Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-05

never struck me before, il seems a very just one.
win partake of the picked tongue in considera-
ton Of your remarks
| Take slice ont, Sister Bedott. You seem to
need some tongue to-day-you're uncommon still.
what musical man you be, Brother Msgwire
but it strikes me that when an indiwiddiwal has an
opportunity of hearn' intellectibe conversation,
they'd better keep still and improve it. AinGit so
Elder Snifies?'
a very Just remark, Mrs. B,.dott; and one which
has often occurred to my mind
Take some more of this chicken pie, Elder Sniff
fes'
Excuse me. my young friend; viii take nothing
more
What you don't mean to give it up yet, I hope,
Elder.
| Indeed, Mr. Mcguire, assure you would rath-
er not take any thing more; for as before remark
ed, l am decidedly opposed to excessive eating
upon this day
ELDER sYIFFLEs ovERsTEPs HIS USUAL BOUNDARIES.
We'll, then, we' have the pies and puddns.
JEFF, my SOD, fly round aud help your mar change
the plates. III take the puddiu. MeIissy, you
may tend to the pies. JEFF, SCI on the cider. So,
here's a plum pu:din. 1t looks nice. l guess
you've had good luck to-day, wife. Sister BedCtt,
you'll have some on't?'
No. I'm obleeged to We. I've got ruther OF a
headache to day, an plum puiidin's rich. l guess
III take a small piece o the punkn pie
Elder Sniffles, you'll be helped to some ont, OF
course?'
Indeed Mr. Mcguire, the practice Of INDUCING
10 articles of this description utter eating meat Is
esteemed highly pernicous, ard lnWard!v protest
against it; furthermore, as Mrs Bedott has very
Justly remarked, plum pudding is rich-hOwever,
considering the peculiar circumstances OF the coca
sion will, for once, overstep the boundaries which
| have nrascribed for myself
Am to understand that you'll have some, or
ontp
Il will partake, in consideration of time and
place
'Jemina wife, this is good puddn' as 1 ever
eat.
ELDER sNIFFLEs PARTAKEs OF PUMPKIN AND MINCE
PIE
Elder Sniffles, will you take some O. the pie?
Here is mince pie and pumpkin pie
Il viii take small portion Of the pumpkin pie,
if YOU please, Mrs. Mcguire, as consider it highly
nutritious; but regards mince pie it is an article
of food which deem excessively deeterious TO the
constitution, nasmuch as it is composed of so great
a variety OF ingredients | esteem it exceedingly
difficult OF digestion. Is itnot So nv young friend?
by no means, Elder-quite the contrary, and the
reason is obvious. Observe, Elder, it is cut into
the most minute particles; hence it naturally follows
that being it were completely cacined before il
enters the system, it leaves, so to speak, labor
to be performed by the di estive organs and it is
disposed of without the slightest difficulty
'Ah, indeed, your r asoning is quite new to me;
vet | confess it to be most satisfactory and lucid.
In consideration of its facility OF digestion L will
partake also OF the mince pie
ELDER sYIYFLKs THINKS SWEET CIDER NUTRITIOUS
wife, fill the Elder glass o cider
'Desst, Mrs. Mcguire desist, | entreat you!
invariably set my face like flint against the use
of all intoxicating liquors beverage,
'Jimmeni! you don't mean TO call new cider in
toxicating liquor, | hope. Why, man alive, its
Jest made-hain't begun to work
Nevertheless, | believe it to be exceedingly in
Luxurious, and detrimental to the system. Is moi
shat its nature, my young friendT
Far from it, Elder-far from it. Reflect for
moment, and you will readily perceive, that before
the pure juice of the apple-wholly free from alco
hoc mixture-it possesses all the nutritive proper
ties of the fruit with the advantage of being in
more condensed form, which at one renders il
more agreeable, and facilitates assimilation
Very reasonable-very reasonable, indeed. Mrs
Mcguire you may fill my glass
Take another slice OF the pudding, Elder Sniffle
mo morei I'm obleeeed TO you Mr.. Mcguire"
SWELL, won't you be helped to some Of the pie?'
NO more, thank you. Mr.. Mcguire
But you'll take another glass O cider won't you?
In consideration of the nuricious properties 0
new cider, which your son has abundanty shown u
exist, will permit you to repenish my glass
Elder SnieS illustrates hiSprinciples by ermamplcS
so you won't take nothin more, Elder?
Nothing more my riends-nothing more, what
soever; for, as | have several times remarked du
ring the repast, / am individual of extremel,
abstenious habits-endeavorin to enforce by exam
pie that which so strenuousy enion by precep
from the pulpit, to wit: temperance in all things
Walk into the sitting room Elder
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