The Portland daily press., 1873-01-29
AMERICAN HOUSE,

who is seeking a restoration of health in
that genial climate
AMERICAN HOUSE,
DENVER, Col. TER, Jan. 18th, 1873.
DEAR -: A good friend of ours
wrote some time since, IT hope a turkey and
plum-pudding found its way to your table
on Thanksgiving-day; you ought to have SO
much of civilization"
That you may see for yourself, what the
privations are which the dwellers in this far
West endure, enclose the bill of fare pro-
vided Tor last evenings entertainment ct this
! house. The festival was planned by the Den
, yer Typographical Union, in honor of the
birthday of the great printer, Ben Franklin.
The company was brilliant, the speeches and
music of high order, and the banquet the
most luxurious ever provided in this place.
The tables were not only loaded with good
things, but so tastefuly arranged as to graft
fy the eye, almost as much as the palate, and
Mr. Marlowe, the courteous and obliging
landlord, whom many tourists will remember
with PLEASURE, was the recipient of many
compliments. That he knows how to keep
hotel, you will hardly doubt after careful
perusal of the enclosed bill of fare:
SOUPS. sss
Saddle Rock Oyster, q la mode topographic:
Green Florida Turtle, a la dable de Pimprim-
Ter. :
FISH.
Salmon Steaks broiled with potatoes stewed
in cream; baked Lake Trout (Finns) Madeira
sauce; Lake Huron White Fish, boiled, Shr-
imp sauce. tif
Raw stewed; fried; raw Ia France; roasted
on toast; Escol-(e)-loped, Tia E. p FL, on
half shell.
Stuffed turkey oyster sauce, Buffalo tongue,
tomato sauce. sugar cured ham, Burgundy
Stuffed pig, fat or lean; apple sauce; Turkey,
with oyster dressing; chicken; domestic goose;
duck-dedd.
'RED-Hor" ENTREES.
Fricassee of Chicken with Mushrooms. FilIet
OF Roebuck, la Kinnaird, Browne Sauce
Tenderloin of Veal, with Fresh Green Peas.
Rounds of Beef, la mode, de lie Chicago lay
e for Small patties,, garnished with oysters;
/ Empereur; fresh lobster sauce, la Maitre |
d Hotel; salmi of ducks, with Spanish olives,
garnished with Doggers; fillet of field hare, la
Toulouse.
COLD ORNAMENTAL DISHES.
Gelatne OF turkey, sur sokle, with Aspic jel-
ly; wild bore's head, with trifes, ornaInented
apEmpereur; chicken salad en- Mayoraisse, a
la Nepolione; Westphalia ham, in border of
pork jelly; cold salmon, sur sokle, la Super
Royal; fillet Of beef in jelly, la Jardinaire;
Fate de Foie Gras, with truf6es a la Wilteburg;
Chartreusse OF vegetables, filed with par
tridges la Goldrick; lobster salad in shells, a
la Rothschilds s g. qsH
Chicken solid; lobster solid; OK mouth solid.
+" so IL GAME.
Prairie chicken la Cummings; Mallard |
ducks; turkey a la Byers; wild goose a la |
Chase; broiled quail on toast; humps of Buffa-
10; black tail dear; elk: teal duck.
- VEGETABLES. s9
Mashed potatoes stewed tomatoes; green
corn; green peas; souffie; fried potatoes.
RELIsHEs. 48
Worcester sauces. Picalili Boston pickles:
chow chow; picked beets; caulifowers; cheese:
Leicestershire sauce; tomato catsup: celery: |
London Club sauce; cold slaw.
rt PASTRY. l1
Lemon puffs, la Harrington; cocoanut puffs
la ward; currant jelly tarts la Woodbury..
7H-fi a.r CAKES.
Jelly cakes; Cream sponge cake; cocoanut
staples; jelly roll; maccaronies; meringues; al
mond drops chocolate cream cake lady fingers;
queen drops; fruit cake; sponge drops; jelly
drops; Russian slices; egg Kisses wafer jum-
bles: pound cake; cocoanut.
ORNAMENTAL CAKES.
Maccaron pyramid; floral vases; Neapolitan
cake, a la Chantilly; Ben. Franklin Pyramid,
e Denuer IAp9graphsca! Union; nougat pyra-
sic; fruit cake pyramid; pound cake pyramid;
orange pyramid.
DESSERT.
Aspec of fruit jelly: Roman punch; Pau
chez jelly; Breuier-ian cream; Madeira jelly;
To ion eli oI. -
wine; pineapples sliced in Champagne.
CANDIES.
Cream bon bons; chocolate caramels French
mixed candies.
How you will envy us when you hear that
we are literally basking in perpetual sunshine,
and that while you founder through snow
slush and other wintry denominations of the
Atlantic coast, we walk these streets, day af-
ter day, in thin cloth boots, often compelled
to seek the shady side to- escape the scorching
SUN rays, land sit,as we are at this moment sit
ting, by the wide open window.
We were told last September, that we might
confidently expect such weather as this, but
when in early November, there came cold spell ,
hat locked our hydrants, spread covering of /
now on our streets, andsent us to our trunks
Or extra wraps, we shivered, growled and
aid hunbug many times in "a hours. Since i
hat, we have eaten "humble pie' and belev- t
q in our new friends. =
With an occasional exception, when the
mercury has dropped down to the neighbor- f
.ou OF zero,and even below tive have had s
49, 49, such weather as you revel in, in early
ND '''a, Airsoft and pure. unclouded skies,
~. ~. @a.hlng uniformly good. Do you won
,es .ll'' many pale thin cheek grows plump
IND rosy and that our hotels and hoardingy T
houses are full? oil" ooafdilis- >
building goes steadily on. and h,oo, tr
ron and marble fronts are crowdirm o'a. VI it
'ioneer structures of wood Land i as Tue ..
Using in value, and the whole place wears 10y al
ir of prosperity and growth. t.
Beautiful for situation" the town Ger. al
ainly is, encircled by these snow-crowned 81
fountains What an eastern trained eve m
Kisses most, is the soft green grass, the shrub a.