Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-07
.LEyA GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

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Marriage and Death Notices. when not exceed
inp eight lines fifty cents
Dinners.
Pierre Blot in an article in ''Harpcr's Ba-
y,r," says: LET our readers understand that
!, ;sa mistake to think that to give dinncr to
jiienls. TO relatives, or even a dinner Of cerc-
uony, it is necessary, nay, indispensable, to
have Just such dishes and such wines, because
other people have them served on their tables.
|, is much better and much more pleasing to
The guests to be origind-we mean to make
one own bill of fare, and not initiate other
nenplc' diuncrs We oucc heard frequent
'ilnerout exclaim ''These dinners are
shockiugly monotCnous Que knows u advance
what dishes are coming there are the classic
salmon, the chronic fct OF beef, tho innumer-
able roasts accompanied by the mattcr-of
ursc ice cream to chill the stomach, instead
Of something that would help Digestion. We
src Of the same opinion. Ice cream is good,
In; not as dessert. An hour at least should
he allowed the stomach after dinner before tax
.g it with the hard work of dlgcstlng so chilly
Il dish.
The dinner is the principal meal Of the day,
and the one that restores the waste Of the sys
fem most, being generally taken after the days
nutritious and more numerous dishes than the
other meals. As the mind and stomach can
not both work We'll at oncc, it is certainly, ac-
cudiuy to hygcnic laws, not to eat much or
heavy food at breakfast and luuch. 1t Is diff
crrnl at dinner besides having no work to
perform after it, hc enjoyment Of having the
whole family assembled is one Of the best per
uui>ticS that can accompany the meal.
Wives aud mothers. have flowers on the
dinner table! have attractive-looking dishes
have paIataLlr food have cheertulness have
cup Of warm coffee or tea after the dinner
i You arc then pretty sure te have warm hearts
around you DO not freeze the stomachs Of
the members of your family at the dinner ia
3 bic and then run the risk of freezing their
3 hearts Keep the ice cream for the evening,
j to refresh the palates that may have been
y parchcd BY conversation or singing.
g Another important thing, and which, like
D nearly all other domestic duties, dcvolves
81 on the wife and mother is the selection of the
b daily food. We have explained what to serve,
q and how to serve it, we will add few drec
q iions az a guide First. understand that by
81 good and proper food we do not mean costly
n food Many have poor food, and consequently
81 price icr it, while others have good and proper
d lyprcmrcd food for reasonable price, the
q difference between the two being only IN its
3 selection and preparation.
n Cookery is branch Of chemistry as we'll as
ii an art. Soups. sauces, gravies stews, &c, are
"a compounded as carefully asa chemical prepara-
q ilon. They act on the system according
q 10 mcparation-,hat is, if we'll prepared, they
b do good; II not, the opposite. Cookery IS the
q science that keeps in order the animal mechan-
q ISM Of humanity. The physician is only called
q IN when, through causes entirely independent
q Oi r"okery, that mechanism is out of order.
q REMARKABLE SToRY.-l Memphis Appeal.
Last Saturday gentleman living near Madi-
i >oh station, on the Memphis and Little Rock
road left his home to go to the village. He
I had not proceeded more than two hundred
yards, mounted on lueal descendant Of
Haaam's ass, when he encountered great,
greasy black bear The bear was astonished,
and, without taking time to think, hurried up
u ascaly bark hickory and seated himself very
comfortably Oh limb thirty or forty feet from
4 the ground. The farmer was completely puz
q zcl. Ifhe rode back to his house to get his
B gun the bear would surely escape. He there
b lore tied the mule, a long cared, melancholy
mule. forty or fifty years of age, to the body Of
81 the tree. The mule was bridc-wise. but no
81 bride would hold him, and strong leathern
81 cable was kept coilcd about his neck. With
8 this he was fastened to tree The farmer
# started to tic house. and Bluin dirining his
Ss Hans, deemed it proper to get away. lie
81 doubtless suspected that a gun was coming.
81 ilc came slowly down, tearing the bark from
" 'ne body Of the tlce. 1t ratified about the
NJ Srcly mule 5 head, who had not yet seen
a# The bear, and dreamed not Of the proXiml-
$8 ! OF the ugly beast The bear descended
81 slowly till he was within five feet of the
b b mule great ugly head. Then it was that
@ I"c stupid innocent, unsuspectng mule
81 m"Scd up. He had never seen bear before.
"a i''> knc"s smrtc one another. He grew pale
"a III 'i,e face. His eyes were projected from his
~ G~ai the farmer said half foot His tail was
81 So"y lifted, the hairs all turned awry, till it
>,"a at an angle of ffurty. five degrees above his
|| sl''al column, aud theu it was that the mule
# moved sigh and smolcd smile 1t was an
81 u'Sarthy sound; the farmer, fifty yards away,
# ;"E> II Shcok the ground where he stood. watch
81 .,,S Tue progress CT events. The bear suddenly
81 NE'cd itself and reasccnded to its perch. The
U i'u'e Swoonlngly fell at the base of the tree.
81 a.e "ly still aud apparently lfcless for time,
81 I''ch brun again attempted the descent; but
& ,"e terrified mule howlcd and roared even more
81 ttinroiy tn and plteousE when the bark began to
aa", and he dashed and danced about the tree
ID ~ .ran'lcally that Brlin hesitated, and finally
a I r, S;lpehcd amazemeut, sat upon the limb upon
q E"'th n he first rested. The farmer camc with
3 ie i''s t'fle and bullet soon stopped the pulse
q @ '"a'S OF the bear. 1t fell heavily beside the
,' ",'c' ana strange to tell, as told to US, the
d '''ie and bear died side by side-the one of
q i",v ""'a wound the other Of mortal terror. The
Dear was still black as Erebus; the mules face
a Was deadly white with an iudescribable agony
" VI mortal fear
81 6. LIE LATEST NOVELTY is the invention of
n Ut, proof paper shutters made of iron and pa
q rt pulp, Various tests, it is stated. have
u r., Tsn rIade, all of them highly satisfactory
,h I"' prnc!pe Involved is based on the fact that