The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
FISH EATEN IN HOUSTON.
THEY ARE OF ALL VARIETIES AND
ARE CHEAP,
Come From Various Places Along the
Coast OF Texas-The Lowy Cat
Is Somewhat Of a FaVorte.

Where do you get your nsh from in
CURED a reporter Of The Post yesterday
of "a well known local fish dealer.
"Oh, most anywhere" replied the deal
or. I'VE get them from SO many places
that there is very little prospect of our
customers complaining Of bare market.
And the prices compare IaN"taniA WIN
those charged IN Othct cities. Nh'A ),
comes down TO 1t Houston can De pl1trh
in the first class among the hsh Hohrulu
ing ccnters aud it would surprise nTuS
prople to know to what pNtcut tue luhun
Try has been built up in tn,s city.
I've get hsh from down tue tuisl VII"
thc BAYOU route in largc quantities. lrey
come from the dcspscd cat to tue ~
priced pomponO; red snapper. trout non
ders, perch, etc. They come IN Nl-G
Quantities when they are biting : ',u
and at one tine this seusOn they ha9 us
nearly ovcrstoCked, but the Houston IolN1
came promptly to the front Wueh tu'!
learned that there was bare posslu',
Of some mighty good fish going 10 Inc u u
and in q remarkably short period "e WrtL
compelled to hustle around ana STOCK up
again. ,....., ,.,,..
pus Christi, Rockport Port Lavarn, NOT
pan's Point and other places. Sometimes
in rush we order from Galy' ston.
You would be surprised at lhr nun
her of catfish We dispose of, cunuhheA
tho dealer. at is the opinion among d
large number Of people not familiar WI
the business that only peop!e OF no us
elimination eat catfish, Now that Is 10
so In fact there could be nothing fur.
thor from the truth than such an ass
tion ms that We get rid of about 21pl
pounds of catfish at this stall every Satur
day and If you will stop long enough 10
sec 1t you will observe that some or the
most fastldious people In Houston puL
their money in catfish Many or lheht
send their negro servants TO make inns
purchase, being Of the opinion mat lhey
would be subject TO ridlcule IL they were
seen buying eat, but very often Tue
heads Of the family who do their own mar.
keting come here two or three times an
very often they invest In nYe or SIX
pound cat The cAt is one OF the sweet
est fish on the market The negro mas
known this ali along and the white man
also found IL out some time ago -,
About the pricesf Well, VIC scneraly
get cents n pound for catfish and from
10 cents up for trout, red hsh ana me
Of course, comes higher. There are many
of our customers who refuse IN buy NJ
an unless they can get pompono
THE oysters this season are not so very
good said the hsh man. VINO IS also qulle
an extensive dealer y the juicy hiyalve.
This is due to the fact that We have
had no cold weather and the oysters In
consequence are mostly OF p poor guam y
and very watery. The hrst good frcez
viii witness change, and II you call
around I Will show you that the Houston
people get about the hest in this line that
is going We get most Of our oysters
from Morgan city, some from Galveston
and also shipments from the places m %
Regarding tho prices they always re-
main about stationary unless the market
Is skinned by reason of some unforeseen
circumstance. Seventy cents per hundred
fair oysters. Some from Galveston are
sold for 20 cents.