Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-04-13


"But, as tell you of these things, they
ccme back to me, and am boy in
jacket again and here is dear old Bow
ster coming back 10 the dining-room, with
bottle in each hand, and another bottle
under each arm, and corkscrew in his
mouth. He took the corkscrew out of his
mouth, and set to work to use that instru.
mcnt with will. 'This,' he said, as no
drew cork number one, lis Madeira, boys,
and Madeira's a very good thing in its way,
especially when it has made the distance
between England and Calcutta three times
as this Madeira has, boys; and this, boys,
is Port he continued, drawing cork num-
Der two, 'and Port is no bad stuff either
when it's Comet Port of the year g.,
and has been brought at the sale of
marquiss cellar; and this, boys he ad-
ded, going on to number three, is French
brandy, as mild as milk, and as pale as
East Indian bottled beer and number
four, boys, is Schiedam; and that's all
boys, and you shall taste them every one
, Ito say nothing of the rum punch my little
girl here shall help me to brew by and.by)
before you 60 home tonight"
awe drew our breath again; We had
heard of the wonderful kingdom in which
sucking pigs run about ready roasted, with
, knives and forks stuck in their crackings,
| but we thought that Admiral Bowsters
cottage rather surpassed it if anything
| And oh, the dinner! such dinner, and
, such a long dnner Only the Admiral,
and his pretty niece, with a very young
lieutenant, who sat next to her, and had
1 so much to say to her that he didn't care
, BIT, foolish fellow, for all the good things
smoking before him. Only, L say, the
. Admiral, his niece, the young lieutenant,
. an old navy surgeon from Rilston Kagster,
and we three boys! Such dinner Roost
e beef So big srloin, that could not see
y the Admiral sitting behind it, but only
k heard his voice across it, grutf and loud 4,
making the very punches of horseradish
e tremble with its manly thunder. Roast
beef, and boiled turkey with oyster sauce,
and tongue, and monster plum pudding,
all ablazc with burnt brandy, and great
+ dish of mince pies, ablaze with more bran
u dy, so that the second course looked like
: the opening scene in pantomine, all blue
), fire and forked flame. And the dear cd
S Admiral piling up our plates with, first
81 beef and then turkey, plum pudding on the
}, top of mince pies, and mince pies on a
It stratum of plum pudding; and never de
It sisting till we cried out that we had bit
r of everything, and had undonc the last
l. button of our Sunday black cloth waist
C coats.
: "Oh, such dinner We drank Madeira
i as quite a common beverage before we
l. had done, and every time we drank the
), Admiral's health, We cried, Hip, hip,
d hurrah = till we made the plates and dish,
es rattle again. | know the navy surgeon
c once venturcd to suggest that Madeira was
c rather trying beverage for school-boys ;
h but dear old Bowster, put him down, by
p asking him whether he disliked Madeira
d when he was school-boy! Which retort
a we thought the very highest order of wit,
Il and applauded till we shook the table,
a while the Admiral went to get another
y bottle. Good gracious me We were gen.
g orally such shy boys, that to say good day
to us was to infict upon us the greatest
d moral torture, if you expected us to bid
1t you good morrow in return; but under the
d influence of Bowstcr, and Bowster Ma.
Of deira, end Bowster's plumpudding and
c, burnt brandy, VIC became three lions; and
le We told the company over dessert Jas wei
o as we could, with our mouths alternately
Ie filled with chestnuts, figs, almonds and
1t raisins, macaroons and oranges) our opin
e ion of DR.. Martinez and the Latin gram
d mar, and the Martinez mutton, and the
C great quantity of lean; and we told then
g our views of life in general, and how VIC
is meant to be sailors, every one of us and
IS know l informed the Admira', kindly
d that when had ship-which OF course
n l should, year or SO after entering the
e navy-that l should call it the Bowster-
1 the Gallant Bowster. And this simple
e truthful, honest hero worship, welIint
l. straight up from a schoolboy's happy hear
,e so gratifed the dear, hearty, generous
Of seaman, that he tapped special bottle o
is the dead and gone Marquis of Something
Port, that we might christen his Majesty
! ship the Gallant Bowster, with all tn