Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-06-12

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I chilling and pence per pound (S2c);
roast shilling; mutton and polk ] shill-
ing. Fish can be procured more reasona-
bly,. Nice mackeral 0pence pound; sal
mon and pence; skate and cod Spence,
ell fresh; white crabs and HOLSTERS go up
and down, averaging 6.pence apiece for
medium crabs aud shilling and pence
for Holsters; oysters, poor, scarce and a
frightful price. The meat shops Of Lon
don deserve separate and special mention.
There Is nothing more attractive and ap.
petizing than the perfect display Of cut
meats every few steps. One man does the
cutting, with wonderful skill and dispatch;
another weighs and wraps up, while a
young woman behind the counter takes
your money, makes change and writes down
on slip Of paper the items, with great
promptitude and exactness.
Az rule, in the trade in this great city,
in ordinary localities where trade simply
supplies local wants, the attractive corner
premises are always secured by the ale
and spirit dealers. Handsome fittings,
neat bar-maids, flaming gas jets, everything
inviting 10 the victims. The rum-selers
know how to conduct their business here
az elsewhere. Next stand the chemists
shops, with the usual display Of colored H.
quid in bottles, in the Windows; then the
oil men, who 10 addition to ole, paints,
varnishes, putty, &c, have business that
overlaps the grocers at certain points, for
they sell canned goods, jams, jellies, ppices
an condiments Of all sorts. Then comes
the green grocer, with all sorts Of vegeta-
bles; then the mest-shop; then the poulter-
er, who also keeps butter aud game Of vari-
Gus kinds; then the grocer, with stock va
ried and complete; then the pork man, who
generally deals in only the one kind Of
flesh; then a shop where all kinds Of cook
ed meats can be had, by the slice or pound
though not an eating house; then the fish
man, with wares displayed on a broad,
sloping platform, the salesman always
bawllng anil a general aspect Of liveliness
pervading the premises that seems 10 ap-
pertain 10 the business. Billingsgate has
long been known as the noiseist place in
England. Then the baker-shop, always
with attractive window display; and next
the pastry cook, likewise tempting and APP
petiEing; corrections are little eaten, AZ
compared with our own country, which
may have something to do with the rosy
and sallow compilations OF the two peoples
respectively. A dry goods man is called
silk mercer and linen draper. A fish deal
er is fish .monger. This latter term is
attached to dealers in iron, they also being
called iron-mongers. Why, l know not.
One soon falls into the use Of these strange
words, and they have all ceased already TO
sound odd TO US. But 10 return TO our
housekeeping. We give 2 guineas a week
for our four furnished apartments, cooking,
table furniture and attendance. We buy
our own food-little or much, cheap or ex.
pensive, which Mis-. Griffith serves in a
perfect way as We could desire. The
Grifliths are no longer mere host and host
ess to us, but dear and valued friends
They are as refined and cultivated people
as il aristocrsts Of the West End. 1t il a
charming family altogether. The five
children at home are really the best-behav-
ed little fellows ever saw full OF life and
song and childish glee, but perfectly under
control and beautifully well-bred. They
have never given us q moments annoy
ance. Our front yard is lovely. An old
gardener keeps il in apple-pie order for the
four families in our block, before whose
houses the pretty yard lies. Our back
premises 20 by 60 feet-are also
like picture, with tiny flower beds and
pretty giass plots. Sister Griffith IL neat
ness and cleanliness incarnate and has such
sharp eye for dirt and disorder that they
are banished from our premises as com
pletely AZ the wolves were extirpated from
the mountains Of her native Wales in the
olden time; when, as Dickens tells US in his
quaint and comical history Of England, the
Welsh were permitted 10 pay their taxes
in wolves scalps, on account Of the preva-
lence ofthose troublesome marauders, and
he says "the Welsh were so sharp upon the
wolves, to save their money, that in four
Yeas not wolf was left in the country"
/ will conclude this rambling account Of
our housekeeping with our modest bill
of-fare for one day:
Breakfast Oatmeal and milk; ham and
eggp; coffee, bread and butter. A beefsteak
with hominy is a iavorite change from the
ham, eggs and oatmeal.
Dinner-Fish, rice and potatoes; OF a
roast Of beef or mutton instead Of the fish.
Dessert bread or rice pudding, varied, a.
desired, with jelly and sliced oranges, or
other simple and inexpensive substitutes.
Tea, with bread and butter, and at inter-
walls, crabs, close the days eating. Eggs
are now ~ or 10 for shilling, according to
size. Butter, table, Is and Cd the pound;
cooking. Ia and 4d. The former from Dew
onshire and Brittany; the latter from Den
mark and Sweden. Well, that is the way
we live, whether il bores you TO bread about
it or not. will add, as a disjointed item,
because il just now pops into my head,
that the streets Of London are the eleaRest l
have ever seen. II il wonderful the pro-