New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

A Feature Of Metropolitan Life-Where
tho Ladies 20 20 Get Guaranteeing
Luncheon under Difficulties - The
Feast NJ Lnst-Mrs. Grundy Nowhere
Epicurus Supreme.
A. N. d.

The imputatiOn that our citizens are oftener
apprecatvc of quantity than Of quality is refuted in
numberless ways AS far the ladies are concerned,
the dry goods men can probably offer the largest
amount Of vndicaton this score, bit any one who
has visited Fulton Market must have long since come
to the conclusion that fair not only willing
to relinquish comforts but to undergo positive hard.
ships to rough it, the saying goes TO obtain that
which Is nowhere else procurabe in such perfection
oysters.
Indeed. they do general marketing. They push
courageously through lines Of suspended meats they
edge their way through beefinspecting crowds veal
eating throngs and porkseeking multitudes re-
gardless of contact with the rude and wretched and
only intent upon procuring Juicy joint for the table ~
home. Ladies who do this. however are either I'm.
PEELED BY fonduess for marketing by the fact that
their better extremely adverse to it. There
are some who visit the markets and mix with the mis-
cellaneous throDgs from purely epicurean motives
They seek the luscious bivalve. Here is the intel
tua oyster TO be found fresh from his briny home.
fragrant Of the deep rocks and dripping with brine
Side by side with the eel the lobster and the festive
clam and in close c8npanionship with the appreciated
bnt back sliding crab. the oyster the monarch OF shell
fish the ttbii OF the deep awaits the visitor with
gaping jaws and the salt sea in his thick green beard
stcwarats may also possess charm an aroma OF
fashion and French cookery may linger around the sa
looms of the upper Demonico. but the relative ron
the far eat Is cousin from the inaccessible inlard
town must be indicted into the mysteries OF Fulton
Market to be able appreciate the oyster interrupted
by mercenary manipulation, and fresh IRON his sud-
aqueous home. 80
The general appearance Of the market Is not inviting.
The passenger 10 from Fulton Ferry traverses the
shadowy fsh.smelling ways hurriedy: Rough men
stand about, and bargain profaney butchers, WIN
their bood.spotted aprons air their pory persons with
complacency vegetable.women hagele, itinerants
hawk their wares newsboys shrek their extras, and
A commercial murmur proceeds from the swarmiDg
docks. Yet even in this motley throng tho lady OF
fashion is frequently met Her bonnet Is perfect but
she forces her way through hedges OF mperfection
thousand silk worms have spun away their lives on the
nstrcs fabric OF her dress bat che brushes the calico
poverty with indifference and jostles the inded lawn
aud MORE antique Of better days Her pretty feet are
gater clad with soes OF paper and tops Of plant CLOTH
but they pick their way through the laundering brogan
they plead with butchers boots and get trodden on by
the sabots of fshwomen. But they struggle courage
onsy and at length gain their goal which the oyster
a,coys az The expression il aowabe) OF some favcrite
yender II is 1aDked by four butchers stas walled IN
with meat. Our fair visitor gathers up her skirts
psres 10 enter Avoiding side Of beef on either side
Of the entrance. lodging dozen strings OF saussges
above and dexterousy missing greasy contact
from four or five snowy mutton carcases she makes
the rifle" and attains the interior.
Little tables are ranged around: PROVIDED WIN mite
castors little salt-cellars. dlninutiye sugarbows and
tiny pitchers OF milk, with two small stools 70 eaen
small table In one is the cooking arrangement
"a stove at the top for stews and soups and mass OF
bright living Goals dragged from under 1t for the roast
the bro or the luxurious ny fsae .nese
COOL dripping oysters, with here and there achh or
two Of overhangiDg Holsters and other crusaceans,
the master OF the den the father OF the FEAST the
oyserman. lie is usually Of lofty stature and portly
FORM with face grown ruddy and fat from the con-
slant inhalation Of nutritye fumes.
Perhaps your lady friend meets another lady friend
They embrace and give their orders. Together they
discuss the inconvenience Of approaching the market
tine horrors of the middle passage. the bomely sur
roundings of the journeys end. But the stews make
| their appearance, and their woes are forgotten.
Butchers boys drinking coffee near them. rough
men are eating doughnuts the catter OF meat scales
and the thug Of ineat-axes close realities and the
bum of Fulton Market is oil around them bat they are
ianned in content Regrets disspated in the rising
,aam. The customs Of fashion have surrendered TO
The instincts of good livinghe 'rown OF Mrs Grundy
s forgoen in the smile OF Epcurus, and fresh from
the wave the bvalye is supreme. -,
60 Sgsss the world aud. though the respectable
reader wag his head In disappobation the above is an
day picture Of OF the peasanteS phases OF
great METROPOLITAN market.