te -- was

    Rice .................... $ 1.73 1/2

    Molasses .................  1.73 C form of the

    saccharine.

    Rye meal .................  1.04 3/4

    Indian meal ..............  0.99 3/4  Chan rye.

    Pork .....................  0.22

    All experiments which failed:

    Flour ....................  0.88  Costs more than Indian meal,

    botrouble.

    Sugar ....................  0.80

    Lard .....................  0.65

    Apples ...................  0.25

    Dried apple ..............  0.22

    S potatoes ...........  0.10

    One pumpkin ..............  0.06

    One ermelon ...........  0.02

    Salt .....................  0.03

    Yes, I did eat $8.74, all told; but I s thus unblushingly

    publis, if I did not kno most of my readers were

    equally guilty  their deeds would look no

    better in print.  t year I sometimes caught a mess of fish

    for my dinner, and once I  so far as to slaughter a woodchuck

    ion, as a

    tartar s sake;

    but t afforded me a momentary enjoyment, notanding a

    musky flavor, I sa t use  make t a good

    practice,  migo have your woodchucks ready

    dressed by tcher.

    Clotal expenses es,

    ttle can be inferred from tem, amounted to

    $ 8.40-3/4

    Oil and some ensils ........  2.00

    So t all tgoes, excepting for washing and

    mending,   of the house, and

    t yet been received -- and these are all