Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-17
1ho Turkeys.

Some days since we briefly alluded to some stuffed
turkies that we had heard had been sold to Mr.. BATE
of this place, who keeps a grocery store Market
Street, South eide above Front. We gave the facts
precisely az stated to US, giving save that of
the purchaser, ior than reason the FIRST Of
which however was all allsoficent-we had heard none,
aud consequently knew none. Even had We known the
name We would have con- aGled it, for satisfactory
Since that time we have received q letter from ger
tleman in Richmond county, personally unknown to US
bit whose is that OF highly respectable family
OF that county which letter. dated March 9th, 1864,
asserts that the person referred to having sold the
turkes said to have been stuffed with meal dough-
is highly respectable lady bearing the with
tie writer of the letter and further adds that the state
nent given paper does serious injustice TO that
lady.
The letter goes to give statement, which, the
writer deems it due to the lady in question: we snbon
still giving no name The letter says -
This lady having surplus Of turkeys and contem-
plating visit to her father, who lives in Marion vii
age, South Carolina and being advised by her friends
that poultry would be more desirable and command
higher price the market by being killed. dressed and
stuffed she accordiny carried them down to Whining
ton and wishing to purchase soma sugar and coee she
vent to house. the only place where she was informed
she could get them There the turkies examined,
weighed pronounced good by the man, and bought for
81 so per pound. She received 500 bill in part
payment for her turkeys and when che got to her faith
et's, the bill examined and pronounced to be a
counterfeit ard when she returned to Wilmington, she
got young gentleman her friend, to go to the man
who passed it on Eer and make him take it back which
he did.
1.-TWO respectable gentlemen wlre at your market
early next morning and saw one of Mr.. WoRrH's part
ners buy one of the turkeys for 81 per pound and
marked as he was going oH this is dear living
1.-THE turkeys were in fine order, and dressed in the
usual manner, with biscuit baked corn bread, lard,
salt black pepper and onions and so far from fraud
having been committed by decently dressed woman,
submit to your caudor, was it not by of your own
townsmen ?"
This is the whole statement furnished to US. AS to
the price given for the urkes have no doubt that
it was 81 so per pound, stated. member OF this
firm saw some of the turkies pointed out to hm hs be-
longing to the lot in question: and noticed one in pal.
tiduIar which certainly appeared to him to have been
stuffed with meel dough, and not biscuit, lard
onions ETC. The turkies, at least of them sold
for So SO per pound and not for four dollars although
some turkies were sold that morning for four dollars
But most folks thought So 80 pretty high for corr
dough-
OF course we know nothing personally about the bill
returned as counterfeit We told that it has
since been funded here, and therefore pronounced genu
inc,
1t it ever has been the custom TO bring stuffed poul
try TO this market we confess that we have been II
ignorance of the existence of any such custom 1t wal
certainly misunderstanding The part of the lady as
what was customary here We have doubt, from what
We have heard, that it was an innocent one.
This is all we know about the matter. 1t is obvious
that we could have no desire to cast personal reee
tion on a lady whose very name was unmentloned 1o
the reason among others, that it was wholly unknown
to us. The considerations that induce US to forbea
mention OF it now will, trust, be equally obvious
Now is the time to fall back on "hog and bominy
If you haze them. Next to nothing comes to mar
ket and that must be bought and sold by the ten dol
lars WORTH or by some multiple of ten dollars. Tht
restaurants aud oyster shops are generally closed partly
for want OF stock and partly for want of change
Change is the worst difficulty 1t stops things comns
in, or being bought or sold.
It twoud be prudent if it practicable, for peOpl
t. fund themselves unti alter the FIRST of April a
nothing can be done, and no eatables be obtained
it wosld be desirable to find holes caves in tn
ground t. which people could retire for brief hyber
nation OF fosr OF five weeks during which time the