A RANCH DINNER.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 414, 21 April 1904, Page 6

A RANCH DINNER.

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The "(Shuti wagon,* under th» su-t perrision of the "wagon-boas,** had; early in the day conveyed the o&mp j outfit-, to -a- cool »]K>t;under. a clump o' coctouwoods. • A .clcat little stream| floifred lazily along between the", cot- j ton .•roods and the 'box-elders, which, j wlfr*».ftbeniftrsß, l'fk>Wer-lade» ibreath of *it--- plains in their faces, and-, the' fnjggfrjng works of nature about | tlvci... caiK&tl tne-:UUC3ta tx&rihas %.ovr' l~

punchers to tforgot for the- time the duet and «heat and turmoil of% the t";gn, say* a -writer in Criterion.

And such a dinner! Bnnqhers knnn- a trood tiling and name it accartfingly. though the result is often a (fearful, and w.ondeivfal commingling of, i slang, localisms, and foreign wowls. There was spread, picnic fnrft?mj, -n-tnenu -which if--writ upon the re-nilation card Wouldjappall the fsirtidions aad tax the knowledge of the -most learned college professor. liieTp.swwa' ,, irijole»}V (beans), and only such beans as one gets at a ranch; there were "fry" and its inevitable "dope," , i which translated mean bacon and--gravy, and there were "spuds." or, in, plainer English, potatoes. The biscuits were real works of. art—as the ambitious *V!nsh" intended them to be —grea£ flaky mounds quite the size of an ordinary *?-i:cer, so that the hungry «ow-pr * ors would not.be compelled to sipr ry often to say "Pass the bread, t i< -se."..Last on the list,came co'Tva, '.! #m as hate and black aa despair --three cups to the .man. ...;