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Show CEO. WASHINGTON'S BILL OF FARE. The following letter from General Washington was written in 1770, to the director of the general mihtaiy hospital of the Revolutionary army. It's a good Ceutennial specimen brick: Dear Doctor: I have invited .Mrs. Cochrane and Mrs. Livingston to dine with me to-morrow, but ought I not to apprise them of their fare? As J hale deception, I will. It is needless to premise that my table is lart;e enough to hold the ladies. Of this they had oculur proot yesterday. To say how it will be covered is more estential, and this shall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival at this happy spot wc have a ham (sometimes a shoulder of bacon to grace the head of the table, a piece of roast beel adorns the foot, and a small dish of greeuH or beans (almost imperceptible) decorates the center. When our cook has a mind to cut a figure (and this, I presume, he will attempt to-moriow) we have two bcefatcuk pios, or crabs, in addition, one each side of the center dish, reducing tho distance between dish and dish alout six feet. Of lato he has tho good luck to dis-; cover tiiat apples win uiaico pics, anu amid his eflorts we may get one tomorrow to-morrow instead of beef. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will iubmit to partake of it on plates once- tin but now iron (not become be-come SO by scouring) J shall be happy to seo them. I am, deardoctur, your most obedient servant, Okoiwe Washington. |