Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1910 — SERVED THE TERRAPIN. [ARTICLE]

SERVED THE TERRAPIN.

Crossed the Ocean to Supervise One Coarse of n Dinner. George W. Harvey, the inventor of Bteamed oysters and a famous restau-’ rant keeper, was once the hero of an Incident that in some respects made the exploits of Lucullus and other noted gourmets of ancient Rome took cheap and commonplace. He made a 6,000-mile Journey to cook or supervise* the cooking of a single course of a dinner. A wealthy Englishman, noted for love of good living, while on a visit to Washington wans given a dinner 'at Harvey’s, at which terrapin formed the piece -de resistance- It was the first time the Englishman had encountered the famous Maryland delicacy, and it made an instantaneous and profound hit with him. He decided that he would introduce the dish to his London friends And at once entered Into negotiations with -Harvey, to come to London and do the cooking. Harvey named his price, and it was accepted without a murmur, although it was a stiff one, as he was a very portly, than and did not like to travel. At the appointed time h.e engaged his passage for England, took a sufficient number of live terrapin along with him and sailed for London. He supervised the preparation of the turtles In the kitchen of his generous employer, saw that they were cooked and served properly, collected his £2OO honorarium and his expenses and took the next steamer back to New York.