Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-21
SUNDAY DINNER.
Hens on Strike--Thanksgiving
Turkeys Shy.
Potatoes and Squashes Rising--Rest
Of Market Steady.
Fish Men Better SuppIied-Meat and
Fish Men Better Supplied-Meat and
Fruit Men Safe.

Nobody need go hungry, this week.
IL he has Il bit of silver to give his wife
for the market man. There Is a good
supply of almost everything now, but
there are two very important excep-
lions. Fresh eggs are next to unob-
tainable. and when they are found they
cost 40 cents a dozen and over. The
hens are on a strike for higher wages
and will hatch something, if they stay
on. The other exception is the Thanks
giving turkey. He is scarce, and it is
not to be denied longer. The native
grown turkey is simply not in the mar
ket in any quantities worth mentioning
and it is impossible to get him. The
Western bird will have to be eaten by
most people, this year, whether they
like him or not. He is retailing now at
from % to 30 cents a pound. All that
was said about potatoes, last week,
still holds true, and the retail price is
now about 80 cents a bushel. Squashes
are another thing that will be scarce,
later, and they have now risen to 3
cents pound. Sweet potatoes have
gone back to the rate Of 10 pounds for
a quarter. Beets, turnips, onions, cab
FORE Pumpkins run from 10 to 20 cents.
Cauliflower and celery are from Is to
20 cents, and cranberries are still 10
cents per quart.
In the meat line, the quotations have
hardly varied from last week. There
is plenty of venison and it sells for %
cents a pound for best cuts. Veal
roasts are Is cents and steaks rs. Pork
is Is cents right through, but the meat
man may be induced to part with it
for a little less. Fore quarters of lamb
are cents and hind and legs are IA.
Chickens now cost 20 cents, and are a
bit scarce. Fowls go at Is. Whole
hams are IA cents, sliced, 20. Break
fast bacon whole costs Is cents pound
and Is cents sliced. Salt pork is quot
ed at 10 cents. Sausages are from IL
to Is cents, according to the quality.
Head cheese Is Is cents. The best
butter sells fo- % cents a pound and
cheese for 16.
" The fish man has a somewhat better
stock than last week. His latest dainty
IL Kennebec smelts, big fellows caught
by hand, and they sell for IS cents a
To- pound. The little ones sell for IS. Hall
but, mackerel and bluefish are still Is
cents and are in better supply Cod,
paddock and hake are at the usual
level, but haddock are very scarce
Salmon are easier, selling for 20 cents
Shrimps sell for 80 cents pound
oysters and scallops from 40 to so q
quart. CLANS sell for 25 cents quart
shelled or 35 cents a peck in the shell
HOLSTERS are still % cents.
The fruit market is very steady now.
The latest invoices are of dates, figs
and Malaga grapes. The dates sell for
10 cents a pound. The figs are an
especially choice brand and sell for 80
cents basket. Grapes are of all kinds
and prices. The boxed kind are %
cents a box or basket. Tokays are
rs cents a pound. Malagas are Is a
pound. Then nuts, mixed, are selling
at Is pound, two for a quarter. The
choice brands mixed go at 20 cents.
Figs, the best out, also sell two pounds
for quarter. Oranges sell all the way
from Is to so cents a dozen, and
lemons sell at 20 to 35 cents, according
to the size. One novelty is the navel
lemons, which have no seeds. Bananas
sell for 1G for a quarter up. Choice
russell pears are Is a dozen. Grape
fruit are two 70 a quarter, and pome-
granates S cents straight. The best
eating apples are % cents a peck.