The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-12
WASHINGTON MARKET.


saturday Night-A Democratic Crush-'A
stroll Through the BuiidinG-What WIS
seen md What WIN ucard-Curtoms Dia-
bsgues.
venerable tuublo-down. contracted crusty institu
ton ~ Washington Market IL is Of past age-s,in,
angular stiited Like gentleman OF decidedly conser
procivities IL resss all irnovaon oil improve.
mont; and when, In . moment Of grim unconscious
humor stall holder bcstows upoa the exterior OF hts
promises pound or so Of garsh paint the locker ON
rresstiby reminded OF the said conservative gentle.
rougpg his sunken. furrowed cheeks that sicxly
semblanco OF youth, under the glare OF artificial light.
may DO broaght and aas deceive tho would 30 gay
docoiver
Washington Market with It's, remniscences IS
doomed Half century ago, whom ss predecessor had
been removed, Il suGiced for the population of the
tme-aye for tho childron OF tho children OF that time
for the New York OF 1873 with Its steady going eighty
Thousand and odd population. nothing to the
magnificent New York, with is million OF souls.
simple. unsighty excrescence II 10, singuiary like q
little diapda,ed wooden town. without It's ornaments
oMye carving, lifted bodily from some river in the in.
terror Of lar Siam ana by trick Of Aladdnic magic
whised through md air over seas and oceans, noun
tain. and valleys, continents and islands and placed tn
tact in surprising little hollow within the boundaries
OF Manhattan on piles driven far into tho bed OF the
river
Washington, originally called the Hudson market be-
North river, and Tor a cogent
reason, rs youth nicknaned Bare mot gno.
nrchBulogsts written, Bear Market ike the
1a6,ed Phoenix, was born Of the great ire Which IN
Guy which was in l776 styling and being" below St.
Pauls church.
and other historical events, and while the British SOL
dory yet in New York, great hre broke and
ragged Tor day burning down hundreds OF All
the improved part OF tho town ON the wost side Of
Broadway aud south OF Vesey swept clean
Of churches dwellings and other cdhces as was In the
day when Hendrix Hudson FIRST bartered with the red
mon who spread themselves on the land AID were,
o Tor &C., s On e ssaS
discoveries OF tho white In contemplation
OF the tact that number OF worxmen would
presently be engaged In reconsructns the burnt dis
rct aud would therefore require meats and vegetables
the city fathers In the very year OF the fire resolved
that market should be erected tho land,
which. by the way, like tho Frenchmans lots At the
Wailabout could ouIy be sson al Low tdc which the
name of Hudson officially bestowed But grand
fathers and grand athers in the way of making
| improvements, marched slowly, steadily, solemny in
/ tbs moiety Of tho eighteenth century they
waoted to think matters you thore were no
Erie canals railroads, no steamships telegraphs,
no lightning presses. in line, HERALD the era OF
| standing the great TACT that the united colonies
giving old Mother England ITS. people moved slowly.
thought slowly worked slowly grew old slowly and In
creased siowiyeven died sowy and 80, not hurryin
up the improvements. Hudson Market, like Tom
| by parity OF reasoning, there were no buyers
there sellers, aud the stalls being void OF
fruits and vegetables nsn eggs butter ham; lamb
audsc.ous he was brilliant, called IL the "bare'
SPLENDID leg OF lamb which IL IS your intention to dis
dinner this day. at the Market wo have to say
nterchansabiy with washington Msrket~a name 70
which officially IL has no moro right than your honest
husband has to an alias It's rea original, simon-purs
name Hudson; bur, and insist ", when you
chrogi aphizDs don't be alarmed, madam the word Is
not web'teranl TO friend, and have mind TO alluds
10 tho sianese town al the foot OF Nesey aud Fulton
streets, be historical y, archpoiogicay and ortho
graphically and speak Of II bare although II
Is any thing but that now and MOI bear
southern hall OF Manhattan Island, Washington Market
has .spread ITSELF" Originally II confined tho
edge OF the river and was pot Tor tue agricultural
products Of New Jersey welt as the garden spots OF
This island prox male TO It's site BY and by the market
became altogether large for its original ouudares
and as 1t could not get andwari moved waterward,
and thus 1t Is we have West Washington Market on
piies with IT'S wealth OF dead sheep, It's defuDnt
ambs s quarters OF good beef slaughtered at the
abattors Communpaw its mountains OF potatoes,
pork barrels or applos It's innumerabo tubs and
hrkins Of butter-"sweet as the nut, fresh as the
dasy''-and out let NJ 60 at a steadier pace.
Washington Market really snces that Is the ped
ling part of It. 10 vesey street. IT'S south side and
eur GUS propna"y between tho latest arrivals Of teas
from 'faf Cathay and Japan and tho display Of shoe
strings second hand mats caps bus OF coarse swdry
lace, tin pans. wonderful cones Of sugar--built up
sharply like abruptly rearing volcanoes which sets one
wondering how in the hurry and bus,e OF business
tho SIX irtngs scurryings OF tho winds, possible
for them preserve thor perpindc and at the
the same time look like passe belle, unattractiys-
gloves stockings, aud as the anconoer Once, In an
original MOOD remarked, ''many other things too
numerous 70 mention"
Here in vesey street. tho Juvenile daughters and
sons OF Israeli the future merchants Of Chatham street
ana the Bowsry"t their prentice hands" Al buying
aPuy d pair OF stockings srs" cried bright, dark
owed Moses 'opiy twenty shens Peautifu stockings,
sr VIII you puyf Tomorrow ish SUNDAY. ana you
will want ien 90 church WITH Poautiful stock.
ingsi'
Young Moses perccivIns mo speculation in eyes
permitted us TO pass onward and westward; but we bad
not proceeded many PAGES when confronted 81
q cap stand by q dminutvo Ruth, overlooking with
vvaci.y and BUSINESS her hair partly shaded by
once whhe sunset her dark Dyes iary scintil-
ating with expectation sue laboted and not In
to induce a tall, rawboned son Of New SPAN. who
arrived in town VIA Jersey CITY boat, TO buy eOlh
covering, OF dirty brown, minus the s.Eor, Tor hs
Eyes, sir yss slrl" she exclaimed with ua.a ,ol.
utility, ''you look nice In that cap, SIR very ace
indeed, and u Is only nifty cents sheap ar very
shesp. Look, sir, look at yoursefi" and the msr-
chandess from ineonceivable. 10 the unnuAtsd
nook In her stand took out small mirror, ana holding
before his face, took good care that While ne admired
no should not sec the article she Was 10 eager 70
dispose or "New Jersey persuaded by tbs soquencs
Of Ruth handed over the stamps" and putting ,hs
apology for cap In his pocket turned his attention 20
basket held BY sober looking youth aud inquired ,hs
No. waiting 10 note how be suecsedcd With tho comb
fousd ourselves opposite a stand il Washington
street. and immediately adjoining the landward
side, where were hung second hand garments for
women and mon The womsn's dresses OF the
looked lovingly 81 them and one probably with longer
purse than her sisters entered into conversation with
the decidedly adiposc priesess who sal the rpoda
ihrcesgsed s,oo-and who to our surprise was no.
Sarah or q Naomi, but plain "irish Molly, or
Thence through and by devious passages guarded by
dealers Ia shoestrings ~ "ten ccns o dozsn artists
all the way from fair skyed Italy, In plaster Of Paris
images: vendors o. coppsr-bottomed kettles ana tin
dshss OF every sire and shape cries OF green oranges
and scrd lsmons, upholdsrs Of Impossible scrpturai
characters gotten together In wonderful scrpural
tudss in very suspicious and oil sncassd 10 trans
paren, boxsa ths vors subject being Infan, Jesus
lying In the manssr, with the Wise Men Of the East,
looking particularly stupid wise men usually
look standing in impossible attitudes 70 him, with
the bead OF an ass pseplng out OF stall In the per
spsesivs hint doubtless, tina. Baalams qusdruped
WAS noz YET gathered" exhibitors Of wonderfully
gotten up dolls that made little girls eyes dance with
delight, bidders and refusers OF BAN 81 zen cents
/ pound shoe backing AZ ave cents boz, aud greasy
iooAina geees ~ dftsen cents q pound, We made our
way 70 the passages leading 70 tho market per We
had now crossed washington street and In the
vestibulehe covered sidewalk The southsriy sds OF
vesey streetwhere Ne at discovered that young
Ireland had possession and where, At most scooinmo-