A Rebel Bill of Fare

A Rebel Bill of Fare J. H. Early, Surgeon of the Seventeenth Iowa regiment, found the following copy of a biU of fare in the rebel camps at Vicksburgh. While it is a capital specimen of burlesque, it is no less a melancholy specimen of burlesque upon the rebel rations of mule flesh indulged in by them during the last day of the siege: HOTEL DE VICKSBURGH Bill of Fare for July, 1863 Soup: Mule Tail Boiled: Mule bacon with poke greens. Mule ham canvassed. Roast: Mule sirloin. Mule rump stuffed with rice. Vegetables: Peas and rice. Entrees: Mule head stuffed à la mode. Mule beef jerked à la Mexicana. Mule ears fricasseed à la gotch. Mule side stewed, new style, hair on. Mule spare ribs plain. Mule liver hashed. Side Dishes: Mule salad. Mule hoof soused. Mule brains à la omelette. Mule kidney stuffed with peas. Mule tripe fried in pea-meal butter. Mule tongue cold à la Bray. Jellies: Mule foot. Pastry: Pea-meal pudding, blackberry sauce. Cottonwood berry pies. China berry tart. Dessert: White oak acorns. Beech nuts. Blackberry leaf tea. Genuine confederate coffee. Liquors: Mississippi Water, vintage of 1492, superior, $3. Limestone Water, late importation, very fine, $2.75. Spring Water, Vicksburgh brand, $1.50. Meals at aU hours. Gentìemen to wait upon themselves. Any inattention on the part of servants will be promptly reported at the office. JEFF DAVIS & CO., Proprietors CARD—The proprietors of the justly celebrated Hotel de Vicksburgh, having enlarged and refitted the same, are now prepared to accommodate aU who may favor them with a call. Parties arriving by the river or Grant's inland route, wiU find Grape, Cannister & Co.'s carriages at the landing or any depot on the line of intrenchments. Buck, BaU & Co. take charge of aU baggage. No effort wiU be spared to make the visit of aU as interesting as possible. 428 ...