The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-20
DINNERS At DELMON|CO'S,
Reminences ofSome Notable Meals.
The Men Who Have Made u Restaur-
ant Famous.
the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
"What WAS the costiest dinner you
ever gave|
'Sir Morton Petos He paid $4,000
for the dinner he gave to some mer-
| chants here"
l. remember it, was an humble scribe
admitted to the gorgeous presence OF
that unmltigated uld fraud Peto. How
| he sold every body, didn't he? And how
he went TO the schools! And how he
/ PLAYED and sang And how all the pa
pers used to print columns of histwaddle
| before the board of,trade, the chamber OF
commerce, DIR. Tyngs Sunday-School
and all the benevolent institutions. He
gave 200 dinner to all the soap and
tea men of the metropolis; had Kellogg
to sing tor him; gave her magnificent
bracelet for her voice, and walked in the
presence of capital like a second Paul
before the,bessts at Ephesus.
When Alexis was here, he being a
sailor, it was deemed the correct thing to
dine him. The jolly tars of New York
Yacht club got together and iresolved to
invite him TO their quarter deck, sling
the hamock OF courtesy in their TO cast
and Overwhelm him with the pinnacle of
their hospitality. They did it. He came
they ate-and Jim Bennett paid for it.
| In other words, although the entertain e.
ment in honor of the Russian grand dub.
was one OF the most elegant of
kind, gotten up in Delmonicos best sly
! and done in the name OF the yacht cluO.
the expensc..wss betrayed by MIR. Ben
nett and Mr.. Dug Ass, = fact well known
in tarry circles, but not hitherto made
public.
For $1,000 Delmonico can make fifty
people quite gastronomically comfortable.
When Charles Dickens WAS here ne
made bis home further up town, but was
a frequent visitor to the Fourteenth street
| house. He was heavy eater and II
heavy drinker. Two bottles of cham
| pagne ut lunch were a mere tritleto him,
but his favorite gargle WAS brandy.
Give me thimbleful of brandy" said
Dickens, as he WAS about driving for the
lecture hall A bottle and tumbler
were produced, and considering the
"thimbe" and the fact that it was liter
ally full" it may be said that he took h
tollerably good drink.
The Press club of New York gave
Dickens a dinner there. presided over by
Horace Greeley, and the speech of the
occasion was made by Henry D. Ray
mond. All the press nObs and some OF
the press snobs were there, and II very
jovlal evening was passed.
When Gen. Grant was general, he
breakfasted in the smaller room with
Horace Greeley, and subsequently A. Il.
Stewart, Munson, Pierrepolnt and other
dsinterested patriots gave HIM a grand
dinner and reception. At the reception,
which was very high-tOned, there WAS a
das at one side af the saloon on which
the general stood.
l was there, and l remember
Mr.. Beecher and Il. Triton came
in, arm in arm. Bcechcr quite
flushed and excited by an argument he
had had in the corridor, and Tllton look.
ing like a cross between John the Bapt-
ist and Anna Dickinson. The report
ers stood ut the foot of the dais. a mer-
chant prince thought they were IN the
way and rudely pushed an Express re-
porter back He in turn pushed Times
man. The latter resented it and pushed
him back. Up came a round. tat, good
na,ured man. Said he, "D-d-do you
kn-r-ow,' said, he, "who this gentleman
Isl" referring to the merchant prince.
mo, don't" replied the scribe, land
| don't want to. He's no gentleman at
all events
"Well, sir" rejoined the scribe, "he
is Mr.----. am Judge---
and I'll report you to MIR. Raymond to
morrow morning..
"Do." said the reporter, "and Ill re.
port YOU to the public at the same time
The reporter who was perfectly right,
told Mr.. Raymond the facts, and when
the Judge called the next day he had his
labor for his psins.
"Some of your orders are silly, l sup
poSe"
ayes, indeed We often give dinners
that cost 500 u head Why sometimes
the flowers for each cost $40, and have
psid A. high AS so for each and every
bill of farel You know the notices they
have for the ladies. Well, there are pee
pie mo pay as high as so each for those
things. SO you see 1t does not take long
To run up to 800 IN that way"
Delmomico got up many dinner for
A. T. Stewart, but no matter what
temptations were prepared for the guest,
the invariable dish for the host was a
simple chop with possibly a plate of
chicken broth. MIR. Stewart dined many
noted people, among them often Gen.
Grant. On one occasion, at least, the
chief guest did not avail himself of ma
ture's locomotors in retiring, but was re-
moved, like the cloth, in somewhat dis
ordered condition.
When the late Andy johnson was
swinging around the circle, he was les
t.velv denied at Delimonico's, and after
dinner held reception. He was full OF
fun At all events, and kept his friends IN
rosrs of merriment. Alter they were all
gone. he called to his servant to Come
to bed" Mr.. Belmonico tod the preSl.
dent that after his servant had undressed
him. the waiter would show him his room.
"No ne won't" said Andy, "1'll undress
myself, but that boy sleeps in my room,
and no where else tonight, and that L
tell YOU"
That ended it, and the colored attend
ant shared with his master the best room
in the house.
Jim Fisk was not regular patron OF
Delmonico's. He went further up town,
but now and then he spilled over from
bis bowl Of bounty there. On one occs-
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