Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
SUNDAY DINNER.
Augusta Markets Offer Great
Variety Of Good Things.
Little Trouble Should Be Experienced
in Making a Selection.

Arranging the Sunday dinner is one
of the trials of the housewife. Per-
hapS it would be more correct to saw
that the deciding upon it was the trial.
for the arranging it after it has been
settled what will constitute the meal,
is not so severe task for her. 1t is
the settling the question of what she
will present to those who shall gather
about the table on Sunday that tries
her. Fortunately the Augusta mar
ketS present at this time a great va
rfety of goods suited to the meal. 1t
may be that this variety is bother
good things which she would like to
have that it is bit difficult to make
choice.
In the markets. despite the recent
meat strike in Chicago, there is an
| abundance Of good nice juicy beef at
a range of prices which are certainly
not prohibitive. Steaks range in price
from l6 to 35 cents a pound. the diff
ferent cuts being quoted as follows:
Top of the round. 20 cents; bottom of
round. 16 cents; rump. 30 cents; sirloin
or Porter house, 30 cents; tenderloin,
35 cents. Chuck rid roasts may be
had for from II to Is cents, according
to cut while loin roasts are worth 90
cents. Corned beef ranges from to
II cents a pound, fancy brisket being
worth IL cents. and thick rib pieces,
10 cents.
There is a good supply of spring
lamb. Fore quarter rOasts are worth
IA cents. kinds. 20 cents. Large chops
sell for 20 cents. shorts for IS and flank
pieces for ) cents. Veal is plentiful.
roasts from the fore quarter are worth
8 cents. those from the loins Is and
veal steak brings % cents.
Fresh pork sells for Is cents. either
in roasts or chops. Whole hams are
worth Is cents. sliced ham 20 cents.
Boiled hams are to be had for 25 cents
A good spring chicken for broling
can be had for % cents and fowl are
quoted at 20.
Cooked corned beef can be had by
those who desire to Obviate the
trouble of cooking the dinner for Is
cents pound. Many people like good
hamburger steak and these are to be
had at 16 cents.
AS yet native vegetables have not
begun to appear in the local markets,
hut there is a plentiful supply from
Massachusetts to be had. Well filled
telephone green peas can be had at
40 cents peck. while string beans are
selling for cents II quart. New potatoes
are retailing at So cents a peck Old
potatoes are practically out of the mar
ket and no quotations are made on
them. CucumberS are in good supply
and ut reasonable price, good num-
Der ones selling for cents each. To-
matoes are selling for u cents pound.
Cabbage. beets. turnips. squash. and
onions, all new, are worth cents a
pound.
There is n good supply of choice
dairy butter. which retails for 20 to
- cents creamery bringing 30 cents.
Eggs are scarce and in big demand.
the retail price. yesterday, being % a
dozen.
Nothing is superior these warm days
for a dinner than sea food and this is
to be had at fair prices in Augusta at
this time. OF all the fish being offered
ii is safe to say that swOrdfish is the
most abundant and the cheapest. This
retails for II cents. Mackerel are in
short supply and the price averages
about IA cents. Halibut is in but fair
supply and is worth from IL to Is cents.
according to cut and kind. Salmon is
still to be had at from 90 to 25 cents.
according to cut. Good picked Holsters.
that is Holsters which have been sort
ed OUT and have good hard shells. re-
tail at % cents n pound. Fresh cod
and haddOck. for frys and chOwders
sell for 10 cents ard q cOrned fish for
cents pound.
For fruits to go with the dinner there
is a great variety from which to choose
and the range in price is equally wide.
Peaches are to be had at from 20 to 10
cents a dozen; pears at from 20 to 80
cents: bananas, from Il to % cents:
lemons. from 20 to Is cents: oranges
from 90 to 20 cents: watermelon from
- to so cents: cherries at 40 cents
pound. Pineapples sell for 20 to 30
cents. each. grape fruit for 10 cents. a
pound: cantalOupe 10 to 25 cents. each:
plums 10 to 30 cents dozen. Blueber-
ries are selling two boxes for a quar-
ter. raSpberries for IS cents the boy.
Few blackberries are to be had ana
are quoted at IS cents a box.