The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-01-23
Dreaminx on Weddiug Cake.

A lachelor editor out west, who had re-
ceiyed from the fair hand of 4 bride piece
Of elegant wedding cake to dream OH, thus
gives the result Of his experience:
Weput il under the head Of our pillow.
shut our eyes sweetly ms nm infant, and
blessed with Mn ensv conscience, soon snor-
ed prodigiously. The god Of dreams gen.
lly touched Of, aud 10! IN fancy wo were
nlasried? Never was u lite editor SO hap
py Il wns my 'love, dearest, Sweetest
fin2ing in our enrs every moment. Oh!
that tho dream had becn br"kcn of here
Bot 40, sosne evil genius pu. i into the
bead of our ducky to have pudding ar din
Emer. just TO please her lord. IN a hungry
dream We sat down 10 dinner. Well, the
budding moment arrived, and a huge slice
almost obscured from eight the plate be-
fore Ms. s9ts 4H ~
NV dear,' said we fondly, did ynn make
|thisr 3a tr se
sYes, love-aia't /, nicer
ailorious-,he best bread pudding ever
eat in my live
.Pium pudding, ducky,' suggested my
wife. ~ " @
%. no, dearest, bre0d pudding; J always
was fond at 'cm.' t se-
Call that brsnd puJdngg exclaimed my
wife, while her pretty lips curled slightly
with contempt.
Certainlv, INV dear -recton I've had
eno,ch IL the Sherwood House to know
bread pudding. my lave. BY all means
Husband, This is really too bad. Plum
pudding is twice as har Ito make as bread
pudding, and is more expensive, nni 'is
rreat deal better. ls,y this is plum pll.
ding. SIR and my pretty wife's brow flushed
shh excitement.
NV love, my sweet, my der love- ex-
rlsimsd We soothinsly, d, no, get angry;
i'm SIRE it's very gnod, if il is bread pud-
ding .
Bat sir. I say !, aint bread pudding
.And, madam | s.y il is bread pudding
sYon mean, low wretch fandiy replied
my wife, in high tone, .yoa know il Is
plum pudding Y .''
srhen ma m il is SO meanlv put toge,h-
er, aud 80 badly burned, that the devil
himself wouldn't know II. ! tell you ma
dam. most distinctly aud e,nphaiically, that
will not he contradictcd, that il is bread
budding, and the neanest kind al that
1T il plum pudding" shrieked my wife
10 she hurled glass Of claret IN my face,
|he glass itself aapping the clare,' from my
hose. SIT Ee9 1t-@
Bread pudding!' gasped we, pluck TO
Phe las,. and gtasping roas.ed chicken by
lhe lsJtlsg.
Plum pudding I rose abaye the din. MS J
bad distinctive perception Of feeling two
plates smssh across my head. T
sEsand pudding! we groancd in rage,
Is the chicken LEFT our hand, mud flying
si.h swift wing across the table landed ip
padaints BOSOM 1855 I'VE
splum puddiagr resounded the wnr cry
rom tie enemy, as the gravy dish took Us
where We had been deposi,ing the first part
f our dinner, and plate Of bcc,s landed
bpoo i wE;te vest
Bread puddicg for over shouted ! We u IN
e(i,ncc. dodaiuc tie soup tureon, and ial!l-
ing hsneaih iis contenis... -, ..,o
Plum pudding. ysl'ed the nm'an'e ,
pouse, O. no.icne our mist;riunc q s''e uese'.
mined 10 keep us down by pilins upon our
head the dishes with no very gentle ro"u'
Then in rarid succession followed the W.T.
Ftie.. Plum puddinyr shfieked she win v1''l
very dist '.,''I WV ...,
Bread puddingr in smo.tcrcd tones
tame up ffons the pile in reply. Then y
vas plum pudding sbread pudding, ~ rap
ID succession, the last cry growing teebler,
III just a. can distinctly recollecf, y had 'u'
grown Ii . whisper .
Plum pudding! resonnded like thunder,
followed by a trene ndous crash. as my wife
lespel upon the Pile with her delicate 'ee'