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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 23, 1897 
Humorous. 
“ You are sing-le, I suppose ? ” “ No ; 
I’m a twin.”— Pick-Me-Up. 
Maude: “What’s the luckiest day to 
be born on?” Claude: “ Don’t know ; 
only tried one.”— New York Herald. 
She : “ And were you successful with 
your first case, doctor?” He : “ Y-ye-es. 
The—er—widow paid the bill.”— Punch. 
Friend: “But if there’s no hope of 
saving him, what are you going to per¬ 
form the operation for ? ” Doctor : 
“ $100 1 ” —Brooklyn Life. 
Freddy: “Ma, what is the baby’s 
name?” Ma : “The baby hasn’t any 
name.” Freddy: “Then how did he 
know he belonged here ? ”— Oredit Lost. 
Reporter : “ What shall I say of this 
man who was found shut up in a folding 
bed ?” City Editor : “ Say that he was 
gathered into the fold.”— Randolph 
Enterprise. 
Governess : “Now, Tommie, if you 
had eight sponge cakes and gave baby 
seven, and then took away six, what 
would he have then ? ” Tommie: “A fit 
pretty nearly ! ”— Credit Lost. 
“ How do you come to be celebrating 
your golden wedding, Binks ? You’ve 
only been married three years.” “I 
know,” said Binks; “ but my wife and I 
thought we’d better have it now when 
we really need the gold.”— Harper's 
Bazar. 
“ He : “ The astrologer described you 
exactly, and said that I would marry 
you ” She : “ Don’t you think it was a 
waste of money to consult him ? ” He : 
“Why?” She: “I could have told you 
the same thing myself.”— Brooklyn Life. 
English Tourist (in the far north, 
miles from anywhere): “Do you mean 
to say that you and your family live 
here all the winter ? Why, what do you 
do when any of you are ill? You can 
never get a doctor 1 ” Scotch Shepherd : 
“ Nae, sir, we’ve just to dee a natural 
death.”— Punch. 
The bright boy’s mother is cultivat¬ 
ing his bump of conversation. “ Now, 
Johnny,” holding up a picture card, 
“ shut your eyes and tell me about what 
you saw on this card?” “A cow, a 
barn, a horse,” rattled off the bright 
boy glibly. “ What else ? ” “ Nothin’.” 
“ Oh, yes. Think, now. What did you 
see behind the cow ? ” referring to the 
trees in the background. A moment’s 
reflection. “ Her tail,” shouted Johnny 
ecstatically.— Chautauqua Assembly Her¬ 
ald. 
The lesson was from the prodigal son, 
and the teacher was dwelling on the 
character of the elder brother. “ But 
amid all the rejoicing,” he said, “ there 
was one to whom the preparation of the 
feast brought no joy, to whom the prod¬ 
igal’s return gave no pleasure, but only 
bitterness; one who did not approve of 
the feast being held, and who had no 
wish to attend it. Now, can any of you 
tell me who this was?” There was a 
breathless silence, followed by a vigor¬ 
ous cracking of thumbs, and then from 
a dozen sympathetic little geniuses came 
the chorus : “ Please, sir, it was the fat¬ 
ted calf ! ”— Aberdeen Journal. 
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THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
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MORE CORN 
is actually wasted by indifferent methods of 
feeding than would feed the famine sufferers 
of India. If It were ground on a 
PEERLESS 
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GRINDER 
there could be no waste. It would 
all be consumed. Grinds all grains 
singly or mixed in any 
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asflne oras coarse as 
youwantlt. Justthe 
thing for ear com. 
We also make family 
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50 £IZ EOR CORN 
That's what every bushel of corn is worth after 
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The R. N.=Y. Sewing Machine. 
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We know the quality of the machines, 
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No doubt some of your subscribers are intending 
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We will send this machine, freight 
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Mountains, for $19; ; or with-one year’s 
subscription, new or renewal, for $19.50. 
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waste of grain by grind¬ 
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crushes a grinds ear corn 
coband all and all other 
grain single ormixed,flne or 
coarse as desired, supplies 
power for other purposes 
at the same time. Prices 
and machines both right. 
Illustrated catalogue free. 
None 
Better 
Made. 
VICTORY 
Feed Mill 
Grinds Corn and Cob and 
all kinds of Small Grain. 
Made In four sizes, for 2, 
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Send for catalogue 
and prices. 
THOS. ROBERTS, 
P. O. Box 92. Springfield, O. 
This MILL Does 
all kinds of work fine; on one 
set of grinders without injuring 
them. Handles corn and cob, 
rye, barley, oats and screenings. 
It’s different from all others. 
(A Iso make 6 sizes Beit Power Mills 
2 to 25 H. P.) 
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Steel Axle Farm Wagons,$25. 
Four Buggy Wheels, Steel Tire. $5; Adjustable Car¬ 
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Westchester County, N. Y. 
CONTENTS. 
Rural New-Yorker, October 23,1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cheap Paints for the Farm Buildings.692 
Slaughter House Refuse and Lime.693 
The Value of Manure from Ensilage.693 
A Six-Leafed Clover.695 
Hope Farm Notes.702 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Buff Color in Poultry.690, 691 
The Guernsey Grade Cow.691, 692 
Buckwheat Middlings and Gluten Feed.693 
Sawdustfor Bedding.693 
Various Poultry Questions.693 
Best Grain for Work Horses.702, 703 
Oats, Beans and Ensilage for Sheep.703 
New Plan of Butter Maker.703 
A Poultry Record.703 
Tuberculosis Experience.703 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Apple Growing in Egypt, Ill., Continued.. .689, 690 
Whitewash as Winter Protection.692 
Different Ripening of Red Raspberries.693 
Potash for the Peach.693 
Care of Seed Potato Balls.693 
Evergreens fora Windbreak.693 
How to Keep Vineless Sweet Potatoes.693 
Eradicating Horse Nettle.:.693 
Quality of Japan Plums.695 
A Blighted Apple Tree.695 
A Small Greenhouse.699 
Plants from Seed.699 
The Babylon Willow.699 
Seasonable Notes.699 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.698 
Macaroni and Its Use.698 
The Family Supporter.698 
German Housekeeping Schools.698 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Stone Crusher at Work.689 
Rurallsms.691, 695 
Thoughts on Free Mail Delivery. 695 
Editorials. 696 
Brevities.696 
Among the Marketmen.697 
Cut and Shredded.697 
Business Bits.697 
As We Go To Press.700 
Science from the Stations.700 
Hindsight. 701 
Markets. 701 
Humorous......... 704 
