Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-04-02
BOZEMAN, MONTANA TERRITORY, FRIDAY APRIL p 1875.

!. A CHINESE BANQUET.
: How the Celestial Clgar-Le
kers Annually Treat
Themselves In San
+ Francisco.
The annua, banquet of the Chinese em
elployees Of . cigsr-making 6rm iu San Fran
|c,sco, occurred On Saturday, Feb. 20
: The San Francisco Chronicle thus descri
llhes the OCCASION:
IL The restaurant contains tWo large rom,
I lin the upper story and three on the ons
rIbelow. These arc in turn subdivided into
| compartments In the shape 0i
: lalcoves, retiring and smoking rooms, &c,
which can be shut off from the main apart.
ments by aiken curtaina The first course
WAS served At 40, and Was the most elabo.
rate Of the sericsl Every luxury of the
"Melican mans market o the interpreter
!; Expressed it, was served upon this table
J, for the purpose Of tickling the palates of
tho American guests. Turkey, chicken,
quail, goose, duck, pigeons. prairie chick
en-. deer, antelope, and numbcrless other
game Wa served, together with the usual
allowance Of champagne and dozen va-ie-
ties of imported and California wines. In
the upper room, whe,e the principal ban
quet was progressing, fifteen round tables
were spread, with twelve Cinnamon at
each table. In sort of alcove. leading
from the main room, long table was
spread in magnificent style for fifteen
American guests.
| MYSTERIES OF CHINEeE COOKING.
! The perfection to which the Chinese
have carried their cooking was matter Of
surprise to the reporter. Dor'ng the course
an orange was laid 1t the plate Of each
guest The orange itself seemed like any
orange, but, on being cut open, was found
10 contain within the rind five kinds of
delicate iellics. One was At first puzzled
to explain bow the jellies got in, and,
giving up that train of reflection, was in
worse quandary to know how the pulpy
part of the orange got out. Colored eggs
wers also rved. in the inside Of which
were found nuts, jellies, meate, and coafec-
tionery. When the reporter asked the
Interpreter - explain this legerdemain of
cookery, he expanded his mouth in .
hearty laugh, and shook his heal and
Ichuckingly said Mel Can man heap smart;
why he not findee out!' Both the Ameri-
can and Chinese guests Joined heartily in
he laugh at the reporters expense.
After feeding upon birds nests. succu
lent scaweed. and variety of Chinese
vegetables, the rcporter-who liked the
course - Tar ~ II went, and was deiermin-
I'd TO 81 through the b.lancc-inf'rnesl
he waiter that he was ready for the cats,
rats, mice, &c, which he expected would
be part of the entertainment. He was
Informed, however. that such question:
BILE game did not form al article of Chinese
diet, and the interpreter s'a,ed in this pc
|culiar way, Newspaper men heap lie about
u.s.
The second course began at 9 o'clock.
and was Principally devoted to drinking
and music. Tea, coffee, and rice brandy
were the principal drinks indulged in by
the Cinnamon. The tea Was such ~ one
.eldoEa gets outside Of Chinese resiau
rant. The coffee was good, and the rice
brandy particularly delightful. A Chinese
wine, resembling champagne, was a:s0 in
lroduced. which had n peculiar odor lAks
he scent of roses. Pyramids of flowers
twelve feet high adorned the tables One
,f the Lewis Brothers opened this course
with short speech, at which the Chinese
Oiled small cups with rice brandy, and
rising to their feet with hearty 'High-ho!'
drank the health of the members Of the
irm In another moment the Chinese NJ
he different TALES began noi.y mathe
mat,csl game, which 10 played by each
man displaying some Of his fingers and
yelling number. His opponent is obliged
to yell another unit and display = number
of fingers which, added to the fingers first
displayed together with the second rumber
called will equal the first number called.
These numbers arc yelled IT. loud, screech-
ing voice. accompanied with wild and
rapid eesticulations, and the drst who
slips in his calculations - obliged to
drink.
Tho ne1t remarkable feature Of the
programme was . musical performance
eivsn BY On orchestra of forty pieces. The
first intimst,on the reporter had Of this
agony was the appearance "f two men arm
Cd with immense cymbals. They got ready
for tho opening chorua There was pro-
found hush in the room for moment, the
banqueters ceased their drinking, and oil
eyes were turned toward the performers
Presently I number of musicians died in.
each bearing machine which might have
bcen taken for anything from an agricul-
tur.l implement 70 boo,jack. AT given
signal tho two glatiators crashed their
brass cymbals together, and the rest of tho
performess followed. The liquid notes Of
. planning mill, mingled with the dulcet
music Of Virginia City land slide or
blast in the lower levels Of Consolidated
Virginia, IL nothing in comparison 10 the
paudemooiac melody crashei out upon
the atmosphere By this Chimes orches.
tTa.
Belly nice musics remarked The reporter
20 the interpreter.
Oh, yes; mighty hDe-allee same love
song, was the reply.
Goios to have much moro Of this music
tonight!
Oh, yes; have lots moro bime by-hcap
nice. You stay?
No, John. must 90. Gcod-by. Johns
Sorry to 20; but prsvlous engagement,
you know, and urgent business.