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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04
CIRCULO MERCANTIL.

Ell Presidente de este Circulo,
nuestro distinguido amigo don
joe Pena Chavarri, nos remite
para su insercion 10 siguiente, que
publicamos, accediendo, como es
nuestro deber con honra acepta-
de a los deseos de un Cfrculo pa
ra nosotros tan it'll, digno y res
petable.
En- la Junta Directiua ceLebrGda en- Ia
noche de aver, Sc tratGr0n los pGrti-
cuIares sigaientes:
10 Sc di6 possession Z la nueva jun
ia Directiva, y acto seguido Sc lego y
aprob6 Ell acta anterior.
90 Por unanimidad Sc eEgi6 para
ell cargo de Tesorero d don Ricardo
Alfonso, y Sc acord6 Sc le comunicase ell
nom mbramiento 10 mismo que al socio
que 10 era anteriormente don Juan CO.
nill, para la reception y entrega respec-
tiva del efectivo existente en- Caia, Ii
bros dem&s documentos de Ia Teso-
reria.
So Sc di6 lectura 4 IN oficio de
don Enrique Vijande, de S0de Noviem-
bre, que copiado la letra dice asf:
Tengo entendido que en- Ia junta
que tuvo lugar aver, fui electo para IN
cargo en- la Directive que no estoy
dispuesto D aceptar, y asf 10 indique al
retirarme del salon antes de abrirse Ia
sesi6n.-Antes de recibir noticia algu-
ma Official y con Ell fin de que mi nom
bre no vaya q Ia prensa al publicarse
la candidatura, ruego q v. Sc sirva
tomar nota de mi resoluei6n y dis
poner 10 necesario en- armonia con mis-
naturales deseos.---Dios guarde 4 v.
muchos AMOS -Puerto--Ric Noviem-
bre 80 de lSS5.-Earigue Vyaude.
{ Hay una rdbrica. )--Sr. Presidente
del " "Oirculo Mercantile T" de Puerto
Rico"
La Junta sc di6 por enterada, y,
con vista de 10 que disponen los
articulos Is y II del Reglamento,
Sc acord6 por nnanimidad que D. Fell
ciano Carbia, prinero de los vocales en-
Ia lista de eleccidn, pasase d ocupare u
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04
HONRAS REALES.

Tenemos noticia de que las
honras celebradas ell % en- AFRO
yo por ell eterno descanso de Don
Alfonso XII fueron muy luci-
das. La concurrencia numerosa.
Asistieron todas las corporacio-
mes y funcionarios, y particulares
de todas las classes de la sociedad.
La bizarra Compania de Vo-
luntarios hizo las descargas de
Ordenanza, en- tanto que la bande-
ra nacional, izada a media asta,
ondeaba triste en- los edi6cios pd-
blicos y en- varias casas particu-
lares.
Sabemos tambien que Toa-baja
ha celebrado honras por ell alma
de S. M. con pompa y lucimien-
to.
La concurrencia al temple fue
numerosa. Aquel aparecia seve-
ramente decorado, alzandose en-
su centro un elegante catafalco.
Mucho SO afanaron por el es-
plendor de la religiosa ceremonial
los dignos Alcalde y Cura Parro-
co de aquel pueblo senores Puig
y Rovira.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04
BOletin Mercantii.

cuyo texto va en- otra parte y
cuyo espiritu Y mobiles d smostra-
clones aplaudimos sinceramente,
10 mismo que la actitud de las
demas localiIaes, entire elias
Humacao, Arroyo y Toa-baja
relatiyas 4 las cuales van en- otro
sitio las correspondence rese-
has.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04
RECUERDOS.
CARTA "a

de Dona Isabel II d S. S. Pi0 *,
m0tiUada pOr Ia Sagrada Co.
muni6n que e! ia0'uidabie Don
alfonso, entonces Principe de
Ast,<riaS, debta recibir, y reci-
BID, de manoS del Vicari0 de
CriSto en- la terra.
Beatisimo Padre: Ha llega-
do ell dia tan grato para mi do
cumplir uno de los mas vehemen-
ties deseos de mi alma, y que ha
sido tambien tan bondadosamente
acogido por Vuestra Santidad /;
mi hijo ell Principe de Asturias
va recibir ell prometido Sacra.
mento de "a Eucaristia de las ma
nos augustus de su venerable pa
Dire y padrino. Ell cielo quiera
que ell nino que bajo tales auspi
clos entra en- La pubertad herede la
piedad religiosa que sinti6 STEM
pre- su madre, va que no puedo
pedirle a Dios que herede mi for
tuna!
Ell Principe yiaja bajo Ell titulo
de Marques de Covadonga: lie
conduee el Captain General Con
de de Cheste, siempre buen cato
"a Essa notable carts, con 10 que IA egue hasia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04
LO DEL CASINO.

A Ey Ciamor le ha dado por
escandalizarse de las cosas peque-
mas, dejando a un lado las mayo
res. Ell no dira NADIA de la con-
ducta observada por Ell B,tscapi6
en- estos luctuosos momentos;
pero, exsranara y dira que ell
Casino Espanol no ha enlutado
sus salones, con motive de Ia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04

S
mas tambien de toda mi confanz,, !,
ell Conde de Heredia Espfnola Y
el general d. Jose de Reyna, con
los demas de su muy corta servi.
dumbre ordinaria.
Por Chesto, a qaien ast Sc 10
prevengo, sc enterar& Nuestra
Sautidad de los motives que me
han impedido a mi Y al Rey mi
esposo ell satisfacer otro de esos
deseos de que hablo a Vuestra
Santidad. Tenemos los dos IN
esperanto de cump'irle en- cuanto
las CIRCUMSTANCES nos 10 permi
tan, pues mi coraz6n atribulado,
que tanto ha sufrido, esta an3ioso
dc recibir de Vuestra Santidad la
bendici6n para la hija de la Igle
sia y ell consuelo para la Reina
destronada.
No fue POGO, Padra Beatisimo,
el que recibi va con la primera
carta, tan dulce y compasiva, en-
que me manifestaba Vuestra San
tidad que dirigia sus preces al
Altisimo por mi salud y por que
Dios me volviera al trono que de
derecho me pertenecia.
Hoy no aspire, Senor, a con-
servar para mi ese derecho, re-
cordado va en- mi desgracia por
ell Soberano mas sabio de la tie.
rra, sino para trasmitirlo, como
Sc 10 digo a todos los que fueron
mis- subditos, en- la mejor y mas
provechosa OCCASION, al Principe
mi hijo; y por ESQ es tan vehe-
mente mi empeno por que vaya a
tomar las primeras fuerzas que
para ejercerlo necesitaria, empa-
pandose en- el Santo espiritu ca
t6lico, ell inico en- que asociarse
pueden el gran principle de la au
toridad con la libertad, igualdad
Y fraternidad verdaderas que sean
indispensables para hacer felices
a !os hombres.
Por ESQ he tornado asi mismo
el proposito de que ell Principe Sc
eduque de modo que, 81 algin dia
su nac;6n lie necesita y Dios lie
quiere, pueda ir a labrar su dicha
sin llevar el odio nj las prevencio-
nes de ninguna de las muchas
tracciones en- que POI deSgracia
estd dividida la patria, porque
habra aprendido que ell buen Rey
para Espana no debe serlo de
ningdu partido, sino de todos los
espanoles, y que Dios ha hecho
los reyes para los pueblos y nc
los pueblos para los reyes.
No permita la divina justicia
que por culpa de el Sc deriam
una sola gotta dc sangre nj Sc per-
turben I'm solo dla la paz y ell so.
siego de nuestro' amados compa-
tricios. Ojala no Sc hubiera ver-
lido tanta por su madre inocente
de elial 81 me hubiera hallado
durante nuestra Ultima guerra ci.
vii en- el estado Ge razon de que
me privaba mi infancia, nj aur
hubiera querido reinar a tanta
! costa; y no quiero hoy que m
hijo suba a un trono erigido sobre
lagrimas y desdichas: yo no lc
deseo para 81 81 no le levantan e
general amor y la legitima espe.
rama.
Dios conserve todavia largo;
amos la vid& de Vuestra Santidad
tan necesaria hoy al mundo, y me
permita recibir muy pronto per
sonalmente ST. bendici6n, que aho
ra lie pido para mi y para mi es
poso y mis- hijos, con el fervol
con que soy h mildisima, agrade
cida y amantisima hija de Vues
ira tidad.-ISABEL.-Pari
20 de Febrero de 1870"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04
DE HUM ACAO.

Sr. Director del BoLETIN MERoANTIL.
Mi distiuguido amigo: 81 no estuvie-
ra en- la fntima creencia de que ell sem
tlmiente patrio va cada dia tomando
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-12-04

(l) Esta notable carts, con 10 que Ia sigue hasta
Ia hrma ALFONSO, eSta toTnada de Is interesante
obra la RestaHrqeioa ge Reg q Eifreito aet Nor
a. por u Captain Don Agas.ih Fernando da Ia
oeraa
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be taken row we think it would be
carried, and Dorhaps it would be
good thing, rs 40 many depend upon
the mast for meat, and all such years
as this they will do without unlesa
they have plenty of corn. No doubt,
the passage ofsuch law would work
a hardship on some at first, but when
they get better grade of hogs and
take better caIo Of them, we think
there will be more meat and better
than at present.
If any of the town people should por
chance happen down this way, let them
be sure 20 call on our neighbor, X.
Kolb, especially u they arc thirsty, as
he has a new windmill pump. Gossip
says that he proposes to furnish all Of
his neighbors with water delivered Mt
their doors, besides irrigating his gar
den. orchard, vineyard, lawn and flow
er garden, and watering large mum
bes of sheep, goate, milch cows, hogs,
etc. Now cannot youcl for all this
boing true, but do know that he has
good well and plenty of water.
Rev. IL. T. Hill has spent Lis last
Sunday with us for this conference
year. lie has done good work and
has made host of frienda daFiug his
sojvurn among US. We regret very
much to give him up, and all hope that
ho will be sent back again. If not he
has oar prayers that his labors may be
attended with success wherever he
may go. ARNOLD.
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Brady Items.
From the Sentinel.

FROM tne bentlnel.
The echools are progressing finely.
Our merchants continue to get thor
freight f.om Lampasas.
StockAen reports plenty of water
and grass in tho northeastern portion
Of tho county.
James Cambell and his family start
ed for visit to friends and relatives
In tho lower counties on last Tuesday.
Judge Beatty is stopping at the
rancho this week. lis ~ giving his
sheep m application OF sulphur and
lime,
a fine rain fell here md In other
portions of the county on Sunday aud
Sunday night. 1t did not come before
II was needed.
As long as scabby sheep arc driven
along the roads and just anywhere
across the county there will DO plenty
of scab.
Jim Wall wsnt over to Paint Rock
with Bishop Elliot on last Wednesday.
Guess the Bishop is too old man to
be demoralized by such associates.
Bill Walker informs us TINT DR..
Walker, Ed Crockett and others WHO
left recently with their cattle will go
right into New Mexico with them,
They do not apprshend any trouble.
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|
MR. EDITOR Some one, VINO very
properly styles himself WOODWORKING
ch''7 upon tno commissioners oou, y"
.e' '"e people 'no why's "uu ""',V
'o'os o, '"o county 'i'no o'''"e''' W.
guess 'h"' N"o"no'"'"e 10 W" ,o'
uon'' "S 'ne o'u'f "'S '''" u'"D "
'",n 'o""ty '"' : S'"oo' ,
No" ~ 70 no' " "''' Wv ,.
nov 10 ''9o w pN p'",',
'"' '''P'o.'" '"''
"," . 1''o''. A., $3.50.
'"o US, pe
autho'INeu tho ciorA W Se'" WY W.
count against McCulloch county, be-
cause McCulloch county furnished q
surv.vor and ,aid bar oy, exnonsos
az. ~,
70 u'' '''"No o"' Il" "oc""". "ghlus'
Liano and Mason counties for their
part of the expenses, because they did
not assist In running the line botwccp
sou coho o,a soi1 a,.n,iaa 1n.t.
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From the Colony.

AS 1t is long time since Arnold has
had anything to say, and thinking that
perhaps some of the readers of the
News would like to hear from the Col.
ony, send few notes.
The farmers are busy gathering their
corn and cotton. Corn is good-frOm
twenty to forty bushels per acre. Cot
ION is sllort---about one bale to -four
acres, and the price 10 80 low that IL
makes times hard for us. Il seems that
there is not much market now for corn
and it is also low-from forty TO fifty
cents per bushel.
A few farmers nro preparing to SOW
wheat, but the acreage in this irnme-
diate neighborhood will be short.
1t Ia very dry at present, though we
had Some good rNins not long since.
We haveseveTal new Eeighbors from
tho lower counties, and judging from
the nnaber Of strangers hunting lands
to rentand what we see in tho papers
this part of Texas ia filling up very
rapidly, and think we will have to
adopt Richards plan in the near fl :
ture. ~
We have a good school, conducted
by Mise wooidn, our old teacher. We,
with the children, were glad when we
heard th@t the iraaiees had employed
hes ihi
Quite number Of children are aic k
with chilIs aud fever, though the gen
eral health Of the community is good.
We were sarry to hoAr Of the death
% J. c. seheutzer. lilo was resident
Of this community Tor many years, aud
sas good, qalet citizen aud had many
fFluuaa here.
The hag law has hoea pFetag well
asliated here, aud Il lhu yote we're t,
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last, though not least, the editor of
the Sentinel has boz on the back of
HE neck. 1t is hard to tell just where
all these troubles end.
A dispatch came here on Wednes-
day for MIR. +. ". Miller stating that
Charlie Miller had been shot at sher-
wood the day before. The dispatch
did not state any of tue particulars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller went down to
Burnett last week, and it will be some
days before they cap get to Sherwood.
We believe the di patch stated that
the wound was ser us. '
Bishop Elliott, 81 the Episcopal
church, preached q large congrega-
ton a: the school house on last Tues
day night. The Bishop preacHei q
plain practical discourse, showing that
his desire was to do good and not make
display Of his learning or orat9gnl
powers. Everybody was delighted
with the Bishops sermon.
There has been quite demand for
snlphur and lime tic past few weeks
for dipping sheep We don't know
whether it is becs6se it is cheaper or
better, but moi tho shecpmon are
usiug sulphur anc Eme this fall
NJ. j. N. Rice, ovoreeer on the Bra
dy and Paint Rock road, was out with
his hands working on it last Thurs
day and Friday. As most of this is a
new road ii will require considerable
work to get it so thatit can DO travel
ed. The Sentinel thinks that two or
three hundred dollats of the money
boloning to the road and bridge fund |
might be very judidously expended
on that road 1t is 10 much to expec
a man to go out aud work or 5 day 8
on road that they never travel once
a year. The road Law of Texas ia an
outrage anyhow, and the next legisla-
ture ought to repeal il. Road should
be- worked by taxation, and we will
never have roads fit to travel over
until this IL done.
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Entersa at tho postoiiics at San Saba, Texas. as
ueco3t cisss matter.
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Thero is some fault found with The

Thtre is some fault found with the
teachers because they fail to attend the
Institute. IL has been intimated IN
til, column that non attendance arose
from fearing the result Of comparison
with other teachers. With due re-
,spect to thofe who attend, we believe
that other reasons that would not re-
fleet injuriousiy on the absenteos could
lie given. San Saba is a large county,
and number of schools are many
miles from the county seat. TO ride
from thote schools to town, in time for
the D1ecting Of the Institute is almost
physical iinpossibility, and If one; by
riding cart of the night, could arrive
O.. n ;, 10 would not, fatigued as he
must be-, find himself in ssaitable con-
ditioE 10 meet his brethren of the fer
ule. who we're anxiously posing for
u, .isrisrss. Somh teachers have fam-
lilies and are compelled to haEl tfei-
wcoi on SATURDAY, and attend t. other
little domessic duties for which they
have no other suitable time. Others
have no saddle horace, and being com.
pelled TO depend on their peighhnrs for
cnnveysue have sone delieacy Ia
cai.ing 70 often. Others who have
saddle hofses II their own, may have
t,hunt the range for them on Saturday
lniofaIig. aud fail to lind them In time
20 30 % San Saba. Or II the conditions
are sneA that they can 20, the Institute
viii close 50 late that ihoy viii he
obliged 70 stay IN town al night, lu-
eQfflnG hotel bills and being obliged
10 make fha return on tho Sabbath
which sons teachers are conscientious.
y opposed IS dolng,
New non'f some ~ the ariies who
have haen sailing fault with the ab.
sentfos, BE- Charitable eunpRh 10 sup
pose has oue Of llieat enumerated
kaatfs ar absence, Was aHihcient rsa
con fpf non 'niiradenfe. Teachers hare
tsoRhlss enough, gnodpess knows, NJ IN
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Educational Column.

Programme Of the San Saba county
Teachers Institute, to be held at Rich.
land Springs on the FIRST Saturday in
November, 1885.
!. Usual opening exercises at 0 a. m
2. Address Of welcome by Professor
A. ID. Wallace
3. Response by G. w. Walters, the
chairman.
4. Word and object method of teach
ing reading, discussion opened by Prof
s. W. Ballard, of Hall school.
Geography and map drawing, in
trodnced by Miss Alice j. Mclean.
G. Best method Of teaching primary
mathematics, Prof. J. G.. Dismukes.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Higher mathematics. Prof. j. G.
Burney.
2. How to teach grammar, Professor
s. w. Ballard.
2. Preparatory science, Prof. r. S.
Goss.
4. An essay on calisthenics, Miss
Killough. cj
5. Theory and practice of teaching,
Prof w. j. Spillmsn.
i 9. Where aud when shall the next
Institute be heidi
( NIGHT SESSION.
]. School discipline and government,
Prof. A. d. Wallace.
I 2. Best method of teaching orthog
raphy, Prof. s. w. Ballard.
= 3. Closing address by the chairman.
1t is expected that all tho teachers
in the county will be promptly on hand
Mt 0 o'clock a. m. and the school trus
tees Of the county are especially urged
to he present and take part in the OK
ercise of the institute.
Prof. A. d. Wallace, his school and
oil the good citizens of Richland are
making preparations to accommodate.
md entertain all who may feel an in.
terest 10 the cause of education and
good schools to contribute to the occa.
sion by attending the meeting, and all
are invited to take part therein.
There will be no cost attached to
your being entertained while there.
The citizens of Richland are in earnest
and desire that the teachers aud all
others should be present. Please do
not offer any excuse or fail to he on
hand. Let us have q grand success
and good time. Just such time as
we could,not help having with the
good people and earnest workers of
that grand little town. We invite ev-
erybody in that vicinity to be- present.
We want to make their acquaintance
and speak with them on tho subject of
education and the duty of parents cd
.ucating their children and the beat
methods Of accomplishing that duty.
The teachers can not accomplish all by
themselves. The citizen and patron
must CO. operate with the teacher fur
,ther than merely to send the children
to school two or three days in the week
for three or four monshs in the year.
This isan age of progression in ev
crything else, why not have IL so in
educating our children7 If we do not
they will be behind the times In all OF
their business qualifications.
Give ia good attendance and a
large audience at the meeting. Be CD
hand early and stay ell night, ns we
expect to have good night meeting
G. W. WALTERS, Chairman.
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If you're low in your mind,
And no comfort can find,
Bat feel like one possessed,
Yorr soul so depressed, -
WhyI then you've got the De8gpe.
Ifyou're always athirsting,
Your bead feels like bursting,
Your pulse lie careering,
And 90 sfens your hearing,
With a clash and ciangi you
Have surely got Dcngue.
II every m lscls you've gof,
Is tied up in a knot,
With your iegs in n cramp,
You feel like tramp,
(The expression is slangy)
But, you bot, you've got Dengy.
If every bone 10 you nches
Till it gives you tho shakes.
You don't dare bend your back
For fear itsWill crack,
Ycg may weep, howl aud mourn,
But, you've got the breakbone.
II a friend ask with a sigh,
And q tear in his eye,
Are you ready to def
And you can reply:
"I'd as leave II not leaver,r
Then you've the Dengue Fever.
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Texas appears in the not far future 70
be destined TO be the great wheat grow.
ing state Of the Union. With land pro-
ducinc 30 bushels to the acre, weighing
65 pound to tile bushel, with much
greater flour making capacity than Cali
fornia forwestern wheat, we are bound to
far outstripcd that state where fifteen
bushels oflight wheat grain ia considered
a fair retura for the the labor Of the agri-
culturist.
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out being hagellated in their own
household.


Office last week, as usual. If they
didn't reach you, somebody else is Mt
fault.
You ask In Saturdays issne "Where
are you, Richardfn Well, at that par.
ticular time | was ON wedding tour,
or, to be little more precise, on
tour to wedding. An old friend on
Deer creek having concluded to navi
gate the unknown future with mate,
| rode thirty iniles to bid Inn God
speed when launching forth on the un.
known sea.
Married, Mt the brides parents, on
Deer Creek, on Sunday, October 18th,
1885, Mr.. Austin Jenning to MISS Eva
Pratt, both of San Saba county. And
your correspondent, with many other
friends Of the groom and bride, was
present! After the ceremony we par.
took of bountiiul wedding dinner,
then returned to Cherokee, that Ia,
completed our wedding tour alone
But We left happy company behind
us and we have reason to believe that
two Of them at least will continue so.
The grass in the Deer Creek country
ia much better than at this time last
year.
The school at Whites schoolhouse
commenced the frat Monday in Octo
Der, with Mr.. Mcclure teacher. Joe
+. Brown is teaching at the Dean set
Element, and lady, whose name
have not learned, is teaching at Salt
Branch. John Riley is teaching the
Gray school, so that all of our schools
in this section are now In session.
win Cavoness started weat with his
cattle on Saturday run on to his herd
whale on my wedding tour"
There was greal uproar in the ele-
ments Sunday night, following by a
cold northern but as usual we had but
little min.
Tom Gray and Hense ThaS ton have
traded -IIeDsB taking Toms stock in
the Davis mountains, Tom taking
Hense's Long Valley stock and ranch.
Mrs. Hill, daughter of Matthew
Kuykendall, is here on a visit from
Tennessee.
At the'weddlng dinner on Sunday
young, bashful bachelor shook about
quart of pepper on slice of turkey.
Is that a sign of any,hingi viii some
one, well up on omens, explainY We
noticed young damsel slyly putting
n piece Of cake in her pocket. If her
ma finds crumbs on the pillow, she
needn't think that they oozed out of
her daughters dear little head.
Times are good here-that is, there
Ia nothing to do. Some people think
the good times are when there's lots of
work to do aud everybody Ia busy,
Now am Texan, aud my ideal "good
timesr is, when there Ia nothing at all
to do. Who, | would like To know. can
enjoy the times when he has to work |
like a government muller And why
call the times "goodn when he can't
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In Kansas the farmers are chopping
down walnut trees and sell their wood
for fuel at s. per cord. In Ohio single
walnut treo has just brought $500, and
the purchaser ia to cut 1t down himself.