The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-11-13

.THE CORONATION DINNER TO THE PKOPLR OF
Moscow.-We had seen the tables on pre-
vious day, and had intended to pass along
side of all Of them, but when we found that
the aggregate length was about eleven verstes,
nearly eight miles, we at once abandoned
the Eotion. Upon the tables, which were
covered with white cloths nailed down to the
wood, were sheep roasted whole, and dressed
in brilliant scarlet jackets, sausages suspen-
ded from poles in rich festoons, pies by thou
sands, and cakes by tens Of thousands. But
early in the morning Of the feast, the sheep
were cut up and placed on large wooden
dishes, where they were 10 remain until
the signal was given for the commence
ment of the banquit. This signal was TO be
the hoisting Of flag from the imperial rotun-
da, and it was understood that this flag was
to be hoisted just before the arrival of the
Emperor. AS several false accounts Of the
number Of sheep placed on the table. the
quantity of vodka thrown up from the foun-
tsins, DC, have been circulated about Mos
COW, and as one Of those bills of fare in par
ticular, goes SO far as 10 give about quar-
ter of a sheep and four pounds of sausage to
each person, we may here state, that although
the food had been ordered in profusion, the
'NtiSSA VI hoSho VI ShcV piSsOhe III q iOhotCu
condition, has been exaggerated, while as to
the untathomable quantities of vodka said to
have been imbbed, we can only state that
not drop of that liquor was there seen du-
ring the entire fee, excepting some which
few highly prudent individuals had thought
fit 10 bring with them. The real bill of fare
was as folloows:-
9,496 pounds of ham (89, 1856 lbs.)
936 pounds Of sausage (33. .796 lbs.
3l2 pounds uf butter( II ,232 lbs.
3 1870 pieces Of roast meat
l2 480 pairs of fowls.
40 920 pirogas (for meat cakes
94,92O vatsouschkis Tor pies with creamy
45.088 kalatdhkis (pies without English
$4,000 buiscuts Equivalents.
600 pounds Of gingerbread lei 900 lbs.
1859 vedias Of wine (l2 $50 quarts
$3.50 vedias of beer & 200 quarts
Each table was also abundantly supplied with
tea, nuts, apples, &C., in quantities which
must content myself with characterising as
enormous.
AS l have already stated, this stupendous
banquet, of such Homeric, such patriarchal
proportions, was to lie attacked Immediately
a standard was hoisted from the rotunda erec-
tel for the Emperor. 1t appears that the
mornings rain, which had penetrated every
where, had dampened the flag to such an ex-
tent that the soldier who had charge of it |
doubted whether it could be hoisted with
proper fleet, and determined to satisfy him
self on the point by making the experiment
before the Emperor's arrival. The expert
ment was only too successful, the hosting of
the flag was accepted as the signal for com
mencement Of the feast; it was commenced
and long before the arrival of
the Emperor everything had been eaten -
The fountains of wine, beer, and tea, did not
however begin to play until his Majesty made
his appearance, and during the following
quarter Of an hour the scene was highly in
Ieresting. From the Petrovsky Palace, with |
its red turrets and its green dome, to the en-
closure the middle of which temporary
palace Of the most unpretending nature had
been erected for the Emperor, the line was
Kept by the celebrated CrcassiAns, in their |
,hain armor and crimson uniforms. The en-
closure was like large circus, the little ed
fee in the centre bearing no small rssm
olaace to an al fresco cafe.