St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
Children EiOpiEg.

We clip the following from Buffalo
paper OF recent date: Shortly before
noon to-day, as the Canada Southern
passengers and others were surprised to
see Specials Wiley and kief, Of the First
Precinct, arrest two bright looking boys,
who had taken passage Oh the train.
One of the supposed boys was in reality
a girl in male attire. The prisoners were
marched TO the Station House, and
Capt. DOnahue at once proceeded to in
vestigate the case. The Captain ques-
toned supposed boy, who promptly
admitted her sex. The substance of her
statement was that her name was Emma
Simonson, her age fourteen years, and
that she resided at Flint, Mich, where
her father was employed as foreman of a
large sawmill. She left Flint on Tues
day morning last with her companion,
WHO was arrested with her, and whose
name is Harry Clark. She had her hair
cut off. put on the boys suit which she
then wore, obtained $50 in some way yet
to be explained, and the two then eloped,
taking train for this city. She said,
further, that she had been attending
public school at Flint, and that the pro-
ject was arranged between heFself and
Harry by letters or notes which they
wrote to one another. The girl seemed
to realize her position, and apparently
felt very sorry. Her male companion
was next called into the Captains Office
and questioned. He stated that his name
was Harry CLARK, that his age was II,
and that he resided in Flint, Mich. He
admitted running away with the. girl,
and stated, in answer to direct ques-
tion, that he did not intend to marry her,
and could give no very satisfactory
reason for the elopemelt. Recently the
adventurous couple took quarters in q
boarding house on Seneca street, and
were just leaving the city for St.
Thomas, Ont, where the girl has friends,
when they were taken into custody.
The girl had in her posseion 81 In
money, and her companions cash was
So so. Harry intimated that he had got
tired OF his trip. and intended to return
home, even il he had not been arrested.
This youthful couple will be returned
to their parents much wiser in their
brief connebial experience.
The European demand for American
fruits increases with the supply aud
proves to be very. generally remunera-
tive. There is fruit enough raised in
the United States to supply both our
own country and Europe. The first
expectation of apples was made thirty
years ago, when the apples commanded
from S6 to $8 a barrel i'm Liverpool.
That city now receives 10000 barrels of
American apples annually. The value
OF fruits exported last year was SO, ,937,-
025. The expectation of canned fruit is
rapidly increasing. The supply Of dried
fruit has never been equal to the de-
sn'and. The extraordinary increase In
ehe production within the last few years
has ssean met by still greater eonsump-
tinN S&o census of this trade has ever
IN taken. New York is the largest
producing State, and the bulk Of
ssssnarketed at Buffalo. At Chicago
sile sfatle in dried fruit is very large, as
aaris distributing point of censidera- !
q q Gimp p0rtance for the West and North |
The secretary of the Board of
S3e in Chicago. in q letter to the De-
gent of Agriculture, states that the |
sefTss of dried fruits in 1877 were as
|slioWs. Dried apples, 10000 barrels,
Il 200 pounds each dried peaches, 49, I
20 baarsls, of $50 pounds each; dried /
aekberries, COCO barrels, of 300 pounds /
A proportlonate amount of the
er fruits and berries was re@ived. 4
eneRai trade in dried fruits is not
lng, the demand being supplied
few years by the increase in
oo9S--L n, g. Demoerat, I