Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-03

much money. Zen cents a quart, num-" |
said he, turning to a Customer gho asked for |
potatoes. Take 'em, mum" She nodded |
and he dumped the Ii sasurs into her basket, |
bu 10 50 doing dropped the toprlost potato |
back iato the barrel. He reached down,
quickly picked out small ore and was
about to drop it into the basket when the
hand of his customer arrested his srm and
they began grand
HIeGLING MATCH,
which the reporter left them 10 conclude Ia
their oEa fashion, going around ths N arket
TO the f.h sts nd, which wos entirely monop-
oliZ d by the dsTkies.
"Whst have your was asked OF one.
"Cst," he replied.
"What else?"
"BuffAlo."
"Well2'
"Perch."
where do they come ffom?"
&C ,ushl up the river in meta"
"How much?"
"Cats and perch a bit a pound, and but
fale three for quarter. Cats extra Il ce to-
day. Old feller down there still a gapin,"
said he, pointing TO an enormous tish head
under the stall.
Tearing himself away from the cats, the
interior vas gained. and picking ont cue Of
the beat butchers, he was questioned about
the meat trade.
"rhis il, of course, our busiest day" he
said, "abd you will fad better meat on our
stalls this evening tban at any oiher time OF
me wszf.. used TO trke-fr r,ucr q. a500
on busy Saturday, ten or twelve years ago,
but l cih't do il now-nothing like. Then
we got from forty to 6iIy CENTS pound for
beef and it was largely profit. Now it
costs Us about thirteen cents 10 lay ii here,
!, ..,.Ax do
fifteen cents pound. Some of it We sell for
ten cents, some for twelve and a half and
fifteen, with choice cuts for twenty. Tne laie
spring iuterfsres with us a good deal. This
time last year grsss.fed b. ef was fat and
cheap; now it is poor and dear. Spring
lsmb gels US into trouble, too, If anything
will give bu cher bad character, it il the
gentle spring lamb"
"Why?"
"Wsii, you see they cost IS to "A apiece,
and alter they ere dressed there is aothiug
left of lhtm. Consequently, when We demand
81 25 qusrter, people think we are trying
to rob them. Toe hide bribg- only twenty
FIVE ccnts."
SHOW MUCH CATTLE
is handled here daily" was Inquired.
an the summer time the number gets as
low down as twenty, which are butchered by
hiCbs IL thN "hpNSi w AA'i
about three times thstuumber.. / think we
will have a better class of bsef here next
yesr. At least 10000 head have been
shipped North and to Texas this
spring from The country within radius
of forty miles of Memphis. A dealer
| named L,v=lsdy has shipped 10000
| 10 Texas that l kaow Of. Another
| firm, who clme here with $4,000, bss
shipped sixteen carloads. Some of the
| cars were double decked for calves. The
4 tile Z ,ck road refused TO tske them tb at
way, and thy were shipped on the Missis-
| sippi and Tennessee, By way OF New Or
| leans I,'s big business. i suppose there
are hundred men frou Texas, and soms
from Colorado, eng aged in ii in this section
| Two Young men called on me this evening
who said they were from Kentucky, and
wanted 10 buy cattle to stock farm in
Texas. Nons Of these Tex want any 6ne
stock, but pay good prices for poor cattle.
paying as much as SO for yearlings They,
will falteu them up and take care Of them,
Is the people here don't know how
to do, and make good stock OF them,
They leave the good stock, as ! said, and
very soon we will have nothing else in the
country. Meat will be higher, but better,
until an increase is made.
"rHE BUTCHERS LOT
ia not an essy one, for all he looks SO rosy
and healthy. One reason Of this is we don't
eat many fries, but boil everything. We get
up at O'Clock in the morning, when, IN syhe
we boil piece Of brisket and have pot oi
soup. AT s o'clock we have breakfas'; al
noon dinner, and supper at 6 O'clock. Eight
O'Clock finds us in bed with four good meals
TO digest. Yes, we have TO get up early il
the morning to get ahead of the sharpers
Some Eastern men, who have yards a
ST. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Louis
Vile, came here not long ago srd wAntet
| US to 20 into scheme to build stock y.rd
Ii we had bit and sub,cribsd, they would
have cabbased 3 controlling interest apC
m de pocket full, for by the lime the stoel
went the roaud OF all their ysrds, there
wouldn't have been anything left for any
body else. A movement Was started here no
long ago to have us all build an GbdttoiT, O
union slaugbterhouse iu Fort Pickering, bu
the Butchers Association fought agains, il
The authorities talked of forcing qs all 10 g
into it, but we found they coand not do il =
lorg as our slaughter pens in their prssen
locations were kept IN good sanitary Goa
, dilou, and tod them 80. l have hear
nothing ABOUT the abattoir for some time"
THE MARKETHoUsE
needs repairs in the way OF new doors, pave
meets aud whitewash verv much. II yield
: 4 revenue to the city sufficient TO pay tn
msrkstmzster and any incidental repiiri
The income was about 80 last mouth. Til
new marketmsster, George Hayden, n
J, made good many changes for the bette
e and does one thing for which he deserves
/. be noticed particularly. He hiss exliusuishe
the small boy, nuisance Of the worst typ
The market people speak of him in the higl
| est terms.