JShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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hope it wun’t make no more trouble fur 
her." 
“What was your mother’s name?” 
“Mary Ann Jones,” he sez, “but she 
was a good woman.” 
“I don’t doubt it,” sez I. “It seems 
she was also the on’y one of his rela¬ 
tives that Uncle Noah ever took a no¬ 
tion to, fur he left what little he had— 
’tain’t much—to Noah A. Whitby, the 
son of his niece, Mary Ann Whitby, that 
tvas Mary Ann Jones—that’s the way he 
put it. I can do my business right here 
and now.” 
I cal’lated that w'hen ev’rything was 
settled up they’d git about eight or nine 
hunderd—I’d had a offer of a thousan’ 
fur the farm before Uncle Noah’d bin 
dead twenty minutes. 
How her eyes did shine! 
“Gus,” she sez, “now I can take you 
to New Mexico.” 
Mary got a letter f’um her today. She’s 
goin’ to bring the body East and bury 
it in our dear, peaceful little cimeterry, 
as she calls it. Then she hopes she can 
find a home near us, her best friends. 
Well, they’s a nice room that useter be 
Edie’s, where she’ll be welcome. 
Poor Gus has got a answer to half his 
prayer, as Jim sez he would, and Jim’s 
u good guesser. But it looks to me like 
even Jim ain’t ekal to sizin’ up a man. 
Notes from Department of Foods and 
Markets 
204 Franklin St., New York City 
(Continued from page 597) 
most desirable for shipping to this mar¬ 
ket; a few buyers can use heavier 
weights if the quality is very choice. 
They should be dressed in the following 
manner: When all is ready for the kill¬ 
ing, take the calf gently (it must not be 
worried or chased, and should not be 
fed for a space of at least six hours 
previous), tie a rope to hind legs and 
hang it up clear of the ground or floor, 
then cut the head off just behind the 
ears; when thoroughly bled out, put in 
the gambrel stick and cut off the legs 
at the knee-joint—where the knuckles 
and head skin are left on sellers have 
to allow enough weight to fully cover 
these, and it is best to remove them l)o- 
fore shipment. Then open the belly 
from pretty well up between the legs to 
the breast bone; remove all the intes¬ 
tines, including the lights, liver, heart, 
and especially the rectum and windpipe, 
so that there may be a free circulation of 
air through the calf. Re careful not to 
disturb the covering to the kidneys. Now 
balance evenly on the gambrel and place 
a stick of suitable length in the open¬ 
ing to hold it in proper shape; then 
hang in a cool, dry place until the flesh 
is “set” and the animal heat is all out. 
The stick which was placed across the 
opening should now be removed. In 
warm weather the opening should be < 
filled with a large piece of ice and sewed i 
up. The calf should then be laid down 
so that the cold air will reach all parts 
of the carcass. Never sew up a calf 
except to keep in the ice. Mark for 
shipment by sewing a “shipping tag” to 
the bag skin between the hind legs. Very 
small, young calves are liable to .seizure 
by our meat inspectors as unfit for food. 
Fed calves, buttermilk calves, grass 
calves and yearlings sell much lower in 
price than veal calves. 
The Health Department of the City of 
New York has ordered that all country 
dressed calves must be opened all the 
way through the breast and throat. 
Shippers are cautioned to be very care¬ 
ful to cut through the center. After the 
calf is cooled the breast may be protect¬ 
ed by drawing the skin togertier with a 
stout cord. 
Live Lamhs. Sheep axd Pork. —T>ive 
Spring lambs, ,$15.50 to $15.75 per cwt.; 
old ewes, 714c to 9e; country-dressed 
pork, 18c to lOe. i 
Apples. —Moderate receipts. Market 
firm. Fancy Baldwins, $5.50 to $(> i)er 
barrel; fancy Greenings, $7; Baldwins 
“A” grade, .$4 to $5.50; “B” and un¬ 
graded. .$.*1.50 to $4; fancy New York 
State Gi’eenings, $6 to $7; “A” grade, $4 
to $0; “B” and ungraded, $.‘1 to .$4; 
Northern Spy, .$4.75 to $8.50; Ben Davis, 
$.3.75 to $4.75; King, $3.50 to $6; New¬ 
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higher. State potatoes, $8.50 to $9 per 
lC5-lb. bag. Bermuda potatoes, $9..50 to 
$10.50 per barrel; Maine, ,$8.50 to .$9 per 
165-lb.^bag; Long I.sland, per barrel, .$8 
to .$8.50. Onions —Red and yellow, $9 
to $11.,50 per 100-lb. bag. Cabbage —New 
York State, ton, $125 to .$150; Long 
Island, per barrel, $6 to $7; Florida, per 
basket, ,$3 to .$4. Carrots —^tate, per 
100 lbs., $2 to .$2.75. 
Beans. —Market firm and higher. ^ 
vow, 100 lbs., $12.25 to .$13.25; i 
.$13.25; red kidney, $12.50 
$1.1.25; yellow eye, $9.50 to $10.50. 
Honey and Maple Syrup.—N o 
Clover comb honey, lb., 15c to 
I.«wer grades, 14c to 15c. Maple sy 
higher, ,$1.10 to $1.20 per gallon. 
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