The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-30

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requireeyen bread for these two days
1t viii never come in general nsc.
People who, without their gorge ris-
/ ing, eat 1t every, day, declare il to be
food to be eaten only under duress.
I ASS meatshas a good reputation for
savor, juice, and tenderness is
price is high, being 81 20 for sirloin.
These rates tempted tie -tFadespeOplc
EtOpalm off shorse's for-ass's meat; : so
Ethe Goyernment-the god who is con-
stantly coming out of the machine to
bother or to bOl lister us--decl clarcds the
flesh of both quadrupeds to boi OF
equal value. This decree caused al
ass's flesh TO disappear from ostensi-
bic trade. was told / might find
it ct AIarche st. Gernain by going
TO a stall whose address was given
me. IsWore my most pleasing eOun-
tenance as ] asked Madam, could
you direct me to any place where,
BEEF STEAKS OF JAcKAss- 80
are to be sold - She looked search
| ingly at me for a quarter of a second,
and then, wiukiRg, replied in a signi-
/ 1icant tone: "Was itgrease for kitch-
en- purposes you ask for, Sir ?''
Then, sir, if you viii be, good
enough to como into my back shop
viii weigh you somc.P oaa
Into the back shop l went, She fol-
[ lowed. Laying her finger on her lip,
she whispered. Go in front Of the
stall yetIz~s9iiiz sec two ladies in
I Scotch plaid shawls, with servant
behind them; follow them YOU Will
get what You want
81 thousand thanke accept, dear
sALadame--vaneourieTs of my cash."
GO ont III follow thce97 I eiacu-
/ lated in my sleeve the instant-I des-
| cribed the two Scotch plaid shawls
and the segment cap, and stallSed
after them. The cap east nervous
] glances behind I tried to reassure her
| by returning looks of intelligence.
They added to her terror. At last
! she stopped, and turning savagely
snapped az mei Sir, itzseems to me
| you are following nc" ~
"Seemst Nadine Nav, II Is! /
-knOWnot seems!' Iareplied. .1ssr
>"And, sir, byswhat rignt? - sa-z
MADAME, the streets are free d,
| moreover, your mistress told me if
Ed follow you I'd be sure aa 3
81 s--'7 TO SEE a JACKAss. Ee7 Zz'
as''A jackass You have nlis1akcn
| the person. [ know nothing about
| jackass. am going with these ladi-
/ es TO get sewing from tEem,"
never argue with q woman; so
without FejOining, [ returned to
Iarche 81. German, when straight
into the back shop, and told my tale.
/ The woman flew into a towering pas
/ sion and expressed herself in billings
fn Il. I
/ infeTnalestfOol L ever saw. And YOU
/ told the stupid animal l seat you !?
/ III give it to her when she come
| bacH!' She went on to say She had
/ put her whole fortune, eight hundred
/ .Gol lars, into jac1asses before lhe de
/ cree appeared having them, she must
/ sell them, but to sell them at the rate
/ provided by government would be
her ruin. She gave mesthe address !:
+ Rue dc, No, third court, sixth,
floor, and thither went. Lucky for
/ her, there is an intelligence Office i'm
/ the house, otherwise the going and
/ coming might rouse suspicion.
! crossed the three courts and climbed
+ to the sixth floor, and entered cham
ber filed with people ana looking
moro Ike q charnel house than Il
shambIe. Two men in. shirt sleeve
were hacking the s....----
/ WHITE AND QUITE DELICATE LOOKING
MEAT. ,....
Gap sad: L think this is the gen
uCman who Followed" / replied
'Ies, liar, and your mistress saws
YOU are d--Gst, infernalest fool she
/ eyer saw, and she intends to give q it
to You when you return" She
blushed to the cars, puckered up her
mouth, and silent In turn [ got my
/ pound of ass's flesh. l hopc l NAV
IKE 1t. We arc fast getting through
/ all our meat. We have eaten all the
/ sheep that were in the Luxembourg
/ Gardcn, and | sec none nowhere eX-
/ cept III tho butchers stalls. The only
/ herds of bceves l know are those
stalled Ill the Garden Of Plants. The
/ last hog went long since. Vegeta-
/ blcs arc getting to famine rates. Cab
/ bages are 05c each, tomatoes are 81 40
/ the bushel, mushrooms 30c a pound
! celery &c 4 stalk, olive oil 6Oc pound
and very hard to find, turnips 7c each
and carrots 40c to SOC a bunch. A
man has made fortune by introduce
/ ing what he calls taploca-boullon. 1t
IS meat soup, prepared, I suspect,
with fccula of Irish potatoe. a ta-
| blespoOnful is thrown in boiling wa
ter, some salt is added, and III eigEt
| or ten minutes one has an excellent
soup--Eggs have entirely disappear
ed from the streets. Macaroni, YER
micelli, aud other similar Italian
pastes are nowhere TO be had. The
poor are able to get nothing they
live Oh apricot jam (made ofsquashcs
OF. carrots. ....
THE WASTING AWAY OF PEOPLE
is daily more noticeable on the streets
The universal complaint is: 1--WE do
not know whatlit is not to be hun,
CRY" The Government has begun
to distribute, to sell, round DGtcl
cheeses, but, as one has to wait foul
hours TO geta ticket, and to lose four
or five hours the following day wait
ing ones turn of service, | have not
tried to get a ration of il. Waiting
iii this inclement season in front of q
butchers stalls has already carried
hundreds Of people to the grave