AUG 28 
S70 
THE RURAI HEW-YORKER. 
for tl )t Doun0, 
T is the “ trusty” boy who gets 
along in the world. A great 
many men tell me they never 
get any vacation, and never 
like to go away from their 
business because, they have no 
one to leave behind that they 
cau fully trust. If they had 
some oue to leave behind who 
could do things just as they 
should be done, there would be a different 
feeling about going away. These “trusty” 
boys make “trusty” men, and such men always 
are wanted. The fact is that people who hire 
men waut no other kind, and take men whom 
they eauuot fully trust just as they would buy 
cheap goods. 
The days are beginning to grow a little 
shorter. Before we know it Winter will be 
upon us. Time goes pretty fast to those wbo 
are busy, and there is nothing harder to bear 
than the thought that time hangs heavy on 
our hands. It pays to keep busy, to have 
some good work to do. I don't believe in 
people who do nothing but work. They don’t 
accomplish nearly as much as they would if 
they would take a little time for play. I 
don’t think much of people who want to play 
all the time. They hurt themselves, and really 
don’t have the good time that they would if 
they would only learn how to work. It is 
pretty hard for some people to believe this. I 
can remember the time when I didn’t, but it 
is true as anything can be. 
I always like to see cattle that are trained to 
lead. They are more gentle and are easier to 
handle. It is a very good plan to put a halter 
on the calves and beach them to lead and stand. 
It can’t be done too early. They will never 
forget the lesson. I once saw a wild eow just 
taken off the range fastened in a row of stan¬ 
chions. She was terribly frightened. She 
jumped and pushed and broke down the stan¬ 
chions and ran off with a wooden frame about 
her neck, A negro at the South had been made 
a present of a little dog. It was a little yel¬ 
low dog of no good wha 1 ever, and yet the 
negro thought it was a wonderful auirual. He 
bought a piece of rope about 25 feet long and 
an inch through and tied one end about the 
little dog’s neck and the other to the saddle of 
his mule. Then he got on the mule’s back and 
started for home. The poor little dog tried to 
keep up, but that great, rope tripped him, and 
before he kuew it he was on his back with the 
rope dragging him along. He learned how to 
lead, but he was a dead dog before the negro 
could untie the rope. Don’t try to lead calves 
that way. Be gentle with them and treat 
them kindly. 
THE STORY OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL 
A COLLEGE BOY’S DIARY. 
(Continued.) 
Mr. Forest gave his opinion at length. I 
listened attentively—the long sentences gave 
me fresh courage. 
“I have repeatedly informed this gentleman 
that what we most need is direct and thorough 
instruction in the primary principles of elocu¬ 
tion, penmanship and correct deportment. 
The study of mathematics and of correct or¬ 
thography is, I admit, of vast importance, yet 
you will readily concur with me geutlomen in 
saying that our young men and women are, as 
a rule, most horrible readers, and t hat the 
short sentences which we occasionally find 
written upon the board at our reform club 
meetings are of such construction and mechan¬ 
ical execution that no living person can ever 
read them.” 
This speech had the effect which was doubt¬ 
less intended. The other members of the 
board edged their chairs away from the 
speaker and looked wotulenngly at each other. 
Mr. Mouser started to reply and put in another 
good word for spelling, but after careful de¬ 
liberation he appeared to think that silence 
was safest. He appeared resigned to his fate. 
He waved his hand sadly and muttered with a 
sigh—“there goes another term o’ school for 
nothin’.” 
Mr. Forest, encouraged by his success, now 
started at another point in the enemies’ line. 
“1 would gladly call your attention to 
another point, well worthy of your attention, 
gentlemen. It has been the custom in this dis¬ 
trict for the teacher to board around. Now, I 
am prepared to prove by the most careful cal¬ 
culation”— 
“I’ll vote ugiu that every time,” Mr. Hard¬ 
back fairly shouted, even before the question 
had been stated, “Teacher'll liev ter board 
’round an’ they ain’t no use fitin’ it. We all 
w outer see what teacher’s wade of, Like 
enough we kin give him pints agin them what 
wauts fer ter sorter dog him on.” 
“I’ll vote agin it too,” broke in Mr. Mouser, 
“teacher's got ter board ’round; thar’ aiu’t no 
dodgin’ it.” 
Thus this point was settled. All Mr. For¬ 
est’s eloquence only made the majority of the 
board more of a unit. It was decided that I 
should board around. The school board 
shortly adjourned, and t he director and 1 were 
left alone to talk matters over. 
“ You’ll find your hands full now. They’ve 
gone home angry at me, and they will be sure 
to take it out of you. They will tell all the 
big boys to be sure and come to school and 
make trouble. I’ll stand right back of you. 
They have boou needing this for a good many 
years. Now 1 want you to give them a good 
strapping.” 
“ But I am no prize-fighter; I w r ant to teach 
school.” 
“I know you do. You never taught a dis¬ 
trict school before, and you have an idea that 
things are going off just as they do at college, 
where the boys are all anxious to learn. If 
you go in with that, idea I tell you plainly that 
you’ll be the most surprised man in the World 
at the end of the first fortnight. You can 
make up your mind at the start that you will 
have a fight before the term is over. Start 
now r with that idea aud you’ll be better pre¬ 
pared for it w’hen it does come. I don’t care 
how often you t hrash those hounds. Just, keep 
order over there and I’ll pay all the bills.” 
“Well, what shall I do in case we have 
trouble f” 
“ Mop up the floor vrith them. Pull them 
straight. That’s all I can say. Nobody cau 
fight your battles for you, though I’ll do all I 
cau to help you. Let’s start out with these 
facts. The boys here will expect a fight with 
the teacher. It is a regular part of the pro¬ 
gramme. You will have to make the fight 
yourself. If you give up you might just as 
well let the school go. I will back you up in 
whatever you do, and will give you $10 extra 
if you will thrash the bully of the district so 
he can’t see.” 
“ Who is the bully ?” 
“A fellow' named Jack Brawn. A great 
strapping fellow who just makes it a business 
to whip every teacher. He’s smart enough 
too, if he’d only start right. His father eggs 
him on. You'll have to fight him auyway. 
But come now, let’s drop the school and have 
some music.” 
Mrs. Forest came in aud took her place at 
the piano. This was the only musical instru¬ 
ment, as I afterwards found, in the district. 
With the help of the hired man and the direc¬ 
tor’s little daughter we were able to make 
music that made up iu volume what it lacked 
in quality. 
1 lay awake for a long time that night. I 
must admit that I seriously considered the 
question of giving up the school and backing 
out of the impending conflict. The various 
reports to which I had listened were doubtless 
exaggerated, yet it was evidently a most un¬ 
pleasant neighborhood. There were two 
things that made it almost impossible for me 
to give tbe school up. 1 felt that I must eam 
the money. Without it my college course 
must be interrupted, But most of all 1 hated 
to give upauytbing that I bud once attempted. 
Bo I fell asleep at last with my mind fully 
made up to stay iu Bear Creek uud fight 
it out. I can remember that I dreamed all 
night of fighting Jack Brawn for the posses¬ 
sion of the school building. I do not remem¬ 
ber which won iu this battle, but I had such a 
tine opportunity of fighting the bully that I 
should have been well acquainted with his 
methods of attack aud defense. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Uncle Mark: 1 am very much interested 
in your department and about a year ago you 
asked for a vote on a number of questions, 
and I do not remember of seeing the result of 
the vote. When are we to have the result i 
I am anxious to kuow how we stood on the 
questions. Yours, G. a. BLISS. 
Groton City, N. Y. 
[That makes me think that I have never 
told you how the vote did come out. 1 am 
very sorry about it for I had it all arranged 
at the time, but the advertisements crowded us 
into such a little hole that I had to give up 
many things. You will all remember what we 
voted for—1. The most servicable animal to 
the farmer. 2. The most valuable grain, 3. 
The best pet. 4. The moat valuable fruit. 5. 
The most tieautiful flower. G. The most 
valuable vegetable. The voliug went on for a 
long time, and many votes were cast. It was 
decided at last in this way: l. Cow first, horse 
second, 2. Corn first, wheat second. 3. Dog 
first, baby second. 4. Apple first, strawberry 
second. 5. Rose first, violet second. 6. Po¬ 
tato first, carrot second. The contest between 
the cow aud the horse were pretty close—there 
were but three votes between. All the others 
had good majorities. I thought at first that 
wheat would beat corn, but a good many corn 
votes came in with a rush and carried the day. 
—U.M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I am a little girl, 13 
years old, and I have two sisters and four 
brothers. My father has a farm of 140 acres. 
We have six cows, four horses, seven pigs, 25 
chickens and three cats. I planted the Rural 
seeds, but few came up. But one flower came 
up of the Garden Treasures and I do not 
know the name of it. My father takes the 
Rural and I love reading the letters from the 
Cousins very much. 1 never wrote a letter to 
the Rural before aud don’t know if this will 
be a good one or not. 1 wonder if you could 
tell me what will kill the insects on the cab¬ 
bages and keep the woodchuck away from 
them. Your niece, 
GERTRUDE GARTHE. 
Leelanaw Co., Michigan. 
[For the cabbage worm Buhacli is sure 
death. For the fly use dust or plaster or ashes 
sprinkled over the leaves. Kill the woodchuck. 
—u. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark; I have written once 
before but it is quite a while ago. I planted 
the Garden Treasures, they are very nice. 1 
wish tbe Cousins could see my pau&ies. I 
have some beautiful ones. I water my flowers 
every night. We had a wind storm last. 
Thursday aud it blew a board through our 
window. We have 100 head of cattle and 10 
head of horses aud five little colts. 1 have 
three pet lambs. I have raked al tout 140 acres 
of hay this year; I had a riding rake. 
Your niece, etbel moon. 
[Well done. You are quite a haymaker. 
That board was a visitor that did not receive 
any welcome.—u. M.] 
Dear Uncle Mark: I am a little girl, nine 
years old, and I would like to be one of your 
Cousins. Papa takes the Rural New-York¬ 
er. We live on a farm of 128 acres. We 
raise a great many chickens. We have four 
head of horses. We have seven milch cows 
and seven young cattle. My sister has a 
canary bird and one dove. We live near 
the Delaware River. We have a large peach 
orchard of about 1.00*1 trees, and two apple 
orchards. We have 24 little ducks and 33 
turkeys. We have two gardens—one early 
and the other late. We have all kinds of 
vegetables iu them. We live on a hill aud 
have a very nice view. Your niece, 
Northampton Co., Pa. minnie jacoby. 
Dear Uncle Mark: I am a girl, 14 
years old. My father has been taking the Ru¬ 
ral for over 10 years, and thinks it is the best 
farmers’ paper be lias ever read. I enjoy 
rending the letters from the Cousins. 1 have 
just been reading the piece about the habit of 
drinking tea and coffee to my mother, from 
the Rural. She thinks it is a bad habit, and 
drinks neither of them. I have a sister older 
than myself, a father aud mother. I have 
five fan-tailed pigeons, which are very tame. 
We have a pet dog and a year old heifer. 
Your niece, Elmira R. Bragaw. 
Newton, L I. 
[Glad people think as I do about tea and 
coffee. It is only a habit any way.— u. m.J 
Papa and Mamma. We have four horses, two 
calves, and 10 pigs. Papa and the two boys 
commenced stacking to-day. All our cutting 
is done except the flax. The only pets we have 
now are three cats and a dog. We had a 
Jack rabbit, but he was so wild he ran away. 
I read the Cousins’ letters, and like them very 
much. Your niece, belle 
Aberdeen. Dakota. 
Dear Uncle Mark: The Garden Treasures 
are very pretty, especially the sweet peas. 
We have one white sweet pea, something we 
never saw before. A great many neighbors 
want seed. I have two pet doves, they are as 
black as a crow. Papa has three working 
horses and three colts. Papa will begin 
thrashing next week, and then he will be 
busy till Winter sets in. Well, l must close, 
for it is supper time. 
Your niece, lois h. schadt. 
Greenville, Penn. 
[Supper time is a good time to stop. I can 
forgive almost anyone who leaves me for a 
good supper. Those doves are funny.—u. m.] 
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Dear Uncle Mark: I waut to tell you of 
my Garden Treasures, which I think are just 
splendid. Mamma and I care for them to¬ 
gether. We cau have as large a flower bed as 
we waut. I will tell you of the plants that 
came up. Bachelor’s button, balsam, ealli- 
opsis, candy tu't, carnation pink, catch lly, 
coxcomb, convolvulus, cypress vine, California 
poppy, dahlia, dianthus, two varieties of fo- 
liage,hyacinth bean, lope/.ia,love-lies bleeding, 
love-grove, marigold, mignonette, migolla, 
six varieties, petunia, 18 varieties phlox, 
monthly pinks, 12 kinds of poppies, portulaea, 
snapdragon, eight varieties sweet peas, spider 
plaut, sunflowers, spiral mignonette and three 
varieties zinnias. There are eight plants that 
look like abutilou; we are very sure they are, 
but they have not blossomed yet. There arc 
12 varieties of plants uukuown to us, and wo 
lost about as mauy more trying to transplant. 
The pansy seed and verbena aud alters and 
some others did not come up. Mamma says 
that the ground was not warm enough. 1 
shall be more careful if I ever get auy more. 
1 sent you some wild goose beans by mail last 
May. If they did not reaeh you I will mail 
you some more. 
From your loving niece, 
Ella K. Barrett. 
New Haven Co., Conn. 
[The beans came and are growing nicely.— 
u. m.] 
Dear Uncle Mark : This is my first letter 
to the Rural, I would like to lie a member 
of tbe Y. H. C. I am a girl 10 years old. I 
have two sisters and three brothers, besides, 
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