The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-01-31
cuRTIs's ORANGE CROP.

ofsbse groves over uhieh onrti, kssfe
had taken % mneh troatle. bat ! can st
you. there's obly oEe rosd 10 saeets',
f.rnips - 10 everything elss. ny DO!
Ain ior The top. For ipslsGee, = iriend
ulns ionnd Grst rate CIDER spples 10 b
nes orehsrJ Dii be mske cider oni
them, iite every other farmer foanu
MOL be. be m,de the very bee, cider VI
eyer issiess, by CAREFUL chemical prooess'
aud then be took some OF ID down TO Mo-
York He vent to The retsilers direct, nu
10 the commission nen. there's q trle
Tor you TO learn. Cart. -sud be got ten do
lars q barrel Tor ii. Sane way wah b.
butter aud cheese -slssys the bes'. slssy
stlfsciivsiy put up. sIssys st top prices
The result is that Jsnniogs ls mskios
farm pay. and pay sell Il all depend
mp 90 the vsy you Do u. Nov this orsng'
grove OF yout-
But. MIR. Roberts. interrupted CARTS
my oranges are first rate, and two hni
dred barrels OF them. IL isn't my isul
tbst | csnl get noic than three dollsfs .
barrel for them here, or from the New
York commission men. Add cant shord
b 30 10 New York myself to sell them
You see, It's the old proverb sesin; The
detruclion Of the poor is their poverty.
Mr.. Roberts shook bis head Ips The
poor boys that mske millionsires 10 The
end. neverless, Curt; yoa can't get round
that fct. Suppose | give you al object
lessop 10 money msking il you're will
log. that is. l eau teach you. for instance.
how TO sell those oranges at from five 10
seven dollars barrel
Curtis Everett looked st lis shrewd,
spare, well dressed companion in amaze
nent. Mr.. Roberts was ctrtsimly 10 earn
sst, aud every body knew that Mr.. Roberts
,ould do very wonderful thilgs In the
way OF making money. He wss wealthy
.ailroad man. and Cnrtis snd bis mother
'lwsJs welcomed the days when be siopp
ID at their little home emong the orange
,roves, as be came snd went along the
iue.
Mr.. Robelts bad been lifelong friend
u CuttIs's father. and after Mr.. Eyeretl's
cath bad helped to settle the small estate;
nd altogether Curtis, who was only eieb
cen years oil. regarded him as one OF the
indest and wisest OF men. But this
ool remark Of bis oracle fairly took away
is breath. Ssven dollars barrel for
ranged Why. one might IS we'll ssy 8
updred, and be done with It'll
Mr.. Roberts rather enjoyed bis youpg
.Iend's incredulous look. Well, to begin |
itb. be said, we'll go outside OF your
range grove Do you know that the crop,
o md down the state, 10 not as good IS it
light be2 Pge noticed that and yen
night TO know it better I han l. for its
srt, q large part. OF yonr business. Then
ost OF the packers sbont here are lazy
ID careless, and they pack ss You do, in
,rsels. l would advise you to begin,
ID you might &c we'll do 1t today, by
cking over your two hundred barrels OF
'snges and sorting out only the finest
ID most perfect ones. Wrap each orange
,sily 10 paper, and pack them in boIes,
lib your name and address plainly letter
on each box. Your fruit is fret rate.
10 say?
No better oranges 10 Florida, said Cur
}. proud OF his crop. Aud be was not
,ssting, for when the first box was
ought up for Mr.. Roberts's inspection,
Q most fastidious connoisseur in fruit
,uld have been satisfied with the great
lden globes, jnlcy and firm, that
led the sol, paper wrappers.
They'll do Not cent less than seven
liars f-r these, was Mr.. Robprts's com
sp', ss the box was nailed up. How
my like this do you think you will get
/ Of the two hundred barrels, my boy2
Al least two hundred boxes, replied
Irtis, and perhaps more. Oh course /
o sell the second grade ones for some '
lne, too.
Sell them round here. then. advised 8
I. Roberto, AID don't put your nsme a
ywhere sbont them, IS yon do on these
ected ones What You want 10 TO have q
ur name mean A No. / to every desler
10 sees it anywhere. Do you under
nd? And Curtis. as be sssented. felt Y
Il the M steries oi business we're. after q
based on common sense.
The boxes went off to New Y,rk 10 due e
son, Two hundred and seventeen Of .
IN C1rlis bad dealt the year before
ID commission firm. Holt & Wypne !,
o did . good business 10 that part OF 81
,tids. Never hesTd OF them. esid MIR. L
befis, bat II you must 60 to . oommis Y
0 nan. oue is sbout the same IS snolh
I'm afraid yol won's get more than q
, dollars among those sharks, bat that's
ter than three. st any rate, ehi VI
iearly twice ss good cried Cnrti', hope cI
/. Id be quite satisfied With five my p
Holt & Wynne know I'm 8 begin
/. and they probably Won't do Is much 81
me ss older growers.
;syer be sttis6sd With snything but the h
hes, price 10 the msrke,. II your q
de are fitst clsss, ssii the mentor. orsc 10
rly. Tbsl's smother ibing you wsnt TO
10. II you cell the best article that 0
,es. there's no sense or insiice 10 let "
come ons else mske ,be prof, "a me 81
De- You onsht 10 BE- setiins 9 good Y
nd check from Hol, 4 Wynue socn. "
,ai, sissi The mail thai troustt Cur
|, letter iron New York bfousb, also . .
Iss,ins bios to these rosesle theories M
i 4 Wynn wrote briefly tha the con 90