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FEB.2S 
THE mmt «iW< fORKIR. 
“Ah, Pat, my friend, they tell me, 
You’ve donned the matrimonial chain; 
All fools are thus not dead, I see.” 
“No, sir,” said Pat, "you still remain.” 
—Boston Budget. 
Mistress: “Did you put the coal on the 
stove, Bridget?” New Importation: “I didj 
Mum, but it will be sum toime before it gits 
hot, further fire’s out.”— Tid-Bits. 
Facts are stubborn things — mules are 
facts.— West Point Star. 
“Oh!” exclaimed a young lady ecstatically, 
“wouldn’t it be lovely to paint those flowers?” 
*“No, dear,” responded another, “they look 
nice enough without being painted.”— Pitts¬ 
burg Dispatch. 
WAiTER(to departing guest): “Do you know, 
sir, that you remind me very forcibly of the 
Spaniards at the capture of Grenada?” De¬ 
parting guest: “How so?” Waiter: “You give 
no quarter.”— Life. 
Out West they claim that corn is king. We 
know very often that our corn is a-ching,— 
Yonkers Statesman. 
Rich Old Siren (who has caught a young 
husband): “We must pass our honeymoon, 
darling, in New York, and then travel in 
Europe.” Husband: “Certainly, business be¬ 
fore pleasure.”— Town Topics. 
She stoops to conquer.—The washerwoman. 
— Puck. 
The rabit is timid, but no cook can make it 
quail— Puck. 
At a Wagner performance. Conductor: 
“Sh I-schtop ! De piece vas gongluded.” Von 
Blutwurst: “Ve haf schtopped. You vas 
geeping time mit dot thunder storm outside, 
ain’t it ?”— Life. 
Ptellattwu*)! 
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. 
GOOD NEWS 
TO L ADIES. 
"Greatest offer^NowAyoO^ime 
to get orders for our celebrated 
Tests, Coffees and Bakin. 
Powder, and secure a beautiful 
Gold Rand or Moss Rose China 
_ Tea Set, Dinner Set, Gold Band 
Moss Rose Toilet Set, Watch, Brass Lamp, Castor, or 
Webster'sDictionary. For particulars address 
2 ’HE OKEA'f AMERICAN TEA CO., 
.Box 289. 31 and 33 Vesey SL, New York. 
DAIRY 
AND 
FAMILY 
SCALE. 
S AGENTS 
WANTED 
BUTTER 
SALTING 
Attachment 
The only scale Capacity 
with which oz - ^ 
Butter can be 240 Pounds 
I weighed and salted at one op- 
I eration, and t cithout figuring 
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POULTNEY. Vermont 
WELL DRILLING 
Machinery for Wells of any depth, from 80 to 8,000 feet, 
for Water, Oil or Gas. Our Mounted 8team Drilling ana 
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Guaranteed to drill faster and with less power than any 
other. Specially adapted to drilling Wells in earth or 
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TJTTT T ‘RT'WfJQ Ask your dealer for the Ell- 
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Sample 2hj Inch, by mall, 30 cents. Address Ellrich 
Hardware Manufacturing Co., Plantsvllle, Ct. 
RIDING or WALKING STEEL CULTIVATORS 
With Double Row Corn 
Planter and Fertilizer 
i complete in one machine. 
\ Crowned with MedoU 
I alnee 1879. 
KINO of the COEN FIELD 
I Thousands in use giving 
' entire satisfaction. 
Agent* wonted. Cata¬ 
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1IENCII A DKOMGOLD, 
York, Pa. 
Hedge Plants. 
Nothing adds to the beauty and 
value of the premises as do well 
kept hedges. We offer over half 
a million Splendid Hedge Plants, 
Osage Orange, Honey Locust, Ar¬ 
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everything in the Seed, Flower, 
Fruit and Tree line. A valuable 
catalogue containing 136 pages with 
hundreds of illustrations, free. 
The Storrs & Harrison Co. 
Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio. 
10 CENTS (sliver) pays for your address In the 
"Agent’s Directory,” which goes whirling all over the 
United States, and you will get hundreds of samples, 
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matter and good reading free, and will be Well 
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE MILK WAGON. 
A FEW FLOWERS WORTHY OF GENERAL CULTURE. 
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THE PRESENT EDITION contains 22 pages, and the articles are new and inter¬ 
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Among the papers are: “Lillies Speak for Themselves,” “A Garden 
Party,” “A Talk about Roses,” “Hardy Plants and Modes of Arrang¬ 
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“Tropical Effects With Hardy Plants,” and other original articles. 
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paid will be allowed on the first order for Plants. 
Our Illustrated Catalogue, containing the Largest Descriptive List of 
f ' Hardy Plants in America, mailed for Ten Cents in stamps. OUR LOW-PRICED 
i 0 ' COLLECTIONS of valuable, well-grown Plants sent FREE. 
| MUSA ENSETE (The Great Abyssinian Banana) Is of surpassing beauty, and the 
best plant known for producing a tropical effect in garden or lawn. We have a 
large and almost exclusive stock, which we now offer at very low prices. 
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GLADIOLI, DAHLIAS, LILIES, IRISES, BEGONIAS, etc .do! 
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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. TER KIJILE, 31 Broadway. N. Y. City. 
P. O. Box 2494 Telephone Call, 160 Pearl. 
TWO! 111 
FRESH 
PLANTS 
I say do you want fresh plants direct from the grower at low prices? New 
and old varieties Strawberries, Raspberries. Blackberries, Grapes, Currants 
etc. Don’t fail to see description of Carmlkel Strawberry, the latest of all 
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placing your order. Send for catalogue. 
E. W. REID, liortioxiltxirlet, 
Bridgeport, Ohio. 
IN WAY AND 
How to 
Grow _ _ 
Illustrated Catalogue free. 
RARE TREES, SHRUBS, 
AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS AT LOW PRICES. 
ROSES, 
And Other 
_ _ ____ y I* n i t H 
Yew EDITibN~sent for 10 cents or 10 names of Fruit Growers. 
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S3?~Our Vegetable and Flower Seed catalogue 
containing all the desirable novelties and a full 
list of Standard Seeds, mailed Fkke on application. 
HSfCur Farm Seed Catalogue is the only cata¬ 
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Farm Seeds. Also Fnxp on application. Address, 
and mention this paper. 
NORTHERN 
GROWN 
SEEDS 
NORTHRUP, BRASLAN & 
GOODAVIN CO., 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
MAN"UTACTUE.ED BY- 
NEW buckeye sunbeam cultivator 
P. P. MAST & CO. 
SPRINGFIELD,OHIO 
Established 1854. 
WITH 
PIVOTED 
PARALLEL 
BEAMS. 
With METAL 
WHEELS and 
SPRINGS at 
Ends of BEAMS. 
This Cultivator has the rear ends of the beams pivoted to a Cross-head, to which the 
Shovel Standards ace attached and a secondary beam or rod pivoted to the coupling in 
front, and to the Cross-head in the rear, by which the Shovels are carried parallel with the 
axle, whatever may be the position of them In being moved sidewise. The springs at the front end ol 
the beams supports them when in use, and enables the operator to move them easily from side to side 
and assists in raising when he wishes to hook them up, while turning at the end of the row. We attach 
these Beams also to our Riding and Tongneless Cultivators. This Cultivator has no equal in 
the market, and can not fail to be appreciated by any farmer who sees it. We also manufacture th@ 
market, and can not fail to be appreciated by any farmer wno sees it. we also manufacture 
BUCKEYE DRILL. BUCKEYE: SEEDER, BUCKEYE CIDER MILLS AND HAY RAKES. 
Branch Houses Philadelphia, Pa.; Peoria, Ills.; St. Paul, Minn.; Kansas City, Mo.; 
•an Francisco, Cal. *«*Send for Circular to either of the above firms or to 
and 
P. P. MAST 6c CO.; SPRINGFIELD, OHIO* 
HOME STUDY-ON THE FARM. 
ISAAC PITMAN, the famous Inventor 
Is now 75—active as ever—has two worthy 
business is vast. We supply all their books. The 
“Teacher”—the best guide to the art—20c. Address 
PHONETIC DEPOT, Tyrone, Pa. 
‘oTASS-jh,. ! JEWELL GRAPE 
rthysons. Their I and productive. Free fr< 
I 
The earliest and best mar- 
• ket grape known. Hardy 
productive. Free from rot and mildew. Sold 
ly 26 at 20 cents per pound wholesale. Price $2.00 
__jh. “Send for circular ” 
STAYMAN & BLACK, Leavenworth, Kan 
Jul; 
eac 
ISLAND: HOME STOCK FARM. 
Savage & Farnum.Impor- 
ters and Breeders of Per- 
cheron and French Coach 
Horses,IslandHomeStock 
Farm, Grosse Isle, Wayne 
County, Mich. We offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from, weguaran- 
tee our stock,makeprices 
reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms, Visitors al¬ 
ways welcome. Large 
catalogue free. Address 
Savage «fc Farnum, 
Detroit, Mich. 
Percberon Horses. 
French Coach Horses. 
LANE’S PATENT STEEL DOOR HANGER 
Tmi . 
dimSH 
cl i _ _w 
Send forCir-1 
cular. | 
Manufact’d by 
ANTI-FRICTION. 
The most perfect 
article of its kind 
made. No more break- 
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guaranteed. Lane’s 
PATENT STEEL TRACK 
No Wood work. 
Simple and durable) 
LANE BROS., Poughkeepsie, N. Y 
DEDERICK’S HAY PRESSES. 
„ pt e 9 the customer 
keeping the one 
that suits 
Order on trial, address for circular and location of 
Western and Southern Storehouses and Agents. 
P. K. DEDERICK &. CO., Albany, N. Y. 
DARNELL’S !jj fllRRflWER 
paient |& MARKER 
Gauge^^*^ Opens 
adjust ablr.^ ^^ B1 bbJUB better row in' 
to all ine'iuau 5 ^^/ IWBfeither soft or hard 
Ities of ground. ground than any other Marker. 
Leaves the earth well pulverized at bottom of furroTT. 
Marks, any width from 2^ to 5 feet, and from a mere 
> mark to 6 inches deep. 
‘‘Take pleasure in recommending it. It does the business; la 
well made and will last for y^KTs.”J.S.Collin8 y Moort9towrx,N.J. 
“It far exceeds my expectations. If the real merits of this 
cheap implement were known to potato growers alone, the sales 
would be immense." E.L.Coy , Pres. Wath.Co.(N, T.) Agr.Society 
H ilt nmi^UTm Manufact’r, Moo res town* 
cWiUUUunltN Burlington Co., 
‘‘OSGOOD" 
U. S. Standard Scales. 
Sent on trial. Freight 
paid. Fully warran¬ 
ted. 3 TO N $35 
Other sizes propor¬ 
tionately low. Illus¬ 
trated book free. 
Agents well paid 
OSGOOD & THOMPSON, Binghamton, N. Y- 
40 MOLES 
CAUGHT IN ONE SEASON, 
15 IN FIVE I)A YS, BY THE 
PERFECTION MOLE TRAP. 
Send for Descriptive Circular and 
Testimonials. Dealers and Agents 
supplied. 
ADDRESS 
JOHN F. TURNER, 
Germantown, Philadelphia. 
CHALLENGE 
bWIND MILLS never blow 
a it down, a record no other 
111 can show. Sent on 80 J 
days’ trial. Also feed grind- J 
ers, shellers, pumps, ate. J 
Agents wanted. Catalogues 1 
free. Challing* Wind 1 
Mill and F**d Mill Co., 1 
Batavia, Kane Co., Ill. || 
Hr-.- 
CHAMPION ^BALING PRESSES. 
Bales one to two tons 
au hour. Loads 10 
to 15 tons in car 
Easy on. man and 
beast. 
Bell rings when 
to drop in the 
partition block. 
Address FAMOUS MFG. 
ggpgj 
8end for 
Circulars 
with Prlces.J 
CO., Quincy, 
SHERWOOD HARNESS CO. 
Syracuse. N. Y. 
BUCKEYE 
Junior 
LAWN 
MOWER 
Made in 
Four 
Sizes: 10, 12, 
14 and 16 inch 
cut. "* Most reliable 
Mower in use Easy 
to ivork. Strong 
and Durable. 
Alsomanufacturers of the Buckeye Hose Reel 
and I,awn Sprinkler, Iron Turbine Wind En¬ 
gines, Buckeye Force Pumps and Buckeye 
Iron Fencing. Send for Illustrated Circulars to 
MAST, F00S & CO., Springfield, 0. 
