The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27

cares and responsibilities, of pleasant COM
radeships of pleasures that brought health
in their train. To the housewife they
were an enticement for the Sunday break
fast. Side by side were the great Warsaw,
or Jew fish, and the modest little smeit,
packed in ice and brought from the
North, the only fish for sale that did not
tell of Southern scenes. The grouper and
the red snapper waited for the cutting Of
the steaks, while the cat fish suggested
chowders as well as a fragrant fry. Min
iature yellow tails, a dozen or more in a
bunch, reminded one of their possibilities
as a delicacy when Drowned to a turn
and served fresh from the pan. None
more beautiful than the Spanish mack
erel and the sea trout, hanging cheek by
,jowl, and close by them the pompano and
the black fish offered themselves as de-
licious compromise for the morning meal.
Not far off, fattened by nature, the
founder swung before passing breeze
with Asome sheepshead and whiting for
near neighbors. "Porgies' awaited the
customer that preferred them as change,
and competed for attention with the rock
fish and the German carp that were
punched up in closest intimacy The red
horse, formidable in name but not in size,
We're a tempting bit in choice punches,
and the favorite of so many, the mullet,
was on hand in an abundance that indi-
Gated that it's popularity with consumers
does not wane. Close by the dealer had
the mongo snapper and the blue fish dis
played, and the sale of some bass to
passing customer showed that the market
keeps well supplied with them. Sea Dream
were there, too, and the public was found
to be not lacking in appreciation of their
merits. 1t was hard TO conceive of a per-
son seeking fish and not finding something
here to please him.
Prices. too, are all in the buyers favor.
No one evidently need do without fish in
Savannah because of the cost. With bass
and sheepshead at cents pound no lover
of their flesh need suffer desires for their
possession without qualification. Good
punches of mullet ranged from 10 to 10
cents, while whiting are % cents for a
bunch of five or six good sized fish. Black
fish were quoted at 20 cents for string OF
four or five, and of "porgies" a liberal
supply for a small family were strung to-
gether and offered for 10 cents a modest
price for fish breakfast. Sea trout, one
of the daintiest of all fish, sold at 8 cents
a pound, bunch for % cents weighing
probably more than three pounds; and the
sea Dream brought Is cents for a bunch
or two or three weighing three TO four
pounds. The yellow tails, with twelve TO
fifteen in string, sold for 10 to Is cents.
Blue fish We're disposed of at cents a
pound, while the market figures for the
red snapper and the Warsaw was 10 cents
a pound. This was also the quotation Tor
the grouper, while the founders were
worth about 1912 cents. Spanish macke-
rel went for 10 cents a pound, or less than
beef or poultry. Catfish in liberal strings
probably did not average in cost much
over cents a pound, and the German
carp was not much, if any, more eXpen-
sivc. Three or four red horses were 70 De
had for 20 cents, ample for a breakfast OF
as many peop.e. Thirty-tve cents secured
three or four striped bass or rock fish as
they are known; while the little smelts,
with many TO the pound, commanded
twenty cents for that weight. And so It
went, cheapness and quality having no
relation one to another, with the finest
food a prices that put 1t within the reach
of the day laborer and allowed the care
driver to enjoy the best of the fruits OF the
sea as freely as the millionaire