St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-10-31

RETAIL PRICE CURRENT.-Ne give below the
price Of produce, with the retail price Of sta
pie groceries: ~-ss #.#-- s.. !
Wheat, 35a40e per bu Sugar, 1la16c per ID
Oats, $50 80 " Tea, gr'n, 90ca$l4"
Corn, SOC " blk, 60a90s
Potatoes, l5a2Oo " Mess pork, Sa1Oc
White Beans SOC {" Salt, $S4a$4 per Dbl
Onions, 30a4Oc Syrup, 70ca$l per gal
Cranb'res 60a8sc &c Dri'd apples l0c per ID
Beet, by or. 4a5c perth Cheese. 8a10c
Fresh pork by Crackers, calico
quantity, Sc Kerosene, 81 per gal
Butter, 1Oal2A Tobacco, smoking
Eggs, loo per dozen lOa30c per I'd
Flour, $23aS3 per Dbl g chewing,
Coffee, 2OaS0c per ID 25a50c
nual meeting of the stearns County Bible So
ciety was held at the Seminary, in St. Cloud.
on Sunday evening, October 20, 1861. In ab-
sence Of Hon. Stephen Miller, President Of the
Society, William Hooper, Esq, Vice President,
took the chair, and DR.. W. Il. Hunter acted as
Secretary. The meeting was opened by sing
ing and prayer by the Rev. Mr.. llicls and
reading Of the Scriptures by Rev. A. J. Mel.
son. The Treasurer's and Secretary's reports
were read, which showed with explanations
that much had been done in this County the
past year for the Bible Society, perhaps second
to but few in the State. Local agents have
been circulating Bibles and Testaments in ten
different localities in the County, and will con-
tinue their labors another year. Statements
in regard to the American Minnesota s. Stearns
County Bible Societies were made by the
Agent, showing much progress in the work Of
Bible distribution and that during the PAST
year moro than ten times as much had been
done in Minnesota, as the year previous, when
there was no Agent in the field; and that for
the past four months Of the present year, much
more had been done than during the same
four months last year.
Interesting remarks were also made by
Revcrends Hicks, Nelson and Dlain in regard
to the general work, and especially the neces
sity Of supplying our volunteers with the
Scriptures, which is now being done. Much
interest was manifested and 4 good feeling ex-
listed. A very creditable subscription was
! then raised, most of which has been paid, so
that with collections made in other portions of
the County since last May, have just receipt
cd nearly forty dollars more.
On motion, Rev. David Lowry was elected
President; VIM. Hooper, Esquire, Vice Presi-
dent; DR.. W. r. Hunter, Scc.; DR.. S. Mar
latt, Treasurer; Rev. J. L. Thompson volur
tccred to act as Local Agent for Lower Sain,
Cloud, and Mrs. Betsey Calhoun and Mrs. Ma
ria D. Wait for Upper Town. VIM. Gorton
acts as local agent for Winnebago Prairie; J.
J. Gibson for Cold Spring; Rev. c. S. Harr-
son, Sank Centre; J. B. Pease, Paynesville;
D. II. Spicer, Rockville; D. S. French and II.
Z. Bennett for Maine Prairie; C. Ii. Rice for
Fair Haven. All ofthese country agents hcve
Bibles and Testaments to sell, and give where
they find it necessary. Let all then take cour-
age, AMI cndeavor to make the coming year
still more prosperous than the past
E. E. PAYNE,
Agt Amer. Bible Society for Minnesota.
! TRIAL OF SoALEs.-We have seen a state
ment Of the recent official trial in one Of the
principal counties in this State, of twenty five
Grain and Stock Scales. They were the ordi-
nary out-doo OF wagon scales, and were tested
just as they were found in common use thus
making it one Of the best possible practical
tests. Sixteen of them were of Fairbanks
make, and nine of various other kinds, inclu-
ding some which have lately been claimed as
superior to Fairbanks. The resell showed a
remarkable degree of accuracy in those of
Fairbanks make, while all others were con-
demned as not sufficiently accurate for use.
The Importance Of this fact will be apprecia-
ted without comment. We publish it because
it is one in which the public are interested
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