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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 19, 1898 
Humorous. 
History does not mention any Grand 
Old Woman. If it did she would prob¬ 
ably feel like making' it hot for History. 
— Puck. 
11 k: “lie that courts and runs away, 
will live to court another day.” She : 
“But he that courts and does not wed, 
may find himself in court instead.”— Tit 
IMs. 
“ Did his words have the right ring 
about them ? ” asked her mother. “ Yes,” 
said the sweet young thing. “ They had 
the engagement ring.” —Providence Tele¬ 
gram. 
“ The doctor,” said the young mother, 
“ says baby ought to have one cow's milk 
for his daily drink. Now, really, isn’t 
that entirely too much?” —Indianapolis 
Jov/rna l. 
“She said she would trust me forever 
with her heart. “ Well, that was satis¬ 
factory.” “ Yes; then we fell out about 
who would carry the pocket-book.’’— 
Detroit Free Press. 
Bill : “ Why doesn’t your friend start 
for the Klondike ? I understand he’s* 
saved money enough to get out there.” 
Jill: “Yes; but he’s waiting until he 
gets enough to come back with.”— Yonk¬ 
ers Statesman. 
Mistress (greatly distressed as Bridget 
awkwardly drops the chicken on the 
floor when about to place it on the table): 
“ Dear me ! Now we’ve lost our dinner ! ” 
Bridget: “ Indade ye’ve not. Oi have 
me foot on it! ”— Credit Lost. 
Elder Sister (patronizingly): “ Going 
to bed, 1 suppose ? What a shame! Never 
miud. In a few years you will be in¬ 
vited out too.” Younger Sister (inde¬ 
pendently): “Yes; and in a few years 
you will not be invited out.”— Tit-Bits. 
“ Of course, you will want a stable in 
connection with your country place ? ” 
said the architect. “ Certainly,” replied 
the man of wealth. “ About how large 
a one ? ” “Oh, it ought to have accom¬ 
modations for about 20 bicycles.”— Tit- 
Bite. 
Fond Parent: “ What is the matter, 
Bobby ? You don’t generally keep on 
crying after your father has given you a 
beating.” Bobby: “ I know it. But he 
says I’ve got to sit down and think it 
over. Before, I’ve always stood up and 
forgotten it ”— Life. 
Pete : “ Yais, Dave got 10 days in jail 
fo’ steaUn’ chickens. He could hab 
proved an alibi, too, ef he’d wanted to ” 
Abe: “ Dat so? Den why didn’t he?” 
Pete: “ Why, de fact ob de case was dat 
on de night dem chickens was stole Dave 
was 20 miles off in annoder county, 
stealin’ a hoss.”— Judge. 
Willy : “ I think old Moneybags is 
the meanest man I ever knew.” Milly : 
“ What has he done ? ” Willy: “Bought 
for his daughter a musical parlor clock 
which plays ‘ Home. Sweet Home ’ at 10 
o’clock. ‘ Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,’ at 
10.15, and ‘Johnny, Get Your Gun’ at 
10 30.’”— Jewelers' Weekly. 
Mr. Borem: “ I am opposed to intoxi¬ 
cating liquors as a beverage, yet I be¬ 
lieve that liquor rightly used is a benefit 
to humanity. 1 am fully convinced that 
whisky was once the means of saving my 
life.” Miss Cutting: “Perhaps it did; 
but I fail to see how that proves it a 
benefit to humanity.”— London Budget. 
“ I’d like something to eat,” said the 
frazzled pilgrim at the kitchen door. 
“ I'm that tired and hungry I don’t know 
which way to turn.” “I’ll show you 
how to do that,” encouragingly replied 
Farmer Ilaycraft, picking up a dull ax, 
and leading him in the direction of the 
grindstone.— Chicago Tribune. 
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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Nov. 19, 1898. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Potato Experiments at Cornell University.... 782 
A Potato Experiment.782 
Potatoes and Home Missions. 782 
Fertilizer for Cabbage.782 
Killing Witch Grass.782 
Dwarf Rape and Canada Thistles.784 
Plowing Under Crimson Clover.785 
What Does the Soil Need ?.785 
Killing Out Wild Balsams.785 
Hope Farm Notes.787 
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PANION free for balance of this year to new 
subscribers for 1899. 
STOCK FEEDERS 
listen to this and think befor 
buying a feed grinder. Thert 
are 00 nnn Peerless 
over ZU,UUU Mills 
now in use. Grindsear corn 
and all grains fine or coarse 
family meal or feed 
ANTED. Prices, 
write forcircll 
and agency. 
MFG. CO. Box 29, Joliet, III 
ahead of al 1 other mills. The load 
is equalized, and each horse mast 
pull his own share. Great gain in capa¬ 
city, speed and comfort. No gearing; no 
friction. Give your horses a chance. 
SPECIAL PRICES NOW. (Alsomakes 
sizes belt power mills; 2 to 25 H. P.) 
P.N. EOWSHER CO. SOUTH BEND, IND- 
35 BUSHELS AN HOUR 
WITH THE NO. 305 WOLVERINE MILL. , 
Grinds ear corn and all other grain tine or coarse 
for feed or family use, makes nice Graham flour, 
i6the best general-purpose mill on earth, ascrusher 
and grinder are on separate shafts. N o friction. 
Has automatic shake feed, is 39 in. high, 50 in. 
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MARVIN SMITH CO., 66 S. Clinton St„ K 16, Chicago, 111 
OHIO FARMS FOR SALE 
We have just completed a new list of Logan. Union 
and Champaign County, Ohio, choice farms (forced 
to sell) at wonderful bargains. Any size farm you 
want. Write us at once for this new list. 
WILLIAMS & BELL, West Liberty, Ohio. 
For Sale 
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70 -acre 
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located on V ^ on and Verona 
turnpike. aated one mile 
from Vernon, Oneida County, 
N. Y.; one mile from a can¬ 
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cheese factory ; one mile from 
a milk station, and one mile 
from West Shore and 3 % miles 
from New York Central rail¬ 
roads. Address 
J. J. Bartholomew, 
Vernon, N. Y. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Some Vermont Ideas.783 
“Individual Milk Jars”.783 
How Many Pigs in a Pen ?.783, 784 
A Black Coat on a Cow.784 
Feeding Buttermilk to Pigs.785 
Graniteware for Milk Pans.785 
A Dairy Bulletin.793 
Meeting of Dairy Departments.793 
They Talk Hog.794 
New Idea in Feeding Rations.795 
Forkfuls of Facts.795 
Milk as Food.795 
Live Stock Insurance.795 
City Farmer on Kicking Cow.795 
Favors Holstein Cattle.795 
The Lincoln Sheep.795 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Winter Tomatoes in Florida._781 
A Humbug Insecticide.782 
Protection for New Varieties.784 
Cutting Back Peach Trees.. 785 
Fertilizers for Small Fruits.785 
Some Fruit Tree Questions.785 
Spraying Peach Trees in Ohio.787 
Glass Gardening in the Bay State.791 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.790 
Mending the Rocking Chair.790 
Home Life in India.790 
Model Children.790, 791 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Some Ohio Ideas.782 
A Road Improvement Scheme.782, 783 
A Worm that “ Has Worms ”.785 
Ruraiisms.786 
Editorials. 788 
Brevities.788 
Among the Marketmen.789 
A Yankee in Ohio. Part V.789 
Business Bits. 789 
Markets.792 
Diary of the Week... 793 
Humorous.. 796 
