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Time was when Mexican cattle rustlers swarmed across the Rio Grande Into Texas to sien! Now there's a new kind of chief-the cotton rusler, Above are armed guarda on the Den cattle. Ivey farm, 40 miles from El Paso, who protect a picker as he unloads his sack into the wagon. This picture was taken about 100 yards from the Rio Grande river.
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an even wrote a poem on a haunch of venison. The gastronomic perform- ances of his friend and contemporary, Dr. Samuel Johnson, are notorious, and his punishment of a leg of vent with prune sauce has been described
he worker. And best-known literary cous NE of our ONE
men has recorded his first sight appetite to correspond.
A pathetic story is told of Char of the poet Algenon Charles Swin- burne. That sweet singer was in a lotte Bronte meeting Thackeray, who restaurant, seated before a huge plle was to her a demigod, for the first of asparagus. His deep and earnest time at a dinner-party. She watched concentration on the task of getting with sorrowful amazement the im- mense inroads which her idol made through the dish was a right to see.
Other observers have borne testi-on the food, and just as he was about breathed. "ON, Mr. mony that when Swinburne was to engulf another bli forkful, slic in engaged with his food he could spare voluntarily
none of his time or attention for Thackeray, don't!" conversation or anything else.
His thirst was equal to his appetite:"A Very Old Friend” and indeed at one time his devotion
There is another well-authenticated
He
memoirs of the period. We are in middle life gave up his bottle of Kiven to understand that the doctor wine, fearing that he was getting too attached to it--which is all to his credit.
Which reminds us that there were
thropist, a statesman, and a poet- who nude It a habit to drink a bottle of good old port every night of their lives. They were Sir Moses Monte- flore, W. E. Gladstone, and Alfred Tennyson. The bard was not at all a puny trencherman, either. "I like my mutton cut in chunks." was the certain only remark he vouchsafed to his dinner-neighbour memorable occasion.
to alcohol bid fair to have serious anecdote of the great novelist. consequences. It was his friend and was engaged to dine with a very im-three great contemporaries—a philan-| companion and guardian, Theedore portant personage, when he heard Watts-Dunton, who remarked with that a favourite dish, broad beans and satisfaction that he had got Algernon bacon, was on the dinner-menu at from brendy to port; and from port his club. the Reform. He could not resist it. He sent a message to his to beer.
expectant host to say that he had met "a very old friend" and could Then he not fear himself
solitary and very hearty meal of beans and bacon.
who Then,
does
recall ins Thackeray's poetical outburst praise of reast mutton? The poci novelist said:
In anybody thinks that poets, and literary men generaly, are ethereal creatures who care little or nothing for solid sustenance he (or she) had made better think again. Naturalists have noticed that the song-birds of our words and gardens are always eating when they are not warbling; and much the same thing applies to human songsters.
Dan Gabriel Rossetti wrote the most beautiful love-lyrics, some of which will five for ever; but he restored the depleted system with It is recorded most enormous meals.
that he would make a light breakfast off half-a-dozen eggs and a like num ber of rushers of bacon. His other reflections were in proportion. Literary Work Exchausting
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"A good leg of mutton, my Lucy, 1 prithee have ready at 3, Have tender and smoking and
Juley,
And what better mest can there
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Another big man and great novelist was Alexandre Dumas, and he, too, was a redoubtable trencherman, be sides fancying himself as a cook. It was said that he could make, and dis- pose of, an omelette comprising a
roust [ow! dezen eggs, and that to him a whole mere snack. Dumas's interest in good food and Urink is evinced every now and then
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