Sentence:  ... the ground ... was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of <WSD>fairings</WSD> and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Something edible; fare.