Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-07-25

The produce market is dull. Prices are OF
and the demand is slow. Eggs are little higher
for fresh goods with prices maintained.
Butter is quiet with best grades about steady.
Low grades continue dull. The market for
salt pork continues quiet and unchanged.
Sugar is the same
EGGS-rhe market continues firm for
fresh goods. with prices maintained.
Hennery, choice, per doz, lSCa zoe Eastern
choice, per doz, l5c ; Michigan, Indiana,
etc, ~ "a 1895 other western per doz, ,ll}S@
l2c.
BEANS--The market continues quiet with
prices steady.
Pea, NY and Vt, per bush, Sl@l S5.
Medium NY and Vt, per bush. 81 009l 10.
Yellow eyes per bush. 81 l5@l 25. Red Kid
ney, per bush, 81 lOGl 20. California, per
bush, 81 450l IS.
BUTrER-The market continues quiet
with best grades of choice creamery
quoted about steady. Low grades continue
dull.
Creamery, choice.p per III, l6la@l7c cream
cry, fair to good, l5ta lGr creamery, June,
choice. IA i.l5Mc; dairy. North, choice,
lac; imitation creamery. per lb, ll@l2c;
ladle packed. per H. ga lOc.
/ CHEESE-'rrade continues quiet, with
values quoted steady.
/ Northern. choice, per III. Gia@7c; North
ern, sage, 7is"; Western, choice, per b.
6Isc; jobs, ale higher.
PROVISIONS - The market for salt
pork continues quiet and unchanged with
lard and hams steady. Fresh ribs remain
steady.
Pork long and sh cut, per bbl, $40 so. Pork.
lHt andhvy backs 80 50a 10 So Pork, lean
ends, per bbl, $40 80. Tongues, beef per bbl, $2A
Tongues, pork, per bbl, Sl4 80. Beef, cOrned,
per Dbl, ~ 75@S 75. Shoulders. corned and
fresh, per lb &c. Shoulders. smoked, per
lb,T9c. Hams. per h. lOa 2c. Bacon, per
lb, 71G@3iac. Pork, salt, per lb,6c. Brskets.
salt, per lib, 6c. Ribs, fresh per lb, So. Sau-
sages, per 10, 7iac. Sa,isuges, meat. per ID,
( 7lac. Lard, in trs per III, Isc. Lard, in
pals, per h. 5".M6isr. Lard, in pals, pure
leaf, per 10. 81 "s@6lsr.
/ POULTRY Turkeys continue quiet with
prices about steady. Iced stock is quiet.
Turkeys, West, iced, lO@l2c; chickens,
North, fir killed, ld@20'; chickens, West,
iced, 140Dl5c; fowls, Northern, lie fowls,
Western, iced, lie.
FLOUR--The demand for flour continues
dull, with prices nominally quoted about the
same.
/ Spring patents, ss GO@3 80 Spring, clear
and straight. - 9OM3 40; Winter. clear and
straight, 50 40m3 7O:Winter patents, S3 756
80. Jobbing prices, Doe higher.
| CORN-Demand continues firm ON spot
supplies scarce. easier to ship.
! Steamer yellow, spot, 37c; No. 3 and
steamer, spot ,36@36l sc; ;Chicugo, No.3 yellow
to ship, 35I2@3Gc; country yellow, to ship,
351lc.
OATNEAL-Quiet at So 7O@3 20 per bbl
for ground and rolled, and SO 1908 90 for
cut.
OATS-The market continues quiet, with
prices quoted steady.
Clipped white, spot, 24is@25Nc; No.
2 white, spot, 24LIc No. 3 white, spot
clipped, to ship, 24c.; No. white, to
ship, 25@25lsc No.3 white 24@A1sc I; No. q
mixed, to ship, 22l19@23c.
RYE--The market continues quiet, with
prices quoted at 5O@52c Rye Flour-Trad,
continues quiet at 80 SOFAS per bbl.
MILLFEED-Trade continues quiet. with
prices lake and rail as follows:
Middlings, sacked to ship. $40 75@l4
bran, sacked, spring. to ship, SI0 50@1 10 10
bran, sacked. winter, to ship, sl2 90
ground wheat, to ship, VA 90; Red dog
-four, to ship, SIS 25 cotton seed
meal, to ship, $l5 So
FRESH MEATS-Baef continues auiet
and steady with lambs selling slowly and
muttons in quiet demand. Veal is steady.
Beef, steers, per lb, 607c; beef, hind
quarters per lb, s@l0c; beef. forcquarters
perib, ,s}s@414c; lambs spring, per lb. sdDl2c;
607c; yearlngs, per lb 6@7c; veal, per
lb,6@sc; hogs, city dressed, per lb, SIC; hogs,
country dressed, per lb.4c.
FRUIT-Strawberrie are about over for
the season, with sales of natives 7@12c, rs
to quality. Other berries steady. Watermeons
quiet.
Apples, choice eating per pkg. 50c@$1;
oranges, Val, per case. $St99c oranges
Pal; and Mes, per box. "a 5O@5; lemons,
ian, per Id. AZ @5c; strawberries, lair, Go
12c. Blueberries, native, l2O13c; black
berries, per at, 5@DSc: raspberries, per 1-3
cup, 219@311c; currants, per at, 5@D7c; wa
termelon, Ca, 15@2Oc.
SUGAR-Ref1ned is quiet with prices un-
changed.
Cut loaf and crushed. SIC; Pulverized
per fb 51sc; powdered, per ib 5c; cube, per
fb 51sc; granulatsd, per ID 1901. Sic; granu-
retail, per III SIC; soft white, per ID 4.44@4slc
yellow confectioners' per h 394c@4Ysc; bag
yellow, per tb 3.44c@41ac.
MOLASSES-Trade continues steady with
the markes quiet. The following are whols-
sale LOTS
NO fancy, open kettle, 36d3sc; n o good
to ch, per gal, 32035c; New Orleans, centrif,
fancy, 1sd 23c; New Orleans, centrf, good to
ch l5@l7c; Ponce, ch to fancy, per gal
27@30c; Barbadoes, per GAL 24@25c; Maya
guez. per gal, 27@2sc.
SEED-Trade rules moderate, with prices
unchanged.
Timothy, per bu, 81 75@1 80; clover, per
lb. S09c; red top, West, per 50-lb sack
S3 80 red top, Jersey. per 50-lb sack, 50 80;
red top, recleaned, per ID. 16@17c.
POTATOES-T market for old stock Is
nominal. New stock is in liberal supply,
with prices ranging as to quality.
New So, choice, per bb, 81 25; New
So. com to good, per bbl, 75c@S1.
TRUCK-The market holds about steady,
with a fair trade.
Lettuce, per box 4Oc.; squash, new, per
cte ST.; squash, marrow, per Dbl, Toe;
cabbage. per pkg. 75cM$1; cukes, Nor, per
pkg. 75c; hothOnse cukes, per 100, 81 %; Ber-
muda onions, per box. S1ia1 so; string beans,
per bskt, soc; tomatoes native, per bu, $5;
native peas, per bu. 75c; Providence peas,
per bbl, So 25; radish, per 100 bunches Soc;
bunch beats, per 100, 81 5O@l IS; Egyptian
onions per bag 81; bunch turnips, per
100, $S@4; bunch onions, per 100. u 5o@2.
Salem's Big Fire.
SALEM. Mass. July 22-HaIe's four-story