Halibut 53 Ham 35 Herbs 39 Herring 35 Hints to Housekeepers 8 Hominy 13 Honey 19 Horseradish 43
Lager Beer 62 Lard 33 Lemons 45 Lentils 48
Madeira Wine 64 Maccaroni 17 Mackerel 35 Malt Liquors 62 Mace 41 Maple Sugar 18 “ Syrup 18 Marmalades 39 Matches 57 Meal 12 Meat Extracts 36 Meats, Canned 37 “ Fresh 34 “ Smoked 35 Melons 48 Milk 9-28 Mineral Waters 61 Molasses 19 Mops 56 Mustard 40 Mutton 34
Oatmeal 13 Oil, Salad 43 Olives 43 Oleomargarine 30 Onions 47 Oranges 45 Oyster Plant 48
Pails 58 Parsnips 47 Pea Nuts 50 Peaches 44 “ Dried 49 Pears 44 Pearl Barley 13 Peas 47-48 Pecan Nuts 50 Pepper 40 Pepper, Cayenne 40 Pepper Sauce 44 Pickles 43 Pipes 51 Pine Apples 45 Plums 44-49 Pork 34 Porter 62 Port Wine 59-61 Potatoes 46 Poultry 34 Preserves 38 Prunes 49
Radishes 47 Raisins 49 Rice 14 Rhine Wines 60-64 Rhubarb 47 Rum 64 Rye Flour 13
Sago 15 Salads 48 Salad Dressings 43 Saleratus 16 Salmon 35 Salt 42 Samp 13 Sauces 43 Seeds 57 Shells 27 Sherry Wine 59-61 Shoe Dressing 57 Snuff 53 Soaps 53 “ Toilet 54 “ Shaving 54 Soups Canned 37 Soda 16 Spaghetti 17 Spices 39 Squash 48 Starch, Laundry 55 Stove Polish 57 Stout 64 Strawberries 45 Sugar 17 Sundries 58 Sweet Potatoes 46 Syrups 19
Tamarinds 50 Tapioca 15 Tea 21 Tobacco, Chewing 51 “ Smoking 51 Tomatoes 47 Tongues 35 Turnips 47
Veal 34 Vegetables, Fresh 46 “ Canned 38 Vermicelli 17 Vinegar 42
Washboards 46 Wines and Liquors 59 Wheat 10 Whiskey 64
In the ancient times of twenty-five or thirty years ago, the grocer’s goods consisted chiefly of codfish, flour, sugar, tea, coffee, salt, molasses and whale oil. There were also a little candy in glass jars, some nuts in bins, a few drums of figs and a box of sour oranges. The grocer himself found plenty of time to talk politics and play checkers across the counter with his friends and neighbors. Those were the days when a few conservative old merchants used to meet and discuss the tea market and allot among themselves the quantity to be imported, not a pound of which could arrive under twelve or fifteen months.
But things have changed. The importer now flashes his order under the sea and on, over plains and through jungles to China. “Ocean tramp” steamships are waiting to receive his merchandise, and within thirty or forty days it may be sending up its grateful fragrance from tea tables in the Mississippi Valley.