New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-03

morning TIL night but count eggs and pack tht m Esen
last Spring, h may places they were sold ior tnree
&c uts q dosen To DO sure, they tOlerGby pIent!
now but not enough to give the farmers taste and
also supply the market In remote places the lowest
price have heard is Is cents. Every one knows that
this scarcity directly results from the great fross, ana
hence il is evident that these high prices have little to
do with our currency. Give farmers grass or a
good crop once more. and old prices VIII DC ep'
preached.
There will be some apples. Pears will be scarce
Bearing peach trees, far have seen. are dead.
Most one twO-ycar old trees will live. expect to
see peaches from these two years from this Spring not
before.
IN CHICAGO.
Business men said that the day was there was verv
duh II wanted TO buy they would sell cheap. saw
few strangers at the hotels Little grain is coming in
mere drlbs-Dut enough TO make most any other city
lively IN the extreme. The shipments by rail to the in
terror consisted mostly OF provisions, and saw many
heavy teams loaded with pork, nour beef sorgo strip
and the like directed 10 Cincinnati and LOuiyie. This
may seem strange when these two cities always have
exported prov isiuus and small scale either In
particular have they drawn largely upon Chicago com
mcncnS last lall for butter One would think tis
city pretty well drained by these demands. and the
wonder is howit can furnish SIMPLY while Illinois IL
tef is destitute or course there were large stocks on
hand in city which deals heavily, but butter ana
vegetables will not keep long.
In going around among the dealers, and seeing large
potatoes, nice yellow butter and beauthui aPpcs, l
inquired whence tley came, and almost always were
told LEY were from Michigan Sometimes ISvonS'u
WAS named In passing through Michigan last All
saw abundance Of fruit and fire heluS vi CON- ui
harmed by the frost which elsewhere n"u Sl Vu sucb
lation Only a few years ago Michigan lad SJiES suc1
reputation as Arkansas II was thought SicA!, anu
biAlv IN Ia live in Now one is surprised 10 ieaI,
that 4 nroduces more wool than Ohio that Is SeVonu
m II Tor fruit and wheat and that instead OF mems
third or lurth-ratc state, II Is not Jar lI"u pS'u5
grstrate OF course its soil cannot be compared WIN
hat Of The marvellous pralricS, when. III cohion n
sors produce enough grain to affect the price IN Lon
don Paris and odessa Yet surrounded as MlSInsah
is h, lakes and with small ones through the HyI"I,
the air is temperate and moist tAal hel iine
always may rely upon far crops.
Attic Chicago hotels one no longer secs PrCl.Sl9n
Of food The waiter brings small thin piece Oh steaA
and 10 more Of any Kind Of food than one VIII eat pro
yidiur il is well cooked and he Is hungry Az hrsl
sight the butter.dish well supplied Dlt IL Is onIy
thin flat piece, making show IaPiu'! ui9APP'"4''
and is replaced with tarIiIncss.
At the eatnghouses, the plates OF meats and vegeta
bleS though costing more. contain less. Large plates
OF butter used 70 stand for al guests now. and not til
Won ash they bring little bit OF plate, with piece
~ hntter about the size Of dollar nicely sampcd-as
if the stamping helped tho matter; nag caleq ior
Gun Of genuine coffee and warned them would drink
no extract of logwoOd. cup really good was brought
and also little toy pitcher holding spoonful OF some
thing like milk could nj guess what II was made OIL
and bowl full of sugar. After little thought l
would make the coffee some swcctcr but the sugar
bowl was gone.
one sitting opposite told The waiter his ticket was
five cents too much but it explained that he had
mOasSes on his cakes.
Having business at several houses. made my calls
and MS IL was Monday. not many ladies were visible
Those did see treated me weU-neycr more pohtely
but noticed they seemed absentminded. When they
shook hands could feel their hands were moist one
might say sweaty Wood is 50 q cord, and it costs
everything 10 live but all are looking for better times
when the grass grows N G. N.