The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-07-07

thing tai to her" 0 ""'
.."Hold your tongue! She served yo,
right enough, you'd no business in there
You're apretF thing to be making mouth.
at asperson old enough to Be your grand
mother. If I'd thought when gave
you that little lump of dough that th,
whole plantation was to be turned ur
side down about it, I'd have let YOU dc
without it."
"Miss Louisa, after little sobbing and
pouting, drew from her apron, a small
dirty, ashley, black, wrinklcd, burnt bis.
cut, warm from the kitchen shovel, which
wouad just have been precisely the proper
accompaniment to Miss Rebecca's dish
and upon this, in preference to every thing
on the table, she commenced her repast.
"Wcll Lou," said the mother With n
laugh as she cast her eye upon the un-
slghtly biscuit, "you certainly have a
strange tastc!"
Every body knows that the mothers
laugh is always responded to with com
pound interest by all her children. So
1t was in this instance; and good humor
prevailed round the table. 49,. ......
I'm sorry" said Abraham, for"Louisa's
bis, bis, kit kit, 6iskit"
well really" said Mrs. b., "vou are
spell biscuit 2"
81 can spell it maj bawled out Isaac.
"WclI spell it."
"B is, bis-c-("Well that's rightly
h-"Ah well that'll do, you needn't 90
any farther; you've missed it farther than
your brother"
Spell it William"
William spelled it correctly.
:" Ma" .satd Abraham, "what is bis
cult derived from Z"
81 really do not know" said Mrs But-
Ter, "and yet l have somewhere read an
explanation of it. John what is it derived
froml"
John, From the French; bis twice,
and cuit baked.
William. Why, ma you don't bake
biscuits twice over! 2.
abraham. Yes ma does sometimes
don't You ma, when company comesl
NoMer. No; | sometimes warm over
cold ones when l havn't time to make
fresh ones, but never bake them twice.
B"ftcr. They were first made to carry
to sea; and they were then baked twice |
over as believe sea biscuit still are.
Isaac. Ma, what's breakfast derived
from '.
Natter. spslI R, il and gll,y9 y9H will see.
breakfast. ... ..
Mother. Well Ike, you are grand
speller. Breakfast is the word not
brcck-fust.
1brdhG1e. know what it comes from.
Mother. What!
16rdhdm. You know when YOU call
us chl'en to breakfast, we all break off
and run rs FAST as we can split.
Mother. Well that is brilliant deri-
vation truly. Do you suppose there was
no breakfast before you children were
born
Abraham. But ma, everybody has
.....
Isaac. Ma l know what sassidge comes
from.
Mother. What?
Isaac. Cause its got sass in it.
Mother. We'll there, there, there, Pve
got enough of your dcrivations unless they
were better. You'll learn all these things
rs you grow older.
Just here, Miss Sarah, who had been
brcakfasted at sidetaLle, was seized with
a curiosity TO see what was on the break
fast table.
Accordingly, she undertook to draw
herself up to a convenient elevation by the
tablecloth. Her mother arrested her lust
in time TO save cup, and pushed her
aside with gentle ad'aonition. This did
not abate Miss Sarah's curiosity in the
least, and she recommended her expert
ment. Her mother removed her a little
more emphdtiedfty this time. These lit
tie Interruptions only fired Miss Sarah's
zeal and she was returRhg to the charge
with redoubled energy, when she ran her
cheek against the palm OF hel mothers
hand with a r"'ydc.ent force.
Away she went to her grandmother,
crying, "Gramma, ma wh'pp'd your pre-
clous darlln angel baby"