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...MARCH 25. SUNDAY.Appleton Chapel, 7.30 P. M. Rev. George T. Ladd, D. D., of New Haven. "God our Life...
First, as to the price itself, $4.58, it is higher of course than any one wishes it to be; but it is not very much higher than those closely connected with the conduct of affairs expected. The term bill runs from December 27 to March 27. To get the amount of bills payable in these twenty-seven days of March, it is always necessary to make an estimate. The total number of weeks board is known, and for the March of this year was 2076. The amount of bills payable isgot by taking the same fractionable part of the bills...
Secondly, taking the price of $4.58 as correct, is there anything wrong in the monthly statements, or is there an indication of an exceedingly high price for the month of March? I believe there is nothing wrong in the monthly statements. It should be remembered that no separate report for January has ever been got out. As a fact, it is easily shown from the figures used by the auditor in computing the price for this term, that the cost of board for January, and the few days of December which come into this term, was more than...
...price has never, except in one instance, in the past two years (the only ones I have investigated) agreed with the averages of the monthly statements. The variation has been from 3 to 22 cents, and in both directions. It is not, therefore, safe to say the cost for March will be, as your correspondent makes out, $4.78. The total number of weeks board charged on the books in different months is variable. His reasoning supposes it is the same for all months. There is another circumstance which makes this kind of reasoning still farther from the mark. Something like...
...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, fair weather, followed by increasing cloudiness and occasional light rain or snow, variable winds, shifting to southerly, stationary or higher temperature, followed by falling barometer...