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FES 
A HARVEST. 
The surgeon grins from ear to ear, 
The sliding track at last is here. 
—Merchant Traveler. 
AFTER THE BALL. 
Unpopular Girl: “Did you have a nice 
time at the ball last night?” Popular Girl: 
“Perfectly charming! I danced every set.” 
Unpopular Girl (vindictively): “Well, I did 
just the opposite.” Popular Girl: “How do 
you mean?” Unpopular Girl: “I set every 
dance .—Washington Critic. 
Half the pepper sold consists of p’s.— 
Western Rural. 
Working with a will—a lawyer. Work¬ 
ing with patients—a doctor.— Critic. 
Fact.—W hiskey lowers the man and raises 
the devil. —Germantown Times. 
Don’t run against a chimney-sweeper; he’s 
liable to bring soot against you. — Lowell 
Citizen. 
A lazv man at the State election sent over 
to a South Boston foundry to see if they could 
not cast his vote for him .—Boston Bulletin. 
Presence of mind is all well enough in some 
cases, but when a man finds himself in danger 
of freezing to death, he shouldn’t try to keep 
too cool. — Epoch. ' 
Wife: “Women are often criticised for 
wearing loud colors. What would you call a 
loud color?” Husband: “Yeller, I suppose.— 
Rochester Sunday Herald. 
“YE«,”he said. “I tried once to eat 30 quail 
in 30 days, but I found it impossible. Why, I 
failed on the third bird. ” “Make you sick?” 
“JSo, it didn’t make me sick; I ran out of 
quail .”—New York Sun. 
“George,” she said tenderly, “do you be¬ 
lieve in the old saying, ‘Out of sight, out of 
mind?”’ “Well, not altogether,” responded 
George, hesitatingly. “For instance, take 
a boil on the back of one’s neck .”—Weekly 
Ithacan. 
A little three-year-old gild was given a 
peach. She disposed of everything but the 
stone, and then made known her predicament 
thus: “Mamma, I’ve eaten the cloth and I've 
eaten the meat, but what shall I do with the 
bone .”—Houston Weekly. 
What do they do when they install a min¬ 
ister?” inquired a small boy; “do they put him 
in a stall and feed him?” “Not always,” said 
the father; “sometimes they harness him to 
the church and expect him to draw it alone.” 
Houston Weekly. 
“Where is the island of Cuba situated? 
asked an Austin school teacher of a small, 
rather forlorn-looking boy. ’’ “I dunno, sir.” 
“Don’t you know where sugar comes from?” 
“Yes, sir, we.borrows it from the next door 
neighbor .—Texas Siftings. 
“Johnny, you may give me the name of 
some wild flower,” said the teacher in botany. 
Johnny thought awhile and then said “Well, 
I reckon Injun meal comes about as near 
being wild flour as anything I know of.— 
Wash. Critic. 
Mrs. Lakefront (of Chicago): “Yes, Law¬ 
yer Sliarpedge only charged me one hundred 
dollars for obtaining my divorce.” Mrs. 
Stockyard: “is it possible! Why, he charged 
me five hundred.” Mrs. Lakefront: ‘'Yes; 
but I have always employed him in such cases 
and that makes a difference,you know .”—The 
Epoch. 
First Messenger Boy: “What’s yer hurry, 
cully? Second Messenger Boy: “Us boys 
wanted to give the boss a nice present for his 
birthday, so we all chipped in and I’ve just 
been out to buy it. It’s a awful purty motto, 
all hand-worked, the man said. It’s blue and 
red and got a big gold fringe on it. Guess 
he’ll hang it in the office where we can all see 
it.” “That’s nice. What does the motto say?’ 
“ ‘The more haste the less speed .”—Omaha 
World. 
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WEAVER ORGAN & PIAND CO 
YORK .PA.U.5.A. 
“Oh, mama! come and see ze dear ’ittle “Nice piggy—n-n-n-ice’ittle piggy—go way!” 
tiney, tawnty ’ittle piggy-wiggy.” 
“Boo-ooh! ooh! M-a-a-a-mar!” 
’’ACME” 
Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher and JLeveler. 
Don’t be deceived by worthless imitations. 
All genuine bear Trade-Mark, have Steel Clod 
Crushers, Double FLEXIBLE G-ang Bars and 
the Improved Style also has 
Adjustable, Reversible Coulters, 
which, when worn, may be turned end for 
end thus giving double the amount of wear. 
Works the entire surface of the 
ground. No other Harrow com¬ 
bines these points. 
Illustrated Pamphlet Free. 
Sent on trial rarmerOTeult 
Sizes: 3 to 13 Feet. 
DUANE II. NASII, Sole Manufacturer, 
With or without Sulky. MILLINGTON, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. 
-Be sure and mention this Paper.- 
French Coach Horses. 
PERCHERON HORSES. 
More Imported and Bred than by any other Eight Establishments. 
511 PURE-BREDS Now Actually on Hand. 
Experience ancl Facilities Combined for Furnishing: Best Stock of Both Breeds 
at Reasonable Prices. 
Separate Catalogues for each breed, with history of same. Say which is wanted. Address 
M. W. DUNHAM, Wayne, Du Page Go., Illinois. 
HOLSTEIN-PR IE SIAN BULLS 
N'ot the $50 KLindL! 
WE DO NOT BREED THEM! 
Nor can Breeders Afford to TTse Them! 
But on Animals of High Breeding, oi Great Individual Merit, and 
backed by pedigrees based on Actual Performance of Ancestry at the 
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truth of our assertion. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, 
Syracuse, IV. Y. 
Mention Rural New-Yorker. 
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THE BEST MILL ON EARTH 
witli new Patented DOUBLE BREAKERS, grinds new 
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y||E SCIENTIFIC” as to 
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nillDAUTfr each set of Grinding Plates to grind 
lit UUAKAN I tt 6,000 to 8,000 Bushels of Grain. 
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SPINWALL 
VJTATO 
LANTER. 
te Guarantee given to do 
CT and RAPID WORK. 
Writ/ illustrated circular. Mention this paper, 
BETTER 
than ever. 
PLANTS CORN 
Distributes Fertilizers 
ASPINWALL MFG.CO. 
THREE RIVERS. MICHIGAN. 
U 17u ^pinwall Potato Planter works with almost human ingenuity. It is as indispens¬ 
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We < ^ gladly recommend it as a fii'st-class implement. Potato growing in the future pro- 
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themselves of improved implements will fall behind .”— Rural New-Yorker, April 2, 1887. 
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Do you want 
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BENNETT’S IMPROVED 
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LIFTS 20 TO 50 TONS 
Five sizes. Price, $35 to $70. 
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Westerville, 0, 
THE DANA 
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THE COLD WATER DIP ( Thymo-Cresol) is a 
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throughout the world. Send for Circular. 
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to select from.weguaran- 
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Detroit, Mich. 
Perchei’on Horses. 
French Coach Horses. 
DEDERICK’S hay presses. 
„<e . # the customer 
cw * " 
keeping the one 
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CIDER 
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“ S." Please men- 
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