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men000925_Chicago and Alton Railroad, menu, page 1 <br> <br> <br> CHICAGO & ALTON R.R. <br> <br> <br> TRAIN LUNCH <br> <br> <br> BILL OF FARE. <br> <br> <br> Tho’ we eat little flesh and drink no wine, <br> Yet, let’s be merry; we’ll have tea and toast, <br> Custards for supper and endless host <br> Of sandwiches and jellies and mince pies <br> And other such ladylike luxuries. <br> -Shelly. <br> <br> <br> Coffee, with Cream, <br> “Coffee which makes the politician wise <br> And see thro’ all things with his half-shut eyes.” -Pope. <br> <br> <br> Coffee, Pot, with Cream, <br> <br> <br> Rolls, <br> “Hot or cold, white or brown, but all as sweett <br> And dainty as you’d surely wish to meet.” -XXX. <br> <br> <br> Ham Sandwich, <br> “An essay, a taste of heaven below.” -Waller. <br> <br> <br> Pie, <br> “Who’ll dare deny the truth: there’s poetry in pie.” <br> <br> <br> Milk, per Glass, <br> “He drank of the milk foaming fresh from the cow.” -T.D. English. <br> <br> <br> “Serenely full, the epicure would say: <br> ‘Fate cannot harm me, I have lunched today.’” -Sydney Smith. <br> <br> <br> No Change of Cars of any Class <br> -[BETWEEN]- <br> Chicago & Kansas City, <br> Chicago & St. Louis, <br> St. Louis & Kansas City. <br> <br> <br> The Finest PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CARS in the World are run in all <br> Through Train, Day and Night, Without Change, and <br> FREE OF EXTRA CHANGE. <br>