The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-05

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shut the door again with hang. Dim
ner, dinner = bawled the children, aud
rushed ont of the room before Us. We
| followed aud the father placed me at Ia
BILE between his Two sprouts, telling me
they would amnse me IN u thousand dii-
terent ways. \ great spaniel lmmedi-
aelv began paving ne 10 heg some
thing of me, aud starting jumped down
on the table, and bopped trom plate 10
plate while the lazy handed me Il nJp-
KIN, which would have been white bur
for The service il seemed Ia have rem
/ dercd 10 more than Que predecessor.
/ Mamma helped the soup. which proved
100 lutle snl'ea. Papa took notice of
this in the following polite remark -
| My Julia is rs sparlng ol her salt IN
her soup as IN her words JUN WAS
accordingly OBLIGED To rise ifem table tn
fetch the salt, which had been forgotten.
She excused herself, saving, thai her
servnni had been away All day attending
a sick mother. That's fib,' cried
Charles, we have not ha servant
! hose three weeks A smart rap on the
knuckles with spoon rewarded his
| comment--he began 10 below, and
would not be quiet till mamma gave
HIM bit of suear-eandv, which he suck.
cd instead Of soup. Yon must excuse
our fire. said the lady then turning to
me, and offering me dish of vegetables
with fried sausage in II, | d Il moi
know my husband intended bringing n
guest home-bnt he is always playing
me such lricks.' | coloured up to the
eyes. Hey what y sad the husband.
o friends will mike allowances Herr
C viii, know, enjoy thIs familiar
dinner The lady answered him with
most 1nery glance.
The fmily dinner consisted of tim,
water soup, thickly powdered with SAT
from, some radishcs, aud a little bit OF
butter, SO small that The children clam
mercd III vain for their allowances of II
70 their bread next followed beef, III
which my eyes looked in vain for fat
then appeared the sour krout, warmed
up for the second time with single San-
sage; and at last dish IN which | could
discover nothing but sauce. This IS
a fricasse-chickeu,' said my amahle aud
agreeable host, my wife has no equal
in cooking it ] rejoioed at fist in the
hopes OF getting something ! could eat
but after fishing long time in n sea Of
liquid, could only bring up one chick
ems drum-Stick. Ny host kept urging
me to drink, with assurance that his
wine wis not strong, but had very rich
i flavor, and was perfectly innocent.
took his word ready enough for the last
publication, as the taste led me 10 sus-
pcct that nay economical landlady had
made two bottles out OF one.
My charming nelehbors annoyed me
not slightly during the dinner--ChHlos A.
mused himself with kicking my Sims un-
der the table and Louis, with lmper-
turhahle GOODNESS, wiped his finger, up
on my clothes. The catastrophe of thu
family party at length approached ::
Charles, IN endeayorng In take bone
which his brother WIS gnawing, knock.
cd down his own plate, and spilled the
greasy water, which was substituted for
gravy, over my new blue coat. Mam-
ma instead Of assisting me, began To be-
wall her broken plate, and ran after the
child to beat him, while he took rcluge
behind his father: the father rose 10 APP
pease his ife-the dog howlcd--Louls
erinned--C Charles screamod--the lady
scolded---and the starting quietly perch
ed himself upon my head, aud began
peckine my hair.
At last my friend resumed his seat,
and said laughing This You see, my
friend, is my way OF life and | feel
myself more happy under my lawful
roof than king in his palace lie ask
ed me II ! was accustomed to taking COZ
fee after dinner for though there was
none ready, he had machine which
would IN Ike it in five minutes. | thank
ed him, saying thai coffee made me Ill,
that | had taken most excellent dinner,
and was Obliged to 90. F3fewell, then,
said my friend F.; | hope shall sec you
again soon. You know the way to my
house now--you know my family, aud
the fashion We live ln---as II is 10 day,
so it is every day | hope You will Of
ten come nj take "A family dinner;' bur
hastily seized my hat, mutleeed some
compliments, ran eut Of tho dool--and
shudder still at the recollection OF The
Family Dinner Lon. Lit. Gaz.
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