The New York herald., 1876-11-30
THE MARKETS.

THANKSGIVING Eve at the markets always has boon
day Of bustle day OF barter, day when everybody
seems incomplete without basket two and appears
10 think II his her duty to jostc everybody cise
and to talk louder laugh mcrrier and make fuss
about purchase than any other day OF tho year.
Yesterday was no exception to tho rule Crowds Of
men and women and children passed along, sometimes
with big hulks OF empty hampers, sometimes with
plcthorc baskets IRON which fowl and vegetables and
fragrant packages kept hopping, sometimes with
dainty bits OF wickerware that seemed sadly
crammed and straned--but big or little, full or
empty they all carried baskets To the
markets every soul oi them was bound. and
when these repositories Of the good things of life
reached the and clamor and vocferaton OF that
basket-aden multitude and the vendors they cncoun-
tered oud have made far showing beside the b,g-
gest uproar Babel listened TO- These markets Of
ours-washinaton, Fulton, Catharine and the rcst--
were last night TOO busiest spois IN tins metropolis
and halt tho population seemed 10 be crowded INTO
their precincts aud tossed from stall 10 STALL The
lights that gmmcrcd aud winkcd In the dusty atmos
pnere fell upon a perfect OF upturned faces aud
bu-dened arms that wrgged here and there and cbbed
and flowed iko an animated current Above ana
around dark moving mass. radiant with lamps and
with all sorts OF odd shaped things pendant from their
racks and hooks, rose the stalls themselves And such
a sight these stalls were Great sides of beef
hung from them. Juicy loins lay scattered
about, veal and Lamb and vepson protru-
dcd from every corner. and turkeys. There
was no eud Of them. The Gar. IN h,s
most anguinary mood. could have pictured
Turkey as Washington Marxet yesterday presented IT,
Turkeys hung from posts, turkeys Uttered counters,
turkeys crowded coops-n Short turkeys appeared IN
every conceivable position and IN great many ncon
ccvabe ones. How many poultry yards contributed
t. furnish that stock OF BIRDS would be problem
difficult TO calculate. But there they all wcrc and Of
every ago aud condition too the fresh fowl that
had beon carried OF IN It's prime TO thc venerable
gobblcr that had "bosscd' the barnyard Tor years
There live birds too. for poultcrers
frequently encounter buyers who very sccptca
about the remoteness OF a turkeys DEATH and II rs
well 10 DO able TO satisfy qualms OF that KIND on
there chickens TOO, ani ducks and geese
aud fcathcrcd creatures enough to put an
orpthologst on his mettlc TO identity them.
But the butchers and poultcrcrs were not the only
people wno lourishcd last night There WAS run on
iruit stalls and vegetable stands we'll ChestDuts
and buttcrnu;s clatlcrcd into baskets rich luscious
grapes that made ones teeth roed into parccis
celery and parsley aud fragrant thyme suggestive OF
the morrows banquet, sunk INTO allotted places and
lemons, oranges, apples, pears aud every tempting
frut that orchard garden plantation furnishes found
accommodation that cIoId OF baskets so tho night
passed and tho ''witchbg hour was rung from
the stccpIcs before silence aud darkpess settled upon
tIn husy