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May  27,  1916. 
T5he  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
that  they  might  know  that  T  meant  busi¬ 
ness,  This  I  sent  and  received  a  small 
apron  as  a  sample  and  instructions.  I 
sent  the  dollar  ashed  for  and  received  an 
apron  to  be  made,  which  I  made  and  re¬ 
turned  to  them.  Not  bearing  from  them 
I  wrote  them  and  they  replied  l hat  they 
would  look  up  the  apron.  I  never  ex- 
Sometimes  such  letters  are  signed  Peftt  to  get  my  dollar,  but  feel  that  some- 
v9  <<r>  ,  „  ,  .  thing  should  be  done  to  prevent  others 
iber.  Reader,  etc.,  indicating  from  taken  in.  (MBS.)  F.  n.  L. 
-  writer  feared  the  name  might  be  Maine. 
■d.  \Ye  never  do  this  without  per-  work-at-homo  schemes  all  bear 
Full  uumc  aud  address  Should  ^  samo  eal.markg  w„  pllMish  this 
apiu.li  ou  rr t ry  e  el .  o  l  trausactjon  Sl)  our  readers  will  recoguise 
how  important  this  is,  in  our  f  • 
,  .  ,  „  .  . _ them  when  the  literature  falls  mto  then 
itum  department  we  are  holding  ,  ...  .. 
„  *  ,  .  .  j,  hands.  We  suggest  using  Anti-rake 
£100  sent,  us  during  the  past  five  . 
, .  ,  ,  ..  ,  stamps  on  the  publications  carrying  such 
presumably  by  subscribers  who  ‘  *  .  1 
, _ : _ advertisiug. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
Legal  Questions 
Change  of  Boundary 
A  sells  his  farm,  reserving  four  acres 
16  rods  wide  by  40  rods  long.  After  20 
years  or  more  B  becomes  the  owner  of 
said  four  acres.  Can  the  owner  of  the 
A  farm  compel  I!  to  move  the  40-rod 
fence  on  the  south,  after  the  period  has 
elapsed?  If  a  surveyor  wore  to  survey 
the  said  four  acres,  where  would  he  get 
his  bearings?  Would  it  not  be  natural 
to  begiu  in  the  highway?  W.  F.  G. 
New  York. 
Without  further  particulars  about  the 
original  locating  of  the  feuee  where  it  is, 
one  cannot  give  you  a  definite  answer,  al¬ 
though  the  chances  are  that  the  present 
owner  of  the  A  farm  cannot  now  compel 
the  removal  of  the  fence.  The  general 
rule  is.  for  example,  that  if  a  grantor 
attempt  to  reserve  simply  “four  acres” 
out  of  the  larger  tract,  without  any 
further  description,  that  part  of  the  deed 
is  probably  void ;  but  if  the  parties  fence 
in  or  stake  off  the  piece  intended,  their 
location  of  it  gives  efficacy  to  the  con¬ 
veyance.  And  where  this  boundary  has 
been  acquiesced  in  for  over  20  years  A 
would  probably  not  be  allowed  to  make  a 
change  now.  The  highway  would  he  as 
“natural”  a  place  as  any  to  begin.  A 
corner  might  be  just  as  good. 
Three  Score  Years 
and  Ten 
au  our  euoirs  to  uace  tu.  qd  jnne  27  I  answered  an  advertise- 
h  case  has  been  of  no  avail.  ment  jn  tjlc  “New  York  World”  for 
board  and  mother’s  care  wanted  for  four 
give  me  the  address  of  the  children  from  July  2  till  Sept.  2  for  $00 
of  Foods  and  Markets  of  pei.  month.  Wednesday  of  the  following 
S.  w.  M.  week  a  lady  called  me  on  Ihe  'phone,  said 
she  was  Mrs.  McDonald  of  745  St. 
;s  of  the  Department  is  204  Nicholas  Ave.,  and  that  she  liked  my  let- 
v„,,  Ym-U-  All  shinments  ter,  and  she  and  her  husband  would  bring 
N*W  Y°'k\  the  children  on  the  following  day  and  if 
addressed,  but  it  is  ad\is-  ^liey  liked  the  place  they  would  leave 
;  them  before  making  ship-  them.  Well,  they  came  and  were  very 
*et  full  information  as  to  much  impressed  with  place  and  left  the 
children.  It  started  to  rain  very  heavily 
and  they  had  an  opportunity  to  go  to  the 
,  ,  ,  .  f  station  in  au  “auto”  ami  left  so  hurriedly 
ml  copy  of  advertisement  of  j  ba(1  no  tiinc,  to  tel)  them  I  wanted 
n%  Saratoga  Springs,  IS.  tln*m  to  pay  mo  in  advance.  A  week 
me  setting  of  eggs.  I  re-  the  following  Sunday  the  father, 
ggs,  but  think  they  are  in-  lllorjl(,r  and  grandmother  came  out, 
ey  are  small,  being  not  as  st uycrl  to  dinner  and  had  a  very  enjoy- 
Leghorn  eggs,  and  I  would  ab]‘e  ()uv  ;ul(i  as  they  were  going  home  I 
setting  such  eggs  mjself.  expjaiued  conditions,  saying  I  had  five 
your  ^bsei'ibers  don  t  send  smap  children,  help  to  pay,  horses  to 
Meade  Mather.  Publish  this  aad  ;1  great  deal  of  expense  and  at 
t  of  your  readers  and  mves-  tMg  timp  of  >vt.ar  i  was  short  of  money, 
f  he  is  F.  1; .  McAvoy  its  SQ  s|1(,  W;i  ir],  "Why  of  course  I  must  be,” 
the  lost  Office  Department  ar)(]  silP  would  mail  me  a  check  when 
j.  E.  s.  sjje  reached  home.  No  check  came  all 
•  week  and  on  Saturday  I  called  her  up 
try  Keeper”  for  May  pub-  and  she  said  her  husband  was  coming 
m‘ which  confirms  the  above  out  to  see  the  children  and  be  would 
.  .  ,  ,  .  ....  bring  a  check  along.  lie  came,  took  the 
suspicion  that  Meade  Math-  children  home  for  a  few  days  to  aecora- 
imed  name  of  our  old  friend  pany  him  on  a  trip,  gave  me  a  check  for 
oy,  formerly  of  Cambridge,  $34.  .  .  , 
«-»  «-  r  rrrt  iJBrssrwAxs?  asps® 
al  authorities  for  fraudulent  Wednesday.”  I  waited  till  Wednesday 
ails,  and  who  pleaded  guilty  and  the  next  day  the.  check  .was  returned 
e.  McAvov’s  record  was  so  to  my  bank  marked  N.  (I.  I  called  her 
,,  r  iv,  „  .  „  ui)  on  the  'pkouo  and  she  said  she  .would 
the  farm  public  generally  ^  me  ^  mouey  order  the  next  day, 
irs  it  was  necessary  tor  him  anfj  jn  auswer  to  a  letter  I  sent  a  few 
nother  name  to  escape  sus-  days  later  said  she  would  surely  send  it 
e  Mr.  Mather  has  now  been  August  2.  I  have  not  received  it,  and  a* 
_  „  thev  seem  to  be  in  good  circumstance* 
E.  F.  McAvoy,  ne  -ha  aiKj  ]jve  ju  a  voj*y  fine  neighborhood.  I 
1  Mr.  McAvoy  assuming  an-  woUid  like  -to  know  if  I  can  get  thi* 
still  for  the  season  of  1017.  money,  as  I  really  cannot  afford  to  loss 
easy  for  a  poultryman.  after  it.  .  . 
,  ‘  .  ,,  The  children  said  their  father  received 
>d  an  unenviable  reput,  t  o  ,  *5  oqo  yearly  salary  and  as  I  have  no 
is  name,  it  behooves  those  income  except  what  I  myself  earn  I  feel 
t  for  eggs  and  stock  to  make  thev  ought  to  pay  me.  I  have  the  letter* 
reliability  of  the  party  ad-  this  woman  wrote  me  and  I  would  ap- 
,  . .  ,  .  ...  „„  p rcci ate  any  advice  you  can  give  me  a*  I 
ore  entrusting  him  with  au  ”eali/et  liviug  as  t  d<>  in  jer8).y,  not 
rnittanee.  knowing  any  lawyer  in  New  York,  It 
would  hardly  be  .worth  while  hiring  one, 
dosing  correspondence  with  but  it  seems  there  ought  to  be  some  way 
iss  &  Co..  Ransomville.  N.  to  punish  such  impostors, 
plains  itself.  I  can  neither  New  Jersey.  mrs.  a.  f.  d. 
drakes  in  question  or  mv  After  six  months  of  effort  we  have  to 
would  much  prefer  to  have  ,  ,  ,  ... 
e  the  drakes  at  once  to  any  acknowledge  that  we  have  not  been  suc- 
lent,  as  I  need  them  “badly,  cessful  in  getting  the  board  money  due 
ted  to  bring  this  matter  to  fjjjg  country  woman.  lu  the  meantime 
°°bCT'sDi”i“imifaT™s™,rtS  Mr.,  Florence  McDonald  has  moved  to 
iy  be.  able  to  assist  me  with-  the  Plaza  Apartment  House,  corner  St. 
g  too  much  of  a  -burden  to  Nicholas  Ave.  and  150th  St.,  which  i* 
C.  w.  H.  one  0f  tjjG  bigh-class  expensive  apart- 
ment  houses  in  the  neighborhood.  Her 
upt  of  the  above  letter  we  husband,  Mr.  Samuel  McDonald,  is 
Curtiss  &  Co.,  but  have  re-  report-ed  to  be  a  salesman,  and  Mrs. 
■ply  to  our  letter.  The  cor-  McDonald  claims  to  be  a  business 
shows  C.  W.  II,  sent  this  womail  herself.  It  therefore  would  not 
panied  by  check,  on  January  S(,Pm  to  be  lack  of  income  that  this 
i'il  I  he  received  two  drakes.  boan1  biI1  remains  unpaid.  The  only  ex- 
been  shipped  from  Bound  cuse  Ml.s  McDonald  has  to  offer  is  that 
e  subscriber  describes  the  the  children  were  not  treated  right  at 
red  as  follows:  ^jie  home  of  this  New  Jersey  subscriber, 
e  drakes  weighs  3%  Pounds  aQ(j  reiiPS  ou  the  statements  of  the  chil- 
;!'ls°nfor  an  'lndla n "  Rnmie?-  dren  to  support-  this  contention.  Mr*, 
igh  414  pounds.  The  treat-  McDonald  had  meals  at  the  subscribers 
Curtiss  Co.  has  been  out-  home  herself  when  she  took  the  children 
i  start  to  finish.  Now  at  a  fjjere  to  board  and  again  10  days  after- 
the  lighter  one  being  entire-  ward  and  if  not  satisfied  with  the  con  11- 
a  breeder.  I  want  my  duck  tions  she  should  not  have  left  them.  That 
itching  now,  and  my  pen  the  McDonalds  have  not  acted  in  good 
been  mated  up  some  time  fa;^h  in  giving  the  worthless  check  i* 
.  .  ,  .  apparent  from  the  fact  that  the  bank  on 
“f  Ac  sutamber  in  tha  cllcdt  m  dl.a„a  rcllorts  th.t 
m.te  ,n  lme  with  reports  rta,  5tcr,ouaWs  La,,  bad  I10  a0oount  in 
:o  us  from  other  subscribers  ,  • 
.il  ,  .  ,,  the  bank  tor  some  time  previous, 
ansactions  with  this  poultry  .  . 
n  r,  wr  tt  -u  e  have  had  a  good  many  complaint* 
experience  of  H.  vv .  11.  wui  „  ...  . 
..  ,  ..  ,  from  subscribers  located  within  a  few 
guide  for  subscribers  regard-  ..  -  ^  v  nUn,  . 
”  .  .  ...  hundred  miles  of  New'  York,  about  oum- 
ated  dealings  with  this  poul-  ,  ,  ... 
mer  boarders  going  away  without  pay¬ 
ing  theii'  bills  on  one  pretext  or  another 
.ow  anything  about  the  “Star  and  failing  to  send  the  money  after- 
[oiise,”  Seymour  street.  Prov-  wards.  We  have  known  city  people  who 
I.?  About  a  month  ago  a  regarded  it  as  something  “smart”  to 
n  tbe"  1  he  country  people  in  matters  of  thi* 
f’osf  to  send  out  .aprons  to  be  17  ,  e  .  . 
le.  I  wrote  them  and  received  kmffi  They  know  the  farmers  cannot  af- 
ng  for  a  deposit  of  25  cents  ford  to  come  to  the  city  to  collect  any 
Ways  of  doing  things  have 
changed  greatly  since  1846. 
And  that  applies  to  men’s 
clothing  as  much  as  to  agricul¬ 
tural  machinery. 
In  this  store  you  can  see 
Clothcraft  Clothes — made  by  the 
very  same  house  that  first 
conceived  the  idea  of  applying 
scientific  methods  and  labor 
saving  devices  toclothes  building. 
Today  Clothcraft  Clothes  sum 
up  seventy  years  of  progress  in 
developing  that  idea. 
Hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dollars  have  been  saved  by  bet¬ 
ter  training  of  workers  and  im¬ 
provements  in  machines  and 
factory  methods. 
And  that  saving  has  gone  back 
into  the  clothes  in  batter  fabrics, 
linings  and  workmanship. 
Seeing  is  believing — come  in 
today. 
Tax  on  Cow 
I  would  like  to  know  if  I  am  to  be 
taxed  for  one  cow.  I  have  a  Jersey  cow 
and  of  course  I  can’t  use  all  the  milk  my¬ 
self.  I  sell  some  to  my  neighbors.  Now 
I  want  to  know  if  the  State  of  New  York 
or  my  own  town  can  put  a  tax  ou  me  for 
the  same.  I  have  owned  the  cow  for  over 
four  years.  J.  b.  c. 
New  York. 
I  know  of  no  tax  specifically  on  a  cow 
or  cows  which  has.  been  or  may  be  laid 
by  either  the  State  or  local  authorities 
other  than  as  it  forms  part  of  your  per¬ 
sonal  property.  If  you  sell  milk,  how¬ 
ever.  you  must  conform  to  the  board  of 
health  requirements  which  have  been  so 
often  stated  in  The  R.  N.-Y. ;  submit  to 
their  inspection  and  obtain  their  permit. 
The  tax  you  speak  of  may  be  their  pen¬ 
alty  for  your  selling  milk  without  their 
permit. 
CLOTHCRAFT  SPECIAL  SERGES 
685M5  5m"15  4,d°465“ 
CLOTHCRAFT  CLOTHES 
$10  *°  *25 
Made  by  The  Joseph  (r  Feins  Co..  Cleveland 
The  Clothcraft  Store 
(IN  YOUR  TOWN) 
Lease  of  Land  in  Writing 
Would  an  oral  contract,  for  three  years 
or  more,  before  witness,  be  lawful  or  hold 
good  in  event  of  death  of  the  landlord  in 
the  second  year?  Or  should  the  contract 
b<  written  and  recorded?  The  reason 
for  this  question  is  this :  A  party  rented 
a  farm  for  five  years,  and  in  the  third 
year  of  his  tenancy  the  farm  was  sold 
and  the  tenant  had  to  move  the  next 
year.  I  would  not  like  to  get  in  the 
same  predicament  as  he  did  if  I  can  help 
it.  E.  A.  1). 
Pennsylvania. 
A  parol  lease  of  lands  not  exceeding 
the  term  of  three  years  from  the  making 
thereof  is  valid  and  enforceable  in 
your  State.  But  the  three  years  must 
he  computed  from  the  date  of  the  agree¬ 
ment.  and  not  from  the  date  of  the  be¬ 
ginning  of  the  term,  and  if  the  contract 
is  made  today  to  run  three  years  from 
the  first  of  next  month,  it  comes  within 
the  statute  of  frauds  and  is  void.  In 
your  case  surely  it  would  be  safer  to 
have  a  written  contract  or  else  to  reduce 
the  term  within  the  three-year  limit. 
When  you  buy  fertilizer 
remember  you  are  buy¬ 
ing  what  is  in  the  goods 
and  not  merely  a  weight 
of  two  thousand  pounds. 
When  a  smelter  buys  gold  ore 
he  buys  not  merely  two  thousand 
pounds  but  he  insists  on  knowing 
how  much  gold  is  in  the  ore,  and 
you  should  know  the  amount  of 
active  nitrogen,  which  is  the  gold 
of  the  fertilizer. 
For  further  information  write 
DR.  WILLIAM  S.  MYERS,  Director 
25  Madiaon  Avenue,  New  York 
