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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
DEC 27 
Humorous. 
When a wise man said, “ Discretion is 
the better part of valor,” all the cowards 
in the world found a motto for their caps.— 
Atchison Olobe. 
Snooper (quoting Scripture): “ You 
may bray a fool in a mortar.” Simeral: 
“That is true; but most tools do their own 
braying.”—TFest Shore. 
Shattuck: “How are your Bantams 
growing, Dinwiddie ? ” Dinwiddie: “Fine¬ 
ly, finely. They are getting smaller every 
day .”—Chicago Inter-Ocean. 
“ It’s very strange,” observed the Boston 
woman in Washington Market, “ that un¬ 
dressed turkeys are invariably clothed with 
a pinnate growth, while the dressed are 
absolutely nude .”—American Grocer. 
“This,” said Mrs. Barrows, “this dress 
is for my husband’s Chi\j0tmas present.” 
“For him to give you? : £ “No. For me 
to give him. That is, I^ar it, and he 
gets the pleasure of seeini^me in it.”— N. 
Y. Sun. g 
Diplomatic George : *Marie, I have 
come to night to ask you <_■# your hand—I 
— ” “ You ask for a great t il, Mr. Smith- 
era.” “ On the contrary, , s such a very 
little one that-” “ It i ^ours, George, 
dear.”— N. Y. Sun. • 
One Wat to be Blesse*.. —“ You dear 
old blessed ! ” exclaimed Mrs. Soltair, when 
her husband handed her a fine pair of 
diamond earrings for a Christmas gift. 
“ Why do you call me blessed ? ” asked 
Soltair. “Because it is more blessed to 
give than to receive.”— Puck. 
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Rural New-Yorker. December 27. 1890. 
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LIVE 8TOCK AND DAIRY 
The Squawkle Hill Stork Farm.S94 
Live Siock Save the Farm. . 8*1 
Health vs. the Jersey Cow . 898 
Half Blood Buffaloes. .!-98 
Making Pork Rapidly.898 
Felt for Blitter Packages. 901 
Live Stock Notes.904 
Farmer. Daughter, H< n & l o. . SOB 
Poultry Notes..905, 907 
FARM TOPICS 
A Thirty Per Cent Investment. 895 
Thoughts from the Farmers' Institute. 895 
Agriculture in England . 895 
Spouts on Maple Trees.897 
FerilUzer for Potatoes. 897 
Preparing done as a Fertilizer. 897 
Japan Clover. 897 
Apple Trees from North and South . 897 
Questions About Chemicals .897 
special Merits of the Idaho Pear.897 
Improved Process for the Manufacture of Maple 
Molasses. 901 
Thrashing with Horses .9ul 
Potato Planting Tools .901 
Electricity on the Farm . 901 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Grapes and Strawberries for the South.... .898 
WOMAN’S WORK. 
In the Sanctum.902 
Trans'orming the Plgsinto Household Supplies.. 908 
Bags Useful and Ornamental.:. 1*03 
A Few Words About Mopping.90S 
A Note for Young Cooks . ..903 
To Save Buckwheat Caki s Left Trout Breakfast... 9l>3 
Sweet Apples for Mince Pies.903 
MISCELLANEOUS 
R. O. Kedzle M A , M.D. 
A Northern Man Looks at the South. 
A Few Political Notes . 
Some Liquor Questions. 
Agricultural Polities at a Farmers’ Institute 
Political Notes. 
What’s In a Name. 
What Others Say. 
The Rustv Old Saber. 
That Saving Boy Again. 
Meeting of the National Grange. 
Comments. 
Humorous. 
Editorial. 
Bukvitus. 
Publisb ten’s Dusk , 
AOllICULTORAl. NKW8. 
Chop and Makkkt Notes 
Markets. 
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