A Whitehall grocery man marks the prices of provision! on the corer of his ,- Barrels and casks. He had a new clerk ; the other day. who mixed thing. He got '-, the corer of the sugar barrel, which was \ labelled "nine cents a pound," upon the lard barrel, and straightway began to sell lard at nine cents. The sudden decline in the price attracted all the people in town, and the clerk thought he was doing a big thing until,the proprietor returned, paid him off and told Jpm to .emigrate to Troy, where smart people, were in demand. "\ " . . ■"%- ~\ . /r . -'*-
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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1752, 14 August 1874, Page 2
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