The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1055 
Seth Youngs, the Oldest R. N.-Y. 
Subscriber 
For my Summer outing I decided to 
occupy a shack, being an appendage to 
the old Colonial house of the Dederieks, 
West Camp, hearing the date 17415. The 
date, hardly decipherable, had suffered 
from the erosions of the elements for 
nearly two centuries. 1 was awakened, 
the morning after my arrival, by the 
cough and sneeze of a small-powered gas¬ 
oline engine. The noise, being an un¬ 
usual one for such quiet surroundings, I 
determined to investigate. 
On entering a workshop a few feet 
front my shuck 1 received the salutation 
from the master of my temporary home, 
Mr Edward Youngs: "This is my father, 
.Mr. Seth Youngs." After the customary 
greetings T found that 1 was in an apart¬ 
ment devoted to the mechanics of wood- 
era ft. and the venerable man. Seth 
Youngs. 00 years of ago, was the crafts¬ 
man who ruled this domain of industry. 
Surrounding us were tools and sawdust, 
buzz saws and lathes, chisels and ham¬ 
mers. anvils ami vises, of almost every 
size and pattern, supplemented by rows 
of angers, arranged in well-ordered rucks. 
In the corner stood a table, partly fin- 
a man of middle age. his movements 
rapid, and his smile and laugh as radiant 
as they were a generation ago. Nature, 
as if to stimulate his industry, has given 
to him second sight, and he can be found 
from early morning to sundown plying 
tbe vocation which has been his hobby 
and has given ro him so many years of 
pleasant and profitable occupation. To 
those who bemoan the burden of three 
score years the activities of Mr. Youngs 
should be a severe reprimand. 
Mr. Seth Youngs has been for 65 years 
ft subscriber to The It. N.-Y. The 'cont¬ 
inued service of Seth Youngs, Edward F. 
Youngs and Alton S. Youngs, grand¬ 
father. father and son. total nearly 100 
years in the New York Central system. 
WILLIAM THOMPSON. 
On a Glass-bottomed Boat 
A little late, perhaps, but I would like 
to add my bit to inform L. E. B. of 
Chestertown, Md. f about the glass-bot¬ 
tomed boats that were inquired about in 
issue of February 4. My wife and my¬ 
self spent two Winters in California sev¬ 
eral years ago. and one of the interesting 
places we visited was tile Catalina 
Islands, out about <50 miles in the Pacific. 
A little town is located almost at the 
wa.er’s edge, with high hills behind, and 
1/r. Si ih \ ithirst Sub: ci'iOcr to Tut: 15. N.-Y. 
ished. of exquisite workmanship, with in- a beautiful crescent-shaped bay in front, 
sets of French and Belgian coins from covered with pleasure boats, among them | 
the Napoleonic period to the present, iu- several glass-bottom ones, in which we 
ifinN and dates lSd>» the birth year of can cruise all over the bav for an hour 
Mr. Seth Youngs—and 1542-5 were lined or two for 50 cents. The boats will seat 
with small disks of wood 'placed by 15 or 20. all seated about the sides, fac- 
gnarled lingers. Around the top of the jng in. and looking over an inside rail 
table in convex form had been arranged about elbow high, and looking down 
2!) varieties of native wood. The whole through the glass in the bottom, one 
was supported by four cedar legs, turned large, clear, heavy plate. It was a won- 
on the lathe that, guided by Mr. Youngs, derful trip, for we could sec the under- 
had fabricated hundreds of articles both sea vegetation and fish life as iu no other 
utilitarian and ornamental, now cherished way. except by actually going down there, 
possessions of his many friends in various which most of us would not care to do. 
parts of the country. We sailed over the tops of immense 
Seth Youngs is the soil of Benjamin forests of seaweed, some almost brushing 
Franklin Youngs, who was born in the boat’s bottom, and then we were 'way 
(■’ veuport. E. I.. 17115, the father being above it, but could see it waving like the 
descendant >4’ the Rev. John Youngs of tops of trees in the wind, and small fish 
1' ogham. England, who settled in South- ol all kinds, native to those waters, and 
old. I,. E. about 1658. Mr. Youngs left some not so very small, slowly moving 
(iteeuport in 1850. and settled in Penn about iu their native haunts, undisturbed 
Yau, N. Y. In 1856 lie moved to Drcs- by anything over their heads or glass 
den. where he lived until 1921, at which sides to their habitation, 
time he located with Ins sou at West Some of the way the bottom would be 
Fa tup. ... . ..I ro< ‘ k .v, and rocks covered with shells. On 
Ilis mechanical instincts from boyhood each boat Were two or three young men 
were always very highly developed, and or boys < lad in as near-to-nat ure costume 
liis talents radiated in every community ns permissible, who for ‘‘two bits" (25 
in which he has lived. Ilia neighbors cents) would slip quietly over the edge 
discovered that there was no repairing of the boat and go down and bring tip a 
that was beyond his skill, and his work- nice big shell. They did look weird and 
shop became a veritable hospital for odd enough, puddling their way down, 
broken chairs, tables, whatnots, cauos, then on getting the shell would come up 
umbrellas and everything made of wood directly under the glass and hold it up 
or that contained parts of wood. Youngs for inspection, then clamber tut on side 
his mime, and young his nature, temper- of the boat. 
ate in all things, a total abstainer from There was no fake about the trip, the 
bo h liquid stimulants and tobacco, an boats or undersea scenery, or our enjoy- 
omnivorous reader, his favorite game ruent. for the view was continually shift- 
backgammon; gentle in nature, but pus- jng. with no jazz music between scenes, 
sessed of mighty strong personal con- Anyone visiting Eos Angeles should not 
••cits when related to mechanical arts, fail to take this trip, which is just enough 
and ostlv so, for his precision and tech- of a sen trip to test your sea legs (and 
nJune are but little less than inspired. stomach) if the wind is blowing a bit. 
Tl in Mali • 1)0, bis voice is as strong as Brookfield, Yt. F. H. W. 
Subscribers' Exchange 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers* 
Exchange will be found on page 1059. 
FARM near Chatham; 110 acres; 70 tillable; 14 
in wood; brooks, springs; 10 -rootn bouse; with 
or without stools, tools. It. S. MePHERSON, 
It. I)., Chatham, N. Y, 
FOR SALE—118-acre farm, 0 miles from town. 
M. R. ELLIS, It. 8 , Box 80, Souford, J»el. 
I'OR SALE—A nice old-fashioned 9-rooiu house 
in good condition; 2 story; oil made by hand; 
•••insisting of 78 acres of bind; make good pri¬ 
vate place; on State road in the Berkshire 
Mountains; 15 minutes' walk to railroad station, 
churches, schools and stores; like to sell at 
once: rcnaonable price: no agents. Address II. 
R. SMITH & SON, Box 07. Falls Village. Conn. 
WANTED—Will liny or exchange a village store 
property for small property in good location 
In I'lorida; store is 80x72, [date glass front, 
nearly new. A. O. BLAKE. SeeleyviUe, Pa. 
WANTED—Modern poultry plant for about Gw0 
layers, located right In large village or town; 
house With all improvements and eloctrirlty; 
ample water supply; small acreage; will pay 
lot exceeding $U,OQO cash for place that suits, 
including stock and equipment. ADVERTISER 
1552 care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR s.\LE—Poultry farm. 15 acres; suburb of 
Southern New Jersey city of 15.000, capacity 
1.800 layers, fully equipped: price right; full 
| particulars on application. ADVERTISER 1540, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
dO-ACKE Delaware farm, equipped; nicely locat¬ 
ed; high state cultivation; plenty fruit; near 
Srnte road, climate ideal; write for particulars 
and tci nis. ADVERTISER 1548, . arc Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WILT, buy or rent 10-cow dairy farm, fully 
equipped with accommodations for poultry, 
wood and some fruit; good buildings, ADVER¬ 
TISER 1547. care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Meal poultry farm; do acres (.‘to 
cleur). within 100 miles of New York, on 
8 tate road, 2 miles to railroad station, at West 
Willington, Conn.; 8 -room house, large hum, 2 
brooders, equipped with brooder stoves; 4 hen¬ 
houses: over 4im hens, full strain S. c. W. la g. 
horns; one Incubator, 400-egg capacity: 1 horse, 
4 coWs, all farm machinery and small tools': 
cream separator; outbuildings are all new, and 
house Is in good condition; must he seen to he 
appreciated: priced very reasonable ADVER¬ 
TISER 1544. care Rural New-Yorker 
V ANTED—To rent, poultry farm,, iu New York 
Stale or New jersey, with 500 to 2,0oo good 
hens and necessary equipment. E. D. KELLY 
Haleott Center, N, 
SEASHORE aud crowded beaches near this 100- 
acre farm in Southern Connecticut, with big 
demand for milk, cgg>, poultry, fruits; two 
houses, two barns, sheds, shop, -filo. tools: 20 - 
cuw pasture: plenty of wood: good strong soil; 
", mile to railroad station and State road; mile 
to school mid church; on mall route; 'phone; 
groceries, grain, etc., delivered; Cntil October 
1 owner will accept sacrifice price "f $ 7 , 000 : 
half cash. ADVERTISER 1559. care Rural 
A'W-i orkor. 
Mill SALE—Dairy, fruit and poultry farm; 154 
“'■res; Ceutrnl Ohio; 17 miles east of C’olutu- 
: '• mile from National Pike and electric 
railway; good house; two barns, one equipped 
for 20 cows; silo: young- orchard of 830 peach 
and apple trees; price $ 20 , 000 ; easy terms W 
C PRICE, R F. D. 3, Newark. O. 
153-ACRE Hudson River Valley farm; will sell 
hare or fully equipped. WILLIAM H. Mil.- 
LEU, Athens. N. Y. 
* "If s -' Ij E—400-acre dairy farm; 20 miles east 
.'»* Syracuse; one mile from State road: two 
miles from New York Central Station: three 
large hums: go.id house; fully stocked and com¬ 
pletely equipped with all machinery; reason for 
sidling, poor health; if you want a good husi- 
hess, this is wortli Investigating. ADVER¬ 
TISER 1550, care Rural New-Yorker. 
MAX I ED Opportunity to rent good farm, with 
option to huy later; equipped generat farm 
nilh good transportation facilities and markets 
' sired, AD\ ERTISEU 1089, care Rural New- 
• orker. 
I.'ii ACRES -Fenced, timber, tillage, pasture, 
orchard, springs, state road, large buildings, 
small house: ready now; money-maker: reason- 
aide to experienced, practical farmer only, X. 
Ml I t.HR. Montgomery, Y, 
'< ...IFALE — Valuable ldl-acre farm at 
Retan 111c, Pa.. will In* syId September 23 at 
2 p. til. IO settle estate; 12 room limestoue 
house, telephone, electric light and power; out¬ 
buildings; running water: windmill: limestone 
soil: three acres woodland; 4 f> apple trees' on 
tndl y line. SAM T. KLUTZ, Newuia.iBtown, 
Miscellaneous 
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MILK CHOCOLATE—Made at our dairy; box of 
120 pieces, 2 lbs. net, postpaid, $ 1 ; sold in 
stores 81.75: send remittance with order. R. 
W. WIM). Babylon L, I , X. Y. 
75 SECOND-HAND INCI .BAT’D Its wanted; men¬ 
tion size and kind. C. M. LAUVER. M. AIister- 
ville, Pa. 
WANTED—Market for (Guernsey cream from 
purebred herd, produced under best sanitary 
conditions. Address Manager, PROBASCO 
FARM, Flemington, N. ,T. 
WANTED — Blue Heu Mammoth Incubator. 
ROBERT CHRISTO PHEL, Holland, Mi, h. 
BLEEP on a genuine Aon! Hannah Adirondack 
balsam pillow; soothing, refreshing, invigor¬ 
ating: 3-lb. pillow, $1.25, postpaid, P. O. order. 
HANNAH PAYNE. Pine Hill Camp. RaoUetfe 
Lake, N. Y. 
ALT ALFA FOR SALE—Five cars first cutting 
mixed Alfalfa Timothy hay ready. W. A- 
WITHROW, Route 4. Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Fresh eggs, broilers, fowls: refer¬ 
ences exchanged. I.OWELL GORDON Glen, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Double acting power pump with a 
capacity of 45 gallons per minute: prefer 3x5 
size, with 7*4 intake and discharge: state con¬ 
dition and price. D. RUXGE. Bay Street, South 
Easton, Mass. 
FA NCI Jt'MBo PEANt.'TS—Direct from grower; 
o Ilis., $1.25, 10 lbs., $2; postpaid, insured. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS, Fr anklin, Va. 
ONE four-section 600-egg Sruith-Schwalge. one 
250-egg Wishbone incubators: one American 
cream separator; one Dcs Moines oat sprouter; 
one coal, one kerosene brooder, complete with 
canopy, 500-chlek size; four Norwich automatic 
scratch and two inasli feeders: everything good 
condition: very reasonable. DTTXDAS FARM. 
It. F. D. 2, Allendale, N. J. 
\\OI I.D LIKE In hoard and care for responsible 
I’nrty seeking rest and health on New York 
State farm. Address ADVERTISER 1524 .arc 
Rural New-Yorker. 
HONEY—Pure extracted, postpaid first three 
zones; clover, 5 lbs., $1.25; 10 lbs. $2 l.V 
buckwheat. 3 Ups.. $1; 10 lbs., $1.90; special 
Prices oil quantity lots. WALNUT ORl HARD 
FARM, Ithaca, N. Y, 
HONEY -Now ,-rop clover; 5-1 b. pall postpaid 
and insured in 2 d zone, $1.15; rid zone. $1.23. 
f’LlN'TON WILBER, Elnora, Saratoga Co,. \. Y. 
W AN r J l.n—Plow and disk for Fordson tractor. 
together or separate; give particulars, prie?. 
1 RED KEENE, Derby, N. Y. 
FDR SALE—-Pure white honey in pails. 5 lb-, net 
85c in 1st and 2d zones. EDWIN RICKARD 
Schoharie, X. Y. 
EXPRESS and baggage transfer business for 
sale, including 2 Ford trucks. Address 
SCtiTTS’ EXPRESS, 138 Cartnira Ave., Ruther¬ 
ford, N. J. 
1'Dit SALE — i'll,,ice white clover extracted 
honey; one 60-lb. can, $9; two tio-lb. cans. 
Holgate, O.: 5-lb. pail, $1.10; 
mmo. pail. del i vcrcd tu 3 cl postal zono. 
NOAH BORDNER. Holgutc, o. 
PORTABLE lime grinding outfit, complete in 
every detail. For particulars address H I). 
osgood, Stcphentown. X. Y. 
PURE EXTRACTED HONEY—do-lh. can at our 
station clover mixed. $ 8 . 10 ; buckwheat. $ 7 : 
lU-lu. pall delivered within 3d postal zone $•’ l.V 
buckwheat. $1.90: 5 lbs., $1.25 and ' fit'. 15: 
spe. ml prices on large lots. RAY C. WIT Jr OX 
Odessa, N. Y. 
U< 4SBY—Pure clover extracted. 1922 ,ron; 5 
14*!J • S1-2-G O' lbs.. $2,15; buckwheat. 3 lbs., 
*V!°; I® lbs.. $1.90; postpaid 'o 3d zone; each 
additional zone add 10 e for 3 ’s. 20 c for 10 's: 
satisfaction and safe delivery guaranteed. We 
arc I arm Bureau members RANSOM FVRM 
131(1 Spring St., Syracuse, X. A'. 
WANTED—Mammoth incubator; 2.000 to 3-O00- 
capacity: state condition and lowest onsii 
pn«M\ Al)\ EHTISER 1540, 'arc Rural Xew- 
1 orker, 
l ’OR SALE—New clover honey: 5-Ih. pails for 
$1 prepaid first und second zones; send for 
«>*»b. Tans. ELCErnrs decker. 
Schoharie. N. Y. 
SWEET clover extracted Iowa honey—HO-lb. 
can. $..23; euse containing two cans $14 
live eases or more, $13.50 per case: sample pre- 
5 S., l r‘ tPr , h / ,n *'-v produced anywhere. 
AU1HI R BLAI>, A piarist, oto, Iowa. 
I’OR SALE— Gifford apple grader or peach 
suer. s>30; lO-inch Trevor surface planer $45 
No. 4 stover feed mill, > inch burrs, with bug 
ghlg attachment. $30; all in first-class working 
condition. A. D. OSTRANDER. KnowlesviRe 
GASOLINE garage, genual store, lunch room; 
thriving business; State road; large house 
heat, electricity; 20 acres for ducks, ehlckeus,’ 
hogs; no swamp: $4.trio down; balance mort¬ 
gage. THE EDVINARR, R. D. 3. Danburv. 
MIR SALK 100-acre dairy farm; fully equipped, 
spring watered; sugar bush: write ’for partic¬ 
ulars- MOWRY. Oxford, N. Y. 
HI I’KS COt XTY farm for sale; OS acres; heau- 
tiMil location; 5 timber building; first-class 
shape: $12,5oq. Address ADVERTISER 15(13 
••are Rural New-Yorker, 
GARAGE FOR SA LE - Columbus. V. , 1 .; on State 
, tmm New York to Atlantic City aud 
I Inladelphut: to settl( estate. Address M. 
I I t.A STEVENSON, Execut rix. Columbus, N. ,T. 
lid ACRE dairy farm, iu good dairv section 
1 Ister County; high state cultivation; good 
buildings: fully equipped: 21 head stock, two 
horses, crops, complete line machinery voting 
orchard: reasonable. ADVERTISER 1392,' care 
Rural New-Yorker 
" 8,l °- 1,5 f, '«“t .n diameter 
by 30 feet high; also ensilage cutter and 
blower. AD\ ERT1SER 1371, care Rural New- 
Yorker, 
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