o, 7d. per lb.; salt, 10d. per peck; molasses, 2s.
6d. per gallon; New England rum, 1s. 6d. per quart; West India
do., 2s. 6d. per quart; beef, 4d. per lb.; pork, 6d. per lb.;
veal, 3-1/2d. per lb.; cider, 12s. to 18s. pr. bbl.

Boots, 20s.; men's shoes, 6s.; women's do., 5s.; men's pumps,
8s.; mittens, 1s. 6d. hose, 4s.; beaver hat, 20s.; black silk
handkerchief, 6s. 9d.; check handkerchief, 2s. 6d.;.
broadcloth, 10s pr. yd.; red stroud, 8s. per yd.; scarlet
German serge, 8s. per yd.; scarlet shalloon, 3s. 9d. per yd.;
English duck, 1s. 9d. pr. yd.; white blanket, 13s. 3d.; 1 oz.
thread, 6d.; 1 doz. jacket buttons, 7-1/2d.; pins, 1 M., 9d.

Axe, 6s. 3d.; knife, 1s.; board nails. 1s. 2d. per C.; ten
penny nails, 50 for 8d.; double tens, 1s. 7d. per C.; shingle
nails, 6d. per C.; 1 pane glass (7 by 9), 6d.; pewter
porringer, 1s. 8d.; looking glass, 16s.; steel trap, 15s.;
powder, 2s. 6d. per lb.; shot, 5d. per lb.; buckshot, 1s. 3d.
per lb.; 6 flints, 6d.

Still though the variety at first glance seems greater than might have
been expected, a little further inspection will satisfy us that the
life of that day was one of extreme simplicity, of luxuries there were
few, and even the necessaries of life were sometimes scanty enough.

One hundred and forty years have passed since James Simonds and James
White set themselves down at the head of Saint John harbor as pioneers
in trade to face with indomitable energy and perseverance the
difficulties of their situation. These were neither few nor small, but
they were Massachusetts men and in their veins there flowed the blood
of the Puritans. The determination that enabled their progenitors to
establish themselves around the shores of the old Bay States upheld
them in the scarcely less difficult task of creating for themselves a
home amidst the rocky hillsides that encircled the Harbor of St.
John.

Today the old pioneers of 1764 would hardly recognize their ancient
landmarks. The ruggedness of old Men-ah-quesk has in a great measure
disappeared; valleys have been filled and hills cut down. The
mill-pond where stood the old tide mill is gone and the Union depot
with its long freight sheds and maze of railway tracks occupies its
place. "Mill" street and "Pond" street alone remain to tell of what
has been. The old grist mill near Lily Lake and its suc