Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-01
pANHANDLE's PEREGISATIONs.
Memoranda Taken ON Tour Tnroos"
The Market Yesterday Morning.

Yesterday morning. The hour was SIX
9,cjock according to the reporters watch
in Weiler's iewlery store. On every stan
on the outside bouIevards shone the rays
of tallow dips, rejecting with consersa
tive amount of light, the hues OF zen G Tiis
cabbage and the tube rose like celery. ine
air was as cool as q cucumber III lac. a.
cool as the remark of female desenoe e
of some German princess, who ASKED tue
ranorter IL he was the steward oil the St'
Charles hotel, with the expectation Oh sell
inc him dozen punches OF vegetables tor
fifty cents. -,
whats chickens worth this morning!
asked the reporter, in bland tone OF voice;
of a lady who was in front OF -FOUR wneeIeG
wagon, as he pickedup rather Ianherizeo
turkey. ,. .-,o,,s ~
she answered. with preclpilancy lna'
caused tho newspaper man to disguise him.
self with q blush.
Was this o gobbler or gobleen?" ask
ed the scribe, turning the conversation
gently into O new and perhaps more appro-
pirate and congenial path. .,
turkeys is forty cents" she said, with
two columns OF exclamation marks APP
bonded to her quotation. Though tne
scribe is no doctor, he asked, "HoW's chick
ens?' -.
twenty-five and thirty" she replied, as
she swallowed for second or TWO ner
Adams apple
Divers INQUIRIES at various stands brought
quotations to head on cabbgge at from ten
TO fifteen cents Potatoes 30 to 35c per peek
according to size, and the average number
of ewes in the tubers sweet potatoes were
strong at soc; apples ut % and Soc; turnlPs
SOC a peck; parsnips l0ope quarter peck
onions 25c half peck; red bcets 2oc peck;
oyster plant &c bunch; red cabbage loc
a head: kale l5c half peck; spinach Acc
neck. smcarcase 1Oc quart; beans hulled
i5c a quart; horseradish sc per bunch;
pumpkins, the size of plug hat. ID to 2oc,
ringed. striped and speCkled. There was
good deal OF lettuce in market to when
ANYBODY could say. Lettuce have some
at 20c quarter peck.
The city ought to provide ten thousand
gallons of smcarCaSe TO throw at people
who make puns in market. 1t would be. a
great improvement.
Cole siaw looks pretty ariStocratic' by
candlelight and the article artiticially lllu-
minated brought twenty-five cents for two
quarts that probably afterwards sold for
only dime a quart. This market prob
ably, however. has no superior III the Uniteu
States for cole Slaw that is free from
ollartered cock reaches The attention of
cmigrantS is called to this fact.
There were plenty of pickles in market
at twelve and fifteen cents dozen, ana
plenty of young lady purchasers. Loves
Young dream will have nothing on its
stomach but pickles. Cupid must be
dvspeptiC sort OF chrome.
The reporter in his meanderlngS ran
across scncgambian from Ohio who much
resemblPd our esteemed fellow citizen "PO
Little. He mcrchandizcd i'll herbs and was
clOuucnt in his quotations rs follows:
"Therc'S wild cherry twenty-five cents
pound; dogwood same; dandelion
root forty cents a pound; clccam pane
- cents pound; burdOck same; SarSapa-
rillara 40 cents pound. But what 0ther
peoplc call 'sasSpcrilly,' ] call IL yellow
PARTLY which | claim is the right name
Tor it.
What's it good for?" asked the embar-
rassed newspaper man. ,,
For the blood. Try u pound of it. It'll
bring you out all right again, Cures dis
temper, gangrcne, gaStrituS, mOlcS, black
worms capsules and lots Of other things
but natures sweet rcStOrcr was forgotten
in q talk with the proprietor OF an adloln-
ing bazar who was selling Cranberrics out
of a ~ pound paper flour sack at ten cents
per quart. guaranteed Ia be from Now Jer-
sev and piCkcd clean Of mosquitoes
There was only one dealer IN market with
sufficient gall to offer three buShcl sacks of
corn huskS to prOpcilcrs OF half peck has
kcts. The price was low enough, though;
only q Quarter a sack There is worse bed
ding than huskS, and the prodigal son so
esteemed them that he took them inward
ly.
the floods of last June, which, she declared,
had ruined vegetation and made marketa-
/ bic goods in her line very scarce.
, The goose flesh stood out pretty plainly
! on the chickens yesterday morning. They
, were rather plenty and sold anywhere ac-
| Cording to weight, age and previous condi-
! ton OF Scryitudc from Is to SOC. Eggs sold,
or were quoted at, rather, from - to 3oc per
! deZen. Turkey, l5C pound for small birds
! and l2l5c for veterans. Butter ruled from
| strong to weak AT 30 and Soc per pound. 1t
! is probable no olcOmagarinO is bartercd here.
Among miscellaneous articles cider was
! quoted at l0c per quart or 3Oc gallon
/ apple butter 20C aquart; honey, section DC
! per pound, strained 2OC; lamb tongues 3OC
! per dOz. ducks 35C each; fish as follows:
! Jack so per string, bass ditto, and perch
| and suckers DC.
The meat market was pretty full The
! best steaks and choicest cuts were quoted
| at II cents: round steak l2l%C; roaSts PIC;
! sausage. either loose or stuffed, l2l3C; pork
! steaks PIC; boiling beef Sc and liver DC
/ per pound.
As a general rule. the market on Wednes-
! day morning is not half so largely patron
! lied as on Saturdays. A venerable old lady
! was appealed to for reason and said
! MY dear sir, people haven't got the money
! in the middle OF the week; they have on
| Saturdays"
This probably holds good with everybody
except reporters. They always have Us
many piStarccnS or COppckS on Sunday,
! Monday Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday
! and Friday as they have on Saturday. Hap
| ply men,
While on the subject of the market and
! its merchants, il may not be out of place to
! call the attention OF the Council Committee
! on Claims and Grievances to the fact that
! the Blum water fountain is fed from
: the water works too literally.
! Yesterday morning it was gushing
/ over in manner highly suggestive OF the
/ unwelCOmr cxuhcrancc Of a book agent.
! However, it will keep mad dogs away from
! the locality. Behind every cloud there Is
! n silver lining, &c.
| Among the various regulations with
which our city Legislature has endowed the
! market house, is one prohibiting smoking.
! This is matter not known to many peO-
! pie, and il would be a good thing for tho
! city to supplement its generosity by having
! some plaCards printed and posted up on
! the noble walls of the building aforesaid.
/ There is n fine attached according to city
! ordinance mythology for infringing on the
! specification alluded to, and the impression
! is current with the newspaper fraternity
| that Lord Roses telescope could not dis
/ cover indications on the books Of the city's
| revenue of any cash credited TO this source
/ of income The logical conclusion is that
no one smokes in market.
! G. S. FEENY, No. l4l0 Main street, has
! the largest stock of fine confectiOncries ever
! brought to this city.
WHY it ISL