Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-11-16


r".h In treat Quantities. but II Nina
Hs l:nttrh In "A Hurry.
have had NY first experience ot
the Swuii*!, mt}e Of catering for
travellers We were warned ut tic
door that every one entering the rs's
taur:nt would have to pay two
kroner two shillit1@% aud twopcnce
half,en1lv, whether he tie ;$ much
ns Int, was able OF ;1tr >mihi,l4 1T all.
There Wits It'll appalling rush tur
victl1als and drink. Thanks to the
helpful |n','>s>n. %ut nicely through
the rrpast in t~tE:y minutes, the
limit If time allowed. Surely the
twenty might have been extended to
thirty minutes VI more without, III
slow .,nt'h country Inconvenience
to tho railway administration.
For tho two krt'!rr unc had the
run OF all that WIS displayed with
Homelic righteousness On Il l"ngun!
wide central table ina Oh Il great
buffet. The variety Of vict1lals untl
drinks WAS infinite, Whit were
there: Soups In franchise and Il III
s,cdoise. native whtts to appetite
nltlicatessen', including caviar, AN
chovies, sliced tongue and sauslsc>;
smoked salmon, smoked goose aud
cucumbers favored with anisced.
The fish division included Holsters,
salmon hoilel and grilled, pike aid
salmon trout. pmchca eggs lay OH
beds" of cooked spinach Basinfuls
of salad were placed among dishes ct
roast beef, veal and fowl, the latter
Of some dinlinutive breed. Besides
these there were pies, putl1ings, jams,
cranberry co&npotcs pan and oven
cakes, sweet omelcts. and lastly.
wood strawberries. with whipped
cream.
The coffee was equal to Letloyen>
but there WIS no time to drink it un-
less one scaltled ONES throat. Knives.
forks and plates were laid III heaps
on the central table. Beverages WE'RE
sold at cost prices. Around the rom
stood small tables with nothing but
tahlecloths OH them. One llelpel
ones self AZ ono pleased anu ate as
one could.
This il what al "ull soldier" would
Ito in a Swedish railway restaurant.
If with party llc would appoint
himself It's general. directing one OF
Ills friends to lwunct upon IN mnny
ch..i,s as were wanted unl stt them
round IL tahle, On which he was to
keep guard; another would he told
off to capture knives. forks anil
plates. to order drinks aud provide
the party Will, glasses. Ills next
duty would },e to carry plates, soupS
and yi;tnds from thu big table to the
one that had been secured Tho gen.
erals part wouls! (c IT, lldle out souI
anu snatch up fotnl from the lily
table. hc;tl>iu3 up as much and "a
many sorts OH each l'1Atc held out to
him ns le could Tho whole purity
would he thus provided for without
loss OF time and could eat in hot haste
no doubt of nearly everything.
AT Il railway lntal in Sweden one
may see ls many as seven or tiy ht
sorts of viands nn the same plate ut
| the same moment, and I'LL getting
MIXED. But the Traveller. appetite
is Urovcrbiul. and the fustitlious per.
son risks }cing starved. All that il
offered IL ut the lest. but having t.
gobble rather than to eat one can
hardly discern it's good quality. The
Swedes hold that this system u
gorging ones self rapidly has its adj
yantages, it enabling travellers to &C
for long time without further re-
treshment, because they cannot di
gcst tho food for many hours. and
therefore cannot get hungry. Lon
don Truth.
An Escaped Humorl4t. -
Two NIGHTS AGO Il gentleman com