Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1842-02-03

reasonable rates IN most parts OF that country,
which is learn, adapted to all kinds Of grains
ANS. 1t is true that we never manure land
in this country and it is also true that cattle
unhoused in the winter, they being reasonable beings
and not asking to be housed when their owners are
not. 1t is probable that different course would
produce different result.
IS. @. What are the common prices of rent,
board, grain, meats hay, potatoes, groceries, cloth
ing, glass, nails, salt also Of houses cows, oxen,
sheep. hogs. alive and dead. Also, Of household
furniture, such SOFAS. tables, bureaus, bedeads,
&c.-are common articles of this kind much high
er than at the East
Ans, In answer to the question sixteenth,
would say, hat iom the best information can get,
the prices are about $500, $50, 25c, 800, 5000
81 l-2c from IA To 4 SOC about $50, Sc 2
&c, SIS, LIE, sI2, $50, I-2 to $500, Por-
Ter Clay asks & L for the Irish so does Pat Hen
derson, $l2, So, Sl2 81. Common articles ofthis
kind are not higher than in the East.
II. @. suppose that many of your common
traders purchase their stocks in Chicago. Alton, ST.
Louis and other towns on the Western waters; but
that those who deal more extensively purchase IN the
Atlantic cities If in the latter, by what route and
NJ what expense of time and money do they trans
port their goods home and send off their produce
What tine is usually occupied in a Steam Boat
passage from New Orleans to 81 Louis; to Peoria,
or Rock Island Does the same boat proceed 10
the latter p'aceS-or are boats of lighter draft re-
qnired what is the price of freight per ton, or 100
lbs in ordinary stages of water:
Ans Some of our merchants do buy their goods
in the East, and they usually bring them here b, the
Lakes and New Orleans, though Levi brought his
this way last summer by the Ohio river, and
three months on the road However, this Is net, |
think, proper test, he sick, and had heap
Of bad luck, and ii must have cost him heap OF
money. Steam boats about ten days coming
from New Orleans to st. Louis, when they not
blown up or snagged on the way. The ''E. r
Miller" left the same day Tagg1rt did, and has
not yet got home, although Taggart has been at
home two weeks. So that you see, that it is some
what uncertain.
Is. @. Are the Lead, Coal, Lime and general
manufacturing and commercial business of the Mis-
sss ppi, Illinois and Rock River regions generally in
healthy and progressing condition, or has the gen.
eral depression in the Atlantic States reached you
and retarded and reduced their operations. The
Pork Grain, and Stoci business, t,ke to be pretty
extensive and successful in the cd ard pop
NOUS parts Of the country. Does the West, more
particularly Illinois. afford ample faci"s for trade
both on large and small sea e and are the ex-
changes and payments principally in cash or the
productions OF the country and II the latter is there
cash and also Il barter price? Is there much
credit given in the Ordinary transactions Of business
aud if so, what is the usual credit, and con6
u"nCe saltly % ConUdeu IN tte ndtHy ana
ofthe debtor? In case Of abused credit, what
the legal and usual means of coercing Payments
the body liable to arrest for debt
ANS The lead, COAL lime, and manufacturing
part of the country healthy, except where II is
slckly. Tine pork, grain, and other stock business
is pretty extensively carried in the most pnpu Gus
parts o. the country" This State does afford am
Pile facil ties for trade both on a large and small
scale and as said before, we have no cash In
IL,
we buy on tick, it heng violation Of the contrac,
10 pay our debts, besides beng announcement. The
usual credit given is IL months, then take note due
in ~ months more, and in the mean time, the
debtor elopes to Iowa, Texas, or Oregon; you
wee that this is a promising country, and "cOnf
dence safely be con6ded' in the debtor, being
confident that you will never corcI what Won once
trust out For means of collecting and The liability
Of the body, revised laws of 1898, History Of
Baron Irenck, and also of Jack The Giant Killer.
10 Q, Would M1lenary, Dress-making
and Fancy Goods Shop, or Clothing, Hat aud
Shoe Store, in which gentleman could purchasr
nearly every article nf mans dress, from a hat
TO pair of boots, be likely to succeed in your
town, any other pleasant village within your
knowledge or do your traders miuelr all kinds
of goods in one store, as to render his success
doubtful
Ans. think 4 mlliner would do fine busi.
ness here, as most OF the mhlners in tins country
find it more profitable to be protuse Of their SMILES
and tavors to the young men, and our ladies' God
bless then) sadly in wan: of the little filings
made by millIners. The same thing may be said
of the dress making business. AS for the cloth
ing, boot, hat, shoe, and variety store, it would be
glorious. | myself, would fit out with one or two
entire suits, (provded | conid get them on cred IT,
and have no doubt bat what every loaier in town
would do the same thing, if they thought they
would never have to pay for them. And know
many places in this county where you could on.
crate in the same manner provided yon did busi-
ness as you would have to do in this place. am
sorry to say that it is true traders DO mix and
minge all kind Of goods in one store, from soft
soapto Queen Vctoria's blonde wells
90. Q. By reference to the map see that
Carlton is 80 miles from Jacksonville and is the
county seat OF Green connty-What is the char
acter ofthe inhabitants, &c
ANS. As to the twentieth question do know
that Carlton is 80 miles from this place and that
II is the county seat OF Green County and that
its inhabitants most woful set of Sinners to.
pers, and lovers of bnckv heat cakes and honey
aud also patridges, milk punch, and grog in any
shape And as for Hamburg, Gulfnrd and Mil
ton, there is but tone house in the three places.
and that is in Hamburg, and inhabited by
ghosts and witches. Milton has been en-
trely washed away by the Mississippi, and
the population has been washed away bv
whskey. And as for Gulfnrd, it is that
class of towns now extinct, which makes a grea t
show.in the history and on the maps of their
country, but like Babylon the great of old the pr
cIse spot where it once stood is now unknown,
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