CATTLE-SHOW WEEK
Reading edition
(By Dumb-Crambo, Junior)
Scotch polled Best wether
Class for roots Steers
Best butter Cross bred
The Linen Trade.
There have been a few transactions in rags at threepence a pound, and an extensive bone-grubber caused considerable excitement by bringing a quantity of waste-paper into the market which turned the scale in his own favour.
Motto for a Mourning Warehouse.—Die and let live.
Out of Place.—A vegetarian at the Cattle Show.
A Financial Authority Badly Wanted.—The man who can say "bogus" to the investing goose.
The Vegetable Market.
Asparagus is looking up, and radishes are taking a downward direction. Peas were almost nothing at the opening; and new potatoes were buoyant in the basket, but turned out rather heavy at the settling. A rush of bulls through the market had a dreadful effect upon apple-stalls and other minor securities; but all the established houses stood their ground, though the run occasioned a panic among some of the proprietors.
The Quarterly Accounts.—Clerk. "Sorry to say, sir, there's a saddle we can't account for. Can't find out who it was sent to."
Employer. "Charge it on all the bills."