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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 4, 1896 
Humorous. 
I pressed a kiss upon her hand, 
And there I put the ring; 
She blushed and softly murmured, 
“There’s a place for everything.”— Puck. 
Even the most impulsive women have 
their good traits. An Irishman, mourn¬ 
ing his late wife, tearfully remarked : 
“ Faith, and she was a good woman. She 
always hit me wid the soft ind av the 
broom.”— Modes and Fabrics. 
Inexperienced Rider: “What! you 
wish me to pay in advance ? Are you 
afraid I sha’n’t come back with the 
horse ? ” Proprietor of Livery Stable : 
“ Ahem ! it is just possible the horse will 
come back without you.”— Modes and 
Fabrics. 
She was a smart and pretty girl. She 
wrote the advertising for a large dry 
goods concern in town. Her mind used 
to run so much upon her business that 
one day when she wrote to her lover to 
meet her that night at home she uncon¬ 
sciously added as a postscript: “Come 
early and avoid the rush ! ”— Printer's 
Irik. 
“ Certainly,” said the farmer’s wife 
to Meandering Mike, “I’ll give you 
your breakfast.” “ Thank you, ma’am, 
fur ever an’ ever.” “Suppose,” she 
went on, with a glance at the wood-pile, 
“ that you start in with a chop ?” And 
he turned haughtily away with the re¬ 
mark to the effect that nothing was so 
offensive to a man of taste as an un¬ 
timely and unseemly jest.— Washington 
Star. 
“ Father,” he began, after taking the 
old man out back of the barn, “ your 
years are many.” “ Yes, my sofP.” “ You 
have toiled early and late, and by the 
sweat of your brow you have amassed 
this big farm.” “ That's so, William.” 
“ It has pained me more than I can tell, 
to see you at your age, troubling your¬ 
self with the cares of life. Father, your 
declining years should be spent in the 
old arm chair in the chimney corner.” 
“Yes, William, they should.” “Now, 
father, being you’re old and feeble, and 
helpless, give me a deed of the farm, and 
you and mother live out your few re¬ 
maining days with me and Sally.” “ Wil¬ 
liam,” said the old man, pushing back 
his sleeves, “ 1 think 1 see the drift of 
those remarks. When I am ready to 
start for the poorhouse, I’ll play fool 
and hand over the deed, William.” “ Yes, 
sir.” “ In order to dispel any illusion on 
your part that I am old, and feeble, and 
helpless, I am going to knock down half 
an acre of corn with your heels ! ” And 
when the convention finally adjourned 
William crawled to the haystack and 
cautiously whispered to himself : “ And 
Sally was to broach the same thing to 
ma at the same time. I wonder if she 
is mortally injured or only crippled for 
life.”— New York Telegraph. 
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CONTENTS. 
Rukal New-Yokkkb, July 4, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
How I Grow Turnips.446 
Spraying by Steam Power.446 
How to Fill the Hay Mow.446, 447 
Peas and Oats in Ohio.448 
Canada and Cow Peas Compared.448 
How to Build a Potato Cellar.449 
Crimson Clover in West Florida.450 
Keeping Potatoes.450 
Winter Vetch in Michigan.450 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Vermont Woman’s Dairy Work.445 
Worms in Pigs; Catarrhal Fever in Steer.448 
Indigestion "in a Cow.448 
Skin Disease in a Cat.448 
Estimating Butter by Babcock Test.449 
Duck Notes from a Western Farm.449 
Killing Horns with Potash.450 
“ The American Hog ”.458 
A Talk About Tuberculosis.:.458 
The Horse Trade Out West.458 
The Original Plymouth Rock Poultry.458, 4n9 
The Partridge Cochin Fowl.459 
No Science, but Eggs.459 
Do Dogs Reason ?...4o9 
HORTICULTURAL. 
New Facts about Celery.446 
Insects Found on Grapes.448 
Insects that Work on Strawberries.448 
How to Build a Mushroom House.448, 449 
W T by the Fertilizers Failed.449 
Stub Roots on Trees.450 
Japan Plums and Walnuts.450 
Why Do Trees Split ?.450 
Niagara Grapes in Virginia.453 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Editorials .454 
The Souvenir Sale Table at the County Fair... 454 
A Homemade Clothes Rack.454 
Caring for the Babies.454 
Two Whistling Little Maids.454, 455 
Homemade Cordials.455 
Printed Patchwork.455 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.455 
Summer Hints.455 
A Fly Portiere.455 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
New Swiss Bicycle. 446 
The Bullfrog ; Its Use in the World.447 
More About White Grubs.450 
Hot Water for Ants. 450 
Ruralisms.451 
Editorials.452 
Brevities.452 
Civil Engineering for Boys on the Farm— 
Part VI.453 
What is a “Barrel” ?.453 
Business Bits. 453 
As We Go To Press.456 
Crop and Market Notes. 457 
Condensed Correspondence.457 
Markets.457 
Humorous . 460 
