deal| they conspired among themselves; so that on sale day? the Auctioneer found no one to bid more than 300 for a cow, and other bids were in proportion. The men of Fortune were not satisfied with bidding low prices on live stock—they assaulted the sheriff; five men were prevented from attend¬ ing the fair,, being in jail. (Most of the information quoted here comes from the Royal Gazette and Colonial Herald).