The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-09-10

is bound so neatly in freshly cut reeds
and grass that the little burros look as II
they were carrying huge cocks Of new.
mown hay.
Scarcely had seated myself again,
when spied barefooted boy across the
street carrying on his head fiat wicker
tray, which was such a splendid lSaleido-
scope of color that it was impossible to
resist calling him over. ''Ohiga, ohiga, =
| cried in answer to his call Of aFrutes,
frutes,p and he came across. He first
asked me twelve cents Ga reaD for six Of
the tiny little yellow bananas thes pre-
! III down here, but, knowing we'll his
knd, offered him six cents for six OF
tie big fat red ones we liked, and got
thems bought strawberries big
luscious oacs--~fof eighteen cents .
pound, his first price beng thirty cents.
| added six oranges for twelve cents
(which did not look as though they
could be wormy, bur probably are, as
the rains have begun and eighteen
apiicots for another twelve cents. and then
/ called him back and gave him a
contour for couple OF aqua. ca es for
the salade. The melons are not good,
mangoes one has to cultivate taste for.
and 1t takes long, for the odor is an ag-
gravated case Of that OF overripe bananas
shut up In close room. But the cher
rimoya, or custard apple, shaped Ikea
pineapple cheese, green and blackon the
outside, purest white custard within,
hecked with black seeds like water
melon, is liked by every one.
Half an hour later | forgot myself and
looked up when heard "Senorita,
senorita, under the window, and be-
held fine turkey held up to my gaze.
There stood man with chicken coo9
on his back, fully as high as himself,
and divided of into four or five stories,
which were full Of fowls. He was a wild,
dirty specimen, but he had with him a
neat little brown-faced woman, who car
ried in each hand basket OF eggs.
Cook buys our turkeys at the plaza usu
ally and pays 81 for one weighing sev en-
or eight pounds. So when be asked me
LOS for this one unplucked, knew II
was the same old talc-get all you can
out ~ the foreigners. We dickered
away, be coming down six cents at a
time. until bought it for sixty-two
cents, in spite Of cooks appearance on
the scene and evident disapproval Of the
purchase. She said il was thin and
poor, and quite turned up her nose at the
noisy creature. SO / made him take
mother one from the coop and soon saw
hat she would make the same objection
70 them all. undoubtedly for reasons Of /
ler own. Chief among these probably
vas her commission from the market
woman, and that hardly second to the
.xtra amount Of work she would have
o do in picking the turkey. But ia no
way would the vender be induced 70
'ome down in his price. Eggs, eight
or twelve cents, was his price, and none
'ther. And as cook brings them from
be market place for the same money I !
N willing she should get Der commits
len. 50 the man and woman trotted on
heir way.
One Of the things I did not buy,
Ihich was urged upon me with never
EASING volubility, was goats milk. The
'lnkled old crone who imp0rtunsd
e was driving q little flock Of goats
'out the streets, and, squattine down
sfoEe each purchasers door, would draw
e quantity Of goats milk any one de-
rcd from natures fount with her dirty
own hands.