The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-05
THE unsRLrrsH GROCER.

m recent issue oa that paref, published the following letter, addressed to prom inent judge:
 DEAR JuDGE-Your lesser asking me about the cost of living in New York. and your desire to move away from San An tonio, has just been received. hope you have not got into any complications with the grand jury that necessita,es your leav- ing Texas. However, will assist you in any way can. The cost living in New York is less than II is in any Texas city, except Huntsville. l had a dear friend once who boarded at Huntsville tor five years, and he told me it didn't cos, him cent for board during ina, period. was praciicing law in San Antonio at that time. My friend, whom the court appointed me to deiend, vas eau ght prac- ticing his profession, which was horse. stealing. With some shga: assistance from the state of Texas, represented by the county attorney, we go, him a posi- ton al Huntsville, where he liked It so much that he didn't board anywhere else for five years.
 The individual who is disposed 10 be frugal can live cheaper and better in New York than in any other city in the United States. Al the same time, ludg- ing by the experiences of Ward, Enc, and other energetic, industrious young men, New York is the best place in the world to turn an hones, penny; but it is not good place to get the dishonest penny returned, so the creditors of these gentlemen say. The bloated nabob can spend great deal of money in New York, even without the assistance of any deputies, male or female. In New York, the fool and his money are parted much sooner than in smaller cities. It is a fast place.
 But let us come down to the prices of family groceries and other household remedies. Let us take tropical fruit. Ripe Irish potatoes cost only fifty cents a bushel. Oranges, bananas, and lemons are cheaper in New York than they are a, the factory. They could not well De any cheaper if New York was under two or three equators. It frequently happens that such large consignments of freshly laid oranges arrive, that the supply is greater than the demand. Oranges are frequently sold as low as a cen; apiece, ana bananas the same. l have seen lemons sell from a wagon at the rate of forty for quarter. Fish are always very cheap. Haiibu, steaks cost fifteen cents a pound; striped bass, with all the stripes on, IS cents black bass-;hc very black es. kind of bass-I5 cents; cod hsh. 10 cents. Canned peas can be obtained at 10 cents: Boston baked beans for IS cents the same sze for which twice as much is asked in Austin. Condensed milk, Eagle brand, sells as I7 cents Cross < Black wells pickles, for which you pay ;, and -+o cents in Texas, can be bought here at retail for 9 cents. For :, cents you get SI-c lbs. of GU, loaf sugar; for ,S cents the same amour, of gTanulated sugar for 7 cents the same amount of" Stand ard A" sugar. Blackberries 10 cts. a can; quinces, i5 cts lobster, E cts; one gallon canned apples, ? cents: corned beef, g cts . asparagus, 5 cts., and peaches, , ID. cans IS cts.
 The last item reminds mo of can of peaches that 1 bought in San Antonio some years ago, that destroyed all the confidence had in Texas grocers, which was a great deal. Until quite recently re- garded grocers as the squarest kind of men. and Bam Sennett, who has a store in San Antonio, as the best of the lot. When l lived in San Antonio, would not have hesitated about leaving a twenty-do,lar gold piece on my office desk-if had an office, and desk, and a twenty dollar gold piece-and gone out, leaving him in charge of the prem ises until ! came back but now would hesitate about taking such risks.
 At th. time to which 1 refer, occu- pied prominent position on the San Antonio Hsrald. The staff, however, failed to keep it up, and it was put out of its misery by the sheriff long ago. Well, one day made up my mind to enter in- to negotiations with Bam Sennett for the purchase of whole can of peaches, a fruit to which was very much addicted. In fact, was the slave of canned peaches. As mere child, used to cry for canned peaches. The gentleman who owned the orchard was at home. remem- bered those peaches. and didn't forge, them for long time afterwards, when ever sat down to rest myself
 l had. however, forgotten all about those peaches some years afterwards, when ] entered into negotiations with Barh Sennetf- regarded him as a sec ond George Washington, who never told a lie, unless there was really some occa- sion for it. When l told Sennett wanted to buy a can of peaches, he said he vas friend of the press, and would let me have it at COS, price. He said that a three-pound can of peaches cost him forty cents in New York, bct that trans- portation, insurance, breakage, storage, and wharfage brought the cost up to ffty cents. told him that there was consid- erable age about that can of peaches, but Sennett said that they were perfectly fresh. reached down in the pocket where kept my cash, and paid for the can all except the amount that did no, have with me at the time. would not have been encumbered with the dime, if it hadn't been pay day at the Heyald of fee Bam Sennett, however, did not put the can back on the shell. He demon- sfraYed sh1a he wax A ,nhfi< ~x,svite1 r;t