The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-05
A GREAT ENTERTAINER.
l A Dinner which The Travelet Will Not Forget.


 Forget
 The editor of ,hs paper returns his most hearty thanks to General Cogglesby and wife, tot the excellent dinner to which he vas invited. We do no, think that the s.a,e of Arkansas has q better sassr- tame, than General Gogglcsby. and while ~e do not approve ot ali the methods adopted bs iAis grand old gen,lema an. ycs we mus, contess, AS before h,nted. wc do not concur .n all oi the details For in- stance. when the generals little grandson stood up tn his ,kait and fell over into the gravy. we thought that a dihcscn, plan m,gh, have been adopted and aga,n. when the patro, hopped from h,s petsh and h, m the butter VI regarded the performance as sapeshuous. if not entirely out oi date. The general was cs- ttemely attentive. and handled egg nogg with oid-t,me grace. still. when he tilted a bowl of lom.and je,ty into our lap, we could mol help but wish ,ha, he vas no, quite .o cordial
 The carving ot the turkey did not cause the slightest trouble, and even the goose yielded gracefully tn treatment. bu, when the general paused in his demonstration of oini,hologlea al anatomy. made s gesture w,th the carving knife. and naked as across the back ot the hand, we could not help wishing he had omitted that pat oi the feast. Although there was plenty of everything Ia drink. Jet no one seemed to be n the least ,ntoxicased. When tap,a,n ililder,iost attempted to make a .peet h. and upset one see,,on of the table, ~e all agreed tha, he was strictly sober. bu, yet. after ~r had gone home and put ou, the light. ~~ could not help bu, think ,ha, thc captain had either taken too much oi ~as vefy esiIaosdkn- aiy man.
 If there IS anything that ~e ihc. Il is something ,o cat We arc no, like Haw. 'horse's old man ~ho lived m fond rerei-
 
 VIC like to 70 to gtea, dinner. and rc- man al Inc table when the req, of the company get up and fun out |. re- aponse 10 hfe-alafn some where n the neighborbood.
 Two old maids and man ~.,h eye Rlasses afe necessary to the success ol a great dinner. and ~hen ~e go to pisss to dime and do not hnd these highly neeessary adjunats, ~e are always willing |" st down to the table and eat unui they attive
 Yes, General oggiesby |. gre4, enses- talnrt His ,dea about some thlngs, ws do not think, has kep, abreast of these rapidly rushing tunes. bu, by maay peo- pie old tune courtesy is still preferred. We do n", think Il vas ,n keeping wah to-day's good manners fos the general = allow has grandson to btag . young dor to the table and shake H~as Ia the salt. bat of course ~e ~ouIdn', say anythlax as long As everyone else seemed to be sAii,fed
 Have some of this guiaea hen," saiA the general. and he lifted dark sliee and placed II on our plate. Jas, then the boy shook the dog and the generals wife. sn ea,imable lady, sad
 bon, do that. Henry, dear pes- hapA the gentleman don't like fieaa'
 We wouldn't have offended that we- man foI anything in the world. aud ,s show her how se sppfee ,4ted her 6ne arts, ~e replied
 Oh, yes, ~e do. sor hs.s, my dear madam, once saved an army. and At mistake nos, ii vas the e4akiing of Sock ot fexs tha, sayed Rome
 You are wrong" saad a professor a eye-giasses. :" Ii was the cAekling of . flock of przire chickens"
 We apologi1ed fos oas ignorance sf ancient history and gA1ed ,ntently ss . black speck moving across piece oi eel ery.