The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-01-22
Street Corner Notes.

There is no section Of the Union better
adapted to the establishment Of memories
than the Valley of Virginia. With care
full handling, fowls Of all kinds prosper,
and to one who would give the matter
systematic attention, the prospect of re-
munerative return is excellent. If there
IS one thing with which the market is
never overstocked it is eggs. Indeed the
supply always falls far short Of the de-
mand, and annually large quantities Of this
product are imported. 1t is interesting to
note the number of foreign eggs consumed
in this country. In 1879 a few cases OF
foreign lined eggs were shipped to this
country and were regarded as a curiosity.
More came in 1880 and good market was
found for them The demand has been
steadily increasing everyear. Fresh Euro
pean eggs, packed in straw, are also re-
ceived, and they are about as good as
American eggs preserved in storage houses.
The following figures, taken from the
books of the New York Mercantile En-
change, show the increase in these I'M
ports Value Of inportations iii 1882 $780,
4s7 ; in 1888, $l12, ADJ; and in nine months
beginning January and ending October l.
1854, $2l0.030. About seveneighths OF the
European eggs received are lined. They
are shipped to New York from Antwerp,
Copenhagen and Hamburg. Those coming
from Antwerp are gathered in Belgium,
Italy and France those from Copenhagen
in Denmark. and those from Hamburg. III
Germany. All the fresh eggs come from
Hamburg. These eggs were formerly
shipped IN cases about five feet long, hold
Ting about 100 dozen, as they are now
shipped from those countries to Great
Britain. The cases now used for this
market are about half that size and more
convenient to handle. The receipts of
European eggs at New York from Au-
gust 2s to December IS, 1884. were 1884
cases, holding so dozen each,-making a
total of s62 700 dozen The Total number
of barrels Of American eggs. according to
December 3, received there were l44655,
each barrel holding 20 dozen. and the num-
Der of cases So ,245. holding so dozen each,
making total of II, 1873 200 dozen. M
cluded in these receipts of American eggs
from Western, Southern and Eastern
States (ehiely from Westerly are eggs
from Canada. wlich are i'll the proportion
Of about one-quarter of the Whole receipts
from .jtne to December every year, as
is estimated by IL leading egg dealer.
There are no Trustworthy statistics of
nearby receipts. Inrespect OF foreign and
Western eggs. New York. through the
books Of the Mercantile Exchange is COM
peratively well posted. In Baltimore,
however. no statistics of egg receipts are
kept, and the result is frequently an uncer-
tain market, dealers not possessing re-
quisite information for fixing prices.
Baltimore is about to establish school
for the express purpose Of teaching the
art of cooking The design is not only to
train young women to be good cooks, but
to cook both we'll and economically. The
day was when Virginia S fame in the culin
airy line was second to none. But that
was the day when the cost was not count
ed. Splendid dinners were served but
splendid prices had to pay for them. I'm
der the new order of things, economy has
reinforced into the vocabulary of the house
hold The disbanding of the army of SER
wants and uprooting Of the institution"
have opened up a new field for woman's
| work, and one which we fear has not been
cultivated rs 1T should be. 1t is not that
a large proportion of the young matrons
of the future are not becoming familiar
with the mysteries Of the kitchen, but are
they learning to eeonomize as well They
may be able to superintend Or prepare
lEsest excellent dinner and have it cooked
to q turn, but can they do it without unnec-
essary expenditure That is the real
secret Of the culinary art. and it is secret
which comparatively few southerners have
faGhomed. 1t was frequently remarked
by the northern visitors who came to
Stamnton during the Reunion Of the 2Sth
New York and 18th Virginia Regiments,
last year, and whom our people were so
glad to entertain, that they found at least
twice as many servants employed. here, as
i'm fam lies of the same size and in the
same circumstances in the north. The
Southern people seem to require more
waiting Oh. The real secret which our
housewives must learn is to dispense with
a large proportion of the so-called 'shelp,"
and make that which is retained better.
One cam afford to pay double wages to
careful, economical servant, rather than
hvre two at Che price paid the one. 1t
would relieve the mistress of the house of
great dealiOf care. and leave no room for
divided responsibility. A branch of the
Baltimore cooking school would not be
bad idea for Staun4on.