The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-08
From the Muskingam Valley |

,; " n M "am u s'' noW nua.S "nn'l hiu
,h n '" Wv , ,h H., n, ". VI ~. n''s,os 'l
harder times linn h"sc,;u. ', % hi n , ",
'"', u',N 'a" "os,,'m'H VIM" we ""' no meat, anu
and I'm, ,, nnno y, ' h 'n '" W '"''o "' s'"
49," Wv "'''' ''"'' 'o'"' "'''
say 10 'hcm 'hcsc are good Tines Wehaye had several
and rive arc not now well Oh, i is our own faults; Thai
we should be thankful Oa kind Providence for the blessings
we enjoy, and not run about grumhng Mr.. Van Buren,
because Providence has blessed Us with orc than want
or my body else wants Immediately
irodtcc low, money Is Of course scarce rs It always
will be when produce is low.
ltell them 1t scarcity and demand for an article which
makes II hgl ana Whch 1t Is plenty ana the demand l-
tied 1t Will be low
prove TINS III this way have seen oats, raised on this
hNer, sell Tor one dollar b'shtl They continued ut this
rr' l several years un every body who could, raised
'''S anu '''s '.'' l." ~ cents "h"-h"i
have now said to them, that when all the farmers run
on any article, for few years, that article, fall
III price, Wcre all seen this, when farms hOr-
SEES cattle, hogs, tobacco and now wheat
nave always been farming in this county than
went! years, ana rtcocct what got Tor produce from
,i' lsaS ina, might not be mistaken have been
looking over my old books and refreshing my memory.
III i' ana ~ we began to raise more than new settlers
hn" from 'ha' time prices run mus Fork Sl,aO to
go het aDun the sinc Wheat from - to 3l2 Oats IL
to 20 cs Corn the same UnosI Of the lmeD Flour $3.50 to
oureli but'cr 10 II cls'i Legs to cts DOZEN
lhcSc were trade prices AMI was very seldom that
conh' GET any money Tor our produce.
MANY OF our pest FARMERS nat togo themselves, or send
rr sous 10 WORK on inc IKE !" get money to pay their
',e Cnhni 10 bny bread for ms Family
Cohee 'leh SOLD ut 30 to t2cs pound Tea 81 so and
, o c 'ie we Ind to pay rom two to three dollars for
oo IDS, OF wet sat-
irohucc would moi then buy groceries, so most Ofs had
10 40 without, except on particular occasions.
store goods III general, were three or four times high
ny lra ""T III nv =, ,oor ,,,.r,,
,,,r ans i,nIs ~ ~ ' W ' ''' ~ "'"' '""o'c'hh'h'
M" ' h"I ,oo, . 400, - ~, o,
Than, hJ ",J 49, s ' ".'. ,'u"hH III 'Rlob iost OF
crIn,i"n in III , . ",t I paper 'lere was cr-
WI ",' =, ,..,
mn, ,r ' , T , W MAINTAIN, our nn TO cenr ana
r. , "'' ''""" 'o'' WIN" "ce shaNcu III from 10 10
pc, ZEN. l,,. j., ..,-..,..,-
~, 'uo , 'u ", W. u, o'r'nlach was our.
' We so' ,oigh 'hcse '''h'S-lihNS winch would make
o" w ., our o! young ,"n FARMERS srnm
"l '"hus were pun 'or al h'Ht, but produce re-
''a'neu low A.,
@ ,o 'o o''i si'' M'ls Eo'"s mo operation we
"Tre enneu u or'er 'or san, WIch wa, rliei tons
am informed lhat ail thcse times There was Bank of
c oheu states ou' inc DIS I" that oik never circulated
" any extent alhong 'hese mus
Ia you re"rnher sir IN" n IT,. 81 , Oh I'm, o. Ian ,
comn,ry in hnro h,a i, Is Lon, o' ''"' ''' "' 'S
I ,,as ,aLi ',,, 90 al Il, I-i. ,,,, 81, ,,,
grounJ reonJln" and ri"l, i, heo, r' =, ." ~,
4 ~ , hnrrcl ,i N"y Orleans ~ r '' 7-'O' w
prnd"ca y, r,ioJ t", ii,,i cn, ,, rr; ~ , -,
, , , s W, Ivy ~, ,'', WV r','.s u'r I,"c" NJ
r,a, ".ar Gnnarai , "c h. :, n u,.'' s
said that the opening of the Canal had raised somc that
Jackson had opened n narke, for it and some both.
can't say how this WAS but il raised to 10 cents ca,l
Then we were all plcased-right glad indeed, and sa we
could make money at that price Ii varied b it,c from
ths until nile the harvest OF eS when 1t rose to CO. 10
~ w cent, thcn TO dollar dollar - cts and varied but
little from this price until after the last harvest Various
causes have been given for this but believe the true
was, there was failure somewhere, and consequent de-
mani Tor our supplies.
rin, tho fall and ,vintor or Is9a anil ,v;nor and snr,
of 1889, owing to II scarcity of ali fruits, vegetables md
Grain rycrnt vbrat nrres r,sn 81. h, b,, .o Lua,, m,
wnt to ask for our produce. we did not take it in
larry every week to market, some fellow from town, with
al iii. tn h..
NJ our houses AFTER il.
hank iew thicker than ever saw mtsq about
III. nu"se.
WV" ~ W ,lc w, WIS Is ne ''ic 10 sc'ue up ma
l'e vi WIN tue "o"-'"s STATE Vi 'h'hgs cant last
'".s +, - -, ,.,,
~ u, " We "tIscru .P MI o'' s'ore o'iS'ahu had