The Shasta courier., 1855-12-08

An Edisor, Dreaming ON Wedding Cake.
A bachelor editor out West, who had received
from the fair hand of tie bride peeeef elegant
wedding cake to dream on, thus gives his expe-
rence.
1--WE put it under the head OF our pillow, shut
our eyes sweetly as an infant, blessed with an
easy conscience, and snored Prodigiously. The
god of dreams gently touched us, and 10 in
fancy we were married Never little ed
itor SO happy, 1t my love, sweetest
Dearest ringing in ears every moment
Oh that the vision had broken Oft here But,
no, some evil genius had put 1t into our ducky's
head TO have pudding for dinner, just to please
her lord.
In hungry dream we set down to dinner.
Well, the pudding moment arrived, and II huge
slice almost obscured from sight the plate before
u.s.
.'Dearie,'' we said fondy, did you make
this ?'
"Yes love, aint it nice n
Glorious-the best bread pudding | ever
tasted in my life.''
.sPlum Pudding. duckey," suggested my wife
40, no dearest, bread pudding, | always was
fond of them.'
Call that bread pudd:ng?" exclaimed my
wife, while her pretty lips curled slightly with
contempt"
"Certainy, my dear--reckon I've eat enough
at the Sherwood House In know bread pudding
my love, by all means"
:" Husband this is too bad-plnm pudding is
twice as hard to make as bread pudding. is more
expensive, and great deal better. | say this is
plum pudding, sr,'-and my pretty wites brow
flushed with excitement"
"My love- my sweet, my dear love, said we
soo:hngly, ''do not get angry, I'm sure 1t is
good if it is bread pudding"
" You mean, low wretch. cried my vile IN
fiercer tone, "you know it's plum pudding
Then matla,n il is su mes,nly put together,
and SO badly burned, that the devil himself
wouldn't know it. tell you niadam most en-
phalically. and will not be contradiced that 1t
is bread pudding and the very meanest kind at
that
"It's plum pudding" slrieked my wife as she
buried glass of claret in my face, the glass it
self tapping the claret from my nose.
Bread pudding gaspcd we, aud grasped
roast chicken by the leit leg.
.'Phr. pudding" rose ab,ve the din, as had
dim perception of feeling two plates sa.asll
across my head.
BREAD pudding" we sroan,J in rage as
the chicken left our hand. aud hyins with
swift wings across the tabv, lunded ia madam
bosom.
:. Plum pudding" resoun,l,r The wnr-cry from
the enemy. as the gravy dish to'k us where we
had been drposiring the first part of our dim
vest.
. Bread pudding forever slnnterl we in def
ance, falling brn-aih the contents OF the soup
turreen.
Piem pudding" yelled nnr amiahle little
sls,ri.r. moi iicina misfortune she deter
mined 10 keep down by piling upon the
dishes will, eerile hand. Then in rapid sue
crssion followed the war cries - Plum pud.
ding" she shriekr': will every dish.
= Bread pudding" III Sinuthrred tones, issued
from The pile in reply. Then il was plum rnd-
ding in rapid successon the last cry growi ng
fe-bler. till just us can recolect, it had grown
TO a whisper.
e Plum pudding" resannd-d like thunder.
followed by tremendous crash, as my wife
lenped upon the pile with her delicui- fee, and
commenced jumping mp and down. when. thank
heaven. we awake. and thus saved our life. We
shall never dream ON wedding cake again. That's
the moral"