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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 11, 1907, 
HUMOROUS 
Little Willie, tired of play. 
Pushed sister in the well one day; 
Said Mother, as she drew the water, 
“’Tis difficult to raise a daughter.” 
—Harper’s Weekly. 
“What did you get out of your garden 
last year?” “Not a week went by that I 
didn’t have one of my neighbor’s chickens 
for dinner.’—Life. 
The Fare: “How dare you use such 
terrible language to the poor horse!” 
The Cabby: “Can’t help it, mum; but if 
you was a real lady you wouldn’t under¬ 
stand it.”—Sketch. 
“Effie,” said Margie, who was labori¬ 
ously spelling words from a first reader, 
“how can I tell which is a ‘d’ and which 
is a ‘b’?” “Why,” replied Effie, wisely, 
“the ‘d’ has its tummy on its back.”— 
Harper’s Weekly. 
“Our new chef,” said the manager of 
the restaurant, stopping to chat with the 
patron who had deep lines between his 
eyebrows, “is a wonder. I really believe 
the man could take an old rubber shoe 
and make an appetizing dish of it.” 
“That so?” asked the patron, tapping 
meditatively with his fork upon the steak 
that had been served him. “Suppose you 
tell the waiter to take this steak back, and 
ask the chef to fix up a rubber shoe for 
me.”—Modern Society. 
“Mister,” said the bruised and battered 
man, as he entered the newspaper office, 
“I want you to stop my paper. I can’t 
stand the comic page.” “Wliy,” replied 
the clerk, in surprise, “our comic page 
is conceded to be the funniest out.” 
"That’s just it, young man; it is too 
funny. Why, last night while I was read¬ 
ing some of the jokes in the kitchen I 
started to laugh and, by gum, I laughed 
so loud I tilted my chair too far back, 
upset six jars of gooseberry preserves, 
knocked down the stove and killed the 
cat. Then the old woman came near 
killing me. So I reckon you better stop 
the paper.”—Chicago News. 
The usual large crowd was gathered 
at the New York end of the Brooklyn 
Bridge waiting for trolley cars. An 
elderly lady, red in the face, flustered 
and fussy, dug her elbows into conveni¬ 
ent ribs, irrespective of owners. A fat 
man on her left was the recipient of a 
particularly vicious jab. She yelled at 
him, “Say!” He winced slightly and 
moved to one side. She, too, side¬ 
stepped and thumped him vigorously on 
the back. “Say,” she persisted, “does it 
make any difference which of these cars 
I take to Greenwood Cemetery?” “Not 
to me, madam,” he answered, slipping 
through an opening in the crowd.— 
Everybody’s Magazine. 
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Hay 
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__ THE LOUDEN JUNIOR 
Always ready. Never out of repair. The 
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39 BROADWAY, FAIRFIELD, IOWA 
AT LAST A 
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We have a few new Fairbanks Engines 
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Gasoline Enelnes, Wood Sawing Outfits, Ensilage 
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30 DAYS 
ON THIS 
Woodpecker 
99 
AN ENGINE THAT W0EKS 
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GASOLINE 
ENGINES, 
HALF PRICE 
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Wrightsville, Pa. 
Well 
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CUTAWAY TOOLS FOR LARGE HAY CROPS. 
Clark’s Reversible 
Bush & Bog Plow 
Outs a track 5 ft. wide, 
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DOUBLE ACTIONS JOINTED POLE CUTA 
co 
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3 USE 
FOR i 
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HARROW 
CO. 
HIGGANUM 
CONN. U. S. A. 
pa 
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Jointed Pole takes all weight off Horses 
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, furrow 5 to 10 in. deep, 14 in. 
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thistle or any foul plant. 
Send for circulars to the 
CUTAWAY HARROW CO.. 39 Main St.. Higganum, Conn. 
PRICE QUOTED TO YOU DIRECT 
LESS Than Factory Price to Dealer 
1 ON ORICHNAL LY NEW AMERICAN CULTIVATOR. 
ON THE ONLY 
ORIGINAL 
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No dealer can supply you, lor 
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AMERICAN HARROW CO. 
1651 Hastings Street, 
Detroit, Michigan. 
