The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-24

thres times indicted by the Grand Jury as
nuisance. and II that time and afterward the
city was dcfrauded Of vast revenues from tho
cials tue sum reaching slmetimos fuli t00n0
"a year. OF lite years there has been Il com
III int on this latter score, and vet the market
y not At all adapted to the needs Of the pubic.
The room for the necessary butiuess ttansac-
tiuHs Of buyer and seller is Altogether TOO
Grant ed. and tho unssaeos are at times so Oh.
structed n to pass through IA almost I'm o.
siuic. hud the same may he said VI the sidcW alks
ana streets In the vicinity. n ladV can only
mako her purchases there at the risk OF her
10 let. II not Of her huibs.
OLD MARKETs.
other markets ~ the last century we're tho
Meal Market at the foot OF wall street. erected
ia I1lO aud removed In l,G.; IlItfer lIarrack
Market Place, at The north end Of BROAD sircet;
thurmhn's Slip Market Place, on Greenwich
.trcot. between Liberty aud Cortlandt; tho
Roadway Narket, near Liuertv street built IN
great distance from any Of the public market
houses the Exchange Mdket Broad street,
ps,,,.. a ~ ~, ", Na'er street. me fetk sup
'sWego' ana Crown Markets. IN the upper part
81 the Exchange building the ST. Timmanys
society were granted the use Of u room weekly
az tenpOrary accommodation" In l1aj the
corporation granted The use of the Exchange for
-,us-um ~ the Iammany SOCIETY. and the Dd0V
ddr riser II Nov. o. liai, says: rhe room IN
winch the museum is cont fned is 81 feet nv 30,
WI ~ afch OF 70 ieet high. which IL elegantly
- inted a sky O,ue. In ermixed with various
kinds ot clOuds. IN some Of which ars feurs-
s0uted a thunder storm. with flashes Of light
ninr. The walls were 90 yer.d wttn pntnted tI.es
animals. &c. rue NATURAL curiosity was a per-
t,ct horn. between I've and SIX ieet IN Icing n.
winch grew out If a wOman's head N this city"
Nc. Nc. The museum was Urdctc1 to be re-
moved IN l'H, when the building w4s taken
down
Catharine Market. built in 1856 Spring street
Market. started IN lSu0 Centre Market, whose
incc ton dates back 10 1872: Essex Market. SIX
b.aie Younger lompkins market. bearing date
Of lsS, ana jefferson Market. buiit In ls,ss, ara
names familiar to tho modern purchaser. and
wue all have mad more or less OF success none
Of them have come ~ to the standard Of the
putllc heeds. some ot them are mere rooK-
cries. nt onS t. be torn down. and only afford
Ing ubst Giles o the improvements contemplated
ana the reforms desired 10y the Supelint endent
O. Market.. II large aud well appoint cd public
markets are not erected ia convenient places
aud properly controlled ~ the city, the build
nEs mentioned above Will follow the Clinton.
state Prison. Duane street. Greenwich. Gouver-
ne,r. and other markets hose sites are now only
irddttionab, ana the mass Of the people viii
nave To pay Two prices at the stores Uf the re-
taters.
PERSONNEL OF THE BUTCHERS.
In looking over the names OF the butchers
who during the last two centuries have supplied
New lOfk with meat, one II struck win tile
citv. Here IRE Astor,V iontine, Romano. Mott
storms. Natian, Lsggett. Kent, tnderhili Harm
sou. De Voc, ii ives. Cornell. Bogdrt, Gibbons,
pc Forest, Week, Ha4bt. Jeremiah. Sc. g..
Perhaps the most ftmuIs Of these was Heinrich
Asudpor. Or a. HI, name was Angiicized, Henry
Astor. brother OF John cob Aston. lie came
To this county with the British troops during
lhe heNoluVon' out SHORTY got out of the SER
wee aud began cuisines hs butcher. Taking a
stan ia tNc Ola fIy Market. lie married DOrOthy
slepdaughter II JOHN Pesseuger, a I, nous .de1t
10 tine AT II but herring. she was a fine looking
woman. active ana frug /; and as they were
ctii9iess. size was aoie 10 take her part IN the
Mufk ui the Slaughter house aud assist MIN
IN preparing SUI II meats for market. Henry
Aston began business ma a moutrate way. tie
made his purch SEES 90 Han. Head. the present
site OF the Oli Bowvry Theatre; go KAT bis
rcn HON. la a WhetlOhrrow. Dir, s.td IL Tor tlc
marAet with the assistance Of his wife and long
Aeiuru hgut lie vs. wheeling ~ down 90 the bar
row 20 market. lie became wealthy, aud owned
Del u A. l.. D. Ia.
Il very. To the Last ne h.d the grt ltsst aTec-
ton It tue wife NhO had hel.ed HIM so fash
iullA in acquiring IN. .rtuuc. For her lac b0uLht
sac gatcst dresses ana most gorgeous irwelB
tHat tie Gus % ca Afforded. and there vs. uutn-
lnE mat money could purchase that was too
GOOD for her. III. faVOrite boast to III. cronles
was. my Dolly Is dc piuA OF nc POweiy"