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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 13 
Money Going; Begging;. 
Last week, we gave the terms of our subscription work from March 1 to May 1. 
We said that every one who sent five or more names any week would be reason¬ 
ably sure of the §2 premium at the end of the week. The first week of the con¬ 
test is just closed. Here are the names of winners of the first weekly premiums : 
M. S. BURT.NEW YORK. 
I S. STEEL.INDIANA. 
WSJ. MORE.NEW YORK. 
J. WHE.AION.NEW YORK. 
You will see that there are only four names, so the other two $2 bills go begging. If 
any other agent bad sent five yearly subscriptions, or enough shorter ones to 
equal five yearlys, he would get the other $3. There is a suggestion in this for 
next week, and for every other week until May 1. Remember that, besides the $2 
you retain the commission when sending the names, and that each and every name 
counts for the larger cash premiums to go out May 1. These premiums are, §100. 
§50, §25, §15, §10 and 20 premiums of §5. Any agent may send in four names with 
§4 and get his own renewal free, and these names will count for the premiums if 
he send more names. Renewals count the same as new names, four three-months 
or two six-months count the same as one yearly. Subscriptions may be taken for 
the rest of this year for 75 cents, and each one will count as three-quarters of a 
yearly for commission and premiums. Don’t let the §3 go begging next week ; you 
may have it if you want it. THE RURAL NEVV-YORKER, New York. 
AS WE GO TO PRESS. 
“AS OTHERS SEE US/’ 
when like enough, Tom Dick en Harry 
wouldn't call them children wortn 
shucks.” 
One day last week, I happened to be 
on a train passing through southern 
Alabama. At some little way station, a 
man got aboard and took the seat back 
of me. He was in a talkative mood and 
soon began what was, to me, a very in¬ 
teresting conversation. I am going to 
give a portion of it, copying his words 
as well as I can : 
“ Let me tell ye, stranger, that I’ve 
gut the finest fambly you ever seen. My 
oldest boy, he sorter takes back after 
my wife’s great-uncle—B g Joe, they 
called him 1 He weighed over 350, aad 
this here boy of mine he’s a young 
whale, he is. I reckon we’ll have to cut 
out a larger door if he keeps layin’ on 
fat. Now my other boy he’s sorter 
pony built. He ain’t gut the heft—but 
when it come to head—don’t say nothin’! 
Now, then, what fambly kin you show 
up ?” 
I didn’t purpose to let any Alabama 
man beat me on family quality, and the 
car hadn’t traveled its length before I 
was singing the praises of the little girl 
at home. It is likely that I pitched the 
song in a high key, for my friend 
wagged his head with a knowing smile, 
and when I paused for breath, began as 
follows : 
“ Well, stranger, me an’ you ain’t not 
unlike the man that insulted Queen Vic¬ 
tory. This here man he stood on the 
streets of London, an’ along come the 
Queen. He up an’ sez right out loud, * * I 
thought Queen Victory was a handsome 
woman, but I’ll be dogged if my wife 
ain’t twict ez good lookin' as what she 
is. I wouldn’t change pardners with 
Prince Albert fer no boot 1 ’ Well, sar, 
that set them Englishmen jest wild, an’ 
some drggoned fool up an’ hed him ar¬ 
rested fer insulting her royal majesty 
the Queen. They drug him into the room 
where Queen Victory set on the throne, 
an’she sez: 
“ 1 What hez this here man done ? ’ 
“ One of them flunkeys he up an’sez, 
‘ He insulted yer ma j isty.’ 
“ ‘ What did he do ? ’ sez the queen. 
“ Tnen the man he steps up an sez, ‘ I 
sed that my wife was a doggoned site 
prettier then what you be, en now ez I 
git closer to ye, I’ve gut, fer the sake o’ 
truth, to make it stronger’n I done afore. 
My wife kin double ye fer looks, yer 
majesty, en that’s honest !’ 
*• Now Q leen Victory she j sst laughed 
tell the throne shuck. ‘Way’ sez she 
‘I respect ye fer standin’ up fer your 
wife—I’ll guarantee my husband would 
say the same in regards to your wife, an’ 
ez fer you, why I wouldn’t give my hus¬ 
band fer three of ye !’ 
“ The tale goes on to state how that 
man stayed an’ tuck supper with the 
Queen. The pint is that their aint no 
crow ser black ez what batches out ’o 
my eggs. Here’s me an’ you crackin’ 
up our famblys to the gold standard 
“Brown’s Bronchial Troches” will quickly 
relieve Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh and Throat 
Diseases. Sold only in boxes.— Adv. 
As I rode on, that thought went turn¬ 
ing over in my mind in time with the 
noise of the car wheels. I guess it is 
true that there is likely to be a wide dif¬ 
ference between the valuatioa prompted 
by interest in an object and that formed 
by disinterested parties. Very likely 
the things that I call “ cunning ” in my 
baby might lead to a spanking at the 
hands of others who know her only as 
one of the many little human cells or 
bacteria that are spreading humanity 
through the world. It may be true that 
the same thing bolds good of papers 
or books or other forms of property. We 
might work hard some ween and get 
out what we call a fine issue of The R 
N.-Y. We migat go around mentally 
patting ourselves on the back. All at 
once some cynic appears upon the scene 
and says: 
“ Pooh! Your old paper isn't worth 25 
cents a year /” 
A man might say that and be honest 
(Continued on next page.) 
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We will send this watch, postpaid, for 
a club of five new yearly subscriptions 
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SALE OF THOROUGHBRED 
Holstein-Friesian Stock! 
THE ENTIRE HERD, consisting of twenty-nine 
Cows, one Bull and several Calves, owned by Dela¬ 
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County Almshouse Farm, at Delni, N. on Tuesday, 
March 16. 1897, at one o’clock in the afternoon. 
GEOItUK IS. SMITH, 
Superintendent of the Poor. 
