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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
FEB 8 
The Rural New-Yorker is prepared to 
offer very liberal terms to good, responsi¬ 
ble permanent agents. Correspondence 
solicited. 
LINES ON ETIQUETTE. 
My dearest girl, I beg you'll not 
Begin your sentences “ Oh, say ! ” 
Esche.w likewise “the soup,”. “Oreat Scott!” 
For slang, my love, is not aufait. 
—Carlyle Smith, in Life. 
A waiter girl is different from a poet. 
She is not born—she is maid to order.— De¬ 
troit Commercial. 
“ Arrah ! Where will you find a modern 
building that has lasted as long as the 
ould wan ?”—Lebanon Gazette. 
The man who cannot sing should not be 
made to sing. He will only’ distress the 
balance of the congregation— N. O. Pica¬ 
yune. 
Jimmy, come home, Gran’motlier’s a-dyin’!” 
Tell her to hold on for five minutes; I’ve only one more run to make ! ” 
Mistress : “ Mary, go shoo those chick¬ 
ens out of our yard.” Mistress (later): 
“ Mary, have you shod those chickens yet ? ” 
—Munsey’s Weekly. 
Smith : ‘‘Look here, Brown, we’ll soon 
decide the matter; let’s ask the waiter. 
Waiter, are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable?” 
Waiter: “Neither, sir. Tomatoes is a 
hextra .”—Funny Folks. 
A RED-HOT RADICAL. 
“Maysville Centre, Me., Jan. 23, 1890. 
A Cordial Invitation.— His Honor: 
“What made you steal this gentleman’s 
door mat ?” Prisoner : “ Sure, yer Honor, 
it said ‘ Welcome ’ on it, in letthers as long 
as your ar-r rm.”— Puck. 
Jeems: “Say, Uncle Silas, what yo done 
wid dat setter dog ’Lizer?” Uncle Silas: 
“Nuffin; she done changed her name.” 
“ Whaffor am dat ? ” “ Cause now she am 
fertilizer .”—Texas Siftings. 
Bowker Fertilizer Co., 
Gentlemen:— 
I like your Stockbridge. Used it last year. Didn’t half try for the 
prize. Had no faith. Didn’t even expect to get my pay for the fer¬ 
tilizer. But the result not only surprised me, but a relative, who was a 
conservative old cuss in regard to ‘homoeopathic dung,’ was converted 
to a red-hot radical in advocating its use, and says he is going to make 
all of his potatoes prize acres this year. We all swear by the Stockbridge 
in this section, and the girls are using it for sachet powder. 
PHE'NOIf SODIQUEt 
Instantly Relieves Painl 
Properties are WONDERFUL 
It always quickly heals ACCIDENTAL 
WOUNDS of whatever character, such 
is BURNS, LACERATIONS, CUTS 
MASHED FINGERS, etc. Price,SOcts 
For descriptive, circulars testimonials address thl 
Prop 'rs. HANCE BROS. & WHITE, Philadelphia 
For sale by Druggists & General Merchandise Dealers. 
PIANO FORTES 
UNEQUALLED IIV 
Tone, Touch, Workmanship and Durability. 
WILLIAM KIVABE •& CO.. 
Baltimore, 22 & 21 East Baltimore Street. 
New Youk, 148 Fifth Ave. Washington ,817 M’k’t Space 
Send for Cir- 
Sold by Hardware Dealers Generally. 
“ But why do you call your dog Thir¬ 
teen?” “Don’t you see he’s lame?” 
“ Yes, but what has that to do with it ? ” 
“ Why, he puts down three and carries one, 
doesn’t he?”— Munsey's Weekly. 
Doctor Squills : “ There is nothing 
serious, sir; your wife has merely bit a lit¬ 
tle skin off the end of her tongue.” Mr. 
Henpeck: “ End of her tongue, Great 
Scott! I didn’t know there was any end 
to it.”— County Capital. 
Ethel (from Chicago): “I understand 
you have accepted Mr. Pennyfeather, 
Maude ? ” Maude (of Gotham): “ Yes, and 
we are to be married in the spring.” “ He 
is such a foolish fellow, I wouldn’t be in 
your shoes for anything.” “ You couldn’t 
dear: you couldn’t get your feet into them.” 
—Texas Siftings. 
ITUsSfcUancoutf gVtUTrtising. 
SEED POTATOES 
Choice selected Iloulton, Aroostook Co., 
Maine, Earlv Rose, Beauty of Hebron, and 
all other well known varieties. For sale by 
W. E. DIR YEA'S SONS, 
Produce Commission Merchants, 119 Warren St. N. Y 
want 0 " FARM 
FLORIDA? 
The J.T. & K.W. SYSTEM 
(Railways and Steamers) cover one thousand miles 
territory ; own 
FIVE MILLION ACRES 
S' WE WANT WORKERS. .Jgj 
Good lands sold CUE A P. and first freight and tlekels 
FREE to actual settlers only. Address 
J. R. PARROTT, rts 
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. 
The WM. H. MOON CO 
MORRISVJLLK, DUCKS CO., PA.. 
Nurserymen and Landscape Architects. 
........P ffer 811 Immense stock of ail kinis of 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, i'Vi'vl 
A 48-page descriptive Illustrated Catalogue FRE 
YOUR CLOVER AND TIMOTHY 
WITH THE 
i-“ 
Leo. 
MICHIGAN WHEELBARROW SEEDEI 
bend forcircnlar describing latest iinprovemem 
HOMER RpAn CART & SEEDER CO., Homer, MicI 
Yours, FRED S. WIGGIN.” 
Sir. Wiggln took the third prize in the great potato contest of the American 
Agriculturist, his yield being 537% bushels; he was beaten, however, by Mr. Coy by 
201 bushels, he raising on Stockbridge alone 73S& bushels, and taking the grand prize of 
$1,100. The Stockbridge Manures thus won over all other fertilizers, as they produced 
a yield In one crop on a single measured acre larger by fat than any other crop raised 
on any other fertilizer, or on stable manure, or on both combined. 
BOWKER FERTILIZER COMPANY, BOSTON AND NEW YORK. 
No engraving can do justice to the unique and peer¬ 
less beauty of this NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM. Imagine plants 
completely studded with balls of llowers one foot in 
circumference, whose petals curve gracefully inwaid, 
and which in turn are dotted with a peculiar hairy-like 
growth, the whole resembling, more than anything 
KS* else, masses of SNOW-WHITE OSTRICH PLUMES, and you then 
begin to form some idea of the beauty of this royal 
r A'SAB flower. Your garden will not be complete this season 
ifitdoesnotcontain the “OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM.” 
.(Plain and full instructions for culture with each order.) 
PRICE.—For fine plants, certain to bloom, 40c. each, 
three plants for $ 1 ; seven plants for $2; twelve plants 
for $3. Free by mail. 
g*j^p=E>With every order for a single plant or more will 
be sent gratis oursuperb Catalogue of “EVERYTHING 
FOR THE GARDEN " (the price of which is 25 cents), on con¬ 
dition that you will say in what paper you saw this ad¬ 
vertisement. Club orders for THREE, SEVEN or TWELVE 
plants can have the Catalogue sent,when desired, to the 
SEPARATE ADDRESS of each member comprising themes* 
club, provided always that the paper is named. GvtA. 
The "Ostrich Plume” 
.CHRYSANTHEMUM 
_ (Mrs. Alpheus Hardy). _ 
PETER HENDERSONSCOSeNEVYYORK 
To our friends who have not already received it, we are ready to mail 
our NEW CATALOGUE of 
HIGH CLASS SEEDS 
For 1890. 
Containing all the Novelties of the Season, both in Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds. 
J.M. Thorburn&C o.J5 JohnS: NewYork. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
DO YOU IWANT THE. BEST? 
Then send lor a Catalogue of the only 
herd in which 100 Cows have averaged 
19 lbs. and 18 have averaged 24 lbs. oi 
batter per week. In which 90 Cows 
have averaged IG,019 lbs. of milk per 
year. 
Clydesdale, Percheron, French Coach, 
American-bred Coach, Standard-bred 
Trotters, of the best and most Popular 
Breeding. 
Also Berkshire and Cheshire Swine. 
Separate Catalogues of Horses and Cattle. Prices 
low for high quality of stock. (In writing mention 
this paper.) 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB, 
SYRACUSE. IV. Y. 
F^ENCri o COACH HORSES. 
. NOME: BETTER. 
catalogue free. 
JohnW.Akin, Sc -^Jo i n y 
If you intend ty buy a 
hay car(of which \v» make 
three (3) styles), a grap¬ 
pling Fork or a Sulky 
Plow, send for prices, 
etc., to 
Fowler i Farrington, 
Tauxhannock Falls. IV. Y. 
II TTILL rai. 
Write for our Large 
Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue showing fruits 
of 24 years in the hay 
field, how to build hav 
barns and sheds, and 
other valuable infor¬ 
mation. Also our new 
Se I f- Compressing 
Sling, which takes half a load olany khid of* hav*r 
fodder at a time, leaving no litterings whatever, 
and lays it In the mow or on the stack just ns it lay 
on the load. Write 1VOVV. before losing address. 
LOUDEN MACHINERY CO., Fairfield. Iowa. 
GRIND K ll a 
pUll I II U Oyster Shell*, 
t"rahn.m Hour & i^oriio.inthe 
<5HJNDMILL' 1 rt!S* 
in keeping Poultry! Also P _ 
FA IOI FEE!) MILLS. Circulars and testimonials 
vent on application. WILSON BROS. Easton. Pa, 
