Can yon toll me what the law is concern¬ 
ing such a case? J. v. w. 
One cannot discharge surface water 
from his land onto the land of an adjoin¬ 
ing owner by means of a drain without 
being liable to the adjoining owner for 
damages therefor. Where one in the or¬ 
dinary course of husbandry causes surface 
water to (low on the land of an adjoining 
owner with slightly increased violence, 
without diverting the flow from the nat¬ 
ural course or causing material injure to 
the adjoining owner, there, is no liability. 
An adjoining owner cannot drain his land 
and conduct the water across the land 
of his neighbor without, his consent. 
CELERY and truck farm; 30 acres; 2 houses: 
some fruit; close by station and cold storage; 
pleasant, very advantageous location; 7 miles 
south Poughkeepsie; sacrifice. Inquire owner. 
SHEPARD. 100 Willow St., Hartford, Conn. 
HONEY—Onondaga County clover extracted; 5 
lbs.. $1.15; In lbs., $2; postpaid; members 
Farm Bureau. RANSOM FARM, 1310 Spring 
Street, Syracuse. N. Y. 
ions 
PURE HONEY—Finest, quality: prices right 
satisfaction guaranteed; delivered anywhere 
reulur free. FRANK PHILLIPS. Altoona. Pa 
WANTED—To buy, farm in New York, with 
good and large house, suitable for hoarders 
Owners only reply, with full particulars, to B. 
WARD, Huntington, N. Y. 
HONEY—Pure buckwheat extracted, postpaid 
3d zone. 22-oz. can, 32c: 5 lbs.. 99c: 10 lbs., 
$1.81; price list free. ROSCOE F. WIXSON 
Dept.. G., Dundee, N. Y 
FARMS in Oswego and Jefferson Counties; some 
of tbe best dairy mid fruit farms in State; 
small payment down gives you possession of 
any size farm you want. For particulars, write 
L. .T. WILLIAMS, Sandy .Creek, Oswego Co,, 
FOR SALE—Beemnn garden tractor; first check 
of $100 takes it. GEORGE W. DAVY. Jean¬ 
nette. Pa. 
WANTED—To rent, or run on shares, dairy 
farm, fully equipped, stock and trails: Co¬ 
lumbia Co.; full details in replying. ADVER¬ 
TISER 841, care Rural New-Yorker. 
OR — Four-plow Uncle Sam Exhibition 
never used; wonderful bargain; inquire 
. G1LLIARD. 825 World Building, New 
of the personal t’slsito. I have paid in- Widow's FTghts After Second Marriage 
beritanee tax on his share of the real . . , , „ 
estate, which was about .$8,000. and I ,. A mnn. has a farm '*} 25 acres. He 
paid the tax on my share of $25,000 of the dlPS - lo "l vin K Wlf( ‘ and three heirs. Wife 
real estate. It has taken all of rnv W s . nir two. After a short time she 
money on hand to pay expenses of every and makes out a deed for her 
kind, and I wanted to borrow $1,200 h ' ,Rb «" (1 ’ lending him half her interest in 
from the hank to meet, a special tax that the place. Does she own three parts, her 
is being raised to build a new school- " wn 011,1 two sllf ‘ P ail] °fl". or how 
house. The banker, after making in- m,icl ‘ C0n the husband claim in case of 
quiries of mv attorney, says I have noth- Double? About how much has the third 
lug but a life interest hi the property, heir coming from the place, value $3,000, 
and if I were to die my interest here mortgage $600? - m. b. 
ceases. The farm is assessed for $30,000 Aew York. 
and the tax rate is 4c on a dollar valu- Assuming that the wife received proper 
” '° r n - I h«vo heen unable to get a house- conveyances f rom the two heirs and as- 
°w ( T f *"™«g that the heirs were all her chil- 
TOitw' ^ ,ll> en, and that her husband died without 
c ' , 0 . h0rfl l'»^P'*^t.on. a wil] thp most that she could give to 
1 h i f , J v o i h, „rJa f r mir ^ woon.1 husband, aside from her love and 
55? K n ri; -fV 'Zi,! r/S T k ® ? a fleet ion, will be two-thirds plus her life 
If; f « r “ * * ?Je n T "D one-ninth thereof, subject, how- 
have mid inheritance tax on* e c b PVOr « to the mortgage on the property. 
NTel vLv 1 The remaining child is entitled to one- 
J ' ' third less the mother’s life use thereof. 
The title of rhe real property in ques- subject to the mortgage, 
tion being in the infant’s name, you can¬ 
not sell the property, except under direc¬ 
tion of the Court. wIiph ordered to do so 
by the court. If the farm in question is 
exposed to wasti and dilapidation, if tin- 
infant has debts which he is unable to 
pay, or if he needs to sell the real prop¬ 
erty for tbe purpose of his maintenance 
and necessary education, or if his inter¬ 
est will he substantially promoted by 
sale of the real property, the court will 
permit the guardian to sell. 
If the property was directed to be sold 
by the court, your life estate or estate by 
curtsey would be figured by what is 
known as n “mortuary fable.” This table 
is one that has been prepared and found 
to be as nearly accurate as possible, and 
gives the percentage of interest that one 
has in tbe whole estate according to the 
expectancy of life at a given age. This 
is now called the “American Experience 
Table of Mortality.” For instance, at the 
age of 50 years the present value of an 
immediate annuity of $1 on a single life 
at 5 per cent interest is computed at 
11.662. Our advice would be to hold on 
to the farm if possible, for thpre is no bet¬ 
ter place to rear your boy to manhood 
than on the farm. There you can always 
find something to keep him from idle¬ 
ness, and yon, of course, will remember 
the old story about the devil and idle 
hands. N. T. 
FOR SALE—190-iiere farm, in Otsego County: 
nil modern improvements; two miles from 
State road. II. C. INGALLS, Cooperstown, 
PURE Vermont sap syrup, the kind with a 
velvet taste. $2 a gallon; cash with order. 
W. S. WOODRUFF A SOX, Jericho, Vi. 
y — Extracted Clover. 5 lbs., $1.25: 10 
$2.15; buckwheat, 5 lbs., $1 05; 10 lbs., 
delivered 3d zone; fluent quality. H. F. 
AMS, Romulus, N, Y. 
WANTED—To rent or buy, 2 4-acre farm, suit¬ 
able for florist; near town: good road; reason¬ 
able price only. ADVERTISER 845. care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
THE CHOICEST new Vermont maple syrup, in 
1 gal. cans, $2; in >4 gaL cans. $1.15; in V* 
gal. cans. 55c: tbe choicest new Vermont maple 
sugar, in 2. 5 and 11-lb. pails. 28e per lb.; in 
2, 4. 8 and 16-oz. cakes, 30c ppr 1b.; f. o. b. 
Rupert. Vf.; remit with order. JAY T. SMITH. 
Rupert, Vt. 
FOR SALE, rent or exchange for part city 
property, my farm of 100 acres, near Fulton, 
Oswego Co., N. Y.; good buildings and water; 
will sell personal property to tenant. MAPLE 
VIEW FARM, R. 5, Fulton. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Maine farm of 140 acres, 00 tillage. 
suitable for stock farming, market gardening 
or poultry; good pasture, fine land; wood and 
timber for home use; trout stream large enough 
for power development runs through farm b-ss 
than 10 rods from buildings; one-half mile from 
electrics; near splendid markets; the "ole 
swimmln' hole'' right on the farm; price $K,IKH). 
J. II. REED, Route 40, Wntervllle, Me. 
PT ItE extracted clover honey. 5-lb. pails, $1.25 
delivered info the 3d zone. H. J. BOREMAN' 
Box 87, Katonnh, N. Y. 
HOMEKNIT socks rebooted 
10. MARY L. CHURCH, 
Kingston, Pa. 
send before July 
63 Pringle Street, 
WANTED—Chestnut timber and telephone jades 
standing or rut. SEAMAN BROTHERS, 
Comnuiek, L. I.. N. Y. 
100-ACRE FARM—Good productive land; nice 
buildings: between Troy and Hoosiek Falls. 
N. Y.; $4,500. ADVERTISER 855, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
HONEY—pure extra- led, postpaid third zone 
clover, 5 lbs., $1.25; buckwheat, 5 lbs.. $1 
10 lbs.. $1.90. WALNUT ORCHARD FARM 
Ithaca. N. Y. 
IN CATSKJLL MOUNTAINS—Five large rooms, 
comfortably furnished, in part of farmhouse: 
splendid location; Gentiles; refined; price $60, 
or $200 for season. CLAUDE S. TOMPKINS, 
Prattsville. N. Y. 
Second Wife’s Right in Mortgage 
A man and his wife bought a farm: 
pair! flown part in cash and took a mort- 
gnge for the rest. The deed was made 
out in the wife's name. She died, and tbp 
title was never changed. They had chil¬ 
dren. The father remarried, and they 
had children. The mortgage was paid off 
by the husband and second wife. The 
father has died. The first wife’s children 
are all dead, hut there are grandchildren 
living. Does the second wife and her 
children have any claim on the mortgage 
under New Hampshire laws? a. R. c. 
New Hampshire. 
If the second wife took an assignment 
of the mortgage when it was paid off she 
has a claim on the property in question; 
otherwise she has none. n. t. 
FOR SALE—Finest white clover extracted 
honey, 5-lb. pail. $1.15; 10-lb. pail, $2.20: 
delivered to 3<1 postal zone and insured. NOAH 
BOKDNEIt, Holgute, O. 
WANT FARM, within 50 miles New York; ex¬ 
change suburban residence. F. P. DARTE 
Ridgefield Park. N. J. 
PARRETT TRACTOR — $900; about half tbe 
present cost price; absolutely as good as new. 
has been used only two or three times: we have 
two Parrett tractors, but find one enough for 
our work; we will pay the railroad fare here 
and return and one day’s hotel bill of anvone 
who will purchase if ou examination he finds 
the tractor satisfactory. ' E. P. <& E McKIN- 
N'KY, 186 State Street, Binghamton. X. Y. 
WANTED—Fifty to 160 acres tillable rich soil, 
suitable for fruit and dairying or poultry, 
within 25 miles of New York. ADVERTISER 
853. care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRY proposition (half Interest) for sale— 
About 900 laying hens. 5 brooders, 350 baby 
chirks, 700 eggs in incubator; can operate on 
shares or rent: account ill health; main road 
New York to Philadelphia. WILLIAM HAM¬ 
MOND, K. Box 258, Princeton, N. J. 'Phone 
906-14, 
WARWICK, Orange County —124 acres; 12 
rooms, two barns, silo, icehouse, poultry bouses, 
16 acres young apples, five a-ores peach fillers, 
10 acres Alfalfu; creamery and station one 
mile: bargain jtriee $14,500. including 26 cattle; 
terms $3,500 cash. bnLanro to suit. Write 
BOt'GHTQN, owner, 304. East 21st Street. 
Brooklyn. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pure maple syrup. $2.25 gal: 5 
gals, or more. $2 gul., f. o. b. ERNEST 
HELD. Bloomville, N. J. 
TWO Ncwtotvn Giant colony brooders. No. 11: 
brand new, in original crates; $00; freight 
prepaid. PINKBROOK FARM, R. D. No. 1. 
Lakewood, N. J. 
Telephone Poles on Private Land 
A sells a farm to B. B has possession 
two years and sells to C. When A was 
in possession of farm he gave to a farm¬ 
ers' telephone line right to set five poles 
in his field, tvhieh was an old pasture at 
the time the right was given. Now C is 
farming the field, and asks that, the poles 
be removed. The telephone company goes 
hark to A after B has sold to aud ob¬ 
tains a sworn statennent. from A that he 
did give sueh right, which, said telephone 
company lias put on record. B has given 
to <’ a warranty deed, also certificate of 
title, hut does not. mention any telephone 
line. This first right was given about 14 
years ago. This telephone line is on the 
north side of farm, which is hounded by 
a public highway. The road being slightly 
curved, they cross the field in order to 
have a straight line. 0 has asked a num¬ 
ber of times that the poles be removed: 
also agrees to give one day of labor in 
helping to move them, but they refuse to 
do anything. They simply say it is up to 
C to compel them to move them. A. M. 
Ohio. 
The laws of the State of Ohio provide 
that deeds, leases and instruments of writ¬ 
ing for the conveyance or incumbrance of 
any land, etc., must he recorded in the 
office of the recorder of the county in 
which the premises are situate, and until 
so recorded or filed for record tin* same 
shall be fraudulent, so far as it relates to 
a subsequent bona tide purchaser. A lease 
for a term not. exceeding one year need 
not he in writing. Wo. of course, have 
no knowledge of what instrument has been 
recorded, nor what facts were brought 
home to C when he purchased the prop¬ 
erty. It probably would he better for 
you to submit the matter to an attorney 
in your locality, who can examine the 
records as well as the files. N. T. 
WANTED—Small jiotiltry farm; house with cel¬ 
lar' barn, outbuildings; some stock; star,, full 
particulars ami price; no agents. H. DONLON, 
390 South Third Street. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
PURE maple syrup, best quality, delivered. $3 
gallon; . ash w ith order. E. C. GILBERT, 
Rusbford, N. Y. 
WANTED- 
eondition 
TISKR 842, 
-Three-bottom tractor plow in gooc 
state price and maker, ADVER 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
PARTNERSHIP in 80-a.-re fruit farm, Eastern 
New York offered to party with some capital 
to further develop same; practical man pre¬ 
ferred. ADVERTISER 805, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FOR RENT—1 have 30 acres of tillable soil. 
fruit trees, pasture, caretaker's house and 
burns ami complete equipment adjoining my 
country home; I would like to rent this part of 
my farm at a reasonable price to an exper¬ 
ienced farmer, who oonld make a fine living 
from it. inquire ADVERTISER S74, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
Property Rights of Second Wife 
What are the property lights of a 
widow with two small children, marrying 
man with grown children? In case of 
death of man. what part of his property 
would the wife receive, if there were no 
will? Can this nmu he forced to provide 
for his wife and her two children (not 
his children) if he deserts her? He owns 
a farm aud some personal property. 
New York. f. c. k. 
At tbe death of the husband the surplus 
of his personal property, after payment of 
debts, would be distributed as follows: 
One-third to the widow and the remainder 
to his children. The widow also will be 
entitled to the use of one-third of his real 
property. A person who actually aban¬ 
dons his wife or children without ade¬ 
quate support, or leaves them in danger of 
becoming a charge upon the public, or 
neglects to provide for them according to 
his means, is a disorderly person and 
may be placed under arrest therefor. The 
courts have held that a husband is not 
bound to support his wife's child, by a 
former marriage, but one who. with n<> 
natural or legal duty, voluntarily seeks 
and assumes the care and custody of a 
child, is amenable to tbe srnrute if he 
fails to perform the duty required, to the 
injury to the child. N. T. 
WANTED—To buy orcbar.I of 25 to 50 acre's; 
give full particulars. ADVERTISER 870, care 
Rural New-Yorker, 
PURE maple sugar, 30c a lb, 
6 gals.; r. o. b. Barton; o 
postpaid. HARVEY RYLER, 
FOR SALE—100-acre modern newly equipped 
poultry farm; 10 room house; 50 acres wood¬ 
land : b>.rd* ring river: fertile land: three miles 
town; sacrifice. TEHRAN’S POULTRY FARM, 
Westerly. R. I. 
FOR SALE—130-acre grain anil dairy farm. 
located between Oneida and Sylvan Beach; 
good buildings; well watered; good soil, rolling 
and level; fine local inn; near to cheese factory 
and milk station ami market; including four 
horses, 20 cows and young stock and farming 
tools; must be sold to settle estate. II. LAND- 
S1EDLL, Dnrhnmvitle, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Perpetual bay press and 
kerosene engine; reason for selling d 
partnership. ADVERTISER 844. car 
New-Yorker. 
FARM FOR SALE—Grade A dairy farm. 107 
acres; 35 acres Gnr black dirt; 12-room bouse; 
barn for 20 rows; buckets and cement floors; 
largo wagon house and horse stable Icehouse 
and chicken bouse; fine location; New York 
produce trucks pass the plnce dally In Slimmer; 
two tulles from Grade A plant, at Florida, 
Orange Co.. N. Y.; level road: no agents. Ad¬ 
dress JOHN A. PRICE, Florida, Orange Co.. 
FOR SALE—Planet Jv. Seeder, No. 5: ric 
per: guaranteed; $8. J. OVKNSHIRE 
CLEVELAND 12-20 tractor, 
plows, excellent condition. ! 
once. ADVERTISER 858, 
Yorker. 
. complete with 
$700; must sell at 
care Rural New- 
WANTED—To correspond with owner of good 
dairy farm who wants a capable working 
manager, or would work on shares. Address 
BOX 36, Mohegan Lake. N. Y. 
NEW MAPLE SYRUP—Guaranteed absolutely 
pure, excellent quality, $2.25 single gallons: 
over 3 gallons. $2; sugar. 10-lb. pails. $2.50; 
orders tilled promptly. G. L. HOWARD. Essex 
Junction. Vt. 
HAY CAPS 
Drainage Over Adjoining Property 
What 1$ the right of the owner of an 
adjacent farm to institute artificial tile 
drainage in such a mtniuor that the water 
is forced upon neighboring property? The 
south end of tuy farm ends at a ridge 
which is elevated considerably above the 
land on both sides of it. Tbe land oil the 
south side of the ridge is underlaid with 
a hardpan base, aud was unfit for culti¬ 
vation on account of tbe accumulation of 
water. This portion was underdrained. 
aud the (Liu. outlet- for the drains was 
laid through a deep cut made in the afore¬ 
said ridge, letting the water down upon 
the land north of the ridge, with no pro¬ 
vision for the conveyance of this water 
to a creek *2,000 ft. south of the ridge, 
which creek runs through my property. 
I have offered to join the owner of the 
adjacent farm in putting a ditch from a 
point where a north and south line ditch 
stops, to the creek, in order to get rid of 
this water without overflowing my prop¬ 
erty in the Spring. This offer he ignores. 
HOMES WANTED—Tbe PLACING OUT BU¬ 
REAU, 415 Bruorne Streel. New York desires 
to com muni ati with responsible Catholic fami¬ 
lies who will take as members of their house¬ 
hold suitable boys between 7 and 12 years. 
There Is no greater charity than this. 
WANTED-—Small sHo power or hydraulic cider 
press; good condition; cheap. BOX 77. 
Columbinville, N. Y. 
GENTLEMAN hoarder -wanted; good meals 
good room, good Ashing and hunting; near 
village and railroad. Write for prices anil par¬ 
ticulars, MOUNTAIN View FARM. Gardiner. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
BOARD at comfortable farmhouse; steam heat. 
bath; good meals; lino spring water: $15 per 
week. (TIICUKSTEU, Mahopac, Putnam Co.. 
N. Y. Telephone Mahopac 15W, 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers* 
Exchange will be found on page 575. 
PURE HONEY—11)21 extracted. 60-lb. cans at 
our station, clover flavor, $8.80: bu< kwheat. 
$7: 16 lbs. prepaid within 3d zoue. clover. $2.15: 
buckwheat. $1.90; special prices on large lots; 
agents wanted. RAY C. WILCOX, Odessa. N. Y 
GOOD pur*' maple sugar, 
LONG, Waitsfield. Vt. 
:5c. CHARLES H 
Foil SALE—15 acres; 25 acres woodland; cuts 
6 tons hay; good poultry place: popular Sum 
tiler resort market nearby: 3-room house; barn; 
a bargain at $1,250. Write E. P. McKISSICK, 
Belgrade, Me. 
HONEY—Six pounds, third zone, prepaid. $1.00. 
WILLIAM H. PARS1L. Monmouth Junction 
$250 RENTS 100-acre farm; Connecticut; good 
ground and buildings. J. RICCI, 216 East 
77th Street, New York. 
WANTED—Beets mangles: state price and 
quantity. Write JOHN KELLEY. Harrington 
Park, N. J. 
PURE MAP1.E SYRUP —Order immediately 
C. J. YODER, Gruutsville, Md. 
