Recipe for fondue, copied from the papers of M. Trollet, Bailli of Mondon in Berne.

Calculate the number of eggs in proportion to the guests.

Take one-third of the weight of Gruyere and one-sixth of the weight of butter.

Beat the eggs and mingle them with the butter and cheese in a casserole.

Put the kettle on a hot fire and stir it until the mixture is perfect.  Put in more or less salt in proportion as the cheese is old or new.  Serve it hot, with good wine, of which one should drink much.  The feast will see sights.

Disappointment.

All one day was quiet at the Ecu de France, between Bourg and Bresse, when the sound of wheels was heard, and a superb English berline drove up, on the box of which were two pretty Abigails, wrapped in blue and red cloths.

At the sight, which announced a nobleman on his travels, Chicot, that was his name, hurried to the door of the equipage.  The wife stood at the door, the girls near by, while the boys from the stable hurried forward satisfied that they would receive a handsome gratuity.

The women were unpacked and there came from the berline, 1st, a fat Englishman, 2d, two thin, pale, red-haired girls, and 3d, a lady, apparently in the first stage of consumption.

The last spoke: 

“Landlord,” said she, “take care of the horses, give us a room and the women refreshments.  All must cost only six francs; act accordingly.”

Chicot put on his bonnet, madame went into the house, and the girls to their garrets.

The horses were, however, put into the stable, the Englishman read the papers, and the women had a pitcher of pure water.  The ladies went up stairs.  The six francs were received as a poor compensation for the trouble caused.

Wonderful effects of A classical dinner.

“Alas! how much I am to be pitied,” said the elegiac voice of a gastronomer of the royal court of the Seine.  “Hoping to be soon able to return home, I left my cook there; business detains me at Paris, and I have to depend on an old women the preparations of whom make me sick.  Anything satisfies my wife and children, but I am made a martyr of the spit and pot.”

Luckily a friend heard the complaint, who said, “You will not, my friend, be a martyr.  Deign to accept a classical dinner to-morrow, and after a game of piquet we will bury all in the abyss of the past.”

The invitation was accepted, the mystery was solved, and since the 23d June, 1825, the professor has been delighted at having one of his best friends in royal court.

Effect and danger of strong drinks.

The artificial thirst we previously alluded to, is that which for the moment appeals to strong drinks as a momentary relief.  It gradually becomes so habitual that those who grow used to it cannot do without it even through the night, and have to leave their bed to appease it.