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THE RURAL UIW-YORKlfi. 
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PERSONAL. 
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has been 
very feeble of late, and rarely writes anything 
but brief letters to her friends. 
Mrs. Hannah D. Knott is president of the 
Town Council of Syracuse, Kansas. She is a 
^motherly-looking dame of 45, and proprietor 
of a large millinery establishment. 
The finest collie-dog in the recent dog-show 
at the Madison Square Garden was purchased 
by Mr. Pierpont Morgan for 81,500. There 
was a mastiff at this same show for which its 
owner refused $2,500. 
Rider Haggard is described as a slightly 
built, wiry-looking blond, with a pale com¬ 
plexion and light blue eyes. He is said to be 
very much of a lion in London society, where, 
with “a vague manner of well-bred ennui, he 
listens to the fulsome allusions to his books.” 
Ihe Scotch estate of Mr. Bradley Martin 
covers 65,000 acres of land, and is about fifteen 
miles from Inverness. It has a water-front 
on Loch Ness of nineteen miles. The deer 
forest includes 28,000 acres, and by the terms 
of his lease Mr. Martin is allowed to kill 75 
stags a season. They are killed by stalking, 
not driving, as the former is regarded as the 
more skillful way. 
Congressman Scott, of Erie,Pennsylvania, 
was a fish-peddler 30 years ago. To day he is 
many times a millionaire, and has 10,000 men 
in his employ. He has worked hard for his 
money, and now at 60 years of age he is reap¬ 
ing his reward. In appearance he is slender 
and of medium bight. His head is large, and 
his gray eyes deep-set. A thick mustache 
covers his mouth. He always dresses well, and 
in clotnes of fashionable cut. 
Lauren Briggs Arnold, the well known 
dairy authority, died at his home at Gates, 
Monroe Co., N. Y., on Wednesday, March 7, 
at the ripe age of 73 years. Born in Fairfield, 
Herkimer Co., N. Y., on August 13, 1814. 
Lived and worked on his father’s farm of 50 
acres until his 20th year, when he taught 
school for several years in winter and en¬ 
gaged in mechanical pursuits in summer. 
Took charge of the home farm before attain¬ 
ing his 24th year; but soon resigned and took 
a course of study at the Fairfield Academy, 
where by teaching other students he added 
materially to the fund of 850 with which he 
entered the Academy. He entered Union 
College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1841 and in 
1843 was honorably graduated and afterwards 
worked on the farm and taught in the Fair- 
field Academy, until his father’s death in 1850 
when he took up farming as a business devot¬ 
ing special attention to dairying. Since 1859, 
he has been a constant contributor to the ag¬ 
ricultural press and a frequent lecturer on 
dairy matters. In 1808 he built a cheese fac¬ 
tory in which he worked up his own milk and 
that of some of his neighbors. He made sev¬ 
eral valuable discoveries connected with the 
dairying industry, and all his life was an earn¬ 
est, honorable, hard-working laborer in con¬ 
nection with the business with which his name 
is so widely associated. A lengthy biograpical 
sketch and a fine likeness of him appeared in 
the Rural of May 3, 1884. 
pi.srellatuw guUmising. 
NEW CATALOGUES. 
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which every planter shou'd hare. No 1 v rl ,it s as 
Trees, etc., illustrated 
ist< pages, lot-; No o, Strawberries; No. ). Wholesale 
No. o, noses, '.’8 pages, free. Nos 1, 2, 3, and 5 bound 
ferene^SOc C ° tP ’ formin * a complete manual for re 
ELLWANCER & BARRY, 
Mount Hope Nurseries, Roch ester, N. Y. 
W A TVTFUI). 
w . , A FIRST-CLASS MAN 
who has had ample experience, to take charge of 
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opportunity for the right man. 
Address, Drawer 285, Rochester, N. Y. 
fl(S SEEDS A 
to destroy insects is neces¬ 
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(ESTABLISHED 57 YEARS.> 
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m 
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SFFfl POTATOES. 500 bushels of the best va 
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UMMIT P O T A T O. 
Catalogue for 1888 Now Ready 
OVER 3C0 VARIETIES GROWN LAST SEASON 
Address E< STINF, 
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
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Pkts Sc Cheap as dirt by 
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POTATOES *J ai >y ^ evv Seedlings. Powerful 
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Rose s Evergreen Sweet Corn best of all. Kars large 
as St owe 11 s; 85 clays earlier. Also Cory Corn; earliest 
100 ST It A VV li EKRIES on ly *100 
Ten Plants each of ten best standard varieties sent, 
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etc., tells how to propagate, how to destroy Insects, 
etc..etc. Price, 35 cen’s, or sent free to all who oroer 
above plants before March !5th. 
WELD & CO., Lyndonville, N Y. 
ItliJ Illustrated 
Seed Potato 
CATALOGUE 
Describes the choicest Seed 
Potatoes, the earliest Corn 
and 8eeds, all grown in the 
cold North-Fast. It names 
special Low Freights and tells 
bow I plant potatoes with 
1 bbl. Seed to the acre. 
Sent Free. Address 
GEO. W. P. JERRARD 
CARIBOU, ME. 
JOHN SAUL’S 
WASHINGTON NURSERIES. 
OUR CATALOGUE OF 
NEW, RAKE AND BEAUTIFUL 
PLA NTS 
For 18S8 will be ready in February It con tains list of 
all the most beautiful and Rare Greenhouse and Hot- 
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merit well grown and at very low prices Everv 
plant lover should have a copy. P ices, uveiy 
^ H IDS.— A very large stock of choice East In- 
l” 1 , 1 ' American, etc. Also Catalogue of Roses Or 
chids, Trees, etc. All free to applicants. 
__.JOHN SAUL, Washington, I). C. 
* FOREST TREES. 
_ Catalpa Speciosa, 
White Ash, European 
Larch, Pines, Spruces, 
Arbor Vi toes, etc., etc. 
Catalpa Speciosa Seed. 
Forest and Evergreen 
Seeds. 
R.DOUGLAS & SON, 
Waukegan, III. 
HOW TO GROW 
STRAWBERRIES 
fridt^rtwersaiKl 1 th & <fnanoe "of this paper.*^ “ ° f 
Putney Woodward, Brentwood, N. Y. 
18 ^J\° lllOUa Nurseries 188H 
Parry, Lida and Bomba Strawberries, 
Marlboro and Oolden Queen Raspber- 
ries Wilson Jr.. Erie and Mlnnewa*ki 
1 Blackberries, Niagara, Empire State 
i r Early Grapes, Lawson. 
and Le Conte Pears,Wonderful 
| and Globe Peach, Spaulding and Japan 
| Plums, Delaware Winter and Red Ci¬ 
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promising new varieties. Catalogue 
WM. PARRY, Parry, N. J. 
.RAPE-VINES of e very valuable 
EMPIRE STATE. DIAMOND. JEWEL 
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ELVIRA. IVES. BRIGHTON.JEFFERSON 
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LY, WOODRUFF, RED. DOWNING. EATON 
and 100 others; JESSIE and other Strawberries' 
BIG SS'J&K'J.dK.SSiS 
R F R R 9 ta,r P rices for pedigree stock. Catalogue 
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SEEDS 
GARDEN 
FIELD 
AND 
_ 'FLOWER 
Cfraaa Seeds. Orders with Cash 
filled at lowest market price. Send for Catalogue 
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Bo our friends who have not, already received it, we are ready to mail 
our NEW CATALOGUE ol 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS 
For 1888. 
Containing all the Novelties of the Season, both in Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds. 
J.M. Thorburn & C o:J5 JohnS: NewYork. 
ROSES 
PLANTS 
GRAPE VINES, FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES 
Rarest New. Choicest Old. 
I The aim of THE STORES & HARRISON CO. is to keep abreast of the times and 
supply their customers all that is new and desirable in their line; and it is conceded by all 
that no house in America carries a more varied and complete stock. If you want Choice 
Tested FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEED sure to give satisfaction. 
Grand Roses and Beautiful Plants, the best of Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, 
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LOGUE, containing about 140 pages and hundreds of illustrations. They are conducting 
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etc. Don t fail to see description of Carmikel Strawberry, the latest of all 
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LI* AV. RUD, -Horticulturist. 
Urielg,*C4»ort, Olxio. 
GRAPE VINES 
varieties. .Jessie, Ohio, Monmouth and other 
Eaton, Jewell, Moore’s 
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ing Grape Vines and Small Fruits. JOEL HORN Fit & SON, 
s> 
Warranted Seed. 
SEED- 
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V 
I have founded 
my business on 
, the belief that 
the public are anxious to get their seed directs from the 
grower. Raising a large proportion of my seed enables 
me to warrant its freshness and purity, as see my Vege- 
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for every son and daughter of Adam. It is 
[liberally illustrated with engravings made directly 
from photographs of vegetables grown on my seed 
Besides an immense variety of standard seed,you 
in i 11 s°me valuable new vegetables not found in 
v th ri r J; a L a o £ ue ,' - A8 . t i e original introducer of the 
“"(I Early Ohio Potatoes, Hubbard 
Cabbage, Cory Corn, and a score of other 
tillable vegetables, I invite the patronage of the public. 
JAMES J. II. GREGORY^ Marblehead, Mass. 
COTT’S FLOWERS 
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SEEDS 
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SEEDS 1 * Catalogue of N ew & Fnrr 
t „ C h *V, T . r 1 e S £‘' d ’i’ at J list Prices, r K tt 
«.ew. H. Colvin, 8 eed Grow er. Dalton, Pa. 
£A®*JER s sow phosphate In rows or broadcast 
with the l-norse8-row fertilizer. Circulars. 
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«Iih EA TH ’° insects in house, garden, orchard and 
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_ 451 East C ambria St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Wm. H. Moon’s Tree Catalogue 
of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits 
Grape Vines, etc,, 35 pp„ free to all. Morrlsvllle, Pa. ’ 
KT 
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T R E F S T he best ha . r ‘!y Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
JL”- and all Ornamental 
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Vines of selected quality at lowest rates. Also Frttits 
See Catalogue 
I’ RED Vv . KELSEY, 208 Broadway, N. Y. 
a OLD Strawberry, a New Berry of very 
. fi", e quality, now offered for the first 
time. Also, Jewell, Jes>ie, Belmont, and oth- 
SEED POTATOES. 
Thirty New Varieties 5C0 kinds for sale. Prices 
reasonable. M. F. PIERSON, 
Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
SUGAR MAPLES. 
Uarge Trees for Street or Park Planti ng. Small 
Seedlings for nurseries and groves, .+40 per 100- 
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°t Evergreens and Forest Trees, cheaper then t he 
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a her* .hould consult It before 
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d dress 
PEACH TREES 
800,000 YEAR OLD 
and JUNE BUDDED. 
-r, --— 100,000 Apple Trees. 
hicludm^ h, nn Ca ^ be foun d kinds suited to all sections, 
.SJS,.*«SS5*a. 
eral nursery stock mailed free. K 
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Wesley Station. Worcester Co., Mil. 
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Plants of Best Quality. 
vV arranted True to Name. 
LO VV EST Prices, and 
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fnrlsS)- Dollar Collection of Vegetable Seeds 
. ?r 5 full -sized packets of the Choicest and 
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, y'! an .d Pansy Collection of lO Finest Varieties 
(one packet each) postpaid for 40 cents. 
r ttwY, , lec ^ on of p °P ul ar Flower Seeds: 11 packets 
of themost easily grown varieties postpaid fo r 25 cts. 
..rt U e C , tlo J,' comprising 16 packets of Rare 
. - F1 - ower • ? eeds ' Petunias, Balsams, 
Pinks, etc., sent postpaid for 50 cents. Our seeds 
L V. FAUST, *15 Philadelphia, Pj. 
