Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-23
QUITE OUT OF SIGHT.
A Light POcketbook Will Not Go Very
Far This Thanksgiving.
EVERYTHING EATABLE Is COSTLY.
Canvasback Ducks 81 a Pair and Turkeys
20 Cents a Pound.
SHORT STROLL THROUGH THE MARKETS

There 1s saying tnas people VINO oance
must pay the fiddler, and following out the
same general line of thought, it may be re-
marked that people who are counting on
eating elaborate Thanksgiving dinners may
confidently calculate upon putting up good
round prices for the center pieces and trim
mings.
There does not seem to be any corner in
the market on most things that 60 to make
up the time-honored feast, but somehow
dealers have learned the art of fixing the
rate high enough to shut out any possibility
Of loss.
The markets were lively yesterday, and
already the holiday boom was showing itself.
The poultry dealers were busy as bees hand
ing out turkeys, ducks and chickens, in spite
of the fact that certain prices were gilt
edged. The proud kings and queens of the
barnyard that can put their heads under
a wing and roost on one foot on top of an
inch fence board during cyclone, were re-
failing at 20 cents per pound, with plenty of
takers at that Taking this as start, it is
hard to tell what deceased gobblers will re-
tail at between this and Thursday. Dealers
are confident, however, and say they are pre-
pared for the worst.
PRICES OF OTHER POULTRY.
Chickens are plentiful, and fair specimens
sell at from 80 to 80 cents pair. The crop
of ducks is not as extensive, and they are
worth about 81 25 pair.
At the stands where game is sold, every
one was head over heels in business. Can
vas-back ducks were selling at 81 pair, and
not many were to be had at this modest
figure. Other prices were as follows: NAL
lard ducks, Sc dozen; teal, S4 dozen; red
heads, So pair; black heads, IS cents
pair; pheasants, 81 30 pair; prairie chick
ems, 81 25 a pair; quail, 81 dozen; wood
cock, 81 Is o pair; snipe, 50 30 dozen;
plover, the same; pigeons, 81 dozen; rab-
bits and squirrels, from 40 to 80 cents pair;
jack rabbits, from IS cents to 81 apiece, and
yenison from 20 to 35 cents pound.
Quail, rabbits, squirrels, pigeons and
prairie chickens are plentiful, but pheasants
are rather scarce. It is expected, though,
that the general supply of game will be
good this week, particularly as the weather
in the game regions is excellent for hunting
and shipping.
If the oyster and fish men are to be relied
upon, their lot is not particularly pleasant
just at this time. One of the heaviest
oyster shippers are fighting among them
selves. and we are getting the worst of it.
I am selling oysters to-day at 81 10 gallon,
or 30 cents quart that cost me 81 35 a gal
Ion. That is as true as tell you, and my
customers are getting the benefit of what I
hope will be but temporary trouble"
FISH MARKET OUT OF SIGHT.
"How is the fish market?"
"Out of sight. Prices are from 20 to 80
per cent higher than for years. Ask me
about any variety of fish, whether taken in
the lakes or Eastern waters, and my answer
will be the same. Lake fishing will close
within the next ten days, as they are lifting
the nets already, and then we will 60 back
to frozen fish.
AT the butchers stalls the reports were to
the effect that prices were about as usual. The
pound. Roasts, starting with the "chuck"
variety and ending with frst-class ribbers,
are worth from 10 to Is cents. Pork and
mutton are about as usual.
The rosy-cheeked women who preside over
the vegetable stands, as a rule, look about
as rugged as their prices. Potatoes are SELL
ing at 81 25 q bushel, or 40 cents a peck;
cabbage, from to 10 cents a head; celery,
40 cents dozen punches; turnips, % cents
a peck; onions. 81 IS bushel, or so cents a
peck; sweet potatoes, so cents a peck; to-
matoes, 80 cents peck; beets, three punches
for dime; onions, cents a bunch; cram
berries, two quarts for 20 cents; apples, 30
cents peck and grapes, 30 cents a basket.