Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-11-06
NUMBER 46.

Since me time his fields Of golden
gram nodded ripe for harvest. Peter hal
examined. weekly. with much interest,
the quotations of prices in the produca
market. as regularly given in the 'Gazet;e
and when. al last he called on Gray &
Elder 70 know what they were going to
paw him for MS wheat and corn. he knew
the highest selling rate 10 a cent. Before
offering his produce. he obtained his store
bills. and found tha, they were nearly
f1ur hundred dollars. The fact was. he
had started the year with scarcely dol
lar 10 live on. and was thence compelled
10 90 on truS; for everything until another
crop could be taken from the ground
This bill, added 10 his mortgage. made
debt Of eicht hundred dollars. At the
prices qQotei in the Gazette. all h.s,.
wheat. corn and potatoes would be ab.
sorbel, and SAL over two hundred Of deb;
remain. Here was n SerV important i'm
provement on last year. Peter had start
ed some four hundred dollars in debt. and
now would owe only two hundred after
the sale of his crops. And this more fa-
yorablc state ofatlairs traced to the
New Years gift of Uncle Ben. which.
when received. had SO deeply incensed
him against the old gentleman that even
yet he was not fully forgiven.
What are YOU paving for wheat ask.
ed Peter, on calling at the store OF Gray
& E!der .or the purpose OF selling his
tefop
sSiAty t7vc cents. was answered.
Is thai the highest said Peter.
Yes.
Peter shook bis head. and replied
.Wheat is quoted in Cincinnati, at sew
entv-hvc.
lndeell Mr Gray looted surprised.
IL did not feei So for he knew the price
quite as W,il a the farmer.
les, said Peter, : II is quoted al sew
entv-iive - eighty IN my last number of
The Gazette.
1t costs something TO &c, the wheat to
market. remarked Mr. Gray.
! know il does; but not ten cents "A
bushel. VIVA, are YOU paying for corn!'
MIR Cray Thought for some moments,
and then replied
Twenty-Five cents.
Too far below ,Ae Cincinnati price. +"
said Peter.
.Ahl What is the price there,'
Thirty cents.
We can't give that.
Oh eau do better than twenty-five
cents. however; il not, | must find
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and corn
-. ..eh 10 ! ou WANT asked Mr.
GRAY
wan; Is near the Cincinnati price as
possible. Say seventy-two for my wheat.
.ad twenty seven or eight for my corn.
We cant pay prices like those, Mr.
Miller. We'd better give up business.
Let ae know the best you will do
sail Peter
Iha tWa partners held long consul.
la:ion. and nnaiiy agreed 10 offer sixty
eight for tue wheat, and twenty-five for
the corn. Peter reflected on this for some
time. and then said
II take tonight to think over the mat.
ter
With this resolution he wen. away
That evening the man who held the mort
gage on Peter Hliler's farm, came over 10
say he wanted his money.
IN pay you half said Peter as soon
as sell uy wheat and corn Hut 10 set
tie the whole viii be impossible this year.
But, the man said ne must have ,hs
whole Finally, however, he agreed TO
taEe half f j. were paid 10 him imrnedi-
atelv
Frette3 by this application. Peter made
up lis mind 10 lei Gray & Elder have his
wae-t and com At their offer, provided
they would cash the amount over and
above their bills against hita. So, on the
next morning. he started for their store
On his Wy he stopped at the pos, Office
aud got b. number Of the Gazei;e, which
he pa. ...,J lis pocEe; without unfolding.
and continued on his way to Gray & Ell
doris. s.aar Of the men happened 70
-e 10. at while waiting for them, Peter
t7cE c2s a newspaper and commenced
reading Utmost the frs. paragraph that
tn1t his eyes was the fo..owing
IMP rfast Rise IN W4eQt The news
by the !aat steamer from Europe, which
reports q probable failure in the crops,
sent whea, Suddenly up from seventy-five
cents 80 : dollar. And even at the advan.
ced rates. holders seem little inclined to
sea'
The farmer waited n7 longer for tho
grain nerch ants, but refoldnr his paper.
thrust +; ilto MS POCKET and wen. home
He had not been there over fifteen minutes
when messenger came from Gray g. FL
3er to Know if he were going TO accept
taeir otier
TEL mem. replied Peter, that can.
not .aEe less than q dollar a bushel for
INV wheat.'
The messenger went back. bu, did not
return again. This was as Peter had sup
posed Il would be. During the day, the
man who held the mortgage called again.
Peter told hja Of the rise in wheat, and
said that If he sold at the advanced rates,
he you'd pay off the whole debt,
During the following week Gray G El-
der advanced their offer to ninety cents
Bot, the farm er would not sell The Ga
z5tte arrived. and showed a continued
dTmneSs iii the market for wheat. and an
advance for corn Peter, also, in planc.
ing hopefully over the broad pages Of the
paper. cas-. his eyes upon the advertising