, 1880-05-03
LONDON MARKETS.
Covent Garden, the Temple Of
Pomona and Flora.
How the Institution Now Differs
from Itself Fifty Years Ago.
The sails oi Flowers and FruIt-A History Of
Tho Famous Mari.

ine alie u flOWGrS aHu FFu1l~eh HlstVly VI
Tho Famous MARI
1ts Literary and artlslIt ctttrity-Sated Iabltu.s
Of lis 0ld.1imo colEet.llonses.
Special Cos7tsposdtnff ot Int Chtraso Trtb,sne.
I.DNnON, 4Aprlt l5.-1 wander how many Of tls
ever rtsAll nay'e "Trivin." rcoplo have quito
fnrgDttcn tho gifted author Of "Tho BcgEnro'
Oper1.," md, wtat Is murc, chow littso tncltna-
ttutl to renew tho acquaintance. Yet Gny wns
clover poet. mud hui vnst audience In his day.
''.rhArncs street glvcs chrcsc." Mys "Trivtn';
"Coyont C1arlcn, frrits: MoorIlcld, old books,
ami Monmouth street, old suits" imaEine
thcro nre fow Engitsh.speaktnE pc0ptc any
whoro who do not kntw TINT Cnvcnt Gnr-
deu gives fruit: ant1 snln somewhere OBJ
ecrvcs TINT ono Of tho i1rst things Mncntllhy's
Now Zealandor will probal'ly do, when ho makes
TINT celebrated skctLhtnH tour We hNvo been 80
long promised, Ia to cnmr md 1nc.lttnto among
1ts moss-KrOwn arcaJes. Covont Garden Is q
two-fott1 tcmplc.-
pEpicATrp 70 POMONA AND FLORA.
1t Ia tho Congress Df tho fr,ttt amt vegetable
Kingdoms, sitting fer this mighty metropolis.
And wnnt yn,I. my shadowy friends. to accom-
pany mo thithor. say ut o'clock IN tho morning
ut which hour tho vegetable market ts fairly
le1isnttnE for hungry London.
The rumble Of tnnrket.waEons through tho
streets docs not ceasc during tho wflplo night
md ling bcforo dnyll9ht nil Tho approaches to
Cnvcnt Bnrtlnn ,irc chokca mp with fr,scks and
rAns gronning stntor gigantic loads. somo OF
tho wnRons IRE built up with cnDbngcs, In will
like regularity. to hight Of twelve feet. Othors
nrc stacked will, peas,-lf In season.-turnips,
carrots, nrtlchokcs, md othcr tcR,ltncs ltorhlly
"sno NUMEROUS to luonttun." In tho motley
tnnshto Of cnnvoynnccs, HtltnDcrlcss Erocers'
straps" and hundreds nf costortnongcrs' don
koy.cnrts and moro plcbinn handbRrrowE, secnl-
ngy III nextrcablo confusion, struggle to get
ont OF tho blocknie+ but to no purpose. On tho
sidewalk surrounding tho nihrkct-h buildings lilo
scattered Il miscellaneous collection of yegotn-
llcs. rcntlcrtng pedestrian tr1tic dangerous.
Yon must not dare too mich In this direction;
If sou DO, I wtlrn yosl yDti Will conic to grief.
For, bcadcs the probability Of tripping up OH
tho loose rnbbnge-lenves md greens Btrewed
nbout, and Of being knockctl down by believing
porters carrying greasy aatks and tolsn-lt1-
cr,.stcd bnskots, yuu rim tho risk Of getting bit
In tho head with flying grccn-t1cAt from tho
hands Of tho Mort truckmen, who aro unloading
their freIghts by throwing thom into the hands
Of 1nen below.
THESE DRIVERS NEvEn REST;
thoy nro on tho jump every Instant, for other
wagons are waiting tn bo omptied. 6nlesmeu
who nro insisting ire toid to "look sharp" Not
mbhents fesp't ~ given. II tneir helpcrs oc-
littlo they only growl out. ."Afinl your eye
thcre!' and shower tho cabbnRcs down with re-.
doubled energy, or tilt out more pens on tho ng-
stones, to DO scratublod for by mud porters like
| tluKs Aftcr bone.
Within tho market. buying and selling Of the
| nnttlro comulnn to such plnccs goes Oh nil tho
wtilo, and purchasers rush backwards aud for
~. .n1x
st,nncy Thrv. Too INV no attention to n
st,"y stn. T., ~, ,ra ~ p .saon ~, ~. tot =
mud muddy his ovorcont. Noise thoro Is In
abundance and to spare, itlsido at,l out. Higl,
abovo tho areaking Of the heavi'y-aden vans
whose drivers nro attempting 10 extricatc thclr
wngons or to bring thom within unloading dis
nrorcsnil. Win elnp tha mcrIts NJ thnIr fcilowa
In inc choice ptrnyo, thoro m aro dlstlpgu,snonlo tho
shouts Of , tho scsmcn a ms Soliciting patronage,
% ti'n r,.ooyn, ru" of pent,s S o,rcndv soiI' Ar
arset n' - piet1cy oyer & t ~ = wv, 1xGfy
han,l. hit. viii Mi fla nt,lsn and N i,rofnnitV.
thoro arc no unsecmly exhibitions Of ihe
Tho contrast between tho cossnt aar'1on Of ary
ono ns aan possibly exist. Tho od wntchmun,
helpless for gtd, lind tho most corriipt Ut pub;
Wo,uem; w % liz ottcrs @ Mrrons @ over % thUr lnor.
| Ing pntnti0ns; tho tntcd ind neglected horses
dropping bcneath thoir cart Ontla Of hNtf-rotiGti
vegetables; tho London rakcB making not night
hut tlnrnlng hdcoUa by tholr obscene hlls-
rhc1rIes, And Ieumlng 1t conduct becoming Of
! Hhh!lcnlcH ~ interrupt, noHesI lHuustry ittlCl
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