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THE RURAL'NEW-YORKER. 
November 7, 1896 
Humorous. 
Writs of attachment—Love letters.— 
Boston 'Transcript. 
The temperance Irishman is said to 
have remarked, when confronted with 
the passage, I Timothy, 5: 23, “ An’ sure, 
me name is not Timothy, and me stomach 
does not ache.”— The Safeguard. 
“I know that age is telling on me,” 
said Miss Searleaf. “Yes, dear; hut 
you needn’t mind so very much. It isn’t 
telling the whole truth,” replied Miss 
Caustique.— Modes and Fabrics. 
Bobbie had been studying his dear old 
grandfather’s wrinkled face for a long 
time. “ Well, Bob,” said the old gentle¬ 
man, “ do you like my face?” “Yes, 
grandpa,” said Bobby, “ it’s an awfully 
nice face. But why don’t you have it 
ironed ? ”— Harper's Bazar. 
“ This X ray is doing wonders for 
mankind.” “ Yes,” replied his wife, “ it 
has done lots for mankind. Maybe it 
will be developed in the course of time 
to where it will enable womankind to 
see whether her hat is on straight or 
not without looking in the glass.”— 
Washington Star. 
In the biography of Dr. Hawtrey, a 
famous English schoolmaster, there is a 
description of his unkempt appearance, 
with a comment which has been greatly 
quoted. It is said that he was scolding, 
for being late at morning lesson, some 
boy, who replied that he had no time to 
dress. “ But I can dress in time,” said 
the doctor. “ Yes,” replied the boy, 
“ but I wash.”— Argonaut. 
The train was nearing Detroit when, 
at a way station, a young man, dressed 
in the height of fashion and carrying a 
summer overcoat, stepped on board and 
went through the cars as if looking for 
some one. He stopped once or twice at 
a seat occupied by a farmer-looking man 
who attracted his attention. Finally he 
asked politely : “ Is this Mr. Sam Gar¬ 
land, of Beanville, Ohio?” “Yes. 
’Spose you read my name on my valise, 
hey ? ” “ No, uncle ; I’m your nephew, 
Hal Garland, of Detroit.” “I guess not 
I reckon 1 ain’t lived 55 years not to hev 
my eye-teeth cut. An’ I ain’t got a 
nevvy that looks sech a dude as you air, 
not by a long shot.” The young man 
colored, but laughed good naturedly. 
“ I can find some one on the train who 
knows me,” he said. And going into 
another car, soon returned with a youth 
who was of his own age and style. 
“ This is my friend, Mr. Sampson, uncle. 
Perhaps you remember his father, who 
came from Beanville?” “ Howdy, Mr. 
Confederate ! I remember Jim Sampson 
fust rate, but he warn’t no relation of 
yours. I’m right sorry, boys, that I 
can’t cash that check of yours. I reckon 
the goods will have to stay in the freight 
house. Y T ou see, your old uncle has 
traveled afore.” The two young men 
went oil laughing, and the nephew who 
had been taken so persistently for a 
confidence man had the satisfaction of 
seeing his uncle take the wrong car, 
and of saying to a friend : “ The next 
time mother sends me to meet some of 
her country relatives I’ll take her along. 
I know the old man will bring up at the 
police station.”— Detroit Free Press. 
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Rural Nbw-Yorker, November 7, 1896. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Long Island Potato Field.733, 734 
Blooded Potatoes in the West.734 
Phosphoric Acid and Lime for Clover.736 
Silo or Shredder for the Corn.737 
Clover Growing in Indiana.737 
Unripe Corn; Crimson or Red Clovers.737 
A Compost of House Refuse.737 
Swamp Muck and Manure.737 
The Vineless Yam.738 
Metal Wheels for Wagons.739 
An Improved Combination Machine.741 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
One Woman's Poultryhouse.734, 735 
Some Poultry Notes.735 
Improved Stock.735 
The New Jersey Experiment Station Treat¬ 
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A Mill \iy,/ Machine at Last.736 
The Ne'v iorseshoers’ Law.736, 737 
Alcohoi for Regulating Incubators.738 
More Prize Butter.739 
What Ails These Pullets?.741 
What Is Milk Fever?.741 
My Favorite Breed of Stock. 746, 747 
Disinfection for Tuberculosis.747 
Angora Goats in Texas.747 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Southern Peach Trees at the North.734 
The Hardy Pear. 737 
Peaches for Pennsylvania.737 
Root-grafted Apple Trees.737 
More About Apple Jelly.737 
Something About Dahlias.737 
Another Strawberry Barrel.738 
Those Second-Crop Strawberries. 738 
The McIntosh Apple Under Comparison.738 
What Ails the Apple Orchard ?.741 
Apples from Wyoming.741 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
The Biography of a Bedbug.742 
By the Wav.742 
Washing Blankets.742, 743 
Patterns for R. N.-Y. Readers.743 
“It” .743 
Hickory-Nut Macaroons.743 
The Best Stimulant. 743 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Old Tariffs and New. 737 
Song Birds and Sentiment.738, 739 
A Queer Accident. 739 
Ruralisms.739 
Editorials.740 
Brevities.740 
Notes from American Institute Fair.741 
Business Bits.741 
As We Go To Press.744 
The Rise in Wheat.744, 745 
Among the Marketmen.745 
Markets.745 
Crop and Market Notes..745 
Humorous. 748 
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