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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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POTTED STRAWBERRY P 
Newest, and Bwt Varieties, 
INCLUDING 
SHARPLESS 
Grown in Pots anrt ready for shipment 
now. New descriptive priced cata¬ 
logue and a colored plate of Sharpless 
FREE, Address 
ELLWANGER & BARRY, 
Rochester, N.Y. 
20 ACRES STRAWBERRIES 
Ail the best sorts. Potted Plants, Layer Plants 
Catalogue free. Address JOHN a. COLLINS, 
Moorestowu, N. J. 
1 000 000 SHARPLESS 
ijuuu,vu« grown or from open ground. Noted 
for its (/rent rigor, product!ceness. large size, and heat 
quality for market and family use. Get plants direct 
trorn Central Pennsylvania, •' the home ot tile Sharp- 
leas.” and be sure they are genuine. Descriptive Price- 
List of this and other varieties t ree. 
.1. L. DILI, ON, Florist, Bloomsburg, Pa. 
-ViwAtpf 
UP SHE RISES. AND 
DOWN HE GOES. 
o^n I STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Slinrnless and President Lincoln, S4 per 100. 
Send for Price-List of 24 varieties. 
WILLIAM H. MOON, Morrisville. Pa. 
A bad little boy calls himself Compass, be¬ 
cause he is boxed so often. 
If anybody should ask you the nativity of 
“ Old Sol,” you can say he is an high-burn-ian. 
—Detroit Free Press. 
“ I say, my little son, where does the right 
hand road go ?" “ Don’t know, sir ; ’taint been 
nowhere since we lived here.” 
Scandal mongers may learn this lesson from 
the frog: Once overpassed the season of his 
adolescence he gives up tail-bearing.— Yonkers 
Gazette. 
A countbtman tried to buck against a de¬ 
scendant of Ham. He now says, “ Off with his 
head, so much for bucking Ham.”— North Ame¬ 
rican Review. 
It is a great piece of folly for a man to be 
always ready to meet trouble half way. If he 
would put all the journey on trouble, he might 
never meet it at all. 
Newly married hnsband: “ This is a friend 
of mine, my dear—a friend of twenty years’ 
standing." His bride. “ Good gracious : Then 
pray give him a seat, for I am sure he must be 
tired.” 
An editor being asked. “Do hogs pay?” 
says a great many do not. They take the 
paper several years and then have the post¬ 
master send it back marked “refused.”— Bos¬ 
ton Post. 
A young man went into a restaurant the 
other day, and remarking that “ Time is 
money," he added that, as he had a half-hour 
to spare, if the proprietor was willing, he’d 
take it out in pie. 
A woman raised to the third power of widow¬ 
hood has the photographs of her three de¬ 
parted lords in a group, with a vignette of 
herself in the center, and underneath is the 
inscription, “The Lord will provide.” 
The New York Independent relates that a 
girl who had been very observant of her 
parents’ mode of exhibiting their charity, be¬ 
ing asked what generosity was. answered : 
“It’s giving to the poor all the old stuff you 
don’t want yourself." 
The peculiarity of the fly is that he always 
returns to the same spot; but it is the charac¬ 
teristic of the mosquito that he always returns 
to another spot. Thus he differs from the 
leopard which does not change his spots. This 
is an important fact in natural history. 
Any father who would go out and put tar 
on top of his front gate after dark, must be 
lost to all sense of humanity and ordinary re¬ 
spectability - 
It is unnecessary, too; they’ll 6tay there 
long enough without being stuck there.— Bos¬ 
ton Post. 
A Detroiter cured a long and severe at¬ 
tack of neuralgia by falling down stairs. That’s 
nothing. Some years ago a Norristown youth 
was cured of a bad habit of swearing by falling 
off a cherry tree. Not a single oath has es¬ 
caped his lips since. The fall broke his neck. 
—Norristown Herald. 
An art critic going into a gallery in a state of 
mild inebriation, to criticize some pictures, 
sees himself in a glass, and, taking out a note¬ 
book, writes as follows: “First room, head of 
a drunkard, no signature, has a great deal of 
character; red nose remarkably truthful. 
Must be a portrait from life ; think I have seen 
that face somewhere." 
An inveterate old chicken thief in Alabama, 
who had a marvelous faculty of gliding out of a 
close corner, was at last caught in a close cor¬ 
ner with a chicken In his hat. He denied the 
stealing of it. and on being asked how then it 
got into his hat, he solemnly said: “ Dat, roar- 
ster, is jes' what ’stonishes me; but fo’ de Lord, 
I spec’s it mus* hab crawled up my breeches 
leg! ” 
An old-fashioned minister passing a fashion¬ 
able church, not long ago, on which a new spire 
was going up. was asked how much higher it 
was to be. “Not much,” he answered; “that 
CTItAWBEKlt Y PLANTS,—A choice stock of 
ii Old and New varieties at moderate prices. De¬ 
scriptive List sent free to all applicants. Address 
P. M. AUGUR & SONS, Middlefield, Conn. 
maj , see now little it is; what a very narrow 
sole it has.” “I'll bet it aint as narrow as 
Deacon-’s. Father says his soul will fall 
through a crack in the floor some day and get 
lost,” was the shrill comment of a boy given 
to sharp listening. The Superintendent put the 
Chinse shoe in his pocket and requested the 
school to sing “Pull for the Shore ."—New 
Haven Register. 
Old Madame Rothschild, mother of the 
mighty capitalists, attained the age of ninety- 
eight years. Her wit, which was remarkable, 
and her intellectual faculties, which were of 
no common order, were preserved to the end. 
In her last illness, when surrounded by her 
family, her physician being present, she said 
in a suppliant tone to the latter, “Dear doc¬ 
tor, try to do something for me.” “ Madame, 
what can I do? I can’t make you young again.” 
“No, doctor, I don’t want to be young again, 
but I want to contiuue to grow old.” 
A pretty little girl, in whose cheap and 
plain dress the child of a laborer could be re¬ 
cognized, contemplated, in company with her 
mother, the rich show-window of a toy store 
on the Boulevard. Her mother, pointing at 
the biggest and most richly dressed of the 
dolls, said: “You would like to have that, 
wouldn't you, Louise?" “Oh, no, maintm^ 
not that one; it’s too well dressed for me.” 
“ Aud what difference does that make to you?” 
“Why, I’d want to be my dolly’s mamma, and 
not her servant-girl ."—French Newspaper. 
Pot grown Strawberry Plants aro the best* 
experience confirms this. A! I our customers 
who hove planted them snv, tbey would plant 
no others. 1 •? selected kinds from a I tirpc col¬ 
lection, com prising the best Of the old and new 
kinds. Send for circular and directions for 
cultivation. 
T. R. PIERSON, 
Tarrytown, New York. 
LANE & BODLEY CO.’S 
CINCINNATI 
The best, the cheapest, most efficient and durable 
Engine in the market. Every Engine is tested and di¬ 
agram cards taken before shipment, aud every Boiler 
Is insured for one year. 
Our Engines will give from 26 to 33M per cent 
As Improved for 1879, 
is an entirely new Grain Drill. Beyond a question the 
best drill ever made. Be sure aud send for our new 
illustrated circular giving illustrations aud descrip- 
tious of the improvements. Address 
P. P. MAST & CO., 
Springfield, Ohio. 
MORE POWER 
With the same amount of fuel aud water, than mam 
of the engines now in the market. Send for our caf 
alogue and prices. 
LANE & BODLEY CO., 
JOHN AND WATER STS. 
Cincinnati, 41. 
Galvanized Cable Fence Strand. 
The only Wire Fence that stands the Tesi 
of Time. 
UNTO BAFLBS. 
PHILIPS. JUSTICE, UK.5th St, Philadelphia. 
* Gold Medal Awarded at Paris Exposition, 1873, 
Those Useful Conduits, 
The kidneys and bladder, sometimes become tor¬ 
pid and weak from unaacertulnable causes. When 
this occurs, their discharging function Is of neces¬ 
sity very Imperfectly performed, and certain de¬ 
bris, which Is the result of natural bodily waste 
and decay, does not escape as It should, hut re¬ 
mains to corrupt the blood and develop poisonous 
humors and dangerous us well as painful diseases. 
It is one or the benefle nt effects of Hostetler’s 
Stomach Hitters to gently stimulate the urinary 
organs, and prevent them from lapsing into a state 
of Inactivity, always provocative of their Inflam¬ 
matory degeneration and decay. How much bet¬ 
ter, then, is U to adopt this mild diuretic as a 
nieansof Inciting them to action, than GO incur the 
danger oi this destruction. To expel from the 
system waste matter through the bowels and 
kidneys, and to regulate and arouse the stomach 
and liver, are among the chief uses of this val¬ 
uable remedy. 
f Mnke the beat roof In the world 
Superior to Tin. Cheaper than 
Slate, and leas than M the weight. 
Cannot Crank. Fire Proof. Can be 
put on by any Carpenter. 
76 per cent waved in freight, with 
no breakage In carriage or putting 
on. pr Will bwtaJlfe-tlme. Sena 
for full description and prices to tho 
dON-CLAIY MANUFACTURING CO., 
P. O. Box 2528. New York City. 
HAY CAPS AND STACK COVERS 
Tents, Awnings, Covers 
FOE 
Horses, Wagons or Goods. 
And everything made of or finished with 
Cot ton Do ck. 
FLAGS 6l BANNERS 
Of Silk or Bunting 
FOR ANY SOCI ETY OR NATIONALITY. 
GILBERT HUBBARD «fc CO., 
202—208 South Water Street, Chicago, Ill. 
JOHN J. SCHILLINGEK’S 
AIbo manufacturer of fire-proof Composition, Parti¬ 
tion, Furringn and Oeiliugn. 
Arched tire-proof construction without beams for 
brick-houses. 
Patentee of the SCtilLLIXGElt Artificial Stone 
flagging.for Sidewalks, etc 
For further information. Circulars. Plans and Esti¬ 
mates, address JOHN J. bCHILI.INGEU, 
111 Broadway. N. Y. 
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF 
Weather Vanes 
IN TH K COUNTRY, 
Manufactured by 
HARRIS c *5 CO., 
54 BRUMFIELD ST., BOSTON, MASS. 
ibtnd for Price I.ttl. 
Kewanee Automatic, Solid 
Wheel. Wind Hill. Warrant 
? r -“e l superior in Elegance. Du- 
r ibllity and Power, to nil other 
wind motor* yet made. Por- 
snmII fflctly self-protecting and bIuj- 
If Po'In construction, all parts 
fc4\ subject to strain are wrought 
TSiJ i rnu. Journal boxes of Brass 
with brass oileups. all parts in¬ 
terchangeable with others Of 
same size. First Premiums 
wherever exhibited,—Vi iu all. 
Ej 9H “ We find It Just a* effective 
and more economical than the 
i Steam Pump which we dis- 
l carded for your Wind Mill." 
,iBK. J»., Tre-ideut N. J. State Agr. Soc’y. 
WITH 
Double Platform 
GRATER, $40 
r I B| J" TU r ft Q supplied to consumers at 
r I n V* I I 1 U ^ prices lower than ever 
■ ■ ■ ■■fwW known before. These fine 
Qualities seldom reach the interior, being sold only in 
large cities and among the very wealthy. Send for re¬ 
duced price-list, and compare with other houses. 
CONSUMER* IMPORTING TEA CO., 
_ 8 Church Street, 
P. O. Box 4236 New York City. 
SEND FOR CIRCULAR! 
BOOMER A BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO.. 
Syracuse. N. Y. 
■ I f I I AlinrD Ours Is Guaranteed 
1)1 r II- A U 13 t 11.to he tlie best in the 
'* ** U »• 11 1 catalogue free. 
YV. W. GILES, 149 Clark Si.. Chicago, III. 
FOR FA Oil CROP. 
MARES’ COMPLETE MANURE (“A BRAND”! for Wheat, Eye, etc. Fine aud dry, adapted for 
drillingipacked in bags (200 lbs. each). Price £4u per ton on car or boat. 
MAPI.S’ COMPLETE MANURES for heavy and for light soils—substitutes for stable manure. 
Bend for pamphlets, describing iHaye#’ Manures, Superphosphate, Ground Bone, Peruvian Gu¬ 
ano, Chemicals, etc. 
THE MAPES FORMULA & PERUVIAN GUANO CO., 158 Front Street, New Y ork. 
CHARLES V. MAPES, General Manager. 
CHEAPER THAN HOME-MADE 
AN 13 NOTHING MORE SIMPLE. 
Mill Manufactory 
pm B.UtilUlMd 1851. 
Gru« Min¬ 
or 
FRENCH III!HR NTONE 
^ Portable Mill* for Faiuien», 
Snw Mill OwucTi, PjJj 
from 380 up. Complete Uu 
mill Bheller *96. A boy cm 
grind *nd keep In or4ar. 
. Adapted to any kind of auita* 
bio power. Complete Flouring 
a lid Corn Mill very cheap. 
N0EDTKZ 4 14ASM0N 00, 
—- Indianapolis, Ino. 
This article has been used for years by many of our leading farmers with excellent results, and is now one 
of the most popular brunds we make, Price low. 
1 ST In view of the risk aud eost of transporting acid in carboys, this article of Dissolved Bones presents 
great advantages to those farmers who have been making their own phosphates on the farm. 
Circulars furnished on application. All Fertilizing Supplies at the lowest market prices. 
BAUCH & SONS, Philadelphia, Pa. 
