, 1875-03-21

A Double Blnocular View Of That
Ancient City.
4 Pair Of Chicago Eyes Brought to Bear
on Its Manifold Attractions.

4 Pair Of Chicago Eyes Brought to Bea
l on Its Manifold Attractions.
The Progress Of the Oyster from In
rI fancy to Desicca!ion.
J Special Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 19.-The packing
houses OF Baltimore ara somewhat ditfaren
!, ! from thoir namesakeB in Chicago. Wills th
latter are four.story buildings OF imposing pro
po.tions. and their inmates deal {gently, let d
hope) with struggling. dlsagreeAble quad
| ruped, tae former ars low, ehed-like establish
1nents. and in them We prepare for market II
even-tempered. une1citabls philosoper OF th'
sea- whose name has come to b. = synonym To-
calm submission to fate, aud quiet enjoyment o.
the comforts Of to-day, ungexed BY lhoughta ol
! The morrow.
| TIE EDIBLE oY5rER,-
delicious bivalve,- ropostng In hie
strong shell home 10 ths button OF the bay, il a
very diiferont individual from the o7ster which
aops Out OF tn can, at tbs end OF long
journey, and meekiy gides into frying pan 0,
soup-kettle; aud this prosreas " from the crndle
to ths grave" f" il Al interesting one to observe.
Tne frat intimation he gets OF the kind iuten~
tions OF man towards him Is = smart biow from
. so o5ste1-dtedge, foloTe3 By confused tuub-
i ling about in d dark bag. with dozens Of his
neIghbors, 4 short ride through the water, aud
dump into the hold Of vessel, With 1,G0O
! or l,500 bushels Of bis kind. From this poiu.
be ceases to be IN independent individual oyster,
! aud becomes merely a small fraction Of bnshe.
! Tho yessei-a snail schooner, or "punxy,"
manned by five or Elk Enen--1apd3 lte living cargo
II the door Of ths packing establishment, where
/; mnn7 hands-300 OF 400 palr-ars waiting 70 eaye
| it warm welcome. Nov, the oyster delights in d
soft bed. and it's early years are spent, not in
dabolng IN mud pies, like The youth OF slte na~
! man species, but in living in perpetual mud
! pie. Tie dredge, not beng a reasoning ani1nal,
J cannot select its contents, but scoops np-with
beautiful imparLinlty mud, and al,
| aud it must be admitted that the unhappy
| biyaive docs not present An attractive appear
( anco when he comes out OF the "pungY," and
enters the hospilab.e doors. where rev TIN
! se~iience-tataer crowded pe:haos-is to talks
iue pi@ce OF tile clumsy, .uneocial oIe OF his
youth. Ws caDnos be SURPRISED, therefore, to
find
THB t' sHUcRr;a- -nooM"
= vast receptacle Of mud, and noise. apd
shells, and ''Flfteen:h Amendments, with
bouseless oysters. 4 bashol sirinss to three
quarts in few minutes, under the skillfuI hands
Ut those thTee or four hundred workmen. Each
man stands before bo1-like compartment of
tore him. He takes up one gicea it smart
blow with his hammer.-for the plant, un7esist-
ing oyster aas one strong failing: attachment to
his house, and prediction for hermit life, and
he vii! not open his doors very willingly. That
blow, however, overcoues his reluctance, and !
settles Ills business in moment. He slides one /
way, and hin thics, safo house another. Be- |
tween three and four thousand bushels day !
arc thus turned ont OF house and ho1ne in one !
room. Little does the spectator cara tor the |
most delicious fri while hs looka on at this pro-
ceeding and at the long rows Of mud -bespattered
men, and, wondering at tbs iufatuation of the
day before, be reao!sea never again to eat any
tniug suggestive OF this horrid room, But it il
great raliaf to the feelings to know that
GOOD WAsHNa
comes after this comfortable looking hath, !
too, ia a large tub Of clean WATER and followed
By draining in IN enormous colander, with
capacity Of perhaps bushel. Then they are
thrust through . paasage-otherwse large ]
tunnel-into shining tan-can receive modi-
cum OF salt and water to preserve them, the |
docr Is closed and fastened NTH solder, and, for
the first momont siuce he epterea the packiug-
house. tormantngs cease, and the much-vexed
moIlpsc is left in darkness and in peace. There !
remains only the packing Of the GAGS into shal-
low boxes, aud the ride in the cass, whence they
etnss oa tueit Hlss1on 70 ne2tl3 every CITY ana
village Of the Union, where quart can be
bought cheaper than the saze measure in tho
streets OF what maJ ba called their native city
baltimore.
RAL1MoaEATs BUT o1srEss
Ao9 silef o"A IaoAea a. oyste1-8uopst OF OF the |
pedoeEs, BY the busnet or quart, never BY the
;an. laey are supposed TO oe SOM a~h2t hesher
and nicer tnan the canned, but our average
Mo1Ia! ~oo mas nos gwen MS nmnd to tue
study of delicate aavors perceivea very lttls
uAefehce. t,5 :,
luz s1ee:~poao!e[s MI the CITY with their
'onSs a, aoo crles o1 "o5--e-sh: "Coo-do1-
~ Auo osael unspsl, ,aoie e!ooefld'i. descr1o-
~ N , former iettet. one OF "nl:h eonSs, bclug
1An7la!eu o. tne 1o1sla1eu. runs taas'
IN ny charming goa oSssess1
o. ...nt ~ - 49, VI a-sey ~ AAN'%'|'
O., o., + .., hare ), tie b. q. o5s:sr, sza II
Thia in 4 fair ean,,a NJ III NJ tbo,, r7,o ,,t,h
orhnod of A., ovtar r., ps1tf 1s4s
] usually ornamental h. immenaa n,onnd.-