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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 23, 1897 
Humorous. 
A sweet country maid in Connecticut 
Bought a book of Chicagoan ecticut; 
But it killed her old maw 
When her daughter she saw 
In a checkered red-white-and-blue pecticut. 
— The Press. 
“ Mr. Chalkley Waters, the retired 
milkman, reminds me of the whale that 
swallowed Jonah.” “ How’s that ? ” 
“ Because he got a profit out of the 
water. ”— Washington Times. 
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PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. 
DEANE If. N ISII, Sole M’f’r, 
Millington, New Jersey, and 
30 So. Canal St., Chicago. 
“The apple crop is enormous this 
year.” “ Yes ; and they say that apples 
are brain food.” 11 Well, they didn’t act 
that way on Adam and Eve.”— Chicago 
Record. 
Young Bob was found by his father 
sobbing in a corner. “ What’s the mat¬ 
ter, youngster?” he asked. “Why, 
pop,” blubbered the boy, “I’ve got a 
nickel, and there isn’t any slot around 
here to drop it in.”— Credit Lost. 
Maude : “ Oh, Clara, I’ve just bought 
the loveliest pink shawl for a Christmas 
present.” Clara : “Yes, who are you 
going to give it to ? ” Maude : “ I don’t 
know. It’s so pretty I think I will keep 
it myself.”— Commercial Advertiser. 
Hairly: “I wouldn’t want to be in 
Ashley’s boots just now.” Balderly : 
“Why not?” Hairly: “Well, he left 
’em in the cellar last night when he came 
home from the club, and they dumped 
four tons of coal on ’em before Ashley 
was up.”— Twinkles. 
Waiter: “Sorry, sir, but we haf no 
more quail on toast alretty.” Customer : 
“That’s too bad. Well, have you any¬ 
thing else that is just as good ? ” Waiter: 
“ Ach, ja ! Besser ! Ve haf tripe, viener- 
vurst, pigs’ feet, frankfurter and cab¬ 
bage und sauerkraut.”— Chicago Times- 
Herald. 
1 ‘ This is pretty stout butter,” declared 
Mr. Newly, with a frown that was deep 
for a man who had been married but a 
month. “ Don’t scold, dearie,” urged his 
pretty little wife. “ It’ll not occur again 
I have bought a churn and ordered but¬ 
termilk to be delivered regularly. Here¬ 
after we’ll have sweet, fresh butter.”— 
Detroit Free Press. 
“Say,” said the Dorking rooster, 
“ what ails the family hen ; she’s perched 
on that stone over there every time I see 
her?” “She’s a peculiar person,” re¬ 
plied the bantam rooster ; “ in fact, I’m 
afraid she’s trying to work mischief, for 
ever since she heard some one laid that 
corner-stone, she’s been trying to hatch 
it.”— Adams Freeman. 
What parts of fruits are most relished 
by soldiers ? Cores and kernels. 
When is a cross dog like poor cinna¬ 
mon ? When he has more bark than 
bite. 
What sized boy is not likely to run 
away to sea ? Capsized. 
Why are beans and battles alike ? 
They are both war-faie. 
What noted musical composer was a 
good deal of a crank ? Ilandel, of course. 
— Youth’s Companion. 
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MANCHESTER CONN. 
CONTENTS. 
&UBAL Nkw-Yobkeb, January 23, 1897 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Succession of Sweet Corn.52 
Color and Shape of Carman Potato.53 
The Value of Soda Ash. 53 
The Value of Wood Ashes.53 
No Money in Cheap Pickles.53 
Ensilage Corn; Freezing in Tub Silos.53 
Crimson Clover Fair. 55 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Disinfection for Roup and Gapes.51 
Pen-sore Pigs^.52 
Inflammation of the Skin in Pigs. 52 
Cow Fails to Get with Calf; Tainted Milk.52 
Treatment for Curb on Horses.52 
How to Grow a New Hoof; Occult Spavin.52 
Will “ Incubator ” Chickens Lay ?.53 
How Much House Room for Hens ?. 53 
A Dry Nurse for Lambs. 53 
Vermont Dairymen in Council.61 
The Udder of the Cow.62, 63 
A Few Points About Incubators.63 
Twenty-five Business Hens.63 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Orcharding in Vermont aud Maine.49 
Sub-irrigation for Foliage Plants.49 
Notes from Dale View. 50 
New Jersey’s State Horticultural Meeting.50 
New York State Prune.51 
Starting Early Plants; Learn by Mistakes.53 
Plants for a Rockery.;... 59 
The Window Garden.59 
Massachusetts Hort. Society’s Lectures.61 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. .58 
A Salmagundi Party .58 
Saving Strength in Housework.58 
Late Winter Vegetables. 58 
Sewing Velvet.58 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cement Pipes Not Satisfactory.53 
Ruralisms.54, 55 
Editorials.56 
Brevities.56 
Among the Marketmen.57 
A Dose of Medicine.57 
Business Bits.57 
As We Go To Press.60 
Markets.61 
Humorous. 64 
