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Bird Hooks, Ac., Ac. 
S. FREEMAN OH, Props., Racine, Wis. 
Send for new IU„„.,dted Catalogue and Price List 
_Lateral ,jj Re ouut given to dealers. 
Make the hot roof in the world. 
Superior to Tin. Cheaper than 
Slate, and less than ’4 the weight 
Cannot Crack. Eire l’roof. Can be 
put on by any Carpenter. 
W per cent, saved In freight, with 
no breakage in eurriuge <ir putting 
on. C Will lust a life time, fiend 
for full description and prices to the 
IRON-CLAD MANUFACTURING CO., 
P. O. llox 262H, New York City. 
Boomeb it Boschkh j Peebb Co., Syracuse, N V. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
THE COMICAL CROW. 
1SY GEORGE COOPER. 
" Caw! caw ! You have stretched, in a zigzaggy way, 
A string round your acres. I see it to-day. 
* They’ll think it a snare,' said you, chuckling out¬ 
right. 
Your cord is no use. sir. as I'm not a kite. 
Sweet fuimer. I’d have you continue to bow,” 
Said this comical crow. 
“ Caw ! caw ! ” sang a crow on the edge of a wood; 
" The corn that j ou gave ub is wonderful good; 
But why don't you lay it there all in a heap y 
You scatter it roiuid and you plant it so deep, 
Good farmer it’s tiresome to find it, you know,” 
Said this comical crow. 
“ Caw! caw ! You Have set little boys on the fence. 
They shout and amuse ub -our Joy is intense. 
You give yourself plenty of trouble for us. 
We’re only plain folks. Prithee, don’t make a fuss ! 
Kind farmer, we’re not used to much of a show." 
Said this comical crow. 
" Caw ! caw ! You have put an old coat on some sticks 
You want hi delight us with all sorts of tricks. 
Unmerited kindness we tenderly feel; 
But why don’t you leave till we finish our meal ? 
Dear farmer, you’re not in a burry to go,” 
Said this comical crow. 
“ Caw! caw ! You have brought out a neat little gun. 
You’re going to shoot at the sparrows, for fun. 
Oh, fie ! we sliun’t wait till you’ve loaded it up. 
But hie ns away to the next field and sup. 
Bad farmer, sad farmer, your end will be woe," 
Said this comical crow. Independent, 
An old bachelor says he’s been so often de¬ 
ceived by the chicken of the restaurants and 
boarding-houses that he calls it “ the mocking 
bird.” 
One reason why more people did not go into 
the ark is that Noah neglected to advertise in 
the daily papers. There is a great moral lesson 
in this fact. 
The immorality of the age says one, is with 
some men a standing topic of complaint. But 
if any one likes to be moral I can see nothing 
in the age to prevent him. 
Sympathizing stranger—“Bless me! How 
did you manage to fall like that, sir?” Irrita¬ 
ted equestrian who has come to grief: “ Con¬ 
found it! I couldn't remain hanging in the air 
after the horse ran away from me, could I ?” 
A cat’s eyes are said to be the largest at 
midnight. We never made an examination ; 
but we are positive that its voice is about sev¬ 
enteen times larger at that hour than at any 
other period during the twenty-four .—Boston 
Globe. 
Papeu napkins to the number of 250.000 have 
beeu sold by one Boston firm since they were 
introduced a year ago. Take paper napkins 
at five cents a dozen, and stamped wooden 
plates at ten cents a dozen, and yon have a 
easouably inexpensive table outfit that does 
not require washing. 
The following anecdote was told by an 
Americau preacher for a fact: He was praying, 
and in his prayer he said, “ I pray that the 
power of the devil may be curtailed.” Just 
then an old darkey in the congregation cried 
out, “Yes; amen! Bless me! Cut him tail 
right smack, stnove off,” 
*'IIow much shall you charge for a bologua 
sausage that will reach from one of my ears to 
the oilier?” asked a soldier of Berlin of a deal¬ 
er. “Fifty kreutzers," was the reply. “I 
take the offer,” replied the soldier. “ One of 
my ears was cut off in a battle a thousand 
miles from here." There was a compromise. 
Wretched and Racked. 
By the pangs of rheumatism, the Joints even¬ 
tually become grievously distorted, and sometimes 
assume an almost grotesque deformity. To pre¬ 
vent such results by a simple and agreeable means 
Is certainly a wisdom. A tendency to rheumatic 
ailments may be successfully combatted with Hos¬ 
tetler's Stomach Hitters, a medicine with the pres¬ 
tige of a long and successful career, of unbounded 
popularity, and or emphatic professional endorse¬ 
ment. It removes from the blood those Iniliunma- 
tory Impurities which pathologists assign as the 
cause of rheumatism, and not only purities the 
life current, but enriches It. promoting vigor by 
fertilizing Its source. Digestion, the action ot the 
bowels and the secretion or t he bile, are aided by 
it, and It Impels the kidneys and bladder to a reg¬ 
ular and active performance of their functions. 
It is besides a thoroughly reliable remedy for, and 
means of preventing periodic fevers. 
METALLIC SHINGLES. 
Gold Medal Awarded at Paris Exposition, 1878, 
The Perfect Creamer Is a great success. It 
excels all other systems In quant’ty and perfect 
quality of butter made from a given quantity or 
milk. The increase In value of product will pay 
for It In one season. Bee adv. In another place. 
The best method of getting milk Is byuse 
Of the I’EKKKCT CREAM Kit Or BUREAU MII.K PANS, It 
maintains a uniform temperature at all seasons, 
excludes Hies and dust, uses but a very small quan¬ 
tity of lee. Is the most economical In time, labor, 
and money of any system ever devised. 
r WILBOR’S COMPOUND OF ~ 
PURE COD LIVER 
a. OIL AND LIME. J 
The BELCHER & TAYLOR 
Ag'l Tool Co., 
„■» 0 *vowa cu Pp 
Iron; also of Patent ^1. 
To Consumptives.—Wilber ’h Cod-Idvei Oil 
and Lime has now been before the public twenty years, 
and has steadily grown in favor auo appreciation. This 
could not be the ease unless the preparation was of 
high intrinsic value. The combination of the Phos¬ 
phate of Li we with pure Cod-Liver Oil, as prepared by 
Dr. \\ llhnr, has prod need a new phase In the treatment 
of Consumption and all diseases, of the Lung*. This 
article can he taken by the moat delicate Invalid with- 
iie Lungs. This 
•ate invalid with¬ 
out creating the diaguvting nausea which is such an 
objection to the Cod Liver Off Alien taken without 
Lime. It Ls prescribed by the regular faculty. Hold by 
the proprietor, A. B. Wn.uou, Chemist, Boston, and by 
all druggists. 
-nv Ainnuat Cal a to true of V'tt; •table and 
it. I offer one of me largest Collections of vegetable 
seed ever sent out byanv sttcci louse in Amend, a 
large portion of which were grown on nir six wed 
farms. Printed dlrreKtint lor CHlUeaUci'n on each 
packaye. All seed u'ar/,m(ed to be Wii fresh am! frur 
to vault; 10 far,that should it prove otherwise, / a-i'l 
refill the oeiU eyratls. Tim original i i troducer of the 
Hubbard Squash, Phinnoy’ti Melon, Marblehead Cab¬ 
bages. Mexican Corn,and scoiesof other vng. talile*, 
1 Invite the patronage of nil irAo are ,union f e U<i>w 
their seed direct Jrom the (/rower: fresh, true, and of tlie 
very best strain. 
NEW yjECETABLES A SPECIALTY. 
JAMkS .T. H GREGORY, Marblehead. Mass 
Manufacture this Plow .e/WITA Cl Ms- 
of the best Car Wheel l A 0 L/ Ppp b 
Iron; also of Patent ^ ^ *’ A t. 
IIurd Metal, The hand- \ - 
les vibrating from one NL \ 
Hide. to the other as the VT \ - 
plow is turned at the end \ \ i 
of the furrow, enables \ y— 
tbs plowman walk I s ? 
WJ uarely behind the plow J JVA 
a feature not possessed -»—■=A 
bjj any other Side-Hill JL.. ,>4 v-i-MMJ 
Plow, it does as good r-S^-r-rni;- - , 
work as any Laud-Side 
Plow. For further par- ' 
loyuc.^A ddr£w Ce8 ' S0Ud f ° r ° Ur l,iu8trated Ua/a- 
UEO. .S. TAYLOR, Agent, 
_fliicoiwr l ulls, Vlnss. 
Lord & Taylor 
DRESS GOODS 
OUR LINKS OF DRESS GOOD*, ARF T umr 
VAHIED A.ND IN CHOICE SELECTWNS. IN 
SPRINGE A BRICS UK ARE EXHIBITING LATE 
EUROPEAN NOVELTIES, 
EMBRACING 
CASHMERE DE L’INDE, PLAIN AND RAYE 
DRAI‘ DR CHEVRON, CREPE MOULINE, 
CREPE FANTAISK, 
JVIOUSSELINE MELANGE, 
CHUDDAU CAMEL’S HAIR, 
SHANGHAI RAYE, 
PEKIN RAYE. MOIRE RAYE. 
ALL WOOL .MOMIE CLOTHS, 
ALSO, 
THE MORE POPULAR. GRADES OF DRESS 
GOODS. INCLUDING STRIPE AND CHECKS VT 
UNUSUALLY REA80NABE PRICES. 
BUNTING CLOTHS IN ^EXCELLENT ASSORT. 
MENT. 
PP"SAMPLE8 OF PIECE GOODS. WITH PRICES 
DISTINCTLY MARKED, SENT ON APPLICATION 
TO ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY, SPECIAL AT- 
TENTION TO ORDERS BY MAIL. 
Broadwny anil Twentieth Street, Grand, 
oh ryatie and Forsyth Sts., N. Y. 
Every 
OK/ifi!l*‘ 4,r ''«•»•*»». r lpuanr«* f young oru 
His Own CaUlfigno of I’nast*, Ty}*, Kt 
Printer. 
FISHER'S “PRAIRIE” 
The most practical implement In America for 
sharpening mowing machine knives in the 
*=s=>= F ' /• / ELL). Weighs but 5 pounds. Re- 
r* -y quires no WATER, and is always 
tuc / ready. 23,000 in use. Sold by 
w JJ Agents and Dealers. Send S2.25 
v 77 j, for sample. Circulars mailed free. 
[V*" Address H. FISHER, Canton, Ohio. 
Mill Mannfactor> 
KtUbhahed 1851. 
Grriat AAHIm 
OP 
FRENCH BITHR STONE 
Portable Wil. , i» for Furmera, 
HIM Owuera, etc. Prloc 
frum $80 up. Complete X!iU 
• Dfl BheUvr $96. A boy can 
frlml and keep in order. 
AJ*pU’fJ to *ny lilod of aulta- 
ble power. Complete Plourlug 
»ud Coro VI 1 1 very cheap. 
H0RD7EE 4 XABMCN 00. 
Indianapolis, Ina. 
Cl AIF XC II O supplied to consumers at 
r U o P r ‘ cea lower than ever 
■ T-r- ,, * “ri V known be/ore. Those fine 
qualities Beldom reach the interior, being sold only iu 
large cities and among the very wealthy, Send for re¬ 
duced price-list, and compare with other bouses 
CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO., 
8 Church Street, 
P. O. Box 4236 New York City. 
NO MORE M P| 
QuhsmS 
Mr OR GOUT »■ 
S ACUTEOR CHRONIC A 
ALICYLI cA 
SURE CURE. 
Manufactured only under the ateve Trade Mark, by 
thu Furopeiui Snllcyllr Medicine Co., of Paiiis 
and Leipzig. Immediate Iletiq/' Warranted. Perma¬ 
nent Cure Guaranteed. Now exclusively used by all 
celebrated Physicians of Europe and America, becom¬ 
ing a Staple, Harmless and Reliable Remedy on both 
continents. The Highest Medical Academy of Paris 
report 30 cures out of 100 esses within three days. Se¬ 
cret—The only dissolver of the poisonous Uric Acid 
which exists in the Blood of Rheumatic and Gouty Pa¬ 
tients. $1 a Box; 6 Boxes for $5. Sent to any address 
on receipt of price. Indorsed by Physicians. Sold by 
all Druoyists. Address WASHBURN'S k CO., 
Only Importers’ Depot, SB Cliff St., New York. 
Lit tleGiantTileMTl l| 
BEATS THE WORLD 
,m„„ FO R ST R E N GTH, DU RABI LI TY, 
SF L ED, AND EASE. 
T tMT\ 6EN0 FOR CIRCULAR f 
S^-BAYLIES VAUGHAN 11 Co 
RICHMOND, IND. 
Btate you saw this in the Rutut. Nkw-Yoiikeu. 
A AHEAD ALL THE TIME. 
* I * IJ * The very best tresh goods 
M direct from tne importers 
™• at half the usual cost. Best 
plan to Club Agents and 
large buyers. All express charges paid. Quality 
guaranteed. New terms free. 
THE GREAT AIYIERICAN TEA CO. 
P. O. Box 4235. 31 and 33 Vesey St., N. Y. 
(Sdf-lliJlrr tf |jpj.r air . 
*‘°r ItuaiiMBB. T.loasure, youitjr oru A' 
of J'rtfttcSj Tyj«, Ki 
for 1 «uui|». KELSEY A: O 
Meriden. Cot 
THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO„ 
75 FIRST PRIZES Brockport,,H. T., 
Taken in actual Field Tri 
als during the Season of 
1877-78. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
2 Gold Medals, | 
PARIS EXHIBITION 
REAPERS, MOWERS, 
and Combined Machines. 
FIRST AND ONLY PRIZE 
of Art 
RECEIVED THE 
Awarded to Self-Raking Reapers 
AT PARIS EXHIBITION. 
Field Trials at Mormant in competition 
with 35 machines. 
