Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07


month. Thcy ate ii2 tons OF tripe aud
about 1000 young armadlllos. Arint-
dlios are among the dciicncies Of the
Argentine. They are about az large 1s
numbor derby hat. and they look
not unlike turtles save that their backs
nrc more rounded. The armadillo has
feet with claws. but lts head 10 much
like that " pig. Its meat tastes like
young chicken. and II 10 80 much In de-
fnAhd that nrmndillus always bring a
good price IN the markets.
TuE MNRkETs OF BuNEOs AYREs
Bunoos Ayrcs has excellent markets.
There are twenty w che city. but u II
In the MercndO central that the most
business la done. This market has an
area about equal to one Of our city
blocks. Tho food offered for sale r.
~ GOOD no that sold ut home. There are
huge pears from the Argentine and
oranges ana pincnpples from Paraguay.
There are grapes as sweet aH any
grown IN California. which have been
brought TO the city from the foothills
~ the Andes. aud there are peaches
By the buahci from about Buncus
Ayres peUch trees are oftun grown
Tor fuol. ana there are 20 many peaches
iun SOME sections that they are used
for fnttcning pigs. Almost any Kind
u fruit that Eruwa In the United states
is grown in the Argentine Republic.
~ To- vegetables, / saw celery stems
ne big around az pint tin cup and q
yard IN length. I saw enough onions
10 accnt the breath OF the continent.
nnd yamH and sweet potatoes Of gi-
gnutlc flze. Nearly everything IN the
fruit and vegetable lines ~ cheap. de-
llcluun oranges costing about . cents
piece. Vegetables are usually sold
W pilc1. 90 that you have 10 measure
quantity 40 we'll an quality BY the eye
and the butchers sold their meat BY
the chunk or cut rather than weight
ARGENTINE CHICKENS.
Chickens wcrr sold by the piece.
They had nii been dressed. the only
feathers being let upon them being
those ~ the tail. These tail feathers
stuck uut. showing what the color "
each chicken was before IL was
pluckCd. Why the tall feathers are
not removed Z do not know The same
custom prevails In china ~ to dogs.
whore q bit ~ the dogs hair Is always
loft on the end ~ the tail. even whom
the animal b. cooked. hut this n be-
cnuFc the Chinese consider the flesh Of
black dOga the best and most certain
Ia put q brave spirit into the body Of
the eater,
THE HucKsTERs OF THE ARdEN-
TINE.
Chickens are sold alive In Bunoos
Ayrcs BY huokatofn. who carry them
from hoes, 10 HOUSE In wicker crates
awung over the bnck OF n horse. There
urr no huckstvr wagons, and oil pod
dllrg " done BY men On horseback 90
on foot. Turkeys are driven through
The streets hy peddlcrH. You pick out
the turkey you want from the lock
and the owner viii catch u Tor you.
Fish and vegetables ARE sold By mon
a ANs Naa III All -
hung to the ends uf poles ou their
shoulders ana the milk poddlcr ON
horseback ~ Ftlll ~ be- found In the
suburbs 81 Hucnus Ayrca. lie has
been driven from the main part ~ the
city and his place taken BY the dairy
companies who now furnish good but
ter and good milk Ia almost every
block until within "a very few years
good butter was not to be had In
iu"nnl Ayrca. The country had mill
Hons 81 cows. but not score ~ good
butter makers Farmers who owned
ten thousand cows imported their but-
ter IN tins from the United States or
Europe, and quantities came 10 liucnus
Ayrva from Ncw York In nfkinr. A
Few years ugp an cntcrpriring ArEcn-
tine established large dairy outside
the city. Tie brought In butter max
ern from Switzerland. and now the city
has no delicious butter nH can be- found
anywhere. The butter Il made without
salt I am told that sweet cream II
used. but u n ~ good that you can cat
butter like cheese, u " sent 10 lirnzli
and other countries, and oven shipped
TO London.
The old style Of milk selling was By
a prddlor, who carried his milk from
house to house In cans swung on the
sides ~ a horse. Each can was atop-
ped with piece OF wood. about which
an old cloth was wrapped 10 keep IL
tiEht This made the milk 10 foul and
unnunltnry that the government OBJ
Jcctcd Ia II. Miikmcn ftlil drive their
cows from house 60 house la all towns
outside ~ liuenoa Ayrca They milk
the cows for you while you wait, and
there N no possibility OF your getting
chalk and water In place of the pure
extract ~ the bovine. Each cow has
IL calf with n, but the caifn mouth II
protected By "A leather muzzlc. 10 that,
Tntalun.llke,il IN ever within the sight
and smell ~ the milk without chance
20 satisfy - hunger and thirst.
PRANK q. CARPENTER,