Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

Men Who Liked Ca Dine Alone and nj the
Same Time Wore Noted for Their
Enormous Appetites.

"Piimaio." IN SUI FnnRcise0 Post.
Haydn, the great composer. and equally
great consumer, liked To dine alone. IL
was his custom Ia order dinner for five, and
then at the appointed hour Ia dcvour the
banquet. Tn one occasion he commanded
the new waiter. who was not acquainted
with the great musicians popularity, To
serve the dinner. The dinner is ready
said the waiter, bowling, but, monsieur,
the company has not yet arrived DE
company" rciorted Haydn, cOntemptu-
ously, "dc company? | AN lie Company
The dinner was at once served Ia lie ''gom-
pany," who demolished 1t quite * effect
ually As any ordinary company could have
done.
Another lordly feeder was n contcmpora-
~ of Haydn, the Duke of Norfolk, who
would eat, at a Convent Garden tavern,
food enough for five persons, but he pos
SoSsed a more sensitive temperament than
the musician, and would never eat five
dinners in one n second time 1T the same
hotel, not caring Ia encounter again the
obvious amazcmcnt of the walters
The Cure de ~iircquici Is immortalized by
Irillat Sayarin. This rrvern~l gentleman
would eat at a single sitting ~ much fooi
"a would serve a working man for ten
days. Brillat Slvarln once saw him IN
thnc-quartcIs of an hour, sweep into his
capaciOus stomach "a quart OF soup, q
plate of b0uilli, u large leg of mutton, a
superb ham, u copious salad; q pound or
two OF cheese, a pIndigious quantity Of
bread, n bottle of wine, another Of water
and q cup Of coffee" The narrator IN
,x.E.I a. .,.t. Att A.. .I... .l..l ,Al Ang
either the ham bone or that oi the leg Of
mutton. Afcr this exploit. says Brillat
Sauarin, Ill SO reposa.'
The president of the tribunal at Ayignon
an excellent Judge of good cheer AZ well ~
Of law, was relating Ia an auditor the
delights of q dinner room from which he
had Just come. 1--WE had q superb turkey,
tender as chicken, fat as an o~ftolan, and
stuffed 10 the bcak with tuiies. We left
nothing but its bones"
"And how many were there Of your
asked the nearer.
only two. There Was myself and
there was-thc turkey"
We are told OF an English man Of letters
and pslitics who ale at "A solitary dinner
seven pounds and a half Of solid meat. Al
the shop where he performed the feat tho
customers were allowed 10 eat N much nv
they liked for q certain sum, but its keep
er had never before encountered a man Of
this ilk.
Capital beef, " said the gounmand, when
indeed a man may cut and come again"
'You may cut, sir, replied the irate
purvcyor Of good cheer, "but I'll be-if
YOU shall come again"
IL was this story which gave the Rev.
Rowland Hill his irrcycrent similc for the
divine grace. The grace Of God" said
this earnest but ~jocular preacher, SIS like
a round Of beef-you may cut and come
again"
LuCullus never dined more s~utnptuonsly
than when he diDed alone, and on one oc-
CasiOn upbraided his cook for serving him
with a cheap repast when 'Lucullus dined
with LucullGs," the cost VI which was
only about 500.
Among modern extravagant epicures, we
have the VicOmte de We'll Castel, who
wagered that he cOuld consume 800 francs
worth Of food and liquor in two hours.
His order consisted Of twenty-four dozen
oysters, a soup, q bcefsteak, a pheasant
stuffed with trufles, a sslmi Of ortOlans, n
dish Of asparagus, q plate Of young peas, a
pineapple, q dish Of Strawberries, five
bottles Of wine, coffee aud liquors. lie
won his wager in one hour and forty min
utes.
Napoleon ], ate little, and that rapidly,
as If he begrudged the time. His two
f~avorite dishes were q breast Of mutton
grilled, and lentils. Napoleon III, resem-
bled his uncle In ~gastronomic Indifference
and sobriety, and had no care about what
be ate, while Louis XVIII. was more in
terested in a menu than in AN act Of
Parliament.
To descend from the region Of the his
t~orically marvellous 10 what ! have actu-
ally witnessed, ] remember once breakfas-
ting in the company ola ~well-known must
clan, and being greatly astonished at his
astronomical feats. First be disposed Of
the half Of a large muskmelon, followed
by a beefsteak and mushrooms, Of which
he had a second and a liberal help, potato
c~roquetts, four boiled eggs, and toast and
mullins al libitum followed, the repast
being concluded with six wheat cakes.
Said our hostess 10 ne afterward: Icon
slider him the very prince Of guests with
his delightful conversation, his divine
music and saeh an appetite"