The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-03

upon the streets traversed by hir
escaped that call, and his cry Of "Oys
ters"-the first syllable very much draw
out and delivered In full, round tone
was as familiar to every one In hi
"beaV as was the jingle OF the milk
mans bell.
This branch OF the oyster trade is ney
ana novel, and seems, to considerable
extent at least, peculiar to Cincinnati
oysters are taken from the she'll In Bal
tim0re, chucksd into barrels with ice
packed away in refrigerator cars on the
b. d y. road, and sent rushing through
to Cincinnati at lightning speed. Here
the commission dealers receive and offel
them for sale, and in three days from
the time they leave the she'll in Balti
more these colored men, with their clean
aprons and shining cups, are supplying
them to families in all parts of the greai
city Of Cincinnati.
Is The reporters mission is to examine
into the curious and furnish facts and
figures, in regard to all matters of inter-
est, whether of to-day's occurrences OF
OF everyday affairs of which little are
known. In these busy days most people
nave only time to understand their own
pusine9s, and, unless some one investi-
branches Of business, even though they
be both curious and interesting. Failing
In with the oyster vender, the STAR man
managed to pick up some items Of gen.
eral interest. There were, he said,
ABOUT dozen men in the city selling in
this way.
''Did they make it payW
Nv ell, sometimes when the weather
ana the time Of the year and other affairs
were favorable"
"Did he sell very many oysters%
"From twenty to fifty quarts in day.
1t depended good deal upon the time
in the week and year, especially among
church folks"
elbow is that"
"Whatw
"Why, does your success depend upon
religious affairsp
"Well, you see, boss, some folks on
certain days Of the week, or on certain
weeks, don't eat meat. Well, oysters.
although they are sort o. meaty in their
effects upon the human system, don't
really pass for meat, and so we sell 'em
pretty well them days; don't you seew
The reporter saw.
$50 they sell best on Fridays, ehW"
eyes,"
"And the holidays?o
."Oh, yes. About Thanksgiving, and
Christmas and New Year we make 10 Is
Of money"
elbow muchY
"May be six or seven dollars a day."
"HoW many quarts do you sell noWW
"From thirty to forty"
"And there are dozen Of you SELL
ng?"
Eyes; may be tifteen."
"And do they sell as muchw
"Some OF them more and some of 'em
ess. They, i'spose, average forty quarts
"fhat would make six hundred quarts
! day."
"Would it?"
"Ies; six hundred quarts would be |
me hundred and fifty gallons, and be-
Ween four or five barrels day."
VI 'spect it would, boss. l guess we
ell that many every day."
"Besides what are sold at the com.
lission housesW
eyes,"
len.'
eyes, while the season lasts. But we
ont do SO well now as we did. There
re getting to be too many at it," and
len followed a story about another
ender, who had got on to his beat and
early broken up his trade.
"Dld he have regular beat and Gus.
omers, thenW
"Yes, indeed, there were lots ofI
eople who patronized him regularly.
Le knew precisely what people would
uy on certain days, and how much and
hat kind they would take"
"How many kinds did he carryw
1.-TWO only. The house had more, but
didn't pay to carry too many"
"Did he sell on commissionf"
"Certainly." i
sand buy from one house altogether w
".Yes. Some OF the boys buy their
ysters and then go out and sell them,
ut the most just take out a lot and
eii, ana get SO much quart for
eliing. They sell them at the
anne rates that they retail them at the
torres" what did he do in the sum
ler~ "Whitewash. All the boys who
ell oysters are whitewashefs, The two
'ork well together, as the whitewashing
about played out when oysters come.
nd vice versa" "Dld he eat them him.
PHI" "You bet" and he looked up
ith an odd, quizzical smile, as il to see
neither he was being made 'gamen OF.
it was fish only, he was
bout to proceed when tap was heard
window pane, bright, hands some {
'ce peered out from behind the lace cur !
inns, ana q slender, bejeweled hand
sckoned him inside. Oysters were
anted.
And the reporter walked on fully con- /
need that, though oil flesh is grass,
'sters delivered at fifty cents q quart |.SS
e g pretty comfortable thing for b 9th
,lHerer and deliveree. .
Rome, that sat upon her seven hills
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