The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-14
Tu Be CONTINUED.
The American Oyster in London.

The English PEOPLE have Tor long time
known uf the excellence If the American
bi}aiye only by fame. Last year com
rauy Was fnnu,d u import II, and be-
litvy the stocks sold we'll. The present
importation. however has not come through
that company. Lat Toy certain folks ~h"
have Anticipated It's operations. The com
pany mean. ur So il l. understood. H. have
certain ships which shall ~, made into ulV-
cling oyster boats =. that there shall All
ways be fresh supply The oysters We
are now enj pying have h,cu brought over
IN barrels. ~ winch they are daily splash
ell with salt water iut they must have
been brought III considerable quantities, as
they are a. be found III nearly AL oyster
saloons. and s"ld At eighteen pence the
dozen, which is ,Xa.tly "ue-haf Of what
We have to Iay for he English natives
the only English oysters which are not too
coarse for anything bat c""hng.
The English know nothing about eating
oysters IN any Int the raw form, with the
exception of using the large, coarse and
cheap ones a. sauce Tor tSh. The
" native oyster, as IT is called, is uudonbt-
edy very savory The most patriotic
American speedily learns "a like il, though
all foreigners notice the strong flavor If
copper it possesses. and are at hrst repell-
ed by it. on this cop er riavory, strange
to say the English obstIlately refuse to
know anything. They deny that it has
any such flavor Mr. Frank auckland,
Who devotes his life t. the culture uf uyst-
er-pat and salmon, has repeatedly dcscrib-
cd III the Ld,d and " alter and other
L = 4 1 4 1,
beds where the natives are born and bred /;
and he has shown that they have to be
transferred from their original beds at a
time when they are green with copper
that they would he POISONOUS, to other
beds, where they become pure enough for
human food And yet when you mention
the copper taste your English friend looks
at you askance and has no DOUBT that you
are trying to behttle the institutions II his
coJntry.
Nor is he more patriotic than the Ameri
can III vmdioatiDg the superiority of his
oyster above all others. Twas once lunohing
at Pimm ), the most extensive oyster-rooms
iii London, with an English member Of Par
lament, ard, descanting on the wonderful
superiority of the American bival-
We, when, ON looking up, 1 per
eeived on his face absolute III
creduhty. BuL, while ! was fseling quite
helpless before this, the man who mas
opening the oysters for us Put in a word
" " nat tie gentleman tmeaning me) says
is quite true sir. We had barrel of
American oysters in this house once, and
they are better than any we've ever had,
before or since. OF course you will say
my member ii Parliament gave iii at once.
after Plum had spoken. Tn the contrary,
he declined another dozen Of "patiyes,
which ! an sure lac contempt Ited, paid his
bill and went out with whitening smile,
and, ! suspect, takes his luncheons else
where. have observed since the Ameri-
can y styIs have been Oh sale that their
excellence is chiefly appreciated by the Uys
ter openers.
At the saloon at the head of Halmarket
the man who opened the first one for me
held il up, turned it round, pretended he
had something t. scrare about it with his
knife, but really feasting his eyes, and
utterly unnindful that he was keeping me
from embracing dear old friend whom
had not seen for many years. When the
second was opened it was the very first
lot that had ever been IN the establishment
the mute astenishmt MT with wlfich he
had viewed the first would not do for the
magnificent specimen of the New York
hay which was revealed. Bill, he cries
to companion little way OF, Bill, Jest
take look at that there hoyster afore il
goes = Bill came over with his eyes wide
open. "Wut's that r is his question.
"Thet's Hamerican." Good Lord =
calculates Bill, as he sees the biyalve dis
appear. When the dozen are fairly open
ed, the men taste one and discuss the sub
ject, and they agree that there was never
such a bivslvuiar- kohi-nUu or crown jewel
in the eoronet Of Neptune.
Yet passing by the same place nearly
a week afterward, the man told me with
surprise. . Henglish people don't like
tlem. That's Why you are getting them
SO cheap" But when the Englisdnen goes
beyond the raw oysters, when he is gradu
ally initiated into the stewed, the fried,
and all those artistic preparations which
help in the progress Of our institutions at
Washington, Why then you may expect TO
hear him advocating the substitution for
the British lion Of an oyster RAMPANT.
Londoa Lette, to CiEcinnati C0sseserci0t.