Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1887 — Proverbs for the Table. [ARTICLE]

Proverbs for the Table.

Fast well, feast well. A w'se cook fondles his fire. Diplomacy lieth under the dish cover. Discretion is the proper sauce for cheese. Let the doubting cook roast his fish. Court the onion and flee the doctor. A bad dinner is often redeemed by a good salad. Rare beef and well-cooked fish betray a wise cook. Peace hideth herself under the lid of tßie well-managed pot. True economy in the household has heaven for its banker. Neither the nibbler nor the glutton know etli the value of feast. He who eatetlx without drink buildeth his well without mortar. Drink milk and wine, bnt keep them wide apart; Who joins their virtues will his stomach thwart. Eat like a hearty man. Drink like a sick one; So may life’s little span Not be too quick run. —The Caterer.