BACON $10,000 PER POUND
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ericans; that they did not intend to suffer
Americans at the ferry ; that they want to fight
with the Americans. These Indians have since
pursued two Americans, who are now at Los
Angeles, after having succeeded in robbing
them of everything they had.
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
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