The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-02

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thts day and forward, from the day,
was Wyaslaid, from this day, 1 will bless
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THREE HUNDRED YEARS ago.:
Ths sort Or 85eais . lWlhiehH Vi stH People In
High Life sat dOWns-.High Old
hi Times In Those Days. IiF,il0 4np
s&C0lR AGelpitEa1IS Md0aEfne. ? f,tit
Let us sit down. in imagination, at a
dinner in England three hundred years
ago. Mighty joints ofbeef, mutton and
veal, boiled and roast, are accompanied
by veal pies, 4capons, black cocks,
Chickens plovers, partridges; two kinds
of bread-the delicate march-pane and
the coarserA ACheate; vegetables are al
most unknown in England, and form
no. part OF the regular bill OF fare The
nrst In rank are served, uand the
dishes are then passed dowmiu gradtia-
tion- the lower tables; thelast remains
being served for the poor, who every
day await this benevolence at the outer
gate. te.----
!. The second Icourses is ushered In in
like manners and lis still more plenti-
tu1 and 1uxurtons-roast swans, Veni.
son, .pheasants, pullets,l snipe, teal
pigeons and pastry The third course
ts distinguished by the richness OF the
trees houses, ETC.; a HsRbtili ility,H or an
elaborate piece Of sugar work, repre-
senting, perhaps a fortress in miniature;
Utarts of divers hpes and sundry de-
nomtpatton eonseryes or English
and t0Eetgns fruits; gingerbread, mar
malade, and Comf1tS In endless variety.
The beverage consists Of ale and mead,
and many Kinds of wine, served In sill.
veg tankar Is and Ven etiapi glasses. nT .
The walters at the Earl's tables are
gentlemen of high birth, even the
younger os0nb Of nobleInen, who are
placed there to learn domestic customs
and. all the intricate eiarrangements of a.
large house. Ushers, marshalss cup
bearers, are all OF. rank, and without
the perfect insight into domestic man
ners they thus, practically attained,
they, would be utterly at the mercy of
their numerous denendentS, and unable
to maintain in order the hundred re-
tatnerS that may hereafter eat andidffnk
andsbe clothed at his expense, when
they themselves become the heads OF
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Profound silence is preserved during
dinner, 8 for it is the greatest part of
civlttys" save when some one rises,
and, first uncovering his head, takes a
tull cup In. his hand. and, setting! his
Graves Tor audience. Silence being once
obtained, he begins to breathe out the.
name, peradventure, ofsome honorable
pefsonagea whose health is drunk to-,
ana ne that pledges himself. must like
wise of, with his caps kiss his fingers
and bow himself, in signs of 4 reyeFent'
acceptance. And thus the q list 81 egnise rs
acted. Il The cup being newly Irep1en-
ished to the breadth Of a zhair--that is,
the = pledger-must now begin 1hiB'
part and thus 1t goes fohnd
Throughout the whole c0mpany.I 4 Z N
The banqnet over, the guests wash.
their hands In rose water; and, leaving
the gentlemen to stheirsWine; as in the
present day, the ladies retire TO amusel
themselves. with backgammon, cards,
ntneptns, bowls, and, undop btedlY the
scandal or queen Elizabeth's court.
When the egentlemend have contented
themselves with wine we'll spiceds per-
maps the whole party go on g hawking
trial OF skill at archery, or, ii the COM
pany. pc very numerous and of high
rank, a Dull OF bear may be balted TO
aeatht tor their amusemeht, the fair
ladteS eptoytng 1T quite, as much as the
Spanish beauties of the present Ciay.-I
Atl1i O'Clock supper is ssseryedl In the
great halls and resembles the dinner on
much,smalle scale After supperth
company amuse themselves with
dancing, chess, draughts, qltt fray (hot