July 18.

Cherries and gooseberries (2 qts, 16 cents.)

Oatmeal (3 cents.)

Fried trout (dipped in flour only, 4 orders, 8 cents.)

Saratoga chips and baked potatoes (5 cents.)

Beefsteak (6 orders, 8 cents.)

Bacon (1 order, 2 cents.)

Lamb chops (13 orders, 26chops, 3 lbs, gross, 30 cents.)

Fancy twisted rolls (20 rolls, 10 cents.)

Corn egg-bread (6 cents.)

Graham batter cakes (1 qt, 6 cents.)

Cream (3 pts, 30 cents.)

Milk, buttermilk (6 qts, 18 cents.)

Butter 15, syrup 6, bread 4, coffee, tea, sugar 16.

Total, $1 83; 26 persons; 7 cents a plate.

Last evening two of Black's boarders came over to look at rooms - ladies - said to be a banker's wife and daughter - said they could not endure the noise over there had heard good reports of our "Eyrie" from our two friendly Dukes; took rooms in the hill cottage and would move over this morning. They came again for good after breakfast. Gentleman soon after came over in a buggy; a colonel somebody; has been stopping at the Palmer, the other large hotel at the depot. He says they gave him a sour mutton chop for breakfast this morning; that every steak and mutton chop he has had since he has been there has been sour "and a fellow can't stand that, you know." He must have had previous acquaintance with these ladies for after engaging a room and sending for his baggage they three went sailing into the west in the same bent together before they had been here an hour.

On eleven o'clock train arrived another member of the Dukes firm - lady this time. Has been at some neighboring resort.

"What is a lady duke.called - isn't she a duchess?"

"Why, certainly she is a duchess - of course. Goodness! girls, you must wait | on them splendidly, the best you know how - for now we have a family from Paris, two dukes, a duchess, a colonel and a banker's wife and daughter - you must fold the napkins in beautiful shapes, like this and this, and cut the finest bread in thick blocks and lay one under the fold of the napkin on each inverted plate, this way. The housekeeper will show you more when she comes in, but I hope they will keep her always busy in the cottages now."

Arrived at same time two elegant boquets for the cook, viz.: one basket of summer cabbages, 8 cost 40 cents; and one basket summer beets and onions, cost the same.

Have just received notice to prepare a little birthday supper two days hence.

Arrived, first lot of meat from a new butcher, one who is used to supplying hotels. Was rather surprised to find by bill everything charged one uniform price, 11 cents a ponnd.

There is 15-cent ham, 121/2-cent loin beef and roast, 13-cent lard, 8-cent mut-ton and 10-cent lamb and other items all charged at 11 cents all round. Seems novel, but good enough.