Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-07

III the Census contn. ss.ezlrr could
sssue . eofrscs ba..eta ga tsa nUnnsf
Il ceF10lc aud eocsssan4l sisfs Z every
state. u would Ia tre greatest al tae
department. ever nate," $40 4. A..
BUCK ~ t}nc unsti. IA the clarendon
yesterday. odd yea steT isg - eooua
Up tie r1mt<r 81 men ~hose sofa =
xhso uteis kooo o. tAsDei<l a1u tusi-
hess matters, but .ho Vii lie Ike
pet parrot ever some lueonsscns
lncl4snS ] .~lieys tae sssfekf man
intends 10 he unshfgi until hs ksx,ns 10
TELL psrsonal "reminiscences. Ihsn hs
tnr0ss ssraclty 10 tie Winds and iiss
Tor the sn1oynsat OK lysng. III sosks
"a nas stores and ssniles IL suserD sale
faction ss be auto. Dates how ns "a 20
ing 20 end them ! KNOW enc story
that BY Ac,uxi count fourtsep cirsTsol
men have tod ne. add each alleged
that 4 Ma an experience ia bf oUn
llie. In town. -four different men have
told me a yarn about scslnx q AIT b.
tween . rsttlssnkke alsa b.scssnsSe.
Inc 'sulled' serpent ~as . winner IA
esca OF the sfofics and the details 81
tie mill we're remarkably s.fnllsr. OF
course. the story xss q ne that some
other nan told IA the tosn. ! sns~ q
wasn't uue; yet II one OF those men
owed nae 900 and promised 10 pay i
on certain day, be word would he
luss as good as anybody's note. Lying
Is . universal weskness-tbste All IL -
merely . weakness"
eli coats at least Is per cent more 20
run boi~i THIS WINTER tban IL has NJ
any other time sines | have been IN
Isss a. - al R4mtIsna
Of tie Mprton yesterday afseras co.
"It takes . hatel proprietor or mar
with big family TO appreciate II. Az
most every common article OF food
has increased in price from % 20 loo
Der cent. some things have gone up
even more. Potatoes are high. Fresh
eggs are slmost impossIble 20 procure
kod are nearly As expensive ss dia-
monds. Coal has reached az unhekrd
Of figure. Butter Is high enough for
financial comfort. Canned goods have
climbed up until the price IL neary
out Of sight. Pork and beans have be-
come q luxury. Meats and fowls Of all
kinds are competing with pork IA point
OF price In fact, don't know single
article OF food. except -four. tnst u or
dlnarlly cheap. Few persons seem 70
realize the enormous increase. unless
they have been IN the habit OF keeping
close watch on the pfice Of food pro-
ducts from year 10 year. ! guess
we'll manage TO pull through until
sprlng; but II must be = hard pail FOR
| men with small incomes and BIG fam
lies. Blamed II don't feel sorry for
them"
Been down in New York taking
horse, sad sam Person OF loniA, ~
the Morton yesterday ''Dsda't do
anything else while / WAS East Vas
way behind the times on horse iaat-
iers-wasn't in & at all. Talked horse
all night and all day. Found ~ old
fellow one night that knew more aboct
last horses than moet persons do about
the eospei. He md / began business
about ) o'clock one afternoon. We
Kept u up un'al O'Clock the next
morning. Dldn't 60 10 zee Cleveland
while i vas there. Knew he was busy
every minute Of the day. / didn',
want any office, so II wouldn't have
done me any good to call on him. Be-
SIDES, wanted TO get caught up IN The
horse business"
The Interior work in the Office OF the
New Livingrton will lie completed to-