The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-02
/ GAME IN WHEELING.
WaERE THE SUPPLY COMES FROM
And How the Dtniard viriet-Sot hueh OF n
natsei for Gsms lltrt-Some Funny Tricks OF
the TrAde-Mhy West Virginia 1Aine Bel.
dom Reaches this City-Ru,luE PElc.s.

0ae Of the few business houses In full blast
on Market street yesterday was meat store
near tbs Upper market, 10 the window OF
which hung several dcztu qualls, lunch oil
pheasan,s aud few rabbits, An IsrrLLtoxN'
GER man dropped In and anked:
"llsR ~ tho game market today"
'oh. terribly dull. This weather kills 1t
dead"
what are quails worth now?'
From fifteen to twenty ceatt; sell YOU a
dozen for Il dollar, or dollar and quarter
and let You pick your avn birds"
"Whstare phessants?" 10, .........
"Thirty.fye cents to Lalt dollar. You
can sometimes get 'am for quarter apiece,
but they are all shot 10 pieces.h '
"And rabblts2"
(. From two for a quarter 10 twenty cents
EACH" ''-' ~
rs there any yenison In marked uow3n ~
VI don't think there's bit In town, except
what the restaurants aud hotels have for their
own use.n
"Why Is deer meat so scarce? They say
deer are plenty all oysr this State"
I'D they are; but Wheeling psople who
want yenlson ut all will have nothing but
tho saddle. and Saddles aloNs cost twenty
cents pound wholesale. We can't afford 10
buy saddle meat for this market, at that
price, and then sell it at levy, or have It
spoil Oh our hsnds. Hall tho people WIN
buy game as 1t is kick because 1t il not hs
cheap as beef or pork"
CarAr MEAT.
"One would think birds and rabbits at the
meat"
"So they arc, barring pheasauts. Quail and
rabbits are certainly clieapar than poultry al
the present time. The trouble Ia that people
%'1 dh no, 9y them when 'heHsse not a: least
Are there any squirrels in now Z" "
'occasiona'ly lew. Tut is another cheap
meat. Ihih / OF two .qnir.e!s for Quarter,
on cannot buy any butchers meat ur poul.
try ut prices 10 compare with that"
"A gentleman recently told me be paid u
quarter for one rabbit" ii.
well, no might. would charge that
myself II Thought could get 1t. Al lime
when the weather is favorable for keeping
mem, snn thero are few Ia the market, such
sale at fifteen cents"
How about quails?'
"Ihere Is lot | eau make a iittie money
on il sell them. bought n bag full yes,er.
gay DIR. cheap. LOTS OF hunters bring In
birds aau hawk them around to the restau.
rants: lestsrday they were all pretty well
supplied and | took all TINT were offered at
my own price" -
Why GAME 10 SCARCE. .
why is venison SO dear when 1t can be
louna So convenient to this matkst?' g.
IT iseasy enough 10 e1p!ai1. The bag
nN4tprl
l. 0. rad have standing Contracts with rss.
tauraa:s, hotels Or dealers in the eastern
| elites, and they pick mp all they can and
THERE'S no trouble ceiling West Virginia
game EASt, because it is all fresh, colnparet Il
70 what comes from the West Consequently
ehs abundance Of game begged III this State
al goes east, and Wheeling has to get It from
cincinnati or Chicago. II there was re.
| liable and steady demand here for came
there would be no end OF a supply. Ina,
now there Is no difficulty in Ceiling quail
and pheasantsand small game, because ihev
are shot right hese. We buy good deal
from hunters themselves, and some from
country store keepers who trade for came.
But deer are scarce, as tell you; aud ducks.
geese, turkeys, bear meat, woodcoek-there
hasn't bean piece Of any o. 'em In msrke,
this year Antelope steaks, buffalo NEST
and rarilies like that which the hotels unl
Restaurants have Oh special occasions. ali
come from Chicago, Of course"
HoaE.MADEaAME.
Talking shout game reminds a reportsr of
some talk he recently had with well kuown
hnckster who often hss caila for rare species
81 game. He has one customer who IL yery
tohd OF wild pieeons, and will nav almost
any price TO secure them. Occasionally the
dealer selects pigeon or two from the bcyies
That ny nhoutstae city and suburbs, taxing
care 10 AKA those which resemble their wild
brothcTs color, and killing them, palms
them oil on the transporting iancier as the
genuine wild pigeon. They are probably Is
so3d eating, II not too old.
The SAME huckstr recently mn, chased ,
haii utzeh or so very bad looking fs.myard
turkeys, which were Of pecaliss color and not
altractiVe'r ilt. These he shot, and dressing
them like wild turkeys he hung them up bv
Their heads with the feathers on, and had no
dsmcol'yi In disposing OF ait OF them at 81 10
apiece, about twice as much rs thew yonld
nave brought II sold as tame fowls,
And did the buyers eat them wi,hout su.-
pect,ng" ASKED the reporter.
why, bless you, yey; aud several of then,
nave teen back since asking for more, Just
as soon as lind n9ck Of the tight color In,
going TO buy the whole lot, and have a stoet
OF Wild turkeys that ecu warrant 10 ennai
Inc demand. Ga, 'ttsre's tricks in sll trades