1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
777 
Feed for the 
New Press. 
We are receiving a great many letters 
from subscribers who inclose a dollar 
for a neighbor’s subscription with the 
advice that it is their contribution to 
the new press. This is manifestation of 
interest that we appreciate and prize. 
Every name sent in in this way now is 
credited up to January 1, 1904. It takes 
about 7,000 such names to keep the press 
busy one hour, but if every subscriber 
would send one name we could run it 
just about one extra day. Have you sent 
one? You know we accept 10 weeks 
trials for 10 cents. We also wish again 
to remind you that we make liberal 
terms for getting up a club in your 
neighborhood. The first of the 20 cash 
prizes is $100. We think you can safely 
recommend The R. N.-Y. to your neigh¬ 
bors. Here is one man’s estimate of it: 
“Farmers who take and read The R. 
N.-Y. are a match any time for swindlers 
and blackmailers of every name and 
nature.” N. c. vary & son. 
Ava, N. Y. 
That is one good reason for recom¬ 
mending it. Do you want the full terms 
for club-raisers? 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
New York. 
MARKET NOTES 
DEAD BEATS.—Perhaps they should not 
be called dead,however, as they are evi¬ 
dently much alive and on the move. A 
Connecticut reader sends us some corre¬ 
spondence with a so-called fruit company 
in this city. We do not give the name 
under which these scalawags operated, as 
it so closely resembles that of a reputable 
concern that injustice would be done. 
THE LETTER HEAD of this concern 
states that they are commission merchants 
in foreign and domestic fruits and prod¬ 
ucts; peaches, apples, pears, grapes, pota¬ 
toes, melons, eggs and poultry. At the top 
is their motto: “Honest Dealings; Prompt 
Returns.” A picture shows a four-story 
building about 40 feet wide, with their sign 
Some well-meaning acquaintance may have 
mentioned his name in writing a fountain 
pen or chain letter, thus letting down the 
bars to admit all sorts of roving frauds. 
HARD TO TELL.—We have heard peo¬ 
ple call farmers imbecile because they 
shipped stuff to commission merchants of 
this type. This is nonsense. How can a 
non-resident be certain about such matters 
when those who are right here are often 
beaten in dealings with business men who 
turn out to be sharks? In one case a large 
railroad company was actually cheated out 
of quite a sum in freight, a somewhat uif- 
usual occurrence. The produce commis¬ 
sion business gives so much opportunity 
for dishonesty that when one is found who 
has business sense enough to get what 
stuff is worth, and makes prompt and cor¬ 
rect returns, it is a good plan to stick to 
him, even though he may once in a while 
make a sale at a lower figure than a neigh¬ 
bor gets. About all the general advice 
that can be given is to hang on to the 
square dealers and beware of those who 
claim that they can get a whole lot more 
for stuff than anyone else. Now and then 
an honest man is so constituted by nature 
that he is not satisfied unless he is con¬ 
stantly making a frightful splurge about 
the big things he can do, but we have usu¬ 
ally found the better class of produce com¬ 
mission men quite conservative and not 
given to bragging. Most of the hauls that 
these frauds make are In small sums, but 
they aggregate a comfortable income. The 
fact that the sums are small is a protec¬ 
tion to them, as most shippers give it up 
as a bad job, not worth the bother of a 
suit if the offender could be found, in every 
case. When one runs across a clear case 
of swindling through offers made by mail 
it is always well to write at once to the 
postoffice inspectors in the city where the 
fraudulent concern is operating. In doing 
this all particulars should be given. We 
have found these officials quite ready to do 
all in their power to trace up such mat¬ 
ters, and the rascals do not enjoy having 
Uncle Sam’s postal detectives on their 
track. _ w. w. h. 
THE MADISON SQUARE FLOWER 
AND SCULPTURE SHOW. 
The combined exhibition of the New York 
Florists’ Club and National Sculpture So¬ 
ciety was held in Madison Square Garden 
October 30 to November 6. The immense 
area was well filled with decorative plants 
and blooms, relieved by immense pavilions 
or colonnades draped with greenery and 
relieved by massive statuary. Green pre¬ 
dominated, despite the brilliancy of innu¬ 
merable Autumn flowers. There were not 
that the best way is to feed it directly after 
milking and not in large quantities, and 
in conjunction with hay and corn fodder. 
If the feed is steady, moderate and contin¬ 
uous, the taint seems to be less perceptible 
after a time. Cabbage may be fed whole 
or cut, and any ground feed put on it. 
It is a better feed for pigs, sheep, chick¬ 
ens or dry cattle than for cows in milk. 
Fairport, N. Y. G. f. w. 
REAL ENJOYMENT. 
The woman who reads this will under¬ 
stand to the full what Mrs. Tipton meant 
when she s; 
health.” It 
a person who 
been made 
wretched by sick- 
ness to under¬ 
stand the joy of 
health. 
There are very 
many women who 
suffer as did Mrs. 
Tipton, who might 
be cured as she 
was by the use of 
Dr. Pierce’s Fa¬ 
vorite Prescrip¬ 
tion. It estab¬ 
lishes regularity* 
dries the drains 
which weaken 
women, heals in¬ 
flammation and ulceration, and cures 
female weakness. It makes weak women 
strong, sick women well. 
"It is with pleasure I recommend Dr. Pierce’s 
njedicine,” writes Mrs. Nora Tipton, of Cropper 
(Cropper Station), Shelby Co., Kentucky. "You 
remember my case was one of female weakness 
and weak lungs. I had no appetite and would 
often spit blood ; was confined to my bed almost 
half of the time and could hardly stand on my 
feet at times for the pains through my whole 
body and system. My husband had to pay large 
doctor bills for me, but since I have taken four 
bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov¬ 
ery, four of ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ and three 
vials of ‘ Pleasant Pellets ’ we haven’t paid any 
more doctor bills. It had been seven months 
since I stopped using Dr. Pierce’s medicines and 
I have been enjoying good health all the time. 
I can never praise these medicines too highly, 
for I have received so much benefit. I pray that 
many who suffer as I did will take Dr. Pierce’s 
medicines. I am sure they will never fail to 
cure when given a fair trial. Everybody tells 
me I look better than they ever saw me. I am 
sure I Reel better than I ever did before.” 
«Favorite Prescription ” has the testi¬ 
mony of thousands of women to its com¬ 
plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not 
accept an unknown and unproved sub¬ 
stitute in its place. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are a 
ladies’ laxative. No other medicine 
equals them for gentleness and thorough¬ 
ness. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
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CURED while you work. You pay 
m , m w ».mm $4 when cured. No cure no pay. 
ALEX. SPEIRS, Box 831, Westbrook, Maine. 
ANNOUNCING THE RESULT! 
From every test and trial by Veterinary Surgeon— 
alongside of every remedy made—on sores, skin dis¬ 
eases, and chronic scratches declared incurable and 
as with ono voice, the verdict comes back 
VETERINARY PIXINE 
Cured a galled shoulder on my horse that had been 
there for a year, and I had tried everything that I 
could hear of to heal It. I can recommend it for all 
sores.—S. C. Coddahd. Petersham, Mass. 
You have the best thing on earth for sores. Do you 
want to give me the agency for county ? Think I can 
sell some.—T. E. Llndley, Oak Grove Farm, East- 
ville, Pa. 
I have used nearly every preparation on the market 
and several private formulas, but during my experi¬ 
ence I have never used anything equal to Veterinary 
Pixine for speed cracks and scratches.— A. L. Thomas, 
Parkvllle, L. I. 
Its penetrating, soothing, antiseptic, healing power 
is unfailing and permanent. 
2 oz.,25c.;8 oz.,50c.; 5-lb. pkge., $4. 
At aU druggists or dealers, or sent prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., Troy, N. Y. 
in enormous letters on the top and their 
specialties placarded over each row of win¬ 
dows in letters a foot and a half long. 
The front of the store was piled high with 
barrels, boxes and baskets. Five men were 
at work handling the produce, and a truck 
with an immense load had just backed up 
to the store. 
BIG PROMISES.—Their first letter read: 
“We have a fine grocery trade, and can 
get big prices for good fruit. Apples are 
selling from $2 to $3.50 per barrel; Bartlett 
pears, $3 to $3.75; Seckel, $3 to $3.50; Clapp’s 
Favorite, $3 to $3.25; grapes, 75 cents to $1.50 
per case; plums, 25 to 30 cents per basket.” 
These prices were all somewhat above the 
ruling figures at the time. 
RETURNS.—Our correspondent shipped 
two barrels of Bartlett pears. Their 
“prompt returns” did not pan out. After 
a time a letter came stating that the mar¬ 
ket was very low, and the bookkeeper had 
been sick, but they hoped to send proceeds 
for the shipment 
soon. They 
came in the 
shape of a check 
for 85 cents. 
The account 
sales read: 
2 bbls. pears 
@ $1.00 
$2.00 
Freight . 
.75 
Cartage .... 
.20 
Commission 
.20 
1.15 
Proceeds . 
.85 
The check, however, was signed only with 
a rubber stamp, and, of course, was re¬ 
turned by the bank to the depositor for 
signature 
GONE.—We called to see about the 
check, but found a “To Let” sign on the 
place where they had been, which was a 
small sidewalk store instead of the four- 
story building shown on the letter sheet. 
Neither were they at the place to which 
it was said they had moved, and possibly 
they are still on the go. They appear to 
be in a sort of pupa state, undergoing a 
series of transformations. What sort of 
worm or moth they will appear as next 
it is hard to tell. One of their former 
neighbors volunteered the remark that the 
only way to catch such folks was to watch 
for them with a shot gun. Another con¬ 
cern to which our Connecticut friend re¬ 
ferred did not seem to be at the address 
given, or any other place. A gang of these 
scamps appear to have got hold of his 
name, and he need not be surprised to find 
his mail box loaded up with all sorts of 
fakey circulars, green goods offers, etc. 
as many huge palms and exotics as on a 
former occasion, but their places were 
filled by extensive collections of clipped 
yews, bay trees and box, some of which 
were exceedingly well done. These for¬ 
mally trained plants may have little merit 
from the standpoint of the nature-lover, 
but they indicate care and continuous in¬ 
telligent effort. It is observed that gardens 
in which these conventional plants are 
grown are generally well-kept in other re¬ 
spects, though the returns may not be al¬ 
ways in proportion to the labor expended. 
There was an immense show of Chrysan¬ 
themums in every form in which this pop¬ 
ular Autumn flower is grown, but nothing 
of merit surpassing former years. Fine 
and showy as these immense blooms are 
individually, the color effect in mass is 
rather chilly, the yellows being by far the 
brightest. There were some bright Dahlias, 
about the only thing in color from outside, 
and many glass-grown roses and carna¬ 
tions. The latter were in great variety 
and very handsome. Orchids in purple, 
bronze and yellow shown in extensive 
groups, were in splendid form and were 
very attractive. A pleasing feature was 
an exhibit of bedding and flowering plants 
in large groups imitating lawn beds, the 
pots being completely masked by moss and 
Autumn foliage. A collection of splendid¬ 
ly grown Persian Cyclamens was possibly 
as satisfactory as any single feature, only 
rivaled by another group of the meritori¬ 
ous Otaheite orange, all the plants being 
densely fruited. There was quite a lot of 
Japanese work; some fine nananized trees 
and plants had labels indicating an im¬ 
possible age. There were many fine vege¬ 
tables and some fruit. Including a few 
large and highly colored New Jersey ap¬ 
ples. There were few novelties shown; 
Pandanus Sanderii, a new green and white 
decorative plant, created a most favorable 
impression. The sculpture exhibit was n<5t 
particularly pleasing as a whole, though 
there were several statues of real merit. 
Most of the pieces were of colossal propor- 
;ions, and many were tinted, making a 
somewhat dingy appearance. The Italian 
garden effect of the general arrangement 
would have been better if the sculpture 
contributions had all been white, w. v. f. 
Cabbage and Milk.— Cabbage is not a 
favorite food with milk men. Fed by any 
method It is liable to give more or less 
flavor to the milk. It is generally believed 
Such results as the following are more convincing than statements, and are carrying “Save-the- 
Horse” over skepticism, prejudice and uncertainty. No man will see his horse suffer and become 
incapacitated when such facts prove convincingly the possibilities of this remedy. 
Quogue, L.I., N. Y. 
Gentlemen: “.Save-the-Horse, ” which I pur¬ 
chased from you, will do all you recommend. 
The two horses I used It ou were both laid up. 
one for six weeks or more and the other for ten 
weeks. The first one had a large splint running 
from ankle-joint to knee, also enlarged tendons on 
same leg. I used your linament on this horse 
about two weeks, according to directions, then 
commenced to drive him and have worked him 
hard on a butcher wagon ever since. He is now 
sound. The other horse belonged to a friend of 
mine that has a cottage here for the summer; his 
mare made a misstep and injured her ankle. It 
became large and calloused and she could not go. 
He employed two- veterinary surgeons, then he 
got another to fire the ankle and kept doing so 
for awhile, still his mare could not go and was 
no use to him. I told him when he got through 
doctoring her to send her to my stable and my 
man would cure her with “Save-the-Horse.” He 
did so. She was kept still for two weeks, then 
I told him he could drive her moderately, but 
that she was to stay at my stable until my man 
got through applying “Save-the-Horse.” I sent 
her back to the livery stable last week, and she 
can go as fast, as far and as quick as any 
horse on earth now, and go sound. The result 
of the firing shows, and always will, otherwise 
she Is perfect. lie drove her to Eastport last week 
In 38 minutes, which Is ten miles. I consider 
“Save-the-Horse will do more than you recom¬ 
mend It to do and will do more than any lini¬ 
ment I ever used. I enclose check for $5 for 
another bottle; I did not expect to give you a 
detailed report of the horses, hut could not do 
otherwise after seeing how the horses came out. 
\VM. II. CAMERDEN, Real Estate Agent. 
Bicknell. Ind. 
Gentlemen: I had a three-year-old filly with 
bone spavin, which had been lame for fifteen 
months or more. I used “Save-the-Horse” as 
directed and the spavin left at once and I didn t 
use quite half the bottle. I then had a mule 
which had thoroughpin on both legs and I used 
the rest of the bottle on them. They are not 
entirely gone, hut I think if 1 had used the entire 
contents of the bottle on them they would have 
gone. I have used many spavin cures but regard 
yours the best I ever had. 
R. T. COX, Breeder High Class Jersey Swine. 
Chelsea-on-nudson, N. Y. 
Gentlemen: “Save-the-Horse” Is the greatest 
remedy of the age. Spavins are chronic In my 
business, and all the remedies tried before this 
left the horse with a big sear and as lame as 
before. The horse I tried your remedy on had 
about the worst spavin I ever saw. He could not 
get ills heel on the ground when In motion, and 
less than half the bottle fixed him up as good as 
ever. With your remedy I would not hesitate to 
buy a horse with a spavin at a reasonable price, 
although I dread the disease. Wishing you 
success. 
JOHN PINCKNEY, Coal, Ice and Teaming. 
No. Easton, N. Y. 
Gentlemen: I have used “Save-the-Horse” on 
three different horses for hone spavin, with per¬ 
fect success. I consider it the only spavin cure 
on the market, and think it is not only worth five 
dollars but its weight in gold. 
HOWARD SLOCUM. 
The fire iron Is uncertain at the best and invariably only aggravates the disease or injury; 
blistering Is less effective than the fire Iron, and both necessitate laying up the horse from four 
weeks to two months; arsenic, mercurial and poisonous compounds produce irreparable injury. 
“Save-the-Horse” eliminates all these factors. Horse can be worked continuously. 
It can be applied at any time, anywhere, any place and In all conditions and extremes of 
weather hot or cold, and no matter what the age, condition or development of the case or pre¬ 
vious failures In treating, the concentrated, penetrating, absorbing power of this remedy is un¬ 
failing, and no case can withstand the force of its action whether a 
BONE OR ROG SPAVIN, RINGBONE, CURB, T HO ROUGH IMN. SPLTNT, CAPPED HOCK, SHOE 
ROIL, WIND PUFF. WEAK OR STRAINED TENDONS OR LAMENESS. 
It cures without scar, blemish or less of halr.f 
$5.00 Per Bottle. 
Written guarantee with every bottle. Construct¬ 
ed solely to convince, satisfy and protect you 
fully. We know positively “Save-the-Horse” will 
absolutely and permanently cure, and for that 
reas'.n guarantee is made all your way. 
T,.e need of second bottle is almost improbable, 
except In rarest of cases. Guarantee covers ef¬ 
fectiveness of one bottle. 
If You Are in Doubt Write Us. 
Wo will advise you frankly as to the possibility 
of the remedy effecting a cure. Give explicit 
particulars. Give the veterinarian’s diagnosis, if 
you know he is competent. Inform us fully as to 
the age, development, location of swellings, lame¬ 
ness. action and previous treatment. 
Copy of guarantee sent upon application. 
$5 a Bottle at all Druggists and Dealers, or sent prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL COlVSir’ANY, Troy N. Y, 
