, 1880-09-01
ROTTEN PEACHES.
The Health Department Takes q
Walk Down South Water
Street.
Promoting Commercial Morality
Among the Dealers In
Fruit.

Ills well known In scientific circles TINT
peculiar laws OF gravliat!on apply TO fruit
packed for tho markets, marD particularly
10 peaches. 1t will b. notci that In n 2.;-cent
basket, the heaviest, fntrcst, ripcst, and most
tempting peacl, will rise to the very pinnacle
ot the heap, wl,tlc TIC e,ual1. tho unlcrdone,
the dismal. md the ln0fdy will sink right TO
tho bottom and be Inst 10 sight until solno
hotlrs utter the basket Is puFcha.ctl,-a fact
which has often narrowed up the souIs of
buyers IN q slnn1f way, to 4 degree awful to
think Of, and satisfactorily explained not
0niy the enormously reasonable rates at
astonishing demand during the season for
pnrcEOric and unuGrNtzcd cOtItus,
For sniLe time pnst tho Health Department
has been pt rantnR z system, Of Investigations
II possible Il way to keeping the contcrts of
peacl-bnskets from thus inetlt1lng with New
TOMS law. Yesterday Officer Sam Wilson and
Clerk Louis MiGrki started out upon South
Water street tour, antf tho result was quito
An UrifEAyAL AMONG T1fE DEALERS.
: The first consulted was Il blonde gentle
nlan occupying tho basement Of NJ. South
t,lark street afld portion Of the sidewalk in
Iia l,ad twenty.sayen baskets Of peaches
and two OF. plnnls, willie down-stairs two
men atpt n boy were busy sorting out tic fill
ing for more.
ST.. Aiarki picked up me Of tho baskets,
rip RM Of aN ono Of Il tic ' Side s!ats. :e' '' ~
,"Vat ,tler tuyfel-7,icggo dot pasketl"
e,9,r obsf[vsa 81, 'noos tno proprietor o*citeds dot
selssed ID s scSi coas Sy sot &c %a m tho sSa Ss
kat wns crowded with seynn large aud fnir
peaches, tho Trst OF tle space was filled with
n mass 1T sour corruption III which even tho
sfape Of the fruit was barely distinguishes
.aWhat do you call this ?" asked Mr..
h{efkf, In tame which was not exactly Sc
vere, mi: yet gentle.
10 0yctl-zertatnly-der vos zome Of dem
DOC doc, hot; don't know-but der bccples'
a !: G{3onfss;s2tcd," Cent said Mr.. Merkf.
"cosp'soArED-sE!xnn-9So1'nA1'ED-oAr11- E;'zT ~
dot poo JIts q pasket for de,a beael,esi"
~, But 3fr. Merkl was busy nry!ng into others;
They were tho same, With tho exception OF
three. lie .bcckcned. to tile cxptesst1a,,.
tllat die friiiit .ofdirance covered lis c9se
nbout rs snug1y as might be, and that ai! his
fruit, With tho exception Of ti,rcg baskets,
would bc used by ule good City Of Chtcago
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hair violently, nht.cc q teW steps 0t Wat
dance, and SIT down on the d0ofsIGp. Iho
exresst'la reIlioSGu tnn eotlaefnnea oaskets, sis
ana 'ie watched lin silently, Ihen tho ax-
rresslnan mounted The wheel to dri'eo1- lie
found voice again: ,,
Come pnckl Gottemmtt dake 4er whole
pcesness; ttake der tree pnskctSl Nn4; py
c!limlny, goes down to consult Gafter llaf-
Tlzon init ttis drulltle"; n!lt with frnnile
!ilsle hG nhnR tne Tcss OF hls stoek III tI'S
sIisanm,3 rc1 nrnnii III tha c co1ncr T 4' "'"
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Aohk COMBINATIONS; ., MG =
Ile caravan low 11nyel on Y. lasilor u
son, No. l25 south water atreet where
twenty-tw9 baskets 1f similar condition were
seazea. air. Las'ier deuattded receipt,
which tl1e officer gaye.
~ =; W. tp,len y tq; were next visited. at
10b South ,Wnter., They lntt number OF
unrIpe mud overrlpo peneI1cu OH hnnti, RI.
ccivetl TINT morning, which they proposed
sendlhE to the vinegar works, hut which Nlr.
n1cn oI gXpress1 sa; s ghatfaoh td o. e