1904 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Last March a subscriber to The R. N.- 
Y. sent a remittance of $40 to Lewis E. 
Benedict, Lutherville, Md., for a regis¬ 
tered Guernsey calf. The sale had been 
conducted by correspondence, and terms 
fully agreed upon. During these nego¬ 
tiations Mr. Benedict was prompt in his 
correspondence. The shipment of calf 
was delayed after remittance was re¬ 
ceived and the registry paper has never 
been sent. After trying in vain to get 
a reply from Mr. Benedict, complaint 
was made in August to The R. N.-Y. Our 
letters received no better attention. The 
matter was then put into the hands of 
an attorney. After much delay Mr. 
Benedict wrote the attorney that he had 
sent the registry papers and fee to the 
Secretary of the Guernsey Cattle Club, 
and expected that they had been for¬ 
warded to the purchaser by the Secre¬ 
tary. The Secretary of the Club writes 
us, however, that he has done nothing 
of the kind. To bring an action in the 
courts to compel Mr. Benedict to live up 
to his agreement would involve a trip 
to Maryland, with attendant expenses, 
besides lawyer’s fees, and Mr. Benedict 
no doubt considers this feature of the 
case in his neglect to make the matter 
right. In other words, it would cost the 
purchaser more to insist on his rights 
than the amount involved would justify. 
Whether the calf is eligible to registry 
or not each reader may infer for hint- 
self. Whether it is good business for 
Mr. Benedict to treat a reader of Titb 
r N.-Y. in this way or not remains to 
be seen. To say the least, the transac¬ 
tion would not encourage one to place 
orders with him. 
Here is a note from a subscription 
agent who has just begun to work for 
The R. N.-Y., and who has been in the 
subscription work for eight years. He 
reports from one of the first farmers’ 
meetings at which he represented The 
R. N.-Y.: 
I never saw so many men who were tak¬ 
ing one paper as I found at this meeting, 
paid in advance, and of all the old sub¬ 
scribers not a kick from one. I talked to 
35 farmers at this meeting in succession, 
and 32 of them were subscribers to The 
R. N.-Y. 
This agent could not understand on the 
start why we would not let him pursue 
the methods he used in working for 
other papers. Being a bright man and 
of good business principles he appre¬ 
ciates the situation now. From his past 
experience with some other papers it 
seems to be a surprise to him that old 
subscribers have no “kicks” coming. 
Few people in this world like to “kick 
well enough to do so without some rea¬ 
son, either real or apparent. When there 
is any general complaint on the part of 
the people there is some good reason for 
it. This agent did not have any com¬ 
plaints, or as he puts it, “kicks,’ be¬ 
cause our whole thought and energy is 
devoted to the work of making the paper 
useful to them, and the instruction to 
every one from the agent who sends one 
subscription a year up to the subscrip¬ 
tion manager is to treat every sub¬ 
scriber as a personal friend, as wo hold 
him to be, and to give him the benefit 
of any doubt that may arise in connec¬ 
tion with his business with the paper. 
Speaking about “kicks,” however, we 
do get one now and then. Here is the 
substance of one received only yester- 
day: 
I wrote you twice besides this, and you 
were not gentlemen enough to answer my 
letter. If you are not decent enough to an¬ 
swer now, you can stop my paper, and I 
will advertise your methods in this neigh¬ 
borhood. 
Now advertising our methods in 
country neighborhoods is just what we 
want, provided you advertise us as we 
try to deserve; mind you, not as we may 
sometimes actually deserve. But this 
letter was so emphatic the publisher 
took pains to look it up himself. We 
could find no letter bearing his name, 
but we did find a remittance last June 
from some one at his post office, but the 
sender neglected to sign his name. We 
also found a letter written in Septem¬ 
ber reminding us that he had made the 
remittance, but this letter was also with¬ 
out a signature. These two letters were 
evidently in + he same hand-writing as 
the one just received, so we were able 
at last to give him credit and make an 
explanation. We actually had about 200 
letters last year containing money from 
people who neglected to sign their 
names, and we had to wait their com¬ 
plaint before giving credit. Some of the 
letters of complaint that followed are 
the most vigorous “kicks” we get dur¬ 
ing the whole year. It seems a law of 
human nature that we are most un¬ 
charitable with others when we are our¬ 
selves responsible for the cause of com¬ 
plaint. 
It seems that we never knew a time 
when so many schemes were under way 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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to allure a dollar from country pockets. 
If you get a letter saying you were a 
successful contestant in some guessing 
contest, and are entitled to a prize, pro¬ 
vided you send some money, you can 
safely conclude that you are paying all 
or a little more than the prize article, is 
actually worth. It is rather a favorite 
scheme to tell you that you have won a 
building Jot, and all you need to do is to 
send $5 for a deed. In such cases deeds 
have been sent for a bit of land under 
water in a Long Island swamp over 100 
miles from the city. Making out deeds 
at $5 a copy is rather a paying business. 
After the three days’ cold snap was 
over the first days of the month sub¬ 
scription returns again increased as we 
expected, and every day for the month 
so far is ahead of last year, except the 
three reported last week. Those who 
have not yet sent in renewals should do 
so at once. Your name is not on the list 
for the rose until the renewal is re¬ 
ceived. 
Have you any of those small envelopes 
around the house that ought to be hand¬ 
ed out to your neighbor? If so, don’t 
leave them there. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Black Ben Davis.—As readers know, 
there has been much controversy about 
the alleged difference between, the Gano 
and Black Ben Davis ’apples. The Mis¬ 
souri Horticultural Society appointed a 
committee to investigate the matter. This 
committee now issues a report of 10 close¬ 
ly-written pages—the result being summed 
tip as follows: 
“After finding no differences, either in 
the fruit or in the trees, by which they 
can be separated, your committee is forced 
to conclude that Black Ben Davis and 
Gano are one and the same variety; and 
that their having been regarded locally 
as being different sorts is only another 
case where isolated trees of a^ variety, 
having been brought to notice in some¬ 
what widely separated neighborhoods, have 
each for a time been given different names 
and each has been honestly regarded as 
being of distinct seedling origin.” 
The Mead Strawberry.— Thinking that 
some of your readers may like my ex¬ 
perience with the “Mead” strawberry 1 
send it to you. I have fruited it for the 
last three years in the field with many of 
the newer varieties and it excels all the 
perfect blossom berries that I have tried, 
being a strong grower, very productive 
of plants and fruit, foliage free from rust, 
berries large to the end of season, conical 
in shape, one of the best flavored and a 
very firm berry; thrives on light or heavy 
soil; season, medium to late; a most ex¬ 
cellent berry. john wooldredge. 
Worcester' Co., Mass. 
In the good 
old days the 
sexton announc¬ 
ed a death in 
the community 
by a stroke on 
the church bell 
for every year of 
the life that was 
gone. People 
expected, then, to live to old 
age, and speculation at the 
first tap of the bell took a 
narrow range including only 
those who had lived the al¬ 
lotted time. There is no rea¬ 
son why people should not 
have the same expectancy of 
age to-day, except for the 
neglect and abuse of the one 
organ on which all the other 
organs depend—the stomach. 
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med¬ 
ical Discovery enables men 
and women to be strong and 
healthy, by curing diseases of 
| the stomach (and other or- 
( gans of digestion and nutri- 
| tion), which prevent the 
proper nourishment of the 
body. 
"I had been sick for two years 
J with indigestion and nervous de¬ 
bility, and had taken 
medicine from my fam¬ 
ily doctor for a long time 
without much benefit,” 
writes Mrs. W. H. Pee¬ 
bles, of I,ucknow, S. C. 
" Was induced by my 
husband to consult Dr. 
Pierce by letter. You 
advised me to take 
1 Golden Medical Discov¬ 
ery ’ and 1 Favorite Pre¬ 
scription,’ which I did, 
and, to ray great sur¬ 
prise, after taking six 
bottles I was cured.” 
The Medical Ad¬ 
viser, in paper cov¬ 
ers, is sent free for 
21 one-cent stamps to 
pay expense of mail¬ 
ing only. Address 
Dr. R„ V. Pierce, 
Buffalo. N. Y. 
Worth $100 A Bottle. 
_ „ , ^ Collinsville, Texas, Feb. 10,1903. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburj? Falls, Vt. 
GentlemenI read your advertisement the other day 
In regard to Kendall’s Spavin Cure, and having two fine 
and valuable horses which had been lame with Spavin 
for nine months, I sent to the druggist at Decatur for a 
pottle of Spavin Cure, which in six weeks removed all 
lameness and soreness, and a Splint from another one, 
and all three horses are sound as colts. The one bottle 
was worth $ 10O to me* You may use my name at any 
time you wish. Very truly yours, 
P. H. SEGLER. 
Price SI| six for S5. Asa liniment for family use it 
has no equal. Ask your druggist for Kendall's Spavin 
Cure, also "A Treatise on the Horse," the book free, or 
address 
DR. B. I. KENDALL CO., EN0SBURQ FALLS. VT. 
Defy the Coldest Blizzard with a 
Vestibule 
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It keeps the driver warm and dry as in a closed cab. 
It saves the horse against the wind and stops the 
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touch. No incumbrance—put on or off in two minutes. 
Sent on approval. Picture catalog free. “Are you 
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41 Oak Street, Connersville, Ind. 
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1 14 Liberty St., Naw York. 
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o 
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HAVANA, ILL 
For the Future 
yon put good money into a buggy 
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durable 
er to the 
celebrated 
in years to come, when they see how lasting, 
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Split Hickory $ 
50 
TOP 
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the buggy to you on 
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to have you give it a thorough test 
_ and trial before you call it yours. 
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grade Harness, sold direct to the user at wholesale prices. 
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“SAVErTHE-HORSE” 
Registered Trade Mark. 
SPAVIN CURE 
Begin Treatment at Once; Have a Permanently Sound Horse for Spring, 
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results, as shown in our booklet, by business men whose reliability can be readily ascertained, have 
carried “SAVE-THE-HORSE” over skepticism, prejudice and uncertainty. Send for booklet and copy 
of written guarantee, which is as binding to protect you as the best legal talent couid make it. No 
man need see his horse suffer and become incapacitated. 
“ SA-VE-THE-KOTISE 99 Positively and Permanently Cures BONE 
and BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGUPIN, KING BONE (except low ringbone,) CURB, SPLINT, 
CAPPED HOCK, WINDPUFF, SHOE BOIL, WEAK and SPRAINED TENDONS and all 
LAMENESS. Cures without scar, blemish or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. 
$5.00 per bottle. Written guarantee with every bottle. Need of second bottle improbable, 
except in rarest cases. If your case is different we advise frankly as to possibility of the remedy 
effecting a cure. Give veterinarian’s diagnosis, if he is competent. Describe age, development, locatioo 
of swellings, lameness, and way horse carries and holds leg. 
$5.00 per bottle at all druggists and dealers, or sent express prepaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., TROY, N. Y. Also manufacturers of Veterinary Pixlne. 
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT 
CURES THE WORST COLDS. 
For 73 years the Standard Cough Remedy. 
