RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
didn’t  cancel  it.  I  have  been  tn  two  law¬ 
yers  and  one  says  that  I  have  to  cancel  it 
to  make  the  bargain  lawful:  the  other 
savs  that  I  have  not.  A.  s. 
New  York. 
Anyone  may  cancel  the  stamp.  Iteg's- 
tering  or  recording  a  deed  is  done  mere¬ 
ly  as  notice  to  the  world  that  the  prop¬ 
erty  has  changed  hands.  As  between  the 
original  parties  tile  deed  is  just  as  valid 
without  recording,  and  the  party  cannot 
he  stopped  from  cutting  the  timber  if 
this  is  not  done.  The  deed  may  not  lie 
recorded  without  the  requisite  stamp  on 
it.  The  deed  is  just  as  good  without  a 
stamp,  although  whoever  makes  a  deed 
without  affixing  the  stamp  is  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor  and  is  subject  to  a  pen¬ 
alty  of  $100.  Unless  you  have  other  rea¬ 
sons  than  the  11011-stamping  of  the  deed 
to  attack  the  contract,  there  is  nothing 
you  can  do.  If  they  are  not  paying  you, 
enjoin  them  from  cutting  more,  or  re¬ 
plevin  that  already  cut. 
Workmen’s  Compensation 
I  have  hired  a  man  for  eight  months, 
and  he  is  to  help  me  on  the  farm.  I  ex¬ 
pect  to  work  on  the  highway  for  the  town. 
The  man  is  to  work  wherever  the  team  is 
wanted.  Now  the  question  is.  am  I  to 
have  him  insured?  Also,  am  I  liable  to 
damages  if  he  is  hurt  on  the  farm  or 
highway?  How  and  where  would  I  get 
him  insured?  Is  it  the  right  thing  for  me 
in  have  him  insured?  l.  v.  o. 
New  York. 
While  your  man  is  engaged  in  working 
upon  the  road  he  probably  conies  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Kinploycrs'  Liability  Act 
but  tint  while  he  is  engaged  in  farming. 
It  would  probably  be  the  best  thing  for 
you  to  write  directly  to  the  Workmen’s 
Compensation  Commission  at  Albany  and 
get  their  opinion,  ami  ask  them  about  in¬ 
surance  in  the  State  fund.  This  is  cheaper 
than  the  insurance  companies,  any  of 
which  will  be  glad  to  insure  you.  You 
can  get.  bold  of  these  insurance  companies 
by  inquiring  at  your  nearest  city  where 
they  have  representatives.  But  do  not 
disturb  them  until  you  hear  from  the 
Commission. 
Frank  of  Peach  Hill 
By  Geo.  B.  Fiske 
the  time  and  a  wagon,  some  not  until  Oc¬ 
tober.  I  worked  in  the  meadows  well 
into  August,  off  and  on,  and  got  plenty  of 
stuff  such  as  it.  was.  It  helped  my  trees, 
and  without  it  I  never  could  have  win¬ 
tered  my  two  head  of  stock. 
(To  be  continued) 
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My  cow  and  horse  needed  most  of  my 
forage  crops  for  Summer  feed,  and  I 
had  to  buy  some  cheap  hay  and  some 
grain.  In  July  I  went  flown  to  the 
river  meadows,  thousands  of  acres  of 
them,  four  miles  away  and  cut  some  hay 
to  help  carry  my  stock  over  Winter,  and 
to  mulch  some  of  my  trees  that  were  in 
places  too  steep  or  rough  to  he  cultivated. 
I  wondered  why  the  owners  did  not  them¬ 
selves  cut  all  the  meadows  until  I  tried 
it.  The  grass  that  was  left  was  in  the 
worst  places,  so  treacherous  that  no 
team  could  be  used,  and  we  had  to  omn¬ 
ium1  forces  and  pole  it  out.  Two  men 
could  carry  only  about  a  hundred  weight, 
and  it  was  tough  work  joggling  over  the 
tussocks,  two  feet  high,  iu  the.  soft  mud 
between.  The  low  meadows  are  the  hot¬ 
test  and  sultriest  of  all  places  in  late 
Summer,  and  mosquitoes  abound  all  day. 
Some  of  the  hay  was  sour,  weedy  and 
coarse,  but  the  tall  kind  called  blue- 
point  was  something  like  herd's  grass, 
and  a  fairly  good  substitute,  what  there 
was  of  it.  It  was  all  quite  easy  for  a 
good  haymaker  to  rut,  exropt  for  the  un¬ 
evenness  of  the  ground.  I  hacked  away, 
making  extra  bard  work  of  it  and  in 
great  straits  to  keep  my  scythe  sharp. 
But  the  truth  is  I  enjoyed  it  all  but 
poling  out  the  hay. 
Oh,  the  mystery  and  charm  of  the  wet 
meadows,  the  wide  waving  plain  extend¬ 
ing  for  miles  along  the  hidden  winding 
stream.  The  meadow  itself  a  second 
stream,  with  currents  here  and  there  as 
the  winds  bend  the  grass  tups  and  start 
long  ripples  and  waves.  The  grass  is 
tall  beside  the  stream,  up  to  the  neck 
of  the  youth  who  pushes  through  it  to 
fish  from  the  bank.  The  meadow  has 
life  of  its  own.  differing  from  that  of  the 
stream  and  far  more  varied  than  that 
of  the  upland,  The  flowers  are  bright 
and  decided  in  color,  rods,  scarlet,  bright 
pink,  purplish  black,  sharp  blue.  Bo  are 
some  of  the  black  and  red  birds  an  equal¬ 
ly  pronounced  color,  while  other  feath¬ 
ered  inhabitants  show  the  muddy  hues  of 
the  river  banks.  Such  surprises  in  the 
meadow!  A  great  white  or  drab  bird  of 
a  species  not  seen  there  before  Hops  up 
from  a  bend  of  the  river  and  sails  off 
through  the  air  without  a  sound.  Then 
a  great  commotion  starts  suddenly  in  a 
(piiet  pool.  Perhaps  it  is  only  a  big  fish 
seizing  its  smaller  neighbor,  perhaps  it. 
is  a  muskrat  or  otter  or  a  snake.  What 
room  for  imagination  as  the  splashing 
goes  on  hidden  by  the  tall  grass.  The 
surprise  may  he  near  at  hand.  A  gigan¬ 
tic  frog  with  a  substantial  grunt  slops 
ponderously  into  a  mud-hole  and  warns 
us  just  in  time  to  escape  a  plunge  to  the 
Wjust.  These  muskrat  holes  cause  many 
a  wetting  during  the  haying  season. 
There  is  a  wriggling  movement  near  our 
feet  and  a  short  very  stout  brownish 
drab  snake  moves  out  of  the  way!  A 
serious  looking  fellow,  but  never  known 
tn  harm  anybody,  hunting  only  for  frogs. 
Poison  snakes  do  not  take  to  the  north¬ 
ern  meadows. 
The  water  meadows  are  the  northern 
counterpart  of  the  tropical  forest  jun- 
eles  with  their  mvst'wv  and  fascination. 
*  * 
The  next  step  cannot  he  seen  until 
taken.  There  are  the  surprises  under¬ 
foot,  the  need  of  caution  in  progress,  the 
si  life  of  threatened  mishap,  the  rich  and 
varied  plant  and  animal  life.  The  mys¬ 
tery  of  the  life  below  the  dark  hidden 
pools,  the  alluring  stretches  of  the  wind¬ 
ing  streams  bursting  suddenly  into  view 
among  wavy  blue  flags  and  button  bush¬ 
es.  In  the  bushes  and  weeds  of  the  river 
border  a  big  golden  spider  has  a  great 
well  set  for  the  unlucky  insects  who  at¬ 
tempt  to  cross  the  stream.  He  is  a  rare 
combination  of  the  most  repulsive  of 
forms  combined  with  bright  metallic  color 
lines  of  beauty.  In  the  middle  of  the 
same  bush  and  not  at  all  nervous  about 
her  hold  and  brilliant  neighbor  a  black 
and  red  bird  has  built  her  nest,  a  conical 
Swinging  affair  of  mud,  cement  and  fi¬ 
bres.  intended  to  be  proof  against  flood 
and  foe. 
I  had  no  hay  wagon,  and  everybody 
was  using  theirs  in  July,  so  I  stacked 
five  or  six  tons  on  the  edge  of  the  mea¬ 
dow  and  hauled  it  home  when  I  could  get 
War-tax  Stamps 
Will  you  tell  me  in  using  a  revenue 
Stamp  on  a  deed  to  make  it  lawful,  who 
lias  to  cancel  the  stamp,  and  when  a 
deed  is  given  for  a  lot  of  timber  should 
it  not  be  registered?  I  went  to  see  the 
deed  a  few  days  ago  and  it  had  not.  been 
registered.  (’an  the  party  be  stopped 
from  cutting  the  timber  if  this  is  not 
done?  I  sold  a  lot  of  timber  last.  Novem¬ 
ber  ;  do  not  know  if  there  was  a  revenue 
stamp  put  on  the  deed;  if  there  was  I 
“Why  is  Flubdub  growling  at  you?” 
"Just  a  slight  coolness,  that’s  all.  Seems 
I  didn't  plant  enough  garden  to  fatten  his 
poultry  properly  for  Thanksgiving.  So 
now  he  has  to  buy  feed." — Louisville 
Courier-Journal. 
MID-YEAR  MODEL 
73  New  Ideas 
325  f.  o.  b.  Racine 
26  Extra  Features 
Made  by  John  W.  Bate,  the  Efficiency  Engineer 
No  other  plant  in  the  world  could  build  this 
New  Mitchell  at  anywhere  near  our  price. 
That  is  why,  years  ago,  we  brought  John  W. 
Bate  here.  And  why  we  paid  him  his  price  to 
make  this  factory  and  car  represent  the  last  word 
in  efficiency. 
The  Mid-Year  Mitchell  is  the  17th  model  which 
John  W.  Bate  has  built.  He  has  worked  out  in 
those  models  700  improvements,  and  all  are 
now  found  in  this  car. 
A  Lifetime  Car 
What  he  has  aimed  at  is  a  lifetime  car.  His 
genius  is  efficiency  as  applied  to  machines.  And 
he  says  that  a  car  should  last  like  a  watch. 
Instead  of  heavy  castings  he  believes  in  light 
steel  made  three  times  as  strong.  There  are  440 
parts  in  this  New  Mitchell  which  are  either  drop 
forged  or  steel  stamped. 
He  believes  in  Chrome-Vanadium  steel,  and  he 
uses  a  wealth  in  this  Mitchell. 
He  believes  in  making  each  part  as  strong  as 
need  be,  and  then  adding  50  per  cent. 
He  believes  in  utter  simplicity — in  a  car 
almost  trouble-proof. 
26  Costly  Extras 
You  will  find  in  this  Mitchell  26  costly  extras 
— wanted  things  which  other  cars  omit.  Things 
like  a  power  tire  pump,  reversible  headlights, 
cane-handle  control,  cantilever  springs,  etc. 
There  are  26  of  those  extras — each  something 
you  want.  In  other  cars  they  would  cost  you  an 
extra  price.  In  the  Mitchell  they  are  free.  All 
are  paid  for  out  of  factory  savings. 
The  Mid-Year  Mitchell  is  the  latest  model  out. 
It  was  not  completed  until  after  the  New  York 
Shows.  Our  experts  and  designers  there  exam¬ 
ined  257  this-year  models.  And  all  the  best  new 
ideas  from  all  of  them  are  combined  in  this 
single  car.  It  brings  out  73  new  touches  in 
body  finish  and  equipment.  It  is  the  most  com¬ 
plete  car  on  exhibit. 
Mitchell  dealers  everywhere  are  now  showing 
this  new  model.  It  is  the  only  car  with  all 
Mr.  Bate’s  ideas.  It  is  the 
greatest  value  ever  given  in  a 
high-grade  car.  If  you  don’t 
know  your  Mitchell  dealer,  ask 
us  for  his  name. 
One  result  is  this:  One  Bate-built  Mitchell  has 
run  218,734  miles.  Six  Mitchells  have  averaged 
164,372  miles  each.  That  is  more  than  30  years 
of  ordinary  service. 
He  has  certainly  come  closer  to  a  lifetime  car 
than  anyone  else  ever  did. 
10,000  Savings 
In  our  factory  Mr.  Bate  has  made  10,000  sav 
ings.  He  has  reduced  our  costs 
50  per  cent  in  five  years. 
He  has  done  this  by  building 
a  model  plant — a  plant  which 
covers  45  acres.  He  has  equip¬ 
ped  it  with  thousands  of  time¬ 
saving  machines.  He  has 
invested  in  this  factory  about 
$5,000,000. 
^1  F.  o.  b. 
_L  At  O  Racine 
For  5-Passenger  Touring  Car  or 
3 -Passenger  Roadster 
7-Passenger  Touring  Body  $35  Extra 
High-speed,  economical  Six.  48  horse¬ 
power;  127-inch  wheelbase;  complete 
equipment,  including  26  extra  features. 
MITCHELL  -  LEWIS 
MOTOR  CO. 
Racine,  Wis.,  U.  S.  A. 
