Tomato and green pease soup (4 qts. 28 cents.)

Fillet (leg) of veal stuffed (4 pounds veal, 52, and dressing 5; 57 cents.)

Potatoes mashed ana browned (10 cents.)

Corn (1 can, 15 cents.)

Plum pies (4 covered, of two cans plums 28; sugar, 6; crust, 10; 44 cents, 24 cuts.)

Cream curd pudding with sauce (allowing full price for the soured milk, 27 cents.)

Second cooking:

Fish, fried (12 pieces, 21/4 lbs gross, 25; lard, 5; 30 cents.)

Mutton chops (2 pounds, 24 cents.)

Eggs (6, special order, 8 cents.) Milk (6 quarts, 18 cents.)

Bread (15 cents.)

Cream (1 qt., 20 cents.)

Coffee (one-third pound, 10 cents.)

Butter, sugar, etc. (20 cents.)

Total dinner, $3 26; 30 persons, 11 cents a plate.

In this case it turned out as was half expected for at just about the time that the regular dinner was ended there came two little parties of five and six persons respectively, making eleven more to furnish dinner to. Such little parties coming on the heels of a meal are generally profitable to the hotel keeper. On this occasion there was enough soup, coffee, potatoes, pudding and pie remaining and the fish and mutton chops specially cooked made up a good and plentiful dinner at an additional expense of less than a dollar. The party of eleven contributed 50 cents each, the regular price per me2l.

In calculating quantities to be prepared it is never necessary to count one portion of every dish to each person. Perhaps some who take fish will decline meat, or will take corn and not potatoes, and only half the number will call for pie.