The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-04-22


have a great treat in store for you, we
will leave politics aside
ga treat, you say?"
eyes, maccaroni la Solferino, which
will appear in good time"
.Why, is that anything particularly
regal ?"
'Quite novelty in Paris, I believe !;
q delicious dish, and legendary one,
too"
''How is it served ?"
ooh, simply enough. Maccaroni
cooked with tomatoes scroped Gruyere,
onions, and Handicapped ham,"
f'What a mixture said Marguerite
"No; it appears that, after the battle
of Solferino, the Emperor and his aides
de-camp, with Gen. Fieury, were de-
tanned in some old, deserted, bullet
shattered cot near the field of battle, and
that they were obliged to find their own
dinner. So F1eury poked about, and
after diligent search, found some
maccaroni, piece of stale cheese, and
some onions and tomatoes in the garden,
SO he made anamalgum of the materials,
chopped up everything together, and
put it on pot IN the fire, stirring it
around with his sword. The plat was
pronounced excellent, and now it is the
rage here, with the very sage addition of
trufdes.'
The dinner now progressed rapidly
enterees after entrees, cartridges, chick
ems, quail, venison, vegetables, roast
after roast, laved in the choisest brands
of Burgundy and Bordeaux. Salads,
entremets, lesser delicacies, aided the
rivals empty bottle upon bottle of Roe
derer, changing from time to time to
redolent Geisenheimer or sweet Tokai.
Nesselrode buildings, gelees an Nadere,
creams, meringues, fruits, and sherbats
followed each other in vertiginous sue
cession. Grave infractions to the estab-
lished law of a sociable supper were
made but both ate voraciously, and paid
no attention to the remarks Of the actress
while Paxarete, Peralta, and Asti were
drunk, ad infnitum, over twenty varied
deserts. Marguerite, sole witness to
this strange display of gormandizing
began to suspect that something was
wrong, although the general converse
ton was Of the slightest and most BRILL
ant style, until the adversaries began to
show signs of repletion and fatigue.
Flushed by wines and rich food, CASTOR
breathed heavily, but, notwithstanding,
finished large omelette au rhum, which
was pronounced so palatable that anoth-
er larger one was ordered.
Here's to wishes, Duke" said Mar
guerite, attempting smile, and slipping
ingeringly at glass of Lunel.
"You compromise yourshlf, Mademoi-
s-lle'' ~
CASTOR grinned.
''You are witty, Duke"
s'Not at all. Everything witty in the
world has been said or written a
thousand times, but always appears new,
the majoroity of people only remember
ing what is stupid. My feeble attempts
have but the charm of being apropos. :"
II think before our Mocha, CASTOR,
we could do justice to pate de gi6ier
or de toie groS. What do you say?"
Volontiers," muttered the young
Count, who crimson and purple in the
face, tottered to the window and remained
a second breathing the cool morning air.
The Wand was brought, and the Count
apparently relieved, began to partake of
it. Scarcely minute had elapsed, after
having put the first morsel to his mouth
when he gave faint, half stifed cry and
fell backwards upon the carpet, dragging
with him half finished glass of Spanish
wine. :.
What passed subsequently was narrat-
ed by the actress, but two hours later,
when the door Of the private apartment
was broken in by the alarmed restaura-
teur, the bodies of Duke Albert de La
Rive and Count CASTOR d'Avray, were
found choked to death, and Mile M. e
streached upon the sofa, incapable of :
uttering syllable, her jeweled hand
driven into the wall by dirk-two inches
below the bell-tassel.
An OLD HoRsE.-A correspondent of
the Turf, Field and Farm, writes: 'I
wrote you last year of q living curiosity
that II saw Of Pittrb,,rcxb o-l GO I xoro-