Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-01
SAN FRANCISCO.

sightseeing I'm the Occidental City.
Correspondence OF the Union and American.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 20.-One Of
the first places an Eastern visitor goes
10 In San Francisco is the market. He
wishes to confirm the accounts he has
had of the size and varietyof the fruits
and is eager to behold some of those
vegetable monstrosities of which hehas
read. 1t is pleasant to 90 through the
market here, not only because of what
1T contains, but for its own condition.
One is struck with its cleanliness and
the inviting appearance of everything.
The floor is freshly sprinkled every
morning with saw-dust. The fruits
and vegetables are each In separate
boxes and baskets, of uniform size,
placed side by side. The butter, in
stead of being puten masse In tubs and
Jars of every hue and shape, is always
IN cylindrical rolls, each roll protected
by a linen. The same order pervaded
the flesh, fish and fowl departments.
In October the grape season was at its
height. Oh, those grapesl We never
saw or tasted anything that equaled
NuNA- LII" VIC III lcdSl Ou JuCul. we
blessed the lot that had cast us among
them. W. were transported to an
Elysium. But we were not selfish In
our happiness. We did not forget the
friends that were left behind. W.
wrote about them, how delicious they
were, how abundant and how cheap,
how We wished they had some, and how
we knew they would enjoy them.
M~ID-wINTER MARKETING.
Through November and December,
when n would expect to see the least
In market, were also oranges, lemons,
fresh figs, lines, plums, pears, apples,
aud Strawberries. AMONG the vegeta-
bles W. noticed potatoes, beets onions,
snap beans, peas, parsnips, carrots,
c~auhhower, asparagus, spinach, sprouts
and In short all that Eastern gardens
furnish In summer. We asked what
sprouts were and were told that they
were sprouts. "Wel, what kind of
sprouts" asked we. "Oh, they are Just
~sprouts!' This explanation was entire
ly satisfactory. We felt glad that we
had inquired about them, and turned
away with the comfortable feeling that
we were acquiring a knowledge of the
cOuntry's products. There are crabs,
shrimps, and fish, especially the sal
mon The native oysters are Door
apologies for oysters, but Eastern oys-
tiers are being tr~ansplanted with great
success. The fruit used mostly here is
small, fine grainedand delicately flavor
ed, unlike that which is marketed 80
extensively abroad, as California fruit.
One is at once surprised and delight
ed TO find In this new country such a
place as
w~ooDwARD's GARDENS,
a resort that would be an ornament and
a credit to any Eastern city. 1t is a
plat of five acres, beautifully laid out
with walks, bordered by flowers, shrubs
and shade trees, charming little hooks
and rustic seats at every turn, foun-
talns, miniature streams and lakes,
green houses, picture gallery, aquarium,
menagerie, a collection of LOCO stuffed
birds, and a hall for parlor skating or
special attractions. All parts of the
globe are represented. 1t was original
ly a private residence, but during the
war was opened for the benefit of the
WIZ
Sanitary Fund, and was permanently
thrown open to the public in 1866. Be-
ing In the city, approached by two
lines of street cars, and having an adj
mittance fee of only two 'bits" it is ac.
cessible to every one.
THE MINT.
Like all such chemical and mecbani-
cal processes, that of separating met
ais and Transforming them into n de-
sired shape seems very ingenious and
complicated to the accumulated, and very
simple to those familiar with it. 1t is
heated to soften it, heated to harden it,
moulded, pounded and fled into bars.
Then 1T is fiattened into strips the ex-
act width and thickness of the different
coins, the pieces are cut and stamped,
and the remainder returned to pass
through the same process again. One
would think it might be easy for some
of the many hands through which it
has to pass to appropriate small guam
titles of gold and silver. But we were