Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-11-12

An oLo LONDON TAVERN.

An OLD LONDON TAVERN.
a Lady Dimes 1t tho Famous "che'h'r'
Cheese"
A fare Of unshaded gas lights mp
small. old-fashioned room, the moor OF
which is covered with sawdust. Inc
ceiling is white, with projecting cross
! beams, and at one side OF the roo" - "
long oak table at which Johnson
Goldsmith and few other choice spir-
its were won't to sit and feed; ana here'
| it is said, originated the Wen KNOW
riddle about the number OF oec1s'eahS
it would take to reach the moon
All along one side of the room are
wooden partitions, exactly like old
fashioned ne vvs, with hard, cushionless
seats. We are told That this chop
house has been in existence ever SINCE
1867. and is no ephemeral mushroom
house of the hour to be sought out one
day and forgotten the next; there Is
also an old-fashioned, not to say ahte-
diluvian, air about the diners qulee III
keeping with the antiquity OF the place.
i Our new Just holds six comfortably
and we sit down three and three oppo-
, site each other on either side OF mar
, row table covered with a spotless white
! cloth We have black-handled knives,
. but not two-pronged steel forks, Tor
p which am not Il little grateful US ,
s have never forgotten the taste OF steer
I on the nursery forks when l was
t child and my parents were away anu
9 had to dine there all alone
t We have willow-pattern plates, large
d and hot for the meat, and small ana
n cold, each with pat OF butter on IT,
l. for our potatoes. First we hasc .ne
2 thick slices OF hot ham, the lean. tender
e and pink and the fat succulent, with
r an immense dish Of the most delicious
% peas 7 ever ate, and young potatoes
le served in their jackets.
le Any one who has tasted Il fresh run
il salmon which has been green klppereo
,o and has conpa rcd it with the hard salt
fish cured for the London market Will
IL anpreciatc the difference between an
ed ordinary ham and one that Is prepared
ne for immediate consumption.
ne These Yorkshire hams were not IN
ut tended for keeping. and, as the coo'
he afterwards informed u.s. were all eater
I'M in day. I should easily have be
li.vcd her if she had said one was eater
= ND at every meal, Judging by the thick
: ness of the slices to when VIC "er
+ helped and the amount we were sul
I posed to eat of them.
n The next dish is Il point steak, ros
II | without being saignant, accompanies
i by fresh dishes of young peas and pota
IL toes After this comes the DUO
\ rabhit''-that is, tonstcd cheese serve
in little shallow tins boiling hot, or
= to each person, with two pieces Oh 'o'''
a. on the side of the plate.
81 WAS by this time cginninS to fe
- | thoroughly uncomfortable, OWING
ll.e vu... =. -.~ er'-t of stn:tinC to N u
scat and leaned first on one e'co'
then on the other, then oacN gam
a the hard wood, then upright gam: .
- all in vain, for 10 change OF p"s''i'
AID. gave me even nlomentary rclie1 ana
ling longcd TO get one ol ~ ,s
the ing papers OF "'iiIi 49,. ~,
= i nlentiful supply hanging over the na
=. of of the pcws to fill it with shavlnGs o
,,cs. of the CRATE. roll it up into cushi
,oon and sit upon it. i,
,,,nd Anv one. unless he has spent his |
iz.I in Il velvet armchair as l have, mig
i1.d think me fancifui: but can asst
tow. them l was quite miserab bic ana co:
il he not even get through my puck II. o''
h, At last | appealed to our host and ast
a Ike: him ii he could not get me cuHh1
have upon which he in turn aPpealca 20
ia ,r,it,r-,nd never shall ! forget
one vaiter's expression and never dla
,cc,. more completely snubbcd than "hei'
short answered slowly and solcmniy. Win
The 4 smile on his pal!id face: sir th'
last the old Cheshire Cheese
,,,Sc After the remains of the buck ra
hit have been removed our somewhat
his centric dinner is brought to Close
raet a bow! of rum punch, accompanied
tn q six long church-yarden pipes an
snake ,loss full OF bird's-eyc tobacco
,ttler wonder if the ladies who usually
Il, his at ..Ye Oltc Cheshire Cheese are IN
4 fell habit of finishing off their meal WI
round pipe bat unfortunately have no ms
conas of ascertaining what is the cor
:, few thing to do, as the only other fema'
.ad as the place is dining behind curtai
,o;s,,n the far corner of the room. o"
If out having been tempted into trying
into a nmber-scentcd cigarettes when
brought me especially from AiSierS
there am not an habitual smoker ah'
V, was bound to confess | would much
and preferrcd to suck hnns-bons. or eve
that I rips greengagcs. than to fill my NJ
others with nasty tobacco snoke.-N Y.
ose, as nal. "
l them MATRiMONY' IN CHINA.
when TT, r,,r, shy O.
a almoSL Morgci Maiiens.
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