The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-19
SATURDAY NIGHT MARKETS.
FISH, FEST, IND FOWL SEEN IN TANK,
ON STILL, and IN BOO1U.
The Price list ne Presented TO Private Deal
ers In the Nccessities and IuSuries OF new
York Iire-Cnprices Of Popular Taste.


The Price list ne Presented to Private Deal
ers In the Necessities and LuSurie. OF New
York Iire-Caprices Of Popular Taste.
The markets are fllcd with goodies, and
nm Saturday evening al conditions Of men.
women md children thronged the stalls and
crowded the passages investing in every man
ner OF mcat vegetables. dclicacies. and luxu-
rlcs In quality and quantity to suit themselves
or their pockets.
Tn brief tour through Washington Market.
lighted by the faring gas or the flame OF blazing
1ambeaux. the reporter saw pretty nearly every
kind Of food known TO metropolitan man. AS
syrian dates mt IL cents pound. were within
roach OF Japan tens ranging from 40 cents to
Clio pound. Oranges from Havana could be
purchased Of itinerant dealers for 25 cents
dozen and plump market women demanded
for the Same fruit nicely piled on thoir stands
and done up in paper. so cents dozen. Now
Is the timo for cheap bananas. dozen arc sold
at 40 cents TO 80 cents. but punches with two or
three dozen on can be had for dollar.
Lovers Of the specklod trout prefer TO go TO
Fulton Market. where their favorites most do
congrcgate There the trout are displayed.
dead and alive some in tanks. some in bowls.
some in fancy boxes. some in running wntcr.
and all as tempting in look and figure as Wal
ton himself could have wished. dead trout
from Maine brings 60c pound. and one no
dcadcr from Vermont or tho Adirondacks
Is sold for 4Oc pound. The why or wherefore
OF this favortism is one Of those things no
hungry fellow can find out. for the meat is Just
rs good on the one IA on the other As with men
20 with trout live fab are considered worth moro
per pound than dead ones. Traps filed with
water and stocked with graceful fish are open
Tor Inspection. Do you see n r-pound trout
you fanryr All right; he's yours. Pay the
price, and have your desire. How much
We'll. IL you're very ANXIOUS. the price charged
for cultivated Long Island trout, Of the right
sic. right ,weisht, and best breed, ranges from
81 pound spccinlly upward.
Amateurs fond Of the line can find no bet
ter placo on the round globe for the indul-
Ecnce OF thor eyes than our New York mar
kets whore tact and Intelligence work hand in
glove with cash and experience No lover of
trout needs 10 b. told OF the wonderful differ.
these delicious fish. Tho NV England trout is
iittle more tnnn cousin german 10 MN oil Cali
stu6by tail Of New Jersey. An enthusiast
showed the reporter some candidate for favor
Rhode Island. the Gulf oi 81. Lawrence. and
Long Island. giving his reasons Tor prefer
ring three-pouud trout. bred and educated in
sharp tails from The st. iawrcnce.
Beef is in great demand. in spite Of Lent. but
FISH. his "mn nee the shad just now enjoys
much popular favor. The North river regulars
are not yet IN, hut u large supply from Georgia
fish can bc hal Tor ATTY cents. Dealers express
inc nellrl thal ihe yield Wll be unusually large,
season. Herr MS 80 off rapidly at 9 cents
bass ranges. from 10 cents t. u cents hlaehilsh
can be had i,r 'rnts. and dry, Goldfish Is casy
at Z cents. But this i- the cheapest kind 81
food unless, W. try n G-ccui laddOck or Il 1-cent
tounder. T.. ~irau-" 10 say, rank now with
the delirarirs, have squirmed from to % cents
npouhd. anu IA firm az IL cents. Fresh salmon
II m great demand. AMI hny"rs readily pay 80
cents u pound for cnoi'e cuts.
Shell ish do no! rang" high in the scale q
prices the very nj i ut -tHr- bringing from 7 |
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