Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-09-28

NO. 80.
Dinmont. They range from $40 to 's25; and
then comes the Skye terrier, the black and
tan, and the English pug These three last
are the ladies' dogs. 1 don't count the spitz,
for they are no more account than cats; not
as much, indeed, for Persians and Angoras are
worth q great deal of money"
"How do prices run in pugs, Skyes and
black and tans?"
"Pugs are worth from 800 up. I lately
offered man $50 for pug puppy three
months old and be laughed at me. He had
better have sold it, for horse trod it to death
afterwards. The value of Sykes and black
and tans varies greatly. One of the former
was sold by man in Chatham street for $3.50
short time since. It weighed about three
pounds, and had silky hair that touched the
ground. Black and tans are getting common,
but choice dog will always bring big price.
I got 500 from a lady for one once: She
had desire to get the smallest black and
tan there was to be found, and she kept me
running for the best part Of two years. At
last found one with Allen, of the Fifth Av-
enue Hotel, opposite Central Park, away up
town, he asked $500 for j, and -she olased tha-
bargain with three hundred dollar notes right
of, and sent the rest the next day. My ex-
penses and one thing and another made up
the 500. ~
"How big was that dog 7" ,5 .
ut was full grown, fat and sleek, and just
weighed two pounds and ten ounces. The la.
dy weighed it against the dogs that her friends
boasted on, and one weighed three pounds and
three ounces, and the other three pounds and
eight ounces So you see she was long way
ahead" - =
"What is the largest price you ever knew
put on dogs" g:
"I've seen it printed that $50, 900 was asked
at a dog show for an English pug"
"How was that? Nobody would give thatY
"That's why the price was put on. It was
to comply with the rules of the show, which
required every dog to be for sale, but allowed
every exhibitor to name his price"
Talking of shows, have you been to the
Centennial?" .5 E3:.a,
"Not yet, sir; but hope to 60 when the
dogs are on exhibition"
And then came home, satisfied that, while
every dog has his day, DR.. Gardiner knew
enough to give dogs under his care q chance
of extra days when they feel sick.
p0r Since the great sales Of cotton and
wooden goods in New York the most promi-
nent dry goods dealers have been marking
down prices. The reduction began with the
downtown houses, which find their principal
customers among the middle or laboring class
Of the population, those in short, who have
been Obliged to economic their means. 1t
has since extended to great uptown dealers,
such as A. T. Stewart Il Co., Lord d Taylor,
Arnold, Constable & Co., and others. All of
them have put down prices, and under the
spur of competition are acting on the princi-
pie Of quick sales and small profits. The pol.
icy Of thus leading the way from dull TO an
actiye trade by Offering unusual incentives to
buy is undoubtedly good one. The better
class of dealers agree that prices promise to
remain low. They are convinced that they
have reached hard-pan, and that they must
work therein. Every sign or indication goes
to strengthen their conviction. In scores OF
fashionable shop windows placards are now to
be seen, where they never we're een-befose5
announcing the cheapness Of the articles on
exhibition. A pair Those that 9 year or two
ago cost 81 or $1.25 is now labelled with 9
card on which is printed ."'50c." or "75c."
Undershirts that used to reach from 81 to 81
are now exposed in the windows and marked
down to soc. and 81. Many shirtmakers ad-
vertise to make twelve shirts for as many 81
bills, or single shirt can be bought for 81 at
places where two years ago the cheapest they
had cost two dollars. All kinds of hosiery
have been marked down twelve and half per
cent, and the price Of linen and fine dress
goods has also been reduced. A short time
ago it was predicted that, in consequence OF
the short crop Of raw silk, the prices OF all
manufactured silks would advance But thus
far they have not been affected. In answer to
inquiries about the matter, A. T. Stewart q
Co., said "There had been no advance in
silks, and they did not know that there would
be; that they had large and splendid stock
of silks, and there would certainly be no
change in prices until it was Sold" Arnold,
Constable &, Co.. thought there would bea
small advance, but Lord & Taylor did not be-
lieve there would be any advance either in
silks or dry goods for some time yet to come.
Breadstuffs, too, are low, but we. believe meats
have not vet been reduced. With low prices
for all articles of wear and consumption, lower
wages will be less sensibly felt by the working
classes, and having reached hard.pan, things
will be better. ...
A BUFFALO PoT HUNT.-A Buffalo "pot
hunt" such as used to take place annually
between the Missouri and Saskatchewan nv
ers, is described by 81. M. Robinson in Ap-.
pleton's Journal The party, numbering hum
dreds, started out about the first of septem-
Der, and remained on the plains until the end
of October. The rendezvous was in the
northeast corner of Dakota, and men, women
and children, were included in the company.
Carts drawn by ponies and oxen, conveyed
the baggage; and the camp was enlivened by
gambling, horse racing, dancing, and ocea-
sionally by fighting. Officers were elected for
the hunt, rules for discipline adopted, and
then guides conducted the caravan to q place
near which buffalo herds had been recently
seen. The encounter with the beasts is thus
described: "The chief gives the signal, and
thousand reckless riders dash forward at a
wild run Into the herd they penetrate;
along its sides they stretch, 1.-The trained horses
regulating their pace to that Of the moving
mass behind them guns flash, shots and
yells resound; the dust arises in thick clouds
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