The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-14
USELESS ACQUISITION
French Chef Who Was Out Of Placs
with Buffalo Bill.
The Wan of Many Meals soom Cmm@
TO Be Regarded as an Expensive
Luxzrz I'm the western
WdIds.

Some EAR ago. when Col Cody
started on a tour of the Rocky noun
tains as the host of a number of for
eign military officers having been
feted by them in their clubs and
homes. he was anxious to cater to
their every taste and comfort while
in camp life on this side Of the great
pond, relates the Detroit Free Press.
His orders were 10 spare no ex-
pense, and among the @Iuxaries-
taken along waG q French chef with
g record and a price. He was secured
from the Brown Palace hotel il Den
yer, Louis Pierre Gascirgue was his
name; but for the long trail, and fhe
generous price paid 70 him. go
plunkS q week" a cowboy said the
chef consented to be called Gas for
short.
He had h selection of the canned
goods TO be carried along. and turtle
soup. of the very best, NJ Gas or
dered. and it took an extra wagon to
hold them The chef was radiant in
q s~now-white suit and cap. and pre-
sented the appearance the first night
in camp of a ghost, and was regarded
with superstiriOuS suspicion by the
cowboys and others OF that ilk.
Gas" set in TO show the wild west
erners a thing or two in the culinary
art by his first camp dinner. He had
a patent cooking stove, the vide
world for q kitchen with heaven for
q roof, while china, fine linen and
wines were right AT hand. SIX O'Clock
was the dinner hour that first night
at the base Of the San Francisco
mountains. and Gas was in rzptures
over his dinner. Buffalo Bill, the
host, looked serious, the guests more
So Such q dinner they could get in
any club in q city. but they did not
say 50, if they did keep up a devil of
a thinking II vas not what Col.
Cody liked. but it was what he
thought he ought 70 have for his dis
tinguished guests. The latter stood
it for two days and then went on q
strike.
Il say, Cody Tentured Sir St John
Miltmay, major Of the Grenadier
Guards. do you call this wild west
srn camp fare and cooking? You see,
we are al half dead with dyspepsia
now, and thought We would get some
good. wholesome food on this thou
sand-mile trip in the saddle with
you
The others Joined in the chorus to
the same effect, while monsieur, the
chef. looked as solemn as a eountry
parsons horse. As for Col Cody. he
beamed with delight. said that Rocky
mountain trails and table d-hote din
ners didn't mix well and Gas was at
once given leave 10 20 along. as ne
couldn't be sent back. as an OrnA-
ment, a useless acquisition. and two
scouts were installed as cooks. And
with the chef, the canned goods.
china fine linen and the stove were
sealed up in the wagon, and tin plates
and cups were brought forth.
And such cooking as these scouts
did could not be improved upon. while
Col Cody showed that he was a first
class cook himself. He could throw a
fapjack from q frying pan into the
air Is feet, turn it over and have il
come down on the other side. never
once making a miss sud falling into
the FIRE The guests tried to learn
this trick. but il was found too ex-
Pensivs. as they never missed The fire.
but always the FIRING pan. NJ Louis
Pierre Gascirgue could not be pre-
vailed upon 70 taste IN OF the from
tier cooking. but stuck TO his soups
and plum puddings. while he looked
as though he had buried his best
friend He sought excitement in rid
ing a brOncho. and was thrown daily.
He took TO a wagon and was upset.
after which he walked. dropped be-
hind, and was scarce nearly to death
BY the Indians One day he stood
looking up diseonsolately al the sun
and said in a funeresl tone: Dat sun
do shine for all persun. but il do not
just seem 10 shine for me-
When the long trail ended at Salt
Lake City the French chef was the
only 4 Of the party who had indi-
g~estiOn. and he drowned his sorrows
by getting gloriouSly drunk. hence
was happy for the time being. But
Col Cody braeed him up and returned
him to Denver, having paid well for
a luxury" not to be taken on a
Rocky mountain trail.