The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-09-11

uuolSuGu DdCh Will tut uLtltSt SpCEb "
v her mistress, and addressed her with
' "Lord, madam, that old fellow is there
t yet, and he is certainly crazy or drunk
; for he is down at the table, and has eaten
7 more than skipple of the rice pudding
= already, and has his nose right down in
plate full now, shovelling ii in like hog
, and told me as if he was lord oflhe manor
to bring him clean plate to eat salad on.
| Bless me. where can we get salad this
/ time of the year? And the gentlemen
| have not done carving, and no one has be-
gan 10 eat meat, much less 10 eat lub full
of pudding"
AYE, he'll get clean pIare," says
! Martha, "before gentlemen want clean
plates" "rII clear him out" says The
mistress, and she starts for the dining room,
burning with indignation.
The Judge was remarkable for not CIV
ing Unnecessary trouble 10 any body where
he put up, and generally ale whatever
was set before him without making any
remarks; and seldom made use of more
than one plate at meal; but at this time,
he observed near him, dish of beautiful
raw white cabbage, cut up and put into
vinegar, (Which the low Dutch at Pough-
keepsie call cold Slaw, and which he call
ed sali0d and he wished for clean plate
10 prepare some of it for his own fancy
! The carving and serving were not yet
finished when he expected clean plate,
and when he Iand'ady arrived al the door
Of the dining room determined 10 drive
him out She advanced with a firm step
10 the door, aud fixed her keen eye sernly
upon the Judge, when he, turning his eye
that way and observing her, mildly SAID,
LandIady can have clean plate to cal
some salad on" "A clean plate and SAL
lad |" retorred the lady Indignantly. 81
wish you would come into the kitchen un-
hi the gentlemen have dined | had re"
served that seat for Judge Crane" The
company were struck with establishment,
and fixed their eyes alternately on the
IandIady and on the Judge; and sat or stood
in mute suspense-when the Judge grace
fully raised himself in his chair, careless,
| y folded his arms across his breast and
then putting his head awkwardIy on one
side, you reserved this seat for Judge
Crane, did you Landady?" Indeed /
did," says she. 1T was very kind :" said
he, in an ironical tone, :" but if you will
step 10 the door and see if he is coming, or
send one of your servants 10 call for him,
with your permission and the approba
ton ofthese gentlemen, with whom have
sone business to do, will occupy this
seat until you shall find the Judge."-
Find the Judge" said she with empha>
sis, ego look for him yourself. not send
me nor my servants. gave you your
breakfast this morning for chopping lit
tie wood, because you said you had no
money; and expected you would go
quietly away and keep away, and now
you must come here to disturb gentlemen
at dinner" Here the whole joke burs
upon the minds of the gentlemen present.
who fell into loud fit Of laughter. After
The tumull had little subsidized The Judge
mildly asked -" did chop wood to pay
for my breakfast ?" Indeed you did"
said she, "and said you had no money"
told you the whole truth" replied the
Judge, but | have beautiful shaw
worth more than ten dollars, which JUS
now bought, and will leave it with you in
pawn, if you will only let me eat dinner
with these gentlemen" Here the gen
tlemen were biting their lips to keep from
laughter. " How did you buy shaw
worth more than ten dollars, without mon
ey p IL bought it on credit" says he.
"And where did you get credit 10 that
amount ?" says she. 81 brought it from
home" said he That's likely story,
and something like your abuse of Judge
Crane this morning" said she. "How
conld I abuse the Judge if he was not
present." asked he. "Why," replied she,
you called him rusty, fusty fudge, and
old codger, and said you did'nt care rye
straw more for him than you did for your
self" And here the whole company were
in an uproar of laughter again. But as
soon as it little subsidized, one of the gem
tlemen asked the landIady, how she knew
that the gentleman she was addressing
was not Judge Crane? He Judge
Crane2 he looks more like a Snipe than
a Crane !"
Here the loud laug liter burst forth
third time. And after little pause the
Judge said, I'll must confess that | am MOI
bird OF very fine feathers, but assure
you that am Crane ard crane is OF
ten a very useful instrument saw one
in your kitchen this morning and some
times 40 instrument called crane, is OF
valuable use, madam" Before she had
time to reply, some of the gentlemen with
whom she was acquainted, assured her
that she was talking with the presiding
Judge. Aslonjshed and COMPOUNDED she
attempted some excuse, and hastily asked
his pardon for her rudeoess.
The Judge had by this time, unobserv>
ed taken from his pocket The beautiful
shawl and folded al lenpth one wav. and