Shining Ferry

John Rosewarne sat in his counting-house at Hall, dictating a letter to his confidential clerk. The letter ran-
"Dear Sir,-In answer to yours of the 6th inst., I beg to inform you that in consequence of an arrangement with the Swedish firms, by which barrel-staves will be trimmed and finished to three standard lengths before shipment, we are enabled to offer an additional discount of five per cent, for the coming season on orders of five thousand staves and upwards. Such orders, however, sho...