The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-02
4 DECIDED HIT.

4 good humorcd correspondent of the
albany Register, writing from New York
city, describes the misiortuncs that some.
times beiall guests of fashionable hotels,
arising from the silly custom Of printing
"bills of fare" IN foreign language, m
stead Of plain English. The reader is i'm
agined to be seated at the dinner table -
4 card is paced in your hand, all print
ed over. II Is called bill of fare. Read
1t and be wise. Call for the good things
it tells Of, and be happy in the Joys of gas
tronomy. Pshaw, II is French, and We
understand only the mother tongue. Much
edilication Is there TO US in tins printed
sheet. Much wisdom can we draw from
its admon,lons. Were it Latin we could
call up our ancient learning, and spell out
an inkling ofits meaning. Even were il
Gocok, we might, by drawing upon our
schoolbOy studies. make a faint guess as
to what 1t refers. But French Away
with 1t 1t Is all Dutch 10 us. But, our
dear sir, we must eat. Ave, we must dine.
Call up the lrish waiter standing little
way down, and point to the largest word
on the bill, and ank him what dish that IL.
PAT scratches his pate IN bewlldrrment,
and zeizlng your plate, trpis of 10 the
cook room, and returns with what "Pom-
me de terre, Gu HHiurai," was what YOU call.
ed for, and here Is a boiled potato with the
SKIN on Wonderful transformation in the
name Of a simple potato. Try npain.--
Pick out anoteer dish with high sound
ing, long-waisted name, and send for II.
What on earth Is this A beef steak
sm0ihered IN onions, steaming 10 under
T. oil
servant IL not 20 blame. He brought van
what you called for Throw away the bill
Discard French names and French cook
cry. Go back 10 the frsi principles, and
cry out for roast beef, pork and beans, or
some other primitive dish, whereon our sim
pie minded ancestors fed and grew fat. In
This bill Of fare printed IA French. Is not
only bad faith, but great folly What
Ffencbnan Nc should like 10 know IN his
own irng-eating country, ever saw a hotel
like the ~. Nicholas Why, then. thls
miserable aiicctation this libel upon our
country and our language, By adopting A
French JaTgon IN sur bills Of fare l. no,
PLAN simple English, the lsngcage Of our
people, our Institutions, our Courts, our
Presidents, our Governors, Legislators, our
Statutes, and our history, good enough fof
our public houscs; bsgraceful, BELT.
uoing Alterations Is !, all, and II We had
our way, We should leave those hotels thut
adopt French a. the language u their bill.
Of fare 90 the patronage Of Frcichmen
alone. We would make q . losing gntne
a. cali potato either more OF lees than
amply potato. We would make the
nntier tongue respected At table o. well
~ every u here etsa -, ti.s . -.
Who y learded ouly In good English. could
call undeustandinglp Tor What Wa palsia.
hi" D. HIM We would save him from the
10 zafds 81 haYing dish u ffogs ST before
hn. sheu be hear vas set on spring
chickens Or the sldo bone n turkey. We
sfc against Tie alternative Of siudying
ffrnrh, o. losing dood dinner. Il does
~ accord saith he freedom of The eniLrn.
o. -quare 18th he nuii0na, pride ofan -in,
deI'endeff Amencsn--