Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-17
INETpE TIE MAEKEr.

packed and exposed for sale. Most of the purchases arc carried away wrapped in n coarse brown paper similar to our straw paper. Many arc taken of in neat little baskets of open woodwork about n foot in diameter and four inches deep. These arc given away by the dealers tn those who buy largely. To small purchasers they arc sold for onc-tcnth of n cent, just about their cost.
 \ European or American k struck first by the apparCnt smallncsS of the purchases made in Chinese markets, John China man uses animal fuu,ls and fine VcgctHblCs as TClishCs and not aS a toEHl ny thCruSclvCS. Wherc the American huusckCCpCr would buy n pound of pork, ham or h0cun, the Celestial takes two or four ounces. \ sin gle tomato does duty fOEa quart, and n gill of oysters and clans each no larger than n bean is an abundant supply for n family of five or six. For this reason in Chinese markets things arc cut up and divided into ridiculously small pieces. A half pound chicken will hc split in two, the breast, head neck, limbs, carcass and intcstincs separated, and each fragment marked with q pricc card. If the whole bird was worth < cents originally, the parts will bc so marked as to aggrCgatC cents. Pigeons md squabs arc similarly quartcrcd. Even quail. snipc and sparrow undergo the same process of digestion. Popular Food.
 Tho most popular food is pork. You can buy MT. Piggy in every imaginable condition. If you arc going to givc n great banquet, you can secure q loo pound CT alive. He lies on his hack or side with his four legs tied securely together. When sold, a stout bamboo pole Is thrust between the legs of the right and left side and is raised with its squcaling freight to the shoulders of two cOolics, who walk of with it to the customer residence. Small pigs arc inserted into long cylindrical basket, just narrow enough to fOrcc the | four legs of the occupant close against its | body. X thick piece of rattan serves as q handle and enables buyer tO handle tho basket and pig the same n stout valiSc. You can buy pigs of any siZc roasted | whole or get them alive and havc them roasted to order. The cooking is done with | @ slow fire containing considerable smoke | and lasts from C to 24 hours, according to the size of the animal. It is pasted some | during the operation and Is also favored l with n rich aromatic sauce, similar to Worcestershire, but not so pungcnt and burning. Tho rCast pig is also cut up in | to fragments, which arc sold separately | and which in turn may bc cut so as to al. | low a patron to buy Il single cents worth. | Every portion of the porcinc anatomy used | at homo is used in the Middle Kingdom. In addition to that our pigtailed cousins use the brain, which they consider grCat delicacy, the lights, the ears and tail, the latter of which they fry. sweetcn and call Q confection. They also wash, split and scrub the largo intestine until 1t resembles | huge thick white flannel ribbon.
 You can buy boiled pork, dried Eork, smoked pork, pickied pork and soused pork. You can buy pigskin, which hes been treated in some mysterious Monso' lian way and converted into swedish, grayish, white, hard, crisp and brittle sweetmeat that suggests sueaTcd popcorn. There arc sausagcs in which the lean ani fat appear in separate pieces as largo a dice. There are brawn and blood pudding pigs collops and trotters.
 Beef Is Tabooed.
 The OK is never used as food by tho m tives of tropical China. It is the beast o burden and all work. It blows and har | rows, treads grain and moves the irriga tion buckets It Is tho motor of the mill It does any and all sorts of toll. These thinks the hcathen Chinee, should safe guard it from the slaughter house. Be sides this Buddhism exerts n trcmendou silent power on Mongolian conduct, ant under the strict teachings of that faith al flesh is intercictcd, and bovine flesh espe cially so. Tho prcjudicc Is so strong tha the Chinese servants of Europeans wh' have spent years in service evincc as mucl rcpugnance to beef after a decade of fa miliarity with its use as the zealous prics I of a country temple.
 The sheep and lamb, goat and kid dec and antelope occasionally find their way c the butcher counter, and especially In th treaty ports, where thcro aro European communities, and those cities which con tain numbers of Chinese who have pros percd abroad and returned to enjoy thci succesA in their own land. Tho dog Is dainty and is eaten by only the wealthy It Is of a particular kind and must bc ric fattened before 1t Is ready for use. It said to be very pleasant, ns k also tho ncs
 of It's cousins, tho fox and wolf.
 Rats Are Not Popular.
 Travellers toles to the contrary mol withstanding, pussy Is not utilized as