Evening journal., 1888-12-22
THROUGH The MARKET.
What to Buy for Your Christmas Dinner,
ana How Much it will Cost You-C Good
STUFF and Plenty of II.

What 70 Buy for Your Christmas Dinner,
and How Much it will Cost You-Cood
STUFF and Plenty Of 1t.
Christmas is coming; Yuletide is here
and the husband sayeth to his better
half: MY dear, we must celebrate He
then lays aside a certain amount Of cash
for the purchase Of food for the inner
biped and for the purchase of gifts for
said biped's exterior So much for an
introduction. This article treats of the
needs and luxuries for the qualification
of the palate Of those who would eat
An article on matters for the exterior
will be found elsewhere
II is essentially joyful season, that Of
the celebration of the birth Of the Holy
Child. and the large numbers of buyers
seem to treat each other with more def
erence and politoness than at other
times.
The street markets and the market
houses were crowded yesterday, they are
crowded to-day and on Monday next inn
mense crowds will be in them Every
body with pocket book applicable with
the outlay required, intends to enjoy
this Christmas more than any that pre-
ceded It.
person walking through the market
would suppose from the large quantity Of
poultry for sale that there is a great glut
81 the same; but inquiry Of the dealers
would elicit the information that poul-
try is comparatively scarce
Turkeys are the scarcest. They were
scarce yesterday, more so to-day. They
sell at l6 cents for gobblers and 1S to 90
for hens The quality is Of the best al
though the varieties are many. Big, fat
yellow turkeys. blue turkeys, thin turkeys,
old turkeys and young turkeys make up
thousands of pounds Of poultry TO be
consumed by this people next week.
The prize turkeys for weight and quality
are claimed by p. Taggart, who had ten
goblers that averaged 30 pounds each.
These turkeys came from Chester county,
Pa, and some Of them, which have not
yet been stripped Of their plumage,
present a striking appearance. Outside
of the turkeys from this vicinity Mary
| land furnishes some very fine fowls.
Chickens. ducks and geese were said to
be plentiful yesterday, but all the deal
ers anticipated a great scarcity to-day
and on Monday. The price per pound is
| Ia cents In demand turkeys lead fol
lowed closely by geese and ducks and
finally by chickens.
In the way of game Barlow & Weer Of
the Eighth street market house report
| Quail at S3 25 per dozen. rabbits 60 cents
pair This firm also exhibits a deer
which was shot in tho West Virgins
| forests
AS might be supposed in this joyful
season the meat market is slow But
without a meat market there would be Q
great want felt 1t would be similar L
that OF the boy in the fable who said that
he'd like to live on cake. After one day
Of cake however he saw that he had
enough and returned to the plain. sub
stantial brown bread Turkey is very
good as a luxury, but as a standard food
it does not come up to plain beef care
fully cooked Meat quotations. RumT
steak. 20 cents pound; sirloin 90 to %
cents; round IA to 10; rib, 90, chuck, 1(
to ~; stewing pieces, to 8; liver, 10
kidneys 10; veal 10 30; lamb 10 to 16
Salt meat as usual; scrapple, cents
sausage, IA and 49,
Fish are very scarce. The cold weather
affects the catches, quotations; Goldfish
/ Is cents pound haddock, s to 10, pike
{ 12i and l5. perch t2l and rs; lake shad
10: clscoes 40; houlluers, iv; sneli1, ID
yellow perch, 10
Eggs retain steady price at 50 cents a