Volume 102 — A GLADSTONIAN MENU.
Reading edition
The following menu of a banquet, said to have been given at Biarritz not long ago, has been forwarded to us:—
POTAGES.
Faux Col. Marée Coulante. Bonne Femme.
POISSONS.
Harpe Irlandaise, Sauce Verte.
Anguilles Glissantes.
ENTRÉES.
Petits Cultivateurs en Caisses.
Tête de Joseph frite, Sauce Jessé.
Conservateurs Foudroyés en brochette.
RÔTS.
Vieille Main Parlementaire à la Renard.
Parti de Parnell à la Conscience Nonconformiste.
LÉGUMES.
Discours en Branches.
Pommes Maître du Ministère.
Choux d'Homère.
ENTREMETS.
Sucrerie d'Office.
Conseils de Paroisse à la Cirque d'Été.
Mots de Labouchère.
DESSERT.
Plans Varies. Elections Assorties.
The waiting was done by Candidates, and during the evening the band played a selection, containing such well-known pieces as "Souvenir de Mitchelstown," the opening chorus of "Mosé in Egitto," "Où sont nos Ducs," "Partant pour le Sud," and "Irland, Irland über alles."