Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-12-19

] rection, and you will meet the same
thing; and in smaller streets and alleys
| as well.
The single article of canned fish is
enormous. Salmon is most abundant.
Herrings and some other kinds are met
with, packed in Scotland. Some of the
salmon Is from the Irish rivers, but
nearly all is from rivers that run into
the Pacific Ocean, as Columbia, Fraser,
and other rivers. OF any one place,
San Francisco sends out much the
larger amount. The numerous brands
show that great many people are en-
barked in the business; and the quantity
met with in the shops of London indi-
Gates two things: that it enters largely
into the food supply, and must be, in
the catching and canning, good in
vestment of capital.
But it is when one looks at the great
variety and amount of canned meats,
everywhere found in London, that as
tonishment is excited. In this regard
London seems to stand far above any
city have visited on the continent
And what is quite natural, with COM
paratively little exception-and have
been at pains to examine somewhat
closely-nearly all this canned meat is
put up in the United States. Of the
cities of our country, and have looked
at the labels to detect this, Chicago
takes the lead, while nearly all parts of
the country are represented; but what
has struck me as remarkable, and I
have searched diligently, have not vet
met with the first specimen of canned
meat in London which was packed in
Cincinnati I af
note of this.
In these cans you may find baked
pork and beans from Boston, Philadel-
phia and some town in Missouri, whose
name has escaped me; roast beef from
Texas (about the only thing, by the
way, from any Southern State), and
many other points; lamb and mutton,
roasted and boiled, from cities East
and West; tongues of beef, lamb, NUT
ton, ETC., veal in all styles of cookery,
from different points; and when you
come 10 poultry, there may be found
roasted and boiled chickens, ducks,
pigeons, boned and unboned, from
every quarter. think Chicago fur
nishes specimens of all these articles,
and from several different brands
while st. Louis, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, Boston, New York and smaller
cities, are we'll represented.
A few of these articles-but very few
may be found of English brands, and
now and then one of brand from the
continent; but with the slightest excep-
tions they are from the cities of the
United States. The quantity in the cans
varies from half pound to three and
four pounds.
OF milk, while the London market
seems to be well supplied with that
which is fresh and sweet, very large
amount of condensed milk is consumed,
Judging from the quantity displayed in
the shops. The best of this canned
milk comes from Switzerland, at least
that which commands the highest price
in the London market, while the only
other brand have met with here is the
English. These cans are Just about the
size of the" Eagle brand" of condensed
milk, so common in the United States,
put up in Illinois.
OF course canned meats of various
kinds are no rarety. They can be found
in all parts of our own country, and all
over the world; but, taking into ac-
count the quantity and variety-and 1
have by no means mentioned all-Lon-
don seems TO be more fully stocked than
any other city. OF fruit in cans, and
dried fruits, ido not speak; they en-
brace everything.
Of green fruits, apples and pears par
ticularly, London is just now chock
full, !" and they are all from the United
States. l have tested their quality and
price, even since l began this letter,
and they are as fine and cheap as they
are at the fruit stands in Cincinnati.
With such variety and abundance of
food, and at reasonably low prices,
there yet destined to be much suffering
among the very poor, during the COM
ing winter, not only in London, but in
the interior towns. Already, at New
castle-on-Tyne, and other places, the
"cry for bread" has gone forth, and
the severest distress for many years is
anticipated on every hand.-London
Cor. Cincinnati Gazette, Oct. 24.