Show NO DA DAINTY NTY DISHES SERVED r I Coarse Fare All That Is Offered to Diners Who Celebrate the Birthday Birthday Birth Birth- day of Samuel Johnson An unusual celebration is the dinner dinner din din- tier ner ner nerIn In honor of or Dr Samuel Johnson most distinguished English writer of the eighteenth century given gl for many years ears on the anniversary of or his birth at Litchfield where he was born In 1709 Literary ry men from all nIl over o ln England England Eng Eng- land assemble at the banquet and the menu Is always s 's the the thc the coarse fare beloved b by the author Americans would call It a square meal with all the trimmings for the dishes specified are beefsteak pudding with Id be haunch of or mutton oysters os o's oysters tel'S and mushrooms apple pie with cream and toasted cheese ale and punch to be followed by a a dish of or stron strong tobacco find a n church warden pipe for each surviving surviving- guest This ThisIe Is Ie strong meat for a n strong man and anda a Litchfield Johnson dinner Is alwn always s 's sn n a stag affair The The house house ahouse In St. St Marys Mary's square where Johnson was born horn is 15 now a museum nevi library of or rare first editions of the Rambler Ram Adventurer the dictionary bier bler and antI Johnsons Johnson's political tracts and p practical works as ns well as about 40 different erent editions of Boswells Boswell's Life u u. u A 4 |