El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

There are many lottery ticket sellers
about the cathedral and in front %
the national pawnshOp, and also at the
entrance TO the ring where the bull
Game Chicken Sellers.
There are even peddIers selling game
cocks Think of the demand that such
a trade must imply. There is a game
chicken man now we can see only his
legs, which show out below the great
framework of baskets covering his
back ana reaching high over his head.
Out OF each basket waves the tail OF a
cock. and as he goes by we hear great
squaW king Each OF the baskets CON
tains a Eam0 cock and the best of them
viii bring vice as much as a turkey
baskets, thar they may not peck at
one another. Cock fighting here is a
1avorite sport and game chicken ped
ding IS a regular business
They Sell by the Pile.
1t is wonderful how small the sales
Of these street peddlers are. In many
placs the merchants sit on the street.
with their goods spread out before
them About the cathedral are scores
VINO sell candles, peanuts and fruit The
peanuts are not measured out by the
glass or the pint as with US, but are
counted You can get about ten for
cent Another pile may be four or five
candies, and a third may be four or
angeS laid UP like a pyramid
In the great market. where most OF
the MeXicans do their meat and vege-
toes containing a dozen tubers not
more than an inch in diameter Such
pile may sell for a nickel Onions and
green peppers are counted, and squash
and pumpkins are cut into pieces and
sold by the slice. 1 saw women to-
day buying cabbage at one cent a slice
Think OF a cents worth OF cabbage
But there are many poor here, and a
cents worth viii flavor stew. These
small piles are for the poor with whom
10 or - cents may buy whole morn
lng's marketing.
Vegetables and Fruits.
You must not think. however, that
the market business is made up of
small trading. 1t is one of the finest
on the continent, and 1 doubt
whether better fruits and vegetables
are anywhere sold. The celery and
lettuce are especially delicious. Nearly
every vegetable can be bought all the
year round, and the great variety OF
climates gives you apples, peaches and
pears and also oranges. bananas. pine
apples and lemons. You can have
straw berries for breakfast from Janu-
airy to Decernb Der. You can buv a pine
apple as big as your head for 10 cents,
and fairly good oranges cost a half a
cent apiece
Outside the Market.
Some Of the most interesting peddIers
are OUTSIDE the big market. The streets
surrounding it are lined with booths in
" hlch indians are selling ware of all
kinds, which have been brought from
pottery, consisting of balls. cups sau-
GERS and carafes, all made OF burnt
,lay. He also has plates for the chill
1ren as big around as a copper cent, I
and cups the size OF a. thimble. Near /
llm is an indian who has clay savings
banks in the form of little red pigs-i
With slot holes in their backs. and next
aim is man peddlinE whistles The
Whistles are made of black clay. They Z
nave as shrill a noise as that OF any
lollceman's whistle made Of nickel I
lou can buy two for a cent.
A little farther on is a man peddIing
at traps made Of steel hoops. and be-
side him are two indians selling tur-
Keys which are thrown over their /
shoulders 7 priced the great birds and I
I'm told I can have one for S1.25. We !
Weigh 1t and it kicks the beam at u 1
pounds.
But here comes an indian cargador |
With load Of wrapping material tied I
o his back Tt consists of bundles of /
irieO corn husks and will be used bv .
he butchers and other market peODIe ]
o wrap up small purchases Of every
description. Every market man and I!
market woman keeps a stock OF these /
'orn husks on hand, and the great load 4
,old.