Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
THE HOUSEHOLD MARKET.

THE HOUSEHOLD MARKET.
Abundant suppltcs-I.ow Prices-slow Sales
Perhaps the time is not within the rccoi
lection of the Oldest housekeepcr wherein
the supply of!all kinds of farm produce
was more abundantly displayed in our
markets than on Saturday last and to-day.
Every market stall was filled to overflow
ing and the curbstones were occupied Tor
long distance beyond the limits to which
they were sold by the market committee.
Green corn, peaches, apples, waterme'ons,
cantelopcs and berries were drug on the
market. and although the sales were rea-
sonably large at the close of the market
the sellers had great quantities on hand
that they could not dispose Of at any price.
We heard OF one countryman who traded
four dozen ears of sweet corn for one dozen
,uetzels, and wagon loads Of peaches were
disposed of at prices as low rs five cents
half peck, though very fine ones brought
from 90 to 80 cents. The corn crop is ex-
ccptiOnally fine, and promises to be the
largest ever grown in the county. One
farmer told us that from I. single acre hc
prolific variety, each stock contain
ing from three to eight ears. The
ears cut from single stock and
placed end to end measured nearly 4
yard ia length. Almost all other veseta-
h,cs, except potatoes, are very abundant
and correspondingly cheap, and the pOta-
toes, though not abundant, are unusually
fine.
The hucksters complain that they
have very poor market, and
can make no money by selling
their truck. Not only is the market
nverstocked with cvcrythn" in their line,
but hundreds of their best customers are
out of town, summering ut the various
watering places. The same complaint is
made 10y the butchers, bakers and groccrs
their busnc., las greatly fallen off,
though their i.i:>; are not materially
lower.
The people Lol.,...ted by the full markets
and low prices alo .e stay homes, whose
purses are to" light io permit them to i'll
hulgc in fashionable i,ilyrimagcs, but who
nevertheless, OH vcry small capital, can
now supply their LADDERS with luxurics
equal TO those served up at the most
fashionable hotels.
THE SORROWS Oh \ POOR OLD MAN.
An \ Anleric.,n Who has lsO ..CI,ance I'm
the Lancaster Poor House.
The Harrisburg Tlegr"ph man was pass
ing over the bridge which spans the deep
cut OF the Reading railroad ut the Catholic
cemetery, in Harrisburg where hc met Il
wayfaiinS man and u mcndicant seated ut
one end OF the bridge nursing his sore feet
and airing his Stockings while he rested
his weary body against the rough timber
Of the structure. The srny hair fell strag-
glin" over 4 face marked by deep lines. and
Drowned by exposure to the pclting of
storms and the heat ofthc sun But he was
u plcaSan: old man 70 talk to, and answered
courtcOusly to questions as t. who he was
and whittier lic WIS going. 81 am from
Lancaster" said lic, land work occa-
,sionally for two Harrisburg men, both of
whom arc good to me. Some time ago
was in the Lancaster county poorhouse,
but would rather Staryc cn the road than
stay in u poorhousc, because such places
arc FIJI! Of foreigners, Germans, Irish and
Italians. who show an American 10
chance" Toa question: "Who are you?'
tie ancient tramp answered 10y putting
another tn thc reporter: "Ain't You 4
- nIcntinuing the Maine of the lc-
porter. why DO you ask: "Eccausc
you look like that fimily.' The reporter
then answered the question af1irmativcly,
when the tramp told his name, and 'thcrc-
by hangs 4 story full of romance and thrill
ing change in lfc's conditions" Connect
CT! with Il family of thrifty and Industrious
pccr!c-tlc first manufacturers of edge
tools in Lancaster city, whose axes and
other edge tools were sold in all parts of
tl.e state, the brothers and cousins became
men of wealth ami influence. while this the
black sllccp"fthc family became the outcast
and the Handercr. lie now roams through
Lancaster. Lebanon and DaupIin conn
ties Homeless rcnnilcS' and almost in
RAGS. ut times III inmate of an alms!louse,
living on the highway in the summer,
doing chores at stables, begging i penny
from the benevolent. and cs;.crts to die rs
he lives an outcast. This mans friends
and relatives are AL people "f wealth and
wcll-to-d" in Lancaster. He slept on the
highway last night or in Il stable, for he
had no means to buy 4 bed or get crust
of bread. Fifty years ago he was tie pet
ted son of fortune, the son of opulcnt
parents, and thirty years ago he was on the
road to fortune himself. But the conyivial
cup, gay companions, the wicked and the
bad lu:cd him from usefulness, and yes
terlay, in the quiet Of 4 lovely Sabbath
morning, no was seen :. beggar and an out
cast 10y 4 native of his native city, who
could vccnllcrt him in his better days.
Such is 4 tale OF two cities.
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