Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-10-21

A DINNER PARTY IN N0RwAY.-There were,
perhaps, hundred and fifty guests assembled when
we entered wondered how we were all going to
be Accommodated.
Il dare say you do not have these sort of dinner
parties in England said young lady ytome, whom
had met the evening before we always, at
such parties stand up to dinner My answer was
cut short by our being ushered into the dining
room.
As wished to do at Rome as they did at Rome,
first turned to a littIS side-tabe, on which were
arranged sardines, anchoyies ''Throndhjem aqua
Wit, and other appette-tieklers / won't describe
the dinner; suffice it to say it was most excellent
But most earnestly recommend any one going to
Chrstiania to practice dining standing up before
leaving home, for it requires an uncommon knack
to be able to manage it properly. Try; take a
plate with bit of chicken, slice of ham, some
peas and potatoes on it for instance Hold this in
your left hand-for all the chairs and side-tables
are nonopoized by the elderly people and cut and
eat with your right In the mean time, keep con
stantly drinking wine with imaginary guests, and
get your sisters to push gently up against you from
all sides. And withal you should not omit to pay
the best posture for preserving your gravity IN
state Of stability, while at the same time seek to
avoid straddle as if you were on the deck Of a
rolling steamer, otherwiseyou may be animadverted
bythecompany. Youmustnotfeel annoyed just
asyou have succeededincuttng up the chicken and
ham in nice little bits, and have reGnquished the
knife for the fork a Jolt from behind disturbs the
direction mouthfu is taking and sends it outside
your shirt-front instead of inside. Neither must
YOU be rritated at feeling that some one is pouring
plateful Of gravy down your back. Upset a glass
of wine over a young gentleman legs IAN elderly
man of stout basis, who bumped against me, wa,
the cause), and / am ashamed to say that looked
/ hard in another direction, as If knew nothing a
/ all about the matter Another soiece of advice
would venture to suggest, especially fyou disillC
using dirty forks.-is, that you keep tight holt
of your own Forks are always at a premium, ant
ifyou put yonrs down for one moment, you llneye
see it again. / cannot suggest the modest stran
ger doing anything better with his wine glass thai
putting it in his pocket when not in nnmediat
| USE for am convinced that not one Of the ladie
or gentlemen present drank out of the same glas
twice.
After dinner, which was over about six, the ger
tIemen stroled out into the grounds to smoke
The ladies don't at all object to the smell Of tn
fragrant weed and nearly all of the clergy indug
in it. You can Judge for yourself, when | infol1
you that in 1855, when the population consisted
400, ,047 souls-I like exactitude-the imports
tobacco amounted to about 3, 100000 pounds; whie
gives an allowance Of two pounds and quarter I
each soul, not deducting women or children. On
gentleman to whom | was introduced informed II
that he always had smoke the last thing at nigh
after he had got to bed and, from some incident
remarks he made, | discovered that he was ma
/ ia. nan, and occupied the same apartment as h
f llee eel -ats, Coffee and its attendant Curaeo
having G bee, been duly sopreciated We returned to L
house, and danced till telYe cl3ek. Ana 5 t4qs M
the party had thus lasted es. hoaIs' i la III i
throughout an unconllnoniy pleasant 0e' s'is' :
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