The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-03

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III. J,yap Ma one III ths sub.eotniilita
lee that WAS sent with Judge New 20
Baton Rouge and the Felieianas, which
left New Orleans just before uhfissfnhs,
and ct the very beginning Of shat ntl'
prepsuentsd spell OF weather which
lasted until late In January. Hs neceH.
sarily encountered many diseoH-
forts and had reason for complaint 10
some instances. Hut his complaints OF
the fare are simply amusing. aud TO enc
who saw him eat-4and we had q ''shisl'
. along taking notes, and faith he'll
prent 'em they appear the basest III
gratitude, 10 tell the neagre truth,
'ste was man
on All unbennaed stomach"
But this stomach. like LHnnee's dog,
was q most ungfateful and whimsical
beast IL played him constantly all
sorts Of pranks, and could never De
taken to table like other gentlemen.
like y stomaehs. but Ii betrayed its
ewnef and forced the indignant query
Of Jaunce to his dog Grab" Dds .
thou ever see me do such q trick y Al
Baton Rouge, while the other gentle'
men Of the party wers feasting on
lweodeaeh and all manner OF game,
aarnished with fresh ttitlshs
rooms and ether indigenous
iainties, this beastly Vermont stomach
was In one OF its most unaecountahle
moods. and angrily rejected all other
food but raw beef literally rae. 40 IL
left the butchers stall--and crackers,
such a stomach must necessarily sub.
nit its owner TO many vieissitudes, and
| ID Ii but natural that II should make OF
him enc Of
| ''tbst aert Of men, whose visages 4,
DO cream, and mantle. like stindna pond +
but, we must be pardoBed, a ely grin at
the man who, bringing With him such
a testimonial Of New England cookery,
should assume 10 pass upon the famous
cuisine Of Louisiana. and say our peo-
ela house like hefdsmen and feed like
| hogs, Mr.. Joyce had his notions about
good living, but they were Vermont
notions, and very queer ones. His
mueh.abused digestion may have oeea.
aionally assumed healthier tone, but
doubtless upon these rare occasions bis
| ave frightened and hiH mouth 'watefef
| for ham and eggs and fried cabbage
| and such like familiar grub. Woodeool
aats sutrdtis had no charms for him
and mushrooms were but tudstools.
| Some time ago there appeared In ont
OF the New York papers an article upoi
this very subject, Ia which the savag
atrocities Of New England eooker'
were dwell upon with bitterness tina
could have been inspired only by pain
full experience. The article was los
among our exchanges, and we eoul
not now refer TO ID II we would, but W
remember how our blood eurdled wit
horror when we contemplated some
| the dishes described. We never under
) stood Joyee's eaHe Till we read that 81
] tiele. Hts idiosynerasies were famllia
! | to rs, and we had even witnessed som
/. of his notable feeds" we had see
+ him In hiH short intervals Of GONZALES
D eenee boiling down great dlshes
4 fried cabbage and lumpy pastry. but
!. was not until we learned upon wht
y regimen his youth had been nurture
J. and his manhood had grown SO grea
that we were able TO account for th
wratehed depravity OF hia tastes. b.
Q then the secret OF his woes overean
d I'D .'like a summers cloud. without OF
a special wonder"