Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-12-08

PhICES.
BEEF-Per 1901 lbs. on total weight of Hide
Tallow and Meat, Extra Sl2,75 $500; First
quality, 81, 80 s 1880; Second quality $I0.5C
a 81 90; Third quality, SO 90 a $1,000.
One or Two lots best Western, Sl300a 500, 90.
Poorest, Cows, Bulls, &C., $500 a $500.
Working OXen--Nominals $l75 a $685. han
dy Steers and slim oxen, SIS a $780, or mu Oh
according to their value asbeef.
Cows and Young CaIves-Fair quality S35 a
$40; extra, $75 800; farrOw and dry, S35
$50.
Sheep-Per h., live weight, OaO-c; extra.
90 a 90 0-0cts. Shorn, 90 a 0 O-Oc Sheep and
Lambs, per head, in lots, 81 80 a S4,75.
Veal Calves-S0,00 10000.
Hides-BrightOn, 10 - lie. per ID; country
lots 10 10 IL cts.
Tallow--BrightOn, 90 9 1-2cts perIb; cOun
try lots, LA 90 cts.
Pelts-$0,87 81. 25 each; country lots dry
1918 a S0,87; Lambs 90 00c; shorn GOA 00c
each. Wool, 5000 a 5000.
Shotes-Wholesale, 9 90 a IL 90 cts; retail
0 90 900 cts. b. Young Pigs, 10 90 {
II 1-2 cts. Fat Hogs-83-4a 9 IL cts. ID.
Stores-Thin young cattle for farmers-Year
lings, $1,000 $500; Two-year-old $50 S45
Three -years-old, $40 SO.
REMARKS ON THE SALE OF CATTLE
| Tuesday, Dec l, 186S.-The receipts Of cat
| tie at Cambridge and Medford amount t.
little over 600; last Tuesday there were
only about $40. But as winter begins will
good cold snow storm, and as the pOul
try week is over with, turkeys at 30 to *
cents per pound and fancy lots still higher
at retail, the demand for beef to-day j,
quite spirited. There were some very good
steers and other young cattle as well a.
fair oxen. The highest figures reached
50 far as we heard, were I25c for one Oh
two pairs of oxen, and one small lot of
Western. But while there Is little advance
in prices trade was better.-as it is ALWAYS
better when the butchers are a little anx-
ious to buy. than it is when they are re-
luctant,-when they are merely looking
about "to learn the fashions" or to find {
chance to light on good bargain which
some one may offer to "close out" TIL,
supply and prices of beef for the next siy
months are subjects Of no little interest |,
both producer and consumer 1t is re
marked by those who have attended tn
market regularly this fall that the feeder
have purchased very sparingly indeed
In fact we think we have never known o
, so few being taken for this purpose III
/ River" feeders have scarcely shown the
: faces. We understand that Mr.. Lord O
!, EPSON, \. H, who fed 40 large oxen la:
season, one pair of which was sold for SO
! has now only animals in his stalls. an
2 this ratio will be found to exist, we thinl
elsewhere. We notice, however, thu
Messrs. j. ?. Wiser q Co, of Prescott. Can
ada, whose $50 cattle contributed so a,
[ ceptably to our supply last May. has agai
: filled his stalls with the same number. 75C
n a large portion of which were purchase
at the West, and were pronounced ''mag
= nifcent animals by the Prescott Telt
/ graph when they were put into the stall
z This Is a large number for one building
. 1t is said that it requires six men to tax
: care of them through the day, and one ma
/ constantly during the night. They al
d fed in connection with a distillery whic
a at present IS using about 400 bushels 3
grain per day, and paying the Canada
Z government well on to one thousand do
S lars per day in the shape of duties on I'll
spirits manufactured. Such is one of tt
= sources of the beef supply of the "Sons
! Temperance" who depend on this mark
?, for their meat! We hope this will spo
e nobody's appetite. The fastidious mu
keep out of the kitchen"
Wednesday, Dec. 2.-The trains at Can
krldge this morning were rather late al
lie largely freighted with sheep and Westel
lp hogs. There were only some 155 head
-. cattle, for which the demand did not a
. pear to be hardly as good as yesterday,
lie the number of cattle buyers present W
G. not as large as yesterday. Still most of tt
# stock will be worked off without drivil
over to Brighton.
At Brighton there were 1919 cattle fro
n the West and about 300 from the East.
is There were many ordinary cattle amor
= the Western, and we thought the poor
grades were sold at better rates for L
ID butcher, than were offered at Cambridg
It In fact, except on good to extra qualiti
it prices appeared to be wavering, and Il
a firm than they were yesterday. The lot
III 43 cattle sold by George Fitch at S4c,
I'd SIX, we thought from hasty glance We
about as good as some that were sold "
o terday at Cambridge for 10c 40 SIX.