BACON $10,000 PER POUND
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

BACON $10,000 PER POUND A Tombstone correspondent of the Globe Democrat says: Bacon at $10,000 per pound is rather an expensive luxury, but I paid that price for four pounds once. It was ten years ago that I purchased a strip of land near So- nora, Mexico. It was a good mining property, and I saw a fortune for the near future. I had $8,000 to start with. For 18 months I worked, and after drilling 1600 feet through hard rock struck an arsenical lode of silver. There was not less than $40,000 in sight. To celebrate the find I determined to treat myself to some bacon, of which I am very fond. There is no such thing as Mexican bacon, you know. The duty in Mexico on pork is 70 per cent. Across the line at Ocha- ville, Arizona, I could get bacon at 20 cents per