The New York herald., 1868-12-25
WASHINGTON vs.. FULTON MARKET.

Christmas Eve ut washington ana Ration
NIarlkcts-Mountains OF Turkeys, Geese,
Chickens, Prairie Hens, Rabbits, Opossums,
venison, Beef and Mutton,-A Lively Time
All Round the Board.
WASHINGTON MARKET.
Washington Market did exceedingly well last
Thanksgiving but in the poultry line it surpassed
itself last night judging by the mountainous dis
plays Of turkeys, chickens geese ducks, pheasants
partrdges, snpe, &C, added to which were heta-
combs Of 'b'ar meat" venson and the usual quanti-
ties OF beef mutton, veal and lamb, not omtting the
Christmas trees.
The quantity OF these gathered in and around the
market was perfectly wonderful, and, beheld by
stranger would have impressed INN with the idea OF
the righteousness II not OF the "greatnessn OF our
country. Streets upon streets within and without
this "beautiful structure " which is much admired
by the Aldermen and the Supervisors, were filled
with birds OF every pumage, size and degree OF fat
ness ana, OF course, all were tender; and the
baskets OF every shape and size that were there and
the women. old anu young, plain and beautiful well
dressed and poorly attired happy and miserable.
and OF every nationality, Dutch, English, Irish.
Scotch, Welsh, French, Spanish, Italians, Hun
yarians, Bohemians, Norwegians, South Americans.
Cinnamon, Yanks, who carried them, 1t won't DO to
enumerate II Is only necessary to say that the two
leading human elements which form the bases OF the
hodge podgc OF .New York AS II Is''-the Dutch and
the Celt-were assembled in crowds, cheapening
worrying, hagging, Joking, poklng, squeezing,
smelnng and buying.
But come madam, having placed your turkey or
chickens IN limbo, stuffed and ready for the oven
let review the scenes in which we participated
few hours since, .'while the'night was yet young,
In the neighborhood OF Washington Market, and
afterwards az that solemn old affair where fish do
'.mogt aDound,r the Fulton shambcs.
our way Is through Vesey street, westward. What
q leasing street II Is, to be sure
Bui we are az the market.
Gracious goodness, maam where did all those
chickcns tney look like ancient hens, large they
sEd those geese, and those turkeys, and those
really na'am what feast OF fat things is IN store for
u We are really blinded with the myriads OF gas
out looking and automatically stunned by the array
0f blpedal aud quadrupeda carcases that lie before
and around Us Where did all these come fromY
ON. you must talk this over with the hudson River
Har.cm, New Haven, Erie ald Central Railway
people Have they not for days been forwarding
packages Of the puckcd to this great town that we,
It's gormandzers, might be plucked In return
FULTON MARKET.
Now let us. n possible, get back, through the
crushing aud buying and selling crowd, out OF
Washington Market.
An, here we are. ma'am, IN vesey street once
more. Well, II isn't much or an Improvement, Is
~ DO you that fellow there dressed in colors
with long queue and Chinese hat standing at that
tea store aud handing, TO those who win accept
pretends he's from the Flowery Kingdom. DO you
believe 1T MOI That, ma'am, shows even Wash
ington Market patroni5cd mainly by the Jerseyites
that's something to brag or
The people OF Fulton market are peculiar. They
don't resemble the Washngtonites a bit, ma'am I
The washing onites are great on mutton. aud veal,
and chickens, 6c.. while the FuonItes spread them
selves on coffee aud cakes oyster stews, and fish Of
every size, quality aud degree OF freshness Neither
do they KICK up such a row on the easterly they
do on the westerly side Of the town. Mhys you ask
Because ma'am. Fulton Market Is patronized princ-
paly by Brooklynites. and these are not always In
state Of moral revolution, like the aborgnes of New
Spain.
little pushing, and crushing. and jamming. In lien
OF this, however, and by way OF compensation flesh
always reasonable. The converse OF this is the case
the westerly side OF the city, especially on holi-
day night
we have good many substantial butchers In Full
ton Market aud the dealers in vegetables and poultry
are quiet and respectable They don't cut down
and they ought TO know The knickerbockers
patrOnize the shamDles, the hucksfers NJ the apple
and nut stands the coffee and cake men, and IL IL TO
he noticed that the men whose perpetual song Is
"liurry up them stews" have weakness for pies.
Christmas isn't much at Fulton Market. santa Claus
isnt given that way. Unlike the people who congre
gate In the vicinity Of washington Market on Chrict
mas Eve there are few things to attract the pur-
chasers outside OF the substantials," for Fulton s
solid, mind you, madam. IL IL vast on candies,
cakes, captivating oysters prime on nsh, desira
bic on lemons, the buyers always getting squeezed
luscious on oranges and enormous on tenderl0ns
and srlons, and like the aged establishment II Is, re-
tires early.
AT midnight, that is, maam, when you had Just
Nelly, Washington and Fulton Markets were cleared
out, and the owners Of the stands having counted
their profits. retired, wishing that Christmas Eve fell
not on one. but three hundred nights IN the year.