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Show H NO DAINTY DISHES SERVED H "Coarce Fare" All That la Offered to H Dlnera Who Celebrate the Birth- B day of Samuel Johnson. B An utiusunl celehration Is the din- M ner In honor of Dr. Samuel Johnson. H most dlHtlngiilalied Kncllsh writer of H the eighteenth ceiitmy. given for many H years on the anniversary of his birth H lit Litchfield, where he wnn horn In 1 170U. Literary men from all over Rftf- B land assunhle at the hnnipiet nnd the M menu Is nlwnvs the Mn the "coarse B fare" lieloved In the author. M Americans would call It n square H meal with all the trimmings, for the H illslus -pecllled are beefsteak pudding H with kidneys, haunch of mutton, oys- H ters nod mushrooms, apple pie with B rn am and toasted cheese, ale nnd PXS punch, to he foil iwed by a fttSa of B strong tohscco and n church warden B pipe for each surviving guest. This H Is strong merit for a strong man nnd H n Litchfield Johnson dinner Is always H n "stag" affair. The house la St. KM Mary's square where Johnson was 1 bun In now a museum in.! library of H rare Mist editions of "Ha BlSS," the H "Adventurer." the dictionary, "Ham- H bier" and Johnson's political tracts H sad poetical works, as well as about H 10 different editions of BogWtiTl |