The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-29
A DYSPEPSIA DINNER.
Indigestion Feast Is the Latest Fa
Amonu Cut.ups.

Among Cut-ups.
Madison. y. J.. correspondence New
York Press: Between hurry calls this
towns rival physicians met in the main
street late this afternoon.
"How many of EN- have you had so
far" asked the ~allopath.
"TWenty-soven." answered 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 lex old Dobbin to a
l~ivciier pace. the homeopath let out a
tuck in his automobiles gear and away
they sped on their kindred but diverged
eTTands OF mercy to grooming patients.
Rubbing his hands, the druggist looked
after them a moment, then stepped brisk
~ to the telephone and ordered another
assistant from the college of pharmacy.
The undertaken also worked the wire to,
Neg York, and, after swift ciphering, was
heard 10 say something that sounded like
Fifty rosc-woods, with German silver,
trimmings, list price. f. o. b. n. Y" !
It 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 Che Orchard Campaign club issued
invitations for that aifair-a round nun
Gred Df them-tlle bids were accepted
under special delivery tanps The wit
and beauty of Madison, TO the number of
five score turned out in gala attire to
grace the occasion. 1t could stand II lot>
Of grace.
y greenhouse That had become useless
lar It's original purpose when the steam
pipes burst was heated for The evening,
with oil stoves, ana there the feast was.
spread. lhe tables s~roaned under u,
weight OF good things. as per tradition.
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 al the
high places, and an hour later Il posse
started after him.. 1t vas Il sheriffless
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 Il color
print map Of the Liaotung peninsula or
an intermittent fever chat. In it he
sought to group all the delicacicss Of the
season. The comments on it today in
clGded all the indolicacies. It was 4 fear
full and wonderful work of art. 4 jeu
d'espEit worthy OF Pantagruel.
Si:ipaa Of its poiygiot verbiasc, it Will
60 80 A1N = sN-'A 90 ~
was eaten, which was this way:
M1NE-AND THE REESE.
Wechawkon Cigars.
JeSscrt-PeaCh Tarrs with Vinegar and
rabasco.
An&el Food and Fried Pickles.
Lemon MelinSue Pie and CucUln5crs.
Coffee and Champagne.
Roast Pork ana Caramel Custard.
Saldd-Chouped Nuts ana Onions.
lGntrGeS-SOf Shell Grabs and Buttermilk.
Coined Beef Hash and Caviar in Vine
Jelly.
/ I'ish-lTrostel WeakGSh with Cranberries.
Lobste" Salad and Ice Cream.
Blended Burgundy ana Mixed Ale.
~Scup-Green Turtle with Cold Molasses.
Clans Ell CrJChctte with Caulif,ower and
Chocolate.
Oyster Cocktail with S~yliabuo and
Mustard.
The guests started bravely enough, but
ere three of the inverted courses had been
served nearly a fourth of the diners as
suined thinking parts in the feast. They
are alncng the survivors. Most Of the 9TH
crs got nearly to the end of the bill and
some went through the whole menu.
These last were the first of today's pa
tents and the remainder of the victims
We're taken dom i'll inverse order.
1t is not true that the medical fraterni-
tY or any of its allied crafts had anything
to DO with getting up the dinner. Thai
denial will be published in tIe local paper
on Saturday under the usual head: