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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 11, 1897 
Humorous. 
The boy stood on the hill of gold; 
He stood there night and day. 
For he was frozen stiff with cold 
And couldn’t get away. 
— New York Telegram. 
The Reason.— She: “Woman’s mind 
is cleaner than that of man.” He : “Cer¬ 
tainly. She changes it oftener.”— In¬ 
dianapolis Journal. 
Friend : “ Does your town boast of a 
baseball team?” Suburbanite: “No. 
We used to boast of one, but we have to 
apologize for it now ”— Puck. 
“Well, Mollie,” said the little girl’s 
father, “what have you been doing all 
day?” “Doing nothing,” said Mollie, 
pouting. “I’ve been don’ting most of 
the time.”— Harper's Bazar. 
“ Didn’t I tell you that if you went 
swimming again I would punish you ? ” 
asked the stern father. “I didn’t for¬ 
get,” replied Johnnie whose hair was 
dripping, “but I can’t swim a stroke.” 
—Detroit Free Press. 
Abed Mark: “You say you have 
grown rich on hens?” Fuller Water: 
“Yes, sir.” Abel Mark: “How many 
do you keep?” Fuller Water: “Keep 
hens? What do you take me for? I run 
a poultry paper.”— World. 
Miss Oldgirl : “You naughty man! 
Do you mean to tell me that this is the 
first time you ever were in love ? ” Mr. 
Oldboy : “ I did have a rheumatic affec¬ 
tion once ; but of course that does not 
count.”— Boston Transcript. 
First Reformer : “I’m trying to write 
an essay on the emancipation of my sex, 
and I find it very hard to begin.” Second 
Reformer : “ Oh, I think that would be 
so easy. Why, you might begin by 
sharpening your pencil with your hus¬ 
band’s razor, you know.”— Detroit Tri¬ 
bune. 
Discouraging : “ It’s jes’ my luck,” 
said Farmer Corntossel, gloomily. “I’m 
the wust guesser a-goin’. The only sure 
way fur a man to git along is ter make 
up his mind what he’s a-gointer do an’ 
keep doin’ jes’ that.” “ Have you had 
bad luck?” “ Nothin’ else. Last year 
I raised wheat when I orter hev tuck in 
summer boarders. This year I tuck in 
summer boarders when I orter hev raised 
wheat.”— Washington Evening Star. 
The beautiful girl came into the room 
and pulled a chair up so close to her 
father’s big armchair that he looked up 
from his newspaper to see what was the 
matter. “Mr. Wilkinslikes you, father,” 
she said as soon as she saw that she had 
his attention. “ Likes me!” he exclaimed. 
“ Yes. He thinks a great deal of you.” 
“ Well, I’ve been under the impression 
for some time that he liked some one 
here,” remarked the old gentleman, 
“but I’ve never seen any indications 
that I was the one.” “Well, you will 
the very next time you see Mr. Wilkins,” 
said the beautiful girl with conviction. 
“What’s he going to do?” demanded 
the old gentleman. “ He’s going to ask 
you if you will consent to be his father- 
in-law,” explained the beautiful girl.— 
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CONTENTS 
Rural New-Yorkkr, September 11,1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Returns from Fertilizer Farming.596 
The Hairy or Sand Vetch. 590 
A Corn-Eating Maggot.596, 597 
When to Thrash Beans; Killing the Weevil... 597 
Potatoes Will Not “Mix in the Hill”.597 
Bone Ash and Tan Bark Ashes.597 
How to Use Night Soil.597 
Cultivation in Wet Weather.599 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Laxative Effects of Poultry Foods.597 
Ventilation in the Incubator.599 
The Price of Beef Cattle.604 
Weak Ankle in a Co t.606 
A Lame Horse.606 
A Case of Swine Plague. 606 
The Early-Laying Pullet.606, 607 
The Dairy Type.607 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Suit the Variety to the Soil.595 
Girdling Grapes; Is It Advisable?.595 
Starting Peach and Plum Pits.596 
Some Questions About Cherries. .596 
Old Land for Cherries.596 
Blackberries and Crandall Currants.596 
Best Lawn Grasses; Ornamental Trees.597 
Tomatoes and Blight; Japan Plums.599 
Hot Shot for “ Novelties”.599 
Crab Grass in Lawns.603 
Bulbs for Winter Flowering.603 
Seasonable NoteB.603 
Fruit at New York State Fair.605 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Dav to Day.602 
The Children’s Underwear.602 
Farmers’ Fare.602 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“ A Cup of Coffee”.. 593, 594 
Brief Notes on the New York State Fair.. 594, 595 
Don’t be Robbed.595, 596 
A Lime Kiln Without Stones.597 
A Roof of Pitch and Gravel.597 
Rurali 8 ms.... 598 
The Mysterious Origin of Fires.599 
More Curious Windmills.599 
Mysterious Barn Fires.599 
Free Rural Mail Delivery.599 
Editorials. 600 
Brevities.600 
The “New Black Man.” Part III.601 
Among the Marketmen.601 
Business Bits...601 
As We Go to Press.604 
Seasonable Vermont Notes.604 
Markets...,. 605 
Humorous... 608 
