The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-01
THE PEANUT TRADE.
Anxiety rs to the Crop-Grcates Peanut
C~ItIes-Peanuts AntI-AIcOhoIIc.

Anxiety as to the Crop-Grcatest Peanut
CItIes-Peanuts AntI-AIcohoIIc.
The news that thors is a shortage In the pea
nut crop Is likely to agitate n great many per-
sons in Gotham. where the habit OF eating
peanuts is more general in certain districts
than in San Francisco. Chicago. or st. Louis.
which are the three foremost rivals to the me-
tropolis in the consumption Of the leguminous
nut. The peanut eaters OF the great cities are
provided for chiefly by the crop yielded by tho
peanut farms OF Virginia and North Caroline.
This crop. it is announced. has this year fallen
short OF 1000. 600 bushels. and there is q con-
seQuent advance In the wholesale price. The
quoted market rate Is now five cents a pound.
but the numerous italian Counts who are in
terested in the retail trade still adhere TO last
years rate OF ton cents n quart. and aro there-
fore entitled to and will doubtless receive the
gratitude OF Gotham's peanut caters. %particu-
larly on the Bowery. whore a supply OF pea
nuts has from time immemorial been part OF
the theatre outfit OF tho humble and enthusi-
astic patrons OF the drama.
In times gone by certain residents OF the
metropolis. suffering from lack. OF knowledge
Of the great AmeLiean peanut: have Affected nd to
noting, that the peanut has risen superior to
respect OF many Who thought contcmptuousiy
OF 1t by becoming an object OF art as it were.
ENeFy .NeW loThtE tcCuSlOiu'u " nio IoSco
around holiday times has seen the proof Of this
IN novel ornaments hat have appeared ~ tho
f In@ai Ttna anG bits W " hr / hn'n eol SrssA ei sshhhiui or
silks. artists have been able TO metamorphose
tho peanut into nm object that unites humor
markable. Peanut dolls and other things
have now + recognized ho m Market, NAME SaI%s
? Of the lowly nut that artists Of local renown
have not thought it derogatory to their art t..
busy themselves In tho absorbing pastlme OF
mt decoration Peanut n0llS are IOun0
adjoining mqntels In many studios: and elabo;
rate ART works. in which the peanut has played
Those who think sllgltingly OF the peanut
V meuSada' for nufi IL oil. Tie seed net ' eoata tHnS a S Ssid
seHt Is as on uli sse oiI. By sH nsstins the lss se saa I bS Sisss
that Is. useful, IN the making Of SOAP. The
making certain Kinds Of cfocolate. Those WHO
would speak Sontemptuousiy Of the peanut
vine that bears the nut is in itself an interest
Ing egrio II Northern cIimes, quite as murh.
Indeed Gas as the I. cotton bId AN aud na brn1fdh, and II t ths
nut gilded. a barlar ornament Is obiqlned thof
are so seldom seen in New York that thsy
may be elsssed as yerltablei enriosities, The
especially to th9se win have acquired a liking
I ao ps snah aas paa. SRfc sei sitsp the s% vln s' has s Row,
cred. Is gradually forced down into the ground
bya curious propulsion Of the vine stalk,
once safely under ground the pod enlarges
No other plant has this singular method OF do
vcloplng It's fruit.
.Addedto its many other uses tho peanut has
OF late revealed a property rs u preventive
OF intoxicetion that has won for Il me
to daily with the flowing bowl. As a turnip
will absorb water, 50 the fruit OF the peanut
has n com mrs hgnSiya faenlty for absorbing AL
cohol. and proventln. il from demoralizlnG
tho nerves Of the stomach ana upsetting tho
thinEinC, machine. 1t is, estimated. for OK;
champagne and eats u pint of peanuts. the
peanuts will overcome the inehr,atingq quality
OF the wine without curtailingi Its exhilarating
effects. At ten cents o quart the population OF
this city are getting somethine which. constd-
cred - sluxprX u well worth the n