The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22

giving feast promises to be an essen
| TALLY game dinner, from the teal duck
to the saddle Of Venison or a. rare
stuffed goose
The quotations on the market are
now very low on account Of the ex-
IRENE abundance. The market is stock
ed with a veritable flood Shippers are
pouring in rabbit, venison, bear meat
and duck from the North; quail prairie
chicken, partridge and woodcock from
Indiana, southern Illinois and Dakota,
and turkeys from all points of the com
pass, especially the West, until com
mission merchants are exhorting their
particular representatives in the ship
ping districts to hold back for week
at least.
- Ventson is quoted at cents a pound,
cheaper by 2 cents than it has ever
been quoted before. The cream Of the
market in quail sells at $125 per dozen.
rabbit at $3.50 per dozen, mallard duck
! at $3.50, teal at $1.25 blue wing at 81,
partridge at $2.75, jackrabbit at 81,
squirrel at SO cents per dozen and pos
sum at 25 cents each. The fancy ducks.
especially canvas back, range from SIS
to So per dozen. Woodcock, which is
the rarest bird in the market, sells at
$3.50 per dozen, while prairie chicken
which Is the most In demand among
luxurious diners, brings IS per dozen
Jacksnipe, which is not much called for.
is quoted at 81. per dozen. By adding
or cents to the above prices per
head, instead Of by the dozen the re-
tail price can be ascertained. Thus
the best mallard in the street sells at
20 cents apiece, whereas last season
they were quoted at rs cents a pair and
canyas-backs at 81. Rabbits can be
purchased this season at is cents Der,
head, while last season they brought
20 cents. VeniSon saddles and bear
meat were 20 cents a pound, and DOS
sum, which was very scarce sold at ST
Turkey and chicken, which will al
ways remain one Of the luxuries of the
poorer classes, are cheaper than ever
before in the history of the street. Tur-
keys are cents pound and chicken is
: cents. The retail price is cents and
: cents respectively. Within the next
two weeks the price in chickens will
probably remain constant while tina;
of turkeys will. according to the com
MISSION men, undoubtedly rise, not
withstanding the flood in the market.
The vegetables, such as cranberries.
celery, potatoes, cabbage and pump
kins, have the usual winter prices
and do not call for such notice as the
superabundance and low price of game
do. Fish, likewise, is way below last
years quotations.
''It is destined to be a season no,
only of great activity for us, but of
great abundance, and cheap living TO:
the people" said one Water street com
mission merchant. 81 have never be-
fore known the market to be so well
stocked or the shippers so enthusiastic.
with promise of more Turkey f.
indeed, losing its prestige and bel1ey,:
firmly that the coming bird for
Thanksgiving, with all due respect to
the day, Is the woodcock The game
laws are being rigidly enforced in near
ly ali the districts where wild fowl i,
liable to congregate or abound. AMI
for the past few years the case has
been the same. That, OF course, Is thu:
great reason and the only one to ac
count for the fertility Of the hunters
Tag during the proper hunting season
The shooting season does not beetr
until after Sept. Is, and 1 believe that
it should be still longer DELAYED. to
permit the young ample time to get
start in life and learn to use their
wings. In fact, the game laws should.
be still more rigidly enforced. Their
we shall never be in want of a mos,
delicious partridge or woodeock at ot,l
Cwn price"