The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-08-16
COTTON AND TOBACCO.
Old-Time Prices of These Commodities r
the South.


the South.
ave have before us. says the Rich
mond journal of Commerce, ''sales OF
TWO bales OF cotton and two hOgsheads
# tobacco sold at Norfolk, Va, June
.. 1881. by James Gordon, lifetime
commission merchant Of that city. The
weights of the bales of cotton were 312
md $50 pounds. Price. GI cents-net
;ales. $G1.24. Weight of the two hogs
heads of tobacco, 1875 and LAG
pounds Price. $3.50 and 1928 per 100
pounds. Net sales of both, $685..
The accompanying letter says: L fear
you will be disappointed in the sales OF
the tobacco ] confess it seems to me
q low price. but | assure you nothing
better can be done here
eve are not posted as to how long
ftar this leaf tobacco was sold that
Norfolk continued Il tobacco market.
Wonder if a treaty was ever entered
into between Norfolk and Richmond,
that the one should sell cotton and the
other tobacco without business compe-
tition. If we SO conclude the treaty
was like that of William Penn and
the Indians. unwritten--for it has been
faithfully kept to the present day.
1.-THE tobacco farmer of the hour
may CLEAN ray of consolation as he
contemplates the price Of tobacco in
1881 and compares it with it's value in
1898, and consoles himself with the
knowledge that our fathers received
less than present prices"
The zIentschiisofs.
The last representative of the famous
Russian family of Nicntschikoff died q
short time ago il Baden Baden. The
founder Of the family was Prince Alex
andcr Danilovitch Mentschikoff, who
was the son of a stableman and the ap-
prentice to a baker. The boy attracted
the attention of Gen. LefOrt, who in
troduced him to Peter the Great.
Owing to his extraordinary clever
ness he obtained great influence over
the ear and soon advanced to the
highest place in the empire. In time
he became the most important and the
most feared man in Russia. In 1927,
however. he fell suddenly into dis
favor and was banished to Siberia, his
immense torture being confscated by
the crown. He became insane there
from brOoding over his fall and losses,
and died in 1870. His son was restored
20 favor, however. and the family
quickly regainc.l its prominence. The
fortune of the last Mcntschikoff, rum
ming into the 1a;llions, will go to dis
tant relative, Prince Sagarin.
She Won Her Point.
Nearly half a century ago a maiden
lady residing Il, Peterborough purchased
an AK from George Davis, a hardware
dealer in Manayunl1. The ak was in
constant service. and by it's many trips
to the grindStonc was worn down until
the steel blade was no longer of use
Recently the old lady carried the pole
or head of the AK to Manayunk to have
new blade inserted. Meeting friend,
he advised her to go to Davis store,
now kept by two sons of the former
proprietor. and get new one in ex-
change, as the old one was warranted
to last a life time. The two Davis
brothers protested against exchanging.
while the lady vehcmcntly urged her
rights. A large crowd soon congre-
gated, everyone siding with the woman.
She finally triCnphcd, and walked out
Of the store VT, :, brand new article,
"avii'. it ;,-cr her head as an emblem
her Si't- ~ Over the firm.
Not What They Ate.
1t is customary for the railroad com
panies to treat witnesses well when
they are subpnnacd to court. When q
witness for q railroad company has to
leave his work to testify, says the Phil
adclphia Press, the company paws him
fully for the loss of his time in case the
legal witness fee is not so much as the
witness would have earned in his usual
occupation. In addition, witnesses are
given an order for their dinner at a
restaurant near Sixth and Chestnut
streets The other day when the agen,
for the Reading railroad went to
pay for the checks turned in by wit
nesses he found one for the unusually
large sum Of two dollars.
what in the world did the witness
eat" asked the agent, ''that his check
should be two dollars:''
ut wasn't what he ate," replied the
caterer, but what he ordered made hi
bill SO big. After he finished his Dime.
. he ordered whole chicken in a box te
take home with him.