Always in hot water—the boiling egg.— 
Poultry World. 
Capital punishment—Being obliged to sit 
with the eirls.— Burlington Free Press. 
The cow is a mild-eyed, gentle auitnal, but 
she is the boss of the stock-yard.— Bingham - 
ton Republican. ■ 
Hen-pecked husbands are constantly re¬ 
minded that a thing of beauty is a jaw fore- 
ever .—Life. 
When you ask a railroad official at what 
time a train starts or arrives and he happens 
to know, you may* put it down as a genuine 
raiLroad accident.— Puck. 
Bookbinder: “Will you have it bound in 
Turkey or Morocco?” Purchaser: “Oh, 
mercy, no! What, s the use of sending it 
way off there? Hav it bound in New York.” 
—Toum and Country. 
A New York Exchange tells the story of a 
tragedy under the startling headline, “Found 
Hanging by His Wife.” But where should 
married men be found, if not hanging by 
their wives ?—Boston Transcript. 
A little Danbury girl, when asked by her 
mother about suspicious little bites iu the 
sides of a dozen choice apples, answered: 
“Perhaps, mamma, they may have been frost¬ 
bitten, it was so cold last night .”—Danbury 
News. 
One for her.— Artless little thing (proud of 
her linguistic acquirements): “Ido hope you 
didn’t catch what I was sayiug just now to 
Mrs. Simpson, Signor Gavauti. We were 
talking scandal—iu Italian. I had no idea 
you were so olose. Could you hear?” Signor 
Gavanti: “Yes, I could ’ear: but it is all a- 
right. I did not know you were speaking my 
language. ”—J u-d y. 
A Kentuckian with a large jug made a 
bai'gain with a countryman to take him four 
miles over the hills. “ How much’ll you 
charge ?” “ Oh, a couple of swigs of the stuff 
in that jug’ll make it about square, I reckon.” 
After the journey had been made and the 
countryman had taken a swig, he said: 
“Stranger. I’m a peaceable mau, but if you 
don’t, want to be chock full of lead to-night, 
you’d better find another way to carry yer 
molasses. ’ — Tid-Bi ts. 
No Moke Missions. —Yankee Girl: “Mad! I 
should say I did come home mad; I shall 
never go out as a missionary again to the 
Turks.” Omaha Lady: “Would not they 
listen to your arguments ?” “Oh! they list¬ 
ened respectfully enough, but when I talked 
to one of them about the sin of having too 
many wives, what do you think the brute 
said?” “I am sure I don’t know.” “He 
said if Turkish women were like me one would 
be plenty .—The Jerseyman. 
gfttottlUtttou# Humming. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
My list, containing loo varieties of the best JAPAN¬ 
ESE. (TuNE.SE. FRENCH ami ENGLISH varieties, will 
be ready about January 10th. All weak or lutsulJBfac- 
tory kinds have been omitted. 
H. WaTKUKU, - m 
IMPORTER OF PLANTS AND BJLBS, 
56 North 3Sth "treel, Philadelphia. Pa. 
I 
A 
PIANOFORTES. 
UNEQUALLED IN 
Tone Toneli Workmanship and Durability, 
1 WILMA M KYABE A CO. 
Nos. 204 and 206 Wost Baltimore Street, Baltimore. 
No. 112 Fifth Avenue. New York. 
DELAWARE COUNTY 
CREAMERY 
—We will pay Freight.— 
Write lor our wholesale offer 
to first purchaser. Address 
Delaware County Creamery Co., 
RENTON HARBOR, MICH. 
3-4 SIZE SAW SETI —^ 
For Lumbermen and Wood Cutters, & 
Cheapest and beet ever made. Sets a saw in three 
minutes. Also. Champion Gauge b>r outline raker 
teeth proper length. Any one oau uae Ihem. Sample 
of e-seh, by mall, on receiptor?!. Circulars tree. Ad 
dress j. R. Wbitimi. MONTROSE. PA. 
MACHINERY 
BEST IN THE WORLD. 
send fur circular ft prices. 
J. W. PENFIELD i SON, 
Willoughby, Ohio. 
E . ' Jl 
n 
FARM ANNUAL for 
Will he seut Fit EK TO A 1,1. who write for it It is a 
Handsome Book of 128 1 ’uucn, with hundreds ol 
illustrations, three Colored Plates, and tells nil about 
THE BEST CAKDKN, FAKM and FLOWER 
CCCnC BULBS, PLANTS. JKS'f8SSME‘’t , £ 
■ M scribes KiireNovcIli^ iu VettfUiblrn and Flowers of r «a / 
Wmr value, which ennnot t >6 obtained elsewhere. Scud /iddrvBB on Postal 
ajfcjaasgR; w. atlee burpee & co. hm-mclthii., p>. 
AGENTS WANTED 
Jfim 
StVocts the soil to the action of A Steel Crother and Lcveler, ani to th# Cmhisg, Cutting, lifthe, Turing ProcHi ol 
lonble S of CaSt Steel Joultera. Cutting pover is Imaouce. IbscLCo cf Spile: or Spring Teeth avoiaa pulling up mbbr.h- 
Cclj Harrow that cuts over the entire curbee c£ the gr:und. , „ , 
1 Sizes 3 to lit ft. wide. Wllhaml without Sulky attachment, be deliver free at Dinl rilni ling Depots. 
IK) NOT BE DECEIVED. Don’t, let dealers palm 0 « a base iruitationor 
Ulv some inferior tool under the assurance that. it. is better. bATIhl'Y YUL IteLLh 
BY ORDERING AN “ aOME” ON TRIAL. We will send a double liana Acme 
w A ir to any responsible farmer in the United States; if it does not stilt, lie may seua it 
JL .JC..E.XA.JL*® intok, we paying return freight. We don't ask pay untij tried on hts own larm. 
Send for pamphlet euiiiuiiiink thousand® «rf tuiiiiiiioiilolo Jrom IhSUUrH aiul lemtonra. 
mi nup \W Vf (I CU Manufactory and Principal Office, 
UUIvNL ft. RnbW, Millington, morris co., new jersey. 
N. 2?.—“ TILLAGE IS MANURE” and other essays sent free to parties who NAME THIS PAPER. 
A. ^jR^What Mr. Beyer says:j;g- 
beat tlwnks for the splendid needs received irom your firm. 
\ v It would be a rather lengthy list if I should name all, but 
C will say that amOngwtSSfirst, and 3 socotnl premiums 
VA ^ V8 ri- *"LSW awarded tn„ at onr fairs ia Northern Indiana and 
Afr. ■ ■ ~ _ ~ k EK tf - . .Ii.tii Mi.-hiifanO tim premium* w.-re for vege- 
ft'"-' A ■ It# Jar ™ tuhl.-e rained from yoitrgccdg. What ll rm call i'.at 
I QGil Ki *// this? ” AcottST Br.VT.It, 80. Bead, Inti. 
" * H v -ifels Seed of Oils quality I uni now ready to sell to every one 
■1 / .. ^who tills a farm or plain** a warden, sendiuit them 1*'UKK my 
w tP. j^ujjyvci'etablo and Flower Heed Catalogue,for 1 * 017 . Old customers 
not write jfoi ip. I catalogue this season the native wild 
potato. JAS. J. II. GREGORY, Seed Grower, Marblehead, Muss. 
<j* EC 0 R V$ 
„ SEEDf, 
Catalog^ 
- ** VA Thonsil mt.VNO SLICKER la warrants.) wat-niroof, uiM will kssp you dry In 
f*►_ ' _ . ^ \A tho linr.l. st slona. Tho nsw f’OMMEI, Rl.ICKER In a fisrisct rl.liiij,- mat, and 
4^ / V ll YY T 3 N v\ V rovsrs tli,* enlifo saddle. Its ware of Iniltallona. Non® I'-nnlnn wlOimit U10 •‘Flab 
* OXX D rV * llrand" trade mark. Illualrated Cetalaisuo free. A. J Towi.r, Bunion, Maaa. 
BILLOCK’S 
ROOT CUTTER. 
only «S. 00 t 
Cuts large or small roots 
equally w i ll. Gives univer¬ 
sal sal isfaet I 011 . Send for 
Illustrated Circular. Man¬ 
ufactured by 
W. T. FALCONER, 
JAJIEbTuWN, N. Y. 
Macomber’s llan<l Planter? for Corn, Beans , 
and Beet seed. The hkst In the world. Money refund¬ 
ed if it does not prove Battsfoetory, afttu* u fair trial. 
Accents wanted. Send for Clrenlar and terms, 
r*. IU Alactmiber & Co., MTVs. Adtuns. Grand 
Isle Co., Vt uen'l Agents: A. C. Stodpauu, North 
Brookfield. Mass.: E. Brook Masok. Litchlleld, Conn.; 
H. M. Smith & Co.. Richmond, Va.. 
The Cold-Water Dip, 
(THYMO.U M ttSOli.) 
A very highly concentrated, non poisonous lluld— 
mixes readily with cold or warm water—the simplest, 
safest, surest cure for TICKS, 
!_■ I O E, 
MANCK, SCAB, all Insect rests, all skin troubles, and 
many other Diseases of Livestock. Recommended by 
many prominent Breeders. See circular, sent on ap- 
plloatlou. T. W. LAWl’OKO & OR., , 
Baltimore, Aid. 
wkWIll 
FIN V. FEEI> Sc TA BLE 
>1 HA L, T OBAC CO 
STA Mil and STEMS, 
I) R IBS SHOES, 
CHEMICALS, etc. 
A. Rickard, 
11» John St , N. Y," 
* , Henley’s 
^ HV\| t Monarch 
Machine. 
Pau-uled July il, 18B5; May l*. I 6 S 1 I; August J. 18S6. 
The only practical machine In use that makes the 
fence In the field wherever wanted; makes the best, 
Strongest, and most durable fence for general use and 
farm and stuck purpost*,; weaves any size picket and 
any size wire. The fence will turn all stock without 
Injury to satin 1 , for catalogue and full particulars ad¬ 
dress Jl. C’. HENLEY, Hole Manufacturer, 
Factory, 83s to fi3d North 16th Ht„ Richmond, Ind. 
Mention this paper. 
WHEN YOU BUY A BUGGY 
BE SURE IT HAS THE 
WHEEL 
I THE STRONGEST AND BEST WHEEL MADE 
for Hawlnjj, Thn su- 
Ing, an-l (iliatiuK, a 
a >uoUUr® Haw and 
riit Mllft) Thro* 
•hJiig Mnfihlnvfi, 
Crlo., A »|n L'lulty. 
hcntS for iliiutmtod 
CAtakcu*. 
A.B.FA RQU111B| ^ 
York, I*<*nn». 
RUBBER ROOFING 
} SCIENTIFIC GRINDING MILL 
I . THE BEST MILL ON EARTH 
i_ For Grinding Ear Corn, Shelled Corn, Oats and all 
«2 Iff VmF w Small Crain. Each set Plates guaranteed to grind 
•n 1 AN ^ 5000 to 8000 Bushels before wearing out. 
-THE FOOS MANUFACTURING CO., §Ei!S!s!t5 
Ad- BOOKWALTER^NCiNES 
UPRIGHT AND HORIZONTAL, 
3 T0 :0 H0R9E POWER. 
P% OVER 3,000 IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. 
I jfl ! • ..i ws$ Illustrated Pamphlet sent free. Address, 
LEFFEL & CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
Pattern Oflea: 110 11 hart* St M« w Jfwrk, 
MAPLE LAWN POULTRY YARDS & KENNELS 
Wyandot ttm, Plymouth Roche, Pekin Ducks -500 finely bred Chicks for sale. SCOTCH COLLIK 
(Shepherd) Pups, bred from imported stock. Write for what you want. Address 
WESLEY B. BARTOY, Pittsfield, Mass. 
Reference: Kditor Rural Nkw-Yorkf-b. 
Cost only $3.25 per sq (10x10 ft.! basts a lifetime 
on Steep or Flat rooss. Ready for U 8 C. Anybody can 
apply it. Illustrated hook Free If you mention this 
taper. Write al imcr to 14H Dunne .St , N. Y 'City. 
INDIANA PAINT AND KOOFINCi CO. 
t THE DANA 
CENTRIFUGAL-GOVERNOR 
WINDMILL 
Tg the best working and most powerful Wind- 
Engine in the world, heenmte it Is the only one 
which unites the must per led Ir.rm of wind- 
wheel With the most perfect method of regu¬ 
lation. Reared Mills a specialty. 
For Di - ripllvc Clrrulnrv nri'ly to 
THE DANA YVIXDMILL CO., 
jrAtitnevKN, mjlss., c. s. a. 
O-A. IS. L JiTVST- 1ST 
Tho Groat Nursery of 
PERCHERON HORSES. 
LL. 200 Imported Brood Mures, 
Choicest F luniltea. 
LARCE NUMBERS 
v BOTH SEXES, 
p- 300 fo 400 
t -ft ^_ FROM PRANCE 
Ai\. Atmually. 
fiiT Send for 120-pftpe Oatalocuo, illustrations 
by Ko.st® Bonlwair. Address 
M. W. DUNHAM, 
Wayne, DuPage Co., Illinois. 
MAST. FOOS & CO.. 
HPItINGFTELI), O., 
ItUC H F,\ F, FO It PK PI M P, 
IRON TI’EIHN'K U'lND.JIILI., 
BUCKEYE W KoldilT IRON PUNCHED 
RAIL FENCE, 
BULK E Y E L \ WN MOWKKS, 
BUCKEYK 1HISE REELS AND LAWN 
8PRINKLEKS. , 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 
