The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-10-18
For the JeGerSonian.

ty Of Ladies, who made the pleasure trip to
Washington, 4 few weeks ago, to reply, |
through your columns, to the ungentlemanly
diatribe Of your correspondent "Justicia.''
| will premise, in the first place, that the
supper, about which you wrote SO truly, need
ed scavengcr to defend it, and if the coun-
try had been ransacked through, one better
suited to the task could not have been found
than this same " Justicia." His letter was
Of piece with the table, It's contents and
the conduct of all concerned on behalf of the
house, who should have ministe red to our
wants, instead of swapping and snarling at
our every request for what we had well paid
for-I mean plenty to eat.
Bat recrimination is not my design in thn
communication l could not handy words
in kind with "Justicia," if | would - and
would not, if | could. He has denounced US
as being any thing bnt ladies', in terms and
and language which show conclusiyely that
he has not reached that round in the ladder
of true gentility SO necessary TO make him
Judge US to what constitutes Lady. The
purlieus of Bilingsga,e was doubtless his
primary school, and Fishnlonger's Hall the
college from whence he graduated. He adj
miis that there were between fifty and sixty
in the party, but he is " sorry to say that on
ly few of the number should be called Ia
dies, and feels "quite cer;ian that those few
ladies, who ha appened to be among that num-
ber were so deeply mortified by the bad con-
duct of those whom you," Mr. Editor, " mis-
allied ladies, to ever be caught in n similar
situation" Now what was this bad con-
duct" and who were so 50 mortified" On
inquiry, find that all were dissatisfied with
the supper for which they paid so dearly
There was some modification too, but it was
the modification of the few (who are Ladies,
in Justicia's eyes probably who expected
better things OF the landlord, and felt mort-
fed to think that he thought 80 little Of him.
self, and his word Of promise when the sup
per was engaged.
But Justic icia 90 would be very sorry 10 see
a wife or a sister" of his " Keeping company
with females, who seem to think It all right
10 step up to bar and order Gin cocktails
Brandy smoshes,' Whiskey skins, &C. &C."
If the wife or sister should prove to be of
Justicia's stripe of gentily, there would TO-
deed he cause for regret at the contact :
the opposite side, as the contamination would
most certainly flow from the Justician source.
1t is true, with probably more lcvity than
should have been shown, that two or three
of the party did 20 into the Dlr-room, and
when there, in the spirit of fun they might
have called for what Justicia charges; but
that was before supper, and when they sup
| posed, that gentlemanly trea tment would be
accorded the guests of the house. Had they
/ known that Justica would have been there
TO watch aud give false coloring 10 their
! language and conduct, innocent and not un-
! lady hike when viewed in the spirit in W whish
J It was indulged, or that it would be made
use Of 10 gloss over the landlord short COM
ings and bis swindie of supper, which was
yet 10 come, Justicia would have been with
out vocation. But enough of this. What
Of the supper, over which Justicia presents
such an array Of biscuit, boiled chicken,
bread, preserves, cold meats, oysters, pound
and cup cake, &c. ! Let me see.
Abouta week before the excursion came off,
two gentlemen called on the landlord TO make
arrangements for the supper. He was asked
what he would charge TO get up a good sup
per for about sixty personsi He replied
that lie would get up good supper for fifty
| cents person. lie was tod that that would
not pay him - that the party wanted good
supper they would have TO leave home
previous to the regular dinner hour, and that
they would be very hungry, and would want
something extra. He then replied that he
would get up a splendid supper for seventy
| five cents a person. He was told that that
was not enough-that the party was willing
and expected to pay dollar. He then re-
Piled that he would get up an extra supper
for the dollar, and promised even more than
this.
The excursionists, myself Of the number,
lett home at Ii o'clock a. M, of the day fix
ed, ard arrived at Washington at about half
past two p. m. The supper was arranged
for five o'clock p. m, and it is not an unrea-
sonable expectation that persons fasting from
breakfast until that time, with nothing but
a lunch IN the interim, and an erceiient sup
per 10 be paid for, would be hungry, and be
disappointed if they did not get what
they paid for After waiting with mar
tyr-likc patience and resignation, the hour
of five rolled around, the gong sounded (,rel-
come sound and we went To the table. only
10 suffer such disappointment AS hungry pei
sons ga azing on ha If filled dishes, and scarce
at that, can experience. survey oftbe Ia
! BILE revealed the fact, that il had been
divided into sections of eight, or fixed
quantity of food of kind for each eight per.
sons, aud that each eighth of the board was
the exact counterpart of the other When
seated took look at what was measured
out for the eight with " hom | sat, a nd found
one plate containing about two spoonsfal OF