Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-05-04

To make tho following quotations OF value
to buver and seller alike, IL will Ice necessa-
ry 10 ctrehilly note the PREDATORY remarks
which precede all articles quoted. in a mar.
ket of this character II Is impossible to give
prices for every day of the week, bat noting
the general tendency OF trade. those given
will be found sufficiently close to enable
dealers TO base their transactions thereon.l
The best feature of tho situation IS the
pleasant weather, which is favorable for gen.
eral seasonable operations. The volume OF
business Is moderate, however, and the dis
position is yet to only meet present daily
needs. Where supplies are needed, the
trndo will purchase quietly, but this Is the
extent Of their operations. In the fish mar
kct business Is slow, with supplies of fresh
liberal. under the effect of tho fine weather.
Reports received from the southern fleet do
II OF indicate thnt tho vessels have been able
to do much In the way OF taking large fish,
but they find plenty Of small mackerel. Cod
shows Il iirmer tone at first hands, while salt
split herring are scarce and firm. The oyster
trade is slow. Flour continues weak, with
business yet of n hand to mouth character,
| and little doing. Corn is yet in short supply
but prices are quoted rather easier. while oats
remain firm, both on spot aud to ship. under
small offerings. The movement in millfeed
continues steady. There is quiet demand
for butter. with prices quoted steady at the
decline, while cheese maintains 4 firm tone,
with choice grades scarce. Eggs are selling
quietly, and the market is weaker. Beans
are firm, with moderate movement in poul-
| try at easier prices. There il a steady mar
ket for potatoes, while hay is steady for
choice with low grades dull. Apples are
scarce and firm, with Florida oranges scarce
and high. Maple sugar and syrup are clean
ing mp well. Cured provisions continue
steady with pork and lard unchanged, while
/ fresh beef continues quiet, and other flesh
meats in large supply and cleaning up at low
prices. Refined sugar continues quiet and
unchanged.
BUTTER. Fresh creamery 20921c;
held creamery l3016c; ladle and imitation
ll6l4c diaries l6GI9c as to quality.
BEANS Pea. 81 s5@1 %; 81 so OILS
for medium; yellow eyes S2 1902 IS, red
kidneys S2 25@285. with foreign at $l ESQ
81 81 for medium and pea
BEEF.-steers, 5@6kc; common to
good, 6@sc kinds, 6a9]Sc; fores 31i@41sc
fresh rib, SIC. Corned Beef-Ex-
ira plate s1o5O; mess, and extra, 90 500
Sl0 SO; beef hams, Sl8; beef tongues, bbls,
s22 so; tripe, hf bbl. sS; honsycomb,
s5 hf Dbl
CHEESE.-Northern. l2@l2JIc; lower
grades 7@loHc; Western s@lOc; Sage,
| l2tzc.
EGGS. - Easterns. l2H@l9c; West,
erns l2c provincials, ,l3c Michigans, 10@l1c;
! Westerns and lime sell at 14@l6c.
FLOUR-sS9O "a 45O for spring patents.
90 35d3 rs for winter patents, 81 90@3 GO for
clear and straights, with low grades at.S2@D3
Cornmeal. Steady Meal. bag 90692c; 81
i06S2 10 = bbl Oatmeal-Oatmeal 10 "a
1 90; for rolled, and ground; cut sI.S5s475.
Rye -four dull at $500.
FISH.-The arrivals for the week foot up
1874 trips. with s26 600 lbs mixed fish, against
Al trips and 434. 200 lbs. last week. Market
cod ranged ut lh@2c from jobbers; large. =
@2]1c; steak, 3Ca,4c; haddoek, 21593c for
shore and 1902 for Georges halibut, 1870
bake, 2@2Kc for large, and 10
| NC for mediums. Pollock. lE@2c, with
steak at 2G2l5c. Frozen mackerel l20l5c.
| Fresh \ salmon 7560S0c and fresh Oregon,
lS@20c; frozen l0@l2c frozen bluetish, nom.
with new Southern do, 9@l0c; new alewives
sell at 81. 25Ca2 per 100 count Southern shad
sell at 25@S0c for roe and 16@l8c for buck.
Oysters at S0c@Sl05 for Norfolk fancy,
Sl.75. CLANS 50c. with Holsters at 7Bc for
live and 99lOc for boiled. Scallops nominal.
FRUIT Choice Baldwin apples selling
from 81. 500 per bbl with No. 2s s2.00@3.50
and greeningsat at S903. so. and No. % ats2. 500
275, while the range for common apples con-
tinues at about s2@2.50. Cranberries
$7@S per Dbl for cape, fancy, higher
Oranges are quiet, with Floridas at s275t9
for choice In good order per box common
s1 15@2, with lemons at sl.75@2 so as to
quality. Evaporated apples at 11@lSc, sun
dried, 5@Sc. Peanuts are steady at $40
4Hc.
| GRAIN.-Corn. steamer yellow and
No. 2 46@i7c, with No. 2 yellow to ship
| at 47c, and No. 3yellow at 46c. Oats remain
steady at SIC for spotclipped, and SIC to
ship. Hay continues quiet at Sl7@18 for
the best; lower grades dull at s13@16, as
to quality. Straw.-Rye sl2 50@13. Seed
Continues quiet at % 1902 20 for timothy;
81 25Ga2 rs for red top, and 1l@l21Sc for
clover.
MILLFEED.-To ship is quoted at SIC 75
OBS 25 for spring and winter bran; and
Sl7 200l9 for middlings. Cottonseed meal
continues steady at S23 10 TO ship, and S25
for spot. Gluten meal to arrive is steady,
s2l 25923. Barley is dulland nominal with
malt quiet at 73@75c for2-rowed state 500
S5c. for 6-rowed state. and 90cCD$l for Cana
da. Western malt ranges nj 6O0SOc.
MUTTON Quotations Chicasos, 5000;
yearlings 6@7Hc; Brighton, 5@6Hc; East
ern 567c.
. POTATOES.-83 "a S5c for best hebrons,
rose SOC and burbanks 7Sc. sweets nominal.
SUGAR Quiet and steady. Pulverlzed,
Ole; cut loaf. 5s5c; powdered &c
cubes, 4-94c; dominoes. 5ss: granulated,
1904. 44c; soft whites, 41sCa4Ac; ex-
| ira G, 35s@4c; yellow. 315@394c.
, POULTRY Fresh killed Western tur-
} keys are quoted at l0@12c, with chickens at
11C93lc, and fowls at 9r0l0c. Western chick
ems and fowls quiet at ll@l3c; Western iced
stock is steady at l10l2c for fowls, 9@l0c
for turkeys and l30l5c for northern chick
ems. Live poultry S@llOc.
LAMBS.-Steady at 407c, with few
choice Brighton killed higher.
vEAL.-Quet at 7@9:; Brighton calves
: commanding little more.
PORK PRODUCTS. Pork unchanged at
sl6; for heavy backs, long and short.
: cuts; $16 light backs; SIC for lean ends.
q Fresh ribs Sc; sausages, Sc; hams 10c
: smoked shoulders at &c. and corned
shoulders at Sc. Bacon 101fc, with