Show A double advance wall street illy Wily yewel in the antebellum ante bellum days a new york state grocer raised the price of a certain grade of ten tea from three shillings to forty five cents and an old aho farmer rin er who came in with a barrel of ci cider der vinegar to sell could hardly credit his senses when alien told his favorite brand of tea had advanced several cents a pound what on airth is the reason for this sudden raise he be inquired scarcity carcity ES of tea chests clies ts was the brief answer well do you want is ant to buy my illy vinegar vine ar how much eight cents a gallon 1 I only paid you seven for tho the I 1 last ast yes but cider lia lias S riz riz i you seep see what lias has brought cider up asked the astonished grocer scarcity of bunghole bung hole liole plugs plugs I 1 was the quiet but serious i I 1 f they looked at each other without winking and then tea dropped back to 38 cents and cider to seven cents |