Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-12-01

ucu an Qua ponTtud, well seasoned with
garlic, and two bottles Of wine-one OF
port, and the other Of sherry.
After him, came a stout, rather good
looking man, of fifty or thereabout,
with q bald head, a short, black, cur
ling beard, a merry black eve, and a
clear olive complexion. He wore a
trock coat of the latest Partisan cut, a
shawl pattern waistcoat, red slippers,
and p%antaloons of very unusual ampli-
tude' A diamond of great value spar.
Killed. upon the hilt of a dagger that
might be seen projecting conveniently
from his breast, and a large and very
beautiful dog of the Newfoundland
breed, followed him into the dining
room, where he took his place, like a
well bred dog, under the table. This
parsonage bowed slightly and smiled
as ne entered, took his seat with an in
dolent, good humored look of supreme
~nonchalance, and called for a dish of
boiled m%acaroni, a carafe of lemonade.
and a finger glass half full of rose wa
ter, with which he refreshed and per-
fumed his hands before he began eat
ing.
Then followed ii man about thirty,
with a broad German face, heavy blue
eyes, and red hair, cropped close TO
his head. He was tall and stout, but
awkward in figure and movement
Ills clothes were i'll made, but Of the
finest quality, and his boots were GOV.
cred with mud, that had been on them
long enough to become perfectly dry;
a long m%eerschaum pipe was in his
right hand, and the moment he sat
down no placed Il large gold snuff box
upon the table before him, Just at the
edge of his plate. He called for a
German sausage, some boiled fish, a
stewed rabbit, plenty Of bread, and a
bottle offirst rate Geneva. His Italian
was scant, and most inharmoniously
qualified with a plentiful sprinkling of
German gutturals.
Six gentlemen were now taking their
dinner under the roofof Antonio Beppo
and although he would have been glad
10 administer to three times as many,
still it was very much better than hav-
ing his eatables left on his hands, un.
consumed and unpaid for. Gone more
for good luck" muttered Beppo, " and
III lay out a couple of crazzie i N oil
for the lamp of my patron St. Joseph,
over the way one more for good luck
and the odd number"
His petition was heard one more
just at this moment entered the room,
and, taking his seat, called for a glass
Office water, a bowl Of pea-soup a la
PURGE pommes dc terre an matre d'hotez,
and a large dish of beiguets dc pommes,
or as we should call them in English,
plain apple f%ritters, which, be it obser-
we'd, they cook in Rome to perfection.
He was a young man of far complex
ion, well dressed, but with nothing re-
markable in his appearance, and was
at once set down by the landlord as
| well as the other guests, for an Eng
Iishman on his travels. His method of
speaking Italian went far to confirm
this suspicion.
During the few minutes that elapsed
between the issuing of his directions,
and their fulflment, the new conner
had glanced over the persons of his
companions in eating, and smiled at
the chance that had brought together
men of so many different nations as
they appeared to represent. The vet
Gran he set down as a Prussian /; the
old man and the youth as natives Of
France the man with the moustaches
and red waistcoat, as a Spaniard, or
Portuguese him with the beard and
bald head as q Maltese Jew; and
the drinker of gin as a Swiss or
German. He was proceeding to spec
| ulate upon their several occupations,
when his reverie was cut short by the
entrance Of four walters, each bring
ing one of the four objects, the which
together made up his dinner.
The important business of eating
proceeded for some time in grave and
respectful silence and at length was
completed. Beppo was busy in one
corner of the room at his little desk,
making out their respective accounts,
and the seven strangers were medita-
ting, probably, where they should go,
or what they should do next, when a
ponderous carriage stopped at the door
drawn by four fine fat horses, with
coachman and footmen, all in the Pope's
gorgeous livery. Beppo rushed like a
madman from the room to ascertain
the cause of this phenomenon, and in a
few moments returned, walking back
wards, and bowling at every step to the
ground, before an officer Of the Papal
Court, evidently of high rank, if one
might Judge from the %splendor of his
dress and decorations. The massive
gold chain around his neck, to which
was suspended a large golden key, and
the white wand in his hand, proclaimed