The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-26

and q merry one.' Perhaps you don't be
lleve the meat was purchased for two
centsl But It was, though d, The fact L
that from an OK weighing eight hundred
pounds nett you can purchase certain
parts Weighing about one hundred pound
tor three cents per pound. TWo.thirdi
Of q pound make more stew than I coult
cat There was nearly enough for two
But, then, you know how careless and
reckless we Americans are In regard Il
our table expenses, always getting twice
as much as we need. must NOT forge
TO say that these coarse, cheap portion!
Of tho animal are the best Tor stew
The very genius Of waste seems TO have
taken possession Of me on that fatal day
poured into my stew all at once, SLAP
uasn, . quarter Of q cents worth Of Lei
cestershtre sauce, aud ds II 10 show tha
u never rains, but II pours, closed tina,
glultonous scene by deVouring a cent?
worm Of hominy pudding. Food fol
wednesday, eight and a quarter cents
me gross excess Of Wednesday led to {
Thursday breakfast, which consisted
III oatmeal porridge and milk, costing
aoont Two and 0 halt cents. For dinner
cracked wheat and baked beans, two
cents worth oil each, milk, one cents
worth Food for Thursday cost seven
and hall cents.
Friday breakfast, Southern hulled corr
and milk, costing three cents. For din
ner, another oil those gormand surfeits
winch 80 disgraced the history OF We'd
nesday. Expenses for the day eight and
o quarter cents.
This morning when went 10 the Ia
PIE, said 10 myself, What's the use q
ths economy Y And 1 made up my mind
that Tor this day at least / would sink ali
moral restraints, and give up the reins to
appetite. l have no apology or defense
for what followed.
Saturday breakfast, l began with one
cents worth Of oatmeal porridge, with a
teaspoonful Of sugar worth a quarter Of a
cent; then followed q cents worth Of
cracked wheat, with half cents worth
OF milk; then the breakfast closed with
two cents worth Of milk, and one cents
worth ofrye and Indian bread. For din.
ner, l ate half Of a small lobster, which
cost three cents, and one cents worth q
hominy salad, and closed with two cents
worth Of cracked wheat and milk, Cost
oil the days food, twelve and three. quarter
cents. In all these statements only the
cost ofmaterial Is given.
Cost for the week fftyj0ur and a
quarter cents. ~ 'SfS'
aOf course I don't pretend that every.
body can live in this luxurious way. II
isn't everybody who can afford 1t, Icould
have lived just as well, so far as health
and strength are concerned, on half the
money. Besides on three days I ate too
much altogether, and suffered from thirst
and dullness, But then i may plead that
I worked very hard, and really need a
good deal more food than idlers.
"By the way, ! weighed myself at the
beginning of the week, and found that it
was Just two hundred and twelve pounds,
Since dinner to-day I weighed again, and
found that balanced two hundred and
twelve and a half pounds, although 1t has
been week ofwarm weather, and have
had unusual demands for exertion of va.
rl0us kinds.
"But let me feed a family OF ten instead
Of one person, and / will give them the
highest health and strength upon diet
which will cost not much more than two
dollars for the ten persons fora week. Let
me transfer my experiment to the Far
West, where wheat, corn, oats, and beef
are so cheap, and the cost Of feeding my
family ten would be 40 ridiculous that I
dare not mention it, lest you laugh at me.
"And so far from my family group be.
ing one Of ghosts or skeletons, [ will en-.
gage that they shall be plumper and
stronger, healthier and happier, with clear.
er skins, brighter eyes, sweeter breaths,
whittier teeth, and, in addition, that they
shall live longer than your Delmonico
diners, each Of whom spends enough at a
single dinner to feed my family Of ten for
week. And last, but not least, they shall
enjoy their meals moro than your Dol
monico diners"