Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-12-14
Our baltimore Letter.

Tor boys. II is on Madison avenue very
near the center Of the city. 1t is pre-
paratory school for boys and about IS
boys go TO 1t and there are seven teach
ers. ! am in class One and study arith-
metic, reading, spelling, penmanship,
history, grammar, geography, latir,
ana swing clubs In the gymnasium. We
box and wrestle too in the gymnasium
and have good time generally. Some
OF the Baltimore boys like TO fight as
well as some Of the Blackfoot boys do.
wish you could have been with me
TO go through the markets here the
day before Thanksgiving. There are
eleven markets In different parts OF the
city. We go TO three of them; some-
times TO Belair, sometimes 70 Rich
mond and sometimes to Lexington. AS
the Lexington market Is the largest
and best in the city will quote from
the sun" description OF it as it lool-
ed on Thanksgiving eve:
I'm preparation for the Thanksgiving
feast, the Baltimore markets, famed all
over the world, are taking on the PEE
cnliar and appetizing look that comes
al the time Of year when the turkey
meets its doom.
Fruits, vegetables. meats and sweets
are piled high on the stalls inside and
the wagons that stand in the street out
side OF Lexington market. At every
turn there is fresh oder 10 sniff and
new sight 20 see. Apples, more abund-
ant this year than for many years past,
turn their rosy cheeks 10 the passer-by
from innumerable upturned barrels;
bananas, oranges, caulifowcr, celery,
cocoanuts, cabbages, eggplant, onions,
pumpkins, parsley, turnips, potatoes,
beans, water cress, lettuce, grapes and
pears, come In quick succession as the
marketer, with empty basket enters the
market and passes up the narrow aisles
Then comes great pickle stands, with
prepared mince-meats and condiments
that makes both the mouth and eyes
water: rich cheescs and tempting look
: ing butter sold by CHEEKY white apron
, ed matrons In wooden shawls: cakes,
J rolls, crackers, loaves OF bread-every-
thing that viii tempt the eye and please
the palate.
/. In the meat market II would seem
, that even pronounced vegetarian
, would turn hereto. Stall after stall, as
far as the eye can reach, are covered
with porterhouse steaks, rib roasts,
lamb chops, mutton, mans, sausages,
and salted meats OF every kind. In the
iish market are mackerel, shad, trout,
perch, cod, bass, CLANS and oysters.
Poultry and game were abundant.
) Chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits and
, birds"
viii add TO this that the man who
wrote Il did not do justice 10 the can
dies. They are fine and very tempting;
greats sheets OF taffy, peanut and COCO
= anut candy they call brittle, caramels
: and creams OF every kind, and large
loaves OF chocolate and cream candy,
and more kinds than you can imagine;
!. nuts OF all kinds from cocoanuts TO pea
e nuts. Lexington was so crowded on
n Thanksgiving eve that we could hardly
y get along, but everybody was smiling
> and good natured. Going to market
seems TO be sort OF picnic.
On Thanksgiving day had the pleas
!, ure OF visiting Fort McHenry, place
very interesting TO visit. II is situated
at the extreme end Of Locust Point
During the Revolutionary war chain
supported by twenty-one sunken schoon
& ers was stretched from the Point across
!. what Is here called the Patapsco river
!, TO prevent the British ships from com
a ing up TO the city. II was In front o.
!, this fort that Capt. Francis Scott Key,
:. then prisoner on British war ship
A wrote the "Star Spangled Banner.
n There is flag staff on the highest
~ point where the stars and stripes float
"a now as they did then. BY its side is
"a twelve FOUNDER that went bang! whei
:. the sun set and down went the flag.
!, The fort is star-shaped with high wall
aud grass covered parapets and grass
covered outer works where the larg'
ID canon are. They are fine. Any on
W would think they could blow war shil
IS to pieces in a few minutes. There ar
q twelve big fellows pointing their blacl
II mouths out towards the bay and SOM
le mortars to throw shells. like to g
n down to the Fort and sit on the sea wal
Q and see the big foreign ships come u
q the bay and see the oyster schooner
le with their immense sails tack about :
T. get the wind right.
Baltimore is quite historic city
On our way to the Fort we passed a tai
marble monument erected to the men
DRY Of two boys, one 10 the other u
Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComa'
They were rihemen in the America
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