IOS MARKETS. 



Indeed, they are like the friends of the rich, 

 who are most prodigal of favors when most 

 unneeded. You can't get them all picked, 

 and such a sudden pressure on a dull village 

 market is apt to " break it down" utterly, as 

 they say in Wall Street. 



At times like these Thomas is in a great 

 flutter, and talks " preserves" to his customers 

 with such zeal that you would imagine he was 

 to have an interest in every jar. He knows 

 that those wonderful little combinations of 

 sugar and water that cluster so temptingly on 

 the vines, if not disposed of in a few hours, 

 will disappear and vanish away like the dew 

 of a summer morning, and no trace be left in 

 pocket or day-book. With strawberries I 

 never was able to crowd the market but once, 

 and that was through bad management. On 

 one day we sold ten bushels at the rate oi f 

 thirty cents per quart, and yet the call for 



