SUSAN AND EDWARD: OR A VISIT TO FULTON MARKET [Illustration] NEW-YORK: S. M. CRANE, 374 PEARL STREET. Egbert, Hovey & King, Printers. 1847. SUSAN AND EDWARD; OR, A VISIT TO FULTON MARKET. [Illustration] With what high joy do children young Behold the varied sight-- As each new object strikes their view, 'Tis seen with fresh delight. O then, may wisdom's blessed way, Be their choice from day to day. NEW-YORK: S. M. CRANE, 374 PEARL-ST. 1847. Egbert, Hovey & King, Printers. PREFACE. In New-York, there are a number of Market Houses. Those called Fultonand Washington Markets are the largest. Fulton Market is at the East endof Fulton-street, near the East River, and the Washington Market is onthe West end, near the North River. The first was formerly situated inMaiden-lane, on the East River side, and was called Fly Market. Thelatter was also in Maiden-lane, near Broadway, and went by the name ofBear Market. These are the two principal markets. The next in size isCatherine Market, in Catherine-street, East River. There is also, Franklin Market, in Old Slip; Centre Market, in Grand, nearOrange-street; Clinton Market, North River, foot of Canal-street; EssexMarket, Essex-street; Grand-street Market, at the Williamsburgh Ferry;and the Tomkins Market, at the junction of the Third Avenue and theBowery. _New-York_, 1831 SUSAN AND EDWARD. SUSAN AND EDWARD were two engaging little children. Their parents livedin Pearl-street, in the great city of New-York, where the houses standclose together like the rows of young peach or apple trees in a farmer'snursery. Some of the houses are two, some three, and others even fourand five stories high, so that a skilful boy, with a good crossbow, could scarcely shoot an arrow over them. Pearl-street, in which theylived, is almost as crooked as the letter _S_, for it begins at theBattery, near Broadway, and ends in Broadway, opposite the Hospital. SUSAN was the eldest; a modest child, not forward or bold in hermanners; very fond of play, and sometimes idle; but (to her praise be itsaid) she was obedient to her parents. EDWARD was younger; a pert, active little boy; full of talk, and verylively and engaging in his actions; sometimes very observing, and wouldask quite sensible questions for a lad of five years old. One pleasant morning in Autumn, Susan and Edward asked liberty to gowith their mother to Fulton Market. Having been put in neat trim, withjoyful hearts they set off, each with a small basket, to carry homesome light articles, which their mother might buy. Away they wentthrough Franklin Square, down Pearl-street to Peck-slip, then turninginto Water-street, they came to Fulton-street, at the foot of whichstands the market. See here they are all going towards the market. [Illustration] Fulton Market is a large building, filling up a whole square, and iserected near the East River, opposite the town of Brooklyn, and close tothe ferry that crosses over to that thriving village. Now the first object that caught the sight of the children, were theButchers' Stalls, hung full of beef, pork, veal, mutton, all for salefor ready pay to whoever will step up to buy. The little visitors sawthe men and boys busy whetting their long knives, and cutting and sawingup the meat in suitable pieces for the buyers. The noise was somethinglike a company of mowers whetting their scythes, and their voices andmotion might be compared to a hive of bees. Their mother having got of the butcher, her supply of meat, they nextvisited the fish stalls. --"O mother! mother!" said the lively littleboy, "see the fish all jumping alive. O look there! there!" Sure enough, here were fish, just out of the river, where the fishermen keep them inwooden cars or boxes, under water, till wanted to be put on the stall. See here is a picture of a Salmon. [Illustration] The children took a walk around, to see the different kinds of fish, displayed on the stalls. Here were to be seen the Sea-Bass, Black-fish, the Sheep's-Head, the Pike, the Flounder, and a number of others, somany that it would fill a good part of this little book, just to printthe pictures of them all. But we will give them one; this is theFlounder. [Illustration] Then passing along they came to the Oyster and Clam stands. "Mother, Ido want _one_ oyster, " said little modest Susan. "Only look what a bigpile. Mother, may I have a clam?" said the boy. The men would quicklywait on them, by giving each what they asked for as a taste, and thenadd fifty or a hundred more to fill the tin kettle, for the family'ssupply. We will now print a picture of an Oyster opened. [Illustration] A large curious animal laid under one of the stalls. The children'sattention was drawn to it. "Do see, mother, what is that!" "It is aTurtle, " replied their mother. So they went and looked at it near by. Itlaid on its back to prevent its crawling away. The fisherman was kindenough to let the young visiters look at it till they were tired--andthen away they went to another part of the market. But we will firstshow them a picture of a Turtle: see there he is on the next page, almost big enough to frighten any body. These turtles are esteemed a great delicacy. People bring them all theway from the West Indies, and sell them for a high price to the keepersof the hotels, who make soup of them; the signs may be seen hanging atthe doors, in large capital letters; "TURTLE SOUP AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK, THIS DAY--FAMILIES SUPPLIED. " [Illustration] After this they went to another part of the building called the CountryMarket. Here they were delighted with what they saw; and a great manysights there were for such little prattlers. "O see, here is a Rabbitwith a white tail! see, see, Susan--do come this way. " But Susan had herfine blue eyes also engaged in viewing a cage of Pigeons, some of whichhad their tails spread like a fan. They saw also a great many baskets ofPeaches, Apples, Potatoes, and Pumpkins, Watermelons, Cantaleupes, pileupon pile, enough to make one ask, 'Where are all these to go? Who willbuy them?' But we must remember, that there are more than 200, 000 mouthsto eat three or four times a day in New-York, enough to make way withthe loads of vegetables that are brought here every day for sale. [Illustration] There was a Peacock in one of the coops, with a long handsome tail. Thiswas a great sight for these young visiters. The feathers were beautifuland of many colors; but he did not spread his tail before so manypeople; besides he had not a suitable place; for they, being a proudbird, like to be where the sun shines, and where they can strut about, with their tail spread, when they make a most striking show. In short, here were sights enough to keep them looking half the day, iftheir mother could have spared the time. There were coops of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea hens, bantas, and even quails alive! Wehave not room to add pictures of all these: but we will one. See here isa gobble turkey, who looks as if he was ready to fly at any bodydressed in red. [Illustration] So they spent some time very pleasantly at the market, and did not seemhardly willing to come home, when their mother had finished supplyingall her wants. But at her call, like good obedient children, theyturned their faces homeward, and, hand in hand, went up Fulton-street toPearl-street, then up through Franklin Square, having their littlebaskets filled with apples and peaches. When they arrived at their home, with what delight and animation did they tell about what they had seen!and long will they remember the morning walk with their mother to FultonMarket. END ESTABLISHED IN 1819. STEPHEN M. CRANE, Successor to Mahlon Day, 374 PEARL STREET, NEW-YORK, Offers for sale at wholesale and retail, an extensive variety of _Toy and Juvenile_ BOOKS. GAMES, PUZZLES, &c. &c. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Archaic spelling was retained. This includes "visiters" and"cantaluepes. " Page 9, "sta ds" changed to "stands" (Oyster and Clam stands) Page 16, "Futon-street" changed to "Fulton-street" (went upFulton-street)