The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-11-18
.THE NATEACEFY


v0ota neeeooae DAn9 10.
ru1l.nI i fsmou - hs1s bercsp-
tion c1tke faults 81 g. nations, for
mvttbn chops, for goosGh olsios and for
wliasbait; bst, for ne the el6ey pf white:
bsik y departed. have sstertained for
10y ysals longing - indulge in Il
vkf6o6ait dfnsss, but knowing Il to be
tsst vhoeeou the Parliamentary Lords, for |
c. nturies past have been wont to regale |
themselves at the termination Of thei, |
o ssions, scarcely dared to hope that my
democratic purse would be able TO stand
the pressure. However, taking advsn-
tage Of liberal ct that happend to attack
me 1t the time of crowded purse, de-
tsrmined that even il penury attacked me
in revenge at some future day, I'd have
some whitebsit, so with lordly air l
walked into the s'Royal Cheese" and took
up paper, but what The paper was. or
what was in it do not know, nor did L
care, for the reckoning OF the rich repass /
was about to indulge in drove every other
thought into a very small corner, If not
entirely out. Soon waiter appeared with
"order sir''--snd ordered whitebait.-
/ imagined the waiter looked little as
tonished, and that he was unusually re-
spectfnl in view of having caught stray
lord, or uscinliilalue from the House of
Commons but he had caught neither.
1t was simply sn American t'sovereign,'
who, in fit of extravsgance was bent on
having at leas, one whitehall dinner be-
fore he died. / held my breath as the
waiter arrived with large dish which he
uncovered, and darted off. / was
thunderstruck with small fishes. Al
the trough guess" should think there
were somewhere near about 1000 1t oc
Cured to me that the fellow had misun
derstood me as having ordered the usua
Parliamentary whitebait dinner, aud
thought of calling him back but remem
bering that countr, man Of mine once
ordered plate of hot-bouse a9berriss
and how the waiter chuckled prematurel
over the mans astonishment when b.
came to pay two shillings apiece for them
and how when lie found it out, be imme
diately ordered another plate and wake,
off in triumph. | called my pride to tt,
rescue and resolved TO see The thin
through, if it shook the very foundatio
of my purse. | took up my fork, bu
there came another quesliou-were the
"spoon victuais," or otherwise The
were villainously small OF their age. ga
from bali an ioeh to 10 inch and half i
length, interspersed with diminutiv
shrimps. juvenile crabs and baby lobster,
sIn for penny. in for o pound,'' and
had ordered a plate of cauhfower as
sort Of whitehall priming-this latter be
ing hot-house luxury and of course
consistent dish. The clubs were serve
perfcct-heads. tails, scales, etc, an
were devourcd by platoons of from thre
to seventeen at = mouthful; but thong
the attack IVES made With vigor aud dc
termination was forced TO give up tb
contest, leaving about. six hundred lyin
triumphant on the plate / then summou
ed all my pride. and the waiter when tn
following brief dialogue took place =
Chow much ?" .sWhitebait, shilling
caulihower, two pence. sir."-whlch
paid and left; and will merely cay
in conclusion, that England is misersbl
poor in respect to animated nature
London Correspondence to Providence
Journal.