Evening journal., 1889-11-16
WI m,Neroa wAeKsrs.
who Attends and some Of Their saving
and Actions.

Who Attends and some of Their eaftpgS
and Actions.
The best market day for several weeks
opened this morning with the rising of
the sun. King street on the west side.
walk was packed with buyers and
baskets; the first, good natured, and the
| second, overlooking. The Police De-
partment makes provision for keeping
wagons ON the move in the street. but
| the side walks are blocked without police
| interference. Some portions Of King
/ street have a market wagon and stand
at the curb and a stard at the house.
| This leaves a space of three to five feet
| for the buyers to pass by or block. OBJ
| servations made by an EVENING JOURNAL
reporter this morning showed that
| woman should go to market without
| much hustle The bustle should be un-
attached and then again it should be
| attached by the sheriff There is always
! plenty of bustle in market without inn
| porting an artificial variety
The farmers and their customer are
| study The red-nosed woman was pres
ent with her basket, pricing butter at
every other stand and then buying roll
butter in the market house. This is the
woman who watched Lawtons dinner
party at the Wilmington fair, with open
mouth, and then asked how much the
coffee was per cup.
A woman stopped in front OF one OF
the produce stands and asked If they
are Early Rose potatoes" They are, and
she buys a half peck. The next woman
gets a quarter. peck Of "Burbanz's' s. pota-
toes from the pile.
The sad eyed, red-nosed woman who
keeps the corner stand, together with the
poorest vegetables in market keeps
counting her receipts fer exercise on the
circulation. The Irish woman who
wants to taste everything manages to
swallow half a pound OF butter, tasting,
in two squares The mincemeat woman
keeps stirring the mincemeat SO that the
Juice is well-distributed.
McGinty is present in spirit, if not in
person, and it would probably give him
the blues to hear some bewhiskered
countryman try to spring his ghost on
his customers. Here's joke that a
! countryman might have used with deadly
effect:
Countryman-''Do ye know who raised
them peraties7'
Young Woman-"No."
Countrymen-"Do We want ter lSnowg"
Young Woman Ton to it)-"No, / guess
not
Countryman-''Why it was McGinty
t that's my name. Hal Hal Ha"
In his excitement he forgot to return
the young woman's change, but she
: hadn't, so he changed color, also
The following conversation did not
take place.
g Buyer-'Is that butter goodg"
Seller-"No. It's very strong maam,
have poundg
, Buyer-"Yes, please
3 This conversation did take place
Buyer-'1s that butter good, sir2"
Seller" Yes ma'am."
Buyer-"How much is it?'
s Seller-"Thirty-fve cents"
k Buyer-"Don't want any.
o Is there moral 1t may be found in the
o fact that the first man sold his butter at
d % cents, and boarding house keeper
was talking to him. In the second case,
7 the woman was busy housewife, with
q a small family, and she had bought but
e ter Of this man once before. She never
= will again.
'e The irrepressable corn doctor, colored
delived a short address every thirty
seconds
"Step up now; de bes' Gavin cuah in dc
.e city de bes' medicine yet 'duced in dii
mahket; never yet bin exalted.
"a A little girl stopped at a stand and goi
- two pounds of butter. Tell your
y. mother" said the farmer. THAT may
e not be mere next week, but the butter
"a wilt be here, Just the same" Probably
If the butter is strong enough to come tC
a. market alone now
70 Not a rabbit was noticed on KinE
~ street, and yet the law was out yester
= gay. No large bags of game have beer
: reported. The dealers who make a spec
a. ialuy of game report it scarce. Vegeta
bles are selling at firm prices
m and are good and palatable Butte
- and eggs are above the notch, a dea
N higher than many persons can reach
= Poultry is high and scarce. Meats AM
~ fish are firm, and the market is fair
The waffle man at Third and King street
= sold a good many waffles this morning
a Fruit is in splendid condition, never bet
av ter and sells we'll
Barlow g. Weer furnish the followin
prices, which show the turn of tn
market: Rabbits can be shot easier wit
st the pocketbook than with a gun. The
RS are scarce and sell at 90 TO 65 cents pal
ad according to size. Partridges are scarce
vn than rabbits; SO to $3.25 pc
he dozen is charged for them
1g Wild ducks-Red heads, $2.2
sr per pair; blackheads, $1,25; mallard
up 81. so; canvas backs are not in market
at The Philadelphia market quotes them a
ty So and 81 per pair Turkeys, 20 cents
be pound; tame ducks, 10 cents pound
mt chickens, IA and 16 cents pound. But
ng ter retains prices last quoted 3
VIZ and 35 cents; eggs, 80 cents . dozer
a Pumpkins sell at 10 to 25 cents piec'
tes They do not go very rapidly, and thi
7er gives rise to the horrible suspicion tbs
the pumpkin is going out. Sweet pots
toes, 25 cents a half peck, wi
be scarcer than they are now
rd. white potatoes, IS cents hal
led peck; apples, 20 to 80 cents half peel
'p- celery, to cents bunch Duche
go pears, so cents a half peck; cabbage 3
nd cents a head turnips, 10 cents q ha
led peck grapes, 80 to 60 cents baske
ng bananas, 15,and 20 cents a dozen; orange
ore 80 cents dozen.
lie
'rk Court Convenes on Monday.
ler The November term of the Coun