The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-13
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n NEW York, Sept. >, 1882.
Special Correspondence Of the NJHER..
" HERE We X AGAIN."
7" ~ the clown says che. rily. when be
vaults into the ing. September here
aud September having IN ''r" In It,
, oyster. arr again in seast u. All over
the city oyster houses l'aye been put
. In orler for re-opening. D"wn 1t
Z Fulton Market the Wholesale dealers
: have been shipping the bivalves 10
= great quantities to the West for the
past fortnight, that they may be on
. hand In al: the cities 90 the opening
day. THE oysters thus sent over he
= country are opened BY the dealers,
: carefully washed, and packed In kegs
and barrels. In this WY they are
sent even 40 far Is California. OF
course the handling detracts from
their freshness aud flavor, and adds
to the cost, but In no other way can
the citizen Of Omaha, or St. Paul or
Kalamazoo get his "dOzen raw"
During the busy season. say from
August ~ to Octo,er Is, some firms
il the city open I'M, ON oysters a day.
The average days work for an ex-
leri<nced ''epener'' Is 3,5U|, although
SINE exceptionally expert workmen
will open 5.0Nl These openers are
laid 81 per Lam
THE OYSTER CROP AND PRICES.
The dealers shy that there will not
Oe I'D large crop ~ usual this year,
hut that the quality will be letter
than last year. The favorite varietie.
Of Is ne Points, Shr.wsourys and |
East Rivers are all In excellent con-
'i'tion. Many people have an idea :
that the largest oysters are the best,
aud call for Saddle Rocks in the l,c-
lief that they srs ordering the Le>t
the market sff"rd'is. This Is u great
! mistake. The small oysters have u
finer flavor, aDd ARE suierseding the
! large ones, among epicures. For DEL
/ icsacy of flavor the Blue Points stand
1t tn" l'essi. They are grown on tl,c
south eide Of Long Island and will
be sold 1t the beginning vf the sea-
son ut from $ to IS PER !arrel aud
from $l.35 to S!.:D | er b:,sket-a l,as-
ket holding about three lxrk~.
Shrewsburys will l'egin ut from IS to
IS lxr thousand, and the East Rivers
ut from $ to s per thousand, accord
ing to quality. These prices are
atr'ut 81 hi her than last year. As
the season advances prices generally
rive. Six years ago no oysters were
exported from this country to Eu-
ripe. The English preferred their
''nattves" to all others, although {
they have \ tough, insipid taste to
Que accustomed to the taste Of tile
American oysters. Bu; gradually the u
taste for tie American article has Z
been developed, aud now thousands d
Ut barrels are sent Oal FROM this port, "
the small varieties betty chosen for
that purpose. ''An.:ner dozen, l
waiter. it you pleased !,
\ S;I,x'KINt: PERFORMANCE IN y
Public, Il
Those who kn"w t:,is city, are :,
aware that Nassau street il enc Of its :.
iari"wcst and busiest. The process. f
si"n never ends there. during business ~
hours, and hy reason o. the constant =,
.i'r'Hg "f asi. stri:,,,s vino crowd its Il
'i'iew.''k, the rtrt-l"d.ilers lind il
heir hest market place, anA 50 line
he curb with their l,arrows and still
n'rc c"ntrac, the space for passing z,
c:,'''s. In co,lss i,,ence it is tOlrraI,!y -
':rtain that each succeeding horse or
'''!'icic going north or south will
rc:si upon or pass over the identical
lH't n. the presiding one in The ~ =.
anne direction. 4 few days AZ" the -,
Uwd In t:is steect WI. stsrtlc.l to III
~ y truck ll"rs. suddenly hound I" IL
n. side. without any visible cause ~
nd greatly to the aston,sl.ment IT !
lie driver. The nl"il,entary surprise Il
{ the spectators would have been VI
uickly forgotten j; the next horse Ia ";
:'ss the same slO; had not givea a r.,
mott ami "a juni,, AMI performed u ~
'ar dance with his feet tina: scat 1t
.re'l the hy-s!an.lers in u hurry. -, :"
'hcm the si,.,i started of on u rum. /
don't take two minute. to collect M
GROVE! in Nassau street, il anything r.
nt.';al is i'apI'~ning. and when tie ~ ~.
';:d h"rs,-a gothic steel who had II
II had n lively thought or nlotiou III,
n ten years, and was only u ped y"
ler's tN,st anvwav-iust branc.d ~.
nj ran rs if the Evil One was pru<l- ".
ing him with a reti-hot l,itrl,fnrk, rel
'e crowd yelled aud chcered and '."'
"''lcret. and "gue.setl there was W ','
ling t" he some fun" b. this time IT.
WAS 80, II tina; these unusual antics eli
.urre.i q the horses reached = Ger. tie
in spot. and t"at spot WAS ~w.che.i ~" w..
!! !; was u !:.y-"at in faro bank. Mi
WIS soon Il dcnI0n-trahle fact that ri.
ere WI, some mysterious agency ~
hirh put Old Nick into every ami u ~
al stepping upon y certain place in To
e pavement, and y dozen drivers Tea
I'll their un,a-isertin. heads nearly no
rked oifthei: several ne.,Ss, ~ their .'
ANS reached the place. while TIE don
of the h"rse. heat tn. | ,
aimed animals Of = circus ring. The ",s
lice took Possession IF the place. ",x:
III after deal NJ investigation and of