The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-29
A N
Indigestion Feast is the Latest Fac
Among Cut-ups.

Madison, y. j., correspondence New
York Press; Between hurry calls thi.
towns rival physicians met in the mai,
street late this afternoon.
How many of EN- have YOU had Sc
Z far asked the allopath.
''Twenty-seven,'' the homeo-
path. "And you?'
Nineteen" snapped the man of boluses.
Better get a gait on you returned the
dilletante in capsules. ''or you'll never
catch up with me"
The allopath flicSed old Dobbin 10 a
livelier pace, the holneopath let out a
tuck in his automobiles gear and away
they sped on their kindred but diverged
errands of mercy TO grooming patients.
Rubbing his hands, the druggist looked
after them i moment, then stepped brisk
ly TO the telephone and ordered another
assistant from the college of pharmacy.
The undertaken also worked the wire to
New York, and, after swift ciphering, was
heard to say something that sounded like
FIFTY ~rose-woods. with German silver
trimmings, list price, f. o. b. n. y"
1t was all the fault of last nights IN
digestion dinner" now called the dyspep-
STA dinner.
Local Ingenuity for months had been
taxed TO provide an entertainment that
should be unique in town annals. and
when the orchard Campaign club issued
invitations for that aifair-a round hun-
dred of tllem-the bids We're accepted
under special delivery stamps. The wit
and beauty of Madison. to the number of
live score turned out in gala attire to
grace the occasion. 1t could stand a lot
of grace.
A greenhouse that had become useless
for its original purpose when the steam
pipes burst was heated for the evening
with oil stoves, and there the feast was
spread. The tables groaned under a
Npiolr of pnn1 .thf,irs nc 20 .y1n3itfA,,
Afterward, the diners did the grooming.
The bright, particular star of the Or
chard Campaign club who prepared the
menu was the hero of the night. Early
this forenoon he was seen heading for
tall timber, touching ground only at the
started after him. 1t vas a sacrifices
posse, the sheriff having been one of the
sheriff's guests.
But he was an inventive genius, that
master of ceremonies. The bill of fare he
mapped out was more varied than a color
print.map of the Liaotung peninsula or
an intermittent fever chart. In it he
sought to group all The delicacies of the
season. The comments on it today in
Guided all the indelicacies. 1t was a fear
full and wonderful work of art, a ieu
d'esprit worthy of Pantagruel.
Stripped of its polyglot verbiage, it will
go down in criminal history Just as it
''-H>A ~ NtAlS q
MIGNU-AND THE REST.
Weehawken Cigars.
Dessert-Peach Tarts with Vinegar and
Tabasco.
Angel Food and Fried Pickles.
Lemon MeIingue Pie and Cucumbers.
Coffee and Champagne.
Roast Pork ana Caramel Custard.
Salad-Chorped Nuts and Onions.
sntrees-Soft Shell Grabs and Buttermill
Corned Beef Hash and Caviar in Wine
Jelly.
sh-Frost Weakfisll with Cranberries.
Lobster Salad and Ice Cream.
Blended Burgundy and Mixed Ale.
S~olIp-Green Turtle with Cold Molasses.
CLAIMS en- Croehette with Caulinower and
Chocolate.
oyster Cocktail With Syllabub and
Mustard.
The guests started brave1y enough. but
ere three of the inverted courses had been
served nearly a fourth of the diners as
sumed thinking parts in the feast. They
are among the SURVIVORS,. Most of the 9TH
ers got nearly to the end of the bill and
some went through the whole menu.
These last We're the first of today's pa
tents and Tie remainder of the victims
were taken down in inverse order.
lit is not true that the medical fraterni-
ty OF any of its allied crafts had anything
to do with getting up the dinner. That
denial will be published in ,ne local paper
on Saturday under the usual head:
The Coroner Was Notified"