Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-11-26

Lewiston Provision Market.
For the THANKSGIVING market II APP
pears that turkeys will sell at wholesale at
2Oc II least. and chickens at 10 to l7c;
fowl Is 10 &c; geese and dccks at Is 10
2Oc. AT present the demand Is not at
tive lSc for turkeys, l5c Tor chickens.
l5c Tor fowl has been the price the past
,ew days. Poultry this year is in tain
order. $50 lar rs brought forward, but not
so fat as last year.
A good deal Of iresn pork is demanded
for Thanksgiving week. and hosts ct
porlers are already being sacrificed. The
price is 1,2 to Sc by the carcass There
are rumorS that the hog cholera has AT
tackled swine in some parts OF the State,
but We cannot vouch tor It's accuracy.
Pork is plenty. and the big hogs are COM
ing in.
Reef is in lair supply, but the great
subject OF poultry casts tho beeveS into
the shade Small beef Is quite plenty at
sc Tor starvation quarters, aud . To lie
Tor fair, y 10 lSe tor best grades of OK,
Mutton is very plenty at 10 to lSc,
The best lots OF mutton that have been
brought 10 this market of late are from
Canada Large numbers of lambs aad
muttous have been driven from below
Quctoc, $50 miles, TO Pennington. Mr..
Frank Morrow. OF Auburn, bought two
carloads At Huntington, and others
have been disposed vi in this market.
Potatoes are still in short supply, and
20 10 sc is the ruling price.
Apples still continue in short supply,
and This is Strange, considering their
abundance and The recovery OF the
horses. Some farmers ask snd get -
Der sushol tor nice fruit. bat - to soc i
the ruling price for good suit Good
cooking apples sell at zoe There are
plenty Of apples in the country, though 1t
- said considerable quantities are being
picked up by runners aud sent ouI OF the
State. The prospect is that best winter
apples will sell a, about - per barrel.
Vegetables arc plenty at - ,oi lur
nip>. beets, carrots. &c Good turuips
3or table tsc ale hard to find and would
or,nga higher price. Cabbasc have ad
ysuced % Pc Squash are Sc Nearly
MI The ssuSsh used thus far la thi> ,csilu
have come from Cape Elizabeth. where
IL abundant crop was grown. elsewhere
in Maine the crop. SO isr as wc Iclru N..,
very short
CanLerrics are advancing. and are
now held at 81 per barrel Cape Cod
cranbrriics we're almost failure lhl-
,csr. while in Maine more crnocsrieS
were raised this year than ,sur before.
They still retail II 81 per peck.
ESss sell at 92c. and uc rather p'en
tier.
Bu,tyr 6. in t,ir supply st5) Co S2c,'ul
COMES in rather slowly.
New cider j. plenty "a, 10 20 i5r per
gallon the latter price generally buys
better cider -LctSist3H J0UrHGl
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