Show in the good old days in tho old days as I 1 remember them on a southern plantation said maj E G eldon of vicksburg miss at the hotel kernan there was al ways the most lavish consumption of eatables ana the good housewives never failed to load their tables with five times the quantity of food necessary tor the family use I 1 this indeed waste Is the better word grew out ot the cheapness and abundance of food ma bertal every family grew many times the amount of vegetables it needed many things that command a high price now had hardly any money value in the days of which I 1 speak if as happened at rare in ter vals eggs got over ten cents a dozen the price was deemed tant big fat fowl was thought well sold at 25 cents nobody ever dreamed of selling fruit and peaches that are now a source of great reve nue were given to any one who asked tor them baltimore american |