The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-07
OUR MARKET nELAAGR.


Yesterday AsFnlnG.
whats the reason there is not such big
market this morping2 Where are the
gentle graDgera from Ohio, the shreWd
hucksters from Elm Grove and East
Wheeling%
The reporter was answered by an in.
telligent looking vegetarian: "Oh, them
tellsrs haye'nt gotten over the Fourth
yet. They'll all be out Saturday,.
~ see you have some fine potatoes,
home grown, Of course"
mo, Maryland potatoes, Only tonr
men in market this morning with home
grown potatoes,"
"PTices down since last week."
"Not a red, These" laying his hand
RffeCtionaiely on the tubers, "are forty
cents q peck"
"WhRIs the prospect for cornT"
"Oh, it's good enough. Two dealers and
a woman has Coru." They were after.
wards seen by the reporter and demanded
% cents q dozen for the roasting ears. To
run a pin in the kernel was like perform
ing the came operation IN Q ten cent gum
balloon.
Cucumbers we're selling at forty differ
ent places for i've cents Q "cuke" or three
for a dime. There 10 Q fascination about
Cucumbers. They are a sort OF lottery. A
fellow wonders whsn he buys one for Eve
cents whether he will have TO spend three
dollars for o prescription or not, which
makes them q lively vegetable every
where.
1.-The discovsrerofthe palatability ofthe
tomato as an article Of diet had known
that they would bripgi in the Second Ward
Market Of Wheeling, q lew days after the
4 b OF July, five cents Q piece or thirtY.6ve
cents q quarter peck, he would probably
have patented his discovery, At such q
price they were quoted yesterday, One
tomato man had his In b~oxes-twenty
cents q box-but there were only -four
tomatoes all the same, though they were
large as bloRted goose eggs.
Peas kept . stif upper lip OF 40 cents
peck, so to speak. Beans had weakened
some sinCs the previous Wednesday
market, and rather hung fre at The
low price Of 80 cents o peck. The rural
female being from whom the reporter got
bis bean quotation had also o lot o
boquets on hand. "Them's aquaFter and
lhem's ftteen," she said, The latte
kL6I4 . Wplp hlAA0 VI AuGAHk GnLhJ
puHS, feather few, ~geraniums, mlguon
cites and pansies. They were ChsaE
enough. Flourishing plants In small
sarthen pots were labeled from Ave 10 ter
cents.
Green apples, the size Of door knobs anG
Colored like q Venitian window blind
were offered Of 40 cents q peck with few
takers. The market on the &. as contin
ued weak oil morning, Notwithstanding
the plainly evident fact that with eact
peck OF apples bushel Of collie was thrown
In without extra charge, II desired,
People who have never studied the sub
ject OF beAnR 90 On ARTICLE OF food are
hereby informed that tue yellow variety
are worth q dime per peck mort
than the fiat green kind with hem
stitched back and q piece OF tshiuI
line on the inner skin Of the othel
side. A girl with an open expression O
CountenanCe tried To convince the report
er that the flavor Of the yellows was also
better, bgt this statement 10 given FOL
} what II Ia worth. She had q large BtoCE
Of the BRtfrons on hand.
Raspberries were very plenty. Ter
cents o box or three for q quarter was thu
average price. The red variety and TIT
Gregg berries invariably sold for if.eer
cents q box or two boxes for o quarter,
The Indications are that these berries viii
keep up to pretty near this price all
season.
The reporters iavorito butter woman
quoted butter ut twenty cents, but q stal
wart dairyman away on the other side
} was selling from fifteen to eighteen cents
and said 'Hthank ye" every time he load
ened bis scales. The I. b. W. had some live
chickens which she quoted OF seventy FIVE
lcents q pair or forty cents apiece. All
guaranteed TO be hens and youthful.
A philosophical looking gentleman with
eyeglasses, said cherries were worth ten
cents q quart Or forty cents q gallon.
show much q bushel?"
"Don't sell 'em by the bushel yet. Come
around next week."
Cabbage grown on the Island and look.
ing nice YVES quoted at from 8 To 10 cents
q head. Beets, 8 punches for q dime, OF
wholesale, Is cents per dozen lunches
~Oauliaower, 8 10 10 centa . head, accord
ing 10 the chronological developments
Hanover turnips, with three In q bunch
80 big as q quarter peck measure, 5 cents
q bunch. One weighed three pounds and
looked like a cannon ball being consumed
with vetdlgris. Lettuce readily brought
five Cente a head with q good neck thrown
In. Radishes, three punches for O dime.
Rhubarb, 2 lunches for Eve cents, with
stalks nearly as long az q base ball bat.
An egg women quoted her stock 10 trade
at fifteen cents 0 dcgsn. They were very
white, and looked ae though they were OIL
recent production.
A potato man from M~oundsville, with
taters OF his own raising, asked itty cents
o peck for them. They were the early
rose variety, Ct good size, and the
dealer claimed that they were OF better
quality than the imported ones.
Another chicken dealer, with live stock,
only asked q quarter apiece for them.
There were at least forty Ia 0 box, and a
woman who was ramming around In the
box Tor o fat one created a cackling that
seemed like q Fourth OF July celebration,
and the only. fact gathered was that their
weight would average about one pound oil
bird to al equal pound OF feathers.
To see o woman buying o live chicken
IL worth q visit 10 market any time. She
will grab II by lie Adams apple,
,queese It's breast bone, pull Ito legs apart,
look in lie feathers apparently TO see
II the bird has any bed bugs on It, open
its beAk, Jerk out It's wings and feel Of the
plumpness Of lie second Joint, and end
up by trying to ascertain by outside pres.
sure the sizs OF its liver and kidneys.
MI. Garden was selling cAbhage al 81 70
q barrel, and tomatoes at 81 90 per bushel,
A lsshy lady presided over q bread and
cake stand. The reporter had become On
accustomed 10 asking how much things
we're a peck that he here made The same
inquiry with reference TO dough nuts, and
desired Information Of the value OF "DutCh
cake" a head aud how much twist loaves
were a quart. During the synCope which
followed the reporter escaped ~ the stand
labelled mo. 49,"
"Now, don't you put my name Ia The
paper" said The good looking and buxom