MERELY A SNACK.
It is pretty generally known that the duties of vestrymen are very exhausting, and not such as can well be performed on an empty stomach, but one was hardly prepared for the revelations which were made on this point at a recent meeting of a London vestry. It appears from an “ authenticated statement," made by a Mr Kelly, that a certain member of the Assessment Com* mittoe had lately regaled himself with the following luncheon at the expense of the ratepayers, the courses follow* ing each other in the order given:— “ Dry sherry, potatoes, two pork sausages, a piece of bread and butter, a tankard of bitter, two cigars, a brandy*and*soda, a little cherry brandy and champagne, two soups, a half of turbot, a large slice of turkey, two lamb chops, some boiled ham, a little rice and marmalade pudding.” If this be the ordinary diet of a vestryman one can well believe that “it must coat a penny in the pound to feed them.” It is fair to add, however, that one vestryman was anxious to say that they had not mixed their champagne with cherry brandy, and in fact had not had any of the latter at all. The only objection which another vestryman felt at Mr Kelly’s statement was that it was made in the absence of the gentleman referred to, but, as a contemporary remarks, it is hardly surprising that this vestryman’s luncheon should have caused bis temporary withdrawal from bis other official duties.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3355, 4 January 1884, Page 2
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251MERELY A SNACK. South Canterbury Times, Issue 3355, 4 January 1884, Page 2
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