August 9.

Soup - Pot au fere (6 qts 20 cents.)

Sliced cucumbers (on table 12 cents.)

Stewed codfish and potatoes (18 cents.)

Corned tongue and cabbage (1/2 tongue 15, cabbage 5, 20 cents.)

Roast beef (piece loin, 2 1/2 lbs 30 cents.)

Breast of lamb, a la jardiniere (2 briskets, 4 lbs 32 cents.)

Ragout of beef, a la Creole (meat from soup pot 20, with trimmings 30 cents.)

Macaroni au gratin (No. 629; 12 cents.)

Summer beats 5, string beans 1, corn 15, rice 7, potatoes 15 (45 cents.)

Baked Indian pudding (cheap, 20 cents.)

Apple pie, rhubarb pie (4 pies, 28 cents.)

Lemon ice cream (2 qts milk, starch, eggs, etc., 38 cents.)

Cakes (2 lbs 18 cents.)

Nuts, raisins, pickles, cheese crackers (40 cents.)

Milk, buttermilk 24, coffee 10, tea, sugar 6, bread 6.

Total $3 99; 40 persons; 10 cents a plate. ______

Eight military cadets arrived shortly before dinner - had 10 add a little here and there but, practicially, the same dinner was sufficient that would have been prepared for 32 - it is but a more thorough clean-up of the dishes and a little ekeing out of the corn and ice cream, and a few slices of cake served in place of the departed pudding. In a case like this it is the home folks that go without.