Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-10-04
Editor Dreaming on Marriage

A bachelor editor out West who had re-
ceived, from the fair hand of a bride a piece
of elegant wedding cake TO dream on, thus
gave the result of his experience
We put it under the head of our pillow.
shut our eyes sweetly as an infant, and blessed
with an easy conscience soon snored prodig
ionsly. The god of dreams gently touched
us, and lol in fancy We were married Never
was little editor so happy. 1t was my
love, dearest, sweetest ringing in our ears
constantly. OH that the dream had broken
OIL here. But 10, some evil genius pnt it
INTO the head of oar ducky to have pudding
for dinner, just TO please her lord
In hungry dream we sat down to dinner.
Well the pudding moment arrived. and a
huge slice almost obseured from sight the
plate before US.
My dear" said We, fondly, did you
make thisp
:" Yes, love, aiut it nice?"
Glorious-tbe best bread pudding | ever
tasted in my ife.p
" Plum pudding, ducky" suggested my
wife.
oh no, dearest, bread pudding. always
was fond Of 'em"
"Cal that bread puddingf7 exclaimed my
wife, while her lips curled slightly wtA con-
tempt
Certainly, my dear; reckon Pyc had
enough at the Sherwood House to know
bread pudding, my love, by ak means"
Husband this is really too bad! plum
pudding is twice MS hard to make as bread
pudding aud is more expensive, and is
great deal better. | say this is plum pud-
ding, sirl" and my pretty wife's brow flushed
with excitement
My love, my sweet, my dear love- cx-
claimed we, sootbngly, "do not get angry;
Pm sure it's very good, if it's bread pudding"
You mean, low wretchw fcrcely replied
my wife, in a higher tone, "you know it's
plum pudding"
"Tnen, ma'am, it is so meanly put to-
gether, and SO badly burned, that the devil
himself couldn't know it. Itell you, madam,
most distinctly and enphaiically, and will not
be contradicted, that is bread pudding, ard
the meanest kind at that
1t is plum pudding shrieked my wife,
as she hurled glass Of claret in my face,
the glass itself tapping the claret from my
nose.
Bread puddingr gasped we, pluck to
the last, and grasping O roasted chicken by
the left leg.
"Plum puddingr rose above the din, as /
had a distinct perception Of feeling two plates
smashed across my head.
Bread pnddingv we groaned in a rage as
the chicken left our hands, and, flying with
swift wings across the table, landed in mad
ANS bosom
Plum puddngw resounded the war cry
from the enemy, as the gravy dish took us
where We had been depositing the first part
of our dinner, and plate of beets landed
upon our white vest.
BREAD pudding forever!p shonted We in
defiance, lodging the soup turcen, aud falling
beneath its contents.
Plum puddingv' yelled the amIablc
spouse, as noticing our misfortune, she deter
mined to keep us down by pling upon our
head, the dishes with no gentle hand. Then,
in rapid succession, followed the war-cries-
" Plum puddingn she shrieked with every
dish.
Bread puddinglv in smoihered tones,
came up from the pile in reply.
Then it was plum pudding IN rapid sue
cession the last cry growing feeblcr, TIL, Just
as can distinctly reeelcct, it had grown to
whisper. Plum puddingv resodnded Ike
thunder, followed 10y tremendous crash, as
my wife leaped upon the pile with her deli
cate feet, aud commenced jumping up aud
down--when, thank heaven, We awoke, and
thus saved our life
We shall never dream on wedding cake
again-that's he moral
R0r1, a,ca 1f ~ CandiGatoa