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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
APIT8 
Cato. 
“ Evei'y Man is presumed to know the Law. 
Nine-tenths of all Litigation arises from 
Ignorance of Law." 
Cart all brush, vines, and other rubbish to¬ 
gether, and burn them before you are ready 
to plow. You are always in a burry then, 
you know. 
Draw a plan of your garden on paper, mark¬ 
ing the spaces assigned to the different vege¬ 
tables. 
SOME OLD FASHIONS REVIVED. 
Theke is at present a- revival of old fashions 
steadily going on. Popular favor has return¬ 
ed to many of the customs of early times and 
our homes are rapidly assuming an air of the 
past. 
THE OWNERSHIP OF MANURE ON RENTED 
LAND. 
E. J. H., Leavenworth. Kan. —Has a ten¬ 
ant a right to remove manure made on the 
premises? 
Ans.—T hat depends on circumstances. 
Manure niade on a farm from the consump¬ 
tion of its products, is generally considered as 
belonging to the realty or land, and will pass 
with the farm if sold. This rule rests on the 
ground that for the benefit of husbandry the 
manure produced on the farm should be there 
used. In New Jersey, however, manure is 
held to be personal property and does not pass 
with the real estate as a part of it. As be¬ 
tween landlord and tenant, whatever manure 
is made by the consumption of the produce of 
leased 1 and becomes the property of the land¬ 
lord, though lying in heaps and made by the 
tenant’s cattle from crops which belonged to 
him till consumed—even though he be a ten¬ 
ant at will only—and in the absence of any ex¬ 
press stipulation on the subject, an out-going 
tenant has no right to remove or sell it to be 
removed. If he removes it, he commits an 
offence tor which the landlord can obtain re¬ 
dress, and if he sells it, the sale vests no prop¬ 
erty in the buyer. Of course, the tenant has 
a qualified right in the manure for the pur¬ 
pose of applying it to the farm This rule 
a ies not apply to manure made in livery 
stables or out of the ordinary course of hus¬ 
bandry, or from products obtained elswehere; 
for manure so made is personal property and 
may be removed by the tenant at the close of 
his term. 
gO. £ Z ., North Leveretl, Mass. —I have a 
clay bank beside the highway. Have the 
town officials a right to set off an acre or 
more, for repairing the road? Can th°y set 
their own va'ue on it? 
Ans.—I s it a turnpike, county or township 
road? The rules with regard to the three 
kinds vary somewhat, so that a more defi¬ 
nite answer can be given if the kind of 
road is mentioned. As a rule, any person 
who may think himself aggrieved by the 
action of the highway officers, either in laying 
out, altering, repairing or discontinuing a 
road, or in taking materials for making or 
mending it, may, at any time within 60 days 
after the officers’ determination has been filed, 
appeal to the judge ot the county, who shall 
appoint three disinterested freeholders, resi¬ 
dents of the county, but not of the tiwn, to 
hi ar and determine the appeal. 
S. W., IVaterbury , Conn —A makes an 
offer to B for B’s farm and B accepts the offer. 
An agreement is drawn up and signed by 
them and witnesses, stating the terms. When 
the deed is to be delivered and possession 
giveD, A pays down a small amount for which 
B gives a receipt. At the time he was sober 
and apparently sane. A is ready to take the 
farm; but B refuses to give a deed for it, 
giving as a reason, that he was not mentally 
competent to make a contract, and it is now 
sought to have a conservator appointed over 
him. Can A compel B to give a deed for the 
farm and possession of it, if a conservator is 
appointed over him. 
7 Ans.— Probably not; such an appointment 
would indicate that he was not mentally 
capable of making a valid contract when he 
signed the agreement. 
It. E D., (address mislaid). —In 1887 I had 
a lawsuit and the lawyer asked me to sign a 
note on the understanding that if I gained the 
suit, 1 would not have to pay the note. I did 
gain it and the lawyer got $250 for his work. 
1 lost $100. Then the lawyer served papers 
on me tor the amount of the note. I told him 
I could’t pay it, and that he mast give it up. 
He withdrew the suit then but said he would 
get judgment against me. Can he do so ? 
Ans.—F or what consideration was the note 
given ? The case isn’t quite clear; but judging 
from the rather confused statement, it is very 
likely the lawyer can do as he threatens. 
Endeavor to grow a succession of peas, 
sweet corn, radishes, lettuce, etc. 
Firm the soil over all seeds sown, when it is 
not wet enough to pack. 
Gather all early peas, cabbage, etc. as soon 
as matured, and use the ground for late tur¬ 
nips, beets, celery, etc. 'this is more profit¬ 
able than leaving it to grow up to weeds. 
Hoe! hoe!! hoe!!! around the young plants, 
the oftener you hoe, the faster they will grow. 
This is one great secret (?) of early vegetables. 
Irrigation by some means is a necessity for 
growing good cauliflowers on dry soils,in a 
dry season. 
Jot down any bits of information about 
gardening, for future use; they may be lost if 
you trust to your memory. 
Keep the ground clean and thoroughly 
stirred while the plants are small. A few 
radish or turnip seeds sown with onions,celery 
or other slow-germinating seeds, will enable 
you to work between the rows much sooner 
than you otherwise could. 
Lima beans require a warm, light, rich soil, 
and should be planted eyes down, around the 
poles, four to a hill. Tney require extra care, 
but will wel repay it in the delicious product. 
Manure melons in the hill with well-rotted 
yard-manure, mixing it well with the soil be¬ 
fore planting the seed. Plant shallow, after 
the ground is warm. 
Never , never , make a garden on cold, wet, 
springy, undrained land, nor on land filled 
wi’.h quack root's. Better buy your garden 
truck 
Onions grow larger on muck, but those of 
the best quality are grown on upland. Qual¬ 
ity at the expense of size. 
Peas and potatoes for early use if plauted 
before the ground is warm, should not be 
covered deeply, or they will be a long time in 
coming up. 
Q lality should be the desideratum in vege¬ 
tables grown for home consumption. Unfor¬ 
tunately for the buyers, they usually pay- 
more attention to size and fine appearance 
than to quality, and the market-gardeuer 
must govern himself accordingly. 
Radishes, to be crisp and tender must be 
grown very quickly. A heavy dressing of 
coal and wood ashes worked into the soil, and 
frequent applications of liquid manure will 
secure both rapid growth and exemption from 
worms. 
Stir the soil around the cabbages, corn, 
potatoes, etc., as frequently as possible, es¬ 
pecially after a rain. Nothing is linre favor¬ 
able to rapid growth. “.Hoe cabbage every 
morning before sunrise ” is an old maxim. 
Tomatoes are less liable to rot if trained on 
a trellis, than if allowed to trail over the 
ground. 
Unceasing warfare on insects is the price 
of a good garden. Paris green in plaster or 
water for the Colorado beetle, and a much 
weaker solution for melon and other vines; 
and dry ashes sifted over plants when the dew 
is od, for the flea-beetle3, are cheap, handy, 
and very efficient. 
Vigorous-growing plants are less liable to 
serious injury from insect attacks, than are 
those which are weak and spindling; hence 
the wisdom of inducing a rapid growth. 
Weed all small truck while the weeds are 
small. If left longer, they take the strength 
of the soil from the vegetables, and increase 
the danger of uprooting them in removing 
the weeds. 
‘ X^ellent beets, turnips and similar roots 
are grown for family use by sowing the seed 
late in June or early in July, thus inducing 
rapid growth and tender flesh. 
Yard-manure should be well rotted before 
being applied to a garden, else many trouble¬ 
some weeds will be introduced. 
Zero weather is not very favorable for ac¬ 
tual work in the garden, but is just the time 
to study- new methods, plan the season’s work, 
study the catalogues, select and order seeds, 
implements, etc., that no time may be lost 
when spring opens. F. H. v. 
lUiscfttaimutjsi §Umti£ing. 
The old spinning wheel has returned from 
exile and forms a conspicuous and interesting 
ornament in our homes. 
Quaint old tapestries, rugs and articles of 
furniture have been restored to deserved 
popularity. 
There is a reason for this revival. 
Our ancestors were of the substantial kind 
and their tastes were accordingly marked. 
They looked to their personal comfort and 
w’hen it was attained they stopped. 
Fashion’s foibles had no charm for them and 
in mind and person they were the equal of 
any people the world has yet seen. 
Quick in perception and accurate in judg¬ 
ment, they soon detected the cause of any 
Physical discomfort and as quickly applied 
the proper means for the removal of it. 
Conspicuous among som9 of the old fashions 
recently revived has been the reproduction of 
some of our grandmother’s early time home 
cures, which'are now holding a deserved posi¬ 
tion in popular favor, under the name of War¬ 
ner’s Log Cabin remedies and include a Sarsa- 
paril'a for the blood, Hops and Buchu for the 
stomach and system, Cough Remedy for colds, 
Extract for internal or external pain, Hair 
Tonic, Rose Cream for catarrh, Plasters and 
Pills. 
For purity, simplicity and for their genuine 
beneficial properties they are unequaled and 
are worthy of our good old grandmothers, 
who first produced them. 
May there be a revival, by their use, of the 
good health and long lives of early times! 
A WONDERFUL PROCESSION 
Of what t Why the constant stream of Hogs, 
Cattle and (Sheep continually passing into the 
Union Stock-Yards, Chicago, 
Bone AND Blood 
Of which are constantly being manufactured into 
RAW BOXE 
FERTILIZERS 
During the past 25 years, by the 
Thompson & Edwards Fertilizer Co, 
For pamphlets giving full information, address 
VV. J. RUSSELL, Gen. Ag’t for W. Pa., S. Jersey & Conn. 
Phu-upsburo. New Jersey. 
WORTH KNOWING. 
GRIFFING’S 
METROPOLITAN 
FERTILIZER 
Sold at StiS.OO per 
ton, F. O. I!., N. V. 
Send for Circulars. 
E. B. Griffings Sons It Co. 
70 Cortland St., N. Y. 
Pnrn CDPtili7ore*20 PER TWK * Sold to Farm 
bom I eriinzers ers direct from our Works. No 
agts. YORK CHEMICAL. WORKS, York, Pa 
BEAT THE "FARMERS.” It can’t be dom> Our Fer¬ 
tilizers always ahead—Bones, Meat, Potash. Agents 
Wanted. Write. Farmers’Fertilizer Co., Syracuse,N.Y. 
SAVE MONEY. BEFORE YOU BUY 
Bicycle orCuN 
Mend to A. VV. GUM P A CO. Ilayton, O., 
f or Driccs. Over 400 second-hand and shop 
i vs orn Cvcles. Bicycle*, dun* ami Typewriter* 
’taken in exchange. Nickeling and repairing 
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SOUTH HAVEN MICH.J 
THE STANDARD 
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W 11 h Dumping Culdi-ou, emp¬ 
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cooking food for stock. Also make 
Dairy and Laundry Stoves, 
Water and Steam Jacket 
Kettles, Hour Scalders, Cal¬ 
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D. R. SPERRY & CO., 
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150,000 FARMERS HAVE USED 
AND APPROVED THE 
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Agents 
Wanted 
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PULVERIZING HARROW, CLOD 
CRUSHER ANI) LEVELER. 
Steel Crusher and Leveler. Double Gangs of 
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I Deliver Free at Convenient Dis¬ 
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i Order a Genuine Double Gang Acme on 
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PLAY. 
Illustrated Pamphlet FREE. 9 
DUANE H. NASH, Sole Manufacturer, 
* Millington, New Jersey. 
Mention This Paper. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER. 
Will plant Field and Ensilage Corn, Beans Peas and 
Beet Seod In kills, drills and rkecks-in hills up 
to 45 inches; In checks from 86 Inches up to any dis¬ 
tance desired. Will distribute all Fertilizers wet or 
dry. Farmers, send for circulars. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER CO., 
F.nfleld. Grafton Co.. New Hampshire. 
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