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Show B' I.UOKIMI HU'MUW. B; ThBrouilnjro'Mt. W. II. Dong-all t-nabtea llm Nk8 to lay llore lt ' K readers an IntsrcstlriK leslow of Itm t pticn, of soma of tbe or.llntry house- , ' i.ol.i nun Hi In thU city twouly elKht I yrBr, .go; IIib ouiceof our informa-H, informa-H, " Hon being a copy of tlio account of a mlJent of tliU city with tboimrcan-H tboimrcan-H tile firm of Utonyu ami Olsytou, for , Ibo year 1801. The whole alatiuicnt, H 1 which li In tho well-known hand- ! l writing of William Clayton, the Juulor Hi ! member of tho llrm, In full of flgutM i , 1 which to rcaJeranottadays would air 1 1 ' I or grotniuely and outrageously , i l,Kh; yet C'ronyn anJ Clayton wr-ru m kuowu to t aa moderato In their prices B as any of their competitor! anil, like 1 the prsfesalou then aud alncr.lndulRed B i evou at that early day In occasional "bargain mle," when goodi wero aolJ . for "lees than tost." There 1 n 1 , doubt that the purchaier In the In-H In-H , ' J alance wo now roler to felt that the 1 ','j firm's , Heel were in all rt-;r.arda fa'.r B ' , and equitable. Willi this tiiuctiofln. B troductlonwecomo to the record. i Theflrt Item reads: "To cah, post-age post-age ou letter to Kuglltnl, 15 eeuli;" and following this is a chargo, "l sett hoops waa this cilnollnt?, $3.00." In the Hue of dry goodi vo uiote "fine eloiucello at 73 conti a yarJ," "hluo m drilling at 711," "canton llannel at H j J1.00," another grade of "domestic" H I at Jl.10, "ihlrtlug at GO luntr," "do- H J lalneat $1.50," "threid at M cents a B " spool," 'brald at SO centa per knot," HH "head nclt for $1.00," and "ovorihlrt iBH II tnr mnn l9t.toJ HB . Iu thi lino of groceries and hard- ware (iet tta at $3.00 aud coHsn at HH Jt.Si er iound; pepper, raLlua and H I currants we-rs the sarao price per pound H as the coflco, and nutmegs and Indigo B came at the aamo flguro aa tho tea; B coal ell was $10.00 ngallou, Unaeed oil H l and turpentine tl'.'.OO each per gallon.a B keg of whlto le-td wn charged at16.00, m andnallacamo atC3 and 70 cents no- M J cording to alio. Hoap was 00 tents it B II ound and rlro SO; while gunpowder H la quoted at $.00, and ahot at U0 centa K per pound, with "water-proof enps" at B il.SSa box; muatard waa $2.00, ginger H l $.&, cinnamon $2.50 and cloves $'1.00 B' j' apcund;apoundofropecost$1.09aud Bi an ordinary ciom tut taw It ret down BBB at llrst coit plut freight at $7.81. Wo BBB tonoiudo with tho Important aud high- BBB ly Intcrnllng Horn of "100 pounds of BBB eugar, $100," with an additional charge BBB. of 71 cents for the rack which ooutalu- iedlll Tho fortgolnt; la aubmlled ly way ot Ui I'ert for theThaukglrlng dlnuer our readers poltook of a couplo of days B i no aud on tho remains of which they H S have douUleas Uien dlulng since. A H l uonalderallun of It and of tho changes B ., that Iuto taken place during tho H 'I twenty-eight years may furnUh a ttx) H , , tor rrllrctlon If not a cauiu for renewed BBB ' gratitude. |
