The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-10-25

WnOm tho W0u - 'condtcr was Lui'
OF mystery. took the liberty Of calling
upon the advertiser for an explanation.
Thither the reporter went, sud In the
shadow Of hugo bank OF egg-cases on
che sidewalk discovered Q passago-way
labeled "Bntter" which led Into tho
basement Of the building designated.
Entering. the reporter found himself In
q small apartment. which may be truth.
fully said to be The fullest apartment he
ever en.ered. The space occupied BY
two young nien. and innumcrable egg
eases. was filed with o stencil 10 thick
that the reporter folt like cutting of q
chunk Of 1t and bearing 1t away -
trophy. But as nothing save "hen.
fruit" was Visible. he was constrained
instead to Inquire II poultry-cholera
was prevalent Just at present One ol
the young men tnmblcd OF tho pile OF
cases on which no was reclining. and
after rolling over the Aour with laughter
two or threo times. aroso and said,
quietly: ..No; guess the hens are
oil we'll" After o fcw words Of ex-
PLANTATION as to the nature OF the call.
The young man kindly consented to
give an exhibition OF cgg-candling. and
Jed the way. Going mp to dirty. look
ing patch on the wall. no drew aside an
old gray army blanket, disclosing o
Lighted interior beyond. He real.
iEed. the caoct for no stopped
long enough on tho threshold to
say; '.Oh! come In. This amt no trap;
It's tho candlfng-room.' Tho apart
ment was found to DO about sovcn by
throe feet and upon bench ut ono
end were thrco open egg-cases. A
small metallic oil-lamp was attached by
d wooden fixture to tho farther end Of
the middle box. This furnished the
only light in tho room. Tho GAMBLER
walked up to the bench with watch
air. aud. turning back
his shirt-slecvcs, plunged both hands
Into the middle box. and suddenly
brought forth four "chicken.buds." !"
With tho thumb and fore.finger Of each
hand the uppcrmost eggs were caught
up and held Tor On instant only In front
ol the fame. There was convulslvs
OF. the hands. and, with all
tho dexterity Of a slightoi.hand per.
former. tho uppermost eggs had giycn
place TO the other two. and were being
moro carefully examined before the
light. "Therc," said the candler. do.
an egg with clear. trausps,
rent shell, and vividly rosy light
showing through Il. "that Is strictly a
fresh egg. put that In the right-hand
box, which Is intended for tho New
York market. This one Il not quito 50
fresh. but Il will do. This. you sec, Il
spotted; that's whcro tho yclk has fast:
ened to tho shell because the egg laid
loo long In ono position. II IS not q
bad egg. however. though 1t may bs
slightly stale, and ! put II into tho left.
hand case, which Is Intended for tho
Chicago market and is likely 70 be
speedily sold. There Is nothing appar-
entity wrong with this fourth egg. save
nat Its yelk Il broken. A housskeepsI
might not like IL bu, tits good bakers
cgg," :, 49,. -.
to New Yorks" inquired the 70.
porter.
"Simply because they keep longest,
and arc longest In finding their way
Into the consumers hands An egg
which Is perfectly good In Chicago to
day might not bc good ten days hence
in New York"
Tho candler proceeded with his work
1T n truly remarkable rate Of speed.
stopping only now and then to point
put the peculiarly Of m egg which had
been kept in too warm, cold. or damp o
place. or had boon subjected to some
sort OF preserving process while vet IN
The hands OF the farmer. So deft Wa
he In his business that tho eggs, as he
shuilied thcm TO and fro, seldom or new
or touched each other, and as for break.
ing one. that Is something q candlet
very rarely docs. Suddenly he paused
over one which plainly showed tho ori.
yin Of the term "chicken-bud."
"That Is a good egg for q restaurant
man." suggested tho reporter.
"WhyF
"why. no can charge spring chicken
prices for It."
Again the caudler went of into O con.
vulsion Of laughter. II was evident
hat though he might know stale old
pgps when he saw thom. he did moi
know equally stale old jokes when be
heard them.
This egg found q resting. place among
others In q large bucket, and during the
the GAMBLER busled himself In
pointing ont monstrosities In the eggs
which lie had thrown aside rs worthless.
Very many OF these had really been
laid by hens that wore not we'll, and all
sorts Of pcculiaritles were visible In the
"fruit"
The candler's pay is uniformly ten
cents por case OF thlrty.six dozen, and
an adept at tho business can make three
dollars per day easily. and moro by
working overtime.
Several other Gambling rooms were
visited. and Gamblers OF various degrees
of proficiency were conversed with.
Said ,ne: Eggs are d good deal Ike
fruit A damp, foul atmosphere and
extremes of heat or cold affect them a.
quickly and ss seriously as fine fruit
The she'll OF an egg In exceedingly
porus, and whom the place OF storage u
too warm and dry the albumen eyapor.
stes, and whom too cold and damp
the egg seems to lose Its vitality and
rapidly becomes stale. The porous
she'll also admit Of absorption, and IN
INV oplnica single rotten egg. the she'll
Of which happens to bc broken
or cracked, win containlnate whole
dozens OF eggs In the same case: Any
experienced GAMBLER viii. ! think. tell
you the same thing. The present
system Of cgg-carriage. which was
designed simply to prayent breakage,
has done great deal to improve the
market quality Of eggs. They do no!
como into contact with each other. and
after they are once packed no amount oi
knocking about win addlc thcm."
'sThefe does not seem to be much ex,
cusc then for the grocer who sells bad
eggs among good ones?"
aThere Is NO excuse at all. II ID
pays the market price, and buys o.
somo reliable commission man. there
can be NO excuse. The GAMBLER has DO.