The evening times., 1895-11-19
.60BBIER TO Be 6OBBI[D
Days Of the Proud Turkey Ire
Indeed Numbered.
WHAT THE MARKETS AFFORD
Great Prepa rations for he Thanksgiv-
Ing Festivities-Any Quantity of
Chickens, Rabbits and Other Sea-
sOmble Thingsat ReasOna bile Prices.
Suggestions for the Housewife.

Thanksgiving Is q purely American in
| stitutlon, and for that reason is featured
with purely American dinner. 1t would
be as absurd, TOO, to think OF n Thanks
giving without a turkey dinner as it
would 10 contemplate holding a funeral
without the corpse.
Alive TO the Importance of the star meal
OF Thanksgiving Day the market men of
Washington have long since begun prcpara-
tion for the supplying OF the board. 1t
now dcvolyes upon the housewife TO do
her share and The earlier the marketing
is done the better.
Certainly tile first and foremost thing
is turkey, which can DE had in The market
for a levy pound, if lie buyer takes him
in n dressed form. The fowls this season
nre unusually plump, and already many
Il former society leader Of the barnyard
aggregation reposes In the ice chest with
n card bearing the name of the host of the
board he is TO decorate pinned 10 his
breast.
Maybe you would prefcre TO buy him in
a more animate state, however. If so, lie
can b. found In the market for n cent or so
less on the pound. Besides the advantages
gained by the services of his feathers for
a divan pillow and his wings for whsk
brooms, one has the plea asure Of fatteniDg
him 10 the required ayoIrdupois, Ike The
South Sea Island ca nnibal feeds his mission
ary guest ON the milk OF the cocoanut until
he reaches the desired degree of choice
ness as bit OF palatablc food.
LIKE A TITLED FOREIGNER.
While his turkcyship stands Outhe Thanks
giving dinner table like n titled foreign
bachelor in a roomful of American heir
esses, the other domestic fowls may not
be utterly ignored. Chicken, dressed in
Thanksgiving styles, may be had for from
10 TO IL - cents pound. Geese sell
for the same. Ducks, as we'll prepared
for the broiiing pan as they are Tor the
slaughter. fctch from IL 10 IA cents for
each pound.
OF course IT. would be an absurfiity 10
think OF sn patriotic a dinner without cram
berries. They're to be found in market as
fine as ever grew within Thousand miles
of Hoboken, for 10 cents quart. A trio
of quarts may even be found for quarter
II you'll trouble yourself Ia look around
bit. Then there is another sauce. The
germs of il are found in the market. They
arccrabappies, as red md rosy as the rubiest
lips that any artist ever dared to leave
upon canvas. Only 40 cents Will buy
wnole basketful, enough to feed forty
eight people or three Indians. So closely
allied are these sauces with the fowls that
it is well to purchase both simulta aDeously.
1t would be unwise, howcvcr, To stop
here. especially IL you are expecting your
country Cousins for the day. A rabbit,
cooked In nineteenth century style and
hiding in fringe of parsley in dish
ut one corner OF the table, may be depended
upon tn play Il good thinking part. In Il
pinch. too, where ii was found the TURKEY
was not as large as the guests appetite,
he may do active service. He Will be f"und
selling for from 10 to % cents, as his days
were numbered before the grim reaper
ard the shotgun caught him.
There is another piece of china decoration;
1t Is the roast pig. The price fluctuates be-
tween Sc and SO. owing TO the size of the
infant porker, the dealer and the length OF
the tine that the latter feels that he must
wait before sending around the bill. The
dish is trifie English, it is true, but it
is a rare bit. that national pride should
adopt rather than snub.
With true Yankee instinct, the market
man has provided for every emergency. Iu
case all the foregoing prove too small. he
ordered an extra supply of calves. When
the reporter made his tour of the market
one dealer had on exhibition an abnormally
large calf. capable of feeding all the prodi-
gal relatives any Wsshingtonian could care
TO call in. The beast was fatted TO the
killing point, but the seller declined to make
made.
EVERYTHING IN MARKET.
Turning to everything else on the great
holiday dinner table. and the name is le-
gion, it may be found in market at popular
prices. The purchaser, of course, can suit
his or her taste. or pocketbook. Egg plants
may be bought for fifteen cents that even
u member OF the Washington Baseball Club
could not fail to hit were they passed over
the plate, and that cause even the hens
themselves to hang their heads in shame
aud consider their best efforts lost when
they behold them.
The collie producing cucumber, Just land
ell from the heath of Florida land, is there.
II is sold in crates alone holding enough
to require the services OF eight physicians
per crate TO cure the evil effects OF eating
thereof. The crates bring So apiece
The succulent string bean is also 10 be
had. They are supposed TO bcdescendantso OF
the same that the children OF Israel petl-
tioned for while hemmed in by the Egyptian
woods, aud bear well the concentrated |
energies of their long line of ancestors. |
quart of them may be had for fifteen cents |
Enough lettuce to iced half a dozen peO-f |
pie. provided they eatTother things too, |
can be bought for ten or fifteen cents.
All the cabbage that escaped the Hal |
lowcen carnvals may be purchased for |
from i've 10 filte'n cents heau. aCcoru- |
ing TO tue magnitude of the stalk. Muir
prizes, as fine as any Irish lad ever planted |
in the fun of the moon, with the "cye" up, |
are so cheap il IS a waste OF energy to |
buy less than a bushel at a time. Sweet !
potatoes are ordinarily 81, hut by careful |
the buyer can find them |
for dime less.
1t would require price list of endless |
duration to enumerate all the articles from |
the various kinds Of oysters and fishes to |
the last dessert possibilities and nuts and
wine. But the knowing buyer. as said be-
will buy on the flood OF TIE Thanksgiving /,
market tide.