i)ttntorttts. 
When a woman gets into her camel’s-bair 
dress she is evidently very proud of hirsute.— 
N. Y. Sun. 
She: “It may be I have yellow fever. 
Henry, I think we had better send for Dr. 
Pillsbury.” He: “Why, my love, I wouldn’t 
send for him. You know he is color-blind.” 
— Life. 
Chicago Bov: “What’s the matter, sis?’ 
Little sister: “Nothin’, only mamma’s got that 
divorce frown again.” Chicago Boy: “Well, 
I’m glad of it. I don’t like this papa much 
myself .”—The Cartoon. 
Floored the Old Man.—“Did you steal 
any apples off the tree in the next yard?” ask¬ 
ed old Brown. “No; there’s a dog there,” 
replied little Johnnie; “but if you want me 
to steal some, I’ll try and do it.”— N. Y. Sun. 
Parson: “I am astonished to hear a tnan 
with three married daughters say ‘marriage 
is a failure.’” Citizen: “Well, sir, when you 
have three families besides your own to sup¬ 
port, you will learn that marriage is positively 
bankruptcy. ”—Lowell Courier. 
A little girl was sitting on the floor when 
the sun shone in her face. “Go ’way! go 
’way!” she cried, striking out at it. “You 
move, dear, and it won’t trouble you,” said 
her mamma. “I s’ant; 1 dot here first,” said 
the little one.— Youth's Companion. 
Youngest Daughter (to father of seven 
of them): “Papa, I can’t, I positively can’t 
stand the strain! I m-m-must t-t-tell you! 
I had planned to elope to-night!” Papa: 
“Just my luck! What did you want to 
peach for? Now I suppose I’ve got to stop 
you.”— Puck. 
Omaha Mamma: “Mercy on me! What 
does all this racket mean on Sunday—and 
you’ve got all your dolls out, too.” Little 
Dot: “You said we might play church.” 
“Do you call all this gabble and laughter 
church?” “No, mamma, church is just over 
and the folks is goin’ home. Woodruff 
News. 
Doctor (passing a stone-cutter’s yard): 
“Good-morning, Mr. Jones. Hard at work, 
I see. I suppose you finish your gravestones as 
far as ‘In Memory of,’ and then wait for some 
one to die, eh?” Stone-cutter: “Why, yes— 
unless somebody’s sick and you’re doctoring 
him ; then I keep right on.”— Chambers's 
Journal. 
Clerk (to young lady who has just pur¬ 
chased a pair of gold sleeve buttons for her 
fiancd): “Any initials, Miss?” “Oh, yes, I 
forgot; engrave the letter U, his first name.” 
Clerk: “May I ask. Miss, if it is Uriah or 
Ulysses? Names beginning with U are rare.” 
Young lady, proudly: “His name is Eugene!” 
—Farm Journal. 
Two of a Kind: “What 1 object to in 
Maine," remarked a Pennsylvania man, “is 
the horrible names you have up there. 
There’s Androscoggin, for instance.” “Yes,’’ 
replied ihe Maine man, “that name is almost 
as bad as some you have in Pennsy vama— 
Punxsutawney, Youghiogheny, and the 
like .”—Home Journal. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JAR 
A SUCCESS. 
Terence: “ Dinny! wud ye moind the foine church we have ericted sense ye was awee?” 
Dinny (with astonishment): “ Shure, it do bate the divil! 
Terence: “ Well, that was the intinshun.” 
To our triends who have not already received it, we are ready to mail 
our NEW CATALOGUE of 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS 
For 1889. 
Containing all the Novelties of the Season, both in Vegetable and Flower 
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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE, 
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The Lakeside Herd ot Holsteill-Friesians stands un¬ 
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elegant Imported French Coach Stallions, Standard Bred Hambietonian 
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without charge. It yielded in the late cele¬ 
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75th SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND. 
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deposit during the three or six months ending on the 
81st lust., at the rate of THRICE AND ONE-HALF 
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Presents for a Family. Fond Mother: 
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heart. He has been out all the moruing buy¬ 
ing Christmas presents with his own money 
for the whole family. Well, pet, did you have 
a nice time?” Little Dick: “Yes, indeed, 
mamma; I bought a paper of pins for the 
cook and some hair-pins for you, and a pocket- 
comb for pa, and a brass collar for my dog, 
and a bell and ribbon for my kitty, and a 
drum and a trumpet and sled and pair o’ 
skates for my little brother.” “But you 
bavn’t auy little brother ” “Well maybe I’ll 
have one before Christmas. If I don’t, I cau 
use the things myself.”— Philadelphia Re¬ 
cord. 
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