Extravagance In Old Times

-In a priccurrent pubJished. in Philadelphia in 1720, Bohea; tea is qnoted at fifty shillings per pound! wheat at only three shillir.ga per bushel! coiisequentlyit would require nearly sevëntèen bushels of' wheat to purchase one pound of Boaea tea! yet ourgreat-grandmothers were wont to indulge in the expensive luxury of tea-drinking! Moore,the man who fired the pistol n the House of Representalives at Washington, is likely to prove an expensive prisoner. Ho is boarded at Gcdsby'e hotel and during the i night there is a watch of five men, who relieve pach other every two hours. _._ i