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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
December
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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SroiiKS fok 500,O"O Mk5I. - Trie followiug figures show tlm ainonnt of cointnissury atores which w II bu consumad in one niouth by tho U'i ted States arntj when hroujrht up Id hj standurd autliorizedbvCorgre.kB, riz : ñO 1,003 men. It will be seeu that the l;ib(rs of the Commissnry D.jp-.irunent iré unything but trivinl, and that tiie eost of feeding an army is a somewhat serious itein:. 11, "250, 000 pounds of pork, or 18.750,000 pound ! of frosh heef; 10ö,3SO barrels of flour; ■ 37.500 bushelá beans, or l,50.i,000 I po'inda of rué; 1,500,000 pounds of Qoftettj 2,250 00J pounda ofsusíar; (150,000 gallons of vinegar; 225,00í ! pounds of candles; 600 0 )0 pounds of snup; 9,38+ biishols ot sa.lt, and 6,000,000 bushols of potatoes. C " Sir," suid a guest to tho Clerk oí i Chicago ho'.cl, "yon roust lime made a mistake in my bilí." " Why ? " " Hecause I can pají i: and have inoae left." fV Biirnum offers ono timusnn.l dollars Por Ilie lone repre-entrttive f Síiuthern Chivahy found draak at Beaufort vvhen takïi possession oí' by o ir troops, JJjÈT A íalso friend is liko a íbnOW mi a (Hul. it appears in clear ttathw, but vanislica as sjüii aa a clould hiproaohes. _ fC F;ist liorsjs win cup by ua of their legs Fast men Io33 tuoir leg by the uso of eups. jg" M'-desty is reora heooininir, and nlwnys es'.o'ined more valual)! {han beauty. Biiu'.y lüHsbös, but moilesty never ÉJecayi, y-y We mav ulsrwyi joke whun wi please, if we Vro rlays curetul t

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Old News
Michigan Argus