Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-17

MSS manifest. The only object in going
To- n!srset earIy is 70 get the first choice.
Economy is not consulted, for it vii! be
found that ordinarily those who 60 at
the ninth hour fof their supplies for the
table get their purchases for from five TO
ten per cent. Jess than those who are up
with the worm.
For instance, cabbage, with abnormal
chronological development, that was
quoted at PC a head, finally got down
10 lOc. Celery that was tough at lOc
descended to anu Sc per bunch. On
ions remained firm, however, at 25c
half peck. Apples were generally quo.
ted 1T SIC peck. There was plenty OF
variety in this fruit, including Belle.
flowers, :" "Pecks Pleasant" "Rambos,'
Smiths elders" "Snows," and "PE~.
nix" A rather funny thing occurred
at an apple dealers stand while L was
sscertaining prices. The seller had put
several baskets on the ground to econo-
mize space, and while ne was doing
i'm along-josey heel and toe clog
dance on the curb to keep
his feet warm hungry city
cow came along and performed a cider
mill prOcess on at least peck OF his
fruit. Ii a rail fence had been handy it
is probable that the back OF that cow
would have soon looked like highly
aolorcd Autograph map of the United
States OF America. Adjoining him was
dyspeptic and somewhat eIcitable
suburban who WAS annoyed and ham
pered by some waste cooperSge in his
stall, and a. moved on heard him ex-
claim in angry and reproachtuI tones to
mis- Youthful assistant: Jake, what IN
the h IS in them thsra empty bar'ls?'
The next citizen of Brooke county
had wanuts at I0c per half peck; tur-
nips l5c per half peck; carrots l0c a
Quarter peck, and corn husks at s5C per
two bushel sack. He was clad in SIS
ulster, snd seemed entirely Indifferent
as to whether school kept or not. A
turnip stand. OF which a comely female
was president, had the following schcd-
nle: rurnips lOc quarter or l5c a
malt peck kale l5c hall peck; spinach
25c ditto; cold BIaw ia quart; pickles
large as l0c bananas 20c per dozen;
horse raGish sc bunch; radishes ditto;
bOQuets Of the circumference OF n bnCk-
wheat cake, 25c each. A girl, with
celery as tender as loves yourg dream,
sold three punches Tor s quarter. Cauli-
flower, even though called by any other
name, brought Is to 20c head as FER
development Carrots and rsdishes five
cents per bunch and three beets in =
bunch the same price, though every sim
gle beet, according to the poetica state
ment OF the Gamsel from Moundsvlle,
vas big enough TO knock s mule down
with"
A gentleman from Ohio with red
beard and hand full OF warts quoted
Irish potatoes at 50 cents per peck;
sweets from New Jersey. Imported by
himself, at 40 cents; onions at 50 cents.
and apples at 30cents Few takers how.
eyer.
whats that" asked the reporter OF
co,a2y NATION OF ninety Xix summers,
pointing 10 some dsfly down dilly iooS.
inc sub lance Of An emerald hue, whirA
composed largely her stock in trade.
"Them's endive," she said.
''no you have to go endive for it, or
does it grow above ground?' again in
quired the newspaper man.
90 ITEMS the same as winter lot.
tuCc," she responded.
GLOW mucn?'
Two heads iar fifteen cents Cold
slaw's two quarts Tor twenty-five"
"The slaw's pretty cold this morning,
isn't it?'
She rather tumbled 70 this and was
looking around 10 call tlauael-mouth-
ed bull pup out OF an adjacent wagon
VIXEN the Agricultural reporter moved
off like a freight train on the raging
Hempiie!d trying 10 get oyer An mp
grade.
Chickens, both dressed and addressed,
were plenty in market. The average
ruling rate MAS &c each. Tho live fowls
were more plentiful. One proprietor of
hennery said he hated to bring Creased
chickens to market, because 33l per
cent. OF the women in quest OF fowl al
wavs poktd their fingers into the inte-
rior OF the beasts, and thai
it took mighty tough bird to
stand very many snch post NOR
tsm examinations. Continuing, he
remarked: Hanged il they don't wsRt
to reach up and find il they have any
corn or gravel in their craws, and it 20
distigurcs the shape Of the fowl that it's
hard work to sell EN- unless they are
big enough to be marketed as geese or
small enough to 20 Off IS rabbits "
Genuine game OF the latter kind, though
scarce, brought dressed, twenty-five
cents each.
A party with G wagon load OF ear corn
asked eighty cents bushel for it; corn
meal he sold at thirty cents a peck.
The fish business at the market is in
creasing. There were several stands
there literally loaded with bass, salmon,
Jack. white fish, and Buffalo. The latter
sold for six cents per pound and the
other at ten cents.
With chickens bringing only twenty
five cents, it is Il strange but true fact
that eggs were quoted from twenty-five
cents To thirty cents per dozen. At
only one stand waa oyster plant on the
hall shell, SO to speak, seen. 1t was half
a yard long apparently, and WAS deem
ed cheap at five cents bunch. Parsley
the same price.
A butter deser who had some nice
rolls asked thirty five cents pound
for it.
"Itisn t oleomargarine, isit:" askedthe
reporter. .. .r
dairyist. "But tell me, what's he sell
lug his for"
Who
"Why that party. What dye say his
name was-er that fellow Margeny, or
what dye call him."
ooh, Leo Margarine"
Eyes. What's he askin?"
"Forty cents, said the reporter, with
acharitab.e glow at bis heartstrings.
Tomatoes were scarce, only one lot
being in market with the monopolist
: gliding them at twenty-five cents per
.srter mack. Parnips went off slowly
its peck, although if
IN had been in
might have seen
over at Gus Mathews,
~ one dollar quart.
moderately full
-'steak l2.c;
X steak
T csnnitsl
i&l5c; lambs
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