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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 3 
Wonderful Watches, 
WALTHAM REPEATERS, 
SWEET BELLS THAT 
STRIKE THE HOURS 
AND MINUTES. 
Sold to Subscribers Only. 
The best watch ever made is probably 
a Waltham Repeater. After years of 
labor and the expenditure of a large 
amount of money, the Waltham Watch 
Company perfected and placed upon the 
market a number of these watches, but 
the cost of production is so great that they 
cannot be made profitably and now but 
650 movements remain (men’s size only). 
No more will be made and these will be 
sold at a reduced price to close them out, 
and are offered only to the subscribers 
of a few first-class newspapers. The 
works are full jeweled, thoroughly ad¬ 
justed and contain patent micrometer 
regulator and every improvement known. 
Any person can regulate them without 
trouble. The principal feature of these 
watches is the striking arrangement. 
This consists of two silver-toned bells 
which strike the hours and minutes 
whenever a spring on the outside of the 
watch is moved. In a crowd, in the dark 
and in hundreds of other situations the 
time can be told without removing the 
watch from the pocket. These bells do 
not add to the size of the watch. The 
works alone are said to'be well worth 
$150. Hunting cases are being made for 
them of solid 14k gold stiffened with 
fine composition metal for the better 
protection of the works. These cases 
will be done about July 1. The watches 
will be kept in order for a year gratis, 
by the makers. In order to get one of 
these watches you should register your 
name at once, but registration of name 
does not imply any obligation to pur¬ 
chase. Our price, to subscribers only, 
sent by mail or express, insured and 
guaranteed, will be Eighty Dollars. 
Special catalogue free on application. 
WB WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW! 
If you don't see what you want . ask for it. 
Retail Hay Pktces.—C an The Rural tell the 
growers who are among Its readers what the small 
buyers In New York city pay for the hay whloh Is 
quoted at 90 to 95 cent. In the columns of the paper ? 
O. S. P. 
Ans.— From a bill rendered by a retailer to a truck¬ 
man we quote: Hay 95 cents per 100 pounds This Is 
claimed to be the best bay. but we surmise that It Is 
not, but would probably class nearer No. 2 There 
Isn't a great profit made In hay, though the location 
of the dealer and the class of customers make some 
difference In his charges. From the same bill we 
quote No. 1 white oats, 4(1 cents; No. 1 mixed oats, 42 
cents, and bran, 40 cents per bag. 
Medical and Klbctrical Ht7mbttos.— Are the 
following companies or concerns honorable, or are 
they humbugs? [Here follow the names of five 
medical and electric appliance concerns whose ad¬ 
vertisements are not usually found In reputable 
papers.— Eds.] They have been sending their circu¬ 
lars all over the country, and I thought It best to 
make some Inquiry before taking any stock In them. 
If none of these is good, will The Rural mention 
some which It knows to be all right ? o. h. k. 
Ans. After considerable trouble, we have suc¬ 
ceeded In getting copies of the circulars and cata¬ 
logues of all but one of these firms. They are prac¬ 
tically all of one character, and are such concerns 
as no self-respecting man would think of patroniz¬ 
ing. They all profess to cure those diseases about 
which, from their character, one hesitates to consult 
his family physician. Further, they all lay such 
stress upon unimportant symptoms, and draw such 
fearful pictures of the consequences of neglecting 
them, that one having any faith In their assertions 
might easily be frightened into placing himself In 
their hands for treatment. They all have medicines 
or Instruments to sell at extravagantly high prices. 
Of course, each characterizes all other concerns of 
like character as charlatans and quacks, and recom¬ 
mends Its own appliances as the only safe and cer- ~ 
tain ones. Each concern usually has an M. D. with 
an Imposing array of additional titles to give It the 1 
proper professional appearance. Sometimes, too, aj 
Rev. Is added to give character to Its management.,^ 
As to taelf being aonorable, or humbugs, ou--| J 
readers may draw their own inferences. We wouldn’t 
patronize them under any circumstances. The R. 
N.-Y. has refused their advertisements repeatedly; 
this, to those familiar with the paper, Is sufficient 
guarantee of our opinion. Strictly speaking, they 
are humbugs, because they obtain money by mis¬ 
representation; yet there Is little doubt that they 
will do Just as they agree to do In their circulars. 
The only recommendation we would make is for our 
friends to consult a reputable physician of their 
acquaintance. 
Labor on Holidays again.—I n The Rural of 
March 18 I note the answer to P. W. J.’s question If 
“a man working by the month can collect wages for 
holidays while off ‘ on a bum.’” You ask. “Why 
not?” Taking a Yankee’s prerogative, I will ask you 
by what principle of right must I pay another for a 
day’s work which he never does for me? Can any Bet 
of men so legislate as to compel me to pay any man 
II for a day's work he never does for me? If they 
constitutionally can enact a law which obliges me to 
pay one man for a day’s work he has never done, can 
they not Just as rightfully make me pay him for 10, 
50, 100, or more days’ work whloh he has not done? 
Need they limit It to one man? Why cannot they 
make It 50 or 100? With equal Justice may they not 
legislate that another man must pay me for a sheep, 
a cow or a horse whloh he has not had from me? 
The writer asks: “Were you the hired man, how 
would you feel to be compelled to work holidays or 
lose your time while others are off having a good 
time?” I do not knowhow P. W. J. would feel, but I 
know that those "others having a good time” had to 
lose their time, that neither I nor any one else could 
rightfully be obliged to pay them wages for their 
“good” time and If I were one of them and did not 
care enough about having a “good time” to be con¬ 
tent to lose my day's wages. I ought not to expect 
some other man to stand the loss for my pleasure. I 
certainly cannot s^e how T could be Justified In tak¬ 
ing the day for mv own Pleasure and then Insist that 
my employer must nay me for that day the same as 
If I had worked. Whv not legislate that the employee 
should pay the employer for his holidays? Often¬ 
times he Is better able to do so. If one man can 
legally collect pay for Idle days, why not all others? 
Vermont. VERDES. 
Ans.-'T he writer of the preceding note seems In¬ 
clined to find fault with the answer referred to. The 
writer of that answer didn’t make the law: he an¬ 
swered the question according to the law as It stands 
on the statute books of New York State, and as It 
will probably be found In most of the other States. 
In New York, a man who works bv the hour or day 
oan collect par only for the actual time during which 
he worked. If he works bv the week, month or year, 
he can cM’ect nav for the full time, holldavs In¬ 
cluded. In some kinds of employment, employees 
must render certain services on holidays nnd Sun¬ 
days: for Instance, on a farm, the live stock must 
he fed «nd cared for, cows ml'ked etc., but the em¬ 
ployer can exact no work on these days except sr-ch 
as Is absolutely necessary, and he can deduct no 
part of a man’s wages for his refusal to do other 
than necessary work. This Is the law whether It ts 
founded noon a “ principle of right,” or not. As to 
whether “any set of men can so legls'ate.” thev have 
done so. Not only must the employer nay for one dar, 
hut for as many as are made lwgal holidays. Not only 
Isonp man entitled to the holidays,hut all employees, 
whether one ora thousand. As to the question of 
exacting pay for live stock not delivered, that la not 
a parallel case. Such a law would compel a man to 
pay for what he does not receive. In the case of the 
holiday business, the lawls on the statute books, and 
the man is hired udder the law as It stands. No one 
Is compelled to htre under those conditions, but If he 
doesn't wish to nay for holidays he is at liberty to 
make a contract with his employee that he shall 
have nay only for the time actually gtvpn. 
In regard to the whole matter, If both employers 
and employees would be governed more bv the 
Golden Rule, both would get along with less friction. 
The writer of this has had considerable experience 
both as a hired man and as an employer. Retook 
the holldavs as a matter of right In the former case, 
and Just as willingly granted them In'the latter. As 
a hGed man he worked several veavs for one farmer, 
was always considered as one of the faml v, went 
with them to picnics, excursions, the agricultural 
fairs, etc., and never had *he time deducted. He has 
also staid at home and looked after things on a holi¬ 
day when all the other members of the family wished 
to be away, milked all of a large herd of cows, be¬ 
sides attending to all the other chores, and did It 
willingly. He alwavs received the highest going 
wages, and has In time of pressure In haying and 
harvesting worked half the night and done this 
willingly. He always made It a point to look after 
everything around the farm, and the house, too, as 
though It were his own. All extra services were will¬ 
ingly rendered, but he knows of farmers to whom 
they would not have been, and the farmer who would 
begrudge the faithful hired man his legal holidays, 
lsllkely to be one of the latter class. The fact of 
the matter Is that no farmer who cares anything for 
the associates be brings Into his family will hire a 
man who “goes off on a bum” as described by our 
former correspondent. 8uch a man Is untrustworthy, 
and Is very likely to prove unprofitable at any time, 
not to mention the demoralizing tendency of his 
presence on the farm and In the house. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Broilers are lower. 
Spring ducks have taken quite a drop. 
Hay Is higher under very light receipts. 
Dried fruits are dull on account of the preference 
for green fruit. 
The hop market Is extremely quiet, and little trad¬ 
ing Is being done. 
Nearly all kinds of vegetables are In full supply 
and lower In price. 
The receipts of domestic potatoes are mostly of 
new Southern stock. 
Receipts of live poultry were very light, prices ad¬ 
vancing In consequence. 
| Huckleberries and blackberries are becoming quite 
ja feature In the markets. 
There can’t be much money to the grower at the 
present prices of cabbages. 
Snow fell Wednesday on a territory 200 miles east 
and west of Ishpemlng, Mich. 
The price of every grade of evaporated and dried 
apples Is lower, except chops, and cores and skins. 
Connecticut retail butchers have been notified that 
wholesale prices of meats are to be still further In¬ 
creased. 
The experiment of working the convicts on the 
public highways Is to be tried In the vicinity of Clin¬ 
ton prison, N. Y. 
Beans are up and down. Marrows and Red Kid¬ 
neys are scarce and higher; other varieties are dull 
and a trifle lower. 
The Fruit Buyers’ Union of this city claims that 
the Importers “doctor” the samples from which their 
sales at auction are made. 
A fanning mill agent Is reported to have swindled 
the farmers of a single Ohio county out of $50,000 
Took tho wind out of the sales, as It were. 
So many deer were killed in one locality In north¬ 
ern Michigan during the past winter that It seriously 
Interfered with the business of the butchers. 
Strawberries have averaged of poorer quality, and 
prices range lower. The belt of supply moves slowly 
northward. Supplies are ample for all demands. 
Minneapolis flouring mills last week ground only 
24,164 barrels. For the corresponding time In 1892 the 
output was 173,115 barrels; in 1891,112,520 barrels. 
The first box of California cherries for 1893 was 
shipped May 1 to the Duke of Veragua, In care of the 
managers of the California exhibit at the World’s 
Fair. 
And now a Massachusetts man has been caught In 
the horse flesh business. If those who engage In this 
You have noticed 
faded. 
1 economizes 
Others always look bright, 
with “cheap” mixed 
that some houses always 
seem to need repainting; 
they look dingy, rusted, 
dean, fresh. The owner of the first 
paints, etc.; the second paints with 
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The first spends three times as much for paint in five years, and his build¬ 
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Almost everybody knows that good paint can only be had by using 
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“CORNELL ” (Buffalo) 
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“ECKSTEIN” (Cincinnati) 
“JEWETT ” (New York) 
“ KENTUCKY ” (Louisville) 
“FAHNESTOCK” (Pittsburgh) 
“ LEWIS ” (Philadelphia) 
“ MORLEY ” (Cleveland) 
“RED SEAL” (St. Louis) 
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“SHIPMAN ’’(Chicago) 
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“ ULSTER ” (New York) 
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