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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 16, 1899 
Humorous. 
There was a naughty little girl who 
wouldn’t sew her seam, 
And when she went to bed at night she 
had an awful dream. 
She thought a great big sewing-bird came 
hovering o’er her head, 
His claws were full of needles and his tail 
was made of thread. 
He whisked her off to a lonely isle where 
the thimble-berries grow, 
And there, hemmed in by cotton-trees, she 
had to sit and sew. —Life. 
“Siie’s the best matchmaker in our 
town.” “Ah! Matrimonial or plain sul¬ 
phur?”—Philadelphia North American. 
Slimson: “Willie, where did you get 
that black eye?” “It’s all right, Pop. 
I’ve only been civilizing the boy next 
door.”—Tit-Bits. 
“Jack told me last night he had given 
me his heart.” “Well, it’s damaged 
goods. He told me last week that I had 
broken iit.”—Puck. 
“Mamma, I saw a dog to-day that had 
only three legs.” “Weren’t you awfully 
sorry for him?” “No; he had one more 
leg than I have.”—Judge. 
Walter: “Just as I was proposing to 
her a mouse ran under her chair.” Her¬ 
bert: “And did she scream?” Walter: 
“She did, after she had said ‘yes.’”— 
Credit Lost. 
The Squarest Kind. —“Yes, there 
wasn’t much variety, but we had three 
square meals a day.” “What did you 
have?” “Soda crackers.” — Cleveland 
Plain Dealer. 
“Let me offer you myself as a Christ¬ 
mas present, Mildred, dear,” said young 
Mr. Goslin. “I accept only useful Christ¬ 
mas gifts, thank you, Mr. Goslin!” re¬ 
plied the maiden.—Puck. 
Tourist (in Kentucky): “Does lynch¬ 
ing prevent crime?” Colonel Corkright: 
“Yes, suh; I have nevuh known a man 
to commit a crime aftuh he had been 
thoroughly lynched.”—Life. 
“Have you any nice light bread?” 
asked a prospective customer in a bake- 
shop. “Yes’m,” replied the new boy; 
“we have some nice pound loaves that 
weight only 10 ounces.”—Chicago News. 
Hobson’s Choice. —Mother: “Johnny, 
I see your little brother has the smallest 
apple. Did you give him his choice, as 
I suggested?” Johnny: “Yes’m. I told 
him he could have his choice, the little 
one or none, and he took the little one.” 
—Tit-Bits. 
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BURFLSTGfHi FEED MILLS 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Dec. 16, 1899. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Building Up Soil at High Pressure.866 
Plow Under or Burn Weeds?.867 
“Winding Up” Farmers.869 
Sulphur Fumes for Potatoes.869 
Hope Farm Notes.871 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Noted Indiana Dairy.865, 866 
What Chance for Farm Veterinarians?. .868 
New York State Breeders.873 
Milk Matters .877 
Artificial Heat for Hens.87S 
Ducks and their Doings.878 
Color of Plymouth Rocks.878 
Bitter Milk .879 
Some Ailing Horses.879 
The Beef Cattle Business.879 
Cough in Cows.879 
Southdown Pedigrees .879 
Artificial Eyes . 879 
I.onk Sheep .879 
HORTICULTURAL. 
A Remedy for San JosS Scale.867 
Raising Apple Trees from Seed.868 
Keeping Nuts .868 
Keeping Apples .869 
More About Native Plums.870 
Improved Hickory; New Chestnut.870 
Dana Hovey Pear.870 
About Tulips .870 
Chinese Pmony .870 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.874 
Rural Recipes .874 
How to Make Blood Pudding.874 
The Minister’s Henhouse. Part 1.875 
From the Kitchen Window.875 
Books Received .875 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Free Rural Mail a Success.867 
Raising Trout in Massachusetts.868 
Meat Eaters .869 
Self-lifting Water .869 
The One-Sided Philadelphia Exposition. .869 
Bulletins Boiled Down.S71 
Editorials .872 
Events of the Week.873 
Markets .876 
Business Bits .876 
Publisher’s Desk .877 
Market Briefs .877 
Humorous .8S0 
