Evening star., 1946-08-11

~ ting no better fast In
deed, upon the contrary
things seem to be getting worse
with the end no where in sight, anc
about all we can do is to grin ano
bear 1t, and recall to mind the gooc
old days when you could get LOAF
of bread for cents and everything
else in proportion.
Naturally, today We mourn the
passing of the old Center Market
IN the early part of 1881, and the
reasonable prices for food that were
charged there then and for many
years prior to this time by the
dealers who were willing to make a
reasonable profit. Some of these
merchants had been there for years.
and in some instances so had their
fathers and grandfathers before
them. But they had to 60, and
all We can say of them is nice
things and record some of the names
of the men whom we may have
dealt with and never want to forget.
Among these were w. H. Arendes
& Sons. who sold meats; the Auth
Provision Co, meats: Joseph S.
Beall, butter; Bitter's Sons. deli
catessen; Robert Bowdler, florist;
A, M. Briggs, meats; L. s. Briggs,
meats; George w. and Harry CARL,
meats; Antonio Cosimano, fruits and
vegetables: Chestnut Farms Dairy,
Chevy Chase Dairy, Lowe Counsel
man, meats; R. P. Counselman,
meats: Cuff & Santini. meats; w.
W. DAILY Sons, miscellaneous.
Charles E, Ebel. meats; Emmert
Bros, fruits and vegetables; Ewalds
Bakery. James D. Federline. meats;
New York Beef Co., Marion F. Fed
erline, meats: M. Fleishman, meats:
S. A. Gstti, fruits and vegetables;
c. E. Fowler, meats; Joseph Gamble,
meats; John E. Hager. fruits and
vegetable Gundersheimer g. Sons,
bakery; Hamilton Dairy, j. o. Hart
man, meats: L. c. Hef1in. poultry;
J. H. Heitmuller. fruits and vege-
tables; A. J, Hurley Co., meats; l.
E, Hutchison, meats; c. H. Javins
& Sons. fish, George A. Kieny,
meats: Thomas G. Kengla. meats;
c. Krogmann & Sons, meats; C. H
Kettler & Co. meats; John w.
koob. meats; John L. Koenig. meats:
La Fontaine e. Sons, fruits and
vegetables; Francis r. Lamb, but
ter. F. w. Loetsch. meats; Loff1er
Provision Co, meats; Mary c. Nc
Cabe, florist; William L. Miller.
meats; Peter Messina. fruits and
vegetables; Fairfax, Oyster. butter;
F. A. Ostmann, meats; Otto Schnei-
der, poultry; A. T. Schroth & Sons.
meats; c. Cassard Schroth. meats;
Edwin Shuttle, butter: Frank Slye,
florist; c. w. Smith, fruits and veg
etables; j, B. Smith Co., fruits and
vegetables: B. L. Taylor, meats:
William B. Payne. meats; Joseph
Phillips Co, meats; M. D. Pitt a.
Co., fruits and vegetables; L. S.
Pumphrey fruits and vegetables;
Raymond G. Reid, butter: C. w
Smith, fruits and vegetables: Ivan
T. Riley, meats; w r. Riley, meats:
H. l.. Robey, florist; o. B. Robin
son, poultry; Morris Rods, meats;
L. c. Rosenbusch, meats; w. r.
Sacks. butter; Thomas & Slye, for
lists; E. A. Reynolds, delicatessen;
William G. Naehle, fish, Thompson
& Gray, fruits and vegetables; Will
liam Volkman. fruits and vege-
tables; Washington Dairy Co, Wat
son & Hollister groceries; Walker
& Evans, meats; C. w. Zimmerman.
meats; Zuras Bros, fruits and veg
etahles.
Also H. B, Lehman, meats; A. J.
Ellis & Son, fish; George N. Fries,
delicatssen: G. G. Gillespie, fruits
and vegetables; Layton Bros, meats:
Joseph H. Hays, meats; j. c.
Schlorb, william Schlorb, meats;
w, T, Robinson, l.. A. zirkle and
G. J. Chaplin, Ernest N. Reid, meats;
Keane Loffler, Inc: A. A. Anselmo,
fruits and vegetables; A. 81 P. Tea
Co.; william E. Becker, meats;
Continental Baking Co, Crisfeld
Fish Co., Chas. e. Hoover, meats;
William Pfeil, meats; Charles
Schneider Baking Co. Snider's
meats; John E. Thompson, fruits
and vegetables: P. l.. Buscher,
meats; Thomas r. Dewdney. meats;
Pauline Herold, florist; M. Holz-
beirlein, baker, and others.
Those Were the
Good Old Days
OF course, times have changed
since mother was a girl" and times
will continue to change. though
We cannot help but long for the
good old days Of yore. when we
could buy most anything we wanted,
II we had the money to buy it with.
which is far from what you can
DO nowadays.
But mother had her day, too,
end her mothers mother had hers
also, and a page or two from their
books of experiences should COM
fort us somewhat, If We are in
the humor to do So Take, for
instance, the price of butter. In
1864, this luxury was selling in
Tennallytown, the vicinity now gen.
orally known as Friendship, at so
cents a pound. However, the price
of this commodity in the Marsh
Market in l84l-more properly the
Center Market, which stood where
is now the National Archives-Was
only from 20 to Is cents a pound.
Undoubtedly it was generally much
higher from 1861 to 1865 than the
price here given and many of us
can still recall when butterine and