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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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T IIE case of Miss Mabel Hastings of 
Montclair, N. J., against D. B. Cor¬ 
nell, of Great Barrington, Mass., was 
heard in the superior court at Pittsfield 
Tuesday. The case is a contract action 
to recover about $800 which plaintiff 
claims is due her in connection with the 
sale of the Bastine property in South 
Egremont. The jury returned a verdict 
yesterday afternoon for the plaintiff. Miss 
Hastings, in the sum of $809. . It is un¬ 
derstood that an appeal may be taken.— 
Local Paper. 
Our contention about these real estate 
transactions is being verified in the 
courts wherever tried; but always with 
annoyance and expense to the buyer or 
seller. The way to avoid such annoy¬ 
ance and expense is to get all information 
in advance from disinterested sources, and 
then employ a local attorney to draw up 
the contract and secure title. 
Are the North American Accident In¬ 
surance policies worth while? Several 
policies are in force in this section, in¬ 
cluding my own and I would like to have 
your opinion of them. c. B. a. 
New York. 
the agri- 
Temple 
appears, 
refused 
If the insured can make out 
under his contract, he may, of 
recover; but the policies are very 
limited, and very skillfully drawn. 
a case 
course, 
strictly 
so that 
they may not mean just what you might 
conclude on a casual reading. They are 
confined largely to such accidents as one 
is liable to in the city, but seldom occur 
in the country. The conditions are very 
technical. For example, the $250 for 
loss of life, is restricted to loss within 80 
days of accident, and death must result 
from accident independent of all other 
causes. Most of us have some ailment, 
acute or chronic, and this would seem to 
exclude the possibility of a claim. The 
whole contract is covered with just such 
technical requirements, and it is difficult 
to see how a claim could be presented 
which would not be affected by the re¬ 
strictions. This is probably necessary in 
order to write a policy on a small an¬ 
nual premium; but what is the good of 
a policy unless it protects one in case 
of an ordinary accident? 
Last May an agent of the Herrick 
Seed Company, Rochester, N. Y., took a 
small order of trees from my husband. 
He did not have his glasses and signed 
without reading the fine print. The agent 
said the trees would be all of one caliper. 
In September we wrote the company that 
we could not use the trees and cancelled 
the order, but received no reply. The last 
week of October a bundle of trees was 
thrown on our lawn from a driver’s 
wagon. We still refused to receive them, 
but the driver said to heel them In and no¬ 
tify the Herrick Seed Co., as others were 
doing. We now see that the trees are not 
of the same caliper, and trees of equal 
quality could be bought for one-third of 
the price charged for these. We have just 
settled in the neighborhood and do not 
want any litigation, but cannot use the 
trees. What should we do? 
Pennsylvania. G. n. w. 
If you had sent your order to a reliable 
house by mail and afterwards cancelled it. 
the goods would not have been shipped, 
and money and trouble would have been 
saved. Sometimes an order may be safely 
placed with a responsible agent of a re¬ 
liable nursery, but unless you know the 
agent and the house you are taking 
chances. When such concerns go into 
court to enforce the payment of such 
claims, they usually have to meet the 
representations of their agents, and not 
infrequently lose their cases. 
“All guaranteed five years and backed 
by 62 years’ experience; all shipped on 80 
days’ free trial. Double the power of 
other engines of equal weight, runs 
smoother. Starts easier.” 
“You will make the best investment of 
your life if you will send us your order 
for an engine by return mail. We will 
give it our careful attention and see that 
you get an outfit that will be a record 
breaker and prove a good advertisement 
for our line in your territory. We main¬ 
tain that no one who places trust in the 
integrity of this company will have occa¬ 
sion to regret it.” 
The above extracts from letter, circu¬ 
lars and advertising of the Temple Pump 
Company of Chicago, Ill., induced Mr. 
Prom, of Miami, Florida, to send them an 
order for a six horse-power Master Work¬ 
man engine, to be used in driving an irri¬ 
gation pump. The cost of the engine in¬ 
cluding some extras, was $153.55. The 
order was given in April, 1913. 
All sorts of difficulties, from the corre¬ 
spondence and the reports of Mr. Prom, 
seem to have been encountered as soon as 
attempt was made to operate the engine 
during which time experienced engineers 
and operators were called in in an at¬ 
tempt to make it do the work. After be¬ 
coming satisfied that the engine would not 
develop sufficient power to operate the 
pump, suggestions were made to exchange 
it for a single cylinder engine costing less 
money than the original. Mr. Prom of¬ 
fered to accept the exchange, the com¬ 
pany to pay the freight both ways if the 
fault were theirs. When the Master 
Workman engine was returned to the 
company at Chicago, they set up the 
claim that the fault was not theirs; that 
the engine had been taken apart, and im¬ 
properly assembled and generally abused, 
and refused to pay the freight. Mr. Prom 
maintains that the engine was never 
taken apart, that only the ordinary ad¬ 
justments were attempted, and that it 
was handled only by engineers and oper¬ 
ators who were entirely familiar with the 
operation of gasoline engines. 
Mr. Prom then complained to 
cultural papers in which the 
Pump Company advertising 
After some correspondence they 
him any redress. The R. N.-Y. does not 
carry the advertising of the Temple Pump 
Company, and has refused it for several 
years because of similar complaints re¬ 
ceived from other subscribers, but com¬ 
plaint was made, nevertheless, and we at¬ 
tempted an adjustment of it. The com¬ 
pany intimated that they would make an 
adjustment through the papers in which 
they were advertising, but this has never 
been done. 
The papers carrying the advertising 
contend that the Temple Pump Company 
was not to blame in this transaction. We 
take a different view of their responsibil¬ 
ity, but we are always tolerant of the 
opinions of others. We refer to the trans¬ 
action at this time that farmers may have 
understanding of the difficulties sometimes 
encountered in buying implements on 30- 
day guarantees. There is often a delay 
in receiving machinery; frequently delays 
in getting it set up and arranging condi¬ 
tions just right for a test, and it is not in¬ 
frequent that the 30 days expire before 
there is any opportunity to test the im¬ 
plement at all. But if it is held beyond 
the time the purchaser technically loses 
his right to return it. In this particular 
case, when the engine was found unsatis¬ 
factory, it might have been returned and 
freight both ways demanded in addition to 
the refunding of the purchase price, but 
the purchaser was first induced by the 
necessities of his case, and the hope that 
it would ultimately work, to continue ad¬ 
justments of it past the 30 days. He was 
then induced to exchange it for another 
engine with promise of better results, and 
he was probably induced to accept this 
compromise because of the necessity of 
having an engine promptly to do his work. 
He yet complains that the new engine is 
not satisfactory, but that he continued to 
use it past the limit of time for trial. He 
insists that the freight on the original en¬ 
gine should be paid by the company under 
their original guarantee, because it proved 
unsatisfactory. If he had not consented 
to an exchange the company were respon¬ 
sible for the freight. While the other 
publishers agree with the advertiser, The 
I t. N.-Y. feels that Mr. Prom’s contention 
is right. Naturally the company would 
prefer to make an exchange rather than 
to redeem the old engine and assume the 
freight expenses, and as the first engine 
at least was a failure, they were respon¬ 
sible for the freight. The Temple Pump 
Company’s present attitude is that they 
must be the judge in all cases, and if they 
contend that the failure of the engine to 
work is due to the carelessness or igno¬ 
rance of the party, then they are re¬ 
lieved from their guarantee. This po¬ 
sition might be tenable if plainly stated 
at the time the sale is made, but no such 
provision appears in any of their litera¬ 
ture. 
The R. N.-Y. has refused this adver¬ 
tising because of the record the company 
has made with our subscribers. If we 
were carrying the advertising at the time 
of this transaction we would feel the obli¬ 
gation of sending a check to cover the de¬ 
mand from Mr. Prom. We have, under 
the circumstances, no such obligation, but 
our people ought to understand the diffi¬ 
culties sometimes encountered in the pur¬ 
chase of goods under the 30 days’ trial. 
If the tradition of the house is right, it 
does not make any difference what the 
limit of trial may bo; but if the concern 
is given to technical interpretations of its 
literature, it is difficult for a farmer to 
avoid controversy, when anything goes 
wrong. 
Let me join the Anti-Fake Club. I 
believe that every intelligent man and 
woman should be made to see that it lies 
in their power to wipe out fake advertis¬ 
ing by limiting the subscriptions to per¬ 
sons who take your stand. r. m. 
Maine. 
No fake concern can exist except 
through the encouragement of credulous 
people, and most of us are credulous at 
times. The thing to realize is that we 
must use our influence against their petty 
robberies. No one person can accom¬ 
plish much alone; but members acting 
together can accomplish wonders. Re¬ 
fuse to subscribe for papers that carry 
their advertising, and let the publishers 
know why, and we will dispose of a large 
portion of 
Anti-Fake 
them. 
Club. 
That is the task of 
On September 25 I sent you receipt 
for a shipment of three cases of eggs 
sent to a New York party in February 
16. Adams Express Company lost one of 
the cases of eggs, and I have been seven 
months trying to get them to settle. I 
got tired and sent the claim to you. and 
am greatly surprised to have the claim 
settled 14 days after it was turned over 
to you, and I surely am thankful to you 
for all the trouble. It is wonderful how 
The R. N.-Y. can make Adams Express 
Company come to time and behave them¬ 
selves, and especially that I not only got 
my money for the eggs at 45 cents a 
dozen, but they paid back 27 cents ex- 
pressage and 6% interest for six months, 
making my check $14.19. I greatly ap¬ 
preciate your trouble and thank you. 
New York. a. p. l. 
This is the first time we have had an 
express company pay interest on a claim. 
When a matter hangs fire six or seven 
months for no legitimate reason, the 
shipper is certainly entitled to interest 
on his money. This ought to be incor¬ 
porated in the Interstate Commerce 
Commission ruling, and we shall offer 
the suggestion to them. j. j. d. 
Certified Milk in Ohio. 
“W 1 
is one certified plant 
will be a dozen, a 
now,” is the opinion 
of Ohio. “I have 
HERE there 
now, there 
decade from 
of E. G. Scripture 
been producing certified milk for a short 
time, two years, and the matter of meet¬ 
ing local demand requires no great ex¬ 
pense as compared with the returns. I 
could sell two or three times my product 
were I disposed to increase my herd. 
When I decided to produce better milk, 
I went to the local board of health, I had 
them outline their demands, then I modi¬ 
fied my dairy equipment to meet these 
demands, and I found I was getting out 
of it rather reasonably. After I fitted 
my buildings. I invited veterinary in¬ 
spection. Only one of my animals was 
condemned. I was given a certificate 
and this certificate not only is an evi¬ 
dence of god healthy cows, but is a lev¬ 
erage on a vigorous business. The ad¬ 
vertising value of ‘Certified Dairy’ on the 
milk bottle cap is worth the expense. 
When several doctors advise that the 
milk of my farm is the best in the lo¬ 
cality, mothers are anxious that their 
children should be reared on this milk. 
I have only 15 cows, and do not intend 
increasing my herd, owing to my age, 
but there is room in the vicinity of every 
small city, and possibly in every village 
for a certified plant.” 
I 
Obstructed Teat. 
HAVE a cow that injured one of her 
teats in getting over some plank. 
While it. has never been inflamed it has 
become very hard to get the milk started 
from it; after it starts it seems to be all 
right. What can be done? s. B. A. 
Kentucky. 
Sterilized teat plugs or dilators, to be 
bought of a dealer in veterinary instru¬ 
ments, or ordered through the druggist, 
may do away with this condition. If not 
then it may be found necessary to slit 
through a stricture or an obstruction or 
growth at the tip of the teat, by means 
of a sterilized teat bistoury. This should 
be done by a trained veterinarian. With¬ 
out a personal examination we 
decide just what condition of the 
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overcoats at $10 to $22. 
You’ll be specially in¬ 
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