The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-06
From Saturdays Dali
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DINNER FOR FOUR.
A Humorous Description of a Re-
cent Dinner Given to Several
Prominent Citizens.

The following communication explains it.
self, and needs no comments. 1t is as rich as
the scenes it describes, and can speak for it,
self. 1t 10 furnished us by a gentleman who
was a guest at the banquet which is so elab-
orately embellished in his letter, ard we Of
fer it to our readers as a choice piece of Sun
day reading:
Editor Miner:
DEAR III On Tuesday of last week the
habitues of the Virginia Chop House had
their attention aroused by the entrance of a
quarlette of well-known gentlemen of this
city. The procession was headed by an emf
nent lawyer. The second in file was the tall
est and best looking real estate agent in
Butte. The third, a well. known operatorand
bro:her-in-law of him who lately interviewed
the wild tribes on the oth~r side of the "Big
Muddy" and last, but not least, came the
gentle Faber-manipulator of a twilight news
paper. As they came near a reserved table,
the order of the procession was reversed and
the latter gentleman, actin as host, invited
the others to be seated. just think of it, Ar
Editor, a newspaper man acting as host
at d barquet! And such a banquet!
The menu was short, but distutnque.
To each guest one oyster on All imitation half
she'll. Terrapin soup made of OK tail boiled
bacon and cabbage; a repetition of the same;
and for desert, pork and beans. After par
taking of the oysters, the musical voice OF
the Faber man resoundsd through the hall,
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lager beer and four mugs attracted the at
~tention of everyone present. The beer was
brought up from the basement Of the build
ing, and alter the click of the glasses moth
ing was heard for fifteen minutes but the
noise proceeding from the mastication of the
above named delicacies. Suddenly the MUS
ical voice arose again "Waiter !! another
t half gallon of beer" and at once everyone
( asked his peiehbor, what does this mean ?
After the last drop Of the liquor Of Gambri,
, nus bad been emptied, the host Of the day
handed to each one of his guests a Wheeling
Stogy, and the quartette started to file out Al
they came in. When our friend of editorial
capacity reached the door, he wa
suddenly stepped by the LANDLORD
with the words "Look here, IN
dear SIT, 1 have consented to let you
r own board bills run until steamer day
but extras must be settled in cash" At thi
mean interference on a joyful occasion, "a
friend turned about, and with an air of $ Il
# preme contempt said: "Do you know, sill
who l ain? You don't! Well, for your ir
formation, you will please remember that
W became ts-day the owner of the undivide
one-thirty-second Of the sixteenth of an inc
of the celebrated mine which bears the ell
8. phonious name of the little dwarf who repre-
i sents Indiana in the United States Senat'
ID And, sir, ne are taking out ammoniacal 81
10 yer by the hundred tons every day; l will
to once order to your establishment my sha
10 of to-day's ore, and if you can't get the silv'
10 out of it, you can use the ammonia ill mixir
x your slap-jacks for tomorrow morning
re breakfast"-and full of indignation and lag
lat beer, and without waiting for an answer OF
or saber man walked away. During this alte
cation his guests had strolled out. The ell
w nent lawyer has been wandering ever sine
us The best-loeking real estate man, h
been digesting the bacon ever since, and o
-. friend, the operator, has not felt well enou:
since to make a new location.
-. Hon SOFT QUI NAL Y PENsE.