Telegram-herald., 1890-08-07


Funs ug hls haad-ezrt of het peanuts
and takes Ia stand. soc.feroesly e2A4- f
s1g 1is wares
4 fat yelioN @an. as grS2sy IS his
ova pl1cke1 geese. - eA4Eerl2g ~ rs +.
cars sish . Sip % = girl. @ho BE- /
LeTes. ara rlgatly. tazt - i eke1tlng +
her ia bota pslee and measure as SIS F.
bays from hin supply of ckF4 foE gaza- +
- On the EsorEos-
Ha-e IS 4 little Germaa soDaa, face
sharp aai peckered into iEnumsrahls
Wrln dies bat her balls % han3-eheese,
sire we'd Win earawsv seeds, are White
and appeuEing. she has PIX some away
n can. which she tells You .'schu2ee
GUT bat when uncovered they are as
yellos as gold. and smell - heaven"
yet these her Ger@2a customers prefer.
This thin-fzced Italian has . wagon
laden with game. al killed close by.
Mule-e1FeG rabbits and -moIlle-cOtton-
tails squirrels. red, black AMI gray.
some skinned. some nots bunches OF
partriages. braces OF prairie chicken
and dozens OF snipe tied together b. tho
neck some Wild geese; ducks OF ali
kinds from eanyas-bsek 70 dldapper;
AMI here IS = single sana-hlll crane
fine eating the bird Is. too, and hand
some fellow 70 shoot. The owner IS
good salesman and an eager. lie calls
{ 70 each passer-by. and knows well how
+ 10 praise and shcw his stock Small,
swarthy. lithe and dirty. he IS type Of
his class, always asking higher than he
will get. ard dropping little by little 10
the offered price at last
Many Others are IN line, but they arc
but repetitiOns OF these, II We except
the strapping brown yirago, with her
poultry and eggs, turnips and cabbage,
VINO is too busy joking coarsely with
the colored men and abusing the ven-
ders around her 10 pay mu:h attention
20 her trade.
Within tho building stretches quad
ruple TOW OF vegetable stalls, all tended
By women. German am Irish exclusive
lv, clean dressed and hatless Their
wares make pretty show; no hot-bed
products are here, no garden truck from
other States, but all home-raised- The
fresh green and white OF the succulen'
spring vegetables are seen In the midst
OF December, the pale pink radishe'
lying in the crisp. curly leaves of chic
orv; the purple kohl-rabi against the
piles OF creamy, wax beans; the long
slim pods OF Carolina okra" are heapeC
next TO golden carrots and red spring
beets; piles Of purple egg-plants arr
ranged between cabbage heads. pro
verbally hard; while great bunche
1 Of cool. white celery keep compan.
with baskets of fresh green pease an
pink-skinned new potatoes. The womel
are very artistic in their arrangemen
Z OF these things, and they make fin
display OF color; but fruit they do nc
touch. Here again the Dago comes
q the fore. You find him in stalls stoke
with West India, Northern, and Cal
d fornia fruits; only what other State
draw from tho Antilles, Mexico supple
r to Texas
"Lemona a tawenta centa dozna; al
. pelay, banan, grapa-all a cheepa," the
a assure one as he goes by.
Very foreign they look, with gol
n rings in their ears, men though they b
and red mufIlers around thoir throat
d They seem 10 give endless amusemeI
to the respecta ble-looking colored ma
and woman opposite, who keep sta
where they sell cold food-fried catfis
Is and tender chicken, hard-bOiled egl
and heaps of golden corn-bread al
ve roasted potatoes, with thin-sliced san
wiches, all appetizing indeed, al
where many darky stops TO eat . me
and treat his dusky ''Dulcinea."
Beyond is the neat market, {
butchers nearly all Germans, with
- Frenchman and an american or two,
mix the nationalities. Passing throui
that, we enter what may be called t
bazar-littlo stores Of ready-ma
In clothing. both male and female, Il
ware. cutlery, baskets, fancy articl'
candy, all separate, and the last-nam
stalls presided over by handsome ltali
and pleasant German girls. 1t is ve
no ola pofrida OF merchandise
no Back OF this again, the fsh-marl
and game Of various kinds; and hC
llS once more does the DagO find an oc
nation. There are shriups, era
ier oysters and ell sorts Of fish, but the c
~ FISH. in infinite variety, stands out
@y marked prominence, for it is tho fav
20 ite Of tho negro race, and they arc r
- good customers.
9 -" In and out Of tho building surge
80 crowd for all of Houston is hero. 1t
la. n siornlar custom. this making a IA
- ionable promenade Of tho market,
II obtains. and tho fno ladies do
seenn 70 mind the mixture Of peoples
tho Mace itself, but dress in ''pur
and Gno linen" for the occasion.
our dude is in force. and tho 'masher
not waiting: the mon who stare
al tho Girls who love 20 bo stared
sober ma.rons on hoaso-keeT
D." thourhts intent; firlati0us maid
iHe who prlsh through tho crowd. and 81
-"o =, have no idea thac their manners
not OF the best: natty negro wonc
~ nort Of tongue AMI loose Of dcmea
resnectable colOred "maumus." an
OF rirth. fn sp0tless white aprons; 81
rfr- negro men and saucy bootoia
merchants. lawyers and physici
servant--irls and cooks the hapfe-
1l' and tho 6r~L~erfe and both in
'Ls' best atttre. policemen and tramps;
women. mon oa crutchos and ha
% in arms. black. white. brown and
''- low-neCrocs. Americans. MonEoli
but .t..---.4l 800 Ia
f7-. talking. QuarreIn-, Costicula'
bargaining. Cossiping. staring, kee
auuoiatrerts end making new ones
ing proper or improper, polite OF
80 as the case may be- All tbis Foe
from four to nine IN winter. from Il
.ians 9" --.