The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-24
! THE CHRISTMAS MARKETS +:

The butcher the baker and the candle-
STICK maker have been busy during the
tempting displays for the holidays and the
grocer has joined the procession If peo-
pie do not have good dinners on tomor-
row, 1t is because they do not have the
thing which could be desired is on sale
and at prices where people OF moderate
! means can buy
The butcher shops of the city are poems
of porterhouse, rhythms of round, ball
lads of brSket, sOnataS of sausage and
librettos of liver. There are forequarters
and headquarters of beef. whole pigs, big
and little, veals and lambs and matured
mutton. Turkeys and chickens crowd
geese and ducks while occasionally a
lonesome.
In the vegetable line the display is i'm
mense- Produce such as Utah alone can
raise is found almost everywhere. Cauli-
flower is something immense The speci-
mems on the stands are among the finest
ever grown Celery is getting good. now
and the finest kind is on sale Utah beats
the world for celery Michigan isn't in
it. Onions, potatoes and cabbage are eX-
ceptionally good.
The shipments of cranberries to the city
have been heavy and the fruit is a great
deal better than that which came on
Thanksgiving. 1t is matured well and is
ported and domestic, are plentiful all
first-class. Oranges are beginning to
come in better grades and some splendid
specimens are to be found.
The candy man is in his element The
long canes which delight the hearts of
the children, the pecan loaf, the dainty
caramel and the toothsome chocolate are
all on sale New places have been opened
within the last few days and pretty girls,
as sweet as the stuff they sell. are pres
ent to wait on customers. The corner
butcher hasn't begun to handle candy as
yet but he will get in today and viii
slash around with his gum drops at a
nickel the pound and his broken bits at
nuts is on the spot. however. and VIII
sell all sorts of assorted lghtweights
at prices which scare one, until he gets
home and begins eating. The regular
merchant who advertises in the paper is
the best place to buy nuts.
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AS rule turkeys from Utaheare the
best, although this year there are some
Kansas and Nebraska birds which are
better than usual The eastern turkey is
firm sort OF fowl. its flesh being dainty.
If not too fat. Buyers should not take a
lean bird and one which shows too much
oil should be avoided as being too greasy
and rank. Geese are average Ducks
are quite plentiful, although wild ones
are not as~frequent as usual
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Turkeys run from 10 cents per pound
up. alInOuSn gOOQ STOCK cannot De Idu
for less than H. Geese are from 12i5 to
IA cents, some extra picked being higher
than that Ducks run about the same and
chickens all the way from 10 TO 10 cents
The prices of meats and vegetables have
no change, save in respect 10
some choice brands of beef and other
meats which have been fattened especial
ly for holiday trade
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Outside the line of eating, the holiday
trade is quite brisk. The buying of toys
and other Christmas articles has been
going on for two days and most Of the
stores have found Increased forces a
necessity Trade in toys is especially
good in some of the leading toy stores OF
the city.
Dry goods such as cloaks. etc. are
going fast and the clothing people report
good sales.
Hard times considered it is believed this
Christmas will be a profitable one all
round.