The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-27

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n The NE" YORK MARKETS.
Turkey, the Sovereign BIrd, Receives tho
Homage Of the Metropolis.
The few days that Immediately pre-
cede Thanksgiving are great days in tie
New York markets, and the day tefore
Thank-gi ying is something enOrmous.
If living turkeys could only fyresee the
homage that would be pad taera On tbs
day they would uo doubt run % the
headsIuaus block without urging, and
stretch their uecks for the ak
For IN truth the honora paid 10 tbs
king.y bird at this seasou are amazing.
Al day a great crowd thr1n9s Washing
ton and Fulton markets, the PRINCIPAL
mausoleums Of the honorel fowl ~
nightfall Vesey street is almost impassa-
bic, and the ueighborhood Of West and
Washington streets IS packed with peo-
pie carrying baskets, bags and even port
manteaus
Around on all sides, glorifed by the
j golden gaslight, hang the shapely tur-
i keys, with crimson rosettes like stars c,
the Legion Of Honor, pinned on their
exuberant breasts. sacredly guarding
the dead stand the uudertaker., com
monty known as poultry dealers; stout,
rubicund, arghmentauve, loud voiced,
and, strange to say, jolly Why strange:
Of course they are jolly, and ~ would
the turkeys be II they Were alive. For
all the men, women and children in tia
crowd are intensely jolly, and nightly
consider that they have not come 10 Wit
ness a burial, but an apotheosis Of tur-
i keys
A sad eyed little widow. leading a
school girl by the hand, Is struck ". IA
the delicate beauty o. long uecke1 bird,
and offers to see that it Is buried with
the proper ceremonies, but the uniar-
taker says such a luxury will cost ter
at the rate Of, say, eighteen cents a
pound With q sigh she drops the taaz-
tiful fowl and takes another less stately
and satisfactory, for which she pays si1-
teen cents pound. The eighteen cent?
pound bird is snapped up ty a plerLor;',
red faced old gentleman, who wear false
teeth and single eyeglass. After him
comes a newly married couple, linked
arm in arm and carrying two huge has
4 kets The husband is tall, angular az
ugly; the bride small, sweet and seduc-
tive. She yearns for FIVE dollar bird,
whereas he thinks 5. 80 viii be enough,
and that the rest Of the money can lie
! spent On groceries. But shs makes Il /,
turkey merits SO evident 70 her spouse
that he finally hands over Il crisp. new
five dollar bill, tgcks the bird under his
arm and strides of 70 a vegetable stall.
where lie pays OUT 81 y FIR celery, sage,
cranberries and caulihowerA
Two young girls who keep house Tor
themselves debate for q quarter G, al
hour as to whether they shall bay ,aaa
turkey or a fat chicken, and finally my
the chicken. a fractions old gent 81. an
who hears this conversation escheUs
turkey also, and satisfies himself with
hne looking duck His wife. a hand.
some woman, with red rose in her bon
net, spends nearly half an hour search
ing for green peas
y handsome woman. wearing 4 long
sealskin and a queer arrangement q
black velvet and crimson ribbon 4 her
head, pays little attention to the turkeys
and very much 10 the crowd A. she
stands beside vegetable stall. under
the haring gaslight, her gorgeous head
dress and pale, statucsque face form a
striking contrast 10 the forest If green
behind her, and painter who could
utilize the scene ought to ualse small
fortune out Of +.
Busy as the markets arc during the
day, they are ten times more busy dur
ing the evening Along the gaslit aisles
Of Washington market passes a great
throng Of men and women. their eyes
fixed on the long lines Of decorated tu--
keys. chickens, ducks and geese, ara
their ears apparently deaf to the honeved
invitations OF the blue shirtel plathor.e
dealers, who are never tired u e-patiat-
ing on the succulence. freshness AMI
| general beauty Of their goods. Now
and then a woman will stop. lay down
her basket, feel the breast Of turkey
with the thumb and forefnger ef her
right hand, inquire its price, expos, ul lie
at the desrness, hesitate momen. or
two and then draw ont her purse and
march homewarl with the coveted fowl
in her possession Men buy too. and SO
do not few young girls and boy,
All seem to set just what thev want,
and not many discontented or .iSsatis-
fed faces arc to he seen at any le at
any Of the markets.
What right has any one who is dis
contented or who hasn't the where
withal to buy turkey in the big mar
kets on Thanksgiving eve: They arc not
wanted here, and the plenty that is Sc
| free To the moro fortunate would simply
make them more discontented
1t is late, very L. -, when the crowd OF
buyers begins to grow less, and it is
much later when the last cash trans
action has been made, How many of
the buyers have thought as they pro
yided for their own Thanksgiving cheer
of the thousands who viii eat no turkey
on the morrow:
No one can answer Ills question. but
we know that some have; we know that
many baskets have been carried away
from the great markets laden with good
things for others than the purchasers;
We know that while the ostensihle spirit
Of thankfulness has been quito smothcred
in many a breast by the spirit Of selfish
anticipation Of good things 10 cat on the
morrow, many a table scantilv spread on
most days VIII then groan under good
things thoughtful!y and unobirusively
provided by generous hands and hearts
and purses.
And there Is no better time. well fed
reader, whether Won live in town or
country. for You to mngle generosity to
your less fortunate friends with thank
fitness fox your own material prosperity
than this Thanksgiving season.
Thanksgiving is really the highest de-
votion, the truest mark Of the true
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