The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-23
MISTLET0E E20N ENGLAND.
GREEN LHdTES AND BdXEN BERRIES
BEOCGHI OpEE IHI OCh.tM

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American. Cbscrvipr thc 0jI country Custo,a
of Ni'sine 'uN"r the T"u4h Tho "uycrs
'" 'h'"@'"n ""rkct "l"'ie'"' Hi''"rs'
Eu-lah mistlctuc2 Yes. wa h1d any
quaint IS ~ il two days ago. bi.. ,hn rush has
h,cn 500 rrrt that there's very lffl, left now.
We buy il on the other s.1s from country dei.l-
cr-. who go thcou..h thn woods and or .h.ir.!. in
the west and south Of Treiuud. lu,iu.. ID of ulp
farmers. The latter goncinlly collect as much
of tho mistlrioo az they cam find nUe fln of
the year. and after srllinr ito local gentry
and shipping il b. London. they nrc able ~ turn
uuite a pretty p.nny, On board the .t,amshirs
IL Is nut in air-tight buN,s,s - as to preserve ia
,i. ,,,,.t r.' -.
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Look ut this bough.' Mr. LHnn 81 Taylor
Lane in Barclay str,rt ndds1 taking down a
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'"'" " ''7" h''F" 7''"'St WIN '"r'lV"9 ""N-
Wnlto berries adhrruE TO tlnn. This is a.
fr, IA No IN, lao IA ,,,a ,u, ,nI ,i,uit tt,iui
" w '"' w. - 49,,
tn"' WIS mu'h moro tlUh u i"''u'sW OF Ihr'c
weeks ago at the outside, When tho etnvclOros
are carrl,ss about sto,yin, il. ns thrv ofi,n nrc
vs. w.. . ~ IS ~ ''' ',' ~ - =,
ana put II IN not place. u w'ihers IKE mat
pointing to u bunch with dropping leaves and
ln.k .lua,ro Lorr,ca1 THAT n,.ln,,,. v,s etornI
~ -'u'''' o'.'''7 i""' V''""''' VIC ~
near tho engine room. and now II could not
bring It's lrrightage"
''tt,, H.. 900, ,,iir,p
~" W. ~" ~" IT.
AnNWhorc from my cents 10 g. II must De
n good bough this ycnr to bring that price Ono
,irii,, ,,iu hu, d, foi,i,, .i.,I H., a,d ,.,,, ,,,
"''"' W." ""S "'t'7n ''''" 'o'' ""' 30" ''"
Eel dlltcH Respectable bough lor seventy -nNc
cents"
.And ,i,o ,,ore,,,s ,,,i,, h,,u9p
az" va" p''SV"' WI" uuI III
They're largely English. OF course. But
you'd be surprisrd at the number of Americans
= - -, ~, -
Il seems 10 be catching with our people Just
like polo and fox hunting and football and all
a. n, ~ T. -, , ~.
'Vso o'u HhEH'h hp"rlA ana cus'oHlH' fNo
years age you could hardly buy n sprig OF mis-
tlctoc in tho whole market; now half a dozen
dealers mako specially Of it every Christmas.
Ladies' come down hero in their carriages from
ruin and Madison avenues and order hig
lunches ot II To hang up in their drawing
rooms on Christmas cvc. Then when gcutle-
man gpts "A young lady under IL he Inns the
privilege OF kissing her II makes no differ
encc whether hos ever seen her before or not
It's lively. romping iun. and beats all the
other unrlor games put together. The gentle
men use all sorts Of tricks and strniagems TO
get the ladies under il, and III" latter can't com
plain no matter how much they are kissed, so
long ns It IL done under the mistlotoc.'"
several customers entered aud tho speaker
turned 10 wait on them \ hnndsom"-icaturcd
and portly gentleman with u blooming young
daughter in sealskin and furs wanted par
MIMI tRc ,' nrin" he said. w. want tho f,,sb.
rst and finest In your whole stock Don't we
kateY" ho roguishly added 10 the fur-clad
muiIcn who blushed dcally and eyed tho uis-
Uoton with looks of modest npurphension An
Old lniv evidently English win Two rontin,,
: Young school girls lust hack from boarding
erhn'I wanted a hunrh for Christfnns 1vp
Her yOuuy charges took n long time max ing
their select on and were observed Ia NICK nut
ia. STRONGEST md most substantial hotia,h-,,,n
that would list an the season through. ono or
two maiden Indies of doubtful nsr hoVrrrd
umidly nbout and n,.rutinizsd the yrr,iunt
leaves and pale white berries through their eve
Easscs ms though they were some venomots
too near. Two big Jolly butchers. with rod
fnccs and wnllpts stuffed with ereasy green
backs kent up n running fire ~ Jokes on zach
other and everybody else. As they picked out
two boughs to carry 10 their respective homes
IN Hohokon
Al the corner of West street opposfto the
Uohokcn ferry house IL the largest die play of
English mistrtoc in the metropolis. The con
pignmrnt arrived i'm Wednesday, strnmship
ami ,vus ,itst Ryutshed nv ia frrsh ness M
cNcrllcnce The owner rented an empty stand
on the corner. and when the Jersey Civ Jerry
hunt- Ip1sau To pour forth their lOads of uns.ou-
gers ON Thursday morning the moving muss
encountered the mistlctoc at tho first street
corner. Many old country folks in tho throng
had not seen the green leaves ana waxcn bor-
rics in twenty years and they stared ~ thrm
M though they had bocn suddenly transpantcd
Ia their old homes Ia - tew minutes the
dealer WAS surrounded hy Singing throug of
clamoruus purchasers. who In listed on having
a sprig or a bouEh To- carry home with them ut
whatever cost.
Mr.. Rich ui Rich Co. says that the largest
cluster hr has sold this season was eighteen
inches long los ono foot IN diameter. II WAS la
utcs after 10 had been displayed 10y an elderly
merchant who lives IN brooklyn Although the
purchaser rs 80 years of age. with gray whs-
kers. Ar. Rich sayr that he has put the msto-