The Osceola times., 1878-07-13

since Bad Pay killed him. The
result Is, you see our bone and
sinew " coming To the store with a
surplus to bny with. One man
brings in ia basket feggs, another
chickens, then some butter, a little
wheat, occasionally, some bacon,
lard, wool, feathers, ginseng green
fruits; the old woman having some
"sox." Presently will come the
dried apples and peaches, navy
beans, and frequently we are offer
ed honey, bceswax, tal,ow, cider,
vinegar end mary other commodi-
ties not in the present tram Of
thought, all Of which are entirely
Ignored in Mississippi county
These commodities are readily tax
en- in exchange for goods, being
preferred to the cash. ia the win.
ter phd Spring, we ship u quantity
Of corn, tobacco, potatoes, hogs cat
tie, mules and horses thereby get
ting in sutiiciency of money to
pay hands and taxes, the latter be-
ing only 60 cents on the 500 worth
Of properly.
The old adagc in Mississippi
county was, "Our smoke house is
in Memphis" Crlttenlcn cOunty's
appears to hp in Cincinnati, but not
Ike yours=oHe comes from being
curci, the other goes TO be cured I;
thence, TO be shipped to your Mem
phis smoke house, thus making you
pay transportation from here to
Cincinnati, paying expense Of cur
ing, then transportation from Gin
cinnati TO Memphis, together with
all the profits accru;ng thereon.
No wonder you cry Hard Times"
Our httle bottom, within q radius
of len miles, shipped 800 hoad OF
hogs. c. s. Bacon Is now in poor
demand in oar county at6 cts. Did
il ever occur to your mind how
much the seed raIsela drew from
your rcsources--an article that eco.
nomy teaches. every one should
save in the greatest abundance; if
not, in the Spring, when yoa are
lettering through the streets Of
Memphis, peep in ut the door OF
r. & Craig 4 Goa and there behold
the vast throng orowdlng their
counters, carrying away hundreds
OF dollars of 10 cent paper seeds.
With us, it is different. Wero IA
seed pedlcr to start through here
a wa on load of seed, venture the
assertion that he could not sell
enough to feed him once a day ; on
the contrary, most every one seem
10 excel in this line besides saving
the annual crop OF seed, every fam
lily hold their bee,s, cabbage turn
mp &C., from which they reap har-
vest OF seed tho following season
AMI by this means they are contin
ually supplied, and the dollar saw
cd in buying seed is applied to Il
more profitable use. Some few
assume the role Of seed raisers,
which gives them another little sur
plus to carry to the store all these
combined makes / sum total equiv
alcnt to the purchase OF the calicocs
ribbons aud tixings for the ith. OF
July, and coffee and sugar for the
" old womnn," especially, when the
merchants are selling handsome
prints at . cents standard brown
and bleached co.tons at cts, shoes
at ID cents profit on a pair, &c.
had liked to have forgot to Tell
You Of another important crop we
also prodGoe--a crop OF political
aspirants, THE CANDIDATE, and in
this county we are only blessed
with two varieties, the Republicans
ana the Democrats. Both are of II
forward kind, and mature carly,
first one and then the other. The
conrtY u pretty evenly divided,
with the odds in favor Of the demo-
Gratis. Rains in abundance. Crops
are elegant. Hard times come
again no more. | write from ex-
pcriencc. HARD IiMEs'
Wards Landing,
Crittenden Co., Ky.
June 30th., 1873.