Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-16
SUNDAY DINNERS.
Large Variety Of edibIes Selling Very
CheapIy.
Fruits. Except Grapes, Are Scarce and Mich
Everything Else Cheap.

easily settled, this week. for tbera 10
such an abundance of cheap articles
in the market that person has not
got to puzzle his brains how to nrovida
| a good dinner for small sum.
Beef is about the only meat which is
high. Roasts are now worth from II
to % cents. The 25-cent roasts are of
course, the best cuts. but a good c,t
can be obtained for less money. Then
the rump and rounds can be bought
for small sums.
Lamb is very plenty and is selling
for from II to Il cents for good cuts.
Pork will go up a little, today. and will
sell from ~ to Il cents.
Fowl is very plenty and has dropped
quite little in the past few days. It
is worth now from Is to 20 cents.
There are now turkeys or ducks vet in
the market. They will not come in for
about month or a month and a half
and even then will be high at first al
though they are looked for to be
plenty.
The partridges and other wild game
are not yet in in any quantity, and
will not be for Il few DAYS. although it
is probable that some can be procured
within the next few days. and pos
sibly a few. today, if person is will
ing to pay for then.
The fish market is the place where
there is a good variety. Sword fish
has disappeared, as it is too late in the
season to find any in the market The
dealers are now receiving some excel
lent mackcrel. 1t is becoming late in
the. season for them. but they are
beauties The best mackerel are al
ways received late and early in the
season. They are nice large fish and
price has not dropped any
There is an abundance OF Holsters in
the market, and they are selling at
fair price. The other shell fish. oysters
and clans. are worth about the same
as they have been selling for some
weeks. There is an abundance Of them
in the market. and many who wish to
attend church and then have "A dinner
which is easily prepared will purchase
these.
Hakc. cod. halibut are all in the
market in abundance. and can be pur-
chased for relatively the same prices
as have prevailed for some weeks
There is but very little change in the
prices of any fish. and the dealers are
selling large amounts Of the in
habitants of the briny deep. Salmon is
not very plenty. but there IS some in
the market.
BlueberrieS seem never to cease COM
ing in. For some weeks the dealers
have thought that they would not re-
ceive any more. but they continue to
come in. They are selling for the same
price. and there are a few more so that
people can enjoy BURBERRY pies for at
least one more Sunday.
The fall fruit is plenty, but winter
fruit is to be scarce. Oranges are
scarce in the Augusta stores. but very
few having them at all. They are high
and lemons are following suit. good
ones being worth 30 cents a dozen.
Plums and peaches are scarce and
way up in the air. Preserving peaches
are selling for S1.15, and Damsons are
worth $l.0O basket. The eating
peaches and pears are very high, the
only fruit being the California fruit
Grapes are very plenty and are SELL
ing remarkably low. They are worth
about 10 cents a basket. one dealer
sold over 800 baskets. Thursday. for
eight cents, but they have come up
little since then. as that was a special
run. Everybody is eating grapes, and
they are all very nice.
Corn is like all other vegetables, very
plenty. There is lot of it in the
market. and it is very delicious. The
retail price is one cent an ear, and al
most anybody can afford this for one
of their vegetables. Then squash and
pumpkins are quite plenty and cheap.
There is no more toothsome thing at
this season of the year than an old
fashioned pumpkin pie. such as mother
used to make down on the farm.
Shell beans are found in the markets
in abundance at u cents a quart and
% cents a peck. the latter in the pod.
Cranberries are plenty, and sell for
three quarts for n quarter. Tomatoes
are right in the height of the season.
The ripe ones are worth three cents a
quart and the green ones are worth
one cent.
Caulihowers still hold on and are
worth about the same as last week.
The price varies according to the size.
Sweet potatoes are in abundance, and
are very cheap and nice. The native
ceIerv sells for two punches for