The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-04

nc las as many engagements To dine out
as Depew, and. unlike Deuew no does,,,t
pass any of the rich foods and w;,os =,
though he eats sparirgiy. But he takss
sourse Ior course the same as any other
snd s .i smokes 0 cigar, tells a few stories,
"Aren'tyo afraid of getting dvsnens;a -,
some one asNed him the other night A.
dinner party
On no." was the reply. aAnv man
Mlo could i've on bareback as long as
oia is IN no danger Of dyspepsia. NV
ssohaacns all right, and / wouldn't part
with 10 tor all the world A good stomach
Is greater than great fortune
ERASMUS wINAS PREDICTS A sropx
Erasmus wiman does not believe Tho,
we are going TO have a very good time for
at least few months / was taIL;n. -
him the other day about the financial con.
dition of the country. and he remarLea
that II would bear watching.
The fact is, !" he said. while T am M,
an alarmist, do not believe the worst il
over. We are going TO hear Of a eood
many more failures, and all wise hns;nsss
men are now trimming their sails and GO
ing close to the wind This is no time for
speculation. He would be a wise man
VINO would say what tomorrow would
bring forth. | do believe this how.
ever. that when the present Iiurry Is oyer
and some of the mushroom growth of husi,
ness has been disposed of, we shall enter
Upon an era OF unexampIed prosperity.
put tof sne present. look out for a sform''
rotund, over-dressed woman entered
Delmonico's restaurant the other day and
TOOK conspicuous scat near the corner
window. Two things were apnarent 10
those who noticed her--and Someone's she
contrlved TO put herself very distinctly
on ecidence before she had been in the
room l.Iteen minutes LII was apparent, in
the hrst place, that the oyer-dressed
woman was from some remote section of
the country, and in the second place. that
she battered herself that her manners and
appearance were noticeable, for that
urban polish which is the ambition of
every woman in the country.
She ordered some raw oysters and tried
TO look unconcerned and perfectly al ease
when she saw dozen people regarding
her with mid degree of interest. The
waiter brought the oysters, and with them
small bottle OF tobasco sauce. The
woman seized this and literally covered
each OF the bivalves with the. red condi-
mcnt- Then she swallowed one of the
oysters whole, and a grin spread from
face to face, for that was exactly what
every one had been waiting for her to do.
The consequen es of that indiscreet
moutnfui were simply awful, for tobasco,
as everybody knows, is hot enough to
burn hole in tai ecloth. and il il dam
eerous to mistake it for tomato ketchup.
gentleman who watched the poor
woman's agony said: II should think
that by this time everybody in the United
states would be familiar with the peculiar
qualities Of tooasco sauce, for / have GER
tainiy seen 1t on every hotel table between
here and San Francisco, and vet there are
very few people who know where it comes
from. You don't know, I'll bet"
HIS companion admitted his ignorance
and the other went on: :. Well, all the to-
basco sauce comes from an island in the
gulf off the coast of Louisiana, about a
hundred and i.fty mics from New Orleans.
The island consists OF about two thousand
acres and is shaped like a huge mound,
from the summit of whirh a superb view
can be obtained. Joseph JefferSons plan
tatlon is close by. Avery's island, as the
mound is called, is composed of pure rock
SAT- covered with a feW feet of rich soil
The salt was mined during the war, but
since then Mr.. McElhenny, the owner,
has done nothing but make tobasco sauce
from recipe which has been in the
possession of his family for several genera
tons. In the old days il was the custom
on1tile plantation TO put up quantity of
il every year for home use. A number of
bottles were also given away TO friends,
and in this way the fame of the sauce
spread until it became known to nearly all
the wealthy families in that portion of the
South. AT the close of the war Mr.. Nc
Eshenny. being thrown on his own re-
sources, began to manufacture tobasco
sauce for living, and~in 1870 letters of
patent were granted to him, though the
recipe has always remained a closely
guarded secret.
1.-THE condiment is made from pecul-
iariy asery pepper which is found only on
the island, and its preparation is carried
on by the owner of the property, assisted
byone old darkey, in whose faithful bosom
is locked the secret of its manufacture.
The business is carried on in simple and
primitive manner, and the biggest grocery
hrrns in the country are compelled TO pay
cash for the supplies they order
FOSTER COATES.