1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
533 
THE PRIZE CLIPPINGS. 
Prizes aie awarded this week as follows: 
The Coming Farmer. 
The tendency of farm life Is In the right 
direction. The extension of railway, tele¬ 
phone, mail and other facilities that make 
large communities intimate has done much 
to bring the people of the country Into 
closer social relation. The improvement in 
machinery and methods have made the la¬ 
bors of the farm much easier. What is still 
needed more than anything else is the culti¬ 
vation of system—a system by which the 
affairs of life can be harmonized so as to 
have time for work and time for recreation 
and intercourse. A larger degree of socia¬ 
bility would beget greater personal pride 
and would be a strong incentive for the com¬ 
mon accomplishments of life. It would in 
spire a greater attention to the beautifying 
of country homes and the establishment and 
maintenance of orderly, attractive country 
houses. 
The older generation of farmers counted 
too much on icork and too little on manage¬ 
ment. The younger generation should see 
to it that the science of farming is acquired 
through the best medium available. A little 
knowledge may save much labor. There Is 
no more independent or desirable position for 
the man of average ability than that of a 
manager farmer. And that is a post to 
which every capable farmer’s son may rea¬ 
sonably aspire.—Kansas City., Mo., Star. 
A Horse Trade, 
Darwin C. Frye, a Montezumian who deals 
in horse flesh, is not at all nice In his deal¬ 
ings with other men. Frye, who, it is 
charged in an action for replevin that was 
commenced against him before Justice Whe¬ 
lan this morning, used a strong arm game 
and secured a horse yesterday from Ida 
Metross. Mrs. Metross and her husband are 
residents of Auburn, and Mrs. M. was the 
owner of a good horse, valued at $100. Yes¬ 
terday her husband drove the animal to 
Montezuma and while there met Frye. The 
Montezumian asked Metross to trade, and 
the latter, so the story goes, said that he 
could not “swap, as the horse belonged to 
his wife.” 
“Oh, yes, you can,” Frye is alleged to 
have made reply. “I’ll give you two for 
one.” 
This being a good inducement, Metross 
thought he would see what he would draw. 
A horse was brought from Frye's barn, and 
the Metross animal was unhitched, the Frye 
horse being placed in the thills. Metross 
started to drive the animal for a trial, and 
(he horse from the marshes at once balked. 
Then Metross wanted the other horse back, 
saying that he would not trade. “But you 
have traded,” Frye told him, and then when 
Metross attempted to enter the barn, the 
marsh man, so it is alleged, knocked the 
man from Aurelius down, and continued to 
do this several times until Metross tired of 
it, and went his way. 
During last night Frye departed from 
Montezuma and took the Metross horse and 
five others along with him. Metross went 
before Justice of the Peace Whelan and 
made application for an order for Frye’s 
arrest in a civil action for the replevin of 
the Metross equine. The court granted the 
order.—Auburn, N. Y., Advertiser. 
Who Is Old? 
Reminiscing is said to be an Indication 
of age. There is no such actuality as age. 
It Is said that a man is as old as he feels 
and a woman is as old as she looks. Age is 
a condition of the mind. One may be old at 
.10 or young at 90. You see some people 
young in years going around with a dyspep¬ 
tic look and guarded steps. They are old. 
There is no buoyancy of nature to keep them 
young. An old lady of 70 says she doesn’t 
call herself old. “I never shall,” said she, 
“until I reach a time of life when I can’t 
be of use to others.” That is the spirit of 
blooming youth. We read in the papers 
about William Smith, of Arlington Heights, 
Mass., who, although 96 years of age, is 
writing letters to a paper about life three- 
quarters of a century ago, and who is as 
clear mentally as he was a half century ago. 
We read, too, about James B. McGregor, of 
North Newport, in this State, who if he 
lives to the sixth day of September will 
round out the 103d year of his life. He at¬ 
tends to the gardening, wields a paint brush, 
and does other work with an energy that is 
wonderful for his years. How, in the face 
of such Instances, can one accurately esti¬ 
mate age simply by the passing of years?— 
Foster’s Democrat. 
“For 10 years,” observed the new board¬ 
er, “my habits were as regular as clock¬ 
work. I rose on the stroke of 6; half an 
hour later was at breakfast; at 7 I was at 
work; dined at 1; had supper at 6; and 
was in bed at 9:30. Ate only plain food, 
and hadn’t a day’s illness all the time.” 
“Dear me!” said a hearer in sympathetic 
tones, “and what were you in for?”— 
Credit Lost. 
TALKS WITH A LAWYER. 
Can you tell me if a daughter-in-law can 
get pay for taking care of a father-in-law, 
and how much? She took care at request of 
the other children. Are land contracts out¬ 
lawed, and in how long a time? e. s. h. 
Ohio. 
It is difficult to give a direct answer 
to this query, because the facts are not 
sufficiently stated in detail. If the father- 
in-law requests his daughter-in-law to 
expend time and services in his care, he 
would ordinarily be liable therefore. If, 
however, the services were rendered with¬ 
out his direct request, and as a matter of 
duty toward him as a member of the 
family, it might well be held that payment 
for these services was not contemplated 
between the parties, in which case a re¬ 
covery could not be had. If the other 
children of the father-in-law request his 
daughter-in-law to render these services, 
and promise to pay for them, there would 
be no doubt as to their liability to pay. 
It is purely a question of contract; 
whether the parties who requested the 
services to be rendered did promise to 
pay for them. Such a promise can be im¬ 
plied from the circumstances under which 
the request was made, even though no di¬ 
rect promise to pay was ever given. It is 
impossible to answer the question more 
directly wiithout knowing all the circum¬ 
stances under which the services were 
rendered. 
As to the second part of the question 
the same difficulty exists, on account of its 
indefiniteness. If E. S. H. purchases 
lands under a written contract, paying 
down a part of the purchase price, the 
remainder of the purchase price to be paid 
at a specified date, when the deed was to 
be delivered, (which is the ordinary 
case), then the contract would become 
outlawed in the course of time. Under 
the laws of New York, such a contract, 
if under seal, would not be barred until 
20 years after the time fixed for the pay¬ 
ment of the remainder of the purchase 
money. Under the Ohio law it would 
seem that it would be barred in 15 years. 
If the purchaser went into possession un¬ 
der the contract and is now in possession 
the situation would be different, for an 
action to recover real property must be 
brought within 20 years after the cause 
of action accrues. 
Cider and Milk Cellars. 
N. W., Ionia, Ont. —I have had a great 
deal of trouble with keeping milk in cel¬ 
lar. The cellar was cleaned and white¬ 
washed, and still the cream made strong but¬ 
ter. Would several barrels of cider be the 
cause? 
Ans. —Cider in the cellar has been the 
cause of much trouble. It will not only 
ruin milk, but it will wreck homes, as we 
know from personal observation. Milk, 
especially while warm, will take up odors 
very quickly, and the musty, stale smell 
from the cider is enough to spoil the 
milk. A cellar, as we usually find it, is 
not a good place to keep milk. Usually 
everything is apt to be damp and musty, 
and there is not a current of fresh air 
to help out. If a cellar were cemented 
and then whitewashed, and windows so 
placed that there were drafts and a place 
to air it out and let in sunlight occasion¬ 
ally, it might do, but one can usually rig 
up some belter place without much laboi 
or expense. 
Painting Metal Roofs. 
IT. li. T., Standing Stone, Pa. —On page 
43G is an article on metal roofing. What 
kind of paint does R. M. R. use on these 
roofs? Would he advise tin, iron or steel 
for a henhouse and brooder house? 
Ans. —I have used several kinds of 
paint, mostly met:’."ic brown and Vene¬ 
tian red. I prefer the former, but have 
not been able to obtain it for several years. 
Both are prepared in the same way. I 
use seven pounds of the dry paint to one 
gallon of raw oil; mix and let stand two 
or three days, and just before using add 
nearly a pint of best drier and stir thor¬ 
oughly. I have been told by those who 
thought they knew that drier should not 
be used in roof paint, and I have seen a 
part of that paint without drier washed 
off by rain two days after it had been put 
on the roof. I paint roofs in dry, warm 
weather. As a supplement to the article 
on page 436 I will say that steel roofs 
which had been on about 12 years were 
taken off two dwellings in this neighbor¬ 
hood in the last 10 days. One man said 
he had painted his roof several times, and 
the owner of the other dwelling said: “1 
painted this steel nearly every year.” One 
put on some sort of a composition roof 
and the other put on galvanized iron in 
place of the steel. R. m. r. 
E. Springfield, O. 
Canada Thistles. —I have killed out sev¬ 
eral patches of Canada thistles by keeping 
at them with the hoe or in case of a large 
patch by using 10-inch thistle cutters, two or 
three fastened on to the l’lanet cultivator, and 
keep at them as fast as they show through; 
cut well below the surface and choke them 
out, through June especially. This is the 
only way I know of. w. t. 
Mustard Seed. —The spread of wild mus¬ 
tard is noticeable everywhere, and not only 
the grain fields are damaged to a greater or 
less extent, but in some cases the plants are 
so thick in the first crop of grass often as 
to ruin it for hay. ' I am quite sure that in 
some cases I have had the seed in purchased 
clover seed, but generally it comes from the 
thrashers. I sow no seed grain now, grown 
near by, which I do not screen, and find it 
quite effective. A box a foot wide and 2% 
long with the bottom covered with the fine 
netting used for screen doors takes out all 
fine weed seed, including mustard. The 
jointed seed of kale will not go through. 
Winslow, Me. c. s. r. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
The Secret of Long Life and 
How to Overcome Waste. 
To "Know thyself," is to take advantage 
of life’s secrets and equip one’s self with 
an armor which will successfully resist the 
attack of disease in 
the battle of life. 
The old idea of fate 
or 'kismet,” and 
that a person al¬ 
ways dies when his 
time comes, is now 
exploded. Every 
mechanism, wheth¬ 
er made by God or 
man, has a definite 
amount of wear 
and its life can be 
lengthened or 
1 shortened accord¬ 
ing to the care that 
is given it. If ac¬ 
cident or careless¬ 
ness destroys ths 
works of the watch 
or the human mechanism an end comes 
to its usefulness, but it has not actually 
”worn out.” Man’s system at times gets 
rusty like the wheels of '.he watch and 
only needs a liPle cleaning and oiling to 
put it in shape for life’s battles. 
An imitation of nature’s method of re¬ 
storing waste of tissue and impoverish¬ 
ment of the blood and nervous force is 
used when you take an alterative extract 
of herbs and roots, without the use of alco¬ 
hol, like Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery. This vegetable medicine coaxes 
the digestive functions and helps in the 
assimilation of food, or rather enables the 
organs to take from the food just the 
nutriment the blood requires. 
Prof. T. B. Tauguay, of 6i St. Peter Street, Que¬ 
bec, writes: ”1 had been ill for some time with La 
Grippe and did not regain my strength. With¬ 
in a week after using Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med¬ 
ical Discovery, I was able to be around again, 
and I found that my system was entirely free 
from any of the bad effects of La Grippe. I 
now keep a bottle of the ‘ Golden Medical Dis¬ 
covery ’ on hand, and, when I catch cold, take a 
few doses, which keeps me in perfect health. 
As a builder up of lost strength aud vitality I 
do not believe your ‘Discovery’ has an equal.” 
Accept no substitute for "Golden Medical 
Discovery.” There is nothing "just as 
good ” for diseases of the stomach. 
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, the best 
laxative for old people. They cure con¬ 
stipation and biliousness. 
UNION LOCK 
POULTRY FENCING 
AS IT LOOKS WHEN ERECTED 
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prices will surprise you. We ship from mills in 
Conn.,III. and Calif., and guarantee prompt delivery. 
Catalogue of Farm, Lawn and PoultryFencing sent 
free. Write us what you want Do it to-day. 
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NOW IS THE TIME 
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Spring Wire and Steel Gates. The goods have no 
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THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
PAGE 
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Investigate the • 1 Monarch'* 
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CIDER 
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A perfect steel frame silo with guar- 
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10x20 silo $78.37. Special terms to Farmer’s Clubs 
& Granges. The International Silo Co., Jefferson, O. 
KA DEXX 
Cream Extractor 
Means less labor, more and 
better butter, larger profits, be¬ 
cause it 
Separates Clean. 
Has three times the separating 
power of other makes., Does 
not mix water with milk. 
Easier to clean and operate. 
No waste. Durable. Ami-rust 
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Lowest Rates and many unusual privileges. 
Special $15.00 rate on certain dates. Full 
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R. E. Payne, General Agent, 291 Main St., 
Buffalo, N. Y., or A. W. Ecclestone, D. P. A., 
385 Broadway, New York. 
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■me for thi Ita 
Kho Wants the 
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