St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
Unique Entertainment.


The entertainment of substantials
set forth by certain men of the South
parish Friday evening was something
of novelty. 1t was appetizing in it.
self to see the worthy Prof. Putney
the dignified Judge Ross and other
prominent members of the society,
decked out in white aprons and caps
doing efficient service as walters. They
ment of the Prince of Waless motto,
"I serve" But the partial list oil
viands that served as the menu was as
good as the supper itself and is worthy
of preservation. Here it is:
Oysters, on shell. ''-proclaim it,
Westmoreland, through my host: That
he who hath no stomach to this
Let him depart" King Henry at
AgincOurt.
Oysters, stewed. "We met-'twas in
a crowd PIT. Haynes Bailey.
Oysters scalloped. ''Within these
folds we may confidently look to find
the intellectual powers of man."
Cold meats. "Meat! Meat! Bo-bo
DO "-[Congo Cannibals.
"Meat7 We2 Heavensl what an
atrocious idea !"-[ Stanley.
Turkey. "I clearly perceive that
this bird is the poet of nature, with a
sublime, an adventurous, but on the
whole an Unprotected existence."-
Jules Michelet.
Ham. "At first Japhet was not
prominent while thirty primitive fam
lilies sprang from Ham" ."-[R Rawlin son.
Tongue. Contact with the extrem-
tiles of the papilli9 of the tongue is
requisite for the best effect"
Beef. "That's what l call big OK !;
there's beef in that critter. y Man at
County fair.
Pork. "Of princely lineage, and
right valiant parts"
Relishes. "By the conveyance to
the ganglionic centre of impressions
now made on the palate, complicated
action ensues.-[ Unconscious Brain
Action.
Pickles. "The thoughts here en-
bodied are clear, automatic, vigorous
and valuable for solving many difficult
ties."-[ Dean of Canterbury.
Chow chow. "There's an unspeaka-
BILE craving to know the secrets there
OFF, Fiske, Destiny of Man.
Worcestershire sauce. "rhis is thor
oughly imbued with a highly phio-
sophie spirit" London News.
Baked beans. "Here we find the in
definite embodied, and vague shapes
wrought into highly artistic forms."-
Hyperion.
Tomato catsup. "Then the Achaian
chiefs gathered round Achilles, wooing
him to eat" [Iliad of Homer.
Salads. "Variant forms on either
side have here survived, while con-
stant forms have seemed to perish. y
Darwin.
Lobster salads. "Though scientii-
cally incredible, they nevertheless felt
| two Holsters creeping over them-an
extraordinary sensation. - Epidemic
DelusiOns.
Brown bread. ga something-which
the anthropoid apes have not yet at
tanned tO."-[Virchow.
Parker House rolls. "They stick
these rolls of dough on to the sides of
IA mud oven, or bake them in hot ashes
on the desert" Layard's Nineveh.
Squash biscuit. "The scholar is
that man who takes up into himself,
all. y Emerson.
Dessert. eve have now advanced
from the rudimentary forms of life
(oyster y to some more highly elabo-
rated types. s."-[ [Humbolt's Kosmos.
Angel cake. "While Gilliat gazed,
something white appeared before him
and quickly Observation-Disclosures OF
the sea.
Chocolate cake. "The name denotes
not a thing, but group of relations
among things" of Argyle.
Marble cake. ga result of molecu-
lar changes and differentiation
nothing but cosmic vapor."
Sponge cake. "The separate parti
cles of which it is composed are not en-
dowed with any sense of OOligation."-
Herbert Spencer.
Apples. "An old man found a rude
boy upon one of his trees stealing ap
plies, and desired him to come down
but the young ucebox told him he
would nOt.-'Won't you p said the old
man, ,-'then | will fetch you down.
the young chap hastenet
down !"-[ Webster Spelling Book.
Pop corn. "There's II divinity thai
shapes our ends Rough" Prince o
Denmark.
Coffee and tea. "Indeed i'll al
things there's the indispensable beaut.
in knowing how to get done. He is
bungler if he knows not when to have
done. .n-lCarlyle,