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Asiatic Hospitality

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
May
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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In ft volume just itsiu-d by the Har pers, entitled, Truvels ia Ouutial Asia, the auMior rehites the following: " After it was kuow that I sbareci the favov of royalty, evei'y body WaVitcd to have mo as gut'St, ind vrith me i.ll tlie other hadjis, What a fortuno ttiis to me, to havo daily to accept aix, sevon or oight invitations, and to coniply vrith the usage by laking somcthing in every house. My hair stands on end at the recolleotion how of ten I was forced to peiit myself botween throo and four o'elock in thp rnorning, bffore sunrise, opposito a C0I08S1I dish of rico switnïning in tha fat of tho sheep t:iil, vphioh I was to aesail as if my tomacli wus empty. " In Central Asin t is the prnctiee even n the occasicn of an oniinnry visit to et before you tho desturkhau (u napkin oí coarse linen and of a variety of colors, tor tbo moHt part dirtv.) Ln this enough bread is generally placed for two poiannsi, nnd tlu! guest is !o eat come picues of ihis. I To bo ablo Ui o,a! no more,1 is an espreswion regarded by the Central Asintió as incrediblf.1, or, at least; indioniing low breeüiu?. My piigrim brethron nlways gave brilliant proofs of their bon fon. 11 The diiily kitohen expeosos of the palace are s-iid to be from sixteep to twenty Icngho (rather uaore than from niue to ten shilliogs,) whith iw ver}1 likt.ly, as his table rarely offors any con tVctionery, and eonsis!s mcre'y of pi.low boiled wuh iihiUod fut. .The cxpression ' princely tat.lo' is ín plieablo to Rok har, vhero one and the 8ame dish eatistíe. priqce, oiliciai, merchant, mechanio and peasant," I3 Oharleetou, 8. C , 'n to haoa borse railroad.

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Old News
Michigan Argus