Vhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
of them. So be pulled up and halooed. 
The old fellow stuck his head out of 
the door, “Quit** a place you've got 
here.” “Yes.” “Some chimney you’ve 
got there.” “Yes.” “Make it yourself.” 
“Yes.” “Does it draw'/" “Well some. 
I notice it draws the attention of every 
blamed idiot that rides by.” 
WOKKING F'r Sotui.no.—I low niu<h 
this man has done for folks no one will 
ever know. Ilow many nights he has 
watched with the .sick! How many peo¬ 
ple far back on the hills, he has prepared 
first for death and then for burial! He 
has always taken a great deal of in¬ 
terest in cemeteries, and works for days 
in righting stones, cleaning them and 
can do very creditable work in <ruttiug 
letters in stone. One day, word came 
from a well-to-do family in the city that 
they wanted quite a lot of work done 
on their family burial plot, grading, etc. 
With cattle, plow, and scraper this good 
man and his son went at it. After two 
days’ • work or more it was finished and 
the two were riding home in the ox cart. 
“Ilow much you going to ask them for 
this job, father,” said the grown \ip son. 
“I shan’t send in any bill,” he answei’ed. 
T'pon this the son was quite indignant. 
“This working for nothing I’m .sick of,” 
said he. “I shall send in a bill.” And 
he did. It came to .$12.60 and of course 
it was only more than right he should 
have it. In due time there came a let¬ 
ter, in fact there came two of them, one 
for father as well as himself. The son 
opened hi.s and there was a check for 
the amount. The old gentleman opened 
his and out fell a check for twenty-five 
dollars! 
DO.xations.—A great feature of this 
man’s work for years was the two an¬ 
nual great donation parties that were 
held—one for each parish. Weeks ahead 
people would begin to inquire for the 
date. For miles around they would come 
bringing a buggy full of stuff, or a 
sleigh load, as the parties were in the 
Winter time. It was understood when 
^be seecox* went round that nothing less 
..liui.. Jv, cenx. went in, from that, up. 
There was always a great amount of 
food left in the j)antr.v. The house was 
packed to the shingles and old-fashioned 
games were in order and dancing. 
Sometimes the : jtual cash irom the.se 
affairs amounted to a hundred dollars 
which was a good deal of money in those 
days. This man’s regv.iar salary for 
years was never over $400, and he 
brought up a large family of children 
and gave them a good education, all ad¬ 
vantages. Each pari.sh would have- a 
donation and vie with the other to see 
which could give the most. Now the 
denomination to which this man has been 
.so devoted has raised a pension fund of 
six and a half millions and he will get 
fifty dollars a month as long as he lives. 
Got Tiiixgr Goixo.—“T his place has 
certainly got things going,” said a young 
fellow wlio had <rome home for the week¬ 
end 14 miles down country. I.ast week 
(there, were two neighborhood parties. 
vSuch good times as they have. Satur¬ 
day night the I’arson was down that way 
in his car and stumbled right into one. 
They were much in need of some new 
games, and^ so the Parson spent most of 
the time in teaching them many fine 
\yays of amusement. Nothing would suf¬ 
fice but that even at eleven at night they 
must start in to learn the quadrille. 
They got along well with it, however, 
and everybody had a grand time. 
Second Anniversary.—“T his is our 
second anniversary,” said the back-to- 
the-lander as the Parson came down to 
his delicious bacon and eggs and coffee 
Sunday morning. “Anniversary?” I 
said inquiringly. “Yes the second anni¬ 
versary of our coming out from Brook¬ 
lyn to the farm here and I tell you when 
we read about the food riots and the 
price of things down in the city we’re 
glad we came. We make both ends meet 
and every year have more stock and 
fowls and the farm in better shape.” 
“Then you don’t want to go back?” I 
asked. “Never,” said the man loudly, 
“never” was echoed from the pantry. 
St. Peter’s Cock.—A man came the 
other night to swap roosters to get an 
unrelated bird. But the Parson’s didn’t 
suit him. He was big and vigorous, but 
at least three of his tail feathei's were 
too long! That settled it. I believe his 
body was _ a little too long too. If I 
were making a dinner off a rooster’s 
backbone I wouldn’t care how long it 
was. As he was about to go, he turned 
441 
Current prices and 
other i)Iaees noted. 
NEW YORK, M.VRCH 
8 , 1917. 
BETTER. 
Creamery, fancy lb. 
Good lolGboice . 
Lower Grades. 
Dairy, best. , 
Common to Good. 
City made .'. 
Packing 8 took. 
Process. 
... 26 
Uigin, 111 ., butter market 40 cents. 
CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, fancy. 27 
Good to choice. 25 
Lower grades. 23 
Daisies, best. 27 
Young Americas. 
Bkims, best. 20 
Fair to good. 12 
<A 
(S 
® 
® 
26^® 
® 
® 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy... 35 
Medium togood. 31 
Mixed colors, best. 34 
Common to good. 80 
Gathered, best. 35 
Medium to good . _ 
Lower grades. 27 
Duck eggs. 43 
® 
30 @ 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 19 @ 
Ducks, lb. 22 a 
Fowls . 22 @ 
Roosters . 15 ® 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best lb. 33 @ 
34 
33 
® 45 
® 3U 
® 34 
@ 32 
® 26 
@ 33 
® 18 
« 25 
® 4 50 
® 150 
Common to good . 28 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 40 
Roasters . 28 
Capons, 8 to 91bs.,. 33 
6 to 81bs. 28 
Small and Slips. 23 
Fowls. 18 
Roosters. 17 
Ducks. 21 
Bcuabs. doz. 1 25 
Guineas, pair . 1 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 8 .M) 
Bulls. G 00 
Cows .4 60 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb.13 00 
Culls. 6 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 8 00 
Lambs .12 00 
Hogs.12 00 
DRESSED MEATS. 
Hothouse Lambs, each. 6 00 ratio OO 
®10 75 
a 9 00 
® 7 60 
®16 00 
®10 00 
« 9 00 
ali 50 
®14 75 
Calves, choice . 
19 
16 
19 
16 
Fair to good. I 3 @ 
Pork, light . 18 @ 
Heavy . 14 @ 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.12 60 @13 00 
Pea.12 00 @13 26 
Medium.11 00 @12 50 
W hlte K Idney.12 00 @13 00 
Red Kidney.1100 @13 00 
Lima, California.12 25 @13 25 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Spy, bbl. 4 00 @7 00 
Winesap. 3 00 @ 6 50 
York Imperial. 3 50 @6 00 
King. 3 00 ® 6 00 
Baldwin . 3 00 @ 6 00 
Greening . 4 00 @ 6 50 
Ben Davis. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Western, box. 1 26 ® 2 75 
ranges. Fla., repacked, bo.x. 4 00 @ 4 50 
California. 3 00 @ 4 60 
Grape Fruit. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Strawberries, qt.. 40 @ 65 
Cranberries, bbl. 150 @6 60 
VEGETABI.ES. 
Potatoes-Maine. 1651b. bag. 7 25 
State. 165 lb bag . 7 25 
Long Island, 1651b. bag . 8 25 
Bermuda, bbl. siO 
Southerti, late crop, bbl. li 25 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bu. 1 00 
Brussel Sprouts, qt. 15 
Celeriac, 100 bunches. 600 
Beets, bbl. 4 (lo 
Carrots, bbl. 300 
Cabbage, old, bbl. 6 00 
New, bbl. 2 00 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. 100 
Fennel, bbl. 2 50 
Kohlrabi, 100 bunches . 3 00 
Leeks, loo bunches. 2 00 
Onions. State and W’n White, bu !!!’. 4 CO 
State and Wn, red and yel, 100 lbs 6 00 
Peppers, bu. 00 
String Beans bn. 500 
Turnips, bbl... 3 OO 
Squash, bbl . 3 cO 
Parsley, bbl. 3 oo 
Egg Plants, bu. 2 00 
Kale, bbl. 2 00 
Peas, bu. 2 00 
Spinach, bbl. 1 25 
Tomatoes. 6-bkt crate. 150 
Chicory, bbl. 2 CO 
Horseradish, lOOlbs.y oO 
Lima Beans, bu... 4 00 
® 7 50 
@ 7 60 
@9 00 
@13 00 
@ 7 00 
@ 2 35 
® 25 
@8 00 
@ 5 60 
@ 4 50 
@ 7 00 
@5 00 
@ 4 50 
@ 3 CO 
@ 4 CO 
@ 2 50 
@ 5 CO 
® 8 00 
® 3 00 
@12 00 
@ 5 00 
@ 5 00 
@8 00 
® 4 75 
® 2 25 
® 4 00 
® 2 50 
@3 00 
® 4 00 
@10 00 
® 8 00 
round and asked how many eggs we were 
getting. I suppose he thought we didn’t 
pt any from such a long-backed, sickled- 
tailed bunch. I referred k) the boys who 
pther the eggs every night. “Forty-five 
today, (March 1st) came the reply. He 
was certainly taken back. “Why, I only 
got twenty-one.” The Parson has just 
Do hens, and he has a suspicion the 
other man has a great many more—ho 
keeps three distinct breeds. 
Erop.s.— This week at the 
little church we have a meeting to con¬ 
sider our Spring planting. We shall 
talk over the probable market conditions. 
What to plant and how to plant it, and 
^ probably buy our seeds together. 
’.Wihy not every country church do this? 
HOTHOUSE VEGETABLES. 
Mushrooms, lb. 20 
Cucumbers, doz. 60 
Radishes, ICO bunches. 2 00 
Rhubarb, doz. bunches. 40 
Beet Tops, bu. i oy 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton .20 I'O 
No. 2.17 00 
No. 3.13 00 
Clover mixed. 10 00 
Straw, Rye,.. 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 2 27 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 1 20 
Flour, oarlots, at N.Y. bbl.9 76 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 75 
Rye, free from, onion. i 65 
FEED. 
City Bran . 49 00 
Middlings . 41 00 
Red Dog. 47 00 
Corn Meal . 45 oo 
@ 45 
@ 1 75 
® 4 00 
® 50 
@ 2 75 
@21 00 
@19 00 
@15 00 
@18 00 
@U 00 
® . 
@ 1 22 
@10 80 
@ 76 
@ 1 66 
® 41 00 
42 00 
48 00 
47 00 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
Druggist : “Try it again, little one. 
told you to 
1 ^«ttle girl (with another severe 
mental effort) : “I think it was T died of 
^ worth.”— 
Eggs—Fancy, white, large, doz_ 
Mixed colors, new laid. 
45 
12 
Ordinary grades. 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 
Tub, choice. 
® 
@ 
38 
48 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 
(Si 
35 
Broilers, common to good, lb 
Fricassee, lb. 
@ 
60 
Fowls . 
Turkeys. 
Leg of lamb. 
Lamb ohoDs. 
@ 
2S 
Roasting beef. 22 
Pork chops. 24 
Loin of pork . 22 
Lettuce, head. 8 
Potatoes, peck . PO 
@ 26 
@ 26 
@ 25 
@ 10 
® 1 00 
news at New York and 
42 
40 
36 
40 
86 
30 
28 
33 
24 
27« 
27 
21 
18 
37 
34 
35 
33 
82 
29 
48 
21 
23 
23 
Receipts at New York during week ending 
March 7: 
Rutter, lbs. 2.417,040 
Eggs, doz. 1.480,(1."0 
Dressed poultry, package’s. 10,O.S1 
Live poultry, crates . 8,294 
Cotton, hales . .24,901 
Apples, barrels . 30.082 
Lemons, boxes . 0,2.20 
Onions, sacks . 0,7-10 
Oranges, boxes . 120.00.2 
Potatoes, barrels . ."1.029 
Corn, bushels . 0-1."),400 
Hay, tons . ,2,443 
Oats, bushels . 1,110,000 
Rye, bushels . T.-^oo 
t’HICAOO M IIOLES.M.E 
Butter 
Bggs . 
PRICES. 
27 Col 
40 
28 
Steers, 100 lbs. 
Feeders . 
Calves . 
Sheep .. 
Lambs ...... 
Hogs . 
SYRACUSE, N. Y., 
Butter, lb. 
PHICES. 
Eggs, doz... 
Potatoes, bu.. 
Onions, bu. 
Chickens, live, lb. 
Hav. ton . 
... 
GOVERNMENT CROP 
REPORT'. 
The wool production of 1916 was 288,490.000 
pounds, or about 2,700,000 less than in 191."). 
'The average price for unwashed wool was 27.0 
cents. Wyoming produced the greatest nuinl>er 
of lleeees, S.OT.I.OOO, at an average weight of 8.4 
lbs. Other States producing upwards of 1,000,- 
000 fleeces, and average weight, were: 
FIdoci'S 
New Me.\b-o . 3.2(H).000 
Montana . 3.1.20,000 
T’tnii . 2.080.(M))) 
Idaho . 1.980,000 
Ohio . 1,9.20,(MI() 
('alifornia .. l,.sr>0,000 
Texas . 1,800,000 
Colorado . 1,400,000 
Nevada . 1,340,000 
Alictiigan . 1,105,000 
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