The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
How Tie Heads OF Families IS:
Secured Their Supplies.
q ATER THEMSELVES s J {, |, ! | 3:
4 Thomas M. Hiltzhimer, Manager Of
The o Commercial Cafe, 4 ellslarI ln IA
teres.lrg Story q q s. Changes
Il 4, 81. \ In Methods

r. meant HrSL 10 SlHllQ w dllA w. " 49,
Cd Il demonstrations or YOUR ability 9
carve and chop ana Wien lucK Z.
were practically non est because people,
4 who raised 3vcg etnblcs and fruits hirc y
n stalls and sold them tlieniselv c5--in THIS
B time heads OF families themselves went
Vi to market and were up ad away pc 'e
times not trusting $ no 81. " servant q ~.
" and wagon boys the q l-important TASK
VI OF conveying to the home tlle supply g,
u food for the day. !. iS35 IS !, 4 !, fi
u It Is q development curious and IN. !.
teresting, which makes the markets y o.
A Richmond what they arc tO-day &S ana
what#they were not fifty years q co. The tn
Is change Is d radical one brought about
8 BY various causes. chief among which,
thong the Sconnectlon may not e once
30 soen, re the aboll Ion Of slavery and
THE introduction OF he modern telephone
and the delivery wagon, I hlngs in them
selves very dlsi1nllar perhaps, but all
III opera ting tx the same end Radlc y &ghs
tho change Is, howevert ~ rs no e detcct.
y ed by the ordinary run Of mon who KNOW
{ absolutely nothing Of the market condl-
Y the old timers that the alteration Is up p.
parent. It5is only among the older famir
\ lies thatathe old-tlno customs are 70 ANY
# extent still kept up. 81 NJ 81
tssE or Chlef.Justlce Marshall IT Isl olu
market a young man who Judged the great
Is man BY his clothes, took him TO be q
tram, and asked him II he did Fnot wait
II Is become possessed OF a shilling TO- be
I made By taking a3turkey home. Inc Inc
h c,hief-Justlco readily accented the PRO-
II Young sport, swinging the turkey IN bis
a. hand. Later on the young fellow learn al
~ al 10 his profound astonlshment} and dis
~ may who II was hat had trudEod along
with his turkey. 58 N Z.
5sSts The point IN this story Interesting ~
II the present connection Is that C lFlle'
q Justice En1arshall vas In tile market. not
81 for the n first time In %hs 8life but Tor
n once IA many times. 1 It Is said tina The
i. did5the better portion OF his own m market
Il Ing for 80 1t was with all IN those Gays 5;
f. Long after Ills time the practice was sun
q IN vogue and until after I he war a!ons
r about 10. It still held good.
AS fIII5 REMEMBERS II. S5.5s
$ Mr.. Thomas NJ. Hlltzhimer. manager
n az B tha Commercial ( Hotel Cafe, # Is the
Nj son OF a butcher. who was himself the
son OF "a butcher. likewse tho son Of q
b butcher all$ OF whom kept stalls IN tine
old First Market Of 1sicllniond. tss q 8ooy
IL stand and lie recalls vividly rha t ne saw.
z IIe speaks most interestingly OF the time
IS = nd uiyes some curious details OF altalTs
II from 1850 10 1862 nhen tho war began
81 y. that time, says Dir. IIltzhlmcr, butch-
d crs had 10 get license and to stand ex &
IS animation before icyy$ cont. ensu ge 4-ltl
III business. "a comm ttee OF GLOW but cllel 5
would get tho aspIrant before them ana
"a would have to Kill a steer or soHe-
p thing OF tho sort and slice i UP to tnel1
81 eatisfaction before no could hang OUT
al his II sign. Huckstcrs. EXCEPT AN chicken
81 hucksters. were Q thing unkii0Wn.-s es.
& etables were raised In vegetable gardens
t ali around Richmond. The owners OF THESE
~ K...tt Gems had stalls in the markets ana
4 sold their own stun. The market OF thar
day ,fas an uncomnonly interesting pace;
Fresh vegetables banked the stalls ana
q made things bright and cool; fresh meats ca,
were there In abundance; country carts
atnnd around III great numbers. Every
thing Was brisk and lively and business
# coMp EARLY IN THE DAY.
}a$ $ nv two or thres d clock In the morning
Il butchers were up and bestlrring them
& nelves getting their meat cut up and "
Il proper shape for SALE me man INV
5g didn't get himself around early was llKe-
Il Is to suffer In his days trade. Along 10 e..
4 wards daylight patrons began TO come IN
Il Men 4 prominent In the life OF the city
Fl strolled In with n5''niggar'' and a. basket Sc
d and deposited them both sornew where SWh!ie
I; they bought stuff and discussed tne p9.,,
4 teal situation. Carriages. drew up WIN
q men and women I'm them and sometimes
children wore Il long taking an earl morn.
n 1nGa drive in connection with the trip to
Il market. All this before hrea kla ~ ne
4 breakfast was In fact bought then ard .
Il there and ca ten later. 8s .
IJp to s or 8 O. clock In the morning tine
3 market was hum with business. ser ser.
wants were sent home with the stun
\ hoiiEht or the men carried 1t along IN
# baskets themselves or took It In the ca e
4 rIages. Many men stood around between
fSpiIrcha scs ana talked about the Things
on their mind. BY the time the. gay y : :
II ana the market began to quiet down w Y
s. I'll the next sunrise g., I. y, 7, ..3
5ss PURCHASES AND PEOPLE. s3sat5si
The purchases made fifty Years ago
wore OF o different sort from those MADE
now. Slavery Was then an Institute
money was plentiful, 80 were soTyu -. >
and nj ny negroes had e. be fed. U q, 70
the present conditions large quantltlea
81 Of different sorts Of meat were bougtt
y for a days dinner; shoats and SID ana
4 so on such as arc rarely seen now. MANY
e people ma do a livelihood by raising plgs
" be sa!d ITO be the case, Several butchera
y had Id around the city and cattl "a
driven s4ssYe a hundred or two hundred
miles iS$sJroves we're slauRhtered then ana
8 there @sypmo Ut tho more wealthy resi-
dents 3vMsltated mot twist one Of these
II pens, HfCk QUIZ tpSt% CuOlCo po'NN
Z AIRS ana have them sent home where they
would he sailed down and smoked, fIons
& and uausage would be, made ct. home. Fine
cattle raised in Southwest Virginia, nov
81 largely shipped north and west came TO
Richmond then because Y was bought % Fl
Il nrize cattle we're frequently bought BY
Richm orld butchers and nut on the mar
ket, They lost on y sometimes PVT they
did It nevertheless. Mr. Iiltzhimerl re-
members case lii point. At q certain
fair twin ca tile won the prize They were nI
\ bought by MIR. Hiltzhimer's father, one ne
was named John Minor Bolts and tns
4 other Henry Clay, John Minor Bolts
weighed 1880 pounds and Henry GA! aS1
i,7S5 pounds. They cost the butcher WV
each. "A .s I'd i ~.
Some Of tile men who were seen daily
at the markets by Mr., i!ltzhlmer Were W. !,
James Thomas, Porcher Robinson. Wilt
o liam Robinson, j ohm Enders. Luther LIB
by, Louis Webb. Mr. Dill, Ben, Rich,
L nlo,ld ana many others, Some g the
butchers were William CullingWorth, Joe
BROWN Il George and John Howard, John