Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
THE LOCAL MARKET.
And What It Offers for the
Thanksgiving Feast.
OhservalioLs Of q Journal Man Alonu Water
Street, Tuesday.


The country roads are thronged with
teams this week-and those headed for
the city are, for the most part, loaded
with produce. The conditions Of
travel have been. on the whole, favor
able. and along with the increased sale
Of farm produce, has been noticed a
general picking up in the general local
trade. The market certainly does look
inviting!
If your appetite has been poor of late
just walk along Water street and see
what our enterprisng grocers and mar
ket men have for the temptation of the
palate.
This is Just what Journal man did
Tuesday.
Every marketman was asked this
same question as sort of an introduce
| ton.
How are the advance sales and or
ders coming in compared with previous
years?"
Everyone answered that the orders
We're if anything, ahead of those in
years before and that the people We're
not hesitating so long before ordering
as heretofore. so it would seem as
though prosperity, or the spirit of
thankfulness had in a measure reached
Augusta.
How about poultry :? Has there been
any change in the price recently?" was
asked of f. w. Church.
Not any worth mentioning"
answered Mr.. Church. THE Vermont
turkeys of which we have large sup
ply are about 25 cents pound"
At Hill & Lockes they have been
very fortunate in securing quantity
of native turkeys. which retail for %
cents a pound
How are the chickens selling?'
"They are going at from Is to IS cents
per pound" said Mr.. Locke and on
the whole 1 think there are more being
sold than formerly, owing to the high
price of turkeys"
At James E. Fuller's besides the tur-
keys and chickens, they have geese,
ducks and game.
| Geese are about the same price as
| chickens, and ducks are Is cents per
pound.
F. L. Webber shows as fine turkeys
as ever gobbled, and chickens that look
as though they had been fed upon but
ter color, so yellow are their skins. He
| is dealing out cranberries at 10 cents
per quart.
| G. w. Wadleigh being one of the
! first to catch the country teams. has
taken good care to secure nice supply
of poultry of all kinds for his custom
ers.
| G.. D. Haskell does not roost high for
nothing. He has an eye on the best
the East side furnishes, and the ex-
| tensive front of his store attests his
success in securing the necessary poul-
try to satisfy all his customers.
! OF potatoes one can have his choice
of the good old standbys. the Irish
potato, at 81 per bushel, or sweet pota-
toes, 10 pounds for % cents
1t makes everyone grOan when they
| have to pay for eggs. but even at %
cents dozen they are indispensable.
Turnips are 2 cents pound, pars-
nips 4 cents, squash 212 cents.
onions cents, cabbage 2 cents. beets
cents. carrots 4 cents, pumpkins >
cents. If one prefers nice pice OF
spare rib. as many do. it can be pur-
chased for 12 cents per pound. Roast
beef is from IS to 90 cents, lamb 10 to
Is cents, steak % cents.
There is not a very large supply OF
anples in the market but Baldwins are
selling for $3.50 bushel.
Canned corn. without which no
Thanksgiving dinner would be complete
Il is % cents per can. Celery is II or Il
cents bunch.
For desert there are oranges at AZ
cents per dozen, Malaga grapes from IL
to 25 cents pound, figs IL cents a
pound. new dates 10 cents a pound
bananas 80 cents a dozen layer ralslhs
from 10 to 25 cents a pound, olives A.
cents a quart, mixed nuts Il to ~ cents
Augusta citizens are noted as sooo
lyers." and their Thanksgiving tables
for 1897 certainly bid fair to be tuiis
up to the standard.