Curious Dinner At Jericho

An American, traveling in Palestine describes in the Hartford Courant an dinner he ate reeently at a hotel in Jericho. "We sat on the porch of the hotel at Jericho," he wrote, "after dinner at which we were served with butter f rom Norvvay, cheese f rom Switzerland, marmalade from London, wine from Jerusalem diluted with water from the well of Elisha, raisins from Iiamoth Gilead, oranges from Jericho (in no respect inferior to those from Jaffa or the Indian river, Florida), and almonds from the east of the Jordán, Turkish tobáceo, which, like the Turkish empire, is inferior to its reputation, and a cup of coffee from - the corner groeery of Jericho."