St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-13

SO~NANN&t
to the other.
She had the air of an expert, and the
boy did not dispute her.
At the next stall saw howl had been
deceived by the colored butter, for there
was something like that l had been
thinking about. We put two pounds of
itinto our basket. The man in the stall
was quite.talkative, and my wife's ap-
proval of his butter added to his desire
for expression.
Yes, that's right good butter" he
said, land for 80 cents you will never
get any better. faint my best butter,
though, lady,"
''No?"
mo, lady, I make better butter than
that, and l sell it for better money. l
get rs cents pound for my best butter
the year round. l have been making
that butter for six years now, and | sell
1t all to half a dozen families here in st.
Louis. l have got four Attorneys at
home that don't do nothing but just
lay around and eat clover and make
milk for that there butter. 1t takes
a sight of watching and science, lady,
to make butter perfec', and it's well
worth rs cents pound when it's done.
Though as for eating of it, [ dunno but
this here 30-cent butter is about as
good"
He was on favorite topic. evidently,
was made. He did probably explain it
to the man in the next stall, for we
could hear him when distance away,
still talking at the top of his thin voice.
1t was a hot night and the saltwater
man ON this corner was tiZZlng lndustrl-
ousIy. The popcorn man was busy and
the peanut mans voice rang in the ears
of all passers-by. There was a police
man on the corner engaged in shaking
his CLUB meaningly at the young
men who now and then stepped
out of the throng to watch
the crowd. The intimation that
they were expected to move Oh was
nearly always effectual. If it was not,
the policeman's rough hand on the Of
tenders shoulder was an effective warn
ing. The cake stand was getting its
share of custom from the multitude,
and on the edge Of the pavement
watermelon vender was plying his
trade at 25 cents for the small melons
and 80 cents for those of larger growth.
We paused at
THIS HEAP,
or rather were swept around it by the
crowd, and stopped in the gutter beside
it. 1t would be a capital thing to have
melon for the afternoon, / thought,
and my wife agreed, but how should we
get it home?
"a handle with every melon, "cried the
vender, and we saw that he had SIM
plitied the problem of getting it home by
supplying a device Of two wires at
tached to wooden handle.
The wires encircled the melon, and
you carried it as you would bundle in
a shawl strap. We bought large
melon and l carried it.
We were then at the door of the meat
market. The meat supply for the fol-
lowing day was essential, but what
should it be.
Il had two spring chickens to roast"
my wife said. THAT would have been
our dinner, but it wouldn't be a mouth
full now, and besides, they wouldn't eat
chicken"
No, L suppose not. Beef would
probably be more in their line, aud
pare beef than anything else"
Mr.. wife made wry face. Somehow
economical housekeepers get horror of
beef, while it is their refuge in all
emergencies.
Yes, she would have roast; that
was decided, and [ was rather pleased
with the decision, for, after all, being at
the head of the table, you will find it is
easier to carve beef than any other
meat, if you have sharp knife.
There was crowd of buyers around
every stall, and great, red-faced butch
ers, cut. trimmed and chopped feroci-
OuSly. In our turn we ordered cut
a rib roast-the bones to be taken out,
and the meat rolled and skewered.
Eight pounds" my wife said.
Tho bntchar va upI orpunI biS ctooIy
for while, and finally selecting the
piece he wanted, carved out the roast.
mine pounds" he said. as he flung it
on the scale
A butcher was never known to cut
exact weight. And his charge was 81. Is.
He had the advantage there too,
AS BUTCHERS GENERALLY HAVE.
We had now twenty pounds of provis-
ions, but the heavier goods were all in
stock. We aimed for vegetables next.
They were mainly to be found in the
stalls OH the south side of the market.
At the east end of the south alleys there
were displays of fruit, past, present and
to come. There were cherries from
Wisconsin, blaekberries from Missouri
and peaches from Georgia. A
small steam engine was grind
ing coacoanut, and strangers
to that locality stopped to see the nov
city. We added some blackberries to
our stock, and four boxes at Is cents
each filed with the black. large, juicy
berries, occupied the bottom of one
basket. The fruiters supplied us with
bit of thin board from the bottom of
crate to cover the berries, and that
enabled US to fill the basket further
without destroying the fruit. In the
next stall, in the midst of display of
Ia
did lettuce.
"What novely it
would be for Them" MsaTsa -
lettuce so late in the EsA & an
season. Lettuce ha: U9a ~ HS i
been gone with then W.. 81 esy
almost a month. How Y Hn 80 SX
much?" she asked the %egmTSI
stallkeeper. What!
only cents per head?"
And before he could act on her sup
posed ineXperience she put three heads
of lettuce into the basket.
The same man had tomatoes as large
and red as peonies temptingly displayed
i'll small baskets, with the legend 40
cents surmountiDg the heap. My wife
did not ask any questions about the
price of the tomatoes. She appropria-
ted them.
1--WE ought to have two," she said,
'sfor we will have to skimp with one,
but am afraid you will have as much
as you can carry"
We paused few minutes over pile
of green corn, doubtfully, and then de-
Gliding to risk it, bought dozen.
They'll think we are awful mean,"
she said, ''but l don't think we can af-
ford more"
''Fifteen cents" remarked the stall
keeper.
ssPut in another dozen," l said, with
all a mans horror of seeming to be mean
about his provisions.