A man in Connecticut obtained a winter's supply of excellent potatoes in the following 'cute manner. He gave out word he was desirous of obtaining a specimen of the best sort of potatoes, and would pay three dollars for a peck of such, himself to be the judge. Potatoes poured into his cellar from all the country round, and when the avalanche had subsided,, the man handed over his three dollars for thebest peck, and the next spring sold potatoes enough to more than cover the original outlay,, besides having a first quality article for home , use all the winter.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 16, 2 January 1863, Page 2
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100Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 16, 2 January 1863, Page 2
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