PORTER HOUSE STEAK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1276, 12 January 1883, Page 2

PORTER HOUSE STEAK.

.j'/l'lils; is Jibe ,pprtef house,, ifl jt ,?' asked a sad pasiengsr sitting at the., cor,-: per. table in'the reaturant. .1 iYeB, ; air, 1 - i rttid the the: weary air.iof .* ; .mail who ps tired: of: having to-tell' the lie aithlousand times a day; por- > tetvhoUße ; sir, same as y'ou-ordered, ; | ',' Do you cut porter-house steak from ! .between the floras this year 1' asked the •sad" paibflger, with the intonation of a . aaifwiw wanted .tQ..knoff.. said : ' the' waiter;';. It to .be a ;trifle : ten- < de'rer last, year j''"t hs'lad "gas'sengeif west' '-oW,,s«tb ithel air of a man indulging m ' of the past ;' but! ' now ;it was cut a,trifle .lower J|Kw|,therii;- (Last year outpour' Jj'orler'. ' 'Hope steak-firoifl~th6'6Ui'l itl thS'forebeild' . and the-sirloin from the skin, But I .think this 'wipes from between the horns :I Used-,to Jive! in a boarding house where <: they cut''the porter-house between the : horns, and this one reminds me of them, 1 -Animal ; defid this steak,; caiiie '--'Bead/.echoed the astonishedi-waiter,. 1 J;ep'urae: sir;: He was butchered, sir.' . '...Butchered.to make a Roman holiday,' .; .sighed the,jpasienger. I He would be ■:more likely-to make'a Roman swear, ; iWell, it'was !time he f was : killed., He ' lifldn't many more years; to live on thii ' : 6atth. Ah,'; Here is the brass tip'from ,'one of. his Horns. Dropped into the; ; .'steak, no -doubt, while you -were'j ■ .alicing; it ciff.; What do you do.'with, . .those steaks: when the guests-' are' , through'with :them ?' The waiter looked -puzzled,' Why, sir/ he said^-there ain't nothing left of ,'em when, customers gets 'throughjwjtli 'era', sir. 1 'Possible?'said ■-th.e-sad i passenger. ' What' becomes of .Ih'em?'* The waiter looks nervous. i; 'jWhat',?!hesi»id, 'the customerseatthem up.' The sad. passenger looked up with ftR-air of inteiistf i Incredible ] 1 lie oried.-, -i-.dannet . accent ypfir/ijatemeht witlioiiiij iproof. They may'hide them under their chairs, or eeoret them:in theii; napkins, or they- may carry them away in, their poolfetfl to throw at'burglars, but I cannot .■.beljeve they eat them. - Here, let me see ,bndV them ea"t this, and I will 'believe yod;| Trust me, good waiter, "/ ,ijiU the^Waiter.pointed to a placard Inscribed, trust," and went to the oasjuer's desk to tell the boss to look out for-ihat'man at the , corner table, as he didn't seem satisfied with his steak,l and, heaeked for triisfc. ■