Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-01-29

quently shipped to DR.. Redd and
Lutte Dear. These two scions Of Ken.
tucky and Virginia were first TO have
q private feed; then as there was too
much 'possum for two, they fell to
inviting friends to join them and i,
was not long before there were toe
many friends for the 'possum then q
Young pig was rung in aud more invi.
tatlons followed until finally the aft IL
got TO be like the boys SNOWFALL (no
pun here) altogether too large for the
original incubstors to handle and 1t
was turned over to q caterer, Joe Cliff
ton, to whom q carte blanche was
issued to prepare grub for an indefinite
number. With the responsi =
bilities Of the table off their
hands the guests turned their
attetion to invitations, and as is
always the case on such occasions,
managed to forget and ignore some OF
their most intimate friends, but as
these unlntentionsl sights have
brought their own punishment OF vain
regrets, they are only alluded to by
way Of explanation. As soon as the
magnitude of the affair dawned on
the hosts IL was decided that every
thing should be en- regle and to that
end handsome invitation was pre-.
pared and sent out and q bill Of fare
gotten up the like of which has never
been seen before and probably never
will be again. II was the product Of
an over-wrought brain and French
dictionary and will ever be memora-
BILE az an evidence OF The aesthetic
gastronomy OF the gentlemen Of Miles
City. The guests were hidden to as
sembls at the apartments Of DIR. Redd
and Mr.. Dear at 8 o'clock on Thurs
day evening, Jan. 26th. and about
that hour all roads appeared to ter
inmate at that threshold. Supper
was announced at about 10 o'clock
and the crowd were plotted to the res
taurant OF Joe Clifton, where con-
tiDuous table was set with much taste,
for the accommodation Of the guests.
At the end next the door was the plat
ter on which reposed the remains Of
the two 'possums, brothers possibly In
life; companions now in death, and
two thousand miles from the graves
OF their forefathers. This sympa-
thetic outburst may not be ex-
actly in place as IL has just &C.
Cured TO the writer that pos.
sums are never buried in ertenso.)
At the farther end of the table suck
ling pig, cooked to q rich brown and
with a red apple In bis poor little sil
ent mouth was couchant on q platter,
shile up and down the long stretch Of
linen were groups Of toothsome dishes.
Thirty-four persons including the
hosts sat down, their identity being ~
follows: II. II. Irvine, Harry Bill,
Ed. Butler, H. G.. Potter. Eddie Green,
Geo. Gros, Steve Jeans, Lieut.. Ly.
man, A, Il. Campbell, Nose, Wyman,
S. Gordon. II. b. Wiley, f. b. Weir
lex, Little Billy TOmpkins, J. b.
Collins, Charley Whitney, II. L.
Knight, Judge Brown, c. r. Middle
ton, Ben Lamb, John /. Zook, DR..
Rawson, w. Van Gasken, Elmer
Bachelor. Harry Bachelor, J. c.
Callahan, DR.. j.. +. Fish, DR.. J. Jay.
Wood, Jack Cottier, Joe Swerdhger,
w. Modcsty Carter, Will Savage and
the hosts, DIR. Redd and l.. c. Dear.
or the supper 1t must be said that 1t
exceeds anything OF the kind ever
given in this town, and will long be
referred to by those present ss a gas
Economical achievement most worthy
of remembrance. In fact such dishes
as Ris de vean de Baleine, assassoner
Nal de Mer, and Cochen de lait, etofie
ayec Chstignon, aud Huitre de Mon
tagne ayec Dsmisns. have rarely been
attempted even by the world renowu-
ed Delmonico, and yet these are but
selected at random from VIII ole bill
OF fare OF like delicscies. Claret,
Ssuterne and Champagne was served
with the supper and at it's conclusion
the guests were In humor TO respond
TO the toasts given by DR.. Whitney,
who In addition to his arduous duties
as dissector ofthe pig, acted as toast
master. Space fortids,even were itpos-
sible, to reproduce the various respon-
see made. To the sentiment of"The
North and the South" Mr.. Middleton
responded In a very able manner and
with r felicit y Of expression that en-
abled him TO avoid the scars OF twenty
five years ago, and unite all in q bond
OF common friendship with q total
ignorance Of the noted Mason and
Dixon's line. Mr.. Van Gasken
responded to"our Foreign Relations"
Judge Brown to "our German citl'
zen;" DIR. Rswson to "Tbe Ladies"
Tom Irvine to"The American Esgle;'
Modesty Carter to"Life in the : 'uth;"
Lieut.. Lyman to "The Army" Maj.
wyman to "Tbe Navy" Judge Butler
10 "The cost ofa plain Drunk" Little