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Show Still, I was not prepared for what actually actu-ally hapjiened. On a small round table was placed a perfect mountain of macaroni and cheese uot such cheese as we are accustomed to put with ours, but coarse she'-p's milk cheese, which stung my mouth lili j mustard, and left a pungent taste therein I which tarried there for days. Then j there, were no plates, no forks, no spoons. ! Tho ma-ter of tho hotiso had a knife . with which ho attacked tho dish, and ( tho one which on ordinary occasions fell j to the mistress was now kindly placed 1 at my dii posul. As for the rest of the j family, they, were an e.."inplo of the ; ndagu that fingers were made before . forks, and these fingers grew perceptibly i cleaner as tho meal progressed, j What a meal it was, indeed; as if it were a contest in gastronomic activity. Yet it was pleasant to see tiie appetite) with which great and small entered into the couiest and filled their mouths to overflowing with the savory mass. I was left behind in tho contest, and had, I fear, to tell many untruths concerning my appetite and the excellence of the dish, ami gn at was my relief when it was removed and dried fruits and nuts . took its place. To drink we had resimited wine that is to say, wine which iiad been stored in II keg covered with resin inside, which gives the flavor 80 lunch reli lied by tho (reck:.., but which is almost, as unpalatable unpalata-ble to 1111 Englishman a.s beer must be to lhn-e who drink it for the first time. The wine, however, had the effect of loi..;i ning the toiijjueH of my friends, who had been too busy as yet to tidli. and ihey told me many interesting Christ-i.Ki.-; tales. Exchange. . FAST THAT THEY f.1AY EAT. TH Pious Creek's Christmas Table and llotr He I'ri pares for Its For a month before Christmas every Iiious Greek has obs rved a rigid fast, fejiysa traveler, consequently tho "table," which on that day is spread in every Louse, produces something akin to festivity. fes-tivity. My friends of the evening iiefore bogirod mo to fit down and partake of the meal that they li.vd prepared. It was somewhat of a struggle to me, I must own. for I expected it would not le SfflTsiJ ifl very my:uificeut tvi- j i |