Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-23
0Ortester Daily SPY,
Letter from Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. 10, 1868.
The season of the 'sere aud yellow leaf
is well upon US, though but for the frosty
nights we might well imagine ourselves in the
midst of the balmy days of the latter part OF
May, so beautiful and sunny is the air. But
this cannot last long. With call from the
housewife to put in coal at ten or eleven dol
lars ton or wood at eight or ten dollars
cord, proper imam of the house" cannot
tail to realize that winter, and not summer, is
coming on apace. The leaves of yellow
and scarlet tinge lie stfewn around, while the
autumnal winds whirl them in gathering ed
dies through the streets, and over the tops of
houses, making little children frantic with de-
light, while older heads sagely declare swell
catch it soon, l reckon" But who cares?
With good shelter, plenty of fuel, aud few
barrels of pork and flour, who cares for win
ter, with its SHOWS, its bleakness and its ach-
ing cold? All! that poor family with no
wood, no fires, and no shelter-dO tloy care?
Yes, they are the Gnes who realize most ter
rlOly that winter Is coming on apace, and then
what can they do! Most happily cases of this
kind are far less numerous than in former
years. The great demand for labor, and the
high prices paid, has placed many poor fam
lily above that pInching want which they have
realized so often. The high prices which
have obtained tor family necessities do not af.
feet them very seriously, for the simplest
wants are theirs. With plenty of corn or
meal, vegeta bles, &C., they are abundantly
supplied
Western farmers are beginning to get paid
for their produce at least, though your cor
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own account that prices should have remained
at the old tariff. Butter now retals here for
thirty cents, which is an innovation upon east
ern prices that they should properly resent.
Eggs, too, are sold at the moderate price of
twenty cents, or doubling of figures within
two months. All kinds OF grain are at the
highest notch, while hay-good HAYS worth
eighteen dollars strong. Pork and beef, too,
arc trying to keep pace with their lite-sus-
tanners, and SO you can see that the western
farmers are likely to receive the quad pro for
the fruits OF their labor during the present
season at least While the farmers and the
producers OF all classes are hugely pleased,
consumers do not seem to be so well satisfied.
The cost of living here has increased within
three or six months at least twenty five per
cent The same fact is true of the east Of
course but we Of the west had escaped this
r.
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and very good prices are obtained fer resi-
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