The Emigrant's Friend: Containing Information and Advice for Persons Intending to Emigrate to the United StatesTyne Publishing Company, 1881 - 351 pages |
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... months that I was there . They feel themselves men . They know themselves to be a power in the State , and respecting themselves they claim the respect of others , and conduct themselves in such a manner as to command that respect . We ...
... months that I was there . They feel themselves men . They know themselves to be a power in the State , and respecting themselves they claim the respect of others , and conduct themselves in such a manner as to command that respect . We ...
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... months , and take service in household duties . The following table , compiled from the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture , Washington , gives the average wages prevailing in different parts of the country in April , 1880 ...
... months , and take service in household duties . The following table , compiled from the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture , Washington , gives the average wages prevailing in different parts of the country in April , 1880 ...
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... Month . board . Without board . Black- smithing . Without board . Wheel- wrighting . Without Machine board . making . board . - Without Carpenter- ing . STATES . By the Month . Transient , Transient , in not in harvest . harvest ...
... Month . board . Without board . Black- smithing . Without board . Wheel- wrighting . Without Machine board . making . board . - Without Carpenter- ing . STATES . By the Month . Transient , Transient , in not in harvest . harvest ...
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... month , without board , in 1879. This year ( 1880 ) it is $ 21.75 , being an increase of 7.25 per cent . Taking into consideration the figures of the second column , being the rate paid with board to the same class of labor , we gain a ...
... month , without board , in 1879. This year ( 1880 ) it is $ 21.75 , being an increase of 7.25 per cent . Taking into consideration the figures of the second column , being the rate paid with board to the same class of labor , we gain a ...
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... months ' corn - feeding make an exceedingly good and useful stall of beef for any market in the world . " And that would apply to the shorthorns that you spoke of in Ken- tucky ? I would say something more of them . They never seem to ...
... months ' corn - feeding make an exceedingly good and useful stall of beef for any market in the world . " And that would apply to the shorthorns that you spoke of in Ken- tucky ? I would say something more of them . They never seem to ...
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