Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-26

Market House DintHE-rO room of We
Oiden Time - The New order of
Things.
TIE axe has az length been laid al those las.
relics ofthe era OF old fogyism in Our midst, the
dIapidated sheds on Center Market square
where by the side OF honest industry body OF
Incidence has 50 long led a scanty but easy life,
and grooming and reluctantly gives way TO the
imperative demands Of progressive modern
ideas. Yesterday morning the
NEW BUILDING ON SEVENTH STREET
was laid out by the proper officers. The north
west corner of the proposed building being OBJ
structed by shanty, a parley was had with the
occupant, who claimed as his own a square o.
81 feet in length by l. feet in width, forming
corner stand at the intersection of two of the
most frequented aisles OF the market. The space
he thus occupied was labelled
STALLS NOS. 257, 26S, AND 269.
Now, any person doing business in Center
Market was required, whilst the place was
under corporation control, after having been
assessed by the Market Master, to pay his dues
TO the Collector, and with the Collectors receipt
In hand to walk over to the Registers Office aud
there to obtain the license which alone qualified
him to do business in the market. In the above
case, reference was therefore had to the Official
record book of the Register, which showed that
for stall 267 nothing had been paid since June
jOtb, 1859; that there was no payment at all on
record for stall cts; and that stall 269 had been
paid for until June goth, 1870, at the rate Of
TWENTY DOLLARS PER ANNUN.
virtually therefore, a most valuable corner
stand, occupying over COO square feet, had been
paid for, up to June 30th at the rate of 6s per
month, and since then has been held free
gratis for nothing. Such easy terms, il stands
to reason, did not induce any extra exertions 10
make this business-center attractive, cores
ponding income sufieed for the enterprise of
the host, who occupies place from the legiti
mate proceeds OF which half a dozen thrifty
families might live in plenty.
Let us look at the premises. We find the
fronts marked, eating Honse," "Meals at all
hours" "Oysters," "lioast lamb" "Cigars"
and entrance-doors from both fronts TO dining
room Of 2G by IA feet. CHANGING up, We see a
a leaky shingle-roof, the crevlces Of which are
patched up with sheets of felt, kept down BY
stones in Swiss mountain fashion the smoke pipes
from cooking-slove and parlor- stove have black
ed all the wood work around them and are
ready 10 ignite IT at moments warning
The drip from the projecting caves falls on the
aisles in which the ladies must walk whilst doing
their marketing. deep, wide, stagnant poo.
sach as a fat pig would delight in on hot sum
mer day, marks the discharge OF the slops of the
kitci en- into All DISTRACTED gutter, over the
better part OF which Is built an adjoining butch
er stall with ice house and store house. Entering
the "dining-room" We find IL to have q clear
height of feet, where IL Is not sagged down. IL
is lit in dim weather by kerosene lamps, the
is about foot ont OF plumb and papered in
some way agreeable to the cock-roaches those
uLbidden but numerous guests, Hospitality en-
tertained without paw. Pictures decorate the
walls, the likeness of SCHILLER" indicates a
Teuton "a a former owner. The ceiling Is
boarded and duly smoked.
THE FURNITURE
consists Of long table with oilcloth tackled TO
the top. Upon ii there are 5 castors, and plenty
Of salt aud pepper, 10 chairs are ready for the
pay guests, and a number of small side tables
will accommodate those having private business
on hand A refrigerator, water cooler, safe and
closet for storing away coffee and sugar CON-
plete the furnishing. In one corner OF the room
we noticed a ragged carpet, soldiers cloak and
pillow of ticking, the sleeping apparel OF the
tidy mulatto boy who IL i'll charge of this branch
OF the proprietor's hold on Center Market. In
another corner We md glass case with broken
panes, which shows that if business IL dull in
the eating lire, the sale of cakes will be re-
sorted to. Whilst we looked about, a carrier
hangs programmes OF the performances at thu
National and "Wall's Opera House" to the
side walls. This completes our survey of
THE DINING ROOM,
and we forbear to speak OF the adjoining
kitchen.
Now TO the details OF the case, the Market
Company in spirit of mutual accommodation
proposed 10 the stakeholder TO move his kitchen
around the circle, free of expense to him, aud
to leave his headquarters undisturbed which
was accededto. So an opportunity was afforded
10 view the results. The fire In the cooking
stove being smotbered, the sidewalks of the
Kitchen were torn down, and a
COSMOS OF COCE-RoACHEs
with myriads OF kindred types of creation was
presented on the hidden inner side OF the boards.
more prolific than grasshoppers were ever seen
before; they did not move, az the temperature
was not cOngeDial, but kettle of hot water in
ludicionsly poure over them By a colorgd hoy
instead OF killing them brought them hack To
active life, and 10 such a busy life a. made ali
the bys;anders move of precpitatelv, A short
time being elapsed, the Gemolishing CARPENTERS
Of ~ PN''e''
"JoB,"
the prophet OF tbs new market, were brouoht
batk TO their duty; they tore up the doors, and
apparently one electric spark settled down 70
the spot an army OF little bootblscks with bays
buSy IN parting from the prolific yermiu a rich
harvest of dry bones and other articles hest
valued by the owners Of junk shops
Thus ends chapter OF
METROPOLITAN LIFF,
the ike of which we have seen eaualed a omar
ter Of century ago in the slave huts spread
over the outskirts of rice plantations on the
Dismal Swamp, where master and slave wed
with each other in Teasing upon cornbread salt
nsh and pork, with their dull existence bright
ened by the tunes of the banjo.
However, the car of progress is in motion
God speed it!
CAPTAIN kIDD's TREAsUREs.-A singular
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