Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04

vi VANN way train. l think
one can find more
phases Of human nature in these Two places
than anywhere else on earth. When people
are feeding there is good deal or the
animal comes to the surface. l have heard
men say Il have paid fer this meal and l
intend to get the worth of my money Ana
they get 1t, too. But how? Generally they
begin ordering everything on the bill of
fare. They are not hearty eaters, but be-
cause they have 10 pay stipulated sum,
they propose to have everything II n
cludes. They send the me ITS Jack with an
order to have them killed il too rare foi
their taste, or remark in tones "sarkast;cK
that they dc hot want second-han1 meat,
II the meats are orerdone.
The drinks are too hot or not hot enough;
they swear at the service, and scon at the
Culinary skill OF the chef; in fact, they
make unmitigate1 nuisanceS OF themselves
and bore everybody within reach of the
sound of their tongues. one feels .nstinc-
lively that such people canrot Fave mad
much AT home. or they would not expect
so much when away. Weil-bred people do
not quarrel with the servants, at any time,
and if il bcomes necessary to Chide them, Il
is not the part of gentleman or lady 10
shout at them so that the controversy can
he heard in the hotel office. 1t is TO be
expected that the viands cooked by the
Wholesale will not suit every palate. but
If it becomes necessary to return any por-
be done in q quiet way, with a request for
a duplicate cooked as ordered and it Will
come back in good time and be served as
requested.
The Errntic Eroncos.
l was much amused at an eating episode
which occurred on recent trip of mine UP
Into a railroa| tie camp in which was ac-
companicl by Nora's mother and uncle l
had curiosity to visit ore of these pic
I hl1 my nG
fully satisfied. We had to make the trip in
blackboard" a two-seated conveyance.
swung on Stats between four wheels. 1t
was drawn ty pair of broncoS. Broncos,
be 1t known, are a cross between a Texas
Tony AMI mustang. They buck and bite.
pitch and rear kick and demean themselves
in various other ways that decidedly
unpleasant to the "tcnderfUOt," which title.
Nora's uncle smilinsly Informed Us, was
ours for Il time at least, though lie compli-
nentei the girls greatly by telling them
that they were getting rapidly away from
it. Under harness our broncos We're amia-
BILE enough after the first five miles. but
they did enough erratic things 10 shatter
our nerves for the whole trip before they
got down to business" as the driver
termed the breakneck speed at which they
whirled US around the curves of awful
irecipices, ana dashed over tottering
bridges which spanned the turbulent noun
tain torrents; IL was drive to be remem-
bered. up, always up, till ii seemed as
though We must be very close to the deep
blue sky, and yet there were mountains
still looming far above our heads, and the
sky was just as far away ever. We
went spinning along through the pine
woods, rich with the resnous olor brought
out by the intense heat up among their
tops, yet hardly felt 10y us 50 far below
them. When We were al last among the tie
ChopperS,N we were hungry enough to eat "old
horse which is the euphonious handle
that dry sailed pork bears among the rail-
road men.
The camp had been made n a clearing IN
on the side OF the hill-they call everything
'hiil'' out here that Is under lOnpp feet
and there were q number of little "shacAs"
or bark huts, in which the tie choppers
slept; a few of the more atfiuent ones had
small tents, and nowhere. In sight at least,
was there anything that could be desiCnat-
Ell as a house. Here the railroads have
gangs OF men cutting the big pine trees to
GET lumber Tor bridges and for railroad ties
W men they have cut away all the largest
trees, the camp is moved to another point
generally quite as inaccessible and never
any the less lonely.
Rough and Ready Table Service
We had our dinner with the men II was
at our request that we were granted this
idFor' ana our escorts remarked that 1t
was attended with some danger, and n
good many unexpected things might han
tent. with its sides thrown up. for the AIR
10 circulate more freely, and there was
nothing between our feet and the hare
Drown earth, beaten TO adamantne hard
ness. Inc dining tables We're pine boards
with the bark on the under side, smoothed
OF on tine upper side in rather uneven
fashion, and not over clean from ante
Cedent meals. The covers" were lin Mo
pans. much the worse for wear and lack
OF soapsuds; the viands were served in tin
pans. and we drank our coffee out of hat
tered tincups. The knives and forks were
OF the cast iron variety, and had never
made the acquaintance of q scourer in all
the years of service on the frontier The
dishes for the use of our party were given
an extra "Swipe' with a perfectly new
flour sack. emptied for the purpose, as
saw myself a process which rendered them
little sticky, but as long as the inten-
ton was good one 1t would have been
We were given the end Of one OF the
tables-there were three OF them and about
forty men-where We could look out over
the side of the precipicee upon which the
camp was located, over scope of coun-
try as wildly beautiful as anything that
switzerland ever produced. Just at our
feet noisy snow-fed torrent took a leap
into space and was dashed into foamy
mist four hundred fectsbelow. Down below
on the mesa sheep ana goats were feeding
and We could hear theymus!cal voice OF the
little Indian herder he shouted to them
in mongrel Spanish and Pueblo. Far be-
low him on another level was the sheltered
valley. with its queer sun-dried brick hab-
itations, and under theire shade were the
Owners, taking the monday siesta in lazy
abandon. Far over against the turquoise
sky old Badly reared his always snow
crowned head. and in between were the
pine forests and the foot hills. a turbid
flowing river, and a long freight train la
b2rioIsy climbing its fforttous way up the
The Diupcr Was Good.
While We were looking and feasting our
senses on the rare beauty Of the surround
ing scenery the Turnkey or waiter in
United States" had served our dinner,
and another sense was being appealed to
through inviting odcrs. Before Us there
was haunch of venison, mountain deer
they called it, done to a turn. Potatoes
We're roasted in the ashes aud we had
earned corn, tomatoes and 'tie-camp baked
beans" The biscuit were baking powder
ores, and as light and sweet as could be-
The coffee was delicious. and the cook as
a special favor, had fixed it with egg in
regular French style, feeling pretty sure
that we would not like the condensed milk
or the goats milk either. Fer dessert
there was an excellent pudding which they
call plum duff They designate all dcs-
aerts thus that do not come under the head
of pie" The plum duff was made of very
short biscuit dough, rolled thin and cpreah
with a jam made Of cooked prunes from,
which the seeds had been removed. 1t was
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