M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-10-11
DREAMING ON WEDDING CAKE,

A bachlor editor out west, who had
received from the fair hand Of . bride
piece Of elegant wedding cake to dTsaI
on, thus gives the result of his eIper'
ience:
We put il under the head of oui pill
low, shut our eyes sweetly assn infant
blessed with an easy conscience, soon
snored prodigiously. The god Of dreams
gently touched US, and 10! in fancy we
were married! Never was little sditOC
SO happy. 1t was "lny lore" ""dearsst," "
sweetest" ringing in our ears every
moment. Oh! that the dream had bro
ksnof here, But no some evil genius put
into the head of our ducky TO haVsA
pudding tof ainusF. ipsl % please :
her lord.
In hungry dream we sat dowa to
dinnsr. Well the pudding mo msutss-
rived. and huge slice almost obscursd
frum sight. the plate before us.
my dear" said we fondIy, "did you
make thisf
eyes love, ain't II nicsf
"GIOrious--the best blsad pudding I
ever tasted 10 mr. life,,
plum pudding ducky," SuSss'tsd my
wife. s.a
20. no dearest, bread pudding. al.
ways was fond OF em,"
"Cail that bread pudding 7" exclsimsd
my wife, while her lips Curled Slightly
with contempt.
{" Certsinly, my deaT--reckon TrS
had enough at the Sherwood house to
know bread pudding my love, By all
means"
Husband this is really too bad.
plumb pudding is twice as hard to make
as bread pudding and is most expensive
and is a great deal better. say this
is pl um pudding "snd my pretty NifsS
brow flashed with excitement.
"My love, ny sweet, my dear love-"
exclaimed we, soothingY. do not get
angry, I'm sure !ts very good, II it'a
bread pudding"
"You mean. low wretch" hsrcely
feplyed my wife in higher tone, "yon
know it's plumb pudding"
Then am, it's SO meOnly put ID:
gether aud SO badly burned, that the
devil himself wouldn't know IL. tell
you madam mos. distincly and EN- phsti-
cully aud will not be contrsdicted,
that it is bread pudding and the msaness
kind at that"
1T is plum pudding shrieked my wife
and she hurled glass Of claret in my
face, the glass itself tapping the clsrei
from my nose"
Bread pudding I" gasped we, pluck
! 10 the iast and grdsping roasted chick
en- by The left leg,
"Plum pudding rose above the din,
as had a distinct PERCEPTION OF feeling
two plates smash across my head.
BREAD pudding o. we grOaned ia
rage as the chicken left our hand, and
flying with swift wing across the table
landed in madam's bosom.
Opium pudding !" resouuded the war
cry from the enemy, as the gravy dish
took US where we had been depositing
the first part of Our dinner, and a plate
OF beets landed upon our white vest.
Bread puddin foevsr,' shouted we in
defiance, lodging the soup tureeu and
falling beneath its contents.
plum pudding!' yelled the amiabls
spotse, as noticing our misfortune, she
deter mined to keep us down by piling
upon our head the dishes with no gentle
hand. Then in rapid succession fol.
lowed the war cries. "Plum pddding!"
she shrieked with every dish.
Bread pudding!" in smothered tones
came up from the reply. Then il was
"plum pudding" in rapid succession the
last cry growing (eebler, till just as I
can distinctly recollect. it had grown
to whisper. Plum puddingl" resoun-
ded like thunder, followed by a tremen-
dous crash, as my wife leaped upon the
pile with her delicate feet, and COM
menced jumping up and down-when,
thank Haven, we awoke ard thus saved
our life. We shall never dream on
wedding cake again-that's the moral.