1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
61 3 
THE PRIZE CUPPINGS. 
Prizes are awarded to the following clip 
pings this week : • 
Stands for His Rights. 
There is a man who stands above all others 
in the Adironuack region these days, one 
whom the woodsmen think of and speak of in 
the tones and terms that are applied to 
heroes. 11 is name is Oliver Lamora, of Sara¬ 
nac Lake, and his eminence is due to such a 
display of honest courage as has never before 
been shown in the Adirondacks. One William 
Rockefeller came to Franklin County by dep¬ 
uty and purchased a title to 40,000 acres or 
so of woodland. Round this woodland he 
put up numerous cloth signs warning “all 
persons” not to trespass thereon. Through 
these woods flowed the St. Regis River, outlet 
of numerous ponds, and with sawmills along 
its course. Indians had fished it, the early 
white settlers had secured much of their living 
from the trout in the stream and deer that' 
browsed along its banks. Well defined trails 
led to its banks—trails scores of years old. 
Trouble had been foreseen, and a law pro¬ 
vided that a trail in use without protest for 
more than 20 years should be a public high¬ 
way to all intents and purposes. Here were 
trails to and along the St. Regis River of this 
character—trails used by men who were 
obliged to hunt and fish and trap for a liv¬ 
ing, and trails that in later years were fol¬ 
lowed by numerous sportsmen and woodsmen 
seeking rest and recreation, as well as food. 
Oliver Lamora knew who Rockefeller was 
only vaguely, but knew that a mountain of 
money was behind him; nevertheless he fol¬ 
lowed one of the trails which a cloth sign 
forbade his following, and fished in the St. 
Regis River, which Rockefeller now called 
“mine.” Lamora was arrested and hauled be¬ 
fore a justice. lie was acquitted of the 
charge of trespassing—as no man doubted 
that he would be. Then the process of “law- 
ing Lamora to death” began. It’s a familiar 
process these days—so familiar that poor men 
suffer wrongs in silence rather than spend the 
little money they possess in waging battle in 
the courts, where they must content them¬ 
selves with inexperienced or incompetent law¬ 
yers, while the moneyed bully has the keenest 
wits of the bar at his service. This Lamora 
saw and knew, but he had taken a musket 
and gone into the Ciyil War to help save the 
Union, and as he had offered Ills life for the 
nation he called on the laws he helped main¬ 
tain to give him his rights on the trails the 
law said were public highways, and in the 
streams which the State had stocked by legal 
process with fish in order that the public 
might enjoy trout fishing and eating. For 
two years he has maintained the contest— 
with the proceeds of his pension the nation 
gives him for his services in maintaining the 
integrity of the constitution. A clear-eyed, 
grim-featured backwoodsman, he has faced the 
man of countless millions in every necessary 
court, and won in every fight, save in the Su¬ 
preme Court, which has just ordered a “new 
trial.” Once more this man must go through 
the fight—it’s a splendid exhibition. This 
one man stands facing the people who would 
“preserve” the Adirondacks for their own use, 
and single handed he has checked the raid. It 
remains to be seen who will hasten to his 
side.—Utiqp Press. 
Bull Catches a Milk Thief. 
Dominic Musanno is in a hospital at Tren¬ 
ton, N. J., suffering from two fractured ribs, 
three broken fingers, a sprained ankle and 21 
bruises because he tried to milk Mrs. -Mary 
Cooley’s prize cow too often. Mrs. Cooley 
conducts a country boarding place at Trenton 
Junction. That she may have a novel coun¬ 
try place, Mrs. Cooley has sought to supply 
her boarders with real fresh milk. To this 
end Mrs. Cooley kept several Jersey cows. 
For several weeks this Summer boarders have 
been shy on milk, the fresh prize cow in the 
first stall of the stable having failed to pro¬ 
duce as formerly. “I’ll soon find out if a 
milk thief is around,” said Mrs. Cooley July 
24. She then changed the stall of the Jer¬ 
sey cow and put a vicious Jersey bull in the 
stall next the door. Early next morning was 
a great commotion in the cow shed. The bull 
was bellowing loudly and kicking viciously. 
The air was made blue by a string of oaths. 
A sound as of a tin milk pail being banged 
against the side of a building, and an occa¬ 
sional thumping as If a human being was 
being slammed about was heard. 
The Summer boarders rushed to the cow 
shed. There they saw Dominic Musanno, 
with the milk pail clutched tightly in both 
hands. Musanno and the pail were mixing 
it up with the hind feet of the Jersey bull. 
The bull was angry. Musanno and his milk 
pall were rescued and he confessed he had 
been milking the Jersey cow in the first stall. 
That night he thought he would milk the cow. 
When he attempted to do so he soon learned 
the cow was a bull. Musanno says he will 
sending to patrons seeds that, when planted, 
produce the common or garden variety of 
turnip. The advertisements of the plant have 
largely disappeared from the magazines now, 
but the country has not forgotten them. The 
craze for raising ginseng has spread and the 
Agricultural Department is still besieged with 
requests for plants and seeds. It is stated 
that the plant grown in this country can find 
little market, as the Chinese get an ample 
supply from farms in Korea. The ginseng ad¬ 
vertisers represented that the plant brought 
fabulous prices for medicinal purposes, and 
that a small patch in any old backyard plant¬ 
ed with the root would make a family as well- 
to-do as a warren of Belgian hares. Up to 
the present time the ginseng millionaires have 
not held any State conventions.—Minneapolis 
Journal. 
POTATO GROWING IN SWITZER¬ 
LAND. • 
I will try to tell you something about po¬ 
tato culture In tnis part of Switzerland. 1 
am. living in the Alps, in a valley through 
which the young Rhine is flowing, and about 
2,000 feet above sea level. Potato planting 
is done here at the end of April or the begin¬ 
ning of May. We are not anxious to plant 
early, as it only lengthens the time for weeds 
to grow, and because the young plants are 
liable to be injured by frost, a danger which 
usually disappears by May 15. The best dis¬ 
tance for planting is 28 inches between the 
rows and 14 inches in the rows. It has been 
found that the best net result in cash is pro¬ 
duced by using entire tubers of a good me¬ 
dium size. Large tubers may be used with 
nearly the same result, if cut lengthwise, using 
both sides, or cut broad way, using only that 
half which carries the best “eyes,” leaving 
the other half for use in the kitchen or sta¬ 
ble. 'To use small tubers or small cuts is dis¬ 
advantageous. 
When the plants are well out of the soil 
the laud is hoed and the weeds removed. In 
my opinion this work is always best done by 
hand. We can find women and children in 
our neighborhood who do that work very well, 
being paid so much per acre, which allows 
, them to begin work and leave it at any time 
. of the day. Hired help is nearly not to he 
had at that time of the year, but in this way 
. the work is done by people who have some 
t home work to do and are glad to gain some 
\ money besides. Soon after this work has 
been done it will be time for ridging, which 
Is effected by help of a horse. One year I 
wanted to know whether ridging was really 
of any use. I made trials and comparisons. 
Result: ridging is continued. 
In July or August somebody ought to go 
through the rows and pull out the high weeds: 
or, better still, cut these weeds, because by 
pulling them out without judgment potato 
plants will often be disturbed. Harvest time 
comes at the end of September or in October. 
We consider it to be of no use leaving the 
potatoes in the ground when the plants are 
dry or nearly dry, though some people think 
it is. The plants are mowed and removed, 
and then the rows opened by a plow. To 
say the truth about harvest time, experience 
has taught me to take advantage of any fine 
weather towards the end of September, for in 
October the fine days are devoted to fruit 
picking, and potatoes are neglected. It is, 
lliowever, a great nuisance to dig out the po¬ 
tatoes in bad weather, or so late in the sea¬ 
son that night frosts are to be feared. Of 
course there are early varieties ripening in 
July, for which higher prices are paid, but 
they don’t yield as much and are not so 
easily to be sold in large quantities. Also 
their value is naturally diminishing as the 
season advances, so they ought to be sold 
when still in the ground, and then Italy is 
sending us early potatoes in larger quantities 
year by year, and at comparatively low prices. 
So.I prefer to ^row late varieties, for which 
there is always a good and continued demand, 
and to have one potato harvest only instead 
of two or three. Sound potatoes of good 
qualities for the kitchen will grow in a 
sunny climate and in a light, even in a some¬ 
what stony soil, conditions which are likely 
to be found in a hilly or mountainous country. 
Lime seems to he no necessity for the po¬ 
tato, practically speaking. But its presence 
in (he soil will not interfere with potato eul 
ture. Apple culture, and any stone fruit as 
well, will never be a full success without a 
good percentage of lime in the natural soil. 
Pears, like potatoes, will do with much less. 
A potato field will he very grateful for a 
reasonable dose of phosphoric acid and pot¬ 
ash (kali) in some form or other, as an addi 
tion. of course, to stable manure. This com¬ 
bined fertilizing will probably do much to 
keep the plants sound and strong and free 
from insects, and the money will be better 
spent for fertilizing the soil than for spray 
nig with Bordeaux Mixture and so on. It 
must always be borne in mind that stable 
manure is a somewhat one-sided fertilizer, and 
if used in excess is likely to favor an unnat¬ 
ural development of the plant and the breed¬ 
ing of insects. I do not know the Colorado 
Potato beetle. G. v. planta. 
Furstenau, Switzerland. 
Rose Notes. —All my roses are thriving 
except one—a cherished. Earl of Dufferin, 
that started buds in the Spring, but had not 
the necessary vitality to bring them out. 
They soon shriveled and the plant died. I 
have had three and none of them lived more 
than two or three years. It Is a splendid 
rose; but does not seem to have strong enough 
constitution for our climate. I believe I shall 
have to give it up. My prize plant this year 
is a Gruss an Teplitz. It is continually in 
flower and the blooms are such a rich glow¬ 
ing crimson. The little Philadelphia has 
grown finely. M. e. c. 
Trumansburg, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
WE’LL PAY THE FREIGHT* 
‘and send 4 Buggy Wheels, Steel Tire on, - 
With Rubber Tires, $ 15*00. I mfg. wheels H to 4 in. 
tread. Top Buggies, $28.75 ; Harness. $3 60* Write for 
catalogue. Learn h«w to buy vehicles *>nd parts direct. 
^Wagon Umbrella FREE. W .R. HOOH,Cincinnati,0. 
WHAT GAME OF A LETTER. 
My Dear Aunt Kate: 
I must tell you the good news. Right 
after receiving your letter, the day before 
New Year’s I started in with new resolu¬ 
tions on the first of the year. I wrote to 
Dr. R. V. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y., as you 
requested me to do. I gave him all my 
symptoms, which were that I was tired— 
so tired—all the time and did not care to 
go anywhere, depressed and sad, and all 
ambition gone, backache and a dragged-out 
feeling, could not sleep, limbs feeling sore 
and aching. I followed the doctor’s advice, 
which he went to considerable pains to 
make plain to me—to rest every day—a nap 
after lunch—complete relaxation—cultivate 
repose of mind, try not to worry, get as 
much outdoor air as possible, and prac¬ 
tice long, deep breathing, expanding the 
lungs. Then fora uterine tonic, Dr. Pierce’s 
Favorite Prescription, coupled with a wash 
he told me of. I must say that after follow¬ 
ing his advice for four months I feel per¬ 
fectly cured and like a new woman. 
Yours affectioually, Jewel. 
Letters like the above are not unusual. 
Mrs. Koomati, of 832 Grant Ave., Schenectady, 
N. Y., says: "I continued with the medicine 
until I had taken five bottles, also two vials of 
the ‘Pleasant Pellets,’ and I was cured. I al¬ 
ways recommend I)r. Pierce’s medicines to my 
friends when they are not well.” 
"My daughter is in quite good health, thanks 
to Dr. Pierce's medicines. My wishes are that 
all who are afflicted will try them and see what 
good can be done for the sick.” writes Mrs. 
Elizabeth McConell, of Rochester, Iud. 
Send 31 one-cent stamps to Dr. R. V. 
Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y., for his Common 
Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages. 
EUREKA INDESTRUCTIBLE FENCE POSTS. 
Cheap as cedar. Made where used. No freight to 
pay. Great Inducements to Agents to work territory, 
for terms, etc., address, with stamp, 
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Write today for book and 
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$50.00 California and Return. 
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Special trains from Chicago to San Fran¬ 
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Name Your Farm aud 
Give It a Character. 
You Can Do It Without Money. Only a Little of Your Time. 
Every up-to-date farmer should name his farm, by selecting some appropriate 
name and perpetuating it by the use of neatly printed stationery. It has undoubt" 
edly occurred to you many times that you would like to do this, but you have not 
felt like spending the money. Cheap stuff is worse than plain paper; and good 
stationery is expensive. Knowing all this, we have arranged to send you stationery 
in exchange for a little of your time. 
The Noteheads are of fine, medium-weight paper, size 5% by 8 inches, made up 
into neat pads. The envelopes are size 6, of good quality, and are printed with the 
name of the Farm, the proprietor’s name, and postoflfiee address. We will deliver 
this stationery, postage paid, for clubs as follows : 
For three new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, 
or yeai*ly or trial new subscriptions to the 
amount of S3 ; or for six renewal subscrip¬ 
tions at S1 each. 
For five new yearly subscriptions at SI each ; 
or yearly and trial new subscriptions to the 
amount of $5. Or, for 10 renewal subscriptions 
at SI each. 
You'll get a neat job of printing, and a tasteful, effective and modern one if 
you will avail yourself of this liberal offer. Our desire is to furnish you with up- 
to-date stationery in return for a few moments of your time. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
250 NOTE HEADS 
250 ENVELOPES. 
500 NOTE HEADS 
500 ENVELOPES. 
never forget his blunder.- 
ord. 
-Philadelphia Rec- 
The Ginseng Business. 
If the desire to own a ginseng farm ever 
burns warm in your breast, you should take 
treatment. There has been much fraud in 
the business, some of the advertising Arms 
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT 
CURES THE WORST COLDS. 
For 7 3 year* the Standard Cough Remedy. 
