The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-20
curtain lecture, old woman sauce; mother
ln-law tongue, sOn-in.laW sass

curtain lecture, old woman sauce; mother
in-law tongue, son-in, law sass
Entrees-Umbrellas, rail-water sauce;
locusts on the half shell; fish giblets, la
gin sauce; spiders toes, Dreaded; stewed
cat, Boston style; frogs ears, la coal
oil sauce; buzZards eye brows, Iarded;
baked chignons; tree toads, fried and
stuffed with white mice; horse blankets,
fricassed; boiled flies with corn-cob salad;
blackbirds' eye brows, larded; broiled hair
pins on toast; fried buffalo robes (very
tuph): humming birds, stuffed with old
shoes; filters on toast.
Negetables-Co corn, boiled corn
fried; corn, baked; tight-boot corns; corn
cob; soft corns; hard corn.
Pastry-Apple pie, futed machine
made; custard pie, left-hande6; rubber
pie, with Goodyear's patent sponge pies,
cut bias; round-shouldered pies; leather
pies, with buckles; saw dust pudding, a
la pine sauce; fax seed pudding, la mu
cilage sauce; mustard seed pudding;
shinge nail pudding.
Dessert-Erie Canal ice cream, floating
raft Ia la lock 40l sauce, yeast cake. corn
cake, liver jelly, boarding house cake, door
| jam,
Fruits, Nuts, etc,-Peeled onions, thorn
apples, hash, Usage oranges, red flannel
caramelS, Bourbon county gum drops,
snow balls, hogs foot gum drops, horse
chesnuts. mandrakes, sour grapes, boiled
acorns. doughnuts.
| Liquids-Ice water, salt water, soft
water, lola water, cold water, boiled oil,
castor oil, hot water. hot oil. hard water,
magnolia balm.
IT'S ADVANTAGES.
This hotel has been built and arranged
for special comfort and convenience OF the
travelling public
On arrival, each guest will be asked how
he likes the situation, and if he says the
hotel ought to have been placed nearer
the railroad depot, the location of the
house will Immediately be changed,
Corner front rooms, up only one flight,
for each guest.
Bath, gas, water closet, hot and cold
water, laundry, telegraph, fire alarm, res
taurant bar room, billiard tables, daily
papers, COUPE sewing machine, grand pia-
no, clergyman, and al! other modern
conveniences in every room.
Meals every minute if desired, and
consequently no second table,
English, French and German diction,
aries furnished every guest, to make VI
; such bill of fare as ne may desile, with
out regard to bill of fare afterwards at the
, office.
Walters of any nationality and color i
: desired. Every waiter furnished with ;
= ibretto, button hole bouquets, full dres
/ suits, ball tablets, and his hair parted il
p the middle
/ Every guest will have the best chair il
Y the dining hall, and the best waiter in til
p house.
f Any guest not getting his breakfas
: red hot, or experiencing a delay of sixtee
Q seconds after giving his order for dinner
q will please mention the fact at the mana
GERS cffice, ana the cooks and walters vii
be blown from the mouth of the canno
in front Of the hotel at once.
i Children will be welcomed with deligEt
IS and are requested TO bring hoop-sticks an
Il hawkeyes 10 bang the carved rosewoo
Il furniture especially provided for that pul
al pose, and peg tops to spin % the yelV'
e carpets; they will be allowed to bang @
the piano at all hours, fall down stair
.r carry away desert enough for sma
u family in their pockets at dinner, and nIah
themselves as disagreeable as the fonde
h mother can desire.
Of Washing allowed in rooms; ladies ii
re ing an order to put me Oh fat iron
lg will be put on at any hour Of the day
a night
to A discreet waiter, who belongs to Il
Masnns, Odd Fellows Sons Of Malt
knights Of Pythias, k .. Ms and J
ke D. Rr's, and who was never known to tt
the truth or the time of day, has be-
NO employed TO carry milk punches and h
ef toddies to the ladies' rooms III the eveu!u
an The Office clerk has been carefully 5
,is Iected to please everybody. aud eau le
en- iu PRAYER play draw poker, match worste
IA IA the village store, shake Tor the dria
,0r at any lI0ur, day or night, play billiards,
If good waiIZar, can dance thc German ua
IN a fourth at euchre, amuse the children.
,te peat the Beecher trial from memory, is
}e- good Judge Of horses, asa railroad or stea
,nt boat reference is far superior to Appleto
or anybody clses guide, will hlrt with a
young lady, and not mind being cut
death when pa comes down don nj
LOT being damned any more than ConnrI
II; cut river. Can room 40 people in the b
ice room in the house wheu the hotel is fl
attend to the annunciator and ansv
questions in Greek, Hebrew, Chocti
IS; Irish, or any other polite language, at
same moment without turning hair.
Dogs allowed in any room. in the ho1
including the w(h)ne room. Genten
can drink, smoke, swear, chew, CANT
lee, tell shady stories. stare at the new arr
ais, or indulge in any other innoc
an amusements, common to watering zpla(
on III any other part Of the hotel.
unit The landlord will always be happy
ade hear that some other hotel Is the |
ave house in the country"
Special attention given TO parties '
can give information as to how tn
things are done in YFWRIrp -