The Ox Team Or the Old Oregon Trail - 1909
Author | : Meeker Ezra Meeker |
Publisher | : Book Jungle |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2006-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 1594624690 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781594624698 |
Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Ox Team Or the Old Oregon Trail - 1909 written by Meeker Ezra Meeker and published by Book Jungle. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These were times when sugar sold for eighteen cents per pound, calico fifteen cents per yard, salt three dollars a barrel, and all other goods at these comparatively high prices, while butter would bring but ten cents a pound, eggs five cents a dozen, and wheat but two bits (twenty-five cents) a bushel. And so, when these farmers went to the market town (Indianapolis) care was tak DEGREESn to carry along something to sell, either some eggs or butter or perhaps a half dozen pairs of socles or maybe a few yards of cloth, as well as some grain, or hay or a bit of pork, or possibly a load of wood, to make ends meet at the s