Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-28

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Washington Correspondent " Y. World.
The supper at the Inauguration Ball.
But before describing dresses must speak
/ of the supper, which was really success.
| Indeed the whole thing would have been if
| the lrigid zone had not invaded. Positive
| ly, not a few but many gentlemen wore
| their hats, and ladies appeared in walking
/ costumes. Furs of all descriptions were
plenty. The supper was all ones fancy
/ painted it, and actually was entirely ready
at p. m, and its supplies were warranted
never to fail. The managers of the ball la
! bored under the greatest apprehension lest
there should not be enough supper for the
/ guests. Such has been the experience at
/ past inaugural balls, so beforehanded we
are startled with the following in one Of
| the city papers. You will see the effect, as
| it Is meant to be, is amazing but not always
/ inteligible
q" The amount of proyender required for
| this occasion Is simply enormous, as may be
evidenced from the following list of dishes
which are ready in Washington to-day
/ 100 900 fried oysters, 5000 escallOped Oys-
tiers. 1000 picked oysters, 65 boned tur-
/ KEYS of 10 lbs each, 10 roast turkeys, about
| II lbs each $50 roast capons, stuffed with
/ truifles - saddles of mutton, about 100
| lbs each 40 pieces spiced beef, 40 lbs each;
200 dozen quails, larded ard roasted 100
/ game Pates, 80 lbs each 300 tongues, or
namented with jelly 30 salmon, baked in
| Montpelier butter 100 chickens, chaud ct
| frOId 400 partridgeS, Washington style
- boars' heads stuffed and ornamented 10
| pates de fol gras, ten lbs. each !, 900 cheese
I sandwiches 300 ham sandwiches 5000
I hoo Lfrre
| barrels salad > barrels lettuce. $50 chick
ems boiled for salad 2,OOOpounds oflobster
| boiled for salad 6.OU0 eggs boiled for salad;
I barrel of beets > 500 loavcs of bread (;
;, 100 rolls :.2i cases Prince Albert crackers;
| 900 pounds Of butter 800 Charlotte
russes. Il pounds each 200 mOulds wine
! Jelly 200 moulds blanc mango 300 gal
Ions ice cream assorted; 200 gallons ices,
assorted 100 pounds mixed cakes $50
large cakes ornamented 90 large pyramids.
assorted - barrels Malaga grapes -
cases oranges > barrels apples 100 pounds
mixed candies 10 boxes raisinS 200 lbs
sheled almonds 300 gallons claret punch
300 gallons coffee 200 gallons tea 100
gallons chocolate.
Besides these there were oil, vinegar,
lemons and trimmings olall sorts The cO-t
of all this Is as vet difficult to determine /, for
the baking and preparing alone $4,000,
and for the hire of dishes S5. 200. with the
breakage and damage to be made good,
have been paid Thirty men We're engaged
In arranging the ,able-, 1t l. said, and one
can well believe it, a- at least two attend
ants for every guest appeared behind the
tables - far from being wholly temper
auce. there were champagne and claret
punches, but alas. we, who drank neither
coffee nor chocolate, ~hiycred none the less
There was never o crowd. as the supper
room measured 300 by - feet. The table
was covered with white. the wall with lau-
rel loupeI with ro-ctte~. The floor was III
yilcl into -ix sections, cro-svi~c. under
chief manager with -iX assistants. The lat
ter bad coutrl. otpl pertaining 90 the dane
Ing and promenlding.
Dsoorrsr or ruE REyu>s orLmJl. KlD-
DER Life on the Plains, by Gen. Gus
ter. in the February number Of the Gaiary.
contains the following account of the dis
c1yery of the remains of Lielt Kidicr. son
Of Hon jefferson p Kidler, formerly Of
West Randolph.and Licut.-Goy. in lsj3-ji.
who was killed by the Indians whilst in the
line of duty as an army officer
While sitting In yquarters one day az
Fort LeaynworJh late in the fall of l-67,
% gentleman was announced. whose name
recalled sad and narrowing sight. 10
proved 90 the father OF Lieut.. kidder, whose
massacre, with that of his entire party ot
eleven men. was described in preceding
pages. twill De remembered that the saya-
ge- had hacked, mangied, and burned the
bodies of.kiddcr and ms men To such an ex-
cont +Ea+ yvn- futn.--fh hIn ratsrr1ifs ffo
hodie-ol o single one Of the party; even the
clothing had been removed, - that We could
not distinguish the officer from his men, OF
the men from each other. By any fragment
of their grade. Mr. kiider. after intro
ducing himself, announced the object of his
visit. it was 90 ascertain the spot where the
remains of his son lay buried. and after
procuring suitable military escort to proceed
q the grave and disinter his sons remains
preparatory tp transferring them 10 a rest
ing place iu Dakota. OF which Territory he
was at that time one of the Judiciary. II
Z was painful task / had % perform when !
/ communicated % the father the details OF
{ the killing of his son and followers. And
/ equally harS-iur % the feelings WIS It 10
[ have To- inform him that there was no posi-
/ bile chance ol his being able TO recognize his
! son Is remains '' Was there not the faint
D
/ which ne might be known inquired the
anxious parent '- Not one. was the reiuc-
tant reply" And Vet, since now recall the
appearance Of the manglcd and di~fgured
I remains. there was mere tghe which at
/ tractcl my attention, but it could not have
] been y0ur son who wore il '' What was
/ it t' eagerly inquired the father ' Ii was
| simply the collar band of one Of those ordi-
nary cheek overShirt- 50 commonly worn on
| theplaius, the color heing black and white,
/ the remainder Of the garment. a. well As all
/ other articles of dress, having been torn or
/ burned from the body" Mr.. kiddcr then
requested me to repeat the description of
the collar and material of which it was
made. happily ] had some cloth Very slmi-
lar appearance, and upon exhibiting this to
Mr.. kidder. TO show the kind meant he de
clared that the body referred to could be
no other than that of his murdered son. He
went ON to tell how his son had received his
/ appointment in the army but a few weeks
before his death, he only having reported for
duty with his company 4 few days before
/ being sent ON the scout which terminated
his life and how, before leaving his home
10 engage in the military service. his mot
or. with that thoughtful care and tenderness
which only mother can feel, prepared
some articles Of wearing apparel. among
Others few shirts made from the checked
material already described. Mr. kidier
/ had been TO Fort Sedgwick on the Platte.
from which post he wore one ofthe checked
shirts and put an extra one in his saddle
pockets. Upon this triiling link of evidence
Mr.. kidder proceeded four hundred miles
west Of Fort Wallace, ,and there being fur
niShed with military escort visited the grave
containing the bodies of the twelve massa-
cred men. Upon diSinterring the remains a
body was. found a. had described it, bear.
inc the simple checked collar band the
father recognized the remains of his son
and thus, as it was stated at the close of q
preceding chapter, was the evidence of q
mother S love made the means by which hel
sons body was recognized and reclaimed
when all other had failed.
CouErs AND MErEoRs.-In the scientih,
column of the New York Hdepcad,af. W,
find the following interesting bit of cometic
intelligence:
Since the researches of Schiaparell were
Published, in 1867, showing the identity o
the orbit OF Icmpel's comet with that o
the s)-called Loonides. or mete0rs of Nov
ember l2th. no astronomer has doubted the
close relationship of comets and shooting
stars; especially as il was soon after showI
/ by Oppolser that the Perseids, or meteor
OF August 6th-llth, are also accompanied
by 4 fine comet. Some have thought th'
comet TO be merely dense aggregate o
separate meteoric bodies Others that it i
simply larger meteor, attended and fol
lowed by smaller ones-pieces of the SAINT
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