
