Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-11-29


Or THE So.
go List of the Prices yt.,
80 NOW IN FORCE
49, IN THE TOWN or
81, IPSWICH,
for the Prevention Of
Monopoly and Oppression.
At meeting OF Selectmen and
Committees of Correspondence. Inspection and
Safety, in
Ipswich February TO- 17T.
Here are the rates at which cloth
ing was to be sold:
"StOckings.-Men's Best Yarn Stock.
ings at 6s. a pair and in that proper.
ton for an inferior quality.
"Men's Shoes.-Men's Best Shoes,
made in this Town, of the common
sort, at IS. a pair, and for other shoes
in proportion to their size and quality
"Calamanco Shoes.-Women's best
G.. Ditto, at Gs. pair.
Leather Shoes. - Women's shoes
made of good Leather. at 81. I'D. a
pair, and other shoes in proportion to
their size and quality. and for making
shoes in the same proportion"
Ye ancient tavern keeper of Ipswich
was by this law obliged to charge his
guest for a breakfast or a supper
one shilling, and for dinner "of boiled
and roasted meats, with other articles
equivalent, exclusive of wine." one
shilling six pence. For lodging the
charge was to be four pence.
The rate for hack hire was fixed al
eight pence mile and for the hire of a
'single horse" five pence a mile.
A BARRIERS pay for shaving by the
year, emitting person to one shave a
week, was to be six shillings eight
pence. Transient customers" were to
pay the barber -four coppers time"
The prices Of alcoholic drinks were
given in greatest detail:
"West-India Flip.-Flip made of
West-India rum, at 10d. mug OF
bowl.
( 'New-England Flip.-Flip made of
New-England rum. at Sd. mug OF
bowl. - !
"West-India Toddy.-Toddy made OF
West-India rum, 10d. mug or bowl.
"New-England Toddy.-8d.
"Distillers.-Ford istilling Rum from
Molasses, I'D. gallon"
To dig grave for grown person.
tolling one bell and attendance upon
the funeral, a sections charge was to
be five shillings, "and for children in
proportion" And furthermore to do
away with extortion in funeral charges
the price Of coffin was legally deter
xpipad INV tho rood fofhorS oP this old
town-"a Plain Pine Coffin, blackensd,
for a grown person, 9s. and lesser ones
in proportion" was their decree on this
subject.
The rate to be paid to laborers and
to craftsmen was fixed and quantity
worded thus:
'Laborers.- at 2s. Sd. a
day, from the tenth day Of April to the
first day Of July; and for moving, IS.
4d. a day; and for other Labor from
the first day Of July to the last day of
September, that is equivalent for
hardness at IS. 4d. a day and found as
usual; and Labor at other seasons of
the year in proportion according to an
cient custom.
blouse Carpenters.-House Carpen-
tiers, at 3s. Cd. a day, and found as
usual Joiners, at 3s. I'D. a day. and
found as usual.
"Curriers.-For currying Dickera-
BILE Hide, As, and other Hides in pro-
portion.
"Taylors.-For making a common
suit Of Cloaths, 20s., and other Cloaths,
in proportion. And by the day, at IS. a
day."
The prices on meats and provisions
were fixed thus:
"Beef, grass-fed, Sd. a pound.
"Beef, Stalled. i'd. pound.
Lamb, i'd. a pound.
Mutton, 4d. a pound. a
"veal. I'D. pound. 81 Al,
"Fresh Pork. Sd. pound. t
"Ducks. sd. pound. a )
Turkeys. Sd. pound.
"Fresh Cod, Id. pound.
milk, at I'd. a quart"
That there were no bakeshops and
that every family made their own
bread is evident from the fact that
there was no price fixed on bread. but
on the raw material-four, which was
rated thus:
"Flour imported from Southern
States. 30s. hundred.
Home Flour made In the State, 25s.
ditto."-New York Evening Post.