PERSONALS, 
this volume. Usually such reports are so de¬ 
layed in publication, that much of the inter¬ 
est in the article is destroyed. The Rural 
gave a good synopsis of the articles read at 
the last meeting of this society, but all of our 
readers who are interested in scientifie,agri- 
eulture will he glad to secure this volume and 
study them carefully. 
Parlor Games (0. M. Hubbard Co,, 
Rochester, N. Y.) is a handy little volume 
that will be found useful in any family where 
there are children. Children enjoy games. 
It is hard for the little folks to remain quiet 
all the time. They cannot read or study as 
older people can. A bright and interesting 
game that will both interest and instruct 
them will help them through a stormy day or 
au eveniug. The older folks too will not be 
hurt by joining in the game. There are 
plenty of bright and entertaining games 
described in this little book. 
Montreal Horticultural Society.— The 
twelfth annual report of the proceedings of 
this society is the best ono of the series. A 
variety of exceedingly interesting topics are 
discussed. One admirable feature of the pro¬ 
ceedings of this society is the exhaustive dis¬ 
cussion which follows every topic. It seems 
as though every member of the society went 
to the meetings fully prepared to discuss and 
explain. All who are interested in fruits, 
plants or vegetables suitable for the “cold 
north - ’ will be anxious to secure this report. 
Maine Experiment Station.— The annual 
report of this institution is received from Z. 
A. Gilbert, Secretary of the Maine State Board 
of Agriculture. This pamphlet, of 150 pages, 
contains the results of many interesting ex¬ 
periments with fertilizers, foods, field crops 
etc., etc. Director Jordan seems to have 
thought out a new aud very interesting se¬ 
ries of experiments. The hook will be very 
useful to farmers generally. 
Wisconsin Experiment Station.— Fourth 
Anuual Report from Prof. W. A. Henry, 
Madison.—This is one of the best of Prof. Hen¬ 
ry's excellent series of reports. The experi¬ 
ments with corn-fodder and other feeding stuffs 
are very useful. All will be glad to know what 
Prof. Henry thiDks about the growing prac¬ 
tice of dehorning cattle. No farm library is 
complete without this excellent volume. 
Botanical Department of the Michigan 
Agricultural College.— In Bulletin No. 
'i'S, a pamphlet ol -ix pages, Dr. Beal gives 
an account of the forest products in the col¬ 
lege museum of economic botany. This mu¬ 
seum is entirely made up of plant products 
and contains some very curious specimens of 
wood growth. 
Relation of Railroads to Forest Sup¬ 
plies and Forestry.— Pamphlet from the 
Forestry Division of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture. This contains articles on the struc¬ 
ture of some timber ties, cause of decay in 
the road-bed, wood preservation, metal ties 
and the use of spark arresters. There are nu¬ 
merous plates. 
Missouri Agriculture.— Nineteenth An¬ 
nual Report of the State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture of Missouri. It is always a pleasure to 
examine a volume from Prof. Sanborn. It is 
sure to be tilled with information that far¬ 
mers are seeking for. This report is fully 
equal to previous ones. 
Vermont Merino Sheep Breedep^' As¬ 
sociation. —Volume three of the Register of 
the association is received from Albert Chap¬ 
man, secretary. This contaius the constitu¬ 
tion aud by-laws, list of various officers and 
pedigrees of some 1,800 sheep. 
Missouri Horticultural Society.—T he 
20th annual report of this society is received 
from L A Goodman, secretary, Westport, 
Mo. It is an excellent volume, one in which 
that the spring and summer seem more beau¬ 
tiful with each return, while somehow the 
death of the year makes us sadder each time 
we witness it. Uncle Jacob seemed to feel 
this at the store the other night. “Dis is der 
dull season off der year," he said, as he rubbed 
his head thoughtfully. “Der bicture off death 
is alvays sad. Ven our fnents vas pass avay 
we vas alvas gry und grief, even when we 
knows dey vas petter off. Many dimes ven 
ve knows dot ourfrients vas daken avav from 
trouble mid gare we vas gomblane und gry. 
I do not know how dot vas. It vas shust like 
der fall off der year. Dere is a very hopeless 
feeling comes ofer me sometimes when I looks 
out mit der hills und fields mit all dere goot 
looks run avay. It vas not so pad mit der 
vinter, pecause den der snow mit i f s bure 
mantle vas eofer it all out. But iu der fall off 
der year I am many dimes sad. I things to 
myself, I am getting olt, my blace will soon 
be mit der helpless heebie. Dis world is very 
bleasant und bright mit a young man dot haf 
got all his life sbust ahead off him. Der more 
ambition dot he haf got, der brighter vas his 
brosbeets. It vas diverent mit an olt man. 
His life vas all pehind him. He has sowed all 
his chances und knows dot two-thirds off der 
grop will nefer come out. I goes to my wive 
somedimes und says; ‘I do not feel very 
bleasant. I thing off der time dot must come 
pooty soon ven beeble will say: You vas too 
olt; your days off uzefulness haf gone by: we 
haf need off younger men dan you; it is time 
for you to gif up your blace und fall back.' 
Und I says to my wive, ‘Yen dot time comes, 
what vill we do den? How can we lif on mit 
such feelings like dose i What, bleasure can 
dere be in life after we know all der vile dot 
we haf lost our bowers off ^a^ness?’ TInd 
my wive looks up at iue und sohmiles und 
says: ‘We haf dried our pest to do God’s vill 
und stand up mit der heat und der burden off 
life's weary day. We are too olt to dry som» 
Oder vay now; so we can only shust geep on 
doing der pest dot we can und drust dot dis 
olt age vas shust like der ripening off der fruit 
on der tree—nezessary pefore we vas made 
berfect.’ Und ven my wive talks like dot my 
feelings shanges und I feels brafe again, und 
I says to my wive: ‘You ought to haf peen a 
nuuister, und yet I am glad you vas not one, 
pecause you can do more goot py conzendrat- 
ing dose gomforting words mit me dan you 
could py scattering deni mit a big growd off 
beeble.” small pica. 
OIL MEAL 
The eldest daughter of Gen. Boulanger is 
about to enter a Carmelite convent. Ameri¬ 
can girls prefer a earamelite school. 
One of the best known inhabitants of Rt. 
I’aul, Minn., is a Sioux squaw who bears the 
striking title, “TheRquaw-Who-Picks-the- 
Huckleborry-Ruuning. ” 
Edison, the inventor, is rosy-cheeked, and 
weighs 1 GO pounds. He comes of a long-lived 
race. His father was 80 when he died, his 
grandfather 108. and his great-grandfather 
ALSO KNOWN AS 
Patented 
Nov. 24,1885. 
Ex-Gov. Alger, of Michigan, is a great 
traveler. He rides about the country in a 
private car and seldom spends more tbau 
seven days in one place. He makes his car 
his business office and does a million dollars’ 
worth of trade iu it annually. Alger, it is 
said, has made about $8,000,000 since the war. 
His lumber interests are enormous. 
It is proposed in London to build a memo¬ 
rial costing $200,000 to Charles Dickens, al¬ 
though he solemnly prohibited any such 
act on the part of his friends, desiriug no 
other memorial than his published works. 
His son Charles is here now on a “lecturing” 
or rather “reading” tour. He will confine 
himself chiefly to reading extracts from his 
father’s works. 
Miss Emma Abbott is a champion of her 
profession, the operatic stage. In a sermon 
recently delivered in Nashville, Teun., a 
clergyman said some unpleasant, things about 
the stage. Miss Abbott, who happened to be 
in the church, arose iu her pew aud answered 
the preacher back, to his no little astonish¬ 
ment, and to the delight of his congregation. 
The neighboring town of Chattanooga showed 
its appreciation of her action by presenting 
her with a solid silver yacht. 
CHAMPION 
Sji FENCE 
MAumnc 
Surpasses another wire and picket Fence machines, 
lor making strong and durahle fences in the tield, 
that no stock will break down. On rough, hilly 
ground, it keeps pickets perpendicular, which n<> 
other machine will do without constant adjustment. 
It is easy to handle, uses any kind of pickets, and 
I®? sl*e of wire. Write for circular and price. 
WAYNE AGRICULTURAL C0„ Richtnoutl, lot 
J BLACKSMITHING on the FARM 
Sa« timflan.l mnnoy by usini? Ifoll’a fel.-liran.il 
F0R6E and KIT Of TOOLS For sao 
Si 
HOLT MF6. CO., Way Cleveland, Q, 
Haebnar’s Patent LbvbI-T read Horse-Power* 
WITH PATENT SPEED 
REGULATOR. 
Fleehners Improved Threshing Machine. 
Fodder Cutters,Corn Shelters,Woodsa'vs.Fleld Rollers. 
Extraordinary success wit h latest I improvements. Cata 
loguas ftree. HEUBNER A: SONS, Lansdule, Pa. 
Mention the Rural New-Yorker. 
CATALOGUES, ETC'., RECEIVED. 
Nova Scotia School of Agriculture,— 
The register of this institution for 1.888-7 is 
sent out by H. W. Smith, Truro, N. R. It is 
a very bright ami readable little pamphlet. 
The school was established iu 1885. It is de¬ 
signed “for the better instruction of teachers 
and farmers in agriculture and the sciences 
upon which it rests.” There have been but 
few pupils as yet, but the authorities are hope¬ 
ful for the future. The course is patterned 
after the English system iu that it contains 
absolutely nothing but the sciences which per¬ 
tain to agriculture. In American agricultur¬ 
al college students are taught literature.po¬ 
litical economy aud other matter designed to 
benefit the citizen. One excellent feature is 
worthy of imitation by American agricultural 
colleges. Leading farmers from all over the 
the Provinces are invited at regular intervals 
to visit the the college aud lecture or talk 
about the branches of farming in which they 
excel This is a good idea. Outside speakers 
at American agricultural colleges are usually 
clergy men, politicians or professional lecturers. 
In the latter part of the pamphlet arc printed 
the essuys delivered at the graduating exer¬ 
cises. This is another good idea for our ag¬ 
ricultural college au’horities to consider. 
Kelly Di plkx Mill. —Circular from the 
Springfield Engine and Thrasher company, 
Springfield, Ohio. —A good grinding mill that 
will successfully grind grain or coru-aud-cob, 
is a necessary article on any farm where stock 
are to be fed on graiu produced at home. 
Mill makers have studied long and earnestly 
to produce a mill that will successfully turn 
out corn ami cob meal. Most of the mills 
hitherto placed on the market have been par¬ 
tial failures. They ground the meal but the 
operation wns slow and tedious The makers 
of the Kelly Duplex Mill behove that they 
bave improved and perfected their mill until 
it. is, to day, the most economical implement 
of the kind <>u the market for grinding corn 
ami-cot) nn al, Au excellent description of 
this mill, with drawings illustrating its me¬ 
chanism, will be found in the circular which 
all who are interested in cattle feeding should 
send for. 
Association for the Advancement of 
Women. —The constitution and by-laws of 
this association are received from Leonard 
& Lingle, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 
IBeal Estate 
Ifti.scdtancou.s ^dvettijsiug 
OPR NIAGARA. 
Is the name of the Latest Improve,!. Cheapest 
and Best well lorce Pump. 
Cylinder ami Packing box below frost, will not 
freeze, costs no more than a wood putup. State depth 
of well. FIELD FORCE PT.VIP CO.. 
Lackport. N. Y. 
Land Agency. Cheap Farms. 
Lists Free. GRIFFIN «fe 
JEKM8, Petersburg, Va, 
GO Soiltll Young.Man 
V»U omilll Stamp for par 
fare. E. C. LINDSEY 
We build Automatic Engines from 2 to -200 H. P. 
equal to auythiug in market. 
A Large lot of 2,3 and 4-H. Engines 
with or without boilers, low for cash. 
B. W. PAYNE A SOAS, 
Box 1 7. Elmira, X. Y. 
ENTJUF.T.Y NEW. 
to 9H a day. Samples worth *1.50, FREE Lines 
not under the horse’s feet. Write Brewster 
Safety Rein Holder Co.. Holly. 
THOROUGH!! RED 5SEt, T .5,V.?Sgs 
from the best strains. Bred for Lealth. Beat aud 
Eggs. Standard Birds. For prices of Eggs and 
Birds, address 1)R. B.BI KB, PUCASSET. Mass. 
r.T REU. 1‘OLiXD-rHIXjL 
-r *tUi 1 r. Rcrl.ha-v X fork. 
I’Mt*. Soutb.Jawo. 1'oi.wold 
lfiird IIi.kii Shrrpand Lamb* 
l Collet Shepherd Pop, anJ 
IMullrr. Send for CauJogo. 
LKE Kl’RPEX * CO.rklU.Fa 
0\thrd DoWII S)li'i j n Ijlrws! of the black 
UA.IUI u uun II ollVc|f f ac(Hl Slu . mutton 
breeds, and heaviest fleects of close middle wool An¬ 
other Importation or yearling ranis from Treadwell, 
who has distanced all competitors this rear at the 
‘•Royal, win arrive Sep*. 1. Royal I Ivwpoel”—“Bi¬ 
cester." 120 In*. at 2»*s: •‘Baron Oampstloid,’ 3JC lbs.; 
“Royal Norw ich.■' h-i lbs , “Baron Hartley; m. 5 lbs. as 
yearlings, all - Royal” winners, aud w inners also at 
Chicago. Madison, Wit., Indianapolis St. Louis and 
Maryland State Fairs Also Snip. ••Lrandee.” Briton,” 
“Crown Prince.” “Sir John ’ ai d “Downns.“ all from 
Treadwell, have been used ill tnv flock For prices ad¬ 
dress F. C. ooldsborough. Eastou. Talbot co., Md. 
CLARK’S CUTAWAY HARROW, 
THE LANE & bUULhf CO 
CINCINNATI 
FOR 8ALE. 
25 choice MERINO EWES. $5 each: 25 cnoice ME¬ 
RINO EWES, at *4.50 each; 105 choice MERINO 
EtVES. the lor, cash, s: each: ril LA MRS, flue. $2.50 
each. C. P. COW EES, SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
SEVEN COI.l.IK PUPS tor Sale. Rlnek-and Tan, out 
of Paulina of WyckofftA K.R. 2.4M, and by Dr. Down¬ 
ing’s Champion Gordon. The Pups sire by imported 
Brock (B, us:: i A. D- BAKER. 
Box85, CAMDEN. ONEIDA CO,, N. Y. 
M ANl I-ACTU&ER8 o» 
SAW MILLS Mo ENGINES 
f»r all purposes. An experience of thirty rears 
First class Pure I’rod Langshans. Wyandottes. and 
Hnudans, for oufv *4 per trio. lire or more, $1 each. 
Am compelled to seU for want of room; hence my low 
prices. U. H. GAIL, 
_ . . Wall’s Centre, Erie Co.. N. Y. 
This advertisement appears but ouce. 
German Carp ror sale with which to make 
profitable ytuir ponds, laics, streams and 
slouglts. For circulars address, KU MESA 
FISHERY, Prospect Park, Du Page Co., 111. 
For P*oult;i*y Fencing. 
3-4 OF OS It OKNT KOH 2 IN’CH MESH SO. 19 WIRg 
EVERYTHING FOR .THE FOULTRY;YARD. 
Batchers and Brooders. 
Send for Circular. Brockner «fc Evans, 
2S VESEY STREET, N. Y. CITY 
