Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-05-05
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The other day, Senator, @hoes name IS not OF
Yesterday, Wishing 10 give very exquisite dInnet
10 connoisselI guests, sent fot his hea, servant,
taaitre 4ueu) and ordered some taie and INCREDIBLE
dish, which could bs served TO pull q llltk upon
ibis feast, The chef teaecled, and objected that
everything was now In season with the principal
caletets, and he saw nothing really impossible,
but fish which Is not sceNin Paris more Than
twice a Yeor-a Dorado.
The Senator exclaimed thai this was precisely
what he wanted. Tie remembered having eaten
Uf this fish once at Mt. Villele's, that the effect
was an emotion, that II was talked about tor a
month, and that be would have a DotadO at any
ptice. The chef went 10 find Cheyet, that great
oateter fOr delicate Europe. ChcYet replied that
The DOtalo was O tate sea fish, which does mol
appfonch The coasts, that II 10 found only OH wllAt
lie sailors call the Sound, that Is 10 say The part OF
lhe ocean WHERE the longest sounding lines lose
bottom. II Is all the sane, not wilhslandlng the
season, he did not despair Of beng able TO conpIy
with the wishes Of his EScollencS IL
Ten days past, and ChsYGt, who has agents
every where oil sea and land, gave information /
tie Senatorial hotel that lie had received not one,
but Two D0tadOS!
Tile Senator was Eayisllel, no slung out his In.
ytalioRS 10 tho most exquisite folks Of The ntsloc.
racy Of The palace--lls, LuXcmJets. Al q gwen
DAY the guests came, and were struck with amaze.
,lsnt 10 see on the porcelain bill Of fare, ptGel
10 FIotcntiue bronze powder, the Dorado, which
announced itself after the turtle soup and he
Mormon Salad, voleat apertye which advise
sou 90 Immediately AMI Of order The great artists in
The Uhattes gallery, Is D0Eado,' exclaimed eve.
~ one, but il Is fabulous The fac. sihat in ahS,
The Dorado 50 painfully sought for by sailors for
from land with their harpOOnS, Is alHt0st 0s lIuCll
myth as S.ten, Merdlail OF sea setpehl--
The llafe l'hOtel plll on yety modest all In IL.
ply 10 oil the questions launched Of lin.
Tic Dofalo was served, TWAS stretched on a
four folded napkin Of Holland danlask, forming u
snowy bed for The Slrp " G0atd That was laid o.
Cross silYetd dish. Tie beautiful EslNbOw cOlots
which varied It's metallic nult0sS, its great eyes
caused Shout Of admiration Hlld Iougin5 from The
excited guests. Tile exhibition nadej lie tnailte
l'hotei raised the dish OF The length Of his Anus IL
pass 1t between two black coats Which were IN,
Wesley inclined 10 make loom for ii, Dut lts fish
is cpOmous, lie dish heavy, le boards slips from
beneath II, and lasll-tls magnificent Dotallo
falls 10 The floor, and is lTOseM into a HUNDRED
pieces, as mny 10 imagined IrOM the exlreLV deli.
cVcy VI It's fibre cooked 10 The exact point
lt.Was climax Of distress and h0nOE enough
10 soften aud change The expression Ol tho bronze
faces Of tie candeiu0ta satytS Tues en0tOt alone
did not finch. liz waited EOt moment with
cOOlliesS which seemed ScAAlannS, I'LL The geller.
al constellation had yielded 10 lie tltsl shock OF
tic disaster, then taking time, ns al thu fist thea.
tie for all elective speech, he sail with calm
aud collected voice;
i.tsOINo consequence; bling IN another tn.
mediateiy'
Imagine the eITect-Ouother Dorado, lie Is
nlad-lICy thought. Hut mol at All. The OlIter
Dorado appeared, 10 The gtenl SIupeactiOn Of The
guests, atd theit great joy. You vii easily diyiHe
lhat The fall and sacrifice VI the FIRST fish wps n
theatrical stoke concerted before hand, a any
tote lO liable incident ever ptOduCed such al u.
leCt.
T, II orlel that tie Dotado may moi seem SO fab
ulOus 10 our leaders as It docs 10 tho PGISiaaS,
we quote from lIuIIUo his description Of II, Witch
agtets with that IN tie story,
'lI.ere is a fish III some degtee resembling The
preceding which is called by naluthlists, by way
Of tnuUHce, the DOtudu, but which sailors enc
ntouSly call tho Dolphin; 1t is chilly found In the
tropic climateSj alld is at once tie most active
nM The uost beautiful VI The iHHy lace. ltISa.
boil SIN feet long; lie lack uIl 0ygI GnaIuellct
withSpOts 0f blush green aud sveri tho ldlI
and fits Of gold c0lur; aud all have brtlliancy
VI tint thai nothing hui llatute'S pencil Gun Of"
talu TO, The eyes aEc placed vi each Side Of The
head. large and beautiful, surrounded with cit.
cleS q shining gold, In ille seas where they ate
found, these fish arc always IN motion, AMI play
found Slips IN lull SiII, with ease aud security,
EOtevet either pursuing OF pursued, they ate con.
stanlly IN a Stale VI wntla'e, either defending
themselves against The shOIk, OF dartlOg alter tie
small EShtS.'
This tsh must mol he o1nIounlel with one Of
somewhat similar name, the DnrOD, which Is, ac'
COnilg to tic saIorS legeutl, the fish from which
ST.. PeIet took lie tribute money leaving VI its
SIDES tie lllatks Of his finger aud thumb.