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THE RURAL lEW-WRIIR 
JUNE 20 
j§MW0r0tt$. • 
The Rural, New-Yorker is prepared to 
offer very liberal terms to good , responsible , 
permanent agents. Correspondence solicit¬ 
ed. 
The most unpleasant constellation to see of 
a winter’s night is the grate bare. — Harper's 
Bazar. 
Fish are not weighed in their own scales, 
simply because fish-scales are not built that 
weigh.— Pack. 
Minister: “Will you take this man to be 
your lawfully wedded husband?” Omaha belle: 
“If you please.”— Western Rural. 
The poet who rhymes hail-storm with mael¬ 
strom will please consider himself “run 
through” with a blue pencil — Harper's Ba¬ 
zar. 
The pretty young misses at church fairs are 
continually laying themselves liable to arrest 
on the charge of robbing the males.— Roches¬ 
ter Express. 
A Literal Translation.— French-Amer- 
ican (translating his Bible for an American 
friendi: “The ghost is willing but the meat is 
weak.”— Life. 
Visitor (to butler, who is showing him 
through the picture gallery of the old man¬ 
sion) : “That’s a fine portrait. Is it an old mas¬ 
ter?” Butler: “No; that’s the old missus.” 
—Boston Courier. 
Young Lady (to music dealer): “I want 
‘Your Love.’” Young clerk: “Hem! Would 
like to accommodate you, but the fact is I 
promised it to another girl at a leap-year 
party.”— Areola Record. 
Customer (to bird fancier): “My wife 
wants a parrot. What’s the lowest you will take 
for that bird?” Bird fancier: “Fifty dollars, 
sir, is rock bottom.” Parrot: “Come off, you’ve 
tried to sell me for 20.”— Life. 
“The American System of checking bag¬ 
gage is admitted to be excellent. Now, if 
some genius would invent a method of check¬ 
ing the American baggage-smasher, our sys¬ 
tem would be perfect.”— Puck. 
Woman (to tramp): “And if I give you a 
nice plate of hash, you promise to saw some 
wood?” Tramp: “Yes, ’m.” Woman (doubt¬ 
fully;: “I dont know whether I can put con¬ 
fidence in you ornot” Tramp (reproachfully): 
“You ought to, ma’am. I have confideuce 
enough in you to eat the hash."— Mirror and 
Farmer. 
pi.$'rrUancou,$' gUmtteing. 
Ease, Comfort and Thrift! 
THE BEST CATTLE FASTENING. 
Smith's Self-Adjusting Swing Stranchiont 
The only practical SWING STKANCHION Invented 
'housauos In use. Illustrated Circular free. 
K. G. PARSONS & CO.. Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y 
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works, Yorl, Pa. 
Faraahar’s SUhdird Engines and Saw Mill*. 
' Bend for CnUlofoe. Portable, Sta¬ 
tioner j, Traction and automatic la- 
(ineaaipeclalty. Warranted eqaaloc 
•aperlerte 
any mad*. 
Addreu A. B. FABQDHAB * SON. Fork, Fa, 
MAR] HP E D WANTED on SALARY 
lflABlMbCn$2000 per YEAR 
To open a branch office in your locality. Business 
purely mercantile. One that will inspire you with 
pride, pleasure and prolit. Trade established. 
Ts’o peddling. J. K. SHEPARD, Cincinnati, O. 
F OR SALE-TWO Fine adjoining FARMS 
In Greene County. Ohio, containing 1 ti!i and 
190 Acres respectively; convenient to schools, 
churches and railroads, and surrounded by free turn¬ 
pikes. Improvements; neighborhood and land first- 
class, Will be sold at a bargain. 
JOHN M. BROWNE. 
Room Si. Tunes Building, Chicago, Ill. 
N ew yobk college of veterinary sur¬ 
geons and SCHOOL OF COMPARATIVE 
MEDICINE (Chartered 1857).—Session of 1889 and 1890 
begins Tuesday, Oct. 'st, 1889. 
For Information and circulars, apply to 
11. D. GILL, V. S., 332 E. 27th St., New York. 
T O IiADI ES.— Mrs. L. L. Jackson’s popular 
Dress Guide and Self Instruction Book, 
completely revised, with Meeve Guide, for cut¬ 
ting latest style sleeve, now ready. Simple, satis¬ 
factory. perfect. Price, $2 00. Send for circulars 
Address FAMILY DRESS GUI OK CO.. 
Box 181, Indianapolis, Indiana. 
“So your name is Dorothy! Well, Miss Dorothy, do you know that you are the perfect image of your papa ?” 
“ Oh, yes! I am often taken for my papa.” 
JAMES MEANS & CO.’S BOOTS AND SHOES. 
The best testimonial we ever had.—“ James Means & Co. are the bears of the boot and shoe market. They 
have revolutionized the business by making high-priced goods unsalable.” Trade Paper 
kot 
ALSO , 
it* 
(ON A 
(SEamle 
-JAMES MEANS’ 
$3 SHOE 
UNEXCELLED IN 
JjTYLE unequalled 
DURABILITY 
'• AN D •*£— 
5 ERFECTI0M 
of FIT. 
SS 
JAMES MEANS’ 
$4 SHOE 
CANNOT FAIL 
TO 
SATISFY. 
THE MOST 
FASTI Dl ?! 
JAMES MEANS’ BOOTS AKD SHOES 
Arc Unexcelled in Merit. 
Positively none genuine unless having our name and price stamped plain¬ 
ly on the soles. Yourretallerwill supply you with Boots and Shoes so stamped 
If you Insist upon his doing so ; If you do not Insist, some retailers will coax 
you into buy Ing Inferior goods upon which they make a larger protlt. Om s 
are the original $S and 8i Shoes, and those who imitate our system of busi¬ 
ness are unable to compete with us in Quality of factory products. In our 
lines, we are tho largest manufacturers in the united States. 
How your boy does wear out his shoes ! 
.1 iimes Means’ 8 J Shoes for Boys will outwear any other boys' shoe 
ever made. You can have Lace or Button. 
S2 50 BUY! THE BEST FARMERS’ THICK BOOT. 
JAMES MEANS’ 
QUARTER-EAGLE BOOT. 
A Reliable Kip Boot for Farmers. 
10 Mills make one Cent ; 
10 Cents muke one Dime ; 
10 Dimes muke one Dollar ; 
10 Dollars muke one Eagle 
And with a Quarter-Eagle any Farmer In the Country can 
now buy a boot that will satisfy him. Farmers have been 
look Ing for such a boot for a long tlme.and now It has come. 
Boots and Shoes Ironi our celebrated factory 
are soldhS.wide-awake retailers in ail purtsof 
the co • ‘“rv. We will place them easily within your 
reach i late or Territory if you will invest one cent 
In a pc od d and write to us. 
. ? 
Spe' ->/ffer on the JAMES MEANS QUARTER-EAGLE KIP BOOT for Farmers 
i 
tion 
Uni 
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SLICKER 
The FISH BRAND SLICKER is warranted waterproof, and will keep you dry 
in tho hardest storm. The new POMMEL 8LICKER is a perfect riding cost, 
and covers the entire saddle. Beware of imitations. Nonegenuine without the 
“Fish Brand" trade-mark. Illustrated Catalogue free. A.J.Towcr, Boston,Mass. 
The Best 
Waterproof 
Coat. 
ISLAND HOME STOCK FARNI.U 
Savage & Farnum,Impor¬ 
ters and Breeders of Per- 
cheron and French Coach 
Horses,IslandHome8tock 
Farm, Grosse Isle,W T ayne 
County, Mich. We offer a 
very large stud of horses 
to select from,we guaran¬ 
tee our stock,makeprices 
reasonable, and sell on 
easy terms, Visitors al. 
ways welcome. Large 
catalogue free. Address 
Savage «fc Famous, 
Detroit, Mich. 
Percheron Horses. 
Prrnah Coaoh Hornet. 
WARRANTED sessar- 
the tower, and that our 
Geared Wind Mills 
have double the power 
of all other mills. 
Mfrs.of Tanks, Wind 
Mill supplies, and 
the Celebrated 
to Immediately distribute samples of these boots all over the country, we will send them, transporta- 
£’/), to anv man In any place whe-e there is a post office or railroad In any State or Territory of tho 
* tes. We will send them by express or by mall, with all charges for transportation to destination 
pre ourselves, on receipt of regular price, 50. Send money by post office order or registered letter 
W< w O^cept United States postage stamps for the odd half dollar. 
7^ ,ir to get a perfect tit, take a piece of paper and place your foot upon It, then mark out the shape of your 
fo <r> T: ping your pencil close to the foot all the way around Then take the last boot which you wore and mark 
°! -O h&pe of that in the same way. We will fill your order on the same day we receive It. Take great care lo 
b - ercurate.and be sure to give us your full address-town, county, and state or Territory. If we have a dealer 
our goods In your town we want you to buy of hint; we do not want you to send to us as we will not ln- 
1 a. '*■' With the dealers who sell our goods, but we are glad to supply you if your dealer will not. Any boot and 
rtailer or any country store keeper can supply vou with our goods If he wants to. but some dealers will try 
is-, .you inferior goods on which they make a larger profit than they onght to ask for It. In that case, send to us. 
JAMES MEANS & CO., 41 Lincoln Street, Boston, Mass. 
CHALLENGE 
Feed Grinders, 
horsepowers; 
CORN SHELLERS, 
PUMPS *nd 
BRASS 
CYLINDERS 
Send for Catalogue 
and Price** 
Good AGENTS WANTED. 
ALWAYS 
BUY ihe BEST 
’fl*xr*dorPijmplng Mill 
>n SO Dar. Tot Trial. 
CHALLENGE WIND MILL A- FEED MILL CO., 
BATAVIA. KANE CO.. ILL. 
FOR ALL PURPOSES AT LAKESIDE. 
Standard Bred Trotters. 
A rare lot of Young Stallions of most popu¬ 
lar lines of breeding. 
French Coach Horses. 
Imported and American Bred, of very 
superior quality, style and action. 
Clydesdales. 
A Superb Lot of Young Stallions, Mans 
and Fillies of this valuable draft breed, the 
result of years of intelligent and careful im¬ 
porting and breeding. 
Percherons. 
A few unusually fine young Stallions of 
this deservedly popular breed. 
Catalogue containing full descriptions and pedi¬ 
grees niaile I to parties Interested. In writing men 
tlon th's paper. 
SMITHS, POWELL &. LAMB, 
SYH.ACUSE, w. Y. 
THE NEW 
DOCTOR BAILEY 
Snd for circular# and catalogs#, 
CUTTER. 
ForEnsilageand Dry Forage. 
-— "7 Six sizes, for hand, 
horse and steam power. 
Only machine made 
with a drawing and 
shearing cut. Great 
saving of power and 
increase of capacity. 
Made only by 
AMES PLOW CO., 
Boitca aad Now York. 
PILES 
Instant relief. Final cure In 1C 
days and never returns. No 
I S urge, nosalve.no suppository. 
Offerers will learn of u simple 
remedy kkkr by addressing 
Tuttlx & Co, 78 Nassau Street, New York CltJ' 
