JAN 26 
4 
She: “1 must show you my new clock 
before you go.” He (facetiously): “Some of 
my friends tell me I am homely enough to 
stop a clock.” She: “Oh, that won’t mat¬ 
ter! It can be started again.”— Life. 
Minister (to Bobby). “ So yesterday was 
your sixth birthday, was it, Bobby?” Bobby, 
(with great pride): “Yes, sir.” Minister: 
“You seem to be proud about it, Bobby:” 
Bobby: “I am; pa’s got to pay fare for me 
on the street cars now.”— New York Sun. 
“Why did General Washington cross the 
Delaware on the ice during the storm of an 
awful night?” asked a teacher of her young 
class m history. “I reckon,”piped a small 
voice in answer, “it was because he wanted 
to get on the other side. ”— Farm Journal. 
“ Any important news in railroad circles to¬ 
day?” asked the editor, as Faber rushed into 
the office and hastily began to scribble on a 
pad. “Yes, there must be a frightful acci¬ 
dent down the road, for when I called at the 
office I was told there was no information 
for the press to-day.”— Puck. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE BROKEN ONE. 
ISLAND HOME STOCK FARM. 
Savage & Farnum.Impor- 
tars and Breeders of Per- 
cheron and French Coach 
Horses,IslandHomeStock 
Farm, Qrosse Isle, Wayne 
County, Mich. We offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from,we guaran¬ 
tee ourstock.makeprlces 
reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms, Visitors al¬ 
ways welcome. Large 
catalogue free. Addresf 
Savage «fc Farniim, 
Dktroit, Mich. 
Percheron Horses. 
French Coach Horses. 
GALBRAITH BROS., 
JANESVILLE, WIS., 
—Are the Largest Importers of— 
BRITISH HORSES 
In the world, ITave Im¬ 
ported three times the 
numberof 11 rst-class prize 
winning horses of any 
firm in the United States 
and have now on hand for 
actual sale over ooo 
head of 
CLEVELAND BAY and HACKNEY STALLIONS. 
Prices moderate, terms easy. Correspondent)# 
•elicited, Send for Catalogue No. U. 
CLYDESDALE, 
ENGLISH SHIRE, 
SUFFOLK PUNCH, 
At a matinee of Camille—Mrs. Hiller: “ I 
wish you wouldn’t be so uneasy. Uncle Phil- 
dab. The performance will be over soon.” 
Uncle Phildab of (Canajobarie): “Maria, 
you’ve went an’ fooled your old rel’tive. 
Here I’ve been a-settin' more ’n two hours, an’ 
I ain’t seen a darn camel yet.”— Judge. 
Lady: “ What’s the matter, my little man ?" 
Boy: “ Leander Binks giv my girl half an orange, an’ she’s run off with'him.” 
Lady; “ Oh, never mind, you can soon find another sweetheart.” 
Boy: “Nay, nay! sweet lady. Wedlock is not for me; my only hope is to fill an early 
Daughter, aged 33 (facetiously): “Papa, 
I found a dozen gray hairs in my head this 
morning and pulled them out. Don’t you 
give me away though.” Father (sighing 
heavily): “Give you away, Emily? I’ve 
abandoned all hope of it.”— Chicago Tribune. 
“What did the doctor pronounce your 
ailmeDt?” inquired the wife, with a tremor 
of anxiety in her tone, as she came into her 
husband's sick-room. “ He pronounced it as 
if it were spelled bronkeetus,” exclaimed the 
indignant Bostonian, straightening himself 
up in bed, “ and I requested him at once to 
make out his bill and go.”— Chicago Tribune. 
Dr. Seth Arnold’s 
COUGH KILLER 
is the Very Best Remedy 
For a Cough 
I ever used. 
Mrs. A. J. Church, Sher- 
born, Mass. 
Druggists, 25c., 60c., and §1.00i 
Save Your Honey by Using CLAES'S CUTAWAY EAEEOW. 
10,000 in use; supersedes the plow; no other tool com¬ 
pares with It; no farmer can afford to be without it; 
entirely new principles; ground made into a perfect 
seed-bed; has a seeding attachment for sowing alt 
kinds of grains. Send ror new descriptive circular. 
Iliggnnuiii M’l’g Corp., Hlgganum, Conn. Sole 
Manufacturers New % ork Office, 189 and 191 Water 
Street; Boston Office, 88 South Market Street. 
QC1| COTiTC w. S. HOTCHKIN 
ntAL LO I • I L. Binghamton, N.Y. 
sen* free. Mention this paper. 
SELL AND 
‘ EXCHANGE 
•u0 Exchanges 
grave.” 
REMARKABLE CROPS GROWN IN 1888 WITH THE MAPES MANURES, 
POTATOES. In ordinary field culture over 300 bushels per acre; on one measured acre 
over 500 bushels ; on one eighth of an acre 128 1-4 bushels, equal to over 1,000 bushels 
per acre. 
CORN. On 4.54-1000 acres, 1,040 bushels, equal to 116 bushels shelled corn per acre. 
Full detailed accounts of how these and other large crops of Potatoes, Corn, Fruits, To¬ 
bacco, Truck and Cabbage were grown given in the Mapes pamphlet. Mailed free. Address 
The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., 
ISO Front Street, New YOrk. 
t OR PRIZES (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) offered by the Mapes Company in con¬ 
nection with the American Agriculturist, Farm Journal and Rural New-Yorker, see these 
Journals and the Mapes Pamphlet. 
Tlie Oreat Butter Hera! 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE, 
RON, FRENCH COACH AND HAMBLETONIAN HORSES. 
The Lakeside Herd oi 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¬ 
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, 
elegant Imported French Coach Stallions, Standard Bred Hambletonian 
150 Cows in Advanced Registry. Stallions, of the best trotting strains. Prices low for quality of stock. 
SMITHS, POWELL cto IiAMB SYRACUSE XV Y 
In writing always mentlon.THE Rural New-Yorker. ’ * 
pEERLESS CREAMERY 
Absolute Perfection 
for Best Quality Butter. 
RUTTER WORKER 
MOST EFFECTIVE and CONVENIENT. 
; Also CHURNS,POWER BUTTER WORK¬ 
ERS. PRINTERS, SHIPPINC BOXES 
Send for my Dins. Catalogue, containing 
information for Creamery men and Butter 
a u nrih CREAMERY SUPPLIES. 
A. M. K 11 D. 30th and Market Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
GOOD NEWt 
TO LADIES. 
"TSaatestmaucements ever of 
fered. Now’s your time to get 
up orders for our celebrated 
Teas and Coffees, and seeun 
a beautiful Gold Band or Most 
Rose China Tea Set, Dinner Set. 
GoFTBand Moss Rose Toilet Set, Watch, Brass Lamp, 
or Webster’s Dictionary. For full particulars address 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA <10., 
P O Box 289 M and 38 Vesey St, New York. 
THOMAS SMOOTHING 
IMPROVED REVERSIBLE HARROW- * 
(g, SPRING TOOTH HARROWS. 
^ BEST I MPLEMENTS ON EARTH 
HerendeenCo .Geneva,N.Y. 
Cannot 
,ldjn*tableRnnnen 
L an'I Marker. 
DARNELL’S !fl FURROWER 
PATENT ' ■& MARKER 
Bun# Steadily. 
•koked 
Gauge 
adjustable 
lo all ine^ual' 
Hies of ground 
Opens a 
better row in' 
ther soft or hard 
ground than any other Marker. 
Leaves the earth welTpulverized at bottom of f urrotr. 
Marks, any width from 2j<. to 5 feet, and from a mere 
mark to ti inches deep. 
'■Take pleasure in recommendingit. It does the business; is 
noli made and will last for years. "J.S.CoUint.Moorettown.N.J. 
"It far exceeds my exportations. If the real merits of this 
cheap implement were kuown to potato growers alone, the sales 
would beimmense.” K. L. Coy .Pres. Wash. CoXN.Y.) Agr.SurtM , 
WW.DOUGHTEN 
Manufact’r, Moort-nto vrj 
Burliugtou 
it own* 
> . J. 
ENSILAGE 
PRINCE CHARLES CORN L 
(Trade Mark Registered,) 
Seed large and pure white; cob red; stalk 
tall, tender and sweet, 
CHAS. E. PRUNTY. 7-S-Main, Saint Louis, Mo. 
SPINWALL 
POTATO 
PLANTER. 
Abaelute OnarantM given to do 
PERFECT and RAPID WORK. 
I tog flloctratod circular. Mention this paper. 
BETTER 
THAN EVEk. 
PLANTS~CORN 
Distributes Fertilizers 
ASPINWALL MFG.CO, 
THREE RIVERS. MICHIGAN 
FRUIT TREES 
to destroy injurious insect* 
recommended by all experienced 
Horticulturists and by this system only 
can perfect fruit he secured. For full direc- 
and outfit for hand or horse power, address 
FORCE PUMP CO. Lockport, N. Y, 
RUSTLE 
IRON WATER PIPE. 
THE WELLS RUSTLESS IRON Co. 
Send for catalogue. this WKLbs RUSTLESS TRON Co 
Bra.man, Dow & Co.. Boston, Ag’ta for New England. J J Cliff Street, New York 
Trade Mark. 
Hollis’s Canned Meat for Poultry. 
Will make hens lay ! 
Will make chickens grow ! 
—AND GOOD KQ «— 
Moulting Fowls. 
This food Is strictly fresh meat, carefu’Iy cooked, 
ground flue, s-asoneo and hermetically sealed In tin 
cans. Being ground flue, It can be readilj mixed with 
soft food, and fed so as to give each fowl an equal 
share. Price. 30 cents per can; 88 per dozen. Address 
HOLLIS UKLSSED MKAT AND WOOL CO., 
20 North St., Boston, Mass, Mention this Paper. 
The Belcher & Taylor 
AGRICULTURAL TOOL COMPANY, 
Box 15 CUlCOPKJi FJ//AS, -Hast. 
Hay Tedders, manufacturers of 
Horse Rakes, 
Feed Cotters. 
Yegetable Cutters, 
Reversible Sulky Plows, 
Right Hand and Side Hill Plows, 
Harrows, Tobacco Bidgers & Cultivators, 
THE JEFFREY M’FG CO., 
214 East 1st Avenue, COLUMBUS, O. 
—SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF— 
The Wilson Spring Whiffle-Trees. 
These Wbiflle-Trees are designed to make the bur¬ 
dens of laboring horses easier, in that all shocks and 
jars are taken up in the spring. They are coming In¬ 
to general use wherever they have been Introduced, 
and are giving perfect satisfaction. Send for circu¬ 
lars. Special Inducements to Agents. 
BROAD-CUT CHDEIf A 
5,6 and 7 Feet 
Saves over 
half 
in labor, 
and pro¬ 
duces bet¬ 
ter quality 
of hay. An 
pair of ho 
handle with ease 
IIIRKCT DRAFT 
«liai you waut. 
E-Ct’T 
MOWER is 
E URE KA 
SPRING TOOTH 
HARROW 
Channel Steel Frame 
which clears all obsta¬ 
cles. Does not bury itself 
thusmakingit thelight- 
est draft Harrow In the 
market. Right to buy, sell and use guaranteed. 
Send for Circular and Price List. Address 
EUREKA MOWER CO. UTICA, N.Y. 
RIDING or WALKING STEEL CULTIVATORS 
With Double Row Corn 
Planter aud Fertilizer 
complete in one machine. 
Crowned with Medals 
since 18711. 
SINS of the CORN FIELD 
Thotmundft in use giving 
entire satisfaction. 
Agents wanted. Cata¬ 
logues free. Name this paper 
llKMIl & lUtll.TUIOl.il, 
Y ork, i’u. 
PIANO FORTES 
UNEQUALLED IN 
Tone, Touch, Workmanship and Durability. 
WILLIAM K.NAHE «fc CO.. 
Bai.timoku, 22 and 24 East Baltimore Strkkt. 
M*w York, 112 Fifth Av. Washington, S17 Market Space* 
