 Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatmen would give the smallest trifle for the eggs and chickens which formed almost the only saleable articles on a soil whose only fault is its too great fertility. Such was the case twelve years since. The...  The West: Its Commerce and Navigation - Page 131by James Hall - 1848 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 434 pages
...2000 miles, and thi squatter ori the banks of the Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle for the eggs and chickens...almost the only saleable articles on a soil whose onjy fault is its too great fertility. jSuch was the rase 12 years since. — The Mississippi boats... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1830 - 522 pages
...banks of the Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle far the eggs and chickens which formed almost the only...saleable articles on a soil whose only fault is its cost. The average duration of a boat hus hitherto been I too great tertility. Such was the case 12... | |
 | George Armroyd - Inland navigation - 1830 - 636 pages
...2000 mijes, and the squatter on the banks of the Ohio, thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle for the eggs and chickens, which formed almost .this only saleable articles on a soil whose only fault is its too great fertility. Such was the case... | |
 | James Hall - History - 1836 - 306 pages
...accident happened, to check her progress. Not a dollar was expended- for wood, in a distance of 2,000 miles, and the dweller on the banks of the Ohio thought...necessary, within that period to afford to that trade 135,000 tons. Eight or nine_days are sufficient on the upper Ohio, to perform the trip from Louisville... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1838 - 328 pages
...accident happened, to check her progress. Not a dollar was expended for wood, in a distance of 2,000 miles, and the dweller on the banks of the Ohio thought...necessary, within that period to afford to that trade 135,000 tons. Eight or nine days are sufficient on the upper Ohio, to perform the trip from Louisville... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 766 pages
...2000 miles, and the squatter on the banks of the Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle for the eggs and chickens...twelve years since. The Mississippi boats now make five trips within the year, and are enabled, if necessary, in that period to afford to that trade 135,000... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 754 pages
...banks of the Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle fur the eggs and chickens which formed almost the only...twelve years since. The Mississippi boats now make five trips within the year, and are enabled, if necessary, in that period to afford to that trade 135,000... | |
 | John Macgregor - Commercial treaties - 1846 - 658 pages
...accident happened to check her progress. Not a dollar was expended for wood, in a distance of 2000 miles, and the dweller on the banks of the Ohio thought...necessary, within that period to afford to that trade 135,000 tons. Eight or nine days are sufficient on the upper Ohio, to perform the trip from Louisville... | |
 | Eli Bowen - Maps - 1852 - 456 pages
...thousand miles, and the squatter on the banks of the Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle for the eggs and chickens...only saleable articles on a soil whose only fault was its too great fertility. Such was the case only a few years ago — what is it now ? What is it... | |
 | Eli Bowen - Mines and mineral resources - 1854 - 528 pages
...thousand miles, and the squatter on the banks of the Ohio thought himself lucky if the reckless boatman would give the smallest trifle for the eggs and chickens...only saleable articles on a soil whose only fault was its too great fertility. Such was the case only a few years ago — what is it now ? What is it... | |
| |
