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i lie Rural New-Yorker is prepared to 
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solicited. 
THE FAITHFUL SPOUSE. 
Whenever Boggs came home at night 
Appearing worse for wear, 
He told his wife that he got tight. 
B cause it banished care. 
He ssid: -•* My darling Mary Ann; 
It makeB me quite another man ” 
One.night the door was tightly locked. 
And though he raised a din. 
As loud he called and louder knocked. 
She would not let him in. 
“ A faithful wife,” said Mary Ann, 
"Cannot admit another man.” 
— Washington Capital 
A SWEEPING DEMONSTRATION— the cham¬ 
bermaid.— Weekly Nonpareil. 
Flat Nonsense.—E xpecting the comforts 
of a home in an apartment house. — Com¬ 
mercial Bulletin. 
“I am learning ze language varey fast. 
Ze little boy zare a-spinning his top. He is 
a spinster—eh Joker's Olio. 
Republics were ever ungrateful. We 
p ut our great men on postage stamps and 
then punch their heads. —Philadelphia 
Ledger. 
Not Her Fault. — “What an enigma 
you are, Nelli” “Why?” “I never 
know how to take you.” “You’ve never 
tried.”— Life. 
Said the Cook to the Footman : “It’s 
a great use that pepper has in the kitchen.” 
“Yes,” was the reply, “but the nutmeg 
has a grater.”— Michigan Farmer. 
“What is the use of that girl bangin’ 
away on the piano, Maria?” “Practice, 
John, 1 practice makes perfect.’ ” “ perfect 
what—pandemonium ? ”— Harper's Bazar. 
Teacher : “ Anonymous means without 
a name ; write a sentence showing you un¬ 
derstand how to use the word.” Small 
girl writes—“ Our new baby is anony¬ 
mous. ’ ’—Michigan Farmer. 
Sudden Removal.— Stranger (in Kan¬ 
sas): “Can you direct me to the county 
seat?” Mr. Dugout (sadly): “ No-o I 
em’t, stranger. There was a cyclone here 
last week and I ain’t heard yit whar the 
county seat went to.”— Life. 
Teacher (who believes in seasonable ex¬ 
ercises. and who has been having the chil¬ 
dren read about poultry): “And now can 
any one tell me what poultry means ? ” 
New pupil (confidently): “Yes.’m. Poultry 
is something you read aloud!”— Lowell 
Citizen. 
A Holiday Experience.— Stephens: 
“ Why, George, what is the matter ? Your 
coat is torn, your hat crushed, and your¬ 
self well-nigh a physical wreck. Have you 
been the victim of footpads ? ” Victim : 
“ Worse than that. I’ve been shopping with 
my wife and got caught in the crush 
around a bargain counter.”— New York 
Press. 
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PASrcUattFoujs gUrrirtising. 
THE PRIZE CROPS. 
STOCKBHIDGE MAHURES WIN OVER ALL OTHER FERTILIZERS. 
hotograph of some of the Potatoes raised by Mr. C B. Coy, Presque Isle. Me., on Stockhridge Potato 
Manure exclusively, winning the Grand Prize of *1,100 tor the best a<-'e of potatoes. 
Yield, 738)$ bushels. See his affidavit below. / 
MR. COY’S AFFIDAVIT. /- 
I, Ch»rles B. Coy of Presque Isle, In the county of Aroostook, State of Ma'nty oath, depose and say that in 
the spring of 1888 I planted one acre of potatoes on my farm in said Presque \ aslng one ton of Siockbrldge 
Potato Manure; that the yield of said acre was seven hundred thirty eight bf Js and twenty-five pounds of 
potatoes, sixty poun Is to the bushel. This was upon sod land broken up in t All of 1888. 
Aroostook, ss. / Amd) CHARLES B. Coy 
Subscribed and sworn to before m» 26th day ot October, a i>„ 1889. 
(Signed) Frank' . ~-toBKRTs, Justice < f the Peace. 
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Herbert Myrlck, Agricultural Fdltor, f -gyinou, Maine, December 2 , I8S9. 
hut : Yours ot 23d duly received You will see by the heading of / getter that I live in Caribou, but am 
well acquainted with Charles B. Coy. the gentleman you referred to./ have always found him an honest, 
upright, square mau. You asked if I believed the report. I have not/ ^slightest doubt, as I saw the acre • f 
potatoes measured and harvested, it was measured by a surveyor wno’Yiolds an appointment from the state 
tor general surveying He was very particular and measured very exact. The prize crop certificate required 
a space of six feet w ide, dug and cleated of all vines and tubers, which was done. The acre of potatoes was 
dug. assorted an t weighed on a platform sea>e (the scale being first tested to be correct). Each barrel being 
weighed, and as soon as it was emptied it was weighed again and subtracted, leaving the net weight of pota¬ 
toes. The amount w as divided by 6n, the number of pounds in a bushel. There was none measured by bulk 
I am satisfied that Mr. C B. Coy did not add any other potatoes to the amount dug from the prize acre, neither 
wished to do so If he had a chance. He was very particular in every respect to comply with all the require¬ 
ments In the prize ciop competition. Also would say that the measuring of ground, harvesting of potatoes, 
weighing of potatoes and empties (the witnesses doing all ihe weighing), and when complete, they swore to the 
above to be correct. I think if you could have seen ihe potatoes as the) laid on the ground, vou could not doubt 
the report. (Signed) DANIKL PALMER. 
We would add that we did not know Mr. Coy, and never heard of him until his yield 
had been reported to the American Agriculturist. He was an entire stranger to us, and 
purchased his fertilizer in the open market. We also took pains to investigate the matter, 
and all the information which we obtained bore out the statements made by Mr. Palmer 
in his letter to Mr. Myrick. The Justice of the Peace, before whom the solemn oaths were 
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