The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-25
THE BRIST0L'S BILL OF FARE
NOW THE TdBLE or 4 HOTEL OUGHT
TO BE SERTED UITHIL
Manager Webb's suit against n Bonrder for
M Unpaid Hiii-Thc Mysteries OF Notei
Game. Trufies, Pates. Butter, and Reef

second street ana Fifth avenue. against Jusrph
Mlbank found themselves surrounded, when
the court opened. with the usual crush of cagcr
landlords and tardy tenants. and subjected To-
the delay of a hurdcncd calendar. Lawyer
Niles, the eagle noscd and long bearded conn.
sol Tor the plaintiff attempted To call his Honors
attention TO the pressing nature of his own cnse.
but his Honor. whose sleek hair and shining
morning face botokencd his recent advent from
the comfortable recesses Of bed smilinglv sub.
mittcd the Nazarite lawyer to pronounced
blum. and put through the whole calendar forth
with. Among the notnbe personnces whom
the fame OF the case called ont. the Count Joan
mes. practitioner Of the supreme Court was cs-
pocially conspicuous. He carried thi III bun
die Of briefs under his arm. yet appeared TO
have abundant leisure. and. mounting a COM
handing armchair in the nciehborhood " his
Honor. received tho notices Of his admirers
and listened to the arguments Of the counsel
throughout. lie smiled when IN the course of
the calling ot the calendar. IA" caseoi q creditor
against lhe unincorporHtrd society oi TIE seven
White Men WAS called and dismissed on
account 81 nn ,utThnlcal unity Of No;
~ his Honor rchukcd % hcurllless clerk for hi-
inahiliy 10 plead and c9mmamdrd the nedsling
10 siund up and speak IN" for the sake OF
both his client and the court
Lawyer Niles meantime was consulting
pondcrous scrap book filled with Parisian and
MADISON square hills OF fare and explaining
shrewdly To q knot ~ reporters tho fntal OYER
sight Of the defence in Witnessing To- tho intcs-
riiv OF the Bristol beef and mutton. and NJ the
same tine hrsl"ct.ng 10 prove the sweetness
nnd purify ot the Eggs ana buttcr. The de-
i"nhnnt Joseph Miimnk. sat within tie bur.
A ray oil sunshine fell athwart the wealthy eN-
terror OF N" young gentleman. and bnsked in
the wrinkles 90 new suit Of clothes lplnil
nn,aawny, ani gu'ta-percha butionedl which he
~ lcngih the calling Of the calendar was I'm
ishrd. ma the gnV"l OF his Honor went rat
II AL Ill Yu la
To- an "rnct attention within his new -uit "
clothes Lawyer Bright. for the plaintiff un-
mr chin whi-kcr Of his Honors ample clnrk /:
MIR. Corey. manager Of the Bristol. opened his
INK the oior and flavor OF his butter and eggs
and Lawyer Niles closed his scrap book of bills
o' lnrr with snap. and nimhly rose for the
cir'umvcnt!on Of every second OF the fifteen
minutes which. By previous agreement. had
been allotted for his argument
On saturday night at a ate hour the Inst Of
the witnesses Tor the prosecution had been eN.
nminrd. His Honor then WIS ready and auN-
i9us - render Judgment but LAWYER Niles in
sisted upon summing M. md his Honor WIS
not Wiling 10 burn the public gus and ne. lect
his family and the well being ~ his st"nog.
rapher longer. John Ludin. chief cook OF tho
New YORK Hotel. hnd been upon the stnnd He
testified that nj the time Of the Installation OF
MIR; Corey rs manager OF the Bristol he had got
orders To reduce the expenses OF the table
somewhat. The reason given was that the table
was not paying. He had curteiled. hut not
much-not more than was cons Steut with me
conscience and integrity ~ a Muster chef lie
merely shook some things" The curtnilment
was wholly confined 10 the iuNurirs of trufl =
mushrooms. and pntts and these were NOT
abolished. but only checked IN their prOtu-
son. one sort being given, each day.
whi,h ne WIS required 10 Keep an eye. VI.
Ludln testified that they did have trufles
mushrooms. pat@s. and French peas a; the NV
York Hotel; sometimes. u SO. at other hotels :
and they were always TO be obtained. On pay
ment at Delmonico's. But their withdrawal
or rather their partition and distribution was
T..
riiy Of nrst-class hotel. As for white game
such Hs quad and partridge VI Ludin said he
would rather that il should not smell; but duck
he preferred Gamy In the winter lust past.
wing e. ne warmth 81 the season, game
happen that you would have to Goid or vsng
nose At any hotel IN The land. on. Lord. Yea.
know but NJ the Bristol NJ all times. in+ f.ir"
WIS good enough. lie WAS CAPABLE of teach
iiis nrphew, present cook at the Hrs' !, bad
been taught hV him uuroservcdiy. He had been
four years cook. was man u talent and 4
nrst-clas- art ST
Mr.. hatthie-sen. sugar retlner. and wealthy
hai heard complaints even NJ ihe Windsor H.
had heard J. is wife complain OF the butter Mr.
Charles + Dodge. formerly clerk in the Palace
Hotel IN san irancisco. under the unctiou- sug-
eestion Of Mr.; Niles. declared that under lis
manngemeni Mr.. Corey WAS not alluW,,! io buy
irowy butter. shrinking game. or bad coffee.
Ana suprosing. sand Mr.. Mics thc eo,lee
is stale the game Sinking the butter IRONY
ana several things mentioned ON the bili 81 fare
are not provided. il the table Us good a. you had
H. hhu hs, YOU promised 10 have II No, sir '
The prosecution called witnesses while his
Honor watched the clock ana the flushed stenog-
rapher. VIM. Gilman. butcher Of Fulton Mar
ket; testified that he had served the Brisil.
under both regimes. and that the quality OF
What ne served was the same throughout. lie
served also Delmonico. the Hotel Brunswick
and other frst-class places. AMI the quality of
the meat that went TO the Bristol WAS Inc same
as that OF the meat that went To- THESE.
Hamilton Lusk, Of A. X G. Robbins poulter-
rrs. testlncd mat the Freshest game went L. the
Brisiol-the same IN lnaltyn- that which went
to the Bnekingham and the Windsor.
Il; NJ. buchanan. cashier Of the Fulton Bank
said that the eggs he got at the Bristol were
that the butter was very good. He classrd tho
table with that OF the United States Hotel at
Andrew Barstow. sugar reHuer. said that at
the Bristol his eggs and coffee had always been
all right. Augustus c. Foster, no business. de-
preferred solds-was very good. Eggs. he
said were n great thing ut q hotel. ana az tic
Bristol he had never sent one back. As for tie
huit"r with "A roll Of the eye Mr.. Foster de-
cared that II was excellent
Bearing all this testimony. the precise con-
lrary of all that his own witnesses had brought
forth. in mind. LAWYER Niles took a second Ia
tel ms Honor that fifteen minutes WIS Ill lrt
time in which g. establish n great truth. Never
thelcss, b" said lifting his ioTcNugrr MS up
nll"d his lungs, he should In the sun'r allotted
e. him lay down some big rrppo-ulou~ Wy
FIRST proposition. your Honor. said Nh Mas.
Is tnht whether NINE most 'an k"rp MN" mn
ism the question but whether he shall DO what
TINT ther. was no contract between nay client
and the Hotel Bristol. Unlos. there was n spc-
cal contract he had u right 10 go. The paper
here Is not contract and never WIS. u j. only
on" paper. saving what my client WIS 10 do Tor
ne plaintn. Ihere - no covenant saying what
Mr. Niles paused. and his Honor removed his
right finger from one sid" of his nose and
placed mis- l'tt iinger upon the other side.
have il. not good enough Ia suit mu. but ~ good
~ the Windsor. Dodge was out of the hest