Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1911 — Far Trade—l6-Inch Square Picture for Three Old Hens. [ARTICLE]

Far Trade—l6-Inch Square Picture for Three Old Hens.

Crown Point Btar. Two Chicago men, who have been bere other times, are lit this vicinity again and have been for some time, reaping a reward, and it is legitimate, too. They ship from the city a wagon load of highly colored framed pictures, about 16 inches square, and here they -'hire a livery rig and go forth every morning Into the rural districts and trade pictures with the farmers’ wives for chickens. They offer a picture—the pick of the lot—for three hens, which they usually get, and If they can’t make the deal they take two, and sometimes one. Even three ordinary hens look trifling to many to give for a framed picture, but they. don’t realise the pictures only cost 40 cents and that every good slxed hen is worth close to a (foliar. It is said that many times after selling their chickens, here at the market price that they have made a profit for the day of from ten to twenty dollars, and it is quite probable the farthers. as well as themselves, are pleased with the deal.