Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-16

.'Spifidion, in a letter 10 the Boston Post,
says. contrary 10 the general opinion. that Paris
bachelors 10 moderate circumstances in that CITY
commohls dine at home. The great restaurants
are very expensive. and the inferior restaurants
are wEesched. Besides. there IS as much differ
enee between a home made dinner and restAu
rant dinner as there is between . wife aud an
unfortunate" Re says:
The public feast may appear finer and be more
highly spced, but it lacks the individuality of
che humber meal, where each Wand retsins lis
native aud particular taste, where beef Is beef,
and potatoes are potatoes The wine. too. one
provides himself ought 10 be purer and 4 great
deal better for the price than the wine one obtains
in a restaurant. All the wines drank in
auralI are adulterated The great vine mel
chant in the provinces adds diferen; wines TO
gether in order 10 torn fair, cheap wine by
making an average. He adds cass Of wine
with good flavor and perfume 10 half dOz
en- casks OF cheaper wine and half dozen casks
from different vintsges The wines made in the
southern departments are the cheapest, and as
they are the strongest French wines they are in
great demand for adulteration. Every wine
growing district has its cheap-cheap because in
ferioT--wines Three PAGES from the patch
lctos nsincl0sure1 where the Clos Nougeot
is made. the grapes make vine which is not
worth five cents bottle. Nay. the inferior
grapes of the Clos Vougeot itself makes cheap
wine. IL is by skilfnlly mixing these cheap
wines together tina, 50 much good wine is made
in France.
Do not imagine these cheap and inferior
wines are poor stuff They are excellent wines
when pure. They become the vile stuff poured
down the throats OF restaurant guests by the
adulteration they undergo in the restaurant :
cellars. The restaurateur scarcely ever buys
his wines on the place where they made he
buys them at Bercy, where they undergo sec
Oni manipulation. His butler adulterates them
a third time. and not only gives them cheap
wines, but he forces them through course oil
hydropathy. whereby seven casks swell into ten
casks Now, the who can buy his wine
from the provincial wine merchant geis a pure
article aud cheap article. He ought 10 get az
excellent article for ten cents a bottle To avoid
excessive fleeing in marketing and groceries he
agrees to give his servant woman who Is gener
ally his porters wife certain per diem allow
ance of money for which she agrees TO provide
him breakfast and dinner. All the money she
may save out of this SUN she NAV fairly put in
her pocket, but she is obliged TO take care and
not be over-cOvetous by the fear her master
may cancel the contract
So great is the dishonesty of French servants
and 20 impossible is it to detect it. that this rule
is generally adopted even in families here They
enter into contract with their cook to board them
at five or ten or twenty dollars day, according
TO their number wealth appetite. aud es-
cape all trouble. The cock NAV pocket her two
eight dollars day, but the eater escapes the
dyspepsia provoker-the exasperating know ledge
that he il swindled at every meal and mouthtul
and can neither detect or punish the fraud In
this way bachelor lives che ,ply and well. II
true he is obliged to dine alone. and. until Gus
tom has peOpled the solitude with thoughts, this
condition is hardship: but one grows 20 weary
of the STALE tasteless. non natural dishes OF res
taurnnts. he accepts solitary meal without re
greet He knows, too. that in this city there ATE
always hungry mouths OF both sexes TO be tounc
in FIVE minutes notice; whenever be grow:
tired of singing SOLO grace, it is his own fault il
il does not become duet. | scarcely know al
unmarried man of easy circumstances here lex
cept brokers. who for the most part live in tho
most expensive restaurants who does not liv:
OF home