Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1880 — How Boys May Make Money. [ARTICLE]

How Boys May Make Money.

Pawpaws occasionally come to- this market, and are invariably disposed of at high prices. Many persons who were accustomed to eat them when they lived further South are glad to get them, and are willing to pay very lib-" erally for them. They should be gathered when slightly green, and sent to market in neat boxes or baskets. The pawpaw resembles the banana, but is superior to it in richness and flavor. Persimmons also sell well, and the market is rarely supplied with them. They should be sent as strawberries are, in quart boxes, packed in crates. As they are not liable to injury at the season when they are in a condition to be gathered, it is not necessary to send them by express. It is quite as well to forward them in ordinary freight cars. Pecans, walnuts and hickory nuts are always salable, and may be sept ip floqy

or apple barrels. Chestnuts always command a high price here, and the market is indifferently supplied with them. A commission merchant who would give his attention to handling native wild fruits and nuts* could make money by the operation, and would prove a benefactor to boys in the city and country. Many families in the city would purchase native nuts by the barrel if they knew where to obtain theip, and could get them at twice the price country boys would expect for gathering them. Beech-nuts are regarded as great dainties here, and command good prices.— Chicago- Times.