Show wal i V evl f P A 1119 iia at t X i I 1 1 I 1 n pil q I 1 1 gjoci 0 1 lm ro ami all Z awai I 0 ti f I 1 1 41 I 1 11 I 1 i O apart even 6 af A t N I 1 jr r T 71 e M 1 q 4 wf t I 1 A 1 I I 1 I 1 afa 2 tor 44 they 1 I 1 t filing uw I 1 john 1 chamber er 41 alln armany toy i or maniff Many years y rs befort before ills death proprietor of tile the place known il ail chambee alto 4 to IXL washington W hington the me place handsome houses in their earlier days daya bad served is as residences tor for demado per wood new york tork governor iG Vernor swan of maryland birj and jamss 0 blaine it was waa long known as the lilg hest priced restaurant raf at the capital in fact chamberlin Chamberl ln prided himself on the th e altitude alil tUde of his bis rates tea as well the as excellence of his cuisine A story has often been told but seems quite as aa good as ever of colonel dick of kentucky ken tucky well known about the capital A young friend was with him alm sit at cb aberlin and expressed a desire for beefsteak and onions rm but said he indulge in the dish as he be was going to the theater meater that evening e with some ladies and jig ills breath would betray him be afraid my boys boy said uncle dick just go right ahead and eat your beefsteak best steak and onions when john sends in your bill it will take your breath away colonel john R p fellows of new york SM says that he went into chamber ans one day got a glass of buttermilk with corn bread and his check was 80 another declares that he made a note of the charge of a breakfast at chamberlains Cham berlins more out of curiosity than anything else the breakfast consisted of a piece of boiled mackerel a cup of coffee a pitcher of cream with the coffee a 3 plate of toast and a 8 boned boiled irish potato the bill was but chamberlin Chamberl ln said in reply to his interrogation 4 why man you yon pay a cent for the fish you just juet paid for the cooing cooling and waiting one night in washington chamberlin Chamberl ln joined a group of friends and changed hla his drinks continuously he drank plain whisky apple toddy hot scotch and a gin fizz some same one said to him john joh if we should follow your ex ample we should get ge t pretty full fun full said chamberlin 1 I never saw a lot of fellows sitting around a table late at night in here with any other idea than getting get ung full the mans knowledge of wines and liquors was some thing remarkable it is said that once in the hotel bellevue in philadelphia he sent a drink back saying to the waiter I 1 told you to request the barkeeper to use plymouth gin and italian vermouth in this cocktail he has put in holland gin and french vermouth and I 1 give ten cents for a nan area drinks some of the party were curious to know it if he was right and went to the bar and examined the bottles they found fauna that he was correct in every particular mr chamberlin had no french chefs and no fc foreign reign cookery his cooks were negro women but it was his taste that dominated everything he bought the best to be had in the market and by many his restaurant was considered su superior perlor to anything in new york his friends got a bill through congress giving him the privilege of erecting a hotel on government ground at fortress monroe A million and a half dollars was subscribed to build the house and his great hope was to live to see it completed but this privilege was denied hirn him he died of gout and brights disease brought on undoubtedly by his system of living it is said that he has been known to eat at supper aupper eighteen me daum sized oysters half a lobster a welsh rarebit and two dozen roasted clams with such indulgence it is fearnely arcely Ec fe to be wondered that he died when he did the marvel a vel is that he be reached middle age |