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THE RUBAI. WfW-¥©RSCER. 
SEPT 6 
j^mnorows. 
THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUEDjHER. 
He viewed her with a stony gaze, 
H is voice was hoarse and gruff, 
As, leading her aside, he said: 
"Say, Is this hot enough?” 
—Lincoln Journal. 
When the tailor gets rich it is by shear 
industry.— Philadelphia News. 
Brown: “I see by your watch, Robinson, 
it is about an hour ahead of sun time.” 
Robinson: “Yes: I don’t see what’s got into 
the sun lately.”— Harper's Bazar. 
What is the worst kind of fare a man 
live on? Warfare.— Michigan Farmer. 
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The reason Mohammed refused to go to the 
mountain was because the hotel rates were 
so high. — Life. 
“ What are pauses? ” asked the teacher of 
the primary class. “Things that grow on 
cats, piped the small boy at the foot.— Rare 
Bits. 
If your hat blows off in the street follow it 
placidly and with gentle dignity. Some¬ 
body else will chase it for you.— Harper's 
Bazar. 
“A woman at Dayton, O.,’ 1 says an ex¬ 
change, “offers to send any one 14 rules for 
selecting a wife for 25 cents. Who wants a 
wife for 25 cents?”— Rochester Post-Express. 
An exchange speaks of a child having “ a 
gash bitten in its leg by a dog four inches 
long.” A dog four inches long is worthy of a 
place in Barnum’s show. It is the smallest 
canine on record.— Norristown Herald. 
Miss Travis:- “ Oh, what dreadful tortures 
they used to practice in the Middle Ages! 
Think of breaking a man on the wheel.” De 
Smith: “ Guess you never saw me out on my 
bicycle, did you?”— Burlington Free Press. 
Dr. Holmes says he writes a poem when he 
is in a spasmodicmental condition. We wish 
he would try his hand at a campaign song. 
All these published up to date were written 
by poets not subject to mental conditions of. 
any sort.— Boston Transcript. 
* . * - 
Mrs. Finnigan:— “ He's no better, doctor. 
You towld me to give him as much of the 
powder as would lay on a sixpiuce. 1 hadn’t 
a sixpince. but I gave him as much as would 
goon five pinnies an’ two half pinnies; and 
its done him no good at all* at all.”— Epoch. 
• 
“How is it, my dear,” said a husband to his 
wife, “that while you and your sister Ellen 
are so much alike in most respects, you are 
married and she prefers to remain single? 
Surely she has had offers enough ” “Yes ) 
love, but Ellen was always more difficult to 
pl-ase than I.”— New Hampshire Patriot. 
ISLAND HOME 
EQUALLY DIVIDED. 
Mrs. O'Harrity : Now put in another quart. 
Grocer (putting in second quart): Why didn’t you ask for a half-gallon at first 
AND HAVE DONE WITH IT ? 
Mi’s. O'Harrity: Och, bless yez sowl ! One quart is fer meself and t’other is 
fer Mrs. Casey. 
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MANUFACTURERS OF 
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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE, 
CLYDESDALE, PERCHERON, FRENCH COACH AND HAMBLET0NJ1N 
HORSES, BERKSHIRE AND CHESHIRE SWINE. 
The Lakeside Herd of Holstein-Friesians stands un¬ 
rivaled in average production of Milk and Butter. All interested 
are invited to send for Catalogue, giving complete records and pedi- 
j grees of every animal in the herd, and to personally investigate the 
truth of this statement before purchasing. A large and very choice 
stud of Clydesdale Horses of all ages, fine young Percheron Stallions, 
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iso Cows in Advanced Registry . Stallions, of the best trotting strains. Registered Berkshire and 
Cheshire Swine. Prices low for quality of stock. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, Syracuse, N. Y. 
In writing always mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
RUSTLESS 
IRON WATER PIPE. 
Sill'jfcltillll'0US. ^itiTYtisimr Send for catalogue. TIIE WELLS RUSTLESS IltONf Co., 
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|COCD NEWS 
TO LADIES, 
"nTeateatTncIucemei^^ver of¬ 
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up orders for our celebrated 
Teas and Coffees, and secure 
a beautiful Gold Band or Moss 
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_jiand Moss Rose Toilet Set, Watch,Brass Lamp, 
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THE t- 
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F A BUTOH®Rir ATTENTION ! 
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:289. 81 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
CENTS W| LL get the 
National Stockman 
ANfiFARMER E S"rS s 
The BEST and BRIGHTEST FARMER’S PAPER. 
OAPAGES, CLEAN, FRESH AND RELIABLE. 
CU DEPARTMENTS EACH ABLY EDITED. 
A p a I $1.00 for five copies to January 1,1889. 
o EL Iti L/ll.50 for 1889, and get balance of’88 free. 
Samples Free. AXTELL. RUSH I CO. Pittsburgh, P». 
FARM CARTS 
3-Whetland 4-Wheel 
HARNESS. 
AMES PLOW CQ., 
Boston and New York. 
Send for Circulars and 
Catalogue. 
FARM ENGINES 
Upright and Horizontal, 
Stationary, 
Portable and Semi-Portable. 
8 to 16 Horse Power. 
Illustrated Pamphlet Free. Address 
James Leffel & Co. 
j SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 
or 110 Liberty SL, New York. 
BEST CHOPPERS jbr Sausage* 
Meat for 
Poultry* 
Small Family Size, No. 5, $2.00. 
8 Sizes, $ | 2 °o 0 o t o°o. 
3 SIZES. 
$2.50 to $9.00. 
STOCK FARM. 
Savage & Farnum,Impor¬ 
ters and Breeders of Per¬ 
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Horses,IslandHomeStock 
Farm, Grosse Isle, Wayne 
County, Mich. We offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from, we guaran¬ 
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reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms, Visitors al¬ 
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catalogue free. Address 
Savage & Farnum, 
Detroit, Mich. 
Percheron Horses. 
French Coach Horses. 
DEDERICK’S HAY PRESSES. 
-e „ ft 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 A CO., Albany, N. V. 
F M PI R F POWER and SEPARATOR 
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Wo also manufacture Field Rollers, Plows, Feed Cutter and Crusher 
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Grain Threshers, Horse Powers, and Engines. 
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York State Ag. Soc.’s latest trial, over a large num- 
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WINDMILL 
Is the best working 
Id 
pow 
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wheel with the most perfect method of regu 
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For Descriptive Circulars apply to 
THE DANA WINDMILL CO., 
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SEND FOR 
Illustrated Catalogue 
OF THE 
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SPANGLER 
Broadcast and Mingle 
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Grain Drill, Corn 
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The Spangler M’f’g Co., York, Pa, 
WORK 
FOR ALL. $30 a week and expenses 
paid. Samples worth $5 and particulars 
free. P. O. VICKEKY, Augusta, Maine. 
GUNS 
list to J. II. Johnston & Son. Pittsburg. Pa. 
CIDER 
MACHINERY 
Knuckle Joint and Screw Press¬ 
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etc. Send for Catalogue. 
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Draws out of the ground without disturbing 
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Philadelphia, Pa. 
Columbus, O. 
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Bloomington, Ill. 
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ENTERPRISE 4 
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