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The Deacon thought those boys had a suspicious air about them. And subsequent events confirmed his belief. 
He turns to chastise them, but the snow-slide gets there first. 
THE SONG OF THE HOUR. 
Old King Coal 
Is a tough old soul, 
Wiih only himself to please. 
He orders a strike 
And takes the toll, 
While ihe rest of the people freeze. 
- Manchester Mirror. 
Failure in the Yarn Trade—Writing un¬ 
successful novels — Omaha Bee. 
It never reduces the size of a claim against 
the government to file it.— Buck. 
The reason men succeed who “mind their 
own business” is because there is so little com¬ 
petition.— Mountain Echo. 
To bashful correspondent: The first thing 
for you to do is to pop the question; the second 
to question the pop.— Burlington Free Press. 
A New York apartment house has been 
named “The Thistle.” The owners are now 
looking for volunteer tenants.— Mountain 
Echo. 
“Paradise Lost,” says a recent writer,“was 
sold for a song.” The man who bought it for 
a soDg must have considered himself badly 
sold when he tried to sing it.— Life. 
“Do you think you’ll be able to pull 
through?” anxiously inquired the needle of the 
thread. “Eye guess so,” was the curt re¬ 
sponse.— Texas Siftings. 
Laura: “So you are really engaged to him, 
dear? He is forty, you say, and you are 
twenty—just twice as old as you, love. Dear 
me, when you are forty he will be eighty!” 
Clara: “Good gracious! I hadn’t thought of 
that. ”— Harper's Bazar. 
An artist once gave a little supper at his 
studio, and he put in his invitations B. S. C. 
V. The letters puzzled some people, who 
found when they went to the supper that they 
meant: “Bring some cold victuals.”— San 
Francisco Chronicle. 
In an advertisement by a railway company 
of some uncalled-for goods, the letter “1” had 
dropped from the word “lawful,” and it read: 
“People to whom these packages are directed 
are requested to come forward and pay the 
awful charges on the same.”— Baptist Weekly. 
The rooster would be a much more popular 
bird if he could only be induced to feel that 
there is no real, vital necessity for his report¬ 
ing his whereabouts between midnight and 
3 a. m. We know that he is at home, in the 
bosom of his family. Bo are we, but we don’t 
get up in the night to brag about it. — Puck. 
pUfSaUaujeou# 
§ WEAVER ORGANS 
Are the Finest in Tone, Style, Finish and general 
make up of any goods made. Guaranteed for 6 years. 
Send for Catalogue, testimonials and terms, free, to 
Weaver Organ and Plano Co., 
Factory, York, Pa. 
DEDERICK’S HAY 
PRESSES. 
the customer 
keeping the one 
that suits 
t® 
ev 
Order on trial, address for circular and location ocf 
Western and Southern Storehouses and Agents. 
P. K. DEDERICK &. CO., Albany, N. Y. 
GOOD NEWS 
TO L ADIES. 
^xreatest oT?er^fow , 87ou7time 
to get orders for our celebrated 
Teas, Coffee, and Baking 
Powder, and secure a beautiful 
Gold Rand or Moss Rose China 
__ Tea Set, Dinner S t, Gold Band 
Moss Rose Toilet Set, Watch, Brass Lamp, Castor, or 
Webster’.! Dictionary. For particulars address 
2 ’HE Git EAT AMERICAN TEA CO., 
■ Box 289. 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
STOCKBRIDGE POTATO FERTILIZER. 
Taken from a photograph of afield raised at Caribou, Me., on Stockbridge Potato Manure. 
Potatoes Raised for 7 I-4 cts. per Bushel. 
In experiments made the past year on the Rural New-Yorker Experiment Farm, 
and reported in the Rural of Jan. 7, 1888, 
Jgpf” 880 pounds of STOCKBRIDGE POTATO MANURE increased the crop of 
potatoes over unmanured land, 274 bushels per acre, 
ggp- The expense, for fertilizer, of the increased crop was 7 1-4 cents per 
bushel of potatoes. 
S3P The cost for fertilizer for the whole crop was about 4 cents per bushel of 
potatoes. 
BOWKER FERTILIZER COMPANY, 
Boston andL UNT ow Yorlt. 
GLADIOLI, DAHLIAS, LI IES, IRISES, BEGONIAS, etc, etc. 
FOR SPRING PLANTING. 
Roozen’s handsome, illustrated, complete Catalogue of BULBS for Spring Plant¬ 
ing, now ready, and will be sent Free to all applicants. 
ORDER YOUR BULBS DIRECT FROM THE GROWERS. 
Please order early, as ALL ORDERS ARE FILLED ON THE EXTENSIVE FARMS of 
Messrs. ANT. ROOZEN & SON, Overveen, Holland, 
Where all the Bulbs offered are grown. 
We pay all charges as far as N. Y. City for U. S., and Toronto for Canada. 
Address the SOLE AGENT for U. S, and CANADA, 
J. TEK It! ILK, 31 Broadway. IV. Y. City. 
P. O. Box 2494 Telephone Call, 160 Pearl. 
TODDARD CREAMERY 
WITH SURFACE SKIMMING ATTACHMENT. 
With or without SPECIAL THE MOST 
REFRIGERATOR. 1 " v 
HAS MORE GOOD POINTS THAN ANY ON 
THE MARKET. Send lor description. 
STODDARD CHURN 
Made of White Oak, without Floats or Dashers. 
NINE SIZES for Dairy and Factory. 
FOR CIRCULARS OF THE 
Best line of Dairy and Factory Goods made, 
OSELEY & STODDARD IRFG. CO., POULTNEY, VT. 
A WONDERFUL SUCCESS! 
“BIG INJUN” 3-WHEEL SULKY PLUW! 
Practical, Simple, Light, Strong. 
The only 3-Wheel Sulky Plow made 
that turns a square corner while plow is 
in the ground. Lifts out of the ground 
without disturbing the furrow. Also, 
full line of CHILLED STEEL AND COMBINA¬ 
TION WALKING PLOWS. Circulars and 
prices on application. 
GALE MANUFACTURING CO., 
ALBION. MICHIGAN. 
MOHAWK VALLEY St.DS 
Of GILT Edge quality we annually supply to 
many thorn anas of private and market gardeners. 
Nellis’ Self Blanching Celery, the best ever 
grown. Half ihe labor saved. Growers realized from 
*1200 to *1800 per acre. A new Cauliflower for 1888. the 
Mohawk White Clap. Catalo-ue and valuable 
treatise on the culture or e<dery, for stamp. The A. 
C. Nellis Co., 64 < ortlandt St., N. Y. 
ISLAND HOME STOCK FARM. 
Savage & Farnum,Impor¬ 
ters and Breeders of Per- 
cheron and French Coach 
H orses, Island H omeStock 
Farm, Grosse isle, Wayne 
County, Mich. vv e offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from.weguaran- 
tee our stock,make prices 
reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms. Visitors al¬ 
ways welcome. Large 
catalogue free. Address 
Savage «fc Farnum, 
Dei roit, Mich. 
l’ercheron Horses. 
trench Coach Horses. 
THE ROCHESTER 
HAY and GRAIN ELEVATORS 
SLING and STACKFR 
BEATS THEM ALL. 
Agents wanted. Send for circular. 
Mention tills Paper. 
W. C. RICKER, 
ROCHE STER, N. Y. 
S TEAM! $ TEAM! 
We build Automatic Engines from 2 to 200 H. P., 
equal to anything in market. 
A Large I ot cf 2,3 and 4-H. Engines 
with or without boilers, low for cush. 
B. W. PAYNE SON S, 
Box 17. Elmira, N, Y. 
