ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

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Abstracts 639 - 645
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
FOOD & DRINK (Cont'd)
639 - H&G Oct. 13; ed:2/3 - Potatoes are becoming more plentiful. Large
quantities have been imported from Buffalo, Dunkirk, Canada, Michigan,
and Wisconsin. Milwaukee potatoes are selling at the dock for 62-1/2;
per bushel.
"Think of that Farmers! Dig harder next year." (1)
640 - H&G Oct. 16; adv:2/5 - Fresh Oysters In The Shell, just received
and for sale by J. J. Davies & Co. (1)
641 - H&G Oct. 20; adv: 2/5 - Butter - 200 kegs, a prime lot, for sale
by H. E. Butler, at Tufts and Parks Warehouse. (1)
642 - H&G Oct. 22; ed:2/2,3 - Few persons, except those engaged in or
connected with the business, are aware of the extent and value of the
Lake fisheries. They are a source of production which ought not to be
overlooked, in estimating the resources of the country bordering upon
the lakes.
There are no published statistics of this trade, so far as we know,
nor any records from which quantities of fish put up for market can be
accurately estimated. Estimates only can be given, and these more or
less correct, according to the accuracy of the information on which they
are based.
Lake fish form a staple article of provisions at all the Lake ports.
The principal kinds are White fish and Mackinaw trout, the latter, a
del icious fish, resembles the Salmon trout. They vary in size from five
pounds or under to fifty or sixty pounds each. Besides these, there are
pike, pickerel, and many kinds of bass; in Lake Superior there is cisquet
and muscalongue. Very few white fish are taken in Lake Erie, the smaller
fish prevailing.
"But to return to fish: a gentleman who has good means of judging, estimates
the quantity put up for Market upon the Lakes in 1837 at 12,000
barrels, and of those he judges 7,000 barrels were brought from Lake
Superior. At $9.00 the barrel, which may be taken as a fair price, the
whole would amount to $108,000." (19)
643 - H&G Oct. 24; adv:2/5 - A lot of fine New York Oysters will be served
up in a variety of ways, at the Exchange Coffee House, Ohio City, tomorrow
evening, at half past eight o'clock. Tickets $1, - to be had at the Franklin
and American Houses, and at Sanford & Lott's Bookstore, Cleveland, and at
the Pearl Street House, and Exchange Coffee House, Ohio City.
644 - H&G Nov. 6; adv;2/5 - Real Scotch Oatmeal, just imported and for
sale at the Cleveland City Seed Store. James Houghton General Agent.
645 - H&"G Nov. 12; adv:2/5 - (Epicures, Attention!) A supper, of Bear
Meat, Venison, Wi ld Turkey; Wild Ducks and other wild game, will be served
up by the subscriber on Wednesday evening next, at half past 8, at the
(2)
(1)