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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 28, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
The second trial of E. G. Lewis, Uni¬ 
versity City publisher and promoter, on 
charges of using the mails to defraud, will 
be on the docket of the United States Dis¬ 
trict Court for Wednesday October 1G. An 
order to that effect was received Thursday 
by W. W. Wall, clerk of the court, in a 
letter from Judge Charles A. Willard, who 
will preside. Willard is judge of the Fed¬ 
eral Court for the Minnesota District.—St. 
Louis Post-Dispatch, September 12. 
From the above item it would seem 
that the date for retrial of Lewis has 
been definitely fixed for October 16, and 
yet Mr. Lewis has failed to take the 
members of his “American Woman’s 
Republic” into his confidence regarding 
it Perhaps Mr. Lewis has played the 
role of martyr so long that it has ceased 
to be profitable. His railings at the 
persecution of the government in previ¬ 
ous years never failed to bring forth 
the money he was always seeking. The 
absence of all this in his, Mr. Lewis 
publication, at the present time suggests 
that possibly the evidence produced at 
the former trial opened the eyes of 
those who were previously inclined to 
accept his denunciations of the Post 
Office Department and the Depart¬ 
ment of Justice as being sincere. 
It must be clear to all now that Lewis 
has been trying to fill the air with 
words and promises in order to obscure 
his real position. Now that words fail 
him the devoted women who have 
furnished the money may see him 
hauled into court by a power that is 
not frightened by “gulf.” 
Your welcome letter received, with check 
from Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail¬ 
road for $200 in settlement of my claim 
against them. Accept my sincere thanks. 
I feel this is as good as a present, for it 
would have cost me more to collect the bill 
than I would have realized from it. The 
r. N.-Y. is certainly a true friend of the 
people. 
Florida. 
Through delay in transit and a failure 
properly to ice a car of peaches this 
subscriber suffered considerable loss on 
the shipment. This settlement does not 
fully recompense the shipper, but he is 
better off to receive this amount with¬ 
out going to the expense and annoyance 
of a lawsuit to establish his claim for 
the full amount. We appreciate the ac¬ 
knowledgement of the services rendered 
by The R. N.-Y. 
Thanks for Mr. Dillon’s “Hind-Sights.” 
If it had come when we were younger it 
would have saved us enough to pay for 
The It. N.-Y. for several hundred years. 
Bronson, Mich. S. D. H. 
That is the point exactly. We of¬ 
fered “Hind-Sights” so that it could 
be fitted as a fore-sight in drawing a 
bead on many a fake and rogue. All 
the plausible schemes by which farmers 
are tricked and robbed are carefully ex¬ 
plained in the book. “S. D. H.” is quite 
right about the saving this book would 
have meant to him. Last year the mail 
order rogues alone got $170,000,000 of 
the people’s money. That fearful tribute 
to the fakes must be shut off. Too 
much of it goes to buy diamonds and 
wine for rascals. We want it spent for 
good clothes for the farmer and his 
wife, and good things for the home. 
Throe years ago this Spring I sent to 
the Root Incubator Company, Cleveland, 
Ohio, for an incubator. They sent me one, 
but the lamp leaked, and when I wrote 
them about it they instructed me to send 
it back and they would send a better one 
with later improvements. This did not 
prove any better and I cannot get instruc¬ 
tions from them or any reply whatever. 
$20 is not so much to lose, but it is quite 
a good deal to me for I cannot now afford 
to get another incubator. Can you give 
me any advice as to what I can do, or is 
there nothing for me to do but accept the 
loss? J. W. li. 
New York. 
The company write they are work¬ 
ing on another incubator and will take 
care of this customer as soon as pos¬ 
sible. They admit their first incubator 
was not right, but this does not give 
our subscriber the money to purchase 
an incubator from some other house. 
This concern is irresponsible and we see 
no way of getting redress for the sub¬ 
scriber. The experience suggests the 
wisdom of sending money only to such 
houses as you know to be both responsi¬ 
ble and honorable. 
I have long wished to buy from two to 
five acres in Florida and try to make a 
clean living from hens, at first starting in 
a small way, and have some raspberries 
and blackberries also, which the chicks 
won’t hurt. If you aid me by returning 
the name of some reliable land agent who 
has a few acres “left over” for me, I 
would much appreciate it. I presume be¬ 
tween Jacksonville and St. Cloud or neigh¬ 
borhood of Sanford or Kissimee would be 
all right. a. l. c. 
We can hardly think of a more direct 
road to Swindleville than this man 
thinks of taking. The men who have 
a few acres “left over” would come like 
a swarm of bees, and when it was over 
A. L. C. would be the one “left.” The 
idea of growing bush fruits in Florida 
is amusing. The whole plan shows that 
A. L. C. is about as well prepared for 
Florida farming as a child is to pioneer 
in Western Canada. Our advice to him 
is stay where he is. At any rate, do 
not buy any land in Florida until you 
have lived in the State long enough to 
know the drought and flood, the sun 
and frost, the insects and the transpor¬ 
tation. 
Joseph T. Morris, residing near Coates- 
ville, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon 
by United States Marshal I*. I). Ileims of 
Philadelphia. The charge against him is 
using the United States mails to defraud. 
The arrest grows out of a visit of one of 
the postal inspectors to the stock farm 
formerly conducted by N. P. Boyer & Com¬ 
pany, near Gum Tree, Chester County. The 
report of the inspector to his chief led to 
the arrest of Morris. The story is that 
Morris advertised and went into literature 
through the mails describing certain stock 
which has been found to be inferior to that 
represented, and that in instances the stock 
so advertised through the mails has not 
been found on the stock farm. 
Mr. Morris has been conducting the stock 
business ever since the death of George 
Hickman. Much stock, especially dogs, 
calves, chickens of the fancy breeds and 
animals generally handled by stock breeders 
and shippers, have been shipped through 
the express companies and have gone to all 
parts of the world. The charge against 
Morris is that animals so advertised have 
not been on hand and that many animals 
have been purchased after their advertise¬ 
ment and shipped to their destinations. 
John E. Hornberger, of Littlestown, one 
of the complainants, alleges that he sent 
$20 to Morris for an imported thorough¬ 
bred English fox hound and received an 
old worthless dog. The complaint says 
“the teeth were filed and the animal is 
old with gray hair.” 
Morris was taken before United States 
Commissioner Howard J. Lowell at four 
o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. He waived 
a hearing and was committed to Moya- 
mensing prison for trial in the United 
States court.—Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer. 
The operations of N. P. Boyer & Co. 
have been exposed from time to time 
in the columns of The R. N.-Y. for a 
number of years past, and we are glad 
to note that the Postoffice Department 
has at last taken action against the man¬ 
ager, Joseph Morris. The action which 
the Postoffice Department has taken in 
this case, it seems to us, will have a 
far-reaching effect if all the jockeys in 
the poultry and live-stock business gen¬ 
erally are called to account. It is com¬ 
mon knowledge that many of these 
jockeys advertise animals which they 
don’t possess or own, depending upon 
filling the orders when received by pur¬ 
chasing stock from others. From this 
case it would seem that all such are lia¬ 
ble to prosecution for fraudulent use of 
the mails. We know that some stock- 
men advertise in this way with no in¬ 
tention of defrauding, and, in fact, don’t 
defraud anyone; but at the same time 
we believe the result of preventing 
stockmen from advertising only such 
stock as they possess will have a whole¬ 
some effect on the business. 
I hand you one dollar to credit on my ac¬ 
count. You arc a fraud pincher so I say 
“bully for you.” Many of these twentieth 
century smart Alecs are fakers, so advertise 
them with limelight and get a “square 
deal.” AYhether Mars is uninhabited or 
not. all the crooks on the earth should be 
in the jute mill with Abe Reuf. Give all 
the sharks ink. d. a. a. 
New York. 
I believe that The R. N.-Y. is doing more 
for the American farmer than any other 
agricultural journal. It is pushing for a 
square deal at the selling end of the farm¬ 
ing business. It exposes fakes and frauds 
without fear or favor. Let us help place it 
in every farm home in the land. a, a. b. 
South Dakota. 
I value your paper very highly, and do 
not intend to be without it. I especially 
value the “Publisher’s Desk.” Had I ac¬ 
quainted myself with it six or seven years 
ago it would have been worth many thou¬ 
sands of dollars to me. • G. T. 
Pennsylvania. 
We should be indifferent indeed if we 
failed to appreciate the above senti¬ 
ments in recognition of the service of 
this department of the paper. But 
these subscribers, we fear, give us too 
much credit and take none to them¬ 
selves. It is the loyal support of just 
such farmers as the writers of the 
above letters which gives The R. N.-Y. 
the power to accomplish great things in 
their behalf. What would the swindlers 
care for the denunciation of The R. 
N.-Y., if it were not for the fact that 
our readers back us right up by refus¬ 
ing to have anything to do with their 
schemes and advising their neighbors 
as well. One notorious schemer makes 
oath that The R. N.-Y. cost him $2,- 
000,000—which means that the paper 
saved its readers and their friends that 
amount, as only in rare instances has 
anyone ever seen again money sent to 
this particular get-rich-quick individual. 
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